Barre evening enterprise. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-1898, 1898-04-23

0 That broken voice-vas it Norma
] Caffyn S: Where was Nv hat had ha,
pened? lay in deadly yet swe
lethargy, not even able to open my eye
just conscious that had partly struf
gled hack to life and that some ore wa
, plucking at my chest. Then anothe
voice, cool and reassuring:
lyon need not. Don't you eXcit
yourself, sir! There you area mer
flesh wound that'll be we'll in fort
night. This mail shirt affair has simpl
saved his life the bullet only just 20
through 1t. There was an intense sh0cl
to the heart, al access CT Ll0Cd to tn
brain, and now-this brandy and lit
tie quiet ought to put him right There
he's coming round. I'll send down anC
tell them there's nothing much the
matter And they let the scoundrel ge
! clear away!'
"Clear away before the policeman
got near. " Aye, that was Catiy sunk
en- voice. moved a hand, and in a
trice both his own had closed convul-
sively upon it. "Strang, old chap
thank heaven. I've sent for her-there
was card in your pocket. There's been
q miracle at work all round. | only
know you We're to save my life tonight.
Oh, III never forgive myself was a
skunk to let You go like that. l don t
know what made ME Go it, but was
frightened, unnerved. I wanted to
know, and you put the idea into my
head. There's no one here now. Who
was it?'
Then l rocollected, and the !aere re-
membrance of that mad, vindiotivo face
. wentworth S face brought oblivion
again. 1t must have lasted d long time,
because when at last I muttered
Where S Nance:' the tight pressure Of
two arms round my neck told me that
need not ask again. Nance was there
and had played Karl Angel that night
% crowded house-and the beginning |
perhaps of some great end had come for
me- Il III all right, they say l whis-
1ered. Let me go to sleep now. "
Yes, it was night Of miracles.-a
napier Of interviewed coinciderccs.
Not newspaper had got at the truth
nat next morning Caffyn had cOntriv-
q that. There was only brief CARRIED
ccouht OF an assault by an unknown
llscreant upon a gentleman entering
ne Strand hotel and a vague reference
the bullet having been turned by
'me lroVidential means. Catfyn him
III dld not CLEAN Wontworth's name
ON me III that next morning. and
zen, Tor reasons Ct bis CNn, lie leceed
e not to tell a living soul, SO that ns {
as know, bis would be murderer a
as not been publicly identified with Z
e man who had understudied i'm fer L
ars ana who may now be rerenting V
5 desplcable attempt in some far corner u
the earth. o
certain 1T must be that the shot was b
Fehded tor Norman Caffyn and no p
ler' a series Of menacing letters, II
ntlhg at violence Of some sort. had e
'chcd HIM, but he never so mrrh 20 "
'amed that Wentworth had ipspired q
m. how should he: Then finally IL
re mad come on that eventful morn. pi
one containing these words: "Yonr OF
SUN rises, while mine still hangs. va
he the most of Karl Angel tonight
VIII never reach home aliver" That TO
It, Half incredulous, but really W
red' Caffyn, auperstitious man. had WI
ply resolved not to stir from his lo.
lor the next ri hours, while vet he co
ashamed OF his fear and the facts tn
3Mlhg known. Then / had called tn
that astounding proposition. and thu
can guess at the rest. y very hu. on
lhlpulse-a sudden vague idea that fee
l"hlbs advantage Of this extrscr. fla
Try coincidence, as it seemed then. arc
'leht somehow learn whether there
ahy'hlng IN the yelled threat. and Fer
ell, there, like to believe thar bo an
'stIy never realized what really was hen
'lhs III his mind that dav when I've bet
yea me to rersunate himself That 9th
al some distinct foreShadoviuo Of too
er either at the thcatcr itself or con
leaving it was evident from the and
mat just in time, that idea Of ike sect
dress ball had shot into lis con. Bot
olaih' Were to he attacked in tIal
way by mistake, that mail shirt dlr'
10 tell the truth, it was an idea ana
ne mad more than once adopted as cart
caution himself. Only to know v
was his one wild thought that ana
ing witt
IL prefer to forget all that | of h
think only Of lie golden side Of hold
strange day when, playing Karl othe
> was made to come between man
an Caffyn and death. WY, if a succ
vas there, be paid it in full meas CAM
ng before he was taken from orr that
to him, if to any man, owe the move
lg which has led me on lowell. wage
j! 10 his memory! In more WAYS chain
ne, gentlemen, he leaves a blank fast
IN never be filled up!-London So
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