Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-03-10


and be- even b-gan to arrange IN las
mind the details 81 the narrative for his
paper
II Was Characteristic ~ the man that
be- felt no pity for the inIendcd 'lciim.
~ gave thought Ia the disir'ss his expo
sure would carry into the household ~
WithcrsI-on.
Not that Tom was an unkindly man
lie had only bccn har,icn-i In the pfac-
ticc - hi. profession and sought b..
ends rvmnr-lcssly.
While be- Was indulying thc-c cSpccta'
tam. llolbr-1k came in.
"whcr, have you hcyn Tor the pas,
fcw daysy leo said. without waiting fOf
situations 4 have l-r-n ssriou.ly
alarm-d. .cnt everywhere for you
AMI could uot hni you
TO Newport.
~ pretty time To go plcasufing.-
grumblc,l llolbruok Il found your
shallow. bui ho wOuldn't tell the any
thing"
NO. hc never tcll.. said Tom, com.
placcnily
"YOu gave me a pretty fright Why
didn't yuu lci nio know YOU were guinsf
Hadn't time. Hut. said Tom. II u
rrlioye you. wcnt on the very busin"ss
yuu think neglected shadow. Sho
kc,t- very clos- 60 Fountains man-his
valct-ani worms everything oui - him.
came to mr hastily i-fofv wAs oui -
l-si few days ago. With the inf0rma
ton that FUuntain had ls',n summoned
io Newport. after considerable tslr.
graphic correspondence With the Asir
grove girl uI.1n ~. impuls. ~ ihc mp.
mcnt. l determined a. ~. and made up
my mind that II started at once with
oui delay cuull g,t heretofore b. dtl
An Instinct -iniuilion What you viii
imtellcl me 10 81 ~ not having time
o. - you ! left at once made bs
strike
"oh. then you have learned .ome.
thing
~ gr,at deal Listen. ! had not
time "a pack anything. bat | grabbed a
lag hai u-ci on nay last trip oui u
town. IN which I kncw there was q
change of clean linen. and just caught
the train.
Get 20 your point aid ilclhcok
imIaiieutiy. d~rply Interested.
TAKE u ,asy. my 10y. u u MT to L.
toll that Way Tie b'auty - telling n
tale l. telling II In -rquential manner
YOU make your points much stronger.
ami clcarvr understanding l. the -
suit
"Oh. 20 un your own way, returned
Iolbfook. iriiably. realizing tina, Tom
was not a. h. driven AMI that inicrrup
ton only delayed the course of his mar.
rAtiVc.
well. then. a, l Travelled on had
time to examine tile rcasons laying back
of my impuls-. Of ooure. n Fountain
vent to New ppri he would ~ "a Wiiher-
spon. That several kilograms had
Ias.sd tstwccn himself and the Ash
grow. girl. and that Fountain had .n'
prus-.d dc.irc to rrmain In New York
a few day. longer and had yielded In
ohcdicnc. "a the la, telegram frotn
Newport. showed urgency. Nov. ~ha,
urgency. and ~hyi That was what ]
~a. travelling TO Newport TO find GA, "
I could
II should take ita very poor reason.
interrupted ilolbrcok. The idea of
travelling od - many miles upon an i'm.
pul-e."
my dear fellow, your inability To ap
prcciate how controlling such impulses
are upon some Compartments, shows me
clearly you would never succccd as a
newspaper man. make u rule OF life
10 Obey the prompting' OF my intuiiion.'
Hence my success.
swell. set on With your story
After q while I thought ] would
open my bag and lind what had With
me. and To my surprise ] discovered q
suit Of clothes Tor . hborng mana
working suit Then I remembered that
had uscd Il As disguise some time ago
when I Was Ou another affair. and the
though, popped into my head that ]
could use |, again, possibly 10 god ef'
feet. After I 10, To Newport made
my way 10 the witherspoon cottage aud
took In the surroundings. ! knew what
time Fountain Was 20 leave New York,
and, therefore. atout what time he would
arrive.
II determined to disguise myself as .
gardener. get on the grounds, aud risk
detection. 80 procuring apair OF garden
shears, did my working clothes up In
package, smuggled II out of the hotel.
and ON a plausible pretent secured
ruom Ia a cottage In the town, where
could make the change. About the only
thing I learned ON the stage was expert.
ness In make up. and when issued from
the room was as III q gardener as you
ever sa~. loitsred around until about
the time for his arrival was near the
gates when the carriage drove up, and
quickly followed H. Fortunately Tor
me. such as were at work on the grounds
were In front and not In the rear"
"oh, do skip the details, for heavens
sake.- cried liolbrook.
"You seem To he nervous this morn
Ing rejoincd Tom. who, between a de-
sire to tease IIolbrook and an intense
relish In hi. own tale. was indulging his
vein Of graphic recital. well. saw
the A.l,grove girl waiting for him. saw
her greet him. and then At down and
wait for him while be entered the house.
shortly he came cut again. and had an
opportunity to get cIose up to the 'eran'
da oui of sight. ON the Pretent % trim
ming some vines. Then there began the
most extraordinary conversation.
Tom here detailed that scene upon the
veranda. of which the reader Is fully In
informed. During its recital Tom was
not interrupted; Holbrook was too anx'
Ious and interested io Ioss . word.
When he had finished Holbrook said.
THAT settles L. Fountain II the man" :"
"I think there is no doubt Of 1t" re-
piled Tom
"Nous In the least What power OF
sslf posssusioui OF courss bs realised
thospaghly vhss ~ vas driving e.