Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-05-02
CHAPTER XXI.
A marx CRIME

The face At the window was not 4 pleas
ant one. Fingal had seen and recognized it
as that of the strange man, Den Benito.
One instant onlyit remained at the window.
then disappeared in the crowd
Captain StarRyght stood staring like one
bereft Of sense,
He is gone
Gone" answered Fmgal !. Who was
it!"
How should knows"
If you do not, your actions belle your
words declared Fingal, grimly. TO me
he seemed like mailman.
HE is MADAM escaped lunatic "
breathed the Captain, gladly catching at
a loophole OF escape :" He ought 10 he
secured a. once"
"Yoa will offer reward for his capt
ure-.''
Captain Starbright, however now that he
was out from under the magnetism Of
Louis Fingars presence FASTENED 10
separate himself from that individual, in
wardly vowing, however, to learn more of
the hunter in the future, and j need be to
crush him.
Before Fingal could finish his sentence
the Captain had passed swiftly from the
room, and was around the corner like a
flash
"You can't escape me that way, you vii
lain,n muttered the youth, who seemed
deeply interested in the movements OF
Captain Starbrght.
Quickly Fingal passed out to watch the
movements of the Captain. he glanced
keeLly up and down the cross street down
which Starbright had turned, but that in
dividual was nowhere TO be seen
"Confound ltii' muttered the young
hunter, ''he seems TO have given me'the slip.
Clinton Starbright is like an eel, when you
put your finger on him he isn't there
imagine had him completely under the in
fluence Of the drug, but il seems that tue
cigar was not as heavily charged as
imagined. | was foolish TO permit him 70
escape. l should, in justice TO ali con
cerned have placed him under arrest
And yet such move might block the
game entirely, and prevent the ends of
justice
mo, must permit the Captain full swing
for little longer. The face ofeDon Benito
has startled the Captain, and that certainly
means something. | might be able to guess
the truth had the queer old fellow COM
pleted the story he was once telling. He
seemed sane enough then: he IS at times
and but for an interruption | should have
known all. However, danger menaces Don
Benito and must avert it if possible
la the meantime the Captain turned
down the nearest alley, crossed a block, and
thence passed down narrow street TO the
stable where he had sheltered his horses
He seemed to think that il would be time
lost in searching for Don Bento in the city
since he ordered his animals at once and
was soon riding swiftly out of the city
He was not long in crossing the ten milo
stretch 10 Lone Hollow. He passed into
the house, TO his own room, without disturb
ing the inmates, seeming regardless Of the
fact that Mrs. Penroy had once ordered him
to depart from Lone Hollow and never to
return. As he paced the floor lac muttered:
The clements Of danger thcken The
man left for dead,in California stil lives,
although believe him 20 be insane What
Of thatl BE saved Lnra Joyce from my
hand last night. There's methed III his
madness. He seems to recognize ME, and
while he lives The danger is doubled He
must not live / have-gope TOO FAR 10 turn
backfTow
Il have entered the race and must con.
Nnpe 10 the end The end What is it
destined 10 be- Success or failures A bold
heart and strong hand will make il tha
Avt4Atf. ppHat9S pOlu. u 90 NOL permit
my nerves 70 be unstrung az the outset
Mrs. Penr0r threatens. too. Confound
the sex Will nevertrust a woman again
never They are al treacherous. That will
The loss Of thar precious paper has doomed
me 10 much trouble
He turned to a small cupboard and drew
forth fiask. He placed this 10 his lips
twice ere he spoke again e Al that is the
pure stuff. ne finally CALCULATED That
gives me strength. and nerves me to the
work in hand
Thrusting the flask IN an inner pocket he
passed from he room aud the house He
did MOI 90 towari The road. bur walked
around the mansion and disappeared in the
woods AZ Inc foot Of the hollow
An old man stood on the verge Of Hang
mans Guleh ia the twilight tail and
slender, with long beard and hair of silver.
he presented q patriarchal appearance as
ne stood leaning ightiy on a STAFF OF native
wood, and gazed with eagle eve over the
scene
THE Doge has seat for me. There is TO
be some reconciliation. muttered the old
man. Il am glad Of that Isaw him at
the tavern and ne seemed gentle as a lamb
it is wei. If the gentle maid was only
here might send q message By herr
He paused. The sound Of step attracted
his notice H turned. lifted his STAFF. but