Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-02-02
driver instructions to take him along the

driver instructions to take him along the
Nice road.
I'VE must follow at once" cried. mot
moment must be lost" We found q
carriage and instructed the driver to 60
with full speed along the Nice road until
we bade him stop.
We drove on rome Eve miles without
meeting with anything to give Us infor-
nation. Then we heard the sound Of
wheels, and carriage passed US. 1t was
going in an opposite direction, and seeing
1t was empty called to the driver and
bade him stop. He told US he had driven
a gentleman some half a mi'e further.
A fair English gentleman, who walked
with halt. Nevertheless, this gentle
man had expressed his intention Oe per-
forming the remainder of his journey on
foot. His destination was a village some
few miles off.
Now 1t was that Rothwell seemed to
emerge from the gloOminess and silence
which had sat upon him since we started.
Now he took, so to say, the lead in the
expedition. 1t was he who discharged
the driver when we reached the indicated
spot, and told him we should require his
services no longer. He paid the man law
ishly, and, holding my arm, stood still
until the retrsating wheels had vanished
from our sight
They met here" he said, 'and have
gone down to the coast. We must follow
them" We die SO, but only in time to
see the two comSatants and hear tie re-
port of their pistols.
Simultaneously with the report Richard
Chesham staggered pace forward, then
fell on his face. My father did not even
glance twice at the result Of his shot
He threw the pistol, from him, walked
straight to the cliff and commenced the
ascent. We saw that>he must pass close
( to us. We hid ourselves. In minute or
/ two my father passed close to us. He
walked leisurely and calmly as one who
might be enjoying a ramb'e by moonlight
/ We watched him until we knew he must
( have nearly reached the hieh-road.
Z ran to Chesham, and raised him la my
arms. Rothwell, who knew as much
about gunshot wounds as the best sur
geon, felt his pulse and ther pointed to
a hole in his clothes, which were wet with
blood.
! Right through the heart" he said.
I'VE can do nothing for him. he died
at once"
We walked back to Monaco. 1t was
too late to dream of finding my faiher
/ that night. l went to bed praying that
no terrible sequence might be the result
of the nights work. My haunting fear
was that my father would be arrested
for the murder Of Richard Chesham. In
law he would be guilty.
The next morning we inquired for any
one answering to the description Of my
father. We found that geptleAan who
gave the name of Norris had S FED for
few hours at once Of the sma hotels.
He had dined there, and after 4, Inner had
gone out. About eleven o'Sock he had
returned, and said he wanted. to hire
horse, as he intended to ride to Vice. He
/ would send it back by someoneIhe next
day. He had fastened his suill port
manteau In front of him, Poi his bill,
and departed.
We waited for the tvs. then hear
ing, nothing, made or Gr way
h. The day aft fire y 80 the
spoke for itself. A lonely place on the
coast. A ruined gambler dead-a bullet
through his heart-a pistol. his own, IN
his hand. Such occurrences, when hlnted
about, are apt to bring NJ. Blanc's admir-
ably-conducted establishment into ill
favor. When such things happen, they
are hushed up with as little inquiry as
pOssible. Richard Chesham was dead
and buried, and no further questions
asked.
Ito be continued9