Telegram-herald., 1889-11-25

he waited the
coming OF tn g
young lawyer be INDUCED IN pleasant
anricipations of the sensation he woald
create, the largeness Of the scoop he
would havs upon his contemporaries,
and hs even began 70 arrange Ia his
mind the details OF tho narrative for his
paper.
Il vas characteristics II the man that
ne felt no pity for the intended victim.
or gave thought 70 the distress his expo
sure would carry into the household ot
Witherspoon.
Not THAT Tom was an unkindly man.
He had only been hardened in the prac-
tice Of his profession and sought his
ends remorseiessly.
While ne was indulging these exPecta-
tiOns Holbrook came in.
Where have you been for the past
few days he said, without waiting for
salutationA L have been seriously
alarmed. sent everywhere for you
and could not find you"
''To Newport"
a pretty time 70 20 pleasuring, !"
Erumbled HoIbrook. II found your
Shadow, but hs wouldn't tell me any
thing"
NO. he never tells" said Tom, com
placently.
you gave me a pretty fright; why
didn't you let me know you were going?"
Hadn't time. But" said Tom. "I'll
relieve you. 1 went on the very business
you think I neglected. Shadow, who
keeps very close TO Fountains man-his
valet-and< worms everything out of him.
came 10 une hastily before | was out of
bed a few DAYS ago. with the informa.
ton that Fountain had been summoned
% Newport, after considerable tele-
graphic correspondence with the Ash
grove girl. Upon the impulse OF the mo-
ruent, / determined 70 go, and made up
my mind that Il / started at once with
out DELAY | could set there before he did
An instinct -intuition-w you will
imDelled me % 20. So not having time
% see you left at once. / made a big
strike
"Oh. then you have learned some
things"
A great deal. Listen. had not
time To pack anything. but I grabbed a
hag had used on my last trip out Of
town, in which l knew there was a
change OF clean linen, and Just caught
the train
Get to your point" said Holbrook
impatisntly. deeply interested.
Take it easy. my boy, it is not to be
told that way. The beauty Of telling a
tale is telling it in a sequential manner;
YOU make your points much stronger,
a7dsa clearer underst tanding is the re-
sult"
"Oh. so on your own way" returned
Ho.brooS. irritably. realizing that Tom
was not % be driven and that Interrupt
tion only delayed the course of his mar
rative.
'Wel then. as I Travelled on l had
time to examine the reasons laying back
cf mr impulse. Of course. IL Fountain
vcnt to Newport he would go To Wi.her-
spoons. That several teiegrams had
passed between himself and the Ash
grove girl. and that Fountain lad ex-
" '.N'.r IT. '''-.i az -'' t'i \
ts' days longer ana nad ylelded IN
obedience f0 ths Inst ,cle-ra-a from
Newport. showed ur-c0-v. Now. what
urs aa1 "oy' 1883 "s "nat l
"as-tr1 Te''75 io Newport 'o ma ont II
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lA' IToo' '.--a e- 'is 'u ''''i's-
h ny SUCCESS
teH. s7'' 'n WIN your story
after a whf-e -1ouEat / wouic
cpen niy bag ana I'D. Nat nan Win
re. end ~ ny 5urpr discovered a
suit ~ clothes Ter ng man-a
working slir. Then nlemoered that
7 had uscd it rs O disguise some time ago
when + was 81 another affair. and the
t'ru-ht popped into my head that
c-,if -r r. arain. possibly 20 good ef-
f-- E 1t 70 Newport made