Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1892-10-01

of manual labor and all forms Of mere
breadgetting effort. To balance these
characteristics, he was generous, brave,
courteous to those whom he liked, tender
hearted, full of warm sympathies and
laudable impulses, charmingly compan-
ionable, and possessed of the gift called
magnetism" by which he had made his
way to his present wealth and power in
| an incredibly short space of time. He
had been aided at every step by good
luck, as such men seem always to be, as
well as by the fine intuition of born
genius, if the mere power to control and
combine may be called genius.
He loved Rosalie Chenier with pas
sion like intensified fire whenever he
thought of her but once his thoughts
turned from her, he did not love her at
all. He was not tickle. He simply
lacked the power to think of two things
at once. He focused his whole mind
and soul upon whatever for the time oc-
cupied his attention.
Rosalies direct accusation against
him had stung his southern sense Of
honor almost to the point Of driving him
mad for the time. He had straightway
rushed back to Savannah, bent upon
making plain his innocence. That she
should think him guilty Of vulgar as
sassination was more than he could bear.
For awhile his mental torture was ex-
quisite He went to work with enor-
nous energy trying to ferret out the
real assassin. If only Colonel Talbot
could speak he might easily settle the
whole matter with word, but Colonel
Talbot could not speak; he lay there
dumb and unconscious, puzzle to the
learned physicians.
When Rosalie returned to Savannah
from the pocket" Ellis knew it, but he
did not attempt to see her; he meant
never to speak to her again until his in
nocence had been proven beyond a doubt.
He admitted to himself that, in q way,
he deserved this punishment, remember
ing distinctly as he did his foolish threat
ening words. But he had large faith
in the star of his destiny-that is, in his
luck, and he spared no effort to get into
the mystery of that unhappy night.
After a time Sir Edmond Kane came
back to Savannah for a few days, and
Ellis was hattered by the marked atten-
tion paid him by the English aristocrat
and his fair daughter. His thoughts
were turned from Rosalie and his inves-
tigation of the crime, and he gave Miss
Ellen Kane his undivided attention. The
English girl found him charming COM
psnion-so attentive, SO knightly. so full
of ready expedients for rational amuse-
ment, and withal, SO delightful as a
story teller. Those days made a memora-
BILE spot in Miss Kane's life. She went
back to England dimly conscious that she
bad almost loved an American. AS for
Ellis he never thought Of her again once
she had passed out of his reach
At length the day came when Colonel
Talbot regained consciousness It was
while Rosalie was gone to Jacksonville
that one morning the newspapers made
the following announcement:
"A Mystery Cleared Up-Colonel
Warren Talbot Receivers Consciousness
and Explains the Manner of His Assas
sination-He Was Struck by Wamsley
the Forger. Who Thereby Got Possession
of the Forged Instrument Which Colonel
Talbot Had on His Person That Night.
Wamsley Has Escaped"
Those were the headlines Ellis read
the account and then fastened to Tai
bots bedside to get confirmation of its
details. Armed with such assurances az
made his innocence absolutely unques
tionable. he went forth exulting. Hs
could not wait for Rosalie to return. but
departed at once for Jacksonville.
1t was dark when he arrived at the
hotel in which MIR Roosevelt and his
niece had rooms, but the first person he
saw was Rosalie's colored maid standing
on veranda. He went to her at once.
Fanny" he said, where is youl
young mistress, Miss Chenierr"
Shes in her room, sah."
Can see herr"
Il go see, sah."
Here, Fanny, take this"
He wrote on card.
"Give Miss Chenier that and tell her
am waiting for an answer; and, Fanny
fetch her answer here at once-do yoy
understandr
Yes, sah," said the girl. taking tn,
card and hurrying away.
The veranda was on the second floor
and overlooked a garden on one hant
and the street on the other; the greer
boughs of water oak brushed the gayl,
painted ratings Ellis walked back anl
forth restlessly every moment seeming
to drag itself by with the delay of some
thing maliciously perverse. He was il
one of his intense, fervid moods. Hi
face was lighted as with pale fame
: and his eyes, so dark and fine. wer
glowing with the heat of passion.
When he thought he heard the servan
girl returning he looked around and saw
Rosalie instead. She came rapidly t,
him and held out her hand. He took /
with feverish eagerness and in a hal
stihed voice said:
= 'Rosalie, have come to show 20,
the proofs Of my innocence. You said