The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-08-12
(Continued.)

/ the nrst slip or paper Defore MN Win
a thump OF his hand onsthe desk; cleared
his throat; and began. He wrote with
great noise and rapidity, In so large ana
! bold hand. and with such wide spaces
s between the lines, that he reached the
bottom OF the slip In not more than two
minutes certainly from the time when he
started at the top. Each slip, as he finish
ec II. was PACED and tossed over his
N shoulder. out OF his way. on the moor.
When his first pen was worn out, that
went over his shoulder, too: and he
pounced on n second from the supply
scattered about the table. Slip after slip
| by dozens. by hfties. by hundreds, flew
pyer his shoulders on either side or him.
| tin he had showed himself up In paper
IN. round his chair. Hour after hour
passed--and there I sat, watching: there
ne sat, writing. He never stopped, ex-
oept 10 sip his coffee; and. when that was
exhausted, TO smack his forehead from
t:ae 10 time One O'Clock struck, two,
three. four-and still the slips flew about
all round him; stlh the untiring pen
scraped Its way ceaselessly from top To
bottom OF the page; still the white chaos
~ paper rose higher and higher all round
his chair. At four o'clock ! heard
sudden splutter OF the pen, indicative OF
the flourish with which he signed his
name. Bravo he cried, springing 20
his feet with the activity OF young
man, and looking me straight In the face
with smile OF superb triumph.
t"Done. Mr. Hartright!' he announced.
yn his broad chest Done. TO my own
profound satisfaction-to your profound
lstonishment when you read what
ave written. The subject is exhausted. .
he man-Fosco-is not. i proceed to the
arrangement OF my slips, TO the revision
n my slips. the reading OF my slips
Addressed. empha ucally. 10 your private
ear. Four o'clock has just struck. Good!
Arrangement, revision. reading from
four TO five. Short snooze OF restoration
for myself, from FIVE to six. Final pre-
parations from six TO seven. AFFAIR OF
lgent and sealed letter from seven 10
sight At eight. en- route. Behold the
brogramme
He sat down cross-legged on the floor
Lmong tho papers strung them together
e.th bodkin and piece OF string; re-
Used them: wrote all the titles and
Ionors by which he was personally dis
inguished at the head OF the first page;
ind then read the manuscript TO me,
yith loud theatrical emphasis and pro-
use theatrical gesticulation. The read
ir will have an opportunity ere long OF
orming his own opinion of the document.
( will be sufficient to mention here that
answered my purpose.
He next wrote me the address OF the
|, erson from whom he had hired the fly,
I'D handed me Sir Percival's letter IL
as dated from Hampshire on the 25th
I July: and II announced the journey of
Lady Clyde TO London. OIL the 18th.
bus. on the very day (the 25th). when
he ductor's certificate declared that she
tad uI.a I'm St Jshns Wood. she was
I'VE. by SIR Percivals owf' showing, at
liackwrter-and on the day after she
e. to take a Journey. When the proof
+ that journey was obtained from the
yrnsi the evidence woult be complete.
IA auafter past five" said the Count,
,okiug at his watch. Time for nv res
rative srC | personally resemH'e
Iapp.o.n, the Great, as you may have re-
lArked. Nj. Hsrtright--I also resemble
hat immortal nan in my power OF COM
ianding sl.,? at will. Excuse me one
.,,.ert will summon Madame Yes
.. to keep you from feel ng dull
Knowing as well as ne do that he was
ummoning Mime Fosco TO insure my not
eo> ing the no, se while he was isleep.
rnate no reply. and occupied myself I'm
wing up the papers which he had placed
n my possession.
THE lady came IN. cool pale, and veno-
nous as ever "Amuse Mr. Hartright.
my angel" said the Count He placed
a char for her. kissed her hand for the
second time. withdrew to the sofa, and
tn three minutes was as peacefully ana
happily asleep as the most virtuous man
in existence.
Madame Fosco took a book from the
n BILE sat down. and looked at me- with
the steady vindictlve malice OF n woman
who never forgot and never forgave
81 have been listening TO your conver-
sation with my husband she said III
7 had been I'm his place, ] would have
laid you dead on the hearth-rug
with these words she opened her
hook. and never looked at me. or spoke TO
me from that time till the time when her
husband woke.
He opened his eyes and rose from the
sofa accurately TO an hour from the
.jme when he had gone TO sleep.
a"J feel infinitely refreshed" he remark
ed "Eleanor, my good wife, are you ALI
ready upstairs? That Is well MY niue
hacking here can be completed I'm ten
minutes-my travelling dress assumed In
ten minutes more What remains. before
,he agent comes?' lie looked about the
room. and noticed the cage with MS
white mice In II. "Ah." he cried, piteous-
llv: "a last laceration Of my sympathies
stilI remains NV innocent pets! my little
Cherished children! what am ! 10 do with
Them? For the present. we are settled no.
where: for the present we travel inces-
santly-the less baggage we carry, the pet-
Ter for ourselves. My cockatoo, my cana
rles. and my little mice. who Will cher
isb them when their good papa Is gomez
He walked about the room, deep IN
Thought He had not been AZ all troubled
|ahout writing his confession, but ne was
visibly perplexed and distressed about the
l,sr more important question OF the dis
posal ~ his pets. After long considera :
ton. he suddenly sat down again at his
WRITING table
IAN idea he exclaimed. IT will oner
my canaries and my cockatoo 10 this vast
Metropolis-my agent shall present them,
I'm NV name 10 the Geological Gardens or
rondon The Document that describes
them shall be drawn out on the spot
He began 10 write. repeating the words
as they flowed from his pen.
Number one. Cockatoo OF transcend
snt plumage: attraction of himself To all
Visitors OF taste. Number Two. Canaries
| 4 ~ unrivaled vlvacity and intelligence:
worthy OF the garden OF Eden. worthy al
40 Of the garden in Regents Park. HON
age to British Zoology. offered by Fos-
leo"
The pen spluttered again. and the -four
| Iish was attached TO his signature.
III Included