Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-07-27

hiite. nitrog!ycerin. or what not--obcys
me signal. as by magic. and bang! fol-
LOWS such an explosion aud uphcaval as
are only rivaled by an earthquake or IL
volcano. Omly ten seconds ~rcmaiu-thcre
they go-wait, mark"
The machine WAS IL counterpart of the
one that Wecms had put to such deadly
use. True to the point of time for which
1t mad been set, there WAS the same man.
Hesitation now as WAS described on the
former OCCASION. The clockwork gave II
sharp. clicking sound. and then. down
out of its lower part. there suddenly DART
ed the long. slender. polished. pcncil-like
bar of steel, which clcarcd through an
oak fragment with the utmost ease.
Cheaper ones can be made on the same
principle, perhaps" said the exhibitor. 1T
Is supposed that IL torpedo fired by this
means may have caused the destruction
of the fine South African steamship Scar
borough. rumors of which are in this
evenings papers. supposed to have been
forwarded from Gibraltar by one or two
survivors of the wreck. Don't go, gem
tlclnen! I'll set the clockwork for an
other experiment. ii You'll remain"
The last words We're addressed to
Wccms and his friends, who had sudden-
ly recoiled from the exhibitors stall. as
though under IL simultaneous shock. Pale
and startled, they ut once shrink into II
comparatively deserted passage and inter-
changed Slanccs of mute, terrified Ques-
%tioning.
The blow had probably told the hardest
on Wecms, and vet he was the first to
recover any degree of composurc, which
was not Il great deal.
Great guns!" he gasind; "can what ha
said about the Scarborough be possible?
Come, let us hurry out and buy an even
ing paper said DalZicl. I'm struck all
of IL heap"
Wait 81 minute; don't give way to an
alarm for which there may be no occa-
SION counseled the lawyer. Keep cool.
1t is next to impossible that our secret
should be exposed. have always mo-
ticcd- What, Sir Luke. are you sud
denly craZcd: DO you see IL ghost?"
Da!zicl had suddenly turned as white
a; Il sheet and then withdrawn still deep
cr into the little cvcrgrcen-b ordert-i pas
sag" il. which they were all %stauiin.; and
now he pointed with IL trembling l.a.ld to
ii group OF three who We're coming down
ut the head of Il large stream of sight
seers through the wide aisle that they
had just deserted.
One of these was IL tall, woodworking,
heavily bearded man, bearing the gen
eral impress OF Il recent return from
long and toilsomc travel: u very pretty,
thoughtful looking young woman WAS
leaning on his arm: and directly behind
them, evidently in the character of II ser
want. was a gigantic negro. clad in !. Row
sui, of dark blue livery in which he
seemed but ill at ease. and with his shin
| ing coarse. black features all grin at tho
multifarious wonders that surrounded
him.
Look" gaspcd Dalzic!. in IL %loarse,
trcmulous whisper. III she didn't come
with you in the Caledonia, how then did
She come here
Whom do yon meant whispered
Weenls, WIN had not yet perceived the
new arrival Indicated.
"There-Miss Muir. Don't YOU see
her."
Vengeance of hcavcn..' stammered
Wccms beneath his breath. YES. / see
her now. But the man On whose arm
she is leaning-don't you recognize him?
Man alive. It's your brother, the rightful
baronet-'tis Sir Philip Dalziel. Quick.
Out of this before we're observed.
Ghosts are. indeed. abroad, or else the
sea gives back its prey
Followed by his amazed companions,
he dartcd into the refreshlment room,
whence they made their way on, of the
building in breathless haste.