The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-15

nembered-and the little elderly gentle
man is a man i couldn't mistake. Yes,
it's ali clear now" And he read on:
81 remember him just rs well as il saw
him only yesterday, and I'll tell YOU ex-
actly how he looked. He wore wig, very
dark brown. nearly black. and very neatly
brushed and he had a shirt bosom with
a frill. like those queer old heroes of the
revolution in our pictorial book of Amer
lean history and his tall silk hat had a
very wide Grape around 1t; and he had
funny little breast-pin in his frlll that
looked like square OF glass with gray
hair under it. and little pearls around it,
like grandmother's brooch. He had on a
stock. very wide stiff stock. that kept
his head up very straight; and when he
bowed he moved as il he was only hinged
in the middle. He spoke very deliber-
atelv. and seemed to be afraid somebody
would snap him up right off il he didn't
say exactly the right word, and he ap-
peared to be too cautious ever to say any,
thing positive. He spoke OF the Van
Deusts as supposed TO be brothers, and
when Dorm asked him what time it was.
he looked at his wa'ch and replied that,
according 10 his information and belief il
was eleven minutes past ten.
Now I'm sure. Lem. that such peculi-
arities as his must mark him out; so that
when you know them you will have little
difficulty in finding him. Do your best.
darling, and make haste, for the time is
getting terribly short for poor Dorm and
dear Maryland yet it seems awful long
to Your own little RUTH"
This is serious This merits consider.
alton and dissection" said Lem to him-
self, spreading the letter on the table be-
fore him, and squaring himself to 20 at it
t. i. 4.
be felt that he had fully mastered all its
contents, and threw himself on his bed
for a short and troubled sleep.
But the earliest lawyers on the street
those who snatch a subsistence from the
dregs and scum of humanity thrown up
daily by the currents of misfortune and
vice, upon the strands or the police courts
saw the Mad Avenger" already prowl-
ing about the vicinity of their offices long
before the hour at which the civil and
principal criminal courts would be opened
for business. When the judicial mills
commenced their grinding he was within
sound OF their clatter, and from one to
another he wandered. anXiously and wear
ilv. as was his custom. When the days
grist was completed, and the grinders hur-
ried away TO their respective offices to pre-
pare more grain for the morrow's grind
-
1t was getting late III the afternoon he
had not yet seen anybody approximsting
TO the picture he had in his minds eye
the portrait drawn by Rutland he was
just arrived at that period of the day
when he always felt most sick with disap-
pointment, and most sorely tempted to
give up the seemingly useless pursuit and
90 home. He stopped before the little
hand-cart OF a street fruit vender, which
was drawn up TO the curbstone, to buy an
apple. While he made the purchase he
heard the voice of a man, who halted lust
behind him, saying quickly:
'Ahl l was just coming up to see you.
Are you in Fordyce VS.. Baxler?"
Not having been advised by my clerk,"
said precise and deliberate speaker in
reply, that any papers in an action 80 en-
titled had been deposited in his hands,
and having no other knowledge OF such
action than your present mention of its
tile, believe that | am justified IN say
ing, sir, that to the best of my information
and belief"
"Ahap shouted Lem. wheeling around
and seeing before him the living original
of Ruth's very exact sketch-"Y ou're the
man I'm looking forp'
What the-the-tbe mischief do you
mean, sir" exclaimed the little gentle
man, warding Off the hand that Lom
stretched out to clutch his collar.
Its the Mad Avenger," said, laugh
Ingly, the gentleman interested in For
dyce We. Baxter "He will ask you, in a
moment, It you know the Van Deusts of
Easthampton."
"Of course l will, retorted Lem, grow
ing hot and angry. Il don't know why
YOU call me the Mad Avenger-my name
is Lemuel Pawlett, and do want to know,
for very serious reasons. if this gentleman
is acquainted with the Van Deusts of
Easthampton."
And l reply that l am" answered Mr..
Holden. sufficiently perturbed by the i'm
mediate excitement to forget his custom
ary caution and make positive statement
without qualification.
on the deuce you are Then there
really are Van Deusts Of EasthamptOnw
exclaimed the other lawyer, with genuine
surprise and beginning to feel an interest
IN the affair.
THANK God l have found you, air.
Thank God" calculated Lem. fervently.
"for / believe you can be the means of
saving an innocent mans lite.
"Bless my SOUL" gasped Mr.. Holden.
But, here! This is no place for a consul
tation. Come up to my Office" and ne
crowd that had already gathered.
"But are you in Fordyce va. Baxter"
called after him the gentleman whose
lucky inquiry had brought to Lem the
good fortune of this meeting.
mo" Mr.. Holden answered, still NOV
ing off
Then remember that you are retained
for the plaintiff"
"See Anderson about it," shouted back
the little gentleman, disappearing with
Lem IN the big doorway OF the stairs lead
ing TO his office.
1t was with profound establishment ard
genuine sorrow that the worthy lawyer
heard of the murder of Jacob Van Deust
for he had achieved quite liking for the
younger of the two brothers.
But" said he, 81 am tempted to say
that il seems to me somewhat strange that
have not been notified Of the fact by the
surviving brother"
'Old Peter is greatly broken down, sir !;
more shaken by the loss of his brother
than any one would have believed he
could be, seeing how hard and selfish he
always used TO SEEM"
"Ah !" replied Mr.. Holden, meditative-
ly, his eyes resting upon the mourning
band of his hat on the table before him.
The rupture of lifelong ties gives deep
pain. We are such creatures of habit. If
nothing more. We miss face to which