The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-29
CHAPTER xxx.

CHAPTER xxx.
What the girl answered / did not catch, for M
abe raised her head again to reply my ear caught
the sound OF rising danger. Ferguson was
fateS on his head Il he had ever betrayed. Il he
had ever sold. II he had. ever deceived. now ran
And the men listened he had their ears again. he
was no longer on his trial. Afterward 1 learned
Woman v~ar Hns Smith, my S Sy statins TS What sTs'ffA{ Se S't sta teS
to him-namely, that the secretary had used
FERGUSON as the intermediary through whom TO
story and at a stroke had restored his position.
1Whereon. full Of spite, and desperately certain
any ratio knew enough to hang him. tho
wrotched man had set himself anew to compass
my destruction; Deferred neither BY the check
conspirators who responded but sluegishly to
his appeal, he drove home again and again. and
on which he relied, the one point that was so
dear to, him that he could not understand their
Waste Of time =" he cried. I'VE would DO
better employed looking to ourselves and slip.
Pine Pine aw ygu to II. Rop bnSs: wo Thd- wei But y9a are
keen to do It'll There is the evidence in your
There is evidence without him. said King.
suikily. Where 10 .Prendergastr
"But where is hot And whore 10 Porter -
Where is Sir John Fenwick, for that matter"
replied the man who had answered for Prender-
u.s. Ssss and viii only t0 eat e tRo e chez m'fn When e9 % we h %'te
got got + S@t OF ond fh p,r dr rel. For Th that TN mater Att 7 h, where
alsr rssGT. HEs WKSy viii ffiFiS you II b " t faGif at te os
t ths9 arc ! q in isG f fSs s ssnn tasi # th they are EiI tir'h Rsd
ifh nsze al Ike ss this feliew! BESIDES and not dirty
preston was a lord. But he sold Ashton"
That word brought a kind Of cold breath Of
S %hleS eseh ,1 iook aas s feom; at At th s,s sh n.is iSsSh S of
on this that he made little, progress. and that
We're We not to Be kindie iIT grew n furious Rs AND more
furious. and began to storm and rave. But
oh %MF: Fel 1a a %o% Is so f sq' HIM. hsR 'hS ssfa he. tina.
against rain us ~ We s's shall b. very gf fosiish III c SssFfni Il
Then let M. Ferguson deal with him." Cas-
sell answered CURLY. ."He is his man, and It is
his business. I don't lay a hand on him. and
Nor II. Nor II" cried several with eager.
ness. God knows Il they thought in their hearts
-" YOU are ali mad I" Ferguson cried. beating
sAnd you are a eoward." cassel retorted.
10 as soon trust him as you, II you are taken.
yon'I r PSSach3; d Tsr xsn D..c SO Son YOU og. I I knGw
Then seeing them divided and the most bloody.
minded OF them-for such Cassel had been Q
thought that for certain the bitterness Of death
was past. and I took courage. discerning for the
suffoeating fears through which I had passed..
For the first time I allowed my thoughts to
s a%sil fR tf The fV WsrS e CURRENT mys 81 rs t. hSRs f ND
my heart beating before Charnock's cold voice,
moment dashed my jubiIa,Ion. There was that
in his Pe 5Sne m that EriSp g s.i ny he pe.s sdTes I. mi,
time to be pickering Let us be clear before We
separate what is to be done with this man. For
my IG ss'ii Il. ! a said Rs Smith, iG5 ls spsaEI him almost S1;m for tn.
The others. lately so hot and impassioned.
= Ss5s i, T !; s rsE !? My J o sSr fs'S W. s s'''s % s's':" sSdi
BUT So viii y You take The fef lie 'nAin0'N '''0f'eo'
ct. tn IS e eEstsbo dFsT s sssh ss he b had m a5aSp before
first to Condemn Su Viii iii y pai' be- one He to 3 execute ers s1 e
and swallowed with an effort. looked shiftily at
me and away again. The sweat stood on his
watched him. and still he did not ct answer sSSsrnA'eo'
Just So, said Charnock at last. You will
%ho w ARf i f not ee what Is {: to 5 bSs done sr ~ ono else
Put him in a %lugger." Reyes cried. "at the
bridge iHe w snd b. BY t %osni IN a, III, Nor, Case, ~.
70 get OFF that way. There are more Billops in
IL TOOl tudH IL ITO WHO RaV0 up ALlIOn.'
Gag him and leave him here"
m "And m have him 3! f9 Gn,d.1 Sy .t the messengers to;
and bid them take him to the Secretary's Office
with m oIr compliments"
Ferguson knows plenty
The woman who had come in With Smith
his sweetheart were not here. Do you think she
would leave him to starvef'
m ehs s12H %sT to g f e. si.i. ''! @F Pod @@s sstd ans. as =. ,i IS
And your spy's sweetheart" tho woman 70.
The girl lifted her head and bowed the room
a face pale, weary and dull-eyed. HE is moth.
And the men would have believed her. but the
S ESm %rist wi and Z f bsld IT, fat;al Sot mSSve% nc 1os seized led
tho fever or the smallpox on you. One. two.
,n MsE face sw fSpRi min , the girl sDrang up and
The woman laughed-and how hated herl
maek Il Rq tone. to aY ESu wh tsnt w hi :, yos she not ss si1s in ma q
TO save him, my chick What will you not
give me to see him safe out of this house !
peace, peace!' cried Charnoek. "Time is
everything. and we are wasting 1t. Unless we
hall Way to Romney Marsh y G %or mG sn""u'a DO
wifi you leave him to moi said Smith sud
Leave him o.
".Ay. Or, better, let mo have two minutes
talk with him here. and II ho comes to my way
OF thinking. will answer for him."
sqPssr. VII y 'Ss answer Ha% ) f ssrss i% mo- f better T than I I
did, you will give us small surety"
'Ay, but ! am not you, Mr.. Ferguson" Smith
reetiorted, In 4 tone OF contempt whereat the
older man writhed impotentlv. "This person.
Mr.. Taylor, or Mr.. Price, or whatever his name
is.knows me and that what / say I do"
We'll. do-what you like with him." Char
his mouth"
To my, JOY the other men assented In tho same
tone. being glad TO be rid OF tho burden. It may
seem strange to some that those who had pre-
pared an hour before to take my life should
now be as ready to let me go; but there are few
men who arc eager to take life in cold blood,
and XIII q man as they would a sheep. More
over. In favor OF these men-on whose memory
the assassination plot has cast obloquy not alto.
gether deserved, since few OF them were assas-
sins In the strict sense, and the worst OF all. Fer
guson. escaped his just fate-in their favor 1 say
II Is TO be observed that the fact which they de.
signed, however horrid in the eyes OF good citi-
zens, and certainly not to be defended by me.
was not In their sight so much a murder as an
country.
SO fully ! am persuaded was this the case.
that had been a question OF stabbing the King
IN the back or shooting him from window /
believe not one would have volunteered Let
this stand to their credit; TO the credit OF man
whom | In ~ and ha Nya Aaa,rlhaA "a