Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1890-04-19

young lawyer, he 1ndulRe0 IN pleaSant
authorizations Of the sensation he would
create, the largeness Of the SCOOP" he
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 the 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 indulging these expecta-
tions Holbrook came in.
"Where have you been for the past
few daysr' he said, without waiting for
salutations 81 have been seriously
alarmed. l sent everywhere for you
and could not find you"
"To Newport.
"a pretty time to go pleasuring,'
grumbled Holbrook. ~ found your
Shadow, but he wouldn't tell me any.
thing"
mo, he never tells" said Tom, com.
placehtly.
"You gave me a pretty fright; why
didn't you let me know you were going%
Hadn't time. But" said Tom, I'm
relieve you. went on the very business
you think l neglected. Shadow. who
keeps very close to Fountains man-his
valet-and worms everything out of him,
came to me hastily before was out OF
bed few days ago, with the informa'
ton that Fountain had been summoned
to Newport, after considerable tele
graphic correspondence with the Ash
grove girl. Upon the impulse Of the mo-
ment, determined to go, and made up
my mind that If l started at once with
out delay could get there before he did.
An instinct-intuition-w you will
impelled me to go. So not having time
to see you left at once. made big
strike"
"Oh, then you have learned some
thingT"
IA great deal Listen. l had not
time to pack anything, but l grabbed a
bag had used on my last trip out OF
town, in which knew there was a
change of clean linen, and just caught
the train"
"Get to your point" said Holbrook
impatiently. deeply interested.
"Take it easy, my boy, 1t is not to be
told that way. The beauty Of telling a
tale is telling it in sequential manner;
you make your points much stronger,
and clearer understanding is the re-
suit"
"Oh, go on your own way" returned
Holbrook, irritably, realizing that Tom
was not to be driven and that Interrupt
ton only delayed the course OF his mar
rative.
"Well, then, as travelled on l 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 in
obedience to the last telegram from
Newport, showed urgency. Now, what
urgency, and why? That was what
was travelling to Newport to find out If
1 could"
II should take it very poor reason
interrupted Holbrook. "The idea OF
travelling off so many miles upon an i'm
pulse"
"My dear fellow, your inability to ap'
preciate how controlling such impulses
are upon some temperaments, shows me
clearly you would never succeed as
newspaper man. make it rule of life
to obey the promptings Of my intuitions.
Hence my success.
swell. get on with your story"
AFTER while thought would
open my bag and find what l had with
me, and to my surprise | discovered a
suit Of clothes for laboring mana
working suit. Then remembered that
I had used it as disguise some time ago
when ! was on another affair, and the
thought popped into my head that !
could use 1t again, possibly to good ef-
feet. After I got to Newport ! made