Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-01-24
DARK DEEDS.
CHAPTER lII lCoNT1vuEpl.
By HENRY W. NEsFIELp.


bers. They were SIT ated in all Mall,
and were as spen Id a the average run
OF achelor apartments that are TO be
found in that part OF London -four or
five rooms hung with dl erent
colOred silks, furnished with rich dvans,
ex uiste little tables o arabes ne work
mansa p, glittering mirrors, curiousiy
wrought brass lamps and all sorts of Ob-
jects OF In fact, the whole OF the
c silly arrangements showed that the own
er del GIFTED in the Oriental style Of
lu y.
II was difficult for any ordinary person,
upon entering this sybaritical abo To- when
feeling he soft Persian mats beneath his
feet and beholding the magni cence OF
the rooms, TO believe that within few
yards of him lay the ,o!d paw ments
where the outcasts or ] ondon nightly
hudled toget er, homeless, starving,
wi hOut hope, without friends, so c one
the policeman ftentmes, as the
daily pape show. take them up as vag
rants and give them nights shelter in
the cells.
John clancy thought OF these things
as he surveyed the scene before him.
A Neg ad In Turk h costume show
ed hem into the aloJn, and then 81 emily
disappea. ed behind y.'e,c to inform
his master of their arrival
a. turgls has heen q great deal in the
East, said George \twOOd feel ng that
he ought TO make some remark "lle has
wonderful election of rieHtal knick-
knacks china, swords, and other things
ack maize no RESPONSE His thoughts
were far away, and his spiri was Tuning
as he retlec ed upon the In Justice that
gave this man the right to call all this
splendOr his, viii st La larus lay dying at
his gate.
"Ah, there you are. Atwood" exolaim-
ed Captain Sturgis, as he entered from
his bed room, gOrgeou,ly arrayed in
dark velvet smoking costume. How Go
you do, Delaney! Glad 10 see you! Light
up cigarette, and make yourself at
home.
Kinks were brou hit in ky the dusky
attendant The lamps were turned up.
and gorge Atwood began 10 feel perfect
ly happy.
Captain Sturgis took contem ptibe de-
light in inv ting men whom he knew to be
IN poor CIR ums ances to view his splen-
did uu ,rters. 1t pleased his vanity TO feel
that his possessions were so enyied, and
he derived a cruel satisfaction in watching
the paupers exp sion OF astOnishment
as he ga ed at the prOdigal evidence of his
hosts wealth.
80 you really are a Socialist De-
laney, he drawled. as he leane back
upon couch and eyed his visitor with
evident amusement. and what 90 you
propose 10 do with all the bl cd aristo-
cratSS,' he ntinued In the same strain.
" hope you will give everybod due warn
ing when the town Is to be sacked
- es, am Socialist, Captain Stur-
gis," replied delaney, and | am not
asha ed of owning II. At the same time
do not think you need he alarmed about
the safety OF your sse sions on that ac-
count No doubt as my friends all say,
am onewhat too advanced in my opin-
ions"
I" doubt you are" &C uiesced : tur-
gis, with a arcely cone aled sneer.
Five hundred year paid .uarterlv
would probably 60 far iowa DIS altering
them"
- hope not returned Jack warmly;
land ! d. n t know why you should sa '
&C. cons dering that our acquaintance is
such brief one"
''rhat will ). Jack" exclaimed Mr.
Atwo d; don't lose your temper We
came here % have pleasant e3ening, not
TO argue about such nonsense as Social
ism. That Is nice tro h. OF arms. Stur-
gis, he a de as If by way OF changing
the conversation.
ayes, replied Sturgis, lifting a beau
tifuly inlaid imltar down from the wall;
" ust look at this II was taken fir m a
Sikh all old uncle of mine. See how
delicately the blade is inlad-all with
gold Look out he CT ed, as Atwood be
gan TO handle the weap n somewhat care
lessly; ''it is as sharp as razor. GU
could slice a sheet of tissue paper down
with IL.
George Atwood felt the edge Of the
blade upon his thumb nail. Ii was, In
deed, as the pain had remarked as
sharp as a razor
Just the sort Of thing" continued
Sturgis, In bantering tone, to slice of
the heads of the kno k-kneed capital IS
ell. Delaney Coul MT you NOW them
down beau fully he exclaime |, swing
ing the sword through the air with a
whi zing soun as he spoke.
ack made no reply. lie saw that Cap
tain turgls wished to irritate him, and
he wisely held his tongue.
The o ening passed very tediously for
him. &c was determined to keep his
temper, but 1t cost him many all effort To
do so, for he was frequently provoked
On the other hand, Atwood seemed as
ha py as boy out Tor holiday. There
was plenty to smoke and drink, and that
alone was quite sufficient to make him
perfectly content
1t wa in the small hours OF the morn
ing that they rose TO depart Jack would
Lave left long before. but he knew that
his compani ms would have attributed his
doing so t bad to nper, so he stayed until
Atwood proposed to go.
IL will see you down stairs, said the
Captain, as they we're about TO depart
He 10 k candle In his hand 10 light the
way, the lights upon the staircase having
been all turned out
Jack was the last to leave the room,
and, as he did so, he slammed the door
after him.
''Con{ound II. man," cried Sturgis--
why, you've locked me out The door
has snap-lock, and won't open without
m; kew"
Haven't you got IL on you?' asked
Delaney. Il really am very sorry"
'SeyryP' exclaimed the angry Captain,