The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
CHAPTER XVIII.

But as tho spoken word has sometimes the
permanence which proverbs attaeh, to the az.
essays to erase It, 90 II was in this, case, MI:
Smith, he ep Snd ca1s,s to eT b'IhP.d away the ,1 fac,
i would seem that he was partly aware of
the dexterity which I should have expected
from one whose features seemed to augp1r much
", the attempt as labor, in vain, and erufiiy
bidding 6ns 1SsoR me b{gs 60 . before etc. to the D. coas ~ folloTed me
overcast. the neishborhood seemed 10 Be- rural,
and starting from an unknown point, ] had
i isss ea and st resn ps1Sas Sf w sTaeins We the af devious ss
that when the coach stopped in a part Of the
town more freguented. had no. the least idea
you eau get homu. from here" said he. still
rufied and scarcely able to speak to me civiIly.
near tho end Of Hoiborn. in the Tyburn road
% %aere \ 1t grows SU c to country aEn, m ~ VIII see you to;
S6 ssser, a my n tas l'' %I E2" w iSsE t9 shd ss sos Oh io drd 51s
against sSaS sN IKE %d k0 of &c: SliIe lfsT p64n5 ne standing
:; that a1.a had happened Ito to me u ! found a difficulty
following the drift Of the strange scene and
stranger compensation at which I had been pres
yeyed me to that place were transparent.
1t needed no Solomon to discern that in the
young lord had TWO foes In his mothers house
hold as dangerous as foes could be; the woman
Jorme of which the great Roman poet speaks,
and the man by know not what old wrong or
1t was plain that these two. TO obtain their
own ends, were urging on the mother a most
IRserilous policy; that ! mean. Of eo~mpromisipg
he could not be Induced to s" such . 4 t treas sons' Ss
to be taken Of come likeness that bore 10 him
(which Smith bad observed the pre- 'ious even
.nB In CoVent Garden) to persOnatc him in some
place or company where his DpeSpuCa wOuld ha
conclusiye both for and against him.
but s vasaei Get tSe power .nSs t oSs m4 bim w a%6Sinfsem mp ,nefl
dent would give her and dreamed Of using 1t
only In the last resort rather amusing ,berself
that and without bringing the deception to his
notice, the effect abe desired would be produced,
wetl affected and at 81. Janles's the matter
would not be known. Thus IN his own despite,
Siled to the one court, while remaining faithful
was especially true Of the conspiracies OF that
ACHE acute eye can detect the existence OF
IN sss i laftsr a nrs o on,eP ring Of ffS c9anSpiretoFs whereof
30 l took 1t that here Smith and the woman
m ,Soas MSicS Other he , and more serious results than
Of my lords safety, In the event OF a restoration
than of furnishing, him or obtaining a nod UPON
Such a consideration. while it increased my re-.
faced. left me- to think whether ! should NOT NOT
seek out The victim. and by early nformatio
gain his favor and protection.
stood In tho darkness of the street weigh.
Ing the matter. Clearly If I had to do the
exposed myself to an urgency, which, in spite
OF his politeness, l fancied might be OF a Kind
dificult TO reatsi. II by going straight to Lord
Fhaftesbury J. could kill two birds with one
stone, could at once free myself from tie raiiG
OF plotters, under whom 1 suffered. and secure
shencs in a huSdred. and ffD should pf BE- fSoii.S E
TO hesitate.
Nor did ] do so long. True. It struck me A
ilttle, that j knew nothing OF my Lord Shaftes-
bury whereabouts In London. nor whether he
lived In town or IN tho great mouse among the
lanes ana gardens which / had VIZ tied, but OF
the road wheretn ! had no more knowledge than
2 blnd man. This, however, I could learn nj
no nearest coffee house, and, impulse rather
ynan, calculation directing my steps, / hurried
hot foot toward Coyent Gar en-, which Law con.
venicntly TO my hand.
IL was not until ] was in the square and close
TO the piazza that l bothouyht me how i'm.
prudent ! WAS TO revisit the scene OF my last
hlght . adyenture; u place where 1t was com
!1nn knowledSe that the JacObites held their
ssngnatlons To reinforce this late-found dis.
Tretioh anu bow up the spark Of alarm already
Slni ca, l had not stood hesitating while a man
could count ten before Inv eye fell ON Tho very
same ,soluierly gentleman with the handkef.
,hef hanging out OF HE pocket to whom | had
Oeehl scnt the evening before. lie was alone,
caught sight of him Two other, came nm and
loihed nm, and In terror lest thCsc shoild bt
the Two | had met before, | retreated hn,tIIv
into the shadow OF ST. paul's Church, and 20
BACK the way, i mad come.
,however was nSt, to set of SO easily.
closed, an the pavement In front OF the tay erns
deserted, or only blocked here and Their he a.