Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-12-21


wind; early I'm tho night tho seanen had per
ceivcd the weather changing; the boat had
como 10 give notice Of the change and cal
the passenger aboard, and the boats crew
had stumbled on him lying In his blood. Nay,
and there was moro behind.
This prearranged departure shed some
light upon his sinconceivab insult Of the night
before; 1t was . parting shot; hatred being
no longer checked by policy. And for an
other thing, the nature Of that insult, and the
conduct Of Mrs. Henry, pointed TO one con.
clusfon, which havo never verified, a-i
can now never verify until the great assize;
the conclusion that he had at last forgotten
himself, had gone too far In his advances,
and had been febuffed 1t can never be ver-
ified, as I say; but, as thought OF 1t that
morning among his baggage, the thought was
sweet to me like honey.
Into the open portmantcau dipped a little
ere closed II The most beautiful lace and
liucn, many suits Of those Qne plain clothes
In which he loved to appea,t book or two,
and those q the best, Casars "Commen-
taries, volume Of Mr.. Hobbies, the "Hen-
riade" Of NJ. do voltaire, a book upon the
Indies, one on the mathematics, far beyond
where have studied; these were what OBJ
served with very mingled feelings But In
tuo opch poi thuhtcuu, uo pdlVio VI uny uo'
scription. This set me musing. 1t was pos
sible the man was dead; but, since tho trad
crs had carried him away, not likely. II was
possible he might still dio of his wound; but
1t was also possible he might not. And in
this latter case was determined TO have the
means OF some defense.
One after another l carried bis portman-
tcaus to loft In tho top OF the house
x.Ii t.p lnat n ms
own room for my keys, and, returning
70 the loft, had the qualification to
find two that fitted pretty we'll In one Of
the portmanteaus there was shagreen letter
case, which l cut opon with my knife, and
thcnceforth tso far as any credit vent the
man was at my mercy. Here was vast deal
OF gallant correspondence, chiefly OF his
Paris days; and, what was more to the pur-
pose, here were the copies Of his own reports
TO the English secretary, and the originals OF
the secretary's answars-a most damning
serics-such as TO publish would be to wreck
tho masters honor and to set q price upon
his life.
chuckled TO myself as ran through tho
documents; rubbed my hands, sung aloud
In my glee. Day found me at the pleasing
task; nor did then remit my diligence, OK
cept in so far rs went to the window-looked
out for a moment, TO sec the frost quite gone,
the world turned black again, and the rain
and the wind driving In tho bcy-and to
assure myself that the lugger was gone from
its anchorage, aud the master whether dead
or alive, now tumbling on the Irish Sea.
1t Is proper should add In this place the
very little l have subsequently angled out
upon the doings Of that night. 1t took me a
long whilo to gather It; for We dared not
openly ask, and the free traders regarded mo
with enmity, II not with scorn 1t was near
six months before we even knew for certainty
that the man survived; and IL was years be-
fore learned from one Of Crail's men, turned
publican on his Ill gotten gain, some particu-
lars which smack to me of truth. 1t seems
the traders found the master struggled on one
elbow, and now staring round him, and now
gazing at the candle or at his hand which was
all bloodied, like n man stupid. Upon their
coming, no would seem to have found his
mind, bade them carry him aboard and hold
their tongues; and on the captain asking how
be had come in such pickle, replied with a
burst of passionate swearing, and inconti-
nently tainted.
They held some debate, but they were mo-
mently looking for wind, they were highly
paid to smuggle him to France, and did not
care to delay. Besides which, he was well
enough liked by these nbominable wretches:
they supposed him under capital sentence,
knew not in what mischief he might have got
his wound, and judged it piece Of good ma
ture to remove him out Of the way of danger.
So he was taken aboard, recovered OIL the
passage over, and was set ashore GONZALES
cent ut the Havre do Grace. What is truly
notable: no said not word TO any one of the
duel, and not trader knows to this day in
what quarrel. or by the hand of what adver-
sary, he fell With any other man should
have set this down to natural decency; with
him, to pride. He could not bear to avow,
perhaps even to himself, that he had been
vanquished by one whom ho had SO much in
suited and whom no so cruelty despised.