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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

A cut in the passenger rate from Mem
phis and New orleans 10 Cincinnati ana
points beyond by the Illinois Central as
announced several days ago. IS causing
some little worry to these lines that We're
formerly members OF the old Southern
Passenger association, as well ae some Ia
Texas. The Illinois Central lowered the
rate nom 81 to 81 pc. ticket, which cUh-
dition was laid before meeting OF the
conference committee of the old associa-
ton held at Battery Park hotel hsheyille,
n. c.. day before yesterday. The commit
tee did not regard the cut with much favor.
The matter has been taken up by the Texas
lines selling through the ST. Louis gate
way. in order to protect their traffic, and
they are now considering the advisabllity
OF meetlnG tho cut.
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EDWARD W. KEEvEn DEAD.
An Old u. ana y. &. EmDloye Goes
To His Reward.

To His Reward.
Edward W. Keever, for number OF
years connected with the Central at this
point. died yesterday morning at his home
corner OF Oak and Bingham streets. First
ward. Of heart affliction. He was ~ years
OF age and leaves only wife.
Mr. Keever at the time OF his death was
yard foreman for the Central and was. as
he had always been, thoroughly In touch
with his fcllow-w orkmen and universally
popular. II he had an enemy no one knew
it. Deceased formerly ran a train ON the
international and Great Northern out Of
Palestine. He was member OF the Knights
OF Pythias and the Brotherhood OF Railway
Trainmen. Funeral services VIII be held ~
the late residence today at $3.50 p. ~. the
remains viii be uiipped on the northbound
Katy tonight at S:a5 O'Clock for South Le-
g: .s os's {: s'Sa R'ss ssssi:
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,,W'LoR-RATEs $3.50 AND ,aW
~ JAMES I,AWLOk, Pro.

aitysen, Galveston; Sam A. Frost
a.. sIOS,, Miss Wilmlc Frost, Cor
, i,ss Lar!ana McC0rico. cors,cana.
ny Elherldge, Dallas; Mrs m
TTrslcana; Hugh Laura Stone
H., W Ross, New Orleans. Ia
SfSDy, ~. Worth; A. J. Riddle
VII Mr., r., Kelly, Kansas CITY. i II
"aco 5. y. Smith. pine lnliav.
Nv ~ = New New Orleans. La. Edw. con.
Ie s wtleahs. La, Alien q. Camer-
| MI, T. Lewis, Memphis Tenn.
p s,,nl, city: r. iTarnswortI
n, snehie'cher. cuero: Vim. FuII.
S.ar' a. a. koemer, Dayton: G. NJ
I,sby,ln,aF ',anns, La; Louis Wi.
d bKs l' Tenn; II. j. Patton
kms Nn' j. Il; Herman. Whartoi,.
4 W, 'ng' Galveston: @ A Prot.'
Isay SS,,,aahts, 81. Louis; j. j. rai a.,
| 80 p p "a; T.. II. Wilson San
san r. h?rien, Pierce TcXns. 2 w
6eans 1n'onlo. Mrs. NJ. L. Wi
4 R ~ ~. A, H. Atkins G,Sin M.
ID. Jo NT'msh ana family, opelou-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

Austin, Texas. July 2l.--In approval Of
the application of the International and
Great Northern railroad the commission
orders that general tariff Of class rates No.
!, issued by them and effective August G.,
1898. be amended by adding TO said tariff
the exception as follows.
Rate 25 cents per 100 pounds IN first
Second ana third classes of merchandise.
in less than carloads. between Galveston
and East Columbia, to meet water compc-
tition. Effective at once.
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happy Tuesday by sending their checks a
day ahead OF time.
Il. r. Bixby OF the vandalia O Fort
Worth and II. II. Tate, Southwestern freight
and passenger agent OF the Seaboard Air
Limo OF New Orleans were the visiting
railroad men yesterday.
1t was recently published IN North
Texas paper that the Houston and Texas
Central would soon roarrangc all the sta
tions along their line with a view OF put
ting Into effect the depot gate system. Yes
tcrday II was officially denied at head
quarters.
Tho position soon 10 be vacated by John
Waddv Tate, commercial agent OF the Cot
ton Belt. with headquarters In Houston.
has been rendered TO Jack Lahnnc local
agent of the road at Fort Worth, and It
is understood he has accepted. The change
will be made August l.
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MoMAN,s CoNyENTIoN.

Beaumont. Texas July 2i.-Thc woman's
convention of the Southwest C0lorcd Bap-
list association opened at the African Meth
quito n large attendance of delegates A
lively praise meeting. IN which Reys. Col
Her and McK!nnie made Interesting talks
were the preliminories, after which Miss A.
L.. Tinsdalc. tho president. declared the
convention ready for business.
The welcome address was delivered by
MIS-. NJ. X. Collier OF Houston and respond
ed 10 by Mrs. /. d. Thomas Of Wharton.
on motion Mrs. NJ X. Collier was elected
reporter.
The roll was called and quite a number Of
societies answered present, after which
Rev. w. NJ, Beckham OF Austin was intro
duced and spoke ON the following topics:
Woman's announcement, woman's mission
abroad. woman's auxiliary to the associa-
ton and women who love God lives. Ills
remarks were 80 happy that the entire con-
gregation appeared TO be overjoyed A col
lection OF $3.50 TO assist Rev. Beckham In
his work was donated.
Several delegates 70 the convention made
interesting talks. the president appointed
tho various committees and the convention
adjourned TO meet at $50 p. VI.
Tho afternoon session was opened With
religious exercises, after which Mrs. a.
Taylor was introduced and made brief
but interesting talk on missionary work.
Rev. y. Abner. Jr.. president or Gupda-
lppe college. was then introduced aud made
n impressive talk on the relationship 81
and education.
Letters from different societies were then
read ana the meeting adjourned until .
o'clock tomorrow morning.
ReytvaI ri nunaDo. III
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FAVOR THE AMENDMENTs.

Fort Worth RaiIrond Men Adops
Resolutions ON Two Propositions.
At a meeting Of the employees OF tue va.
rious railways entering Fort Worth, heid
at Fort Worth, Texas. on Tuesday, July ~,
1897. two amendments to the constitution
known a. the irrigation amendment ana
TIA railway amendment we're discussed -
11n11> ~: 4 ~ ne seape u ~ 14ee1I11
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MnrI mard,,r scntcncc cnmmnica.

hNH IhrHN'N S'HfcHC' T0mlnufcN.
Victoria, Texas, July Ex-Governor Gull
borson has commuted the sentence Of
Washington Hardy. tho negro who wac con-
yrted Of rape on the person Of a 11-year-
old negro girl. and sentenced to be hung on
August 2. II Is now inprlsAme for
life, and he was quietly removed from Jail
yesterday and taken to Halletsville, where
he was turned over to tho pentcntlary
agent
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For the democratic conference 10 be held
at Waco. July 80 to August 2. the Sunta
Fe has authorized round trip tickets 10 be
sold on the distance plan. The rate from
Galveston Is 500 from Houston $50,
from Rosenberg $40. ana from BRENNAN
si.05 Tickets viii be slld on July 20 and
20. limited until August tor return.
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PHILADELPHIA EXCLUSION TICKETS.

May be obtained in st. Louis at ticket
Offices OF the Vandalla Pennsylvania Short
Lires. Full Information about low rates
August 2. 3 and 4. and time OF trains may
be obtained Of H. x. Bixhy. travelling pas
serger agent. Fort Worth. Texas. or w.
+. Biunner. a. g. =. agent. ST. Louis. Mo.
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nnn,n Ec,. mcny, rurcI.nrc of TIc..

Eureka Springs, Ark, July 21'-Thc
Atchson Topeka and Santa Fe railway
has purchased 10000 railroad tics piled
along the line of the Eureka Springs rail-
road. TWO hundred cars have been or
dered TO move the ties and they viii be
shipped at the rate Of ten carloads per
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

General Manager A. A. Allen. Chief En-.
gineer Fisher and Generai Superintendent
Sweeney. officials Of the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas system. ara nov In North Tsxax
on 1 general tour Il inspection ~ Tho
H. Ttay We q!s:ts'd 9 tS!sateEF
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

Goodrich. Texas, July I9--Late Satur.
day evening two negro boys were drowned
at Drew's Landing on the Trinity river
about six miles eaGt OF this place. They
were In an old boat and 1t got In deep wa
ter. The boys became frightened and
jumped out. Both bodies were recovered
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Inspecting the Work.

Rockport, Texas. July 2o.--coloneI Rob-
ort and his associate engineers went down
to Arkansas Pass this morning to inspect the
works ut that place.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

Chief Engineer Pcthcram OF the Texas
lines. who viii accompany them through
their territory
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1
Rose, Dallas, Texas; Tom j.
sst: LOUIS. L. NJ. Sachs, j. Iii-
u, Waddey. New York; II. ID.
[ie1asi j W. Becker. Cincinnaii:
prFis ana wife, Columbia; G. Nah.
NV orleans; Chas. Jennings, ST.
Elens.us Dowdell, Philadelphia: T.
Palestine, Texas; liarry Bsnia-
|cinihati' c. Arthur Williams. Gal
~ reno. Memphis. Tenn: T..
y, ZINC Pefcuftcr. Dayton: y. \.
Pes!!Veston' j. j. Pastorlzl, city; c.
NeW Orleans; Fred Casper. New
|nas, J.; Neae. Dallas, s. futile,
Eho Ernest Laskcr Galveston
Peefyleld, Chicago. II. l.. Rina-
Pw w orleans, S, +. Berry. New
w. Mckenney, Dallas; w. II.
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Cleveland, o.. July 2i.--General d. W
Caldwell. president OF the Lake Shore and
Michigan southern railway. died hero
today
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leans. and another brother in indianapolis,
Ind. who is prominent In business circles
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Farren c.. NHlFtrrs.
Bun. a oInohion, j. NJ. Goose
torTr,, ,1aa, X; Wei, Dailss. q i''f u
WI syn, Geo. W. lInrIin. M
he. 4" W; N. INolmnn' Sns III,
AntnnJi., McMahan,, city' n ' S,n,.'
bic C en, n; NJ, White. div, "a
earto r,,T,h'erville, Texas Ky, $50 ~
Ihit r Ia, Texas; j. n. Daze v"a ~
b. q CD u, Ceiling. C.. Il. |
N. Worn. fesh' MilllSen: i. H.
|H SHAM a. A. Robertson. Gal,
Il. Eman,G a. G. Nass, Navt-
\. Dixon ~ Texas John smith A.
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30 hs5 ib 10 tbl5 ~ so lbco mao ibo bpo bU n

as In cents package
M the N
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Trinity. Texas, July 20.-Stolen--onc OK.
about years old, dark rcd color. marked
with inverted notcbed IN one end and
lintd and half lined on other. swallow fork
In enc ear and crop off and nnderhack In
the other. and branded and connected:
one OK, about years old. red color, same
mark ahh brand: one beef about years
old. red color, same mark and brand: ono
OK about 10 years old. light red color.
marked inverted 9. nciohel In ono end,
lin. and half lined, connected In tho other.
swallow fork in one ear, crop and under
half of of the other GU and branded ] A.
The above described property was stolen
from some owner unknown to me. The
owner can get same by calling on me and
proving up ownership. All officers look
out for and notify owner. ]. u. Dawson,
constable precinct No. e. Trinity county.
Texas.
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on July 90. about 9 p. M. q man,
namo unknown, hired horse and
buggy In Hempeicad and 20 far has failed
ago about %. medium build. dark COM
piccted. clean shnven, wearing dark gray
clothes md tan shoes. Horse white. about
1bls hands high, In good order, foretop
freshly clipped branded on left shoulder.
Buggy new leather top. end springs. man
ufacinrcd by McFaraland Carriage aud
buggy company. Connersville. Ind. homo
made lap robe red plaid. The man was
last seen about 80 D. M. driving in tho
direction of Houston Sheriff Lipscomb
offers so reward for the man in any jail
in the state and Mr.. Thompson Offers IS
for the horse and buggy. Sheriff Lipacomb.
of Waller county.
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snnnrrrs. DEPARTMENT.

Yoakum. Texas, July 20--Barnard; in-
ounatc: Arab, Majors; X @: C.: + Y
q !. odd opera. Hiiarlty. Agnation. Agncl
Agriculture; Weanod WEAVING, Weltarel
Handful; Eating; Else, Empale; Encoun-
tor. Enlivcn; Beg: Fcatbered; Fedora ton:
Feeble; Feed. Feeding; Feline; Feeling:
Feudal, Foudal!sm. Peaceful; Peat; Penny:
Search; Stag; Code. Cogently: ColloQuy;
Colonel. Nab; Thick; Inrux; InoHcnsive.
II d. Crisweli, city marshal YoakuiD,
Texas.
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s
P'.E!!:..l'|F|(;

e ~ q 4 i d az blood Y, remedy on the
i sas sad T sSni,, BE- &
M. Y niattefs Nh y y cures any blood
ssks a, s,,hisi 81 ssl ssw asspssstsd ..
!, uof real Mood a. y y o Zeal blood
"a ;S.e SSsssSs cs.s y s, Ind,
Nm enahio q 4 neQamo absolutely
49, ~ nj. 4 ss w food or handle
~ : 1pk many patent
~
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Buffalo. Texss, July u. Rev. q. B. 0asvs
rett. pastor Of ths Mstholiat upiecooo1'
,qhproh r NJ nlaso8 = ~ & =
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THE HOTELS.

. M
ARRIVALS.
Rates. $50 to
800 y er day.
3 | xt y elegant
r q o III S With
bgtn. l. 4 r X .
sample rooms.
Centrally locat-
ed. Best accom-
modation5 Tor
commercial men
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EApRESS TARIFF NO. IA ISSUED RAILROAD COMMISSION

o ration
co m o bi nTsbv
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THE NEW
HuTCHINS (: 4: (:
: (; HOUSE.

W; 7. ana ]. T.
'Soyle. proprictors.
10 Rates. 500 and
s+; - per dgy.
J.. h. A head,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-06-03

AJAX YOU whether you can forgive me
for having once offended you. n viii
beuceforth think OF me more tenderly.'
Eva, Eva" h. stammerea lou
ask me 10 forgiven 1t was lit was
who"
Nay" she gently interrupted; you
have forgotten. Ii was do you TOT
give me?" And she held out her haho'
Frank wrung it with a SOD tnat
choked in his throat.
THANK you. / an glad she went
on. II was in the wrong; why should
not confess it, | own It frankly.
Will you not come and see papa! we
are living in a hotel garni. Have you
ANYTHING TO do? III not, come now
with me. Papa will be very pleased 10
see you"
..Certainly. OF course" he muttered,
walking on by her side.
"But l am not taking you from ~
one else? Perhaps someone Is waiting
for you. Perhaps now-by this line
you are married."
She forced herself to look at him
with her faint smile-a languid, pale
courtesy which parted her lips but sad
~; and her voice was mildly blank,
devoid OF any special interest. He
started at her words: they conveyed q
! suggestion which had never occurred
to him: Il strange idea transferred
| from her TO him; but it took no root,
and persisted instantly.
Married! oh, Eva-no, never. ne
exclaimed.
Well. such a thing might have
been" She said. coolly.
They We're silent for a while: but In
a few moments Eva, touched by the
tone in his last words, could no longer
contain herself. and began TO cry gent
Is. like a frightened child. sobbing
spasmodically as they walked on, the
tears soaking her white aux veil.
In front of their hotel she stopped,
and. controlling herself for a moment,
said:
Frank, be honest with me: do you
not think IL odious for me to have
spoken to you? / could not make up
my mind what l ought TO do; but so
much wanted to confess myself wrong,
and ask you to forgive me. DO you de-
spise me for doing such a thing which,
perhaps, some other girl would no
have done?"
"Despise you! / despise your he
cried, with a gulp. But he could say
no more, for some visitors were com.
ing toward them-though but few were
out in this windy and threatening day.
They went a little further, hanging
their heads like criminals under the
eyes OF the strangers. Then they
turned into the hotel.
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v

Presently, however. he started ZIP.
EVA he began, suddenly reeoi,ect-
ing himself. "how-why-?"
What Is IT. she said, laughing, but
n little exhausted after her strange
fear Of the fancied thunder.
n letters. Why Gid William
wfat could they matter tn william?
Not mere curiosity TO see what was in
themY"
He would not have snatched that
last one so roughly from Kate, IL that
had been all. No. no..
Then you think he had some inter.
est?'
Il do"
but what? Why should he care
whether l wrote to you or notp'
"Well?"
FOR someone else"
But for whom? What concern
could my letters be Of anybody's?
What advantage could it be to anyone
10 hinder you getting themy"
She sat up and looked at him for
some time without speaking. dreading
the question she must ask.
can you really think of no oneg"
she said.
NO"
did no n know that you had writ
ten:"
mo one but Bertie."
All. Only Bertie," said she. with
emphasis. ~
but B~ertle-no! Surely?" he <
ner, indignant at so preposterous a sus-
picion.
Perhaps" She whispered. almost in
audibly. Perhaps Berthe"
Eva! Impossible! WHY? Howr
She sank back into her former anti
tude, her head on his breast. from.
bling still from the impression of The
thunder she had heard. And She went
on: wit
Il know nothing. I only think. 1
have thought 1t over, day after day for
TWO years; and l have begun 70 find a
great deal Ihat seems mysterious I'm
wnat a never before been puzzIiur.
Dut, indeed, sympathetic to me-in
BERTHE. You know we often used to
talk together, and sometimes alone.
Q were q little Jealous sometimes.
y you q not the smallest reason FOR
it; Tor there never was anything 70
make you 80; We were Ike q brother
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Ne looked with Involuntary interest
at their antics, and then again at the
gentleman and lady. They were nov
full in sight, just below bin; and they
went past, knowing nothing, without a
gesture. like two puppets.
"Ah. but L know" thought he.
s.They are herr. and 1t has come in
their train, perhaps. But 1t may go
away with them. too. and be no more
than a threat. SO l shall wait: l do
not care. If it must come it must"
They had gone out OF sight. IN
boys and their boat were gone, too.
The shore in front of them was lonely
q long stretch OF desert. Suddenly he
was seized with violent shivering-an
ague. He stood up, his face quite color
less. his knees quaking. Terror had
suddenly been too much for him, and
large beads OF sweat believed bis fore
head.
God above thought he, 'life Is ter.
rible. l have made it terrible. l am
afraid. What can I do? Run away!
No. no; l must wait. Can any harm
come TO me? No, none! None, none.
There they Were, both OF them.
she and her father. l am really
afraid. oh! IL II must come, Great
God only let it come quickly"
Then he fancied his eyes had de-
ceiyed him; that it had not been these
two. impossible! And yet he knew
that they were there. Terror throbbed
in his breast with vehement heart
beating, anu ne HOW only indfyriei
that he could have looked mt the boat
with the boys at all, while Sir Archi-
bald anu Eva were walking down OH
the shore: Would 1t not be upseti
That was what he had been thinkin.
of the boat.
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BY LOUIS COUPERUS.
TRANSLATED FROM THE DUTCH.


the left OF the Orange Hotel, looking
out over the sea: and the sea had be-
come a changeable background for
their lazy summer fancies. for they did
not are 10 wander away amid the
hustle Of the Kurhaus and the sands.
Frank would sit for hours on the bal
cony, in a cane chair, his legs on the
railing, the blue smoke OF his cigar
curling up In front of his nose: and
then he felt sootlled. free from all
acute pain, resigned 10 his own use
l~essness; though with n memory 10Y
and again of the past, and Of a sorrow
that was no longer too keen. And
then, stiff with sitting st!i! I've wonld
play n game Of quoits of hockey, or
fence a little with BERTHE, whom he
had taught to use the foils. He looked
full Of health, was stouter than OF yore,
with IA fine, high color under his clear,
tanned skin, a mild gravity in his
bright gray eyes, and sometimes a
rather bitter curl under his sheeny yell
low m~oustache.
But BERTHE suffered more; and as he
looked out over the semicircle OF ocean
and saw the waters break with their
endless rollers Of blue and green and
violet and pearly irldescence-he fan
cied that his Fate wasscoming up over
the sea. 1t was coming c~loser-irre-
sistibly closer. And he watched it's APP
proach; he felt it so intensely that
sometimes his whole being seemed TO
be on the alert while he sat m0tiOnless
In his cane chair, with his eyes fixed
on the barren waste of waters.
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PART III.
CHAPTER xvII-CContinuea)


My dear fellow, l have run com
pletely dry. / have only just enough
left TO pay our passage to Buenos
Ayres. How much do you wantt"
"A hundred pounds"
"A hundred pounds. | assure you L
do not know where TO lay my hand on
the money. DO you want it now, on
the spot? Can you not put it onI Or
can you not do with a billf'
mo. l must have money down, hard
cash.
well. wait a bit. Perhaps | can
find a way. Yes, | will manage
it somehow. / will see about it to-
morrow
Tomorrow morning.
Are you in such a deuce Of a hurry?
Well, all right; 1 will find 1t somehow.
But now go TO bed, for l ara sleepy:
we made n night of 1t. Tomorrow 1
am sure / can help you. And, at any
rate, l will not leave you in a fix; that
you may rely on. But you are a trou-
bIesome boy. Do you hear? Only the
other day you had thirty pounds, and
then, again, thirty morev"
For n minute Van Maeren stood rig
i'd, a dark mass against the dim CLEAN
of the nightlight. Then he went up to
the bed, and, falling o nhis knees, laid
his head on the coyerlet and fairly
sobbed.
II say, are you Ill? Are you gone
crazy! asked Westhove. what on
earth ails your"
No, he was not crazy, but only
grieved TO take advantage of Franks
good nature, especially III his friend
were himself In difficulties. They
were such shameful debts-he would
rather not tell him what for. Debts
outstanding for a time when for a few
days he had disappeared. Frank knew,
didn't hes
"Old sins to pay for, eh? Well, be-
have better for the future. We will
oct it all right to-morrow. Make no
mere noise. i am dead sleepy; we all
had as much as we could carry. Come,
get up, / say"
Van Maeren rose, and, taking West
k0ve's hand, tried to thank him.
There, that will do-go to bed. /
say"
And he went. In his own room lie
presently, through the wall, heard
Irank snoring. He remained sitting
on the edge of the bed. Once mole his
fingers gripped his throat-tighter-
tighter. But it hurt him-made his
head ache.
Great Godv he thought. SIS it pos
sible that should be the thing l ann"