Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-20

anticipations Of the sensation he would
create, the largeness of the scoop la
would have upon his contemporaries,
and he even began to arrange in his
mind the details of the narrative for his
paper.
1t was characteristic of the man that
he felt no pity for the intended victim
or gave thought to the distress his expo.
sure would carry into tho household OF
Witherspoon.
Not that Tom was an unkindly man,
He had only been hardened in the prac.
tice of his profession and sought his
ends remorselessly.
While he was INDUCING these expeots.
lions Holbrook came in.
"Where have you been for the pas,
few days." he said, without waiting for
salutations. Il have been seriously
alarmed. I sent everywhere for you
and could not find you
"To Newport"
"a pretty time to go pleasuring,s
| grumbled Holbrook. ~ found yolr
Shadow, but he wouldn't tell me ahys
thing"
mo, he never tells" said Tom, com,
placently.
"You gave me a pretty fright why
didn't you let me know you were going?r
Hadn't time. But" said Tom, "t'D
relieve you. l 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 to me hastily before l was out OF
! bed few days ago, with the informa.
! ton that Fountain had beon summoned
! to Newport, after considerable tele-
graphic correspondence with the Ash.
grove girl Upon the impulse of the mo-
ment, l determined to go, and made up
my mind that if / started at once with.
out delay l could get there before he did,
An instinct-intuition- you will.
impelled me to go. So not having time
| to see you | left at once. made a big
strike"
"Oh, then you have learned some.
thing
"a great deal. Listen. I had not
time to pack anything, but I grabbed
bag 1 had used on my last trip out OF
town, in which l knew there was
change of clean linen, and just caught
the train
Get to your point" said Holbrook
impatiently, deeply interested.
Take it easy, my boy, it is not to be
told that way. The beauty Of telling
tale is telling 1t in a sequential manner,
you make your points much stronger,
and a clearer understanding il the re-
suit"
"Oh, go on your own way returned
HolbroOk, irrirably, realizing that Tom
was not to be driven and that interrupt
ton only delayed the course of his mar
rative
"Well, then, as l travelled on I had
time to examine the reasons laying back
of my impulse. OF course, if Fountain
went to Newport he would go to Wither-
| spoons That several kilograms had
passed between himself and the ASH
grove girl, and that Fountain had ex-
| pressed q desire to remain in New York
few days longer and had yielded il
obedience to the last telegram from
Newport, showed urgency. Now, what
urgency, and why: That was what l
was travelling to Newport to find out if
| could"
81 should take it q very poor reason"
interrupted Holbrook. THE idea Of
travelling off so many miles upon an i'm
pulse
My dear fellow, your inability to APP
preciate how controlling such ins
are upon some tempersnents, SHOWS me
clearly You would never succeed as q
newspaper man. I make it rule Of life
to obey the promptinGs of my munitions.
| Hence my success.
DWELL, get on with your story"
after while l thought l would
open my bag and lind what | had with
me- and TO my surprise l discovered a
suit of clothes for a laboring mana
working suit. Then | remembered that
had USED it as disguise some time ago
when was ON another affair, and the
thought popped into my head tsat
could use it again, possibly to good eff
feet After | got to Newport l made
my way to the Witherspoon cottage and
took in the surroundings. | knew what
time Fountain was to leave New York,
| and, therefore. about what time lie would
Arrive
Il determined to disguise myself as a
gardener, get on rhe grounds, and risk
detection. So procuring pair of garden
shears, did my working clothes up ina
package, smuggled it out Of the hotel,
and on a plausible pretext secured a
room in cottage in the town, wilere I
could make the change. About the only
thing learned on the stage was expert
ness in make up, and when | issued from
the room | was rs fit gaIeener AS you
ever saw. loitered around until about
the time for his arrival. | was near tho
gates when the carriage drove up, and
quickly followed it. Fortunately for
me, such as were at work on the grounds
We're in front and not III the rear
"Oh, do skip the details. for heavens
sake.' cried Holbrook.