Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-03-27
idea that since fortune was so bountl-

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half-brother, or cousin, who seems
balancing between a bright career and
going to the devil
Circumstances drive us sometimes,
don't they, Charlie? But there's one
party | rather guess you've overlook
ed"
Who's that?"
Her father" chuckling.
Capt Brand, you mean. believe
have arranged berth for him"
"Where-on the steamer"
Rather in the place where spent
part Of last night"
ooh, ali! then he's a fraud, sure
enough"
Il have every reason so to believe
At any rate, my friend. the baron, has
promised to look after him."
1--we no doubt Peterhoffs intentions
are good; but there's a prospect OF
/ his being fully occupied in another
| quarter Artemus said, sagely.
Meaning the Countess Isolde"
"Well, she has seldom missed her
game-the most wonderful woman
outside of Thackeray's Becky Sharpe
ever heard Of You're lucky to have
just missed her, my boy. Men jeer
at her powers and boast about their
invulnerable qualities; yet no sooner
do they come in touch with this mod
ern Gree than their knees grow weak,
and one glance from her bewitching
eyes charms them even as the rattle
snake does its prey"
Your advice is good. l had intend
ed depending on my own ability to
checkmate this old reprobate and, on
the whole, it may be best for me to
keep my hand at the plow."
And I'll stand by, ready to give
what aid l may. Don't hesitate TO
call on Artemus Barnaby if you are
bent upon some dark and desperate
business that stands for the right |
You know l have some sort of claim |
upon this affair, seeing that only for |
my pertinacity in dragging you on |
that wild goose chase in search of the |
new Man in the Iron Mask, of whom |
old wives in Antwerp gossip, you |
would never have gone there to the
dungeons of the Steen, and ergo,
would never have had the pleasure oil
saving Lady Airline from her distress
ing position"
The words of his companion aroused
within Charlie a sense of the great
debt he owed Artemus, who had been
an instrument in the hands of Fate to
bring about the result upon which his
whole future now seemed to hinge
So he seized his hand and squeezed
it with fraternal zeal-squeezed it I'M
til the owner was fain to appeal for
mercy.
Yes, owe you everything, my dear
fellow; and if l can at any time do
you favor, try me. There are few
things l could refuse you"
After that there was the fullest con-
fidence between these two. Charlie
confided to Artemus his plans for rout-
ing the enemy, and was glad to adopt
some very bright and sagacious ideas
advanced by the latter.
Everything seemed as usual Yet
under the calm exterior forces were
working that threatened a speedy up
neaval.
Capt. Brand had taken the alarm.
Keen-eyed man of the world that
his great traveller was, he read the
writing on the wall, and it plainly de-
Jared his reign had neared its end.
Hence he detested Charlie with a
venom such as could only be compared
With the enraged cobra, seeking to
Jury its poisoned fangs in the object
If it's hatred q
In brief, this fine old plotter began :
o cast about him for some method by
means of which he could get rid of I.
ar. Charlie Stuart, either temporarily
r for all time.
He was not alone in his scheming.
Other harpies there were who hoped
0 share in the glorious plunder-ms~ :
hose past lives no doubt could ~ Y
IDLY show almost as great vps
adventure and bold schemes a. p
wn. IN
Accordingly these precious worthless
lid their heads together in order to
evise some brilliant scheme whereby II, -,
lie obnoxious interloper-this young g
ochinvar who had come out of the v,
be defeated ere he could Ii
AIRY the girl off on his fleet steed. =,
And when the conference was ad. -
it had all been arranged just II
DIV Charlie was to be dropped out of rs
ght. 81
"
However, these worthless in planning =
neat a campaign failed to take into =
,nsideration several elements which r
I'd positive bearing upon the ulti-
ate outcome.
There was the baron, for example.
Besides-there was Artemus.
No doubt this latter individual. with