The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-06-04

about his neck, and the pressure of
soft, warm lips to his own. A week
later one hour before midnight, he
On the big rock which serves for a
pier, man and woman await him.
harrington carries a valise in each
hand, They enter the wherry, and An
dreWpulls swiftly and silently down the
river, In about one hour they come to
Ia small cove, where a commodious sail
boat Is tied to ring in a rocky, shelly
ing bank.
They go aboard this, the little wherry
is fastened astern, the sails are unfurl-
ed and on they go dancing lightly out
into the waters of the bay
At nlghtfall of the next day they
come to a great city. Darlington and
the lady so ashore. Some purchases
are to be made here and Darlington is
to see q man who win buy the boat
this is what they have told Andrew In
the meantime he is to wait here with
the boat until their return, when they
will all so aboard the great ocean
steamship Whose black tunnels rise
from neighboring wharf.
Andrew is not particularly pleased
that Darlington is to accompany them,
but nothing can dampen the joy of his
belief that she loves him, and he can
Inever forget that he lips have touched
his own. The poor boy is quite daft for
| the time, and does not dream that he
| is being duped.
The city clocks are striking 10, when
ragged steet gamin crosses the
wharf and halls Andrew.
Hi there. Be your name pussell?"
Andrew mods, and the boy hands him
a note.
"a big swell uptown sent this to yer"
Andrew takes the note and tears it
open. He knows, of course, that the
big SWELL is Darlington. The note
| reads as follows:
when you read this we shall be
aboard an outward bound express.
! Goodby. my dear boy; many thanks
! for your gallantry. Mr.. harrington
makes you present of the boat as a
| reward for your service. c. F."
| For moment Andrew stares at the
note in dumb amazement His brain
reels. He staggers down into the little
cabin, and throws himself PROSTATE
| upon the floor. He breaks into great
sobs which shake him from head to
| foot. To be fooled, played With, cast
aside, when he served their turn!
Oh, the bitterness, the grief and rage
in the boys hot heart as he rolls to and
fro upon the cabin floor!
All night long he battles with this
first great trouble In the morning he
l~I,o -,,,@
to find a purchaser for his boat, for the
sight of 1t is hateful to him, and he
must have the money to get home with.
He sells it for $3.50, which is a pretty
sum for a poor lad. AT noon he has
sunstroke, and is conveyed to the city
hospital.
When he comes out of his stupor he
finds himself under arrest for being the
accomplish of an adventures He
learns to his horror, that Cars Ferris
is Madge Delaphine. That she engaged
herself as companion to a little, miser-
ly old woman That she and Darlington,
| who is her lover, planned the old wo-
mans murder in order to obtain pos
session of the money and jewels which
she boarded about her. That Madge
Delaphine accomplished the murder by
means of a subtle poison, packed the
body into a trunk and conveyed if to
Barrington's house, where it was bur-
led in the cellar
The very trunk which Andrew fer
ried across the river! Andrew is taken
before magistrate, where he tells his
story, emitting the love passages. But
Viz ,+n i
and reads between the lines and prices
| the lad.
1.-THE woman and her lover have been
arrested I want you to identify her"
He opens the door to an inner room
and utters an exclamation of dismay,
| There, PROSTATE upon the floor, with
her jeweled hairpin stuck through her
heart, likes Madge Delaphine quite
dead.
'In this the woman"
Gears Ferris had dark hair" returns
Andrew, who Is white to his lips.
The magistrate lifts wig Of dark
| hair from table nearby.
"a very simple Disguise" he says.
and motions Andrew back to the outer
room, where, after a few more ques-
tions and some fatherly advice, he
dismisses him. The misery of Andrews
journey home is boundless.
! When he reaches the familiar spot he
is taken Ill, and for weeks is delirious
with brain fever Jed Hardy is his pa
tient and faithful nurse To Andrew
it seemed as If the memory Of his folly
must torture him forever. But as the
months go by the shame and agony die
away little by little.
Jen, faithful soul, believes in him
and loves him. He is young, and the
world Is fair, and life is pleasant after
all.
| So gradually he returns to his old al
legiance, and it all ends as 1t should
with a wedding.-Dublin World.