Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-03-19
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Or, a Worldwide Chase.
A STORY OF RETRIBUTlON.
BY ""ABASH.o
COPYRIGHT, 1901
CHAPTER XIII-CoNT1NuED.

| CHAPTER XIII-CoNTINUED.
Dear me-" said Mr.. Wilcox, ''but
this matter is getting serious. Here's
that young grocer again. He was here
last night, too; he'll begin to think he
owns the place very soon, and all be-
cause he happened to be laid up a week
or two on account of an accident. 1t
would have been better for all con-
| cerned if he had taken the five hundred
! dollars we offered him; we should then
have been rid of him with all obliga-
| tiOns cancelled"
| 'Armlda tells me he makes very rapid
| progress in his studies and is really a
very remarkable man." responded Mrs
| Delaro, without accepting Mr.. Wilcox
remarks in their serious sense. Then
| noticing that her apparently light man.
ner of treating subject which each
| had short time before thought so seri-
| GUS did not seem to please Mr.. Wilcox,
| who remained perfectly silent and con-
tinued to read the evening paper, she
again spoke: Mr.. Wilcox" The tone
in which she addressed her old friend
was quite sufficient; had the paper been
hot the venerable millionaire could not
| have dropped it quicker, and in an in
slant he was all attention. do you
| not think it would be wise to concoct
some plan whereby we could, for a
time at least, interrupt the studies
| which are being pursued with such in
defatigable zeal in this house?"
That is something which has oc-
| CURED to me very many times of late.
but 1 have been waiting for the first
suggestion to come from you, was the
answer.
and 1 am very much puzzled to con-
ceive of suggestion which is worth Of
fering," answered the widow.
For a few moments they both ap-
peared to be lost in thought from which
quiet state they converged simultan-
eously. Sup they began together,
and both smiled. Mrs. Delaro gave way
to Mr.. Wilcox, who said: Il will wager
a pair of gloves, which is the most Sc
rious amount l ever bet IN my life, that
we are each thinking of the same thing"
THAT is probably So" said Mrs. De-
laro, but l will defer to you and per-
nit you to give your suggestion first
well. l was about to say, suppose
that when Percy comes back we all go
to Europe"
Precisely the current of my
thoughts" was Mrs. Delaro's ready
response.
Then Percy can not come back mo-
ment too soon and this Mr.. limerick,
whoever he is, can purs ue his vocation
without interruption. For Armida's
future, which is really threa tened" land
here the old man spoke with great earn
estness) lis far too serious a matter to
no +riH Ix-;th Io L.
guarded"
If Mrs. Delaro had only guessed the
true meaning of these words of one of
natures gentlemen, she too would have
rejoiced at their import, but she did
not, or she would have been more earn
est in her manner.
Let Percy remain where he is for a
few weeks longer, then if he does not
meet with any success, cable him to re-
turn home" said the widow.
''At any rate l must send him a
message tomorrow, for l have not had
a word from him now for three weeks,
and my instructions were that he
should send line or two at least once
a week." were Mr.. Wilcox's next words.
There was just the slightest look of
alarm in Mrs. Delaro's face as she
glanced up at Mr.. Wilcox and ques-
tioningly said: You do not mean that?"
Indeed it is true he replied.
''Then / fear some harm must have
happened him." said Mrs. Delaro.
mo, / hardly think that. He may
have had occasion to go up into the
country hurriedly, and, anticipating
that he might have message of i'm
portance to send US, has delayed his
communications. In fact, there are
hundred things which are liable to
happen on journey of that kind" were
Mr.. Wilcox's words as he again took up
the paper.
sIn the meantime think it may be
as well to caution Armida, mildly,
about making too free with Eugene
Breezy. And by the by l forgot to
tell you" (here Mrs. Delaro INDUCED in
suppressed ripple of merry laughter)
that your old friend Mr.. Blodger who
turned up again so unexpectedly few
days since has made it his business to
investigate into the antecedents of this
bumptious young grocer, as he terms
him, but he does not appear to have any
thing to report at present beyond the
fact that Mrs. Breezy is very estima-
BILE woman and knows good soap from
bad"
"When Blodger dies" said Mr.. Will
cox" / think some one will have to in
vent an imperishable soap monument to
place over his grave, for never knew