The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-19

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s,oppcd and ne further tIliine about Il bS, q
| my head back 70 the spot We were fast leaving
in our. wake. until second cash OF light
revealed fact 70 me which by9ushs, me ne. down
mind filled with serious spoculatons about the
awkwardness Of tho strspo | had got myself
INTO
was not in my sisters carriagc-.and moro,
there now 1oatcd before mo the distinct ren1cm.
q The epsch IA n,S hs
detail, Il had dismissed my driver, had sought
out the great man with my soIdid complaint,
his carriage had flown al him like an ayenging
tiger cat and now he lay dead man by the road
70 our death struggle in full Ill, 20 &c, The legal
bloodhounds on my trail; And there was my
sts Se @ VII" Il s' S 70 With sS
Victim nigh. f.l.eI forth uHCn some o,. breas.
was dead seemed my only hope, and Sat and
nursci my horrid thought until my mind was
charnel house Of Thastly speculation How far re-
torday, and how 1 cursed my stupid forreifui.
ness about the carriage and my unscemiy haste
70 throttle uie,s an innocent man on whose privacy
IL the mcn%s The o. nS Ycd Cp on and and
10 wha, | should do when I, should stop. Then
think tina, ;he real folly Of ny actions Segsn;
be so much TO startle tho driver. DR. Acton and
! were the same heights NO both happened
W
there TO prevent my alighting without suspicion
and then watching my chance 2 cut and run
s a 81 %.n s 10
be discovered by the road That battlcd with
these thoughts, wo remember, bu, their fas.
thom at intervals until my whole line Of action,
despite tho efforts Of my reason. was clearly
Gradually too. the whole thing srew upon mo
as funny and theatrical. and even the certainty
81 h'ss . me Doctor ssSs s ss' By sSe
,osdSd. could not hinder n ne g,s from n,s. esTsn
ali that guilt and shame could do for me in the
state OF mind ! then endured was 70 force from
Inont Of me. That done my moral sense. would
bulge no farther
u was becoming painfully evident that wo must
have long since passed beyond tho limits Of the
city No lshe now flashed In a. the carriage
the sound Of vehicle Il ratified the frozen
s,.pnd and as mind .SGp,
masked men rising like eoniurors' puppets before
the belated traveller, Of illgotten gains that had
structing headlines for the next days paper In
which tho name Of George Manning was con
spicuous
certain death Of broken mech 10 the more shadowy
horrors with which l was threatened Suddenly.
niteen minutes, and stiii We Climbed until my
faculties became absorbed In the mere act Of hold
Knew ns 1a still fingered among the mountains threw
q glare into the pitehy darkness Of the night
The horses slipped. the driver s.ore and hung
on. while the wind struck mournful chords on the
branches Of the lonely pics The man is mad"
.essped as dug my mas into things about me.
who was mad Il did not YELL Perhaps l. perhaps
ME dIysI hssvsns whn. IA igI ,h And , now
mournful wind and the pitchy night arc tingling
like childs, but there Is no oscnpe' A glaze ot
light bursts In through the carriage door. AID l
ind myself gropine for the medicine chest left
upon the scat by DIR. Acton
me- Rad made so certain in my own mind ,ha,
the carriage would stop at some entrance re note
ample time for mo 10 take wing. Imagine. then.
my panic when, directly following the burst Of
had grown familiar he cursed his boasts up
the mountain side but smoother. one trained
SO You are here a, Last. doctor We have bean
looking for you imp.,ienuy She seems 70 be
grosinG w9rse rs s than better ~,
patien, then was q woman had no. though,
q .his .Rossit,li,y TX soul was pi,eous With
victim Of acute neuralgia, some delicate female.
os. VI ohns or soms osse 81 Chronic hsa
failure lay. cold and iyd. in dire need Of one Of
the mystic drugs contained in the medicine chest
hs ns m. s no no n ad . iS
ugly with no maady in reach Of earthly help
In despair / climbed from the carriage. to. And
mys,if standing in giHse Of ligh. before long,
The barren, desoiaie spot, while Behind me lay
tho slsskness The gulf'like abyss from which
A dark handsome man OF some forty OF nfty
si,y for roi suddenly presented itself TO
much given to parior theaincAls and through
oil the confusion Of that moment, those early
befinE Of angel voices The voice Of the accepted
stage doctor in my day had been bluff. though
pleasant-my voice should be bluff though pleas
"A rough hde,- said budding my Goa, .bou.
f. In 's1sy moyrd up and dawn eSer The
Ssss ';Ss' q %: ises n.
s Sp M s. :sRs & Sun Gi building before
,or,ed. and then swore d,sereeiiy il would no,
do to BE- too nice in my language. Able
Al.housh attending me with courtesy could
zee that he was Allied with restless impnucnco
which could hardly brook the necessary removing
remove from my, face, end which, swrlled as
ally disguised me from my own mother
When you ar quite warm we will go upstairs
ns sHd h rGuT M" Inn hn a
hurry. for had the scafold and halter be-n before
me. could not have felt much greater reluctance
to 20 forth and meet them.
Ny surroundings were. az expected. decidedly
suspicious, Though the items which made up
my evidence were innocent enough Individually,
yet, looked at collectively, they could not but
appear pcculiar--secn in that country, at that
hour Of ihe night, and al that distance from any.
thing like CIVILIZED rest nctions In the frst place
the emit re- incong ruity OF The man himself with
his surroundings was something tina, demanded
explanation, for here In a place which would
naturally suggest to your mind host either
81 the Snctest hermit type, shaggy OF hair and
eloquent Of some gloomy past, or toll stained
miner welded to his pipe and glass, ! found a
81 a thoughtful tailor, and bringing with him
into that wilderness all the troublesome nscrssi,
ties Of civilized LIE: for example. the soft rug
flung down before the glowing crate, the books
and papers tossed everywhere about and above
all, the snowy Wilderness Of exquisite table linen
showing upon some shabby old mahogany in the
room beyond
He gave mo his name Brown" which was
so glanngly commonplace that J. privately re-
iected II. and could only DO thankful that In his
preoccupation he paid no heed 10 mine, I seemed
10 be a medical man TO him, and nothing else
When could mako no further excuse for delay
we went out through windy passage. and began
ataiK dali Gla thaxy