The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-14
HABERSTOW.

fOrtune ndQ favored MIN Deller tHdf
he expected.
He hesitated a moment, then decided
to ring the bell. But before he had done
so, the door opened and two gentlemen
/ appeared, one seeing the other out The
one who was leaving had his arm in a
sling, and bore himself with a fierce
Z ness that made his appearance some
what alarming; the other was older
and, in the momentary glance Sweet
water obtained of him, seemed to be in
an irate state of mind.
No apologies" the former was say
ing. Il don't mind the night air; I'm
not so i'll as that. When I'm myself
again We'll have a little more talk. My
compliments to your daughter, sir
wish you very good eVening-or,
rather, night"
did so, Sweetwater caught a glimpse,
I ii was the shortest glimpse in the
world, of sweet face beaming from a
doorway far down the hall There was
a pain in il, and a yearnins anxiety
! that made it very beautiful; then it
vanished, and the old gentleman. ut
tering some few sarcastic words. closed
the door, and Sweetwater found him
self alone and in darkness.
The Kaleidoscope had been given an
other turn.
Dashing down the stoop. he came up
on the gentleman who had Pre- ed ID him
just as he was seating himself in the
carriage.
Pardon me- he gasped, as the driver
caught up the reins, you have forgot
ten something" Then, as Captain Wat
ties looked hastily out, You have for
gotten me-"
The oath that rang out from under
meath that twitching red moustache
was something to startle even him. Rut
he chung to the carriage window and
presently managed to say:
"A message, sir, from New Bedford.
have been on the hunt for you for
two hours. 1t won't keep sir; not more
than half hour longer. Where shall L
find you during that tirne?"
Captain Wattles, on whom the name
New Bedford seemed to have made
some impression, pointed uD at the
coachman's box with a growl, in which
command mingled strangely with me-
mace. Then he threw himself back.
Evidently the captain was not in very
good humOr.-
Sweetwater. taking this as an order
to seat himself beside the driver. did
So and the carriage drove off. 1t went
at a rapid pace, and before he had time
to PROFOUND more than a question or
two to the coachman, he stopped before
a large apartment house in a brilliant
ly-lighted street.
Captain Wattles got out and Sweet
water followed him. The former, who
seemed to have forgotten Sweetwater,
walked past and entered the building
with stride and swing that made the
plain, lean, nsignificant-looking mes
senger behind him feel smaller than
ever Indeed. he had never felt so
small, for not only was the captain
man of the finest proportions and bear
s,,rr lN,rt I,. r.f l. -
fiery hair and fierce moustache, that
beaute de diable which is at once
threatening and imposing. Added to
this. he was SO angry and absorbed in
his own thoughts that he would be very
apt to visit punishment of no light
character upon any one who interfered
with him. A pleasing prospect for
Sweetwater, who, however. kept on
with the logged determination of his
character up the first fight of stairs,
and then up another, till they stopped.
Captain Wattles first, and then his
humble follower before a small door.
into which the captain endeavored to
fit the key. The oaths which followed
his first failure in doing this were not
very encouraging to the man behind,
nor was the kick which he gave the
door after the second more successful
attempt calculated TO act in a very re
assuring way upon any one whose flu
ture emolument for a doubtful task
rested upon this mans good nature.
The darkness which met them both
on the threshold of this now open room
was speedily relieved by burst IF
electric light that Hooded the whole
apartment and brought out the cap
tains staggering form and threatening
features with startling distinctness. He
had thrown off his hat and was reliev-
ing himself of a cloak in a furious way
taht caused SweetWater to shrink back.
and as the French say. efface himself
as much as possible behind a clothes
tree standing near the door. That the
captain had entirely forgotten him was
evident, and for the present moment
that gentleman was too angry to care
or even notice if a dozen men stood at
the door. As he was talking all this
time, or rather jerking out rather sharp
sentences, as men do when in a tower
ing rage. Sweetwater was rather glad
to be left unnoticed. for much can be
gathered from scattered sntences, es-
pecially when a man is in too reckless
a frame of mind to weigh them. He.
therefore, made but little movement
and listened. and these were some Of
the CALCULATIONS and scraps of talk he
heard:
The old purse-proud fool. Honored
by my friendship, but not ready to ac-
cept me as his daughters sutton, AS if
i would lounge away hours that mean
dollars TO me in his stiff old drawing
room, Just to hear his everlasting
drone about stocks up and stocks down,
and politics gone all wrong. He has
heard that l play cards. and How
pretty she looked, l believe | half like
that girl. and when l think she has Il
million in her own right Damn it,
if | cannot win her openly and with
papa's consent. / will carry her of
with only her own. She's worth the
effort, doubly worth it. and when I
have her and her money-eh, Who are
vou?"
He has seen Sweetwater IT last, |
which vas no. strange, seetins that he
lad turned his way, and was within
Two feet of him.
What are you doing here, and who
let you in? Get out. Or
"A message. Captain Wattles, \ mes |
sage from New Bedford. You have for |
gotten, sir, you bade me to follow you"
1t was curious to see the menace |
slowly die out of the face of this |
flushed and angry man as he met |
SWeetwater's calm eye and unabashed |
front. and noticed, as he had not done |
at first. the slip Ut payer which the |
latter resolutely held out.
New Bedford: ah. from Campbell I !
suppose. Let me see,' And the hand /
which had shook WITH rage now trem- |
sort of emotion as he tc.k the slip, cast |
his eyes over it, and then looked back |
II Sweetwater.
Now, Sweetwater knew the two words |
written on that paper. He could see /
1ut Of the back of his head at times. |
and he had been able to make out |
these words when the man in New Bed