Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-05-24

cret, crawling method which engeqder7
me upon the rack, This it was which
had shattered my fathers nerve and
made him the wreck knew, and this
was the fear which had haunted me-
But perhaps at bottom l was my ia
theirs son. and it would have been a
strange ghost that could have cowed
him at my age, or the stories they tell
of him can have but slight foundation
in fact.
My uncle looked around inQuiringly
for the waiter, but it was some min
utes before that worthy returned.
When he did, Jim held the letter up be-
fore the man.
"Who gave you this?"
"A gentleman. sir"
lis he still in the room?"
mo. sir. He handed it to me as he
was going out"
do you know him at all?'
mo. sir; not that know Of"
do you remember what he was
Nke?"
scratched dark chin.
Cant say that l do, sir, though
rather fancy he was foreign GENT;
'Thanks."
The description was quite sufficient.
~Foreign gent" was near enough to
the mark. The waiter would hardly
distinguish his nationality at glance
''Strange," said my uncle as the man
departed with load Of empty dishes.
that we. the superior animals should
be so utterly lacking in instinct. We
have evidently been within touch of
our esteemed Wentworth and yet had
no suspicion of it. An animal would
have smelt danger; man blunders
into it. Yet the one has only instinct,
the other reason. A pretty question,
Davie: Has our intellect blunted our
instinctY'
l believed it had, but I was in no
mood to continue this philosophic vein.
When he took that calm, rational view
Of abstruse problems, he was getting
dangerous.
''The time has come for US to make
4 move," he said. 1.-THE police regard
US more or less suspiciously. The muir.
der of MIR. Hilbury is thing of the
past. The verdict has gone forth
murder against some person or persons
unknown. 1t Is but one more mystery
added to the many. Some even have no
doubt that it was case Of suicide,
their efforts to trace the perpetrator
having signally failed. But we know,
and we must act accordingly. l admit
l was not without hope that the socie-
ty. having left us so long in peace, had
at last grown weary Of revenge; but
this nights business has entirely dissi-
pated that hope. Whether they mean
to strike or merely to torture cannot
say. but one thing know-I am weary
to death Of this awful manner of liv-
Ing" :
what do you. propose by way of
remedyY - 49,.
He paused. the attitude Of the waiter
arresting his attention. He called to
him and sent him for fresh liqueurs. I
opened my eyes. jim smiled.
II don't know, of course, but one
SoA OC SVO CoACAO4s L AS 4c11O" oA8 ,6u
ugly jaw anyway, and he seemed to lis
ten rather attentively." - ~.
I sighed. 1t was awful this fear Of
every shadow. ~,5 I'm
EYES," he continued, tits rather IN
pleasant, isn't it? In fact, it's become
unbearable," 49,. ,.5t ~, :,
ut has long been so to me- L.
and to me, and what is more, 1t III
appears so hopeless. have no wish to:
brighten you. Davie, but how 10 It 70
ing to endY' 49,. = <.* :zs
I feared it could only end one way,
and said so. -. :. e q.
~, I'm the triumph Of our enemies? I:
!. believe SO too. I have long believed 1t.
i Police have failed, we have failed, but.
:. the society never fails. 1t can be BAT
fed, kept at bay, but It has infinite pa
tiences and a long purse. ! tell you can
& didly, Davie. 1 am beginning b tear It;
II Tear IS that IL, In q manner that never
Il appealed to me before. Thew i eyi-