The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-01-08


must see to our own welfare. Davie
my lad, am sick to death of beins
hunted, and l intend to turn hunter
myself. l have no doubt whatever
that this man or men will follow us, 81
that our chance Of one day meeting
him is not remote. You know what tt
do. XIII him without moments hest
tation just as You would mad dog
But you are young yet, and 1 have de
cided to put you In a place of security
] will work on alone"
Then one day, without warning, We
left the house and went to London, my
uncle taking a couple Of rooms for us
In Chelsea. He then entered into com
munlcation with his lawyer, and after
ZONE little delay he succeeded In let
ling his cottage to couple of highly
respectable spinsters who sighed fol
the feliclties Of rural life. Next the
subject of school was preached, sub
3ect not at all to my liking, but my
uncle considered that another two or
three years at least were necessary to
complete my education, and. feeling
that he was right | consented. More
over, my life Of the last few months
had made an old man of me before my
lime, and sorely needed the compan.
lonship of youth.
So In due time l was packed off to a
school In the heart Of the Midands, my
uncle having carefully chosen the stu,
ntion. There I was known rs James
Davie, my uncle, for reasons of his own
wishing me to take his name. Perhaps
those reasons would not be difficult to
guess. If by chance my own name of
Kingston should come to the ears of
PERTAIN people, even the crowded school
might be no protection. Perhaps 1t was
a little supertluous caution on my I'M
cle's part, but l could not quarrel with
him on that account. Besides, had no
particular love for my fathers honored
patronymic. Anyhow, names are not
Df much account in youth, and OF the
two preferred James Davic to Davie
Kingston.
My life was now extremely pleasant,
md, except when got a letter from
my uncle, I scarcely thought Of tn
horrors Of the past. was surrounded
by young companions. lived the free,
open life of II boy, and il did not en-.
Joy my studies overmuch | made up
for my lack of intellectual energy by
developing wonderful aptitude for
games.
During this period my uncle proved
4 most consistent correspondent, dis
patching letter to ME every week
with unfailIng regularity. 1t was a
contract we had entered ITO, for 1t
would be the means whereby might
know If he was still alive. l In turn
was to write as often, but after having
had few letters sent to his club he
begged me to desist and send them on
to his lawyer, to whom I was at once
10 telegraph In case Of an emergency.
He did not explain himself more fully,
but needed no fuller explanation.
Then he began his wanderings, and
got letters in succession from Hast
1ngs, EHstbourne, Brighton, Worthing
and so on from many towns and many
counties. and they nll repeated the
same note: II am still searching for
the man with the strange eyes TO
me 1t seemed singular that he should
not forget. and once even went so far
as to suggest something of the sort
hut the answer l received made me
feel ashamed of my presumption. "She
was my sister" he said, land yet
cannot forget, but she was your moth
tr." Only those few underlined words,
yet ~,int world Of meaning they con
yeyeH.
With the advent Of the holidays he
always came and took me away With
hiE., and upon each successive occasion
I saw how sadly his quest was affect
ing him. prom r. folly fellow he had
grown mornsc and gloomy ana was
losing weight In manner that might
have been considered alarming had 1t
not suited him SO well. Truth to tell,
he had been somewhat inclined to
freshness and r,Iddiness of countc-
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