The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01

Turning In a fright, i found 1t ,wes only, q girl,
her, glad that II was no worse. but she muttered
my natne, and looking down, I recognized TO
my astonishmont FerKuson's niece.
At that remember a dread Of tho man and
bis power seized mo and chilled my very heart.
FOR was not ms INC thhrd Tine tnis g,Ii' whom
as Il were, out Of tho ground to confront me
and pluck mo back when on the, point. OF betray.
ing hint | stared at hor, thinking of this with
l know not what alright and shrinking, and
could scarcely command either voice or limbs.
dim length OF the street. stretching to the mar
ket behind her, Il must be contested that there
TSs n hs{Ie being M pe cola Sp mnS a meal 10 rain Gap sep ierfiDr;
TO foil. she had n shawl drawn, tightly over her
6SSNTd, whsnce her iace, small and pn.S as 2
soniss %inion. instSaaY ! 'd%isGorned only . wsari.
flicker of contempt in eye and lip. The wceri.
well T me,! IN Mr. ne PRICE, ESiGE sho tG ss,i when II s she i nfiG asf
i shiverct in my shoes, but without. seeming
70 notice. ~ want this noto taken TO Mr.. Wat
kins," she continued, rapidly. pressing a scrap
& SSsReS sDS he S"! ss! ;sS s sesS;. AZ ii 7 for +" the he 1 %poilo
ga shhS}' me. P 'Sst %sy With vi N h ssf hs SndSF"R did Mr. shs
N"6f course, tool she answered .bluntly.
for The last half hour, cold and wet, for my
But e he sent n" ! demonstrated feebly,
perhaps be may not like mo to
ing my tone, who said he would Cannot
you understand that ii Is l who do not like toi
time OF night, and halt in the house drunken
brutcsl II is bad. enough to be here lettering
free TO be spoken 10 by every i~mpudcnt blood
that passes: &c W,d nan 7. and Al do IT, and will
1.-THE rope" said ]. 80 DO plain with you
And j looked with adherence at, the scrap
Of paper she had given me, Il have taken
We'll, You viii take one morei" she an
give 1t to him, and tho thing is dono,' And
she set both hands TO mo and pushed me tho
t Ssy ,s sRs m0u at,o hHsys sn me sn GcsN ado %e"n toward
Hate the thing as | might, and did, 7 could
not resist pcrsnasions addressed 10 me In such
ing from the task, which must be done. II
seemed. by one or other of US.
After al, II was no more than l had done sew
erai times before; and my reluctance, having its
real origin in, the reSo'utiGn. TO which had Just
come, TO break of from that gang. Yielded to tho
breast and might be carried out as well to-
morrow as to,iH%, in a word ! complied out
where 1 should find II waiter of whom l might
and would have gone to the place mean. |
had scarcely advanced three PAGES beyond the
Voices and laughter and i' beating Of feet "1's over y.
head saluied my ears and surprised me. for 1t
was 80 loud and boisterous as to he unusual
even in places of that kind. had no more than
taken this In and set 1t down to AN Orgy beyond
the ordinary whcn ! came on u pale-faced group
standing at tho foot of he stairs, where among
others were the landlord, two or three drawers,
and as many women. 1t was easy to see that
they were IN z fever about the noise above, for
and crying that tho.e devils would ruin him,
g woman Who seemed to be his wife vas urging
cend and caution the party. That something
more than disorderliness or a risit from the
Atnb tn NrnA In tn-ti i pnfhnraI fpN,,, tl,nt
! pale faces, and was confirmed in the Impression
when, on seeing me they dispersed a little and
Apollo room. wheroon they all came again and
fell on ME with complaints and cntreaties
Fore God s;i, sir ! think your friend arc mad,
and tell them that If they want to be hanged,
and to hang me as we'll, they are going the right
lit is we'll, it is night said tho head waiter.
or the market poriers would have broken our
And got us all in the compter!' walled the
woman, And then to me, Go up. air; go up
mob pull the house down2
moi, mope antm drown %S., her IT,,o words, an, and certainly
a person who had inquired for' the room.
found a deputy, fairly set me on The stairs
s end d pushed ssd T ,sil u 9Sem nGo b up t sna tell .hs%l
"You asked for the room and there it is"
In a word, 1 had no choice, and with reluc-
nof sa, vent tn s n9' tb The eod noise sy Was = sT thov I could could
Of voices poured out and even before I entered
swear to treason. Cries such as Down with
the Wings and damn their Kingi,, The Goth Of
the hunting party!" poured losdi' out in a n Confused ed
medley; with halia dozen others as reasonable,
snd b ah eerdia down T tSe m MOB Sns fss na ln ths street ct
True, as soon as tho half-muddled brains of
tho Cnnnnanv fnnk In tho n nt thnt The l-Ds ,ro.
open and a stranger standing on the threshold
which wac lot easily discerned on the in
filled the room-nine-tenths quavered off into
silence and CAPPED at me, that proportion of
the h TIMp they " Were r s1m, pRe s senSe to 20 a TSSo9hml5S
that Judgment had taken them in the act.
Two men in particular, older than the rest,
and the air of a rich citizen, the other n peevish,
Gesd ;S}s atOmy ina II a green fgr,lInsd coat, were
the happiest before, seated in the midst OF that
crew. but now, sinking back In their high
death in my t s@s, 1 4 neig + ao Of Of theirs Gsfs snFi
secretary was on them and the officers below,
ne kicked, over his chair and dashed for a win
dow, pausing only when he had thrown it up.
However. even then the recklessness OF some
certain to whom to speak, one of tho more
drunken staggered from his seat. and giving q
shrill-voiced hulloa that might have been heard
In Bedford house. made toward me with a cup
Drlnk! ne cried, with a hiccOuRh, as he
forced it on me. Drink! To the squeezing Of
the rotten ORANGE. Drink, man, or you are no
faced son OF a Dutchmun, like your master! SO
drink. and noleavings, Orch, what is iti What
Is the matteri'
CHAPTER XIX.
II was no small thing could enlighten that
brain, clouded by tho fumes OF drink and con.
ceit, but AT length the silence, now perfect and
clothing palIo-s, silence that had set in with
his first word. and IA manic that had grown With
q whisper which passed round tho table-came
home TO him. What is it, What is the mat
teri" he repeated, with u silly, drunken laugh.
And ne turned to look.
No ono answered him, but he saw the strange
sight which ! had already seen-his fellows
fallen av ay from him and budding on tho
further SIDE OF the table, as-sheep huddle away
from the sheep deg; some pale, cro.s-eyod, and
with lips drawn back, seeking softly in their
cloaks for weapons; while others stood irreso-
lhte or leaned against the wall shaking and
unnerved.
At that sight he turned to me again, more
than half sotered. won't he drink the toasti'
no maundered in an uncertain voice. why
why not, I'd like to knowi Eh2 Why notf'
he repeated, and staggered.
Al that some one in the crowd laughed hyB-
terically; and this breaking the spell, q second