The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-07-12


warrant for him. As was ouce JUS
tice of the peace he knew that I under
stand such matters. tried to dissuade
him from his purpose, but he was de-
termined to have Marvel arrested for
assault with intent to kill. He procured
the warrant but thus far Marvel has
kept out Of the way. After several more
unsuccessful attempts to persuade Lewis
to abandon his object was obliged to
give up the task. Then the continued
absence of young Marvel began to worry
me, and I feared that he might return
and kill Lewis. Therefore have decid-
ed that it will be best to find him be-
fore any such calamity can occur, this
as much for his sake as for the safety Of
Lewis So l have sent for you, Mr..
Barnes, taking step of which Lewis is
ignorant And now may / ask you
what in your Judgment will be the
chance of apprehending Marvel?"
"Oh," said Mr.. Barnes, there will
be no difficulty in finding him. do
not think he is hiding from the law. If
at all, it is from the disgrace which he
fancies that Mr.. Lewis has cast upon
him. But if he really loves Miss Lewis
the thing is simple We have but to
watch her. He is sure to seek an inter.
view sooner or later"
"There," said the squire admiringly;
''see how quickly you get at it. Ishould
never have thought of such mode Of
proceeding. You are right, too, as to
your first conjecture. Marvel is high
spirited, and I should not be surprised
if he surrenders as soon as he learns
that he is wanted. That is why have
been worried by his disappearance. But
here we are at the farm.
The house was an elegant frame
building of the Queen Anne style Of
architecture. The grounds were on the
south side of the road, so that the dwell
ing faced the north. 1t was recessed
about so feet from picket fence, aud
the party entered through a neat, paint
ed gate, a brick paved walk leading
them up to the main door. This was
standing invitingly open. Squire Olney
seemed entirely at home, for he led the
way straight in without the formality
of using the great brass lions paw
which served as knocker. This bold
entry was not destined to go unresent-
ed, however, for huge mastiff appear
ed, coming from an inner room, and
growled ominously. At word from
the squire the dog assumed less hos
tile demeanor and p1owled about the
party, shifting at their persons as
though to make their acquaintance
When he reached Lewis, who was the
last to enter, he raised himself up Oh
his hind legs, and, planting his fore
paws Oh his breast, tried to lick him OH
the face. Lewis resented the animals
familiarity and seemed much annoyed
as he brusquely pushed him down with
an exclamation of impatience.
"Why, Mr.. Lewis" said the squire,
"the dog acts as though he knows you.
Can it be possible that he remembers
you? ! know that your father brought
him here when he first came, but that
is years ago, and he was mere puppy
then"
II remember him we'll enough now,
but I doubt if his recollection spans the
interval between now and the time
when gave him bread and milk in his
puppy days. / receive that kind of at
tention from nearly all dogs. Some of
the fiercest have favored me at sight.
Once at bench show in London | bet
that could pat the head of any dog
there. | won the wager, though the
animal selected was ferocious looking
bulldog, over whose kennel was con-
spicuously displayed the warning pla-
card: Dangerous. Do not handle
They say that dog knows a friend in.
stinctively, and I am certainly friend
of the canine species, ranking dogs next
to human beings. But let us seek my
father. am anxious to meet him."
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