The Florida agriculturist., 1889-08-21
Great Scottl A robbery"
"No; no such common business. A lost

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heirl''
"a lost heirp That sounds good! Come,
we've got the evening before us; suppose
you spin the yarn.
"Humph! I'm not so sure about that,
returned Clifton. scratching his whiskert
thoughtfully ''This isn't the sort Of
story that one tells to everybody. How.
ever" he added, you're not everybody
though | suppose you consider yourself
somebody; at all events, If you promise
to keep it dark. fancy can trust you
But let's go into some quiet corner-as
it's warm evening, suppose we sit out
side, where we can smoke. have cigars
enough, and this yarn will probably last
out more than one of them"
AS they passed out Of the door, 6
gentleman who had been sitting in 6
chair not far off, with his hat drawn
down over his nose, and who had seem
ingly been asleep, rose quietly from his
seat and proceeded to the door of state
room little way forward Of the paddle
box. He entered the room and locked
the door after him; then he breathed 6
sigh of relief. He took off his hat and
looked at his reflection in the mirror
1t showed the countenance Of man be-
tween 90 and 30 years of age perhaps
nearer the latter age than the former
the lower part Of which was thickly
covered with a brown beard, cropped
short at the sides and round the throat,
but allowed to grow to a point on the
chin. The forehead, cheeks and nose
were deeply bronzed by the sun, giving
peculiar appearance to pair Of hand
some blue eyes. The hair was cut short;
any one would have taken the head for
that of Frenchman This idea would
have been confirmed when the gentle
man put across his nose pair of tinted
eyeglasses, mounted in gold He re.
garded himself critically.
Eyes, he muttered, in the undertone
which people use when conversing with
themselves, Its good get up, consider
ing the simplicity Of the materials. Nc
one can say am Disgusting myself; anc
yet | doubt if my own MOTHERHOOD
bless her!-would recognize me at the
first glance, though my sister might.
must have been intended by nature fol
an actor; my features lend themselves s6
readily to disguise. At one time an
an American; then an Englishman; nov
Frenchman; tomorrow | may attemp
Turk or Russian. But what an ex
traordinary piece of bad luck that thai
fellow Clifton should be on this steamer
Does he know that | am on board
Hardly. And yet, what is he here for
1t must be on that same business; anC
in that business | am concerned, how
ever unwillingly. Perhaps he has come
to look up my record. Confound him
why can't he let me alonel l shall have
hard enough time Of it without him
Of course he will go straight to Inspector
Byrnes. and when the inspector finds ou
that am not-what's thatY
In order to answer this question, i
must be observed that the state room
occupied by the bearded gentleman wa
an outside one; it's window opened OF
the water, or rather on narrow stril
Of deck which interviewed between the
rail and the wall of the state room itself
This strip Of deck was just wide enough
to admit Of person sitting there, will
his shoulders against the wall and hi
feet OF the rail-an attitude said to be
favorite one with Americans, and which
any person who has studied the circula
tion of the blood and it's action on the
brain will gladly put himself into The
window. it should be added, was pro
tected by wooden blind with fine Stats
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