The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-19

the chinks OF the door. and for one
small bright patch in corner where
break in the boundary wall permitted
a soft glow to pierce the gloom.
The young man had been right in his
premises about the obnoxious insects
which he expected to assail him in his
temporary prison. He tried hard to
close his ewes and to sleep, but two or
three obstinate and viciously pugna-
cious mosquitoes at lacked him with fury
and made slumber impossible. At
less defense, he allowed tie little
fiends to have their feast, consoling
hims If by big draughts from / is jug.
| He at en- the straw rubbing his
punctured face, and by and by the lit
| tie break of dim light in the corner at
| tracted his gaze like something that
ought not TO have been. He turned
from it for while, but it worried him.
| Youth ha, its curiosity as we'll as other
! qualities, and Wenstone. feeling his
wav with outstretched hands, walked
to the corner and tried to put his eye
to the little Orening through which
| the light was shining. For some time
he could not get into a mfol table
posture to see. The break was exact
| ly in the corner and was caused by the
mortar having fallen from the inter-
stices between the bricks. The young
man enlarged the place as best he
could with his finger by scraping the
loose dust and rubbish away and then,
by dint of screwing his body into an
peep through the hole. The place on
the other side had evidently been used
as a photographers studio: it was fitted
with curtains and was lighted by q
huge skylight. A photographers APP
paratus stood leaning against one cor
ner, but, as far as WenstOne's gaze
could reach, there was nobody in the
place.
Not much to worry myself about
after ALL" said Dick to himself, and
was about to return grumblingly to his
corner when the rustling of a dress at
tracted his attention. There's some
body there after all" he said to him
self. Lets look again" The next
peep elected a slight cry of surprise.
II can't see her face" went on the
young man, but she's young and she's
got u rafting fine figure
The lady thus roughly described by
the young soldier was walking up and
down in a state of uneasineSs and Wen
stone could see her only when her ir-
|
front of the little mole. He bent and
twisted his neck by various contortions
to follow the fair ones movements, but
she did not return to the spot where he
| could see her. She had evidently
seated herself at some place close by,
for WenstOEe, being as silent as 4
mouse and as watchful a, weasel,
could hear the impatient tapping of
her foot on the hard floor, and the
turning of her chair. Wenstonc went
back to his corner, and. stl etching
himself yawning on the straw, he
folded his hands above his head and
lay still. How long he slept he knew
not, but when he opened his eyes and
pulled the straw from his hair. he
heard voices on the other side of the
wall.
Its no use your grumbling at me, ="
said one voice, a mans. Il could not
help k. eping you waiting. I had the
deuce's own job to get the tartar
emetic. It is not easy to get a drug
in Richmond nowadays when every
grain that comes into the city is COB
bled up at once for the hospitals"
Now you have come. said the other,
a mellow, bright female voice. you
haven't brought me much. There are
uOt IldIy grains mere.
Il had to steal that" answered the
man.
Its all your fault" contended the
woman, you would persuade me to use
tartar emetic. 1t would have been
better to do it and be finished. Prus-
sic acid would have been much quick
err"
Yes" snarled the m IN, "prussic acid
would have been much quicker. but it
would have been detected, while tartar
emetic acts cumulatively and nobody
will know the difference. He will be
dead before the week is over. and you'll
be rid of him, and I'll defy anv body to
know that he been poisoned"
Wcnstone's eyes seemed to start from
their sockets, he thought a cold hand
was clutching his throat. and he was
about to cry out when a dull boom sound
ed in the distance. Then another. and
yet another. and these were succe eded
by half dozen more"
Immediately after there fell upon his
ears tho rattle and rumble of the long
roll which the drummers were beating
in the streets, calling upon all soldiers
to return to camp. Wenstone stood in
the darkness undecided. Without
doubt these people on the other side
were planning a murder. and the long
roll was going through the streets.
The fight had al eady begun and he
was glad he was locked in, unable t.
stir. and he had given his word OF
: honor not to break away. Suddenly
the door was unfastened and the vel
come light Of day broke into the place
Come on" shouted Jake Dexter
holy smoke. where are you? You
haven't been lost? Come out. The
long roll is going up and down the
: streets
Stop moment. one moment" criet
Dick. breathleSsly: there's, murder
icing planned here. \ man and /:
woman next door"
You go to Jericho with your fair,
, tales. You've been taking a look int,
the whisky jug, that you have, inter
; rupted the sergeant. Fall in here
between file one and two. and no non
D sense. | don't want to miss the fight
5 Attention. Shoulder arms. RICH
u T. II II,