Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-03
rlG Evil Genius,
A DOM EsTIC STORY.
BY wILKIE COLLINS.

BY wTLKTE COLLINS.
M dear fellow. you aI:duFl 1, ,ht. J
had been 10 success III rt,r,.na Yrs.
Linicy and Tho Guild, al my eAcuileni
courier he'd f0dfid such a charming place OF
retreat for them in one OF the suburbs Of
Hanover, that she saw no reason now for
taking the shocking course tina; 1 had recon-
merded To iler-so repugnant to all her most
cherished convictions; so sinful aud so
shameful in It's dong of evil that good might
come. Experience had convinced her thai
thanks to mel there was no fear of Kitty
being discovered and taken from; her. She
therefore begged Inc to write TO my agent In
Edinburgh, ana tell him that her application
TO the court was withdrawn. Ali, you under
stand my position at last. The headstrong
woman was running a risk which renewed
all my anxieties. By every days post | ex.
pected TO hear that she had paid the penalty
Of her folly, aud that your brother had sue.
ceeded in getting possession of the child.
Wait a little before YOU laugh at me. But
for the courier. the thing would have really
happened "A week since"
Randall looked astonished. Months must
have passed" he objected. Surely, after
that lapse OF time, Mrs. Linley must have
been safe from discovery
Take Your WI positive view of &! !
only know that the thing happened. And
why not? The luck had begun by being on
orr side-why shouldn't the other side have
Its turn neyto'
"Do you really believe In luek?'
"DeYontly. \ lawyer must believe In
something. He knows the law too veil To-
put any faith tn that; and his clients present
10 hlM or he Is a man of any feeling "A hid.
e0uS view OF human nature. The poor deYil
believes i1 lHek-lTtiier than believe ia moth
Ing. / think it quite likely that accident
helped the person employed By tire husband
to discover the wife and child. Anyhow,
Mrs. Lintey and Kitty were seen in the
streets of Hanover; seen, recognized, aud
followed. The courier happened 70 be with
them-luck again. For thirty years and
more ne had been travelling in every part Of
Europe; there was not a landlord Of the
smallest pretensionS anywhee who didn't
know him and ike him. I pretended not TO
see that anybody was following us he said
writing from Hanover 10 relieve my anX.
ietyj and ! took the ladies to q hotel. The
hotel possessed two merits from our point of
view-it had a way out at the back, through
the stables, and il was kept by a landlord
who was an excellent good friend Of ne.
! arranged with him what he was 10 say
when inquiries We're made; and | kept my
poor ladies prisoners in their lodging for
three days. The end OF il Is that Mr.. Lin.
ley's policeman has gone away to watch the
channel steam service. while We return quiet.
! ~ by way Of Bremen and Hull There is
the conrier's account Of it. ! have only to
add that poor Mrs. linley has been fairly
frightened into submission. She changes
her mind again. and pledges herself once
more Ia apply for the divorce. If we are
only lucky enough 10 get or ease heard
without any very serious delay | am moi,
afraid ct my client slipping through nv fin.
gers for the second time. When will the
courts of session bee open Ia Is? You have
lived in Scotland, Randal-'
But | haven't lived til the courts of law.
| wish | could give you the information YOU
want
Mr. Sarrazin looked NJ his watch. For
all | know 10 the contrary" he said, 1--WE
may be wasting precious time while we are
talking here. Will you excuse me il | 20
away 10 my c.ub?'
Are you going in search of in%fOrmation?'
Yes. We have some inVeterate old whist
players who are always to be found in the
card room. Oae OF them formerly practiced.
| believe, in the Scotch courts. Ii has inst
occurred 10 me that the chance is worth try.
ing
"Will you let me know if you succeed?"
Randall asked.
The lawyer took his hand at parting. lyon
seem TO be almost as anxious about it as |
am he said.
40 tell YOU the truth. | am a little alarm.
ed when l think of Catherine. Ii there IL
another long delay, how do we know what
may happen before the law has confirmed
the mothers claim TO the child? Let me send
one of the servants here to wait at yonr club.
VIII you give linn 4 line telling me when
the trial is likely TO take place."
with the greatest pleasure. Goodnight"
Left alone, Randall sat 10y the iireside foi
awhile. thinking OF the future. The pros.
pect, as he saw il, dislieartened him. As a
means of employing his mind on a more
agreeable subject for reflection he opened
his travelling desk, and took out two or three
letters. They had been addressed TO him
while he was in America by Capt. Benny.
deck.
The captain had committed an error OF
which most of us have been guilty In oir
time. He had been too exclusively devoted
to work that interested him to remember
what was due TO the care of his health. The
doctors warnings had been neglected; his
o,erstrained nerves had given way, and the
man whose strong constitution had resisted
cold and starvation In the arctic wastes had
broken dow under stress of brain work in
London.
This was the news which the first OF the
letters contained.
The second, written under dictation, al
'uded briefly 10 the remedies suggested. In
the captains case the fresh air recommended
was the air of the sea. AT the same ime he
was forbidden to receive either letters or tele-
grams during his absence from town until
the doctor had seen him again. These in
structions pointed, in Capt. ~Bcnnydeck's
estimation, TO sailing for pleasures sake, and
therefore to hiring a yacht.
The third and last letter announced that
the yacht had been found, and described the
captains plans when the vessel was ready
for sea.
lie proposed to sail here aud there about
the channel, wherever it might please the
wind TO take him.. Friends would accom-
pany him, but not in any number. The yacht
was moi large enough 10 accommodate COM
iofiabiy more than one or two guests mt q
time. Every DOW and then the vessel wonld
come to an anchor in the bay Of the little
coast Town OF Sandyseal, 10 accommodate
friends going and coming, and Tin spite OF
medical advice to receive letters. "Yoa
may have heard of Sandyseal," the captain
wrote, las one of the places which has lately
been found out by the doctors. They are
recommending the air to patients suffering
from nervous disordefs all over England.
The one hotel In the place and the few cot.
tages whish let lodgings are crammed, as |
hear, and ftie speculative builder Is begin
ming his operations at such a rate that Sandy.
seal will he no longer recognizable IN a few
months more. Before the crescents and ter
races and grand hotels turn the town into a
fashionable watering place, | want to taxi o
last look at scenes familiar to me under their
old aspect. III YOU are inclined TO wonder at
my feeling such a wish as this. / can easily
explain myself. Two miles inland from
SandyseaI there is lonely old moated house.
In that house l was born. When you return
from America write to me ut the postotiice
or at the hotel a am equally well known In
botl ulaeasl and LAT ne arTnnpa for "A Snaa4iv