The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-11-03

Il 10H0 0AaSUtcIy Ad0 20 AOAA 1880 EssS -
&nat he should return to md the gar
Cen full Of angry neighbors. Yet when
ths vehicle drew up no was sensibly
%eAaErfned to recognize the port-Wine
eabmaa ef the night before. Here, s
~ could not but reflect, there il an an;
sther link In the Judicial Error. '' s
The driver, on the other hand i, was
pIeased to drop again upon 50 liberal q
/ 1sre.. and Is he was man the reader
1ust already have perceived of easy,
not 10 say familiar. manners, he
dropped at once into a vein Of friendly
talk. commenting on the eather, on
tAs sacred season, which struck him him
chiefly in the light Of . day Of liberal
Sratuitzes, on the chance which had re-
emitted him to = pleasing customer. and
en- The fact that John had been Gas he
wss pleased to call 1t visibly ION the
sandan'' the night before. III .,S + As
And ye. look dreidful bad to-day,
or, must say that e he continued.
There's nothing like q dram for We !
ff yen take my advice Of 1t; and bein'
% it's Christmas. I'm no saying, Z he
added. with q fatherly smile, shut what
Z wou1d join We myself RI: MI
John had listened with a sick heart.
Eth give you dram when we've got
sa,rough,"' said he, affecting a sprightli-
ness which sat on him most unhand-
sOzneIy, ><and not drop till then. Bust
ness FIRST, and pleasure afterWard. s 4.
.S With this promise the jarVey was
prevailed upon to Chamber to his place
and drive, with hideous elaboration,
20 the door Of the Lodge. There was
no signs as yet Of any public emotion;
and their presence, seen from afar, set
Johns pulses buzzing. Ii He might have
spared himself his fright, for the pair
we're lost in some dispute OF a theologi-
cal complexion, and with heightened
upper Lip and enumerating fingers,
pursued the matter OF their difference,
!. s,ad r,aid no heed to John. .5
But the cabman proved "a thorn III
the flesh ~. Nothing would keep himfon
hfs perch; he must Chamber down, COM
ment upon the pebble in the door
2 (which he regarded as an ingenious
hut unsafe device), help John with the
9ortmanteau, and enliven matters with
flow OF speech, and especially OF ques-
lions, which / thus condense: .%.?
He'll no be here himseI will he?
MOI Well, he's an eccentric man a
fair oddity--if We ken the expression.
Great trouble with his tenants, they
tell me I've driven the family for
years. I. I drove . cab at. his fathers
waddin' :. What II your name be? II
SHOULD ken YOUR face. a Baigrey,.ye say?
4 There were Baigreys about Giimerton.;
yell be one OF that lot? Then this'll
- = friends portmantie, like? Why?
Because the name upon It's nicholson!
oh. ff we're in a hurry, that's another
Job Waverley Brig? Are We for
away IS 81 a. IS III a. III. 35.%
At the station his spirits rose again;
{ another stage OF his escape was forum
ately ended The began to spy blue
water. He called a railway porter, and
[6ade him carry the portmanteau to the
el0zk-ro0m; not that he had any notion
of delay: flight, instant flight, was his
u Design, no matter viii ther; but he had
u determined to dismiss the cabmansere
Ae named, eor even. chose, his destina-
tfon, thus possibly baking the Judicial
4 Error Of another link. This was His
cumming aim and now with one foot on
the roadway, and one still 4 on the
4 coach-step. he made haste to put the
thing In practice, and plunged his hand
/ Unto his trousers pocket. 55ss. &
There was nothing there! ia s5$
E8@ Oh. yes: this time he was to blame.
4 he SHOULD have remembered, and when
4 - deserted his blood-stained panta-
y looms. he should mot have deserted
] 'Hlong with them his purse. Make the
i Aost ct his error, and then compare 1t
with the punishment Conceive his
usw position. for ! lack words to pic
fure Il; conceive him condemned I'd re-
turn to that house, from the very
fhouEht of which his soul revolted !, and
& once more to expose himself to cap
& ture on the very scene of his misdeed:
y eoncetve him linked to the moldy cab
\ IA. As,d = Familiar cabman. n John cursed
sias ca bllaa q and then II Soc
i surred 90 him that he must stop the In
= salreerafion of his portmanteau that.
g leest he must keep close at hand,
md hs turned TO recall the porter. But
MI redections. brief % they had sap-
ss ~ !. must have occupie him longer
/ tAa1 AZ supposed. and there was the
i sAan atread eturning With the re-,
altpt. .gsss 81
Well 50 was settled; she had lost
NJ porfInan tealf also; for the ssixpence
sifA which ~, had paid the Murrayfeld
u Toll vas s one hat had strayed alone into
- y. zistceat pocket and unIess ne
.:saes uaore success full hieved the