The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29

be distinguishable among a thousand,
| and you have described ii exactly Ii is
| George st. Julian" said IngersoIl stern-
~, ~. uSts ms hour has come; Sir. l did
| fused to help me, but unwittingly you
have led me to the man ! want"
| He rose and made for the door Craw-
/ ley, however, seized him by the arm.
| Don't be a fool, SIR he exclaimed
roughly, inwardly cursing his own To-
| quacity. How do you know this man
| is George st. Julian? 1 never told YOU
so. Sit down and be rational"
"Unhand me, sir" cried Ingersoll,
hau.gghtily. How do you dare to detain
Il dare very well. You are an old man
and Your age merits respect, but you
| nave Drooded over your wrongs till you
are mad. You have no right to rush, as
l suppose you propose to do, into this
Mr.. ST Julians presence with this horri-
want to use violence or to call in the
landlord IA o.,o' put by Joye, If you attempt
Then, with a suddenness against which
there was no preparing, the seemingly
feeble old man threw out his fist and hit
Crawley tremendous blow between the
eyes. The younger man staggered back
ward blinded for the moment. When he
recovered consciousness Ingersoll was
gone, and Crawley thought he heard the
sound OF hurrytng footsteps in the dis
tance. He rushed into the bar. and the
landlord, who was alone and half asleep,
rose slowly and asked what-he wanted.
THAT gentleman who was here this
morning, Mr.. Letchmere's guest-Mr. St
Julian-what are his habits? When does
ne go 70 bed? Quick!' exclaimed Craw-
ley, with excitement.
'"They shuts up at the Wicarage at ten
sharp" said the landlord.
Crawley glanced at the clock 1t was on
the stroke of eleven
THANK Cod" he CALCULATED, sinking
into chair His brow was wet with per-
SEPARATION, and he felt weak and wearied,
as If he had walked fast and far With
word landlord
brandy, and then inquired what allied him.
That queer old Mr. Ingersoll has some
gone off with a mad intent to assassinate
him. Unfortunately, / identified his man
for him" said Crawley, with a wretched
attempt at laughter Are YOU positive
Mr.. Letchmere shuts up at ten? Ought
we not to follow on?"
They shuts up at the Wicarage at ten
sharp, sir repeated the landlord
faint no manner O use anyone going
down at this time o. night They NAV
hammer at the door and heller themselves
hoarse. but Mr.. Letchmere'n lie snug. IT'S
my b'lief he wouldn't let in her majesty
at 'leven o'clock O. night"
Then you must send down the first
thing. tomorrow; But stay. I'll write a
He went back to the coffee-room NUT
tering to himself. He was very ill-pleased
with his share in the occurrence Of the
evening, and he threw open the window
and listened, half expecting to hear
shrieks from the direction of the vicarage
balmy air came in and famed his hot
forehead The chill rain, which had caus-
ed Mr.. Crawley to demand a fire. had ceas-
ed, and the wind had changed, 1t was
a mild night, and a few stars blinked in
the darkness. Crawley sighed as he seat
ed himself at the table and prepared to
write note urgently recommending St
Julian to depart. Baltiseomb slept on
THE brute would sleep through the
crack of DOOM" thought the harassed
Crawley. He will never rise again"
He took up his pen but he did not know
how to frame his communication He had
conceived an instructive aversion to ST.
Julian before even seeing him in the ieshn
and the subsequent Identification of the
latter with the traitor of IngersoIPs pitt
full story had not tended to remove this
bad impression. He felt longing 10 write
few curt words to the effect that St Ju-
Ian was a, COMPOUNDED villain but that
IN order to avoid a row, the writer request
ed him to be of at once and secretly as
Mr.. Ingersoll was on his track But he
could not do this without impertnence,
and he deemed IL beneath his dignity to
insult SO base a creature Yet he tingled
to let fly some whitening sarcasm which
should make St. Julian vince He paused
to consider in what way he could arrange
his sentence most stingingly, when his
ear caught the sound of firm and meas
ured tread coming from the way Of the
Nicarage. He sat still 70 listen; the foot
steps drew near, and in a few minutes
stopped at the inn-door. A second later
Ingersoll entered the coffee-room. He shut
the door then approached CraWley quick
ly and grasped his hand.
Il thank you sir" he said, solemnly. Il
have done II"
Great heavens! what have you done?'
Il have executed the vengeance that has
burnt IN my heart for twenty years I have
taken away George ST. Juiian's life. BE
calm, sir. said Ingersoll as Crawley rose
with an agitated air. 1.-THE corpse viii not
run away. nor shall !, and i should pre-
fer to tell you exactly what / did. ! made