The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-23
CHAPTER I
whittier BOund.

tE shc rather considerable DuInher
OF passengers who. OH this occasion.
wysr. on board the vessel. we shall
have to do but with very few-with
chose only. in fact. who are destined
tn figure 6 ,mewnat prominently i'll our
story.
Now. as yre 90 on board, the Dread
nou-iif is sklrting the coast of Ireland.
and il making her way rapidly toward
Wexford. the port. as we have just
said, To which she was bound.
Their was Il fair. light wind and Il
very slightly RULED ocean.
Imlsltiently treading the after deck
WIS 81 gentleman decidedly young. and
whose almost perfectly-regClar feat
dres would have entitled him To be
called at least go~od-lOOking. but they
Were d~isfigurcd always by IN evil en-
PRECISION which was too natural To his
coynteuancc to be concealed or dis
guiSssl from those who were ObServant,
and had skill To read the human face
divine"
AS this gentleman paced rapidly TO
ansi fra his lips were ~quivering with
agifassl mutterings. and his eyes
would now and again flash Il look of
tprriSie hatred toward IN elderly,
wbite- haired man. who vas standing
about midship. cOnyerSing lightly and
pleasantly with Il few of the more
humble passengers on board the YES
sci
The Old man. who was well and
plainly dressed. and who might. per-
fapS, been mistaken for a fortunate.
GT retired tradesman, was. in fact. and
hasi lscn for many years, the pro-
foundly-truStcd and highly-cSteemed
scryant-we had almost written friend
of Sir Loghlcn O'Mcara, an Irish bar
onet-
DANES EramptOn had been sent by
his MASTER To England on 4 very iij-
lOrganT mission. ard his return toward
lrsHlatHl had been haStened by news
fCFwItdCd To him that the bar0nct lad
been seized with m alarming illness.
And with James Framptcn, now. ON
board The vessel. was the niece of Sir
Lo&hlcn o'Mcara.
Shr had beer for some time STAYING
in London. at her uncie's mansion
there: and she, too urged 10y I'll" deep
and grateful affection she felt for him,
was hurrying. fast as steam could bear
her. hack To the baronet: ANA great
v;tS her anxiety to be once more by
his side.
Frances O'Mpara. the h1"on"tS
niece. was an orphan. Her father had
been Sir Loghien'S brother; her mother
an EnSlishwoman, and long tn" reign
ing belle of her day.
And fair and lovely rs had been her
mother so was the daughter now.
Fyau,ps O'Meara. and the gentleman
whom we have just described as 50
fraifully pacing the deck. were couS-
inS-
From n different branch of the fam
fIy sprang stanley Clarcmont, WHO was
entirely Of English origin.
Vie. 100. was Fastening toward the
haroncr. his uncle: hut it was Il love OF
his own interest only which was uFs,
inc him to that from which he dared
not seek to escape.
ou The same crrand in London had
Stanley Ciarcmont and the barOnets
faithful servant been lately employed.
With this difference. that James
Frampion had been accredited ny MS
master. and Stanley Claremont had
been his employer. and a acted Sc
crstlv aud with solely Il view to his
own interest.
stanley had been unsuccessful in his
pursuit; had James framptoh el'oun-
tered better fortune?
1dA vas 'f'
now torturing Sir LOghlen's nephew
and causing him TO stride
AMI forwards 81 the deck.
And he could obtain no information
from James Frampton. who was Il
close and discreet man.
And il was impossible to judge by
his manner; the old mans face, "heh
Ne chose. could be rs cXpreSSlouleSS rs
Il blank sheet Of paper.
ON the morrow FramptOn Would De
again beside the haronet. who would
then. perhaps. bc told all that Of which
it WAS so greatly his nephew'S interest
tla1 he should remain orever ignorant.
stanley did not believe that his I'M
Gle was about 10 die; nor Wouid the
baruueiS death, rs matters at pres
cnt stood. be of any service TO his
uephcw-indecd the very reverse, per
haps.
ur,ys been summed by his unclc'S old
servant: saw himself reduced 10 honor
n domestic with his hatred-to confess
ta himself that he was powcrieSS
against his declared enemy.
IF the old man had failed in his at
trmpte,l discovery. all would be we'll
with the Baronet'S nephewi but, alas,
beneath the stolidity Cf FramptOn'S
face-behind that smooth, impen2tra-
bic mask his features wOre-Stanley
CIaremont believed that he could di-
vino Il secret joy. and the ruin of all
his own most precious hopes.
CIaremont had little idea that while
casting his malignant looks towards
the old servant, Il pair OF keen eyes
were fixed ~curiOusly and ~Searchingly
upon himself.
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