Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-26

Of his way and brandished the tele-
scope as though it were bludgeon.
"The dirty beggar! He drove my lad
to misery and death, yet he has come
back safe and sound Wait till / meet
him. PIP
Now, Anstruther! Remember YOU
promise. l will deal with Lord Ven
,cr. My vengeance has first claim
What! BY the jumping Moses, l do
!elieye- Yes 1t Is. Anstruther
.our nephew is sitting next to the
,irl!''
The telescope fell on the stones with
a crash. The giants rubicund face
suddenly ban.hed. He leaned on his
friend for support.
You are not mistaken" he almost
whimpered. Look again, for Gods
sake, man! Make sure before you
speak. Tell ME! Tell mev'
Calm yourself. Anstruther. 1t Is
Robert, MS sure as I'm alive. Don't you
think I know him, my poor disgraced
friend whom l, like the rest, cast off
in his hour of trouble? But had some
excuse There! There! didn't mean
that, old fellow. Robert himself will
be the last man to blame either OF us.
Who could have suspected that two
people-one of them, God help me, my
wife-would concoct such hellish
plot!''
The boat glided gracefully alongside
the steps of the quay, and Playdon
sprang gracefully ashore to help Iris
to alight. What happened immediate
ly afterward can best be told In his
own words, us he retailed the story to
an appreciative audience in the ward
room.
1--WE had Just landed" he said, "and
some Of the crew were pushing the
coolies out Of the way when two men
Jumped down the steps, and a most
fiendish row sprang up-that is, there
was no dispute or wrangling, but one
chap, who, it turned out was Colonel
Costobell, grabbed ventnor by the shirt
| front and threatened to smash his face
| in il he didr't listen then and there to
what he had to say. really thought
about interfering until heard Colonel
| Costobell's opening words. After that
would gladly have seen the beggar
chucked into the harbor. We never
| liked him, did wei"
"Ask no questions. Pompey, but go
ahead with the yarn" growled the first
lieutenant.
"Well, it seems that Mrs. Costobell
is dead She got enteric week after
the Orient sailed and was q goner In
four days. Before she died she owned
up"
He paused, with a base eye to effect
Not man moved muscle.
"All right" he cried. II will make
no more false starts. Mrs. Costobell
begged her husbands forgiveness fol-
her treatment of him and confessed
| that she and Lord Ventnor planned the
affair for which Anstruther was tried
by court martial. 1t must have beer
beastly business for Costobell wa:
sweating with rage, though his word
were icy enough. And you ought t
have seen ventnor's face when hi
heard Of tile dispositions. sworn to AM
signed by Mrs. Costobell and by sever
| al Chinese servants whom he bribed II
| give false evidence. He promised
marry Mrs. Costobell if her husbar
died, or. in any event. to bring about
divorce when the Hongkong affair ha
blown over. Then she learned that L
was after Miss Iris, and there is =
doubt her fury helped on the fever
Costobell said that, for his wife's sake
he would have kept the wretched thin
secret, but he was compelled to cleai
Anstruther's name, especially as he
came across the other old johnnie
"Pompey, you are tncoherent with e.
citement. Who is the other old john
nieY" asked the FIRST huff severely.
"Didn't tell you? Why, Anstruther &
uncle, Of course, heavy old swell
with Just touch Of Yorkshire in bis
tongue. I gathered that he disinherit,
ed his nephew when the news Of the
court martial reached him. Then lie
relented and cabled to him. Getti,ls
no news, he came east to look for hin.
He met Costobell the day after tie
lady died, and the two vowed to be lie
Ven2e0 on feuLuOT dAu " SASoA "A
struther's character, living or dead.
Poor old chap! He cried Ike baby
when he asked the youngster to for
give him. It was quite touching.
"Well, Costobell shook ventnor on at
last, with the final observation Il at
| Anstruther's court martial has been
ouashed. The next batch Of general
orders will reinstate him in the regi-
ment. and it rests with him to decide
whether OF not criminal warrs.nt
shall be issued against his lordsMp Tor
conspiracy"
"What did Miss Deane dot?
"Clung to Anstruther like weep ng
angel and kissed everybody all rornd
when ventnor got away. Well-hallds
of. mean her father. Anstruther snd
the stout uncle. Unfortunately was
not on in. that scene. But for some rea-
son they all nearly wrung my arm off,
and the men were 50 excited that they
gave the party rousing cheer as tlleir
| rickshaN- '7-t''"h."
(To Be Concluded.)
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