Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-01

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toulu uelieNs .nat tue mSih
pLa'eu uut Nasuety 'he pVNe' wv nln "n'oI
the incident would give her ana dreamed Oh
using II oniy III lhe last resurt, rather anus.
ing herselt IN the present WIN inc thousht
that snort OF that ana without bringing the
deception to his notice, the effect size desired
would be produced. since he would be held
at st. Germans To be well affected and at
st. James the matter would not be known.
Thus In his own despite, and without his
knowledge, he would be reconciled to the
one court, while remaining faithful to the
other.
But, as in the mass of conspiracies-and
! this was especially true of the conspiracies
of that age-the acute eve can detect the ex-
istenco of am inner and ,outer ring of con.
spirators whereof the latter are commonly
he dunes of the former. so | took II that
haro Sr,itb a,d ,ba morn,, ,ooditatn1 other
ana wore sariors rosrit. than those which
~ Id ,orasaw. and tbinLing los NJ INV
inr,,, r,,at. H. ,a ayo,, ~ q rost,r,idon
r. .nSh,a .t, ~ obtoi,irg a bold
, r III a."a 81 ~ nr,,a,a ravnnge tban
80 ~. - w." - ia unoaar, for ,hoir ,,rin
V ~ soo" eause, a anznan"tn w. u,hiin y H.
clpal .ool, SUN a "a a.ion' "", ~, r,ith
creased my reiuc.ante !" " nv III 49,
a matter SO tW9-laceu' ieit me " n,h
whether l shouid not seek ou, ~ victim,
ana Dy Early INFORMATION gam lis iaNo' anu
protection.
stood in the darkness OF the street welgh-
ing the matter. Clearly, II had 10 40 tne
thlns, now was the time, before saw Smlth,
or exposed myself to an urgency, which, IN
spite OF his politeness, l tancled might be OF
a Kind difficult to resist. II by gong straight
to Lord Shaftesbury ! could XIII two blrcs
with one stone, could at once tree myself
from the gang OF plotters unuer Whom l SUI
lered, ana secure Tor the future a NaiuaoIe
should he foolish n hesitate ""N
NOT dld 40 SO long. true IL struck me
d niue that l Knew hothlns vi my Loru
whether he lived in town ar in tbe great
! house anon. the lanes and gardens which I
! had visited but of the road whereto | had
no mora knowiedga than a Hind man Thu
,o yaV,y N 7 could lea rn1u at , buan nea mfsi c rn,Ss
house and imnu,se rather than c,lcuIation
directiop NV stems HURRIED hot fnot iowa ri
Covent Garden, which law conveniently TO nv
hand.
II was NOT until was in tha souara and
close to the niazz, that hethorobt me how
imprudent wa. to revisit the scene of nv
last nights adventure: a Mace where If was
common knowledge that the Jacobites held
their designations. To reinforce This late
found discretion and blow nm the shark of
alarm already kindled. | had not stood hesi-
tating while a man could count ten before
my eye fell on the very same soldierly gen
tleman with the handkerchief hanging out of
his pocket to whom l had been sent the
evening before. He was alone. walking under
the dimly lightly piazza, but as l caught
sight of him two others came up and Joined
him. and in terror lest these should be the
two | had met before, | retreated hastily into
the shadow of st. Paul's church, and so back
the way l had come.
However, | was mot to get off so easily.
Though the hour was late, the market being
closed AM the pavement in front of the tay-
erns deserted or only blocked here and there
by a chair waiting for a belated gamester,
| really ran a greater risk of being recog-
nlzed as | passed than l thought, and had
not gone ten PAGES along King street before
heard a light foot following me, and a
hand caught my arm. Turning in fright, |
found 1t was only a girl, and at first sight
was Tor wrestling myself from her, glad that
IL was no worse, but she muttered my
name. and looking down. ] recognized to my
astonishment Ferguson's niece.
AT that remember a dread of the man
ana ms power seized me and chilled my
very neart. FOR was not this the third time
tnis Slrl, whom l scarce ever saw at other
seasons mac arisen, as 1t were, out of the
ground TO confront me and pluck me back
"neh on the point OF betrayilg him? |
stared at her, thinking or this with | know
hot what aHrlght and shrinking. and could
scarcely command elther voice or limbs.
ana yet as she stood looking at me, with
lne alm lgnt or the street stretching to the
market oehlhd her, II must be confessed
that there was little In her appearance to
cause terror. me night belng cold and a
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