Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-01-20
"whers do you want 70 10, rnissv"

"where do you want 70 40, missl"
Burlington street. You will have to
wait there for Q gentleman, and he may
mot come out Of his club bsfoFs o'clock"
"All right, miss. II 1t ain't running along
ail the time, don't mind how long I'm on,
In o manner Of speaking"
"N you do what l tell you. I'll pay you
Just what you ask Can you put out that
light insidei"
"Certainly, miss."
He seemed to understand my position to
o nicely and asked which end Of Buriing
ton street he was to drive to.
"The Pantheon club" said L Draw up,
II you please, 20 that I can seeAny one who
comes out"
He carried out this instruction. admira-
bly,, placing his cab where commanded
psrfscs visw Of the steps leading 70 tbs
club door and leaving tust suf1cisne space
Tor other cabs thAa came and went 70 pull
up easily In front A good many visitors
went into the Pansheen. | saw them dis
tincsly - they walked up the steps In the
Light that came through the open door, but
Q long time passed before ! distinguished
any face that was known 20 ma It must
have been after ID O'Clock when Kavanagh's
brougham pulled up in front Of as. No one
got out Of il, but identified the driver At
once as the man whom had seen waiting
| outside Grandson chambers, and fancied
a. he slowly got down from the boz that
he cast the same suspicious glance at the
hanson that he had cast as me that night.
The drifting rain bad bedewed the win
dow in front Of me. completely obscuring
the glass except at the extreme edge,
where projection Of the cab sheltered II.
Through this narrow space l watched the
man with eager excitement Stamping his
feet g. II for warmth, he began to walk up
and down the pavement, and noticed that
every turn he came . little nearer my han
som. casting his ferrety eyes ct the win
dow, as II to pierce the obscurity. This ma
neuvsr did NOS escape the observation Of
my smart driver.
"How long are they going TO keep IN
here, matef" he asked when the man had
stamped almost within touch Of the cab
~ don't know. How onRhavs you been
waiting hesei"
As he spoke he approached 90 near thatI
thought Il advisable to crouch down below
the level Of the window.
"Oh. long enough to wish hadn't goS
the Job. What's onf"
! IA concert or something"
''Thsn we may make up our minds Tor
another hour or more Of It. They don't
turn 'eua out Of these clubs before q Cots
hghtT
A match was struck, and few more 70
marks were exchanged. and then, the
Stamping Of feet fading away. ] Ivcntured 70
raise my head juse g. the man YVES stepping
up to his SCAT on the broughAm. His curl
esity was satisfied. '-r-
The time dragged painfully As waited
In feverish suspense for some fresh develop
mens Of the drama which l fslt was being
played close &C hand Visitors came out In
twos and threes; cabs were calied-there
must have been y string Of them behind US
the street was quite animated for . time;
! then there was q strange pause, and the
I next men who came out stood on the steps
! looking in, as IL something unusual was
+ taking place there.
/ Suddenly one ran down and opened the
brougham door Fearful anticipations Of
4 some impending calamity agitated me 70
such degree that every object danced and
quivered before my eyes But l made out
group Of men slowly descending the steps.
as II they were supporting some great
weight. and ] distinguished among them
Ksvanagh's light overcoat
What IL itf" forced myself to call
! through the tuba.
'sOnly gentleman in liquor, miss" TO
piled the cabrnan in jocoss toneI
Reckless Of the consequences. l pushed
open the window that I might see more
clearly. At that moment Ksvanagh was
stepping into the brougham. and the next
saw the helpless man lifted In after him.
The light fell upon his face as 1t drooped
backward. 1t was Tarasi
81 "a
Keep close to it." cried. recovering my
senses under the same influence that had
paralyzed them.
Right you are. miss. " replied my driver,
gathering up his reins, and as the brougham
turned into Regent street we fell into the
string Of vehicles close behind It.
What WAS to be done nowi l saw no
other course but to follow the brougham
TO Lambeth and hold myself In readiness
70 act with rigor and discretion In what
ever contingency arose Il was not until
we had gone q considerable distance that
began to doubt whether IL was KavanAgh'a q
intention to 20 TO Lambeth. Fixing my
eyes on the brouGham. had taken NO no.
tice of the streets through which we passed.
When the length Of time that had elapsed
since leaving Burlington street aroused q
suspicion in my mind. found that the
houses on either side Of the wgy were quite
i unfamiliar to me. --r
"Whers are wet" asked through the
tube.
And when the man answered, Cannon
street, miss" was no wiser than before.
But soon after this we came into an open
space, where recognized the dark outline
Of the Tower Then knew where we were
and saw with horror that we were approach.
ing the place where Taras before had fallen
into the hands Of his enemy. II they got
him in the Mariners Joy again. how could
I save himi
l had noticed. with growing anxiety. that
the brougham had greatly increased the
distance between US after leaving the more
crowded thorouRhfares, q fact that had at-
tributed to the greater strength Of KAvs
nagh's horse and not TO the particular art
falness Of my driver This loss Of ground
now added to my terror In the labyrinth
Of streets beyond the mint we might lose
sight Of the brougham and never over