The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-14

propriated the treasure he had been at
such pains to annex.
Soon as he had pulled himself to-
gether and tidied himself up 9 bit, he
struck out northward, selecting the
quIetest and least.frequented paths.
Fear OF the law and his relations fury
was then strong within him, and he
felt that there was no feeling OF security
for him until he had placed miles and
miles between himself and Garland
Hall.
All through the fine autumn morning
he strobe along the country lanes,
avoiding the hamlets when possible,
and SQUIRTING through the villages,
when he could ind no other way, with
out word or a glance at the rpstics he
encountered. MONDAY had seen him
still hurrying on, and when night came
he was twenty miles from Thorrell
Moor-was footsore and famished, and
at war with the world and all God's
creatures,
In the rank grass under tho hedge
not lar from the pretty hamlet Of Marl-
combe, on the confines Of Yorkshire,
he had thrown himself with tired body
snd troubled mind, and there on the
following morning the handsome and
picturesque cottage girl and her dog
had found him.
when Sydney Carsland next came to
his senses he found himself lying in q
comfortable bed, with abundant evil
denCes Of neatness and comfort around
MIN, although the chamber was low
rooted and small-such as respectable
working people inhabit.
He was almost too week to move, and
while he was wondering where he was,
and now he had driited thither, he
caught the sound OF light foot
aud the next moment a vision OF
enthralling beauty appeared in the
doorway. Where had he seen those
great masses of jet black hair, those
large, flashing black eyes, red lips, per-
fectly moulded features, and rich,
warmly dark complexion before.
Then he suddenly remembered the
dog that had aroused him as he lay un-
der the hedge, and its handsome mis-
tress, who had given him a drink oil
cool refreshing water. lnavoice whose
strangeness surprised himself, he cried,
"Where am II Howlong haveI been
"This is nv fathers house, SIR" she
replied in English, which seemed
strangely at variance with her dark,
fereign.looking face. Then she added
as she walked demurely into the cham
Dor, "You have been here since yester-
dav morning, Do you not remember
/ gave you a drink, and then you
tainted, and my father carried you into
the cottage"
"Have / been I'LL?
every i'll indeedl" she answered, her
black eyes fixed upon him, with warm.
est sympathy burning in their depths,
'The doctor said it was brain fever
you were delirious Tor long time,
But am glad to see that your are bet
ter now Is there anything l can get
for your" ,,,,, ,,,. .
She gave him a glassful OF some cool
ing drink, and then turned to leave the
room. .lgo
"stay Do not 20 yet. have much
to say-to ask you" i
She seated herself and he went on,
"What an ungratetul hound you
must think me, Miss -" he paused,
and his silence was pointed as a ques-
ton. .ns,
"Velazo," she said quietly. '"MS
fathers name ia Pedro Velazo; mine ia
Salome."
"You are not English then2"
mo; Spanish, sill"
swell, l think it was exceedingly
kind Of you and your father to take fin
and tend poor, broken-down fellow
like me, and l thank you very much.
Some day-who knows what may hap.
pen-l may be able to repay your good
ness with something more substantial
than empty words, Where is your
father, Miss Velazo?
sin the woods. He will return about
noon and then he will come to YOU" x,
"What is the name OF the village over
there?n
"Marlcombe."
as there town near here2
"Clltheroe is the nearest town, and II
ia five miles away"
"Who was the doctor who attended
me?" ! ,a., !.
dog.Cart and my father called him in.'
"Dld he say anything"
"IIe said you were seriously ill and
would require great care"
al mean did he say anything about
me-not my Illness"
"He said that you were evidently
gentleman, and he wondered "a good
deal as to whom you were'and whore
you came from. l heard them talk
ing,n she added, as il to make an ex.
cuse for her knowledge.
" suppose DR.. Firth would wonder
also what was doing under q hedgel
he cried q trihe bitterly. II will ex
plain all that to your father when / SEE
him-it he cares to know anything
about me-"
ii will 60 now, sir" the girl said a
she arose and made towards the door
"1i you want anything ! can hear you
CALI nvs-ll
"a moment, Miss velazo. l had for
gotten for the moment that l am still
unknown to you. My name issydney
Birmingham"
"Thank you, Mr.. Birmingham, anG
with smile she was gone.
The father OF the dusky maiden pu
in an appearance at MONDAY, and hear
ing from the girl that their UNLIMITED
guest was better he went to him forth
with. The old man seemed to be al
kindly natured as his child, and In hil
peculiar English, marked still BY 4
strong foreign accent, he expressed hil
delight on finding that Sidney WA
greatly improved.
They chatted for a time and Sydney
put few questions to his host, similal
In almost every respect to those he hat
addressed TO Salome Velazo. He hal