The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-17

n II.
Mark Boyd is wanted for case OF
murder It's all in this mornings
/ 'Blaukshire News. such a thrilling ac-
count. He-Lawks. what's the matter,
sir"
Pimple's air changed completely TO one
of commiseration
Hold me- hold me. I shall fall but
/ it is all tales. Pimple; SANDER, envy! /
I you, no, don't gol'
/ Il was off to fetch mothers papers, sir, -
4 Il don't want to read it. o, Mark, my
/ boy-my boy; you'll be the end of me; ;
( you-but he is maliciOusly accused, PIN
/ pie. He-where are YOU going}'
] you dismissed me, sir" replied PIN
| pie. very innocent look in his large
I round eyes, and
oh, III overlook Whittles case; well
/ sink orswim together"
/ 'Notif know it" sPonded MasterPim-
/ pie his cowardlY nature beginning to as
/ sert Itself directly he was appealed to.
/ You mixed the pills for Whites ba-
by.
so l did. remember now you men
/ ton it. Then, of course, / will take the
/ whole blame. They were harmless
enough. Pimple, you must stand by me
now. Wife and children all are gone
/ even Clara, ungrateful hussy, has left me
/ since Leah Dawson came and Haunted
! her false tale. There S somebody knock
! ing, Plmple, see who 1t is. -
why can't they walk in instead of ex-
! pecting to be waited on?'' demanded PIN
! pie, cheekily, as he went unwillingly to
/ the door,
Hereturned with much greater alacrity
/ His eyes ablaze with excitement, las he
| hoarsely whispered:
| Its a detective wants to see you"
To see me!n exclaimed DR.. Boyd,
shrinking back against the counter. i
! I've zone nOthing!'
/ A policeman entered-an entire stranger
Does DR.. Boyd live here2"
"No-yes -I-I-bu t-oh, sir" pit
eously, what do you want, I've never
| done anybody any harm. /"
No, no, sir" replied the policeman
civilly; Pm sure you have not It's
| your SON.
my sonu' shrieked DR. Boyd, in agony
! what would you have with him2 He's
only been little wild, as most young men
! are. He'll
'Ihave not come to do him any harm,
sir" observed the policeman, civilly and
soothmgly. Pm from Lirkham, sir
/ We've had wire from MontfOrd about
Mr. Mark Boyd"
He is not here--not here, l assure
you, -" declared MIR Boyd agitatedly II
know nothing of him latterly. He has
forsakeu me because he has SO many enc
mics in this wretched place He's ac-
cused of mRrder now, my pretty haired,
| bright boy, Mark but
If ne has committed murder or any
| other crime" said the policeman, sol
emily, Its possible that he has escaped
! Justice. That's what Pm sent to dis.
Escaped How" shrieked DIR. Boyd
in alarm, mingled with establishment
There was railway accident, sir be-
tween Montford and Ulstone the night be-
fore last. 1t is believed that he was in it.
1t has been proved that he was at Briar-
wood; that he made akmurderousi assault
on two young ladies; the cabman who
drove him to the station has been found,
and gives his evidence You can have
every item of news furnished you. Is
that ring his2''
DR.. Boyd bounced feverishly on the
article offered. 1t was ring of singular
device. Once seen it could never be mis-
taken-a dervish in gold, encircled in a
snake of green emerald-a horrible de-
sign.
?.That is hisp' cried the anguished
father.
Where, where is my son? Take me to
himl"
The policeman shook his head
Mr.. Mark Boyd is dead He"
But take me to him. He is mine,
mine! Though all the world forsake my
son, will cling to him. When knew he
but take me to him. l will guard his
body. u
"There is nothing to take YOU to, sir
Mr.. Mark Boyd and the carriage he was
alone occupying were smashed into smith.
Greens! They've picked up what they
could of him and placed it in a coffin.
There is just sufficient to identify him, il
is believed. A huge poke bonnet which he
was proved to have been wearing that
HrGVN fnrr a ~,
dow, as if lurched out when the collision
occurred; a single hand, the only whole
part of his body, with this ring on, was
eXtricated from between the debris anG
there is also an evelope which mar
picked up only this morning fixed in the
splinterS, bearing his address here. So i
you recognize the ring, | think it is all
satisfactory; but bear up, sir. It's
hard to endure at first I'm a family mar
myseH-but he may have been spared
from worse"
He went away, leaving DR. Boyc
crushed with despair, another type of how
the wicked flourish, as Mark had tri
umphantly put it. Great chances haC
been theirs, but they had all been per
verified Eli-Gke, DR.. Boyd recognized hi:
mistake when too late. His son had done
EVIL and he restrained him not, but rather
glOried in his cleverness.
Mark, according to the world, haC
escaped" True, human justice in its
severity was never dOled out to him. He
escaped it. But methinks he but went
the sooner, without even that last shor
season of repentance, where the condem
nation is "Vengence is mine. [ will re
pay!N If that be escape! then indeed
Mark Boyd did escape!
Yet obloquy, vituperation, and public
abuse We're freely poured on his name
The prison doors might not open to re
ceiye his frame, but nevertheless hi!
crimes, his sins, his escapades, were band
led about from mouth to mouth Thu
great cause celebre came on whereby thu
guilt of Lord Lane in connection will
George Treveryan's murder was removed
from his shoulders onto Mark Boyd S
The coroner and jury which had so easil.
laid the blame on an innocent head were
reproved. BY and by the waters closet
again over the past and things went on a
if forgotten.
Mase Gunton became Lady Lane.
: proud, naughty dame. Some peopl
2 averred she was both master and mis-
tress. 1t was not so. Lord Lanes adver
sity taught him lesson to be firm ant
brave He welded the reins lightly, bu
not lightly enough for Maisie, who hat
escaped much more authority In one o
? her letters to Milly Mrs Metcalfe)-wht
/ rejoiced as much as any in her far ava!
, bungalow at her unexpected freedom
from a baay~,r b1,p5 pr-Gbp