The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-12-25
flung himself down on it and was sooy
fast asleep.
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New Wine in an Old Bottle.

events OF the night We're but the OUT
come Of some strange dream, but a
single glance in the mirror soon dis
illusionized him a. ne saw reflected
back the countenance of DR.. Michael
Roversmire.
While he was seated on the couch
IN the ~disordered sitting-room, won
dering what was the first step to take
in his new existence, the door opened.
and a pale. lean man. quietly dressed
in black. appeared. This was Den
than. the servant alluded to by Doctor
Roversmire, and his appearance by
no means impressed Adrian in a favor
able manner. Tall, thin and supple,
his movements seemed to have the
slnuosity of a serpent, and his pallid
lace, clean shaver and serious. looked
cold and cunning under a sparse
OF thin red hair, giving the young
mar an uneasy feeling of repulsion.
similar to that provoked by the sight
Of a noxious animal. The shifty gray
eyes. habitually downcast the thin
lips twitching involuntarily at the
and the air of self restraint
all clearly pointed to the fact that
this man had a cunning nature and
would by no means be averse 20 per-
forming any treacherous action for
the sake of money. Adrian took an
Immediate dislike to his physiog-
nomy. which dislike was not lessened
when he heard the soft, kissing voice
which issued from the thin lips.
Have you not been in bed. sir?"
he asked. closing the door softly after
him, and coming forward to the CEN
ter of the room.
NO" replied Adrian, in a dull
voice, feeling it incumbent upon him
to keep up the character he had as.
sumed. Il have been engaged in
writing and just slept here for a few
hours"
Dentham cast a swift glance at the
writing materials lying on the desk
standing nea the window. let his
cold glance dwell doubtfully for a mo.
ment on his masters face and then
spoke again.
What would you be pleased to have
for breakfast, sir??"
The anne as usual" replied
Adrian. who had not the slightest idea
but that Roversmire might have been
a vegetarian, and therefore felt afraid
to say anything. meanwhile I'll 90
up to my room and have a bath"
You will find everything ready. sir"
answered Dentham, respectfully hold
ing the door open.
Adrian did not know where the bed
room was. but did not like 10 ask
Dentham, knowing it would look GU
rious in his eyes. so left the room,
trusting to chance to find it. Luckily
ne had not proceeded very far when he
saw through an open door Il SPONGE
bath filled with water. and guessing
this to be Roversmire's bedroom, went
inside, closing the door after him.
Left alone in the sitting room, Dent
hams manner underwent a rapid
change and from wearing an air of
cold self-restraint he became as eager
and as anxious as a ferret. He
glanced rapidly round the room, went
to the r.ting-desk, turned
over the papers quickly with his lean
hands, marked the two arm chairs set
oppos te n another near the table.
noticed that two glasses had been
filed with wine. then suddenly caught
sight of Adrian's stick, which he had
thrown down the previous evening.
Il knew | was right" murmured
Dentham to himself. bouncing eager
ly on the stick. 1T was the voice of
a stranger. Some ones been to see
him. wonder what's up; this amt
his stick
He looked carefully at the STICK, a
massive oaken staff, round the top of
which was a gold band, marked with
the letters "A. L." which discovery
seemed to afford him much saJisfac-
ton.
Il wonder who it was came he re.
peated, twisting the stick round and