Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-12


VS.. to rev burst into food Of uncon-
trollable tears with a recollection Of tho
confident hope and pride which Ind hlled
US with such Happiness and content
When Gordon and the workmen came,
let them 90 up 10 the workshop without q
word, but determined TO spare Taras the
pain Of telling the story again, aud so
when Kavnnagh came 1 stopped him In
the passage, and, taking him into the sit
ting room, tsyself related what had hap
pened. He listened with astonishment,
and seemed greatly shocked.
Good heavens he exclaimed, ''whRt
terrible blow for poor Tarasl Gordon told
me that they were TO begin casting tho
group today. / came TO congratulate my
friend on having finished his work. Poor
fellowl What Is he going to dot"
Make another group" answered fierce
", land II that's destroyed another after
that. You don't think he's going TO give
up do youSi
Ho paused In reflective silence for min
ute, then went 70 the door and looked into
the passage. He stood there for another
minute, closed the dooras silently as he had
opened It, aud returning to my side con-
tinued
NO" he said quietly; "that wasn't,
however, exactly what meant Can you
toll me II be has taken any steps to dis
cover the person who committed the out
rageW
"Ho hasn't taken any steps. He knows
who did II. 1t was the car. lie sAys 30.
There's no getting at him"
"But we ought 10 get at tho men employ
ed by him, for what is to prevent them
doing this again when the next model Is
flushed II they are allowed 10 escape
nowfn
"Well, how are they 10 be caughtY"
That is what we who are the friends OF
Taras ought 10 try and find out Taras is
too intent on striking at the ear to occupy
himself with the agents, but wo have not
that excuse for indifference, and we might
at lenst attempt TO find them. That ut any
rate is my feeling, and 1 think it ia yours
too"
"Of course it is ] can't sleep at night
for fearing what they may do"
"rhen let US make practical beginning
now. cnecd not bother 1aras about IL.
Let us try to find the enemy out just as il
he were an ordinary thief who had broken
into the house. DO you ngree to that2n
why, certainly
Tell me now, said he, drawing his chair
little nearer and lowering his voice,
''when did this take plncefn
81 don't know. We found II all smashed
down when We went up in the workshop
before breakfast this morning 1t was all
right wilton we were there on Saturday
night"
lyon did not 60 in there ycsterdnyY
mo"
"1ben It must have happened between
Saturday night and this morning Now"
dropping his voice almost to u whisper,
what time does Mere Lucas 20 to bcdS"
The question stnrJlcd me, but answered
that she was never up later thaug
"larns sleeps at the top OF the house,
doesn't hey"
YES"
And Mere Lucas on the same floor rs
Your room-the first lluor'n
"Yosn
"rel me, does she ever go down stairs
after you go TO your roomW
Mot that know oiY
no You ever hear any peculiar noise in
the niRhtW
NO. I replied, with an uncomfortable
creeping Of the flesh.
kAynnngh reflected for minute or two,
stroking the short blnGl, benrd that GOV.
cred his handsome face, his sleepy eyes 80
closed thnt only narrow Sits OF light wero
reelected under the long curved lashcs, and
thcn again bending forward he murmured
In n tone perfectly inaudiblo beyond our
sclves
Were you ut homo all day yesterday"
NO; we went to Kew in the afternoon
and came home lotlsh."
"Ah you left the house In the care Of
Nero LucasN'
"Ncsn
was she at home when you rcturncdf"
NO; she came in about ten minutes
later"
lilo nodded as n he had expected this.
Did sho say whore she had bpenW he
asked.
"sho went to see friend In Soho, | thlul,
she said"
Have you ever seen friend call upon
her hercgn
NO"
He shook hishend, smiling again, as II ho
had expected my reply
"uf course" he aaid, you found no locks
broken or anything of TINT kmdW
"No.n
well that Is all have to ask You for
the present, think, But need not tell YOU
how important IL is that no one should
know OF this conversation, least OF all
Mere Lucasn
why, you don't suspect she did it, do
your whispered.
NO" he replied, drawing the word out
doubuully, but feel tolerably certain on
Que point There Is very little doubt that
II you had gone into the studio before
Mere Lucas returned You would have
found the mischief done Whether she Is
Il