The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-06-30
bad passed some snor.

had passed some snor,
on my road meeting no living creature.
when bat Il little distance ahead of
me | saw two figures struggling, the
figures OF two men Then | saw one
fall. and the other--not seeing me,
there were trees between us--passed
swiftly by. But | saw him and his
face, the face of young man dressed
as peasant. or, as you say here,
Workman: young man with Il brown
muStaChc"
For u moment Seuor Guffanta
paused. and then he contmuod
Il ran TO the fallen man, and-it
was Walter-leah, Stained 20 the
heart. called him by his name.
kissed him. and felt his breast: but
he was dead, And then. in mo-
meat. il came To my mind that il was
not with him | had To do: 1t was with
the murderer. | sprang To my feet.
| left him thcre-thpre. dead in the
mud and the water with which his
blood now mingled-and. rs quickly
as | could go. retraced my steps
after that murderer And God is
good. ! had was,ed but two or three
moments with my poor dead friend.
| and ere | again reached the gates OF
the park | saw before me the figure of
the man who had passed me under
the trees lie WIS still walking swift
ly. and once or twice he looked round
aS though fearing he WIS foilows a.
But !, who have tracked savage beasts
to their lairs. and Indians To their
haunts. knew how To track him. Keep
I
tanrc. sometimes screening myself he
hind the pillar on Il doorstep. and
sometimes crossing the road some.
times even letting myself fall lack
| still further. | followed him Al one
| time, when first brought HIM into my
| sight again, it had been in my thoughts
To spring upon him, and there at once
to try to kill him or take him pris.
on"r. And then | thought il best rot
To do so. We had moved far from the
scene; who was to prove, how WAS l
To prove that it was he who had done
this deed, and not |: And there was
blood upon my clothes and hands
! IL was plainly visible, could see il
myself. blood that had flown from
| Walters dead heart on To me as | took
him in my arms upon the ground No.
! said, l must follow him. | must know
| where he lives. then | will take fresh
counsel with myself as to what | shall
do. SO | went ON. still following him
And by this time the dawn was break.
Ing. lie went on and on. walking, per
hapS. for half an hour or 50, through
Ii seemed far more to me; hut at last
he stopped, and | had now some diff
Guilty in preventing him from seeing
me. He had stopped at gate in A
wall, and with a key had quickly
| opened it"
rhe gate or the garden OF Occleve
| House" Stuart exclaimed. quivering
with excitement
Yes" the Senor answered. the gate
OF the garden OF Occleve House"
My Cod the other said.
Yes, it was that gate And now
| | had to be careful | was determined
to see where he had gone to through
/ that gate. what he was doing in that
| garden: but how to do it? II | looked
through the ratings he would see me,
! he would know he was discovered
| he might even then be able To escape
me. If l had had my pistol with me.
| | would have stood by the gate and
looked ut him through it, and then,
! il necessary. would have shot him
! dead But had ii not; | had thought
oil no need fer it when | left the hotel
| that night | did not know what was
/ before me when went out But
knew | must do something at once,
and so. seeing that the street was
empty and no creature stirring, ad-
/ vanccd near to the gate. stretched my
self out upon the pave, and with my
head upon the ground looked under the
lowest part of the railing and saw"
! What" Stuart asked interruDtiny
him a"o'n in his excitement