The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-01-01
along lin your rascality comfortably,

along lin your rascality comfortably,
so far as l am concerned"
He was very ungrateful-so much
so that my desire to kick him was in
tensified. / should not like to swear
l did not to a slight degree yield to
the temptation.
Push a handkerchief in his mouth"
cried Brand suddenly. "A lady is COM
ing"
With right good will 1 did as the
doctor suggested.
Just then Carriston returned. / don't
want to raise home tempests, yet /
must say he was accompanied by the
most beautiful creature my eyes have
ever lighted upon. True, she was pale
as a lily-looked thin and delicate,
and her face bore traces of anxiety and
suffering-but for all that she was
beautiful-too beautiful for this world,
thought, as looked at her. She was
clinging in a half-frightened, half-con-
fiding way to Carriston, and he-happy
fellow!-regardless of our presence,
was showering down kisses on her
sweet pale face. Confound it! / grow
quite romantic as l recall the sight Of
those lovers.
A most curious young man, that Car
riston. He came to us, the lovely girl
on his arm, without showing a trace
of his recent excitement.
Let us go now" he said, as calmly
as if he had been taking a quiet even
ing drive. Then he turned to me.
do you think, Mr.. Fenton, you
could without much trouble get the
dog cart up to the house?"
said would try to do so.
But what about these people?"
asked Brand.
Carriston gave them a contemptu-
Gus glance.
Leave them alone" he said; they
are but the tools of another-him /
cannot touch. Let us CO."
Eyes, yes. But why not verify our
suspicious while we CAM"
Just like Brand! He's always want
ing to verify everything.
In searching for the key we had
found some papers on our prisoner.
Brand examined them, and handed
to Carriston an envelope which con-
tanned what appeared like banknotes.
Carriston glanced at it. THE hand
writing is, of course, disguised" he
said carelessly, but the postmark
shows whence it came. 1t is as / al
ways told you. You agree with me
now?"
II am afraid l must" said Brand,
humbly. But we must do something
about this man." he continued.
Hereupon Carriston turned to our
prisoner. Listen, you villain" he
said. II will let you go scot-free II
you breathe no word of this to your
employer for the next fortnight. If
he learns from you what has happened
before that time, l swear you shall
go to penal scrvitude. Which do you
| choose?"
pulled out the gag, and it is need
less to say which the fellow chose.
Then l went off and recovered the
horse and cart. 1 relighted the lamps,
and with some difficulty got the dog
cart up to the house. Carriston must
have exactly anticipated the events of
the night. The parcel he had brought
with him contained a bonnet and a
| thick warm cloak. His beautiful
friend was equipped with these; then,
leaving the woman of the house to un-
| tie her husband at her leisure and
pleasure, away We started, the doctor
sitting by me, Carriston and the lady
! behind.
We just managed to catch the
last train from C. Not feeling
sure as to what form inquiries might
take tomorrow, thought 1t better to go
UP to town with my friends, so, as we
passed through Midcombe, 1 stopped,
paid my bill, and gave instructions for
my luggage to be forwarded to me.
| By six o'clock the next morning we
were all in London.
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