Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-11-19
No, 3 l..

tective was not there in his place
stood broken hearted father, with but
one thought in his mind, how best to
get his unhappy son out of the reach of
the law which had SO nearly caught
hlm.
Come he cried in a whisper to me,
help him to stand, he is weak we
must arrange for him.
had looked round the place. The
squalid poverty of the uncleaned room,
the we'll worn pack of cards lying on
the chair by the bed, the empty bottle
on the other side and the stale smell of
spirits and tobacco in the room all told
the same tale, and bore silent but I'm.
mistakable witness to the complete
mastery Of evil habits.
But oil all this George seemed to see
nothing.
The sharp, searching scrutiny of the
detective had given place to the loving
took of IL father to whom all forgive
ness was possible.
With hasty hands be had taken off
his hat. great coat and scarf, and was
now hurred|y putting them on the fig
ure, who offered no help, and who seem.
ed too dazed and bewlllereu to speak.
Here is money, my boy, be whisper.
ed in husky voice and, here, take
care Of this, hurriedly writing few
words upon IL scrap Of paper. See,
put it in the breast pocket with the
purse. 1t Is the name of house at
Liverpool. Stay there till you hear
from me, and then you shall get right
away from this. There is a cab wait.
ing at the corner tell him to drive 10
the nearest station. You follow me
Bob, you understand what l haye said ?
The money is here in tins pocket. Now
quick If anyone
l read the thought in his heart.
What If some one had come on the clue
which had helped him. and should be
already on the way. Is that foot Oh
the stair? No, all is quiet.
Now go, dare not go with you.
Do not lose moment. Tell him to
drive fast. God bless you, Bob ); and
following him to the head Of the stair
with broken utterances of endearment
and caution, George watched the un-
steady figure descend the steps, and
listened with strained ears until he
caught the sound Of wheels driving
rapidly away.
We waited for what seemed to me a
loug time, in silence which | dared
not break. And then we went out IN
to the wet and deserted street.
We stopped at the corner where the
cab had waited :; and | watched my
friend as he stood under the gas-lamp.
looking out into the darkness with a
far away look in his EYES, not knowing
or at least not needing that the rain was
beating upon his uncovered head.
There is a better smile on his face
now, than he wore early In the evening
at the thought of his coming success.
HIS reputation would suffer greatly be.
yond doubt but what is that to him?
He stands there Il defeated-and a
happy man.
always meet Miles when I want to
keep out OF his way So l was not sur
prlsed to come across him next day,
walking by the Horse Guards.
'Ha, ha / he shouted boisterously, be-
fore we had well met. Queer 90, wasn't
it? What was? You haven't heard
from Markson .? Oh. of course, lie
would be as mute as fish. Hard
lines on him, too, when he had got the
whole thing as neat as could be. Went
to the very house yesterday, where AL.
Ian was. The man at the pub saw him
90 into the house. Ha ha. what does
my lord Allan do ? Awfully sharp fel-
low lets himself down by a rope out of
the back window, and goes off in
Marksons own cab mot bad, ha ha !
Markson rushed after hlm too late.
Smollett is furious that he was out of
it. lie found out where Allan was
hiding, and came on the scene day
before the fair. Pity he did not get the
chance. He'd have nailed h.m. Ev-
eryone says that Markson has made a
null Of it, and now the fellow has got
clean away, no one knows where.
Who's the better man now You can't
say much for your side. Tom
As l watched him stride away to-
ward the park, thought.
Yes, but thank God, Smollet did not
get the chance
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