The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-16
NOW FIRST PUBLISHED.
Beatrice and Benedick,
Romance Of the'Crimea,
BY HAWLEY SMART,
ON' ODpS
WITHOUT LICBNCE" Ere, ETC
BY HAWLEY SMART,
[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

! doctors tnresnolu.
| .sYes, | do They are all gone away
| they went yesterday morning" replied
| Polly, setting her face hard in anticipation
OF the storm thsywas coming.
"Go4e awaym Numbered Dick. whats
the use of your keeping an eye on him
should Ike to know, If you allow him to go
away"
why, how could prevent them"
prevent them, indeed" said the now
angry Tarrant. why. they couldn't go
away without your seeing them, l suppose
Wasn't il clearly your duty to communicate
with me. You don't suppose the law would
allow them TO go away, do youN
Pm SIRE | don't know replied Polly,
meekly. They told us suddenly yesterday
morning that they were going to town. and
in two or three hours they went. They
kept me rstty busy, too, all the time. How
was | to let you know"
1t could hardly be expected that Polly
would own that she had been pretty we'll
convinced of their intentions twenty-four
hours before that.
"Bahm returned Constable Tarrant
I'm disguised with you. l looked upon
you as gal with gumption, and any gal
with gunlption would have known they were
going away long before. But that's the
way with all you women. You're all idle
ness vanity and conceit. Instead Of keep
ing your eye on the doctor you were keep
ing it on your looking-glass Instead of
thinking of my interests you were think
ing about the color of your bonnet
strings"
Indeed, Dick-indeed, they gave us no
notice, said the girl, pleadingly.
20, 60 away; it just makes me sick. All
the men | used TO read about when l was at
school were brought to grief by women.
Now you've just gone and ruined my pros
poets, and l hope you're satisfied"
1t is not very likely that Mr.. Tarrants
prospects were impaired by his not having
conveyed the meditated departure of the
doctor to his superiors. He was a man of
that kind that may be considered meritori-
GUS if they only succeed in retaining the
position in life which they started.
No, Polly, I've stuck TO you through
thick and thin, although I've known all
along as you weren't a woman calculated to
help fellow along in the world, but this
settles it. cast you off now forever"
There was one part of Mr.. Tarrant's
spe 'ch which was undoubtedly true He
had stuck TO Polly for some years, and it
would have been very much to that young
advantage If he had not. Now
her opportunity had come. He offered her
release, but ID you suppose that he thought
any more than you or | do, that she would
take advantage of it, That she would
that she was we'll quit Of lazy,
contemplate houndl Not she
She did Just as such women will, she
netaphorically clutched this worthless idol
If hers from what can be ouly adequately
described as sheer cussedness. She shed
,errs and implored Dick to forgive her and
police-Constable Tarrant, after bullying her
or half an hour, finally condescended to
Kiss, forgive, and borrow half q sovereign
from her, and then stalked forth to resume
MS official duties, and actually ruminate
over whether Sergt. Evans was aware of
,he doctors departure.
Sergt. Evans had acquired his informa-
,ion by sheer accident, an acquaintance who
happened to have witnessed the doctors
exodus mentioning it as bit of casual gos-
nip, and the sergeant was quite aware that
ne had no grounds whatever for interfering
with him in any way. The man was eccen-
,ric-an enigma, il you like: but Evans
could not honestly say that he suspected
him to be a conner. He had no earthly
right to search the doctors residence, but he
felt that it would be great satisfaction to
him II he could have a look through that
of which Constable Tarrant had
given such glowing description.
1t is true that Constable Tarraut had
never seen it, but that did not hinder him
the difficulty he had about obtaining admit
lance. He thought it advanced him in the
eyes of his superiors, and showed zeal and
In the performance of his duty.
It was mercy a whlm, the sergeant
thought, as he turned the thing over i'll his
mind but still it was within it should he
easy to crafty. He had already a suspicion
that Mr.. Tarraut's accuracy was not quite
to be depepded on, but if there was young
woman in the houte who was a bit sweet
upon him, he ought surely to have no diff
Guilty in persuading her TO let himself and a
friend have q peep into the mysterious
chamber.
Workshop Of a great chemist-the sane
tum of a celebrated man! and all that sort
of fiummery. Myself a dlscipe-humble
admirer of the famous DR.. LyndeD. Yes
that's the caper. Tarrant's not very
bright, but he surely ought 10 have no diff
Guilty in working that. IL isn't business,
know but we've all our weaknesses, and l
really am curious to know what's the doc
tors little game.
The sergeant lost no time in explaining to
Dick what he expected of him, and in few
days, by a judcious mixture of coaxing and
bullying thet worthy had extorted a promise
from Phybbs that she would allow them to
look into the laboratory, upon the condition
that they didn't pull things about. To this
Dick willingly pledged himself, and at once
informed his superior officer of his sue
cess.
Miss Phybbs' time being now at her own
disposal, it was settled that they should pro,
coed to the doctors house the next day, and
there Polly received them, and was favored
with a somewhat fervid rhapsody on her
masters transcendent talents, by Sergt
Evans Rigidly as the doctor had kept the
door of the laboratory locked while at home
it had struck Polly as singular that he
should have left the key almost osteDta
tIously on his dresstng-table on going away.
She led the way and the two men followed
her. Tarrsnt felt confident that they were
on the verge of discoveries, and that Evans
practiced eye would speedily seize upon in
dications of coming.
Polly threw open the door, and Tarrant
to whom the fittings of a laboratory pre-
sented themselves for the first time, had nC
doubt that his suspicious were fully con-
f1rmed, and that all the neoessaries fol-
coming on large scale met his gaze. He
was about to appeal to the sergeant when q
prompt frown warned him to hold hi
tongue.
Evans, in his assumed character of {
profound admirer Of the great man. throw.
ing himself into quaint armchair, request
ed them not to speak to him.
Tarrant meanwhile went fussng about
peering into crucibles, peeping in retorts
and poking his nose into the drawers under
the profound impression that he was play
ing the detective officer TO the life. Tit
sergeant never moved from his chair, but
bis restless eyes roved necessarily round the
room. His lip curled contemptuously as ht
thought:
What an old fool l am, coming; there's
not a sign OF it. Why on earth should one
imagine that he was other than what ht
professed-a man with fad for chemistry