Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-01-28
,gICopyricht ssS,. By A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Col

CHAPTER XvL-CoNTINCED.
''Do you think he was her husband?"
s'The Lord above knows. Well, l
never set eyes on her again till went
ito London, just five years afterwards.
Then 1 was walking down Regent
street one afternoon, looking in the
= shop windows, when who should see
sitting in a splendid carriage which
was standing before FOrtnum &
EDIason's door but this same lady. She
was handsoner than ever. l think.
There wasn't much suffering in her
face then, but proud, cold stare, as if
the people passing by weren't good
enough for her to wipe her feet On.
Suddenly her eye caught mine and I
:, saw by the start she gave that she rec
ognized me. I was just stepping for
ward to speak, for l was determined
the fine madam should give me some
e. account of that poor little child and
what became Of it, when she jerlsed the
,.coachman's arm with the check string
and in an instant the horses were
dancing in the air, and with q bound
pthe carriage was gone"
$50 you lost her the second time?"
''Wait u bit. My blood was up now.
! was determined l would find out who
this great lady was There were lots
OF hangers at the store-men who
open the doors for gentlefolks an such.
Wen, began to ask them whose car
s1-iage it was which had just driven
away. Suddenly my arm was seized in
a grip that almost made me scream,
and the gentleman I'd seen at Liver
pool was standing beside me. Come
= this way, my good soul, I've something
TO say to you You never saw such
-sdevilish look as he had in his face; it
made me SILVER. Talk about mes,ncr-,
ism and such! 1 believe that man
looked right into my soul. l couldn't
= speak l was SO terrified. 4 think
.llc said. IF l were you 1 should mind
my own business. Let me strongly adj
rise you to give up all idea of annoying
that lady who has just driven away.
See here, my good creature, if you ever
~aeven turn your head to look after her,
If you ever allrde to her to q third per-
i. son again, shall know about it and
will follow you to the end Of the earth
to punish you"
what balderdash!" Harry broke out.
|'Nay, don't scott, sir" Miss Wilkins
appealed. I'm no chicken to run from
IA scarecrow, but l give you my word
that man had more than human power.
Il could not even speak. just passive
Kty let him lead me out Of the shop into
the street; and then ran to my lodg-
1ings, never once daring to look back
upon the man who had SO terrified me-
--And you never saw either Of them
again?'
Never, sir. But say, sir, did you
ever hear of men who have that power
over others that they can compel them
to do their bidding, even against their
~xvill?''
Eyes," said Harry, 81 have read Of
= such cases, but 1 never expect to meet
one in real life
Then rest assured, sir, there are
such and he is one"
II wish he would try his power on
me-" Harry sighed. Il think I could
make the experiment equally interest
ing to both of u.s.
We'll, sir, it strikes me that you
should try and give him the chance
You are right" Harry said, with de-
termination. 81 must turn all my bat
teries on this man; perhaps he will be
more easy to track than the mysterious
lady"
So giving Maria Wilkins his address,
that she might telegraph him in case of
her seeing or hearing anything more OF
Wandas abductorS, he returned to
London inspired with some small en-
couragenlcnt. Surely some one would
know something of this remarkable
man, who was evidently occupying a
prominent place in society.
CHAPTER XVII.
HARRY MEETS GREAT MAN.
But the thread Harry held in the
:: skein of mystery snapped with crue
abruptness. None had heard Of any
!. gentleman of position who was accrcd
tied with the phenomenal facultie:
supposed to be possessed by Harry:
unknown.
''Pshaw, my dear fellow friend
laughed, there are no such people out
sside of cheap novels. OF course there
are plenty of charlatans hanging on tx
the skirts of society who profess each
powers; but as for any man with the
frank of gentleman cutting sucl
capers, its simply ridiculous. You hac
better eliminate the testimony of the
fair Miss Wilkins from your brief
yin only lead you into difficulties
'-She certainly saw the man; the
woman is truthful am sure"
Granted all that. The fact is, Mr.
Evesham, you do not realize the intens'
Ignorance of the British female of Mis-
Wilkins class. II they have any inag
ination, it is fed on the cory incident
~'of the penny-drcadfuls; and I do no
doubt but that Maria's ferdish aristo
--crat, who looks into womens souls i
creation of her own disordered fancy
All, my boy, am afraid you will have
to drop the noble villain from the
caste OF your very interesting ittl
drama"
Harry thought SO too.
One morning he was pondcring Over
his disappointments and trying to maxi
up his mind to throw up his brief ant
go back to New York, confessedly beat
'en, when the maid-scrvant entered
bringing him letter.
please, sir" this is for You, an,
there's tuppence charge, which I gave
at to the postman myself
He recognized the superscription a
once. II was from Brooklyn, and 70,
as follows:
MY Dear Harry: Your letters hav
such a cerulean hue that they give M,
the blues. If you allude to expenses
again, except to ask for increased sub
sides, shall be angry in earnest
Make haste SLOWLY rnmemhariDr tha