Telegram-herald., 1890-12-21

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usea be droYs 81 tEe hsaa kS4tton.
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fassa1 . welcome cpportaRtty - sns<t
"a esc4pe. Ieey were aFislng home -
dusk sea. eitho9t > szrninz sign u
sny kina ons ~ tie ~hesls cane o1
thsiE vehiele au1 threw toe riders 20
the groznd. Percy turnsa = sumner
szglt IA isll On bis shoulders. sustain
lng no further iniavy thsa roagh shsk-
ing. bat his con p2nion Was not 50
Fortunate, for hs fell o.. bis aide sad. IN
faiiing. bToks his arm.
nere va What would have under o.
elnary circumstances seemed Like en-
unf0rt0nats occurrence. but Perey
hailed il wish delight lie wAs not
pleased 10 see the praying old Dutch
aaan IA tfopbie bgt he a. ones saw
means ~ oseape. Tie Was dressed IN
the garb Of = native. but thGt made no
difference. d and once on q river steamer
he would be safe lie ses the broken
agm Of the Dutehmzn as best be could
with bis limited knowledge of surgery
and then presumably turned his atten-
ton 70 ths repair OF the wagon Find
ing that the wheel could not be fastened
on without the assistance OF black
smith. as the little pin from the axle
vas lost, Percy proposed that he should
ride back 10 tho head station and hiring
the smlth from there. To this, the
Datchman. anxious 70 get hone, con-
sented. aud IN few minutes Percy was
riding as fast as his horse could carry
hin 10 freedom.
How the Dutchman spent the night
Lowell never knew; for himself, he spent
most OF it in the saddle.
In the morning he reached small
town on the hanks Of the river, where
y
sum, and with it ne boarded a river
steamer and took the cheapest passage
no could purchase down 70 Buenos
Ayrcs. All this time Percy was full Of
hope that the villain who had caused
his abduction would still be there. and
ho had made up his mind 10 make short
work OF bringing him 10 justice.
IL would be difficult to describe Per-
cy's feelings when be once moro came
in sight OF the blue and white porcelain
dOmes of Buenos Ayres. He fondly i'm
agined that in few hours he would DO
able TO exchange the rags which covered
his body for clothing which would bet
ter become his handsome form.
He walked boldly up TO the hotel
where be had stayed few months be-
fore and introduced himself as the miss
takes to record it he was being hustled
into tho street. and as he passed a
mirror in the hallway he at once be-
came aware of the reason which pre-
vented him from being recognized. He
could not himself believe that the OBJ
ject OF which he caught a naomentary
glance was Percy Lovel. His face was
brown aud dirty-looking, his uncut hair
hung in a disheveled state over his
shoulders, and his untrimmed beard
helped 10 make him a most pitiable OBJ
ject such as none would recognize as the
genial Englishman whose body was sup
posed 20 have been taken from the river
weeks before. When he reached the
street he wandered aimlessly about and
finally decided to go TO the American
consulate. There he introduced him
self, but met with an even worse recep-
tion than be experienced at the hotel.
The consul was not to be seen, and the
young men in charge of the office di
nothing but sneer and attempt to still