Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-05-15
"Too late" he called.

might censure him for not having done
So I showed my weapon back in place
and walked briskly down the avenue
leading to the main highway.
But there were others to think about
The presumption was that the two East
Indians, having preceded me, might be
waiting in ambush to adjust that little
affair in the rear of the farmhouse.
They could not fail to know that it
was who had tumbled one Of them
from his perch and nipped in the bud
the scheme he had in mind. They must
believe was in league with the How
ards, and that before they could succeed
with them must be brushed from the
path. What better opportunity than
that which now presented?
But the wound of one Of them must
have been potent factor in preventing
what feared. was that apprehensive
that held my partly discharged revolv-
or in hand after entering the road and
turning in the direction of the farm
house where made my temporary
home.
What had become of them could not
be guessed. They had probably gone in
the direction of the town and were not
likely to be heard of again.
Reviewing my work Of the evening,
as walked homeward, saw little in
it to encourage me- / had not only
failed to gain an iota of additional
knowledge of Mana Sahib's ruby, but
had put the suspected ones on guard,
and therefore increased the difficulty
that confronted me from the first
Probably up to this night Darius
Howard was confident that no one had
followed him to this pleasant little
town, and that he was still safe with
his secret in the house where lie had
made his home for an indefinite time
But the occurrences of the night must
undeceive him. A desperate attempt
had been made to break in upon him.
His secret was no longer secure. He
would take instant measures to avert the
threatened danger
The most effective step would be a
change Of quarters. He was not likely
to spend another night in the old stone
house What was done, therefore, to
checkmate him must be done quickly.
1t is we'll known that the safest hid
ing place for criminal whom the off,
GERS of the law want is in the heart of
the great city of New York 1t was
hard to understand why this strange
couple had left so secure concealment
and taken up their residence where
their chances of detection were increas-
ed tenfold.
But, for that matter, everything thus
far was hard to understand. The coll
ceded fact, as saw it, which confront
ed me was what next would be done by
them. They were under my eye now,
and if let them slip would not be
likely to get Oh their track again.
was glad to find on reaching my
home that all the folks had retired l
let myself in with the night key with
which had been furnished and went
to my room without being seen by any
one. This was fortunate, for my CLOTH
ing had lost much of the neatness which
marked it at first and was in need Of at
tentiou
The farmers breakfast early, and
finding that Mr.. Bridges intended to
drive into town rode with him, reach
ing the station in time to catch the early
trains had | wished, but my purpose
was not to leave unless tho Howards did
So waited most of the forenoon, but
saw nothing of them.
Guarded inquiries gave me no infor-
nation of the two men Of the night be-
fore Had chosen might have killed
that one at the window, but was reliev-
ed to know that such was not the case.
He must have been hit pretty hard, but
not sufficiently so to endanger his life
If there had been any feeling Of con-
ceit in my mind-and | protest there
was little, if any-it was. pretty well
removed by what followed by my loiter-
ing about the railway station. My ill.,
tention was. if either Howard or his
wife boarded any train, to do the
same and shadow them wherever they
went, but made an inexcusably stupid
failure to carry out my purpose.
scanned every train that went TO-
ward New York and of course. kept an