Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1901-01-31
CHAPTER IN. (continuedo


truth than YOU imagine regarding your
destination. 1t is men of your mettla
that we require, Tremayne, and I feel
more hopeful of our cause than I have
ever DONE And now want to speak to
you on a very delicate matter, and 1
sincerely hope that you won't think
that I am meddling in your private af-
fairs. 1t is no secret to me that you
regard my cousin Nora with very warm
feelings, and as we are to be fellow
members of the same glorious organic
ation, I may tell you that to supply the
deficiency in her dowry shall give up
my right to a considerable portion of
the Courtney estate, and some day I
hope to see you established landed
proprietor in the country we both love
so WELL"
It required all the self-control Of
which I was master to enable me to
answer him correctly, but I managed to
thank him and make him understand
that I required no incentive, great as
was the one he offered, to do what I
now considered my duty, and I asked
him to look upon it as settled that I
should be ready to go to any place on
the shortest notice.
trip than a railway journey to Man.
chester and there I hoped that the
Ragged Thirteen would come to an end,
and that I should be ready helper in
such a desirable consummation
AS soon as I had told Anguish the
news he was once more taken with a
sudden desire to visit his flock, and
so off he went to make all arrange
ments for surrounding the meeting
place at Manchester. Before he left us
he gave me minute instructions as to
what should do at the moment of the
delivery of the attack, and, seeing that
should then be in a position of con-
siderable danger 1 carefully attended
to them.
I met Nora on the Thursday after
noon, and told her that I was going
away for few days, and that when I
came back I should have good news for
her
You're keeping something from me,
Jack" she said. you can't deceive me.
what is it?'''
I tried to satisfy her as best I could
with generalities, but she would not be
convinced.
'Tis something to do With Maurice"
she said. "Ah! do tell me.'' and I new
er felt it so hard to keep back know
ledge as I did then, when I heard her
pleading tones and saw the love-light
in her eyes.
"Only tell me the truth" she said,
sand I'll be good
And so I told her what we hoped to
do, making light of the danger, and
dwelling strongly upon the fact that
our plans We're so carefully laid that
failure was impossible. "Just Think"
/ said, "your father and mine, and you
and I, will be free agents again, and
we'll go back to Ireland, and live hap
PLY ever afterwards
tAh! Jack, tits my Irish heart that
won't be quiet, and when you go from
me to-day there's that within me tells
me that it will be long before look
upon you again. All! Jack, what will
I do when you are away from me?"
Little did I think that her words
were to come so true, and that before I
saw her again I should have sailed
around the world, and all that I should
have to take with me, so far as she was
concerned, would be the memory Of her
sorrow-stricken face and the know
ledge that her heart would beat true to
the.
I babe her goodbye at the gate Of
Eonnemara Cottage, and carried away
with me an early rosebud that she
plucked for me, and when I had
watched her to the door, and waved to
her as she fingered for while on the
step, I hurried home to make all pre-
parations for meeting D'Orville on the
morrow. Mindful Of what he had said
with regard to being prepared for
Journey and fearful of Nerusing his
suspicious by failing to ctAlply with
what was nothing less than polite
command, packed my largest Glad
stone bag.
On the next day, before I started, I
looked in upon Travers, and told him
that I was going to town for a few
days, but one glance at his face
showed me that the spirit which actu-
-ated Archimides still lived, and had for
THE time being, entered into my
friend and possessed him. He bade me
goodbye with the air of one who was
impatient of disturbance, and who
would certainly be relieved when I had
taken myself off and left him to resume
his studies, and no doubt he had COM
I,letely forgotten my existence long be-
Gore I reached the station.
D'Orville met me at Liverpool street.
<'We'll lunch here he said, land we
start by the 1920 train. Is this your
1uggage?"
YES" said. "It doesn't look much,
but there's enough to last me for a trip
arpund the world in these fast days."
fGlad to see you're SO philosophical
he said. "Come along. I ordered lunch,
ard it will be ready for us. Wise men
eat when they can. Let us be WISE
Aid presently I found myself discuss
ing very pleasant meal with the man
so shortly hoped to lay by the heels.
"We've just time for a smoke" said he,
when we had finished, land then We
can take a cab to Waterloo" You have
not asked me yet where our meeting is
to be held, and you most likely supposed
from what told you, that it would be
I'M Manchester tomorrow evening.
Well, we have changed our place and
plans and we intend to meet at South