Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1892-08-25


moro circuitous route. TO the east,
through that scantily peopled region
Volanto stepped proudly along, prick
ing up hci ears to recognize familiar
bugbears and TO question strange stocks
and stones, whether they were "mich
ing malicho' TO horsehesh.
Brothertoft walked by his daughters
side Only now and then in their hur
ried march could he take her hand and
speak and hear some word of tender
love. But the consciousness in each Of
the others presence and the knowledge
of the new birth OF the hottest of all the
holy affections betwecs them were sufi
cient. A vague bliss involved them as
they hurried through the dim night
And both evadcd the thought of that
hate they had left behind-that EN-
bodied hate, helpless and alone az
Brothertoft manor.
The negroes trotted along babbling
comically together.
Jierck Dewitt led the way in silence
] A
rett again If don't bring these people
straight through so he thought Il
Am just sober enough TO walk my chalk
If pin my eyes to it. If look at any
thing else or think Of anything else this
path1l go to zigzagging and splitting mp
into squirrel tracks and climbing mp
trees. Old Voltaire says he don't know
these back roads very wen. If / lose
the track we shall be nowhere
The region a mile back from the river
was mostly forest then, with scattered
clearings, Often the course of our fugi-
tives was merely a wood road, or a COW
path, or an old trail There We're giant
boles stopping the way and prone trunks
barricading it. There We're boys and
thickets TO avoid.
IL is bewildering business 20 travel
through a forest in the dark. Jierck
Dewitt knew this well. He did not dis.
tract his attention with talk or recall.
ing the events of the evening. He held
tight with all his eyes and all his wits
TO the track, commanding IL not to di
vide or meander. This severe applica
ton steadied his brain. He slowly 30
, bered. The fine fumes of his potationl
of Brothertoft Madeira in the cellar
exhaled. The coarser gases Of rum from
the paternal jug split their exit through
. the sutures of his skull.
1t seemed a moment, IL seemed n mil
lennium, il was an hour when the part
reached the foot of Cedar ridge, almos
three miles from the manor house.
Cedar ridge is a famous lookout
"What you cannot see from there is no
3, worth seeing" say the neighbors.
rises some three hundred feet above tn
level of the river and surveys highland
north, uplands and lowlands south, wit
+, Januslike vision.
Such a landmark attained withou
error, Jierck Dewitt began TO feel s.,
= cure. He could relax his strict atter
ton to his duties as guide and let hi
thoughts confuse him again.
The moment he began 10 review tn
u events Of the evening with q sobere
brain he grew sudl gnly troubled.
4 He halted where the forest ceased q
= the ridge and the two bare mounds wit
p the low cedar appeared against the sky
Hc paused there and let Noltuire over
% take him.
g This was the third night of that oil
= braves travels. The present pace wa
e telling on him. lie was putting lon
u ana long as he stopped at Jierck's Gig
y nal. The others passed on up the ridge
Y The white mare became a spot Of hgh
, in tho open.
"Voltaire." whispered Jierck, :"
y didn't sec the mistress around when W
: left the manor. Do you know what wa
u done with herT
u "Where was you, that you didn
see" asks Voltaire, taking and yieldin
l. air in great gasps between every wore
u "Neyer mind thatl What became G
* herr"
= "Why yoa know puff that she fire
- gasp a pistol Explosion and sigh q
master, and everybody thought (wheez
that she'd shot him dead" Here No
taire took in a gallon or so Of night ai
:, and delivered it slowly back 10y the pin
y in the form of a chain of clouds, q
white as if they came from the lungs Z
j." pure Caucasian.
" This speech explained half tho myster
TO Jierck. His curiosity seemed 10 b.
come more troublesome, He continue
~ anxiously, Eyes, yes, l know, whic
, he did not until this moment. "BI
what was done with her afterward.
-. was outside doing my part there
/" You was outside, was your says No
- taire slowly recovering fluenCy. "Wel
n guess they wanted you inside"
~ IA man can't bein two places at ono
- What did they want me for:'
- "Them two boys-the root doctor
= son aud Samuel Galsworthy--is as spI
~ IS any two boys ever see. Mighty spl
+. and strong and handy boys they is; br
~ they had most a orkud job with mi
tress. she tearing and scratching S
They wanted another hand bad; but the