Little Falls weekly transcript., 1899-06-06

per1an1ng girl. s 81 f#sti:. 3s 5''t 5ar
4 Unhappily terror had made her mad,
and she nearly drowned her would be res
ouer and herself ere q boat could reach
them. Arthur Trevarthan said nothing,
but q grip of the hand that nearly crushed
the bones spoke for him. Now he was Sir.
Arthur Trsvarthan, underseGretary Of
state for foreign affairs, a right honorable, &
and had even risen to the dignity Of q Carl
cature in Punch, while Bradley Brent
what was he? }4s3 (. e
All these things passed through the
mind Of the wretched Brent as he timidly
approached his one time friend. F.-E5 I. E,' 4,
= Brentl Great heaven, man, is that
you9 Come, let us talk going along. +
am bound for Queen Anne's mansions "i;t
Birdcage walk, while Brent poured out
the story Of his weakness and his fall. He
sxtenuated nothing, CLOSED over nothing,
and his cry-the cry of every unhappy be-
ing in the same case---wast for "a fresh
start. - .4 n, ii e. .5s ss =. s$$ .s- II y
g ." A. fresh start-onlx a fresh starti"
The most piteous petition that the lips Of
man ever uttered when one thinks of all 1t
means. - ~ --fS5*=}S =. +, [;>, 5.7 q SssEEs
? The gray bulk Of Queen Anne's man
sions, with lights twipkling here and!
there, loomed up at last. Family he heard
the sleepy quacking Of the water fowl in;
ST. James park. In few brief words the
undersecretary set forth the, terms Of
)! fresh start he proposed to give his
daughters preserver. The terms were 70
strangely, Unexpectedly generous that
Brent turned his head and gazed across
the dim park to>hide the gathering tears
AS he did SO he mechanically noticed q.
solitary light twinkling in window Of
the foreign office, plainly visible across the
tree tops from where the two men stood. /.
This gave him an idea that sent the blood
to his forehead. What had the two boy,
reporters said at The Dawn office a. he
stood waiting for Fraser's grudging boun-
tye His mind was made up In an instant.l
4 II cannot accept your offer, = he said
!; "You cannot accept iti' Tfevarthan's .
face was ludicrous In it's blank amaze
ment. ~. :f.; i5s:.$, +, I, ~ d.
'.1nstead," continued Brent, 'you will
tell me what passed at the premieG's inter-
view with Count Goustovitoh this after
noon. @ ". n. u, j. WI NIX & ~ t5sr
IL gI I. 4. Impossiblel''' II
5sSt You ili IA ths isnr lihls thing Tre-
ssarthan, ffor the sake of : on rtatn nights
work at Henley, some Is years ago I do
Of your kingdom-just six words whis-
pered to me here, Of which / viii forget tho
source as soon as uttered. No ono can,
know save my editor, and he, OF oourse, u
SILENT - !@: tSss<$$.G 4 IA ~ 5t@ II,
Brent, my dear fellow, anything but
that. I lam q rich man now; / Ican''-s%s.tt
"Not q penny Of your money, Trevar-
thanl' interrupted Brent ooldly. II win
not sell your daughters life for goldi
"You're mad, %Brentl' Trevarthan was
getting angry. II, q minister Of the.
crown, betray state secretsi The things
absurdi' 81; ~ Il .Is;,
The policeman pacing up Birdcage
walk saw two men, one .'quite the GENTLE
man" In evening dress and the other 8
shady looking party, apparently disput-
ing and deemed it wise to draw in to
convenient distance. However, the quar-
rel was soon made up, as the gentleman
was seen to bend forward and speak con-
fdentially into the seedy man's ear, thet
latter punctuating tho intelligence with
mods Of understanding. Then they parted.
- - . s@ - 49, III
Two or three veteran war correspond
ents, who had spent the previous evening
in eagerly listening to recollections begin.s
ming "When was with the Turks In
1877" or when I was with the Prussianss
in 1s7O," and the aspiring youngsters who
had drunk in the glorious stories Of the
veterans were extremely upset when they
unfolded their Dawn at breakfast to read
the staring headlines: 'Transylv ylvania
Backs Down. Great Britain's Demands
Conceded. Ibombi Will Be Evacuated = " Nj III
{ None Of the other morning papers con-.
tanned the startling news and indeed were
still engaged in gravely Weighing the re-
spective fighting forces Of the two nations
so after the first exclamations Of disgust
the next ejaculation Of both veterans and
youngsters was, what q big scoop for
The Dawnl'', Meanwhile Eraser, news
editor Of that organ, tore into minute
pieces note signed "A. Trevarthannt
vouching for Brent's news and ohuokledl.
exceedingly. f. 1lsss :$&s :$ iss2 Il
The Dawn gave Bradley Brent 29t0 tor
the exclusive news he brought that
journal, and with the money he made a.
fresh start. He 10 now editor in chief Of
The Moon, an important Australian paper
and the idol Of aspiring youngsters, who
have no inkling Of the bad past, now
buried forever and q day. Iondon An
ssWers. s5 t.%, 5S ,i 5s 3t s5. u, n
$$,s E r., A, Bible Legacy. sir ii$i i2 $I
Discussion arose one night at . noble
mans dinner table about text In the Biz
BILE, dean who was Of the company deny
ing there was any such text to be found. IA
Bible was called for. After much search