Arizona republican., 1898-12-26
Number Six's s
 Sister.
BY BERNARD BIGSBY.
Continued From Yesterday.)

 l busy making preparation to do his duty. Nothing was forgotten in the | hurry-blacl1cts, brandy, hot water 1 botClcs-aEd he alone thought to send q Inaa off in hot haste to Glastonbury to fetch q surgeon.
 Then the sad group set out up the river, with 2 host of women and chil- dren at it's heels, and Wanda Arlington remained behind, agonizcd with the pain of ain almost unbcaroble suspense.
 They came at last, with the terrible ! story, carried by excited schoolboys, preceding them.
 Yes, they had found one of the miss ing oncs-poOr George Arundel He was lying with his f2cc buried in the snow, and with the TvrccI. of q cutter and the body of dcGd horse beside him.
 And when Wanda Arlington learned this dismal story, she brushed aside her tears, and, with |; group of eager, chat tering children around her, started up the river to meet the rcscucrs. It was easy to sec by their downcast looks that the worst had happclcd-thc worst, she said bitterly to herself, was not death
 You will bring hin to my room at Mir. Dolman's," che said. with a com
 
 hearted riv2rmcn. who were tender as women when trouble vas to the fore.
 No, no, lass, not that, not that Tho speaker was William Bladon. He was w2ll1ing beside the sleigh q little alcof from the Others, but he advanced to her side when she spoke.
 And why not?" tho girl said hotly. What hcvc I done that you should treat nc 50 cruelty? George Arundel was my dc2r friend, as well as yours, and claim my right to be near him in his hour of need"
 But. I-li31--'
 Nay, hear me. If he could speak. do you think he would approve your harshncss?"
 They think hell never live to win this journeys end" Bl2don whispered 1t E1attcrs little where they take him, lass; your lodgings as good as any where else, so have thinc own way, child Props I was too hard on thee this morn. but I loved the lad dearly an, I'm old an set in my ways
 So they bore the poor, rlcimed body to Dolraan's house, and laid it tendcrly on E2nda's bed.
 Then came the dreaded hour. when the physician was making his examination. and all the stricken girl could do was to pray cccSelcssly and pitifully that Heaven would spare her the worst.
 Good. kind. gentle Dr. West, who had been her friend from the day after her arrival in Glaston bury, came from the sick chamber ct last.
 No. he IS not quite dead, he said But I do not think he will finger the day"
 And, without a word, at his feet | Wanda Arlington fell, as though the l verdict had stricken her with death.
 Meanwhile the villagers were hurry irg to and fro searching for traces of | the other participant of the nights ad- | venture, who had so 1nystcriously dis | from. the scene. It was i'm 1 possible that he could have fallen | through the ice, for the snOw-prints of | the horses hoOf were too fresh not to | tell the exact story of their vanderings, and there was not an air-hOle near them
 But towards noon, a fisherman, who had mOorcd his hut at the further | end of the boy, came into the village, and told story which set the tongues of the gossips vagging.
 He said that the preceding night. hay ing his hut well in the shelter of 9 biz he had gone to rest; that very early in the morning be- tween two and three o'clock he had been awakened by Alphonse Danniens. very white in tho face and withholding about the eyes, who offered him five dollars to help him to get to the Cana lian shore, and also gave him a two-dol- lar bill for a half-pint of whisky he to have. That he did conduct him over the frozen river to Queens vile, which they reached with much as he had to clear the way n places with his axe. That Damiens started eff down q lane away from the village &s soon as he reached the shore, md that he had seen nothing of him iincc.
 Didn't say nawthin' about no acci- lcnt?" asked James Dolman, who was sitting on m inverted apple barrel in he grocery store, the center of q group 1f adniring friends, all chewing tobac- % and whiting sticks.
 He never said . word about no acci- lent to me-" the fisherman averred. He seemed dcsp'rate anxious to get to 12nady, and l thought he'd been in .oIlc row with the constable an want d to light Cut.''
 Was he hurt iii any way?"
 Not as l knows oa. His boots an pants was cut about q bit, as was nat al after travelin' over them spil1y hunks O ice, but didn't see no bruises ,n him"
 That's strange" Dolnan exclaimed, an did yer hear no noises afore he one ter wake yer up?''
 Well, nov you speak on it, I think I lid. About half an hour, or maybe an lour afore 'Phonse come to my hut, I learn a mos awful yellin' on the west idc the bay.''
 Down by Brecllenridges?"
 Aye, where the Glaston bury folks rosses the mash" ''Thet was two miles away from vhcer the blind man was found
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