Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-03

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the bog. and proppihgl up his shabby
elbows with his shabby knees. eve
got plenty Of time" slid he. "and so
have you. At least, you've got till the
bog gets at your mouth. After that it
won't be time. but eterpity."
you confounded $coundrel," re-
marked Jack $50 YOU He'd me into this
trap, did you? You bant need to tell
me who sent you onSylour errand, be-
cause know"
That's clever of You as far as it
goes" retorted the spectator. only
it's pity for you yonr foresight was
MT equal to our hindsight. But, bless
you, don't mind THE trouble of tell
ing you anything yo4 want to know
not bit. We've got an hour, maybe,
before you ears will fesse being of use
to you. And there's no danger of your
ever repeating any secrets l may tell
you. Don't you emlember my saying
that once you got your foot in this
pretty place. you wouldn't go forget
ting it? And don't you mind, too,
what l said about its being a nice
quiet place for chat? The lady you
expected amt likely to come, and per-
haps you'll up with me in her stead
My talkll serve to pass the time"
Till can get at your" finished Jach
between his teeth.
"Thatll be not at all Oh, it's nc
good now spreading yourself out and
trying to swim lik4 a fish. 1t might
have done at first il you'd had your
wits about you and known where you
was when you first gdt landed in the
bog. But it's too latb now. There's
just one way to shvS your life, and
that's what I've come back to tell you.
1t seems to me timed my visit just
about right" ffA'e,>.
Jack did not reply, He was thinking
with some earnestness.
You don't seem to have as much
curiosity as most of your country peo-
ple do" continued the other. Il al
ways thought Americans were so fond
of asking questions. But see ] shall
have to tell you without. I'm com
missioned-I don't say by who-to
have you make a written confession as
to what you really are, where you
come from, and who brought you, ana
why. ] dare say you've a bit Of paper
and a pencil about you. or, II not,
can supply you with them"
Thank you. You're very consider
ate" said Jack. The boys COOL moist
mouth had sucked him in, up TO his
hips.
You don't seem to jump to my offer.
hut I'll just give you a friendly hint.
You'd better do it, Write what | say
and III get YOU out of this AK. Not
myself, oh, no. I'm too sharp for that
but III run and find help for you be-
fore it's too late. Then you'd prob
ably think the most prudent thing
to do would be skidadde out of the
country before your CONFESSIONS made
use OF, and you clapped in prison for
fraud.
Don't write and I'll tell you what'n
happen to you. I'm pretty deep in this
thing myself and | know a good deal
about the history OF the case know
about the letter you got yesterday, for
instance, and / can make a fairly
good guess that it's either burnt or in
your pocket now. You haven't been
in love long enough not to do just what
a pretty girl Che pronounced 1t 'gurrul)
begs you to; and III bet that not a soul
on earth, except that dog o yours,
knows where you are this minute.
Well, no one ever will know, The
sun won't long have set tonight when
you set, too. Only you won't rise up
again, and there won't be no record to
tell where you've gone"
Even If it's found out that you
came to Ireland and got lost in bog,
therell be no kind Of suspicion against
anybody. It's thing that does some
times happen to strangers over here.
And it's well known that you've got
the temptation to fetch you to Kill
daragh."
Il wonder Mr.. Palgrave and his son
care TO show their hands so complete
ly to a third party" remarked Jack.
He spoke quietly, but his face was
whitening a little under It's healthy
tan.
It's six or one and half a dozen OF
the other with us three" returned the
emissary OF the foe Il know that
about them, would put EN- where they
wouldn't want 10 be, and they know
the same about me. II You offered me
a hundred thousand pounds down TO
help you out OF this bog, without doing
what rhey want first, wouldn't dare
take il. Nor will they have the spend
ing Of your money when there's Moth
ing left Of you but a bubble. and Mr..
n. l.