The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-08-08
CHAPTER XVIII

CHAPTER XTIIL-fCo1G11@d
And M. 1.zar- Z Walter C-c6sEs
library. SeasC G1Es-ca coH his story.
Tod i calmly AID dispa.!oos-ely, bat
win .1Ilness II detail that struck
chill 70 S-us--'1 hear
Il had beea b-- : few ds!s n London
Le ssid. wien I Ies-1t b. Waters OTc
ha1d-.c ne le--er yo1 hare seel--1a-
he was also rL--e, and -1ar I wa. . e
and see hin. ! was eager . d -. and
q re 7@ry 1.g1- IL Hs. murdered. o.
thai ,a.al MoLdsy nigh. I 80 o1t . visit
hin He asd -1lf ne 70 come ls-e, AID
knowing thai h was e man much Z me
World. and aL.o that. from ITilg Il Hon
Cr-ss. wA=-a the nights alone are cool
C-a ra-aly barns % y - I'D early. !
did - late: - .sce that the clock. "srs
striking I-51.ga - I reached Ii. house.
B1-. xhe1 | sr5gl outside i. there was
n Eza- = any kind 70 D. seen. o3,y 2
:a.1- z.immer from 2 lamp Il the nall
He nae gone . his I'D | said . ny
sli, and the house J. closed fo- The
nigh Wei. It's indeed late. ! vii cone
again AID . I r1Eae1 away, and, know
irz that there vas q Rad through your
park. rho1ga 7 had 10. gone y II, de-
term.1ed . -er8-l thai way.
"T1-o-ga the park where he was m7--
|=reif = S-uar- asked
Yes - .aar xa-. B1, t@fore I reach
- rhe gates AMI whan I was outside rae
palace = -01- queen. B1csi1g CHAM Pal
ace. the Storm mat had -e-a threatening
broke over ms. Ca-sm- IA. j. was Z storm
u drown 3 man z storm such IS ne see
sometimes IL rle tropics. Hlr which had
uava- t1Ga 2ht - So here. l. descended
n VS. sheets q water. + vas lurosz. BIZ
. SIR without beng Instantaneous
d-eCchei - lie skin. and - I sought slel-
rsr n & porch close = hand. There. see
iag 10 one pass M uur some poor half
drowned creature -h1 boxed y though
me rain could make hi- m.sa-~ 10 greater
than Il wa. waited and waited-I had
10 projection. 10 uuprella-and heard the
quarters sui h8Lf-e-rs. and ne hours
.5l,ed ~ lie clock A. las. a. i vas
striking rw9, rhe storm almost ceased,
and. leaving ny shelter. I crossed the road
and entered The park"
Yes Stuart said in 2 whisper
Yea. I entered the park and vent on
round the bend. and 80. under the drip
Ping trees. through what I have since
learned = called ne Mall"
Go on Stuart exclaimed
4 had passed some short distance On
ny ROAD meeting 10 living creature. when
bur Z l.rtie distance ahead II ne saw
two figures struggling, the figures of Two
men Then I saw one fall. and the other
not So ~ ne, there were trees betw een
Gs-passej swiftly By. Ruc l saw him
s-d his face. the face n a Young man
dressed a. peasant, or. e You say here.
workman; q young man with brown
muz'acha."
For moment Senor Gufauta paused,
AID then he continued:
Il ran - the fallen man. and-it was
Walter dead! Stabbed 70 the heart. I
called him Dy name. | kissed him. and
felt his breast but he was dead And
then, II moment, il came 70 my mind
that i was not with MIN | had 70 DO: il
was with the murderer. I sprang 70 my
feet. ] left him there-there. dead in the
mud aud the water with which his blood
nov migglei-aud. a. quickly As | could
70, ! ratrace1 Ny steps after thar muir
derer. AID heaven is good. | had vast
81 but two or three moments with ny
pr dead friend. nd ere I again reached
the gates " the park ! "a p before ne tho
S"!'~1 ~ ~ NJ I4h ka5 SIM ~, 1.yfr.
swiftly, and once " twice he looked
round, B. though fearing he was followed.
But ]. who hare tracked savage beasts
% their LARS. and Indians 70 their baur,r-
kle" how - track him Kenpfng well
behind him a. a fair distance. sometimes
screening myself behind the pillar on a
doorstep, and sometimes crossing the
Trad, -pmefineg even letting myself fall
back -tI farther, / followed him. Al
one time, when ! brought him into nv
-ght again, il had been in my thought. TO
spring upon him. and there AZ once Ia kill
MIN Or take him prisoner And then |
'ApIZAt L best not 10 do 50. We had
moved far from the scene: who vos n
prove. how Wa 70 prove that il vas he
VINO had done fhig deed, and not T. And
there was blood upon my clothes and
hands ST Vas plainly visible, | could
s"e 1t myself. blood that had flown from
alters dead heart on 70 Inc az | took
MIN IN my arms upon the ground No I
-aid, / must follow him. must know
whore he lives, then | will take fresh
counsel with myself as % what shall
DO. - ! went On, still following him
And rs this time the dawn was breaking,
u" went On and On, walking. pcrhaDs FOR
half an hour Or So though il seemed rar
NOR" - me; bnt at last he stopped. and
had now some difficulty in preventing him
from seeing mo. He had stopped al gate
ln wall aud With a key mad quickly
opened T..
he gate II the garden Of Occleve
House. Stuart exclaimed, quivering with
excitement
Yes. The Senior answered. "the gota
~ lhe garden Of Deceive Houfn Ana
ngN ! had 70 bz careful. l was datcrruin-
Ta ?" So" who're he had gone to through
that gate. what he vas doing in thar gar
den. bur now 70 DO .t: II looked tbrongo
ia" ratings he would see me-, he v-o,Id
know he was dIscovcrcd-h nligh. cvcn
then be able 10 escape me, II | had had
my pistol with me, | would have stood
~ me gate end looked Al him through il
ana lE"a, II necessary, would have shot
MN dead. BatI had ii not. had Thought
OF no need for Il when ! left the hotel
mat night did not know what was hn-
Tore III" q hen | went out But I knew I
MlS' 30 something Al once. and - SEQ
!H2 tAat the street was empty and no
creature stirring. | advanced near To tho
gate, stretched myself fiat upon tho nave
md with MY head upon the ground looked
under the lowest part OF the ratings md
saw "
" hatE' Stuart asked. intcrrupting
hm again in his excitement.
\ changed man. one different from him
h't followed Still . young man with
brown mustache, but a young man
whose habit WAS that Of n gentleman.
IT, Vas dressed now in dark. we'l-madc
SUIT. and with his hands he vas rolling