The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-16

| dainty hand extended.
tache, and I identified him among the
crowd last evening that swarmed into
the dining room of the inn."
"And yet you say no one else suspect
cd it,"
$50 far az I was able to judge, no one
did. When I accused him, he met the
accusation jauntily and was cunning
enough to speak in disguised voice.
He had also changed his dress and thus
diverted suspicion from himself"
1T was most extraordinary, and yet
perhaps it was not, when your wonder
full resemblance to each other is noted.
Your appeal to them for time ought to
have been needed"
Nothing is go unreasoning as q
mob"
"Nor SO cruel. Even now you are in
danger. They expect you to come here,
and will follow you. I hope father will
soon return"
For the first time she showed nervous
ness, and, rising from her chair, walked
TO the window and looked down the
highway. Nothing was observed, and
she returned to her seat.
"He heard of it last evening, and
could scarcely believeit. There has new
er been lynohing in this part of the
state. and it would have been horrible
had an innocent man been the victim.
Colonel Mansley g first belief was that it
was Mr.. Boyer who had taken his horse
and been caught at 1t, and no was angry
enough to express the wish to take part
in his punishment. He however,
changed his mind. p"
was hopeful that there would be
some explanation Of her visit to the inn.
My curiosity was to know whether that
remarkable call was made under the be-
lief that the real Hank Boyer was in
peril or whether from the first it had
been her wish to save q guiltless man
from punishment. dared not ask the
question, and she did not choose to en-
tighten me-
II have been wondering" I said
after moments silence, "whether Mr..
Boyer was not conscience smitten when
he saw my peril and whether be would
not take some steps to save me-.
"Not he!'' she exclaimed, with an.
other flash of her black eyes. "Did he
not have the opportunity and yet fail
to use it?''
because it would have involved him
in danger. But he could place himself
beyond reach of the mob and then send
word to them of the truth"
She shook her head decisively.
"a man who commits such wrong
as be did is not the one to correct it,"
"And yet the truth would be certain
to come to light ere long. His and my
identity would be established.
"Still he could have escaped by pIac-
ing himself at his own leisure beyond
reach of the law. Do you not SET also
that if your mutual identity was made
clear it would not have removed the
faint from your name-that is, on the
part Of the unreasoning ones who accuse
you?''
"Why not?''
"The missing horse was in your pos
session. That is enough to condemn you
with unthinking people. Mr.. Boyer had
only to deny the purchase as you ex-
planned it, and he would have been gen.
orally believed. 1t was a grave error on
your part to humor the fancy that you
we're another person."
II saw it when too late. believe
out for that I should have been able to
,lear myself. It was the testimony of
he landlord and the squire that olinch-
ID matters against me. My explanation
vas too absurd to satisfy them.''
"Yet you were not blamable. It Is
hey who rushed headlopg to violence.
Why should they forget that Mississippi
$ a state where law and right prevail?"
Our conversation ran ON delightfully."-
or more than an hour, when it was
,roken by gentle tap on the door, and,
n response to Miss Mansley's call, it
vas opened, and the oolored girl stood
'efore MS. She looked at me queerly, as
{ she did not quite understand things,
nd said:
"Mr. Boyer is at the door and would
ike to zee 20 il it's 'greeable."
"Ask him to wait few minutes"
vas the instant response of the young |
woman.