The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-19

with shudder, and think my reason re-
awakened.
"You can make no hand of this, Davie,"
thinks |. ITO bed with you like wise
lad, and try if you can sleep. Tomorrow
you may see your way"
CHAPTER XXv.-THE RETURN OF JAMES
MORE.
was called on the morrow out of late
and troubled slumber by a knocking on
nv door, ran to open it, and had almost
swooned with the contrariety of my feel
ings, mostly painful; for on the threshold,
in a rough wraprascal and an extraordi-
nary big laced hat there stood James More.
Ought to have been glad perhaps with
out admixture, for there was q sense in
which the man came like an answer to
prayer. had been saying until my head
was weary that Catriona and 1 must sep
arate, and looking till my head ached for
any possible means of separation. Here
were the means come to me upon two
legs. and joy was the hindmost of my
thoughts. 1t il to be considered, how
ever, that even if the weight of the future
were lifted off me by the mans arrival, the
present heaved up the more black and
menacing; so that, as first stood before
him in my shirt and breeches. believe I
took leaping step backward like person
shot.
"Ah," said he. II have found you, Mr..
Balfour." And offered me his large, fine
hand. the which recovering at the same
time my post in the doorway, as if with
some thought of resistance) l took him by
doubtfully. ut is q remarkable circum-
stance how our affairs appear to intermin-
gle, he continued. II am owing you an
apology for an unfortunate intrusion upon
yours, which I suffered myself to be en-
trapped into by my confidence in that
false-face, Prestongrange; ! think shame
to own to you that I was ever trusting to q
lawyer" He shrugged his shoulders with
a very French air. ''But indeed the man
is very plausible. says he. "And now it
seems that you have busted yourself hand
somely in the matter of my daughter, for
whose direction / was RENTED to your
self"
II think. sir" said with very painful
air, ''that it will be necessary we two
should have an explanation"
There is nothing amiss:" he asked.
"My agent. Mr.. Sprott--"
For Gods sake, moderate your voice !'
l cried. she must not hear till We have
had an explanation"
''She is in this placer" cried he.
THAT is her chamber door," said l.
You are here with her alone?" he
asked.
And who else would I have got to stay
with US p cries l.
will do him the justice to admit that
he turned pale.
This is very unusual" said he. ''This
is very unusual circumstance; you are
right we must hold an explanation
Co hn nv. nv,1 II
own the tall old rogue appeared at that
moment extraordinary dignified. He had
now, for the first time. the view OF my
chamber, which i scanned Il may say)
with his eyes. A bit of morning sun
ghnted in by the window pane and
showed it off; my bed. my mails. and
washing dish, with some disorder of my
clothes, and the unlighted chimney, made
the only pienishing; no mistake but it
looked bare and cold, and the most insult
able, beggarly place conceivable to harbor
q young lady. At the same time came in
on my mind the recollection OF the clothes
that had bought for her; and thought
this contrast of poverty and prodigaity
bore an i'll appearance.
He looked all about the chambe for Q
seat. and finding nothing else TO his pur-
pose except my bed. took place upon the
side OF it, where, after l had closed the
door, | could not very we'll avoid joining
him. FOR, however this extraordinary IN
teryiew ght end, ii must pass. il posi-
bic. without waking Catriona. and the one
thing needful was that We should sit close
and talk low. But | can scarce picture
what a pair We made he in his great coat,
which the GOODNESS of nv chamber made
extremely suitable, / shIver!ng in my shirt
and breeSs; he with very much the air Of
Judge. and | whatever l looked) with
very much the feeling of man who has
heard the last trumpet
Well ?" saws he
And Well" began. but found myself
unah.e 10 go further.
You tel me she i. here said he again,
but now with 4 spice of impatience that
seemed 70 brace me up.
she is IN this house." said I. land /
knew the circumstance would be called
unusual. But you are TO consider how
very unusual the " hole business vs. as from
the beginning. Here is young lady
landed on the coast of Europe with shil-
ling and penny haif-penny. She is d.
rected 10 yon man Sprott in Helvoef |
hear you call hun your agent. All / can