The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-10-31

| stretched out the right hand of fellow
ship. But alas Herr Schmidt was
young and handsome-far too hand
some, Phineas thought.
Very well, Mary" said Phineas. taxi.
ing his hat from the peg and making
Tor the door; ''you have overruled me
as usual, and must be prepared for the
consequences. In less than week we
shall have the house and garden over
run with every conceivable variety OF
reptile-from the beastly lizard to the
boa constructor"
And Phineas stallled Indignantly
forth with the merry laughter of his
wife ringing in his ears.
III.
"A month or more had passed. and so
far the fears of Phineas had proved to
be groundless. Herr Schmidts mon
strosities" had been kept well within
bounds, and as yet Mr.. Peel had not
seen so much as a strange caterpillar
in his garden, which never looked bet
! ter.
However, he was not happy. lie had
| taken an aversion to the new tenant
from the first, and would never be sat
isfied until he had got rid Of him.
"Confound the fellow" muttered
| Phineas one evening, as he sat on an
upturned bucket behind the peasticks,
hes prowling about on the other side
| of the hedge again. Hope he won't catch
sight of me, for I'm about tired of his
oily tongue and eternal smile. Iullo!
what the deuce is the meaning of this?"
| Down the garden path tripped Mrs.
| Peel. The naturalist was evidently ex-
pecting her, and greeted her with a
smile that almost brought tears into
the eyes of the furious Phineas.
''Goot efcniug," he said. You vos
] joost lcetle late."
| 1t was evident that this was not tho
| first chat INDUCED in over the boundary
hedge. Though Phineas strained his
| ears, he could not catch the drift of the
conversation. Like flash he remem.
| bered that Mlry had often of late taken
n stroll in the garden at dusk. Was
this the explanation?
PhiIeas had been glaring at the
couple from behind the pcasticks for
ten minutes or SO, when he saw his wife
take Il rosebud from his fayorite tree
and hand it ever the hedge with a
charming smile TO the delighted Herr
Schmidt. Then, with a pleasant Good
night" Mrs. Peel tripped tightly into
| The house.
| You yillain." Kissed Phincas, saw
agcly, jumping from his seat and shak-
ing his fist after the rctrcating figure
in the next garden, III pay you out
! for this"
The rage of Mr. Peel was something
TO he remembered. Nothing but blood,
he vowed. would ohlitcrate his wrongs.
| iut he would be cautious. He would
smile and smile and murder while he
smiled Selling n pcastick he tragic
ally buried ii in the heart of an unof-
tending cabbage, and played havoc
With a stately row of sunflowers.
Half an hour later Mary saw him
| take down a huge old-fashioncd duck
gun from the hook in the hall.
There's German vulturc in the
neighborhood," he volunteered, inn
pressivcly, land I'm going TO bag him
| At the first opportunity"
However, as nothing short of an
earthquake would have induced the old
gun TO go off in any circumstance.
and Phineas had made assurances
doubly sure by dropping in the shot
first and powder afterward-the "yul-
ture" in question was not likely to be
seriously damaged, and Mary contented
herself with expressing n hope that her
husband would not hurt himself.
On the following evening Phineas
took up his old position in the garden,
with murder in his heart. Herr
Schmidt, however. did not put in an APP
pearncc. After waiting some time,
Phineas rcentered the house and reared
his duck gun up in the hall in con-
spicuous position.
He bad almost decided to run up to
town and consult his brother John,
The detective, with view to having
the movements of Herr Schmidt
watched, when he was startled by the
click OF the letter box.
A scrap Of paper lay on the mat.
Picking it up, Phineas glanced at it,
turned deadly pale, then hurried into
the garden. Scrubbed in lead pencil on
dirty paper was the following:
"Peel has discovered everything. We
have not moment TO lose and must
clear out tonight. The front door 10
unsafe. Will meet you at the back
1880 sharp"
There was no signature.
"Good gracious!" calculated Phineas,
after reading the note for third time.
I'D no idea matters had gone so far.
Oh, yes. Mr.. Schmidt" he added grimly
I'll meet you ut 1880 sharp"
III.
II was about 10:45, and raining heav-
lily. Phneas Peel, seated on wall
overlooking the back of Rhyd cottage.