Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1901-04-26

yellow man with bis frnFster ious ways
The thought iof him filled me with ior-
ror. Open enmit seemed natural
enough. . fight by day Wight was thing
to- which my nature rather inclined.
but this awful <und and cunning. this
stabbing in the back. frightened NE.
But now, said I, surely. surely be
IL content s3S '..,ss /.
Ny uncle shook his head
Perhaps, but l doubt &c. hese apeo-
pie pursue q vendetta to the end, They
are not content with revenge On the
culprit. They exterminate. the brood.
What your father: did to bring this
curse upon himself and his. family i
know not, but Of one thing lam GER
tain. It will not end with him. -
E '.Will there never be an end to this
horrid state Of suspense q
Eyes = he-said; zone day" s
did not like the gloomy look on his
face, the gloomy utterance:; Neverthe-
less it sent a throb pulsating through
my fear and set the blood coursing des-
perately. =@@. = 5Ss' !. = g..
"Can we do nothing? Is there no
way of putting an end to this doubt?" q
There IS but one way he said, land
only one. Instead OF. being hunted we
must turn hunters. II have tried and
failed, possibly because. I do not know
the man You, on the contrary, are
sure of him. Together we may accom-
plishy what I singly have found impos-
sible. Prudence might counsel a policy
of noninterference..l" You know the
adage Of the wisdom; of letting sleeping
dogs lie :? But is this a sleeping dog or
will he. sleep now that he has accom-
plished his object?'' m ~= s*%
How could say? To me this yellow
man was the very incarnation Of mys-
ferrous and awful death, and feared
him as one fears mystery which defies
solution. Child ofthe night, clothed in
the parent shroud, he stole secretly
from the four corners Of the earth, and
no man might say: whence he came or
whittier he went. If it was his inten-
ton still to pursue his revenge, l fear
ed that the earth was not big enough
to hide me. For / had learned to fear
his power and dread his vengeance,
and no longer believed that it was
possible to escape his awful vigilance. :
After the funeral we left for London
and lived at bis old rooms in Dover
street. Piccadilly, neglecting, need
scarcely say, no precaution which
would insure us against the attacks of
our mysterious assailant. Then l
wrote to my fathers lawyers. Messrs.
Martin & Smith, of Eastcheap. &C.
quainting them with his death and of
my arrival in town. and the next morn
ing received an answer expressing
the hope that would call upon them
at my earliest convenience, as they
had something Of Importance to com.
municate. Therefore after breakfast
my uncle and I set out for the city and
upon our arrival there were imme-
diately ushered into Mr.: Martins pri.
vate room. "a .ss, $$ zl.s. .$,. S:>s5s Al.
: The senior. partner Of the firm was q
sleek. amiable looking gentleman with
q lofty brow accumulated by a sparse.
ness Of hair. He received us with an
extreme affability. and after sundry
well chosen expressions OF grief con
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veyed with excellent tact and feeling
we proceeded to business, as they say.
First Of all he extracted my fathers
will from a black tin box which bore
the initials "R. K.'' This was very
brief and to the point and bore a codi-
Gil dated some six months previously
which accused me of being the possess
or Of every .tilial virtue. Consequently
became the sole heir Of the aforemen.
toned Robert kingston; some time
master mariner, and the possessor of a
snug income Of a few hundred a year.
For. that was what it all meant when
stripped of its legal verbiage and the
erndite explanations of the. excellent
MI: Martin. ~, (. =. ri !. ~ >,
" in turn thanked him very cordially
and, hope. with becoming dignity and
there and then arranged that he should
dine with us on the following evening.
and further to show my appreciation