The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-16
What did she waatl,.'

What did she wantl"
That I can not tell
why didn't you question the boy?'
1t was not a boy
Tho girl, then
Bless my heart asked questions
TIL my tongue was sore, could only
learn that man had come TO request her
mistress % inquire about you. lie wore a
REQ wig"
'WlgY'
The child said hair Int ! said wig"
why did you change the wordT'
because my mind Is full Of the same
suspicion that is In yours. Why did yoJ ely
cut at a red wigT Gould he have been
"Of course n was the Jesuit Jarvis.
Who else could it have hoenl 1hey are
afraid that IN warn the government. Tney
want to ind out whether I'm honest or
not The superstitious fools to so to her
of all people IN the world Doubtless they
Will believe every word she tells them.
hope you put good story in the chld's
ear what did you tell herr
ION, gave you good character Tor
| honesty; q desperate swordsman and Will
, Ing enough to draw your blade, true 20
your friends even to shedding the last drop
Of blood In your veins. Then, julie, came
my master-stroke, 1 said that you were
suspicious about religion that could not
make head or tail out OF your actions No
one conld draw you into conversation You
always locked your door at nights. and /
had found candlegreasc upon your floor
wei said, my Jarvis, wei said. That
Is the kind OF man they want, desperate,
masterieBa man who "a suspicious about
! religion is the man for them. They will
| believe all they hear from her. We snail
see them again. Doubtless this is q plot
| worth knowing. You have described me
| we'll / Hm content liza. ha, suspicious
! about religionl That is a point indeed.
| Jarvis II you have tcars-as the Stratford
! fellow says-prepnrc to shed them now.
The other night ! said my prayers
He went on 10 give Jarvis q picture or
! the scene In richards room at Wnlthnm
| Cross He made q merry feat al Aliens
| expense and Dragged about whnt an easy
| victim he mad proved How little the
| over-conhdcnt ndventurcr knew or the
| danger that Wrkcd In barbara's ever
| ready wit! lie had suspected her on that
| first day when she changed 'front.' 80 sud
! denly az the Bear and Ragged stan; but
! he had long since forgotten his suspicious.
! This was his eventual ruin; no reckoned
| without the woman.
About dusk Jnle stepped out 10 I'll his
| pouch with the over necessary tobacco.
| This was not So yery long after Sir Waiter
| Ralegh's servant had dashed n bucket OF
| water over his master ITO put MIN OUT
| and King James h1d not yet written
| nis famous "COunterblagt Every one
! smoked tobacco and blew II ont OF his nose
| In 80 many different ways that 10 be skilled
In the use Of this weed was az much part
! OF q gnllNnt's education ms the laws Of duel
| Ing Just as julio stepped ont 81 The npothe-
/ cary's shop he saw Richard Allen and Jack
! Knevct coming mp the street together His
| plans rel Ike N mouse or cards. BdrbnrN ~-
he had HIS thoughts OF her She did know
| this other fellow after all; so did Allen
! Who was hc2 julie would know the M
swer 20 that question, and now was the
time to find out.
The advcnturer Lid In doorway till
| they had passed; then he began 10 follow
them steathily. They parted al the door
! of the Bear and Ragged stan, whence
! kneVet returned through NewgatC into Lon
don julie doggod him tlil he came to the
| back gate that opened Into Master Cover
J dnles garden Jack entered and closed the
/ gate behind him.
! house the door BELONGED 70. He paced of
the distnnce 10 the street corner. 1t was
| two hundred ana ZEN pnces. He then went
! 10 the next parallel street and began e
| count his steps back Two hundred aud ten
stens brought him I'm front Of Master Cover
dalos door.
THE house OF my old master" julie ex.
claimed, almost frantic with rage. for In
( stantly he dlylned that the other girl was
| Cicely. The sudden passion that the first
/ sight Of her had kudled In him-a passion
which, II let alone, might soon save died out
| nov burst into fame. Now that he be-
| lieved Cicely had been TO the theater no,
Of course, suspected that she had gone with
kneyet. AZ yet he did not suspect that
ter than that they had all gone together
He walked up and down the street, fret
ting and fumlng 10 hlmstlf
Before long his anger received new
Impetus Apprentices IN those days were
bound to wear peculiar caps and long blue
coats TO indicate their rank. Jack when
he was az the playhouse that afternoon. had
| Initiated the dress Of a gentleman, lie
( managed 20 steal home through the back
gate and put on his livery again. no one ~
the house any the wiser for his eseapade
I He soon came to window, and julie saw
him.
Her fathers appfentlceW julie cried
| IN anger I'm soon stop that
He turned down the next street and came
back by the garden gate. lie was wonder
ing how he could put an end 70 this fool
ish business. ~ might introduce my
| self" ne thought Convertible VIII sure
" remtmbes me and give me vel
| compn He was on the point of MOUNTING
Inc steps bodily 10 mhks The facts known q
Covcrdalc but jules inherent selashnes'
| held him back bow would such a MS
closure help himi He had stopped on tht
corner 10 consider what to do, when he
/ saw q man come NJ the street and knock
at the garden gate. Long as the evenings
are IN MAY. It was hv this time too dark
20 see With certainty for any distance. julie
tlpsfoed hack. hut the man had hoen let IN
before julie reaches him. Two people wers