The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-08-21
I CHAPTER XIX.
l9yClsan Your Root...


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Clsan Your Roots"
FRO had been required to say on
TIA ss.g ere based his hopes of accom-.
:! .ss l4lne that which he had promised
Mect he must have answered that
ldn' know; for, questioning him.
a. the matter, that was the reply
he received.
3 3EsSss moving not how success could
"a ~ him, and especially within the
" whlch no himself had fixed, lie
ss IA evertheless most certain that he
W ogld triumph.
VI hadn't dreamed for nothing-had
~ Qe proceeded so far in the right direc-
VI 20 be suddenly pulled up before
a. Il lying at the proper termination of
ID Journey.
rs z ~ say the truth, Tony''s main rcli-
ss nee Tor success was on the fact that
" me- two men whose villiany he had
DIV to make apparent We're at present
81 separated, and with positive neces-
4ity existing with each of them that
they should soon meet again
lsa5 And we shall see what will happen
yhen they do meet again." was Tony's
a hOught.
was about 0 O'clock in the evening
hen the two brothers had quilted Sir
Y z0ghlen's house; and having assured
Il; ydney that all he had just said he
kould do would most certainly be
one, Tony requested his brother to be
home without another word.
Because" said Tony, 81 have good
ss lHal Of work to do, aud, till you are
sss June, cannot set about it,"
But can I be Of no SERVICE" de-
ssnAnded Sydney, Gin a matter which,
Fond oil, concerns myself"
sSE AsYOu can only be hindrance, Sgd
sSnl was the Reply; land IL you have
ut lost oil desire for the restoration
your fair fame-if you would be-
ome the husband Of charming Fran
sssseey O'Meara-take yourself off as fast
800 your legs will carry you.''
Thus invoked, Sydney remained not
IN instant longer, but disappeared as
NxApldly as he had been requested.
Sa Bis brother gone, Tony made a feint
proceeding hurriedly in IN opposite
irection, but almost instantly return
and stood concealed in dark cor
81 30. exactly opposite to Sir Loghlen
~ eMeara'S mansion.
The leaf which had been torn from
the sale-book would be still in the pos
ession Of the gentleman who had
played him that pretty trick. Tony
81 had no doubt about that.
That sheet Of paper Abraham Mailer
81 WouId consider as good as check to
mo inconsiderable amount on Stanley
a.Claremont's bank.
ssss And" argued Tony, "since the ras-
SsscAl 4S now smOthered In poverty. he
kn<A 3s1
HE the valuable piece OF property OF
which he has obtained possession"
81 So Tony stood in his dark corner, his
eyes fixed upon the baronet's mansion.
He was looking to see who should
ssADpr0ach the house, and was not ex-
s pecting that Stanley would leave it.
since he was convinced that that gen.
Z tleman knew not at present where his
might be found.
Hour after hour Tony remained upon
N the watch and with no satisfactory re-
Il suit.
The policeman on his round passed
--our engraver several times, and, at last.
& growing suspicious, stopped and threw
the light Of his bull's-eye full on Tony:
and then Immediately shutting it OF
again, exclaimed, Goodness sake, Mr..
U Drumm0nd, what are you doing here
al this while?" .s
More luckg' thought Tony, as he
ssrecognized in the speaker the police
man who had long marched grandly
Z on his beat past Mrs. XVilloughby's
Il house, who had but lately, he said,
il been shifted, and who, as q matter of
sc0nrge, knew our hero very. well.
Tony, BY way Of accounting for be-
i INT Wherehe then war, told the police
II nan who, as is usual with those gem
aemen, was in the way when he was
mot wanted THAT he was on the watch
To catch q slippery customer, whom he
F-oxpected to pass that way, and who
VAS considerably indebted to him.
And, Il accounts are rightly squared
between us," said Tony, II shall be
eble to make you little present, Jen-
n kinS.
And the policeman tramped on his
Nay with very sincere wishes for Tony
sDrummond's success.
Il grew later and later; the doors
asof sir Loghlen O'Meara's man.
B sion were bOlted and barred. and one
gby one Of the lights disappeared. ans
1GAll within and about the house was
dark and still.
All over for tonight. was Tonv'a
thought; and when the policeman next
Il returned, said to him: mo luck here
night, 90 shall be here In the NOM.
nG; and just tell the man who n On
" ar duty here what / am up to. win
rs Spu; and ask him not to take any notice
me?'
Certainly, Mr.. Drummond," IN.
31Wefed the policeman.
Good night, cried Tony. and OF he
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