The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-04-22
PART ".

| whence, after making his toilet, he
went to call upon the invalid brigadier.
| Still in happy mood, he went early
| 20 inquire for Nine. de Suresne next
| day, and was graciously received by
+, the accomplished mademoiselle.
"Mme. de Suresne. Ah, yes; she had
spoken Of monsieur, but a messenger
warned her that the vessel was ready
| TO sail at the turn of the tide last night,
so she hastened 10 depart, and must
| be nearly across the channel by this
| time"
"That is very extraordinary!" ex-
claimed Capel. "Why, she was dead
beat when she arrived. i am surprised
| that / was not informed of the Calli-
ope's movements. / should certainly
I have sent dispatch by her."
"Did the commander know that mon
sieur was coming?" asked mademoi-
sele.
"Well, perhaps not" returned Capel,
rousing himsef from n puzzled frame
of mind. did madame send any let
ters TO Athgarvan?"
"Yes. of course. The postillion called
early this morning, soon after day
break. for short billet which madame
left for him to take back"
"Then / trust madame will have q
pleasant voyage, and / need Sespass
no longer on your time"
Mademoiselle led him to the door
with impressive civility, and Capel
made his way to the quarters of the
man he was TO supersede.
After long interview, in which the
state of affairs in the district was
fully explained TO him. he took his way
on foot 20 his hotel. Turning the cor.
ner of street, he found himself face
TO face with a young man in naval uni
form.
"Hallo, Poyntz!" he exclaimed, rec,
ognizing distant cousin. what
brings you here?"
"Oh, Col. Capel! Very glad to see
you! / am first luff' of the Calliope."
didn't the Calliope sail last night?'
mo, certainly not, l am going on
board now"
Capel felt profound surprise and
some uneasiness. Capt. Seton is
your commander, eh?"
"Yes; do you know him?"
"No, but should like to see and
speak with him."
"He is ashore, to-day, and dimes at
the Harp and Crown. as there is big
ball on"
That's my hotel" returned Capel
81 shall ask for On interview"
"Iie is very good fellow a little
rough and ready"
"Come and dine with me tomorrow,
Poyntz; I'll not delay you now."
So getting handsomely rid of the
young officer, Capel proceeded to his
hotel, and established himself in the
coffee-room to watch the coming of
Capt. Seton. The dinner hour was
much earlier In those days, so before
long Seton came IN. A few words and
several bows introduced the gentle
men to each other, and the naval officer
accepted Capers courteous invitation
to dinner. 1t was half over, when the
host started the topic of the disaf,
fected state of the country, and ex-
pressed his annoyance at having ia
hunt down a young fellow like Cos,
tello.
"Oh, you'll get over all that after a
few weeks in this queer country. As
to Costello, heard odd s,oriee
iuncn to-day, az house away near the
cove. The gentlemen had been out
fishing, seafshing, this morning, and
one of their boatmen said he had had
a queer job the night before. He and
another had been engaged by a strange
man to row an old lady out TO lit
tie bay not far beyond the harbor. This
old lady was very finely dressed, and
had n veil tied round her heud and face.
But they found strange ship lying at
anchor, and when they were alongside,
the old lady caught hold of n rope and
climbed on board la jiffy. like regu-
lar sailor, showing some masculine un-
der garments as she did so, and a
was lifted, the ship swung round TO
the tide. and was off with fair breeze.
We sent for the young boatmon, and
cross-examined him a bit. lie could
not make out the nationality OF the
man who hired the boat--he was not
Irish nor English. He was small and
dark and rather grim. think II must
have been that spy Jefferies, who is,
L believe, n Jesuit, so the chief of po-
lice here begins 70 think, from a mys-
terious letter found in his place in
Clonmell. IL seems he has not been
seen about anywhere for several days,
and 1 fancy Wen never see Costello
again"
II saw this Jefferles, once" said
Capel, feeling stunned. "He then said
Costello was hiding In Glengarriff."
IL don't believe he ever told anyone
the truth. but do know that strange
ship has been seen dodging about the
| coast, and l believe they have taken