People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-07-20

you with your trunks TO the railroad
depot d-bye. Robert, good bye,
Mr.. Cromwell A pleasant journey
! to you"
Goodbye, sir" said both.
"Oh, by the way, Mr.. Cromwell"
said the merchant, turning as he
reached the door, aud looking sig
nifcantly at Cromwell, "if you meet
with any mishap, telegraph to me at
once
Again a greenish pallor overspread
the face of James Cromwell, for he
understood the allusion, and his cow
ardly nature recoiled with fear, not
with adherence.
"Yes, sir,'' he said, 81 will re.
membe-."
"Once more, goodbye, them" and
Paul Morton closed the door behind
him.
81 hope l shall never see that bow
alive again he said to himself
Once get him out of the wav and
the money is mine. A hundred and
twenty thousand dollars will be a
great wind-fall to me. To be sure.
there will be ten thousand to paw to
Cromwell, but it will leave over a
hundred thousand. Egad! it would
be a capital arrangement il thew
both would tumble over the falls to.
gether. 1t would be the best Joke
of the season"
In due time they reached the sta.
ton, and entering one of the long
cars, selected their seats. They did
not sit down together, but took seats
directly in front OF each other, Civ.
ing a window to each.
81 suppose ] ought to say some.
thing to him." thought Robert, but
don't know what to say"
Indeed, there seemed to be no
common ground on which they could
meet With some persons the bow
would have been engaged in an ami.
mated conversation long before this.
but ne seemed to have nothing 10
say to James Cromwell.
! 'Do you like traveling?" he asked
at length.
Pretty we'll" said Cromwell.
81 think we shall have a pleasant
journey" 49,
Yes; | expect So"
"Do you know when we shall reach
Niagara, Mr.. CromwellP
81 think Mr.. Morton said it would
take US about twenty-four hours
Then we shall get there about
this time tomorrow.
"Yes; we shall be all night on the
cars"
al am sorry for that, for we shall
lose the scenery on the way-I mean.
mat we pass through during the
night"
Here the conversation dropped,
James Cromwell bought a paper
from a boy who came through the
cars, and began to read. Robert
with all the eager interest of his
age, employed himself in looking ont
OF the window, watching the fields
and houses among which they were
vending their rapid way. 1t will be
unnecessary to chronicle the Incl.
dents OF the journey, for there were
none worth mentioning. In due
time they reached Niagara, and Sc.
cured rooms at the principal hotel
on the American side. 1t was after.
noon, and they only went round a
little before supper. They decided
to defer the principal part of their
sight seeing until the next day.
The next day was pleasant. To.
gether the two walked about. enjoy.
ing views of the cataract from yari.
GUS points At length Cromwell
said, How would you like to 90 ia
Goat island? | am told the view il
fine from there"
al should like it very much. Sup.
pose we 60, said Robert promptly,
Had he known the sinister purpose
with which this proposition wa:
made, he would have recoiled from
1t as from a deadly serpent, but the
boy was wholly unconscious of the
peril that menaced him, nor did he
observe the nervous agitation that
affected James Cromwell, whose tim.
idity made him shrink with fear al
the risk he was about to incur
Then we will CO." said the young
man.