Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-06-08

| LnhJ no was OF mlRnI become flVNl.
All fear Of this being dlsslpated by Lea,
he felt, as Is ever the case with gener-
GUS natures, OF going to the other ex-
treme.
Frenauld remained back, smoking and
conversing with the officers OF the Sea
Hawk, who were gathered under an
awning on the quarter deck.
Before opening the letter, Ralph Dem
ham, followed by Valentine Dayton,
won't down to the cabin.
After glancing over the note to make
| sure that he could communicates It's con-
tents to his subordinate, without any
breach OF etiquette, he read as follows:
ON BOARD II. NJ. s. CRUISER WAyDERER,
orr SAC HARBoR, June 10, 1906.
My DEAR CAPTAIN DENHAMi have
boon informed by some OF our friends
ashore that you are ordered 10 New York
no once, without your ship, Strangely
enough, tho samo post brought mo an Or
der, commanding mo to Now York Bay
with my ship, on or before the 10th inst,
Tho trip by land is long and tedious
while expect In this weather 10 mako II
inside OF twelve hours on the Wanderer-
going up tho sound and through Hurl
Gate. or He'll Gate US IL is now being
called
Permit me TO say thore is q cabin ut your
service on board the Wanderor and II you
will honor mo with your presence on the
short cruise, my officers and self will en-
deavor, at loast In part, to show our APP
probation Of the kindness we have re-
celved at your hands and the hands Of your
friends, since coming into the beautiful
bay, and meeting those most hospitablo
people Hoping for favorable reply Mt
nj Mr. THanunId halt MIA
much esteem very sincerely
Your humble, otedlent servant,
WILLIAM Fox,
Commanding H. M. 8. Cruiser Wanderer.
To Captain Ralph Denham, H. M. g. Pro-
yincial Cruiser, Sea Hawk,
What do you think Of that, Mr.. Day
toni" asked the Captain, when he had
finished reading the letter aloud.
Il must say think 1t very handsome,
Captain. OF course you will not say
mo- to such an offerH 1t Is most for
tunate think to have ship like the
Wanderer to bear one to New York, in
stead OF going through the woods and
over the sands on horseback" replied
Lieutenant Dayton.
"Even II the offer were not tempting,
| should feel inclined to accept, to show
my appreciation of Fox's kindness"
Then you will go on the Wanderer,
Captalnr"
yes; and shall at once write Fox
to that effect; Frenauld is waiting for
my answer"
Captain Denham sat down TO desk,
and qulcking penning his reply, sent it
up by Lieutenant Dayton.
kb,a IA anna about that nonAoin
Denham sailed away in the Wanderer.
Had the powers OF darkness deliber-
ately planned to aid Captain Fox and
Colonel Graham in their dark schemes,
matters could not have worked better
into their hands.
Colonel Graham was not demonstra-
tive man; on the contrary, he was COOL
self-possessed, suspicious and cynical.
But when Foxread him Ralph Denhams
letter accepting the offer, Graham
sprang from his chair, and in his mo-
mentary exultation, seized his COM
panion's hand and cried with an oath:
Now, we have him, sir we have
him"
1t was reported that Col. Graham
would return to New York on the Wan
derer, but the people expressed no sur
prise when the vessel sailed away with
out him.
The night before the morning when
the ship sailed away, Col. Grahsm, who
still made his headquarters at the inn,
was taken alarmingly ill., and DR..
Hedges, who was called in to attend to
the case, bled him freely.
The Illness was u trick to give an ex-
cuse for remaining behind, but there
was no trick about the Doctors lancet.
Bleeding was then thought to be apana-
Geo for every i'll, from a toothache to
Aslatlc cholera, and the doctor left his
patient 80 weak that he could not move
II he would.
1t was decidedly dangerous to fool"
with doctors In those days, when bleed
ing and blistering killed the weak, and
tested the powers Of the strongest.
Squire Condit was the only person Of
note in the town that did not visit the
sick man, but the people all thought the
Squire eccentric.
A few days after the Wanderer sailSd
away, Dinah, the old black woman, lit
orally forced her way into Col Ora
hams room.
The rather startling disclosures that
the old woman made, and the remarka-
BILE conduct of the invalid must form
the subject of the next chapter.
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