The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-01-11

n exact. Unmistakably
"A bachelors room, and in it
h A a tall, good.looking young
fellow in the act of filling
his pipe from a bag on the table.
''Stop that, 1 say" a voice rang out
sternly, imperiously, Leave that to
bacco alone"
Railton raised himself from his stoop-
ing posture over the table and turned
towards the doorway.
20, / say, Martyr, I'd smoked all
mine, and thought you'd not mind my
helping myself" he said, half stifly,
half apologetically. 1--WE been waiting
for you for the last hour or more"
Martyr walked into the room, a gen
ial smile on his usually rather stern
face.
"My dear old chapr' he exclaimed,
you're welcome to all the contents, if
you wish them, of the 'baccy tin over
there on the shelf, but the tobacco in
this jar is mixed with cobra poison, and
/ had to speak pretty sharply to pre-
vent you touching it. l was only just
in time, for you've no plaster on that
cut you gave yourself the other day,
and I've no fancy for your sudden
death to be laid on my account
cobra posonv CALCULATED Railton,
askance "Why the dickens do you
mix tobacco with it?'
"Well," replied the elder man, slow
iy, "lt's the other way about. | mix
my tobacco with cobra poison. To tell
you the truth, ever since 1 came out
here I've been possessed with the idea
perhaps it's presentment-thats some
day I'll be bitten by one of those hid
eous brutes, and few months ago my
punkah-wallah-rat an Intelligent
chap he is-told me that if you smoke
tobacco mixed with cobra poison you
will soon be perfectly immune from
their sting. At least. that's what he
assured me was the case. The result
is, I've been smoking it ever since
"Jolly good thing for you if he's right
and you ever do get bitten RaiIton
remarked But | shouldn't care to
try the dodge myself. l say he
added, II came round with 4 message
from Mrs Murray-just been there,
you know. She wants us both to dine
there tonight. l accepted for you as
well as for myself, as knew yoad
nothing on. l thought you wouldn't
mind"
"Well, of all the"
"Of course, you'll go" the young fell
low ratified on, in no way belylng the
nickname of "Chatterbox," by which he
was known among his intimates
"And, say, Martyr, Murray's young
est sister and . friend arrived yester-
day. She's an awfully pretty girl-the
sister, meaA-golden hair and big blue
eyes. and all that sort of thing don't
you know. Would never have guessed
an ugly chap like Murray would have
a pretty sister, would your Aud the
friend is not bad looking, either; now
come to think of II, he continued, iii
the dark. stately style, don't YOU know
Her husbands Major Scott, Of the ThIr
ty-drst, and Was ordered 10 the from
last mOnth-lucky beggar. Funny
thing, rather, for her to have come Ou
here just now, don't you thinkf WOulC
have thought she'd have gone to th'
Cape if she'd been SO eager for a trip
She won't get the news half so regu
larly as If she'd remained in London
Wonder if they're on good terms"
"There, Chatterbox, do shut up,
cried Martyr, good humoredly. If yol
don't look out old man you'll end b!
developing into regulation garrison
scandal me ger"
Harry Railton flushed hotly.
al Ia,
self, and before long was being intro
duced by his fair hostess to a fair Wis
lon of white in muslin, the while h
mentally indorsed Harry RalltOn's IL
: marks upon the surprising beauty o
Miss Murray, whose golden hair AM
blue eyes formed a quite startling con
trast to the saturnine plainness Of he
ugly but good-hearted brother, the pop
ular surgeon Of the Twenty
"A new version of Beauty and tn
Beast Guy said to himself, and the
he stralghtway forgot their existence
forgot everything; all faded before him
as a slight figure In black gauzy drar
cries, stepped into the room from til
shadow of the yeranda, and a pair 0
wonderful hazel eyes met his gaze
soft steadfast eyes, that bespoke
steadfast interchangeable nature. looL
ing out from pale oval face, shad
owed by waves of brown haip turne
simply back from a low, white fore
head and knotted loosely at the nap
Of the neck.
1t all happened in the space OF fe,
seconds. The deep set gray eyes an
the beautiful hazel ones met. and tn
meeting came with the force OF a
electric shock to Guy Martyr, and "a