Sharp County record., 1903-05-08

who would care for her until she
could be released from her bonds and
wound up by declaring his love and
devotion for her.
"a slight noise behind him made
him turn and there, from the depths
of a kind of extra berth which wai
built in the corner of the saloon, and
usually had curtain over it, came
the face and hand of Capt, Deiisle,
and moment after that gentleman
stood facing the pair.
"'You yillain.' he said to Sherry.
You Internal villain, to insult my wife
in this fashion. What do you mean by
tampering with her affections? Ey
heaven, I'll give you the biggest hiding
YOU ever had. But before he had gone
more than a few feet his wife flung her
arms around him.
"'No. Jack dear, no! For my sake,
do nothing rash Think Of what it may
mean to us! 1t would ruin u.s.
sherry was no fool; he saw now he
had been the dupe Of pair Of rascally
schcmers, and therefore concluded nc
had better get out of the trap that
had been laid for him as well az he
could, SO, summoning up all the dignity
he could he said: Very well, but you
will find that is Il game that two can
play at
"lf the captain carried out his threat,
Sherry knew his uncle, whose heir he
was, would hear of it, and then it would
be good-by to all his chances Of inherit
ing the pleasant place and handsome
income he had been taught would some
day be his.
"To cut the story short, he paid, and
to the tune Of { 800, for which he gave
an lOU, SO it was no wonder he was
upset when fell in with HIM"
Having arrived SO far with the tale,
Archer left off and nodded to Wilton
to continue.
81 got dragged into this" began VIII
ton, "by the long arm OF coincidence.
!, too, was down at Tilbury that day
and chanced to return to town by the
same train as Acher and Sherringham;
we met on the platform and the tale
was told me as we went up.
al asked what her christian name
was, and when Sherry told me Della,
it came to me like flash. Della Trav-
ers,' shouted; 4 know her. Della
Travers we called her; the prettiest,
most INSCRIPTIONS hussy ever met,
and one of the best actresses, too
"One morning a letter came to Capt.
Delisle from a gentleman who was de-
sirous of taking trip to Madeira. 1t
was written on thick heavy paper and
bore an imposing crest at its head, and
the writer asked for the answer to be
sent to one of the most aristicratic
clubs in the West End.
"Whcn the passenger arrived on the
day of sailing he was duly received by
the captain and turned out to be Il
young, well-dressed man, who viewed
everything with an air of languid i'm
passiycnoss which nothing seemed to
diysipate.
"Airs. Delisle was also on board; she
was taking voyage to Madeira for
her health, her husband said, and the
same game was played as was worked
on Sherry; the passengers sympathies
were soon aroused on her behalf, so
much so that he commiseratcd with
her without any hesitation when her
husband was out Of the way.
From his cabin the passenger heard
the captains upbraiding, the sobs OF
his wife. and the final slam of the door
as the captain ended. After an inter-
val Of some minutes he strolled a car
rying revolver in one hand and a rag,
with which he was cleaning it, in the
other.
"'G say he drawled, what a charm
ing husband you have got, to be sure!
! quite love him
40, Mr.. Waldron.' she replied,
spare me! Is it not enough to be
spoken to as you have heard? Cannot
you sympathiAe with me, instead of
adding to my misery?' and she began
to sob afresh.
"T do sympathize with you; but
what more can fellow do? | can't
very we'll call him out and shoot him.
can |? You see, duelling has unfor-
tunately gone out Of fashion
Suddenly he laughed.
"'I say, fancy what would happen if
I could challenge him? I'll show you,'
and taking a match from q box he car
ried, he stuck it on the point Of the
small blade of his pcnknife which he
opened and laid on the table so that
the blade pointed upwards.
"He then lighted the match and went
round to the other end of the saloon.
Now he said I'll put that match
out without knocking it off the knife
and he took steady aim.
"'Stop" shrieked Mrs. Delisle, stop.
You'll hit
What?
"'The bunk behind the curtain