The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-05-10
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ny A. CONAN DOYLE.

CHAPTER VL-CoNTINuEp.
The moment for which had waited
so long had at last come. had my
enemies within my power. Together
they could protect each other, but
singly they were at my mercy. did
no, art, however, with undue precip-
station. My plans were already
formed. There is no satisfaction in
vengeance unless the offender has
time TO realize who II Is that strikes
him, and why retribution has come up
on him. had my plans arranged by
which should have the opportunity
of making the man who had wronged
me understand that his old sin had
found him ont II chnnced that some
days before gentleman who had been
engaged in looking over some houses
in the HriSton road had dropped the
key of one of them in my carriage. II
was claimed that same evening and re-
turned; but in the interval had taken
moulding of it, and had duplicate
constructed. by means Of this had
access TO nj least one spot in this great
city where could rely upon being
free from interruption. How To get
Drcbber TO that house was the diff
cult problcm which had now TO solve.
lie walked down the rond and went
into one or two liquor-shops, staying
for nearly half an hour i'm the last of
them. Nhcn he came out he staggered
In his walk. and was evidently pretty
well on. There was hanson Just in
front of rae, and he hailed it, fol-
lowed IL 80 close that the nose of my
horse was within II yard OF his driver
the whole way. We ratified across Wa
terloo bridge and through miles OF
STREETS. until, to my astonishment, we
feusa ourselves back i'm the terrace in
which he had boarded. could not
imagine what his intention was in re-
turning there; but | went on and
pulled up my cab n hundred yards or
SO from the house, lie entered IL and
his hanson drove away. Give me
glass Of water. II you please. My
mouth gets dry with the talking"
handed him the glass and he drank
II down,
That's better" he said. "Wcn, l
waited for = quarter of an hour or
more, when suddenly there came
noise like people struggling inside the
hoUse. Next moment the door was
flung open and two men appeared, one
of whom was Drcbber, and the other
was "A young chap whom had never
seen before. This fellow had Drebber
by the collar, and when they came to
the head of the steps he gave him a
shove and kick which sent him half
across the road. You houndr he cried,
shaking his stick ut him; IN teach you
10 insult an honest girl! He was SO
hot that | think he would have
.hrashed Drcbbcr with his cudgel, only
that the cur staggered away down the
road as fast as his legs would carry
hira. He ran as far as the corner. and
then. seeing my cab. he hailed me and
jumped In. Drive me TO tialliday's
private hotel said he.
'"lyhen / had him fairly inside my
ri. my heart jumped SO with JOY that
scarrd lest nt this last moment my
arcurism might go wrong. drove
= long slowly. weighing In my own mind
what Il was best Ia. do, might take
hira right ont into the country and
there In some deserted lane have my
last interview with him. had almost
decided upon this, when he solved the
nroblem for me, The craze for drink
Ind seized him again, and he ordered
me 40 null up outside gin palace, lie
..,,.af In. leaving word that ] should
,..,;t FOR him. There he remained un-
u, .losinr-time. and when he came out
y. y,es "a FAR gone that ! know the
came WAS m my own hands
..Don't imagine that ! intended TO
lxill him Ia cold blood y woulu only
have heep rigid justice y : na' ''"s