The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-15

! had boon wiser had I gone by tho other road
1 found. There % are e Snn ,enSh o sne o or two az
London. But IN the hustcr. Of my spirits I did
time should consume in walking. Ny main
an5iety I9r the moment was to be alone, alone
and appreciate both the reiisS and the good luck
TSd|fG ! .,d.n could have skipped and DANCED
s trees AND and t SSa.dffn St rt the I lssfSss t ST%S so Of 1ss
70 raise my hat and look upward and reyerently
thank providence for this wonderful instance
% p d dts E TO- Ines n which had not had the heart
Mhen ! descended a little to earth, a step
which was h%9stencd by a flash OF recollection that
enwoll, gate, a little iisure forlorn and %ddscsoiato,
yet with eyes Of wrath and a face p%ucEered
to E'i myssif apd to fhinS af nd J SsS%S' d ] sSE; q n and
town BY BunhiIii Fields, I was already at Typurrpp
while 70 ride. The day was on the wane,, and
t the, road thence to st; Giles pound was LIVELY
whom I threaded my way at a good pace, and
coming to Holborn without mlshap, turned up
Cow lane 1S and 50 got speedily 70 smithnSld and
way so far without having need to ask;
mi mere; wh hiE%SeySr,, | took sudden nsoo fright Snsy w NIX
the girl and tho steps / should take to find her,
II, indeed, wished to find her. about which l
being %ss p so disert lhs sarrO InNn5sa G bT t6e noiion
nat I had been long on the road. TO this was
added next moment tho reflection that mossen.
2 coach, ~forestall me. The thought threw me
INTO q hot n, which. increased on me when
oS tba road that , did not knew s the FeT timo fn
tracing 1t. Naturally my first impulse In this
strait s,nfitc va to seek a guide, but Long le Wsa 6y
stone Park, and / phrank, from applying TO the
sots and drabs, who stood, at the doors and cor.
nDfS ls Dr vo or Tsd. put v o, the P %s 9 se by windows
In this dihionlty. and growing the more din;
dent and alarmed the more slowly l walked, ]
bic aspect Of Whom ! could Inquire; saw
none, and my uncertain .glances and loiter,ng
s,SR Mer stt sSsiii"n'p 9EEa to we're aasw Anything SR I %s f Snt %eis
come, when, reaching a corner where an alley,
now removed l think It was then called Dog
dccently habitcd. come out Of a house a little
way down, the alley. He closed the door sharp
" bohind him, and as I looked, went Off In the
Here was my opportunity. WITHOUT losing a
moment ran after him, and he, bearing my
uttcrablc::dismay that the man / had stopped
dressed Sss "a m SsFa a I tie SHs 'f before sss Sna taken take mae nae
to the mysterious house In tho suburbs; the
man called Smith. whom ] had first seen under
the piazza In Convent Garden. and again In Fer
guson's room.
To come face to face with any one of the gang
Wv IL IhuON lcuBc tnat i ndu Dut uO" IL II
palace after i%nforming. against them, was of
me. But q this man, though. his civil treat
ment, had been In pleasant contrast to Fergu-
dGe ;'" basesda' as n Mach S0H On his silence he ,as" and re.
credited him, as on his contemptuous treat
ment Of my tyrant. In q word, had l come on
Ferguson himself. l could scarcely have been
more overcome.
On hearing my footsteps he had turned on
me very sharply. with the air Of a man who had
ers; But on seeing who It was, his face grew
light. and he whistled his surprise. II was on
II That wy y good 80 aa0Ti luck he i 's Suppose ssea F esES e S11 s s1s;
NO. T. said. avoiding his eyes. and wonder.
h i"S sn't to ' me-: 'I eupt ioas my yn road Vas gong 10
"6h!" said be, and looked Keenly at me. Lost
saS p %els soi as a + happened May ask where
1 shifted my feet uneasily. ITO Bunhill
Zelda Zelda tbi said naming the first place OF which
"Ah!" he answered with apparent careless
he he' Should %Hi fail ano to ob - SSeI the h ssnrG anS d RiHss,d1ae
i msao T no sipn his .RP EEsiifinS Sou h sfe 1 not Q fsr o me' he he
hS1 b saz1 n sen' T ISIisE w s5E"H { Know VII his fs' end aver OF
fa' a sSxd With With a A sharp % look 10 xa at mot %s. t's who sent
yo %N st!s1 % ssid.
~ oiLoiN ihnt va w AiSlCI
NO" l said again, my mouth dry. And I
need not give you the trouble to come with me.
"Out Of my wayi Not at ALL" he answered
briskly. And 1t is no trouble. Come along,
1 dared say no more. nor show farther re-
luctance; and 80 with feet like lead and eyes
rowing f%uTtiycly for a way OF escape. l turned and
that were weighted; the letter. and my con-
seriousness of It. lay so heavy on my mind 1t was
like lead In the pocket.
yna tndRR1 In n frnft nnuvf AnI Il nnn
go difficult could discern no way ont of It;
for though I could in part. and in part only,
lutcly to ommand my thoughts, which did
Nothing %nIds . 5%t rey nm t NJ gn, WEy0t about sm the ne
in tho confusion, and that was the urgent
the disclosure OF WHICH must carry with It
the disclosure OF the place whence / came and
tho company had been keeping. With time
doubtless have seen the possibility Of an
bouncing my errand, to the Duke, yet laying
time and unable at a pinch to weigh all the
Issues, could form no determination. much
one denial, that is.
In the mean time we moved on: and at first
my companion seemed to be unconscious OF
my slIEgish pace and my pertnrbatipn; But
minute to minute he glanced at me askanee,
and t that after each Of these inspections he
under this observation UNNECESSARILY in.
creased my embarrassment; ] could no longer
put a fair face on the matter. but every time
he looked at me looked away guilty. unable
to support, his eyes. This presently grew 30
insupportable that to escape from my embar.
rassment / coughed and affected TO choke.
you have a cold, I am afraid" he said,
scarcely concealing the sneer In his tone. And
fast, my friendi'
] muttered that I had.
ITO .overtake me. perhapsi 1t was good Of
you.' he said In the same tone of secret badt'
mage. But we arc here. What part Of the
fields do you WANT Whitecross streetf'
NO" i muttered.
Then IL must be Bakers rents"
mo"
"Rupihill rowT"
moi Well, there ia not much else here" he
SAID, and he shrugged his shoulders. Except
the helds and the burial ground. Your bust
ncss does not lie with the latter. ] supposef'
NO" | said family. And We stood.
At another time I must have shuddered at the
dreary expanse that on this ncthermost fringe
Or the town stretched before us1under a waning
light. an expanse Of waste land broken only by
the wall OF the burial ground or the chimney
OF a brick, kiln, and bordcred, where Its Limits
were visible, by half built houses and squatters
nuts and vast piles OF refuse: Ugly as the
TO the tlmOrOuS, i asked nothing better than tC