The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-05-11

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piznd That hc must have an "iitV"liiV
nf some sort or kind with the kuS>ial
here long seemed toierabiy certain i'li'
he now began to think that II Mlghl
hn ,s we'll and get the thing over he
smiled AS it occurred 10 MN no" li't,n'
cued Laura would be- II she knew ','!'
he proposed boarding The non III MS
den For his own part ne had IL" i'"iH.
and strongly suspected his enemy 'i
bciu- nothing more iorinlhanit "i'n
an Ass in Il lions skin, which II WAS
now high lime to pull oil his Shpul'l'FS'
He Sauntcred llp and down. thcE'ipF''
while the twilight d""prnNl INTO a;'FN
ness. not liking 80 lenE" ms post Ill
though he was aware that ne VAS o'-
coming IN object # curiosity l." the
shopleap"l>. who had put tA"lr >h}l-
tprs up and were loun-lnG III tla' Hpot-
WAYS. rs We'll rs 10 his lllenu lfie
waiter. whose round eyes t0ui'' IN nl~-
cpruel above the wire hlind> ol Vie
/ coffee room,
/ 1t WAS not until past ;rll o'cio'l lhat
he was relieved of his Snlfimp"s"i sen
try duty Souratku stepped out INTO
I III" street aud walked swiftly away, his
/ bead bent ana his haEdS r!lSprl behind
] his back Eyrl'arl lei him hav' 4 short
! start and then followed him. keeping
I in the shadow Of the walls ard uloFing
/ as nui>eleSSiy rs Ii" could, lie did not
i want to bn act.n~tel out-ot-dNpr'. haN-
1 ing IN imureSSiDM that he would De
/ better able to hold his own during the
/ coming iatervi"W within four wallis.
! There was no moon. but the Sky was
i clear, 50 that hc was abb without ditll-
+ Guilty 10 keep III sight the dark form pt
/ the Russian. who never looked round
! Seuratllin made hi, way through the
struggling outskirts Of De2! into the
! country Jeyoul aad, after proceeding
some little distance along thr h-hroad
+ toward Sandwich. turned abruptly
/ down Il lane Ia the right 4 walk et
about mile across, the hat loWly!ng
region which here borders the sea-.
j brought him and his pur>uer To- a III
! borer's cnttag", which for loneliness ot
situation certainly seemed 10 deserve
/ the character given of il by th. waiter.
Eyerard heard IL" key turned in tn"
! lock. and directly afterWard 4 light ap-
pparcl at one OF tlt latiirrd windows.
Then foe the first tiilc II struck him
! that the proper course for Il prudent
person o. purSlte would be "a 20 home
and call again in the light of day He
WAS i fairly >,fOng man bur hc hardly
/ believed himself 10 be >ourlthin'S pau:n
ia physique: anti rs tn weapons nf de-
fcnSr. he han nothing with him but Il
light walking stick Any stick how
ever, will serve 10 beat 4 cur with. and
he felt sure that this fellow was a eur
Besides nobody likes 10 walk Two miles
III night in pursuit Of 4 certain object
and then turn back ont OF prudential
considerations Everard, therefore, ad-
yailtrd and raped boldly on tie door
Almost immediately it was flung open
AMI Spuratlin Il candle i'll one hand
and II revolver in the other. stood be
fore him
Don't shaof ue. said Tgerarl.
quietly; : | III not ! burglar
Souratl,A manifested no surprise
Always enchanted - see you. dear
sir, IL any honr # the day Al night.
Pray. come iii.
Eyeeari did a> hc Wa requested. and
the moment aitcf IL hal crossed the
threshold IL. siopr Mas slammed, locked
aud barred behind him Ir turned
round ,GHa saN that soErathin was
standing with his back AGAINST H. Tor
IN instant he experienced IL nupleas-
ant shock. ls II hr had walked into 4
\ trap with his eyes open, and this impres-
+ sion WAS evidently detected by his host.
VIII" said, With Il faint ironieal smile:
You will pardon ng precautions.
Mr. Everard tic district is such il sol
4 iiars 'n,, i.ou seo. Arc You Il all nery-
i ods :"
',\oi in lhr Least. sail FtA tfd stol.
4 iIlv
How Fortunate Will you 10 ne The
7 flyor IL walk into III. hinbl, sitting
/ room: eannnt offer you many h,x.
uries. but | have serre brandy anl I
l believe | have TIVE chairs | shall feel
greatly honared If You will oeaupy one
4 OF them
/ Count Souratl1in had used no aonyen-
/ ilonal language III e;,liin. his sitting
] loom humble one. for it had neither
carpet Eor curtains. and lis tnrni;ur,
/ consisted solely of i bare daai table
! and Il couple If WoodeI, ..airs. Upon
I the table We're writing materials and 4
mass OF letters ani papers, some half.
dozen books Wcr, piled upon ta,. nan.
! tclplece, and there was absolutely nutn.
j ing else ia the room
i he count went To 4 cupboard in the
Wall ami took out Il bottl,. and two
i glasses. 'l'lonse BE- seated" he said
/ DO You take water with your bran
! dy.''
i won't have anything - drink,
! thank YOU. answered Everard
Are you indeed 50 ahstemious? |
] envy you
lie moro than half filled lis own
] glass. and tossed off the contents with
! out So much as Winking This heroi,
potion appeared to produce no cif,c,
upon nm. except to make his eyes
] somewhat brighter He was standin, /,
opposite t. his guest, whom he was sur
vrling, rs usual, from between half
shut cN"iid>. While i smile h,ge.rn,l