Catoctin clarion., 1897-10-07

in terrified voice. AND you say tney
suspect some one?"
"Alice, you, too, suspect some one.
Who is itp If you and the detectives sus-
pect the same man, will help to shield
him. You know that.
"Himl Whom do you mean2" Now
it seemed that Alice was puzzled.
"Whom do / mean? Who was it that
quarrcled with my uncle? Who was it
that threatened to kill him3"
my God, you mean my brother'
Alice sank in q chair and sat staring
like one in trance Finally, ny Il great
effort, she aroused herself and seemed
to regain her self possession.
Virginia. you must think me ont OF
my mind to have acted as have, but l
have had terrible night. In my dreams
have seen your unclo murdered i'll n
thousand fantastic ways. Therefore 1t
is not strange that when you startled
mo should have addressed you as l
did. 1t was tremendous shock to have
you announce that all which my imag-
ination had pictured was really true"
Undoubtedly, Alice, but it is a
strange coincidence that you should
have had such dreams What were you
thinking of when you retired that my
uncle should have been SO conspicuously
in your thoughts?'
II was thinking Of him. But will
tell you the truth at once"
"Stop moment Twill listen to your
go nF xtfo1 ,,np
tance that no more time should be lost
in warning Walter of the danger which
threatens him."
Eyes, but how will you do It? Do
you know where he isP''
"He is in Portsmouth by this time, l
hope. He will expect letter from inc
tomorrow morning. came out to post
1t, but am certain that am watched
by the detectives. did not dare to go
to our Office for fear that they would
discover just what do not want them
to know. The only way left is to send
the letter to New Market and mail it
there How can we do that?'
Alice had entirely composed herself
and while her friend spoke was rapidly
dressing She replied:
Il know the very one to trust, for OF
course it must be tried friend, as the
bearer of the letter will discover the nd
dress Will Everly is the man for this
emergency. Walter, you remember,
saved him once when he was nearly
drowned, and since then believe he has
been ready to sacrifice his lifo for my
brother at any moment"
"Will is the man that had in my
mind Can you send one OF the boys to
his house for him?"
"Wait here till return, and will
fix it." With these words Alice quilted
the room Left to herself, Virginia was
at once thoughtful She could not be-
lieve that all the agitation which she
had witnessed in her friend was solely
duo to tho coincidence Of nightmare.
Yet how could Alice have really known
anything of the crime, since she had not
been out Of her own room, unless indeed
she had been present the night before2
Alice returned and, as she entered, said:
II have sent Frank, one of the stable
lOI w Ia. INoW, nhuAA tSiA JSu
what did last night?"
Virginia signitied her assent, and her
companion proceeded.
Harry Lucas had promised to take
me to drive in the evening, but during
the afternoon he called and told me that
it would be impossible to do so, as he
had received a note which would make
1t necessary for him to leave town. did
not doubt his statement, and after lit
tie conversation he left the house. After
his departure l found OH the floor a
note which ho must have dropped III
taking his handkerchief from his pocket.
Of course had no right to read it, and
did not think Of doing go until l recog-
nized that the address was in your
writing
Alice paused. but Virginia said moth
ing, though the color deepened on her
cheek. Alice continues
IL suppose that, knowing you had &C
cepted my brothers. love, 1t was u con-
temptible thing for me to feel Jealous.
Nevertheless confess with shame and
regret that such WAS the case. There
fore l opened the note. AS you know the
contents, you can readily imagine that
what | read was scarcely calculated tc
dissipate my anger. You invited him tc
secret meeting The hour named was
for last evening Thus Harry had broken
his promise to me, giving me false ex-
cuse, in order to meet you.
''Impetuous rs you know l am, l al
once determined to be present. You had
specified that he should wait for you IL
tho south side Of the summer house Oh
your lawn. had only to go early and
conceal myself in the northern division.
As l drew on my cloak preparatory te
starting my eye fell Oh my pistol, which
lay on my dressing case, and, though
did not think Of needing 1t OF Of using
It, in my excitement l took it up and
slipped it into my pocket. l reached tht
place first, as was my intention, and
patiently awaited your arrival. Harry
came, and you joined him promptly.
need not tell you what occurred between
you. overheard every word, and you
can imagine how much ashamed was
of my doubt Of Harry and of yourself
when l learned the real object Of the
meeting felt like revealing my pres
ence and begging your pardon, but my
pride prevented mo. So l remained IL
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