Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-02-17


work uInn lloS grateful Annie Tenn
pleton wuuli l-i II wr wcr- tn To- snccsss.
ful' What a prrtty si'ht her face wouh
prv-cnt-an inccnus for any man o.
work
Thus musing he str,slc along At anpid
gait. feeling positive plcasirv in the en-
crciso. Us nnd by De- lsrcamc conscious
that s1me one Nas followlng him. lie
crr.s..,l the strc.t o. determine this; the
prr~n b. susJ--ctcl cru~-~l also lis
slackeuc,i les pace. tall. slim Gsurr
Tas.c,i him. AMI b. ibough b.. Was
mistaken ~ be- saw u disappear Ia the
darkness
~ d. fors,I ahead shortly b. found
tie t-cr.,n VA. l-hind him again.
lie was nov approaching a fashionable
duhking saloon. and be- determined to
stop th,fv anil 49, What his follower
Vuuli dn
lie did so. and met an acquaintance
With whom ic went a. the lar
Immediately tlir door oJsncl aud q
tall. slim m4n entered II was the T-'r.
sln ~ho had follow c,i him
IIolbr,.ls observed him clus-cly thruugh
tie glas. i-hind tlIc lar. while chatting
sith hi. acquaintance.
Tho tall. sl.m man va, by mn means
young-cvilenily o. 80 G. year. - agc.
hl. hair vas ~ hiie. his fare sell scanned
~iih Wrinklr, lie va. clad In rvsI-,ri.
able LlAck. aud Vas upright Ia carriage
llIbFyok though, be- might have b--n
the man Tulniain disguised to follow
him. ani then dismissed the i'lea as an
al-urlii, and aitnlnicd II o. hi, heated
Imagination.
\ glancr at the hand the T~r-nn laid
un the lar. whi,h llolbruok could rcgari
AZ short nnsv without turning. such was
his position. cOniirm-l hi. ilsa - IL. ab-
surliiy. II vas unmisi.lkabl, the hand
u an ag~l I-r-pn. there c"uli L. ~
make up- he IlaL
I'r---uily li,- old man drupl-,i piece
81 money un the iiort. ~ Lc sioopcd -
o., u up De- struck lIolbrook In the
tack
COn,inc.,l ~ hc Was tha; be- had t--n
touched plp-sly. frum an impulsc he
c0uid Mt restrain b. turned.
Tho uli man apnlDsiscd In most cOur.
teuu. terms llls VOC. was pleasant. bui
llulbtu,k f,ll that ihc dark cy-- of the
Oh man mo,, k~-nly aud rap'dly scru'
iiniErl las i'aturvs.
However. b. cuurtsou.ly responded "a
hi. aI.llrsic, anl the old man passed oui
into the .tryt
That va, done on puPJ-c" .aid the
Acquaintance
II though, - tco. replied llolbrook.
Toe lafsccpcr. ~ ho had overheard thi.
eichansr. aid
"llc aslc,i me Who you wcrr. sir
"Whai del you tell himY'
That didn't know. which was a..
truth.
Ilolhrook went out The old man
.tosi Ia the shadow ~ an AL joining dor.
liolbrook lcaI--d into cab and told
the man a. drsv 90 thc Hoffman hOus..
and then watched frutn the window 10
ssr II be was followed.
Theol man remained where llolbrook
had last sccn him.
I've spent n dollar and a half for
nothing" be- aid The probability 10
that be misiook me fcr some one else.
and discovered hi. crior In the drinking
placv.- - be went on 20 his own hotel.
When be arrived ia ,rr be went 10 the
dssk for letters and ards that might
have bcsn left him. be ~As told 10y the
clerk that a gentleman had called upon
him during the evening. bat hal refused
20 tell either his tame 90 leave a card.
saving that he was unknown to Mr. Hoi-
brook, and would visit him at his Office
some time during the following day.
lnquiring wha, the man locked like.
BE- was given a description which Tailed
With that ~ the old man whom he lad
encountered on broadway hut an hour
previously.
To say he Was alarmed would lie TO
cay what was not true. but there Is no
question bui that II made him uneasy.
lie Iegan 20 doub, the advisabili,y Of
the campaign upon which he hal enter
ed. and into which be had been irresist'
ibly drawn.
Nov that lee had taken decisive step
In the direction of endeayoring to fasien
the responsibility of the murder upon
one ~ near 20 Flora Ashgroye rs the man
Fountain evidently was, he bsgan To
wish be- hadn't gone ~ far n To excite
Toms suspicious In that direction. II
s.cmed horrible thing To do.
And -. disgus,ed with himself and
more Disturbed than he was willing 70
admit, lac sought his chamber.