Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-03-14
Grips, THE CARRIER
r. D. BLACk MORE
Author Of LORNA DoONE" 4ALIcE LORRAINE" ETC. ETC.


mean TO say is that you need no more
explain yourself. / seem to be always
doubling You: and if always shows what
a fool am L.
Now dan't say that" Mr. Luke Sharp
answered, with a fine and genial smile
You are acknowledged to be the most
rising member of the County Bench. But
still. there is such thing 80 going too
far with acuteness. You may not per-
ceiye 1t yet; but when you come to my
age, you will own it,
Truly. But who can be too suspi-
cious when such things are done as
theseF | tell you, Sharp. that would
give my head off my shoulders, this very
instant, to know who has done this vii
lalny. This ;nfernal-unnatural wrong,
to my darling-to my darling"
Mr.. Overshute. how can we tell that
any wrong has been done to her?'
No wrong TO take her lifei No wrong
to cut on all her lovely hair and to send
1t to her father! No wrong to leave US
as We are, with nothing now to care for!
You spoke like sensible man just now
oh, don't think that am excitable."
We'll, how can | think otherwise?
But do me the justice to remember that
l do not for one moment assert what ev-
erybody takes for granted. 1t seems too
probable, and it cannot for the present at
least be disproved, that here we have the
sad finale of the poor young lady. But
it must be horne in mind that, on the
other hand. The body"
The thing could be settled in two
ninutes-Sharp, have no patience with
you"
so it appears; and making due allow
ance, l am not vexed with you. You
mean, of course, the interior garments,
the neither clothing, and so on. There is
not clue afforded there. We have found
no name on anything. The features and
form, as l need not tell you"
Il cannot bear to hear of that. Has
any old servant of the family; has the
family Doctor
''All these measures were taken of
course. We had the two Oldest servants.
But the one was flurried out of her wits,
End The other three-quarters frozen. And
you know what fellow old Splinters is,
the crustiest of the crusty. He took it
in bitter dudgeon that Sir Anthony had
been sent for to see the poor old Squire.
And all he would say was, Yes, yes,
yes. You had better send for Sir An
thony. Perhaps he could bring oh, of
course he could bring-my poor little
pet to life again Then we tried her
aunt, Mrs. Fermitage, one of the last
who had seen her living. But bless you,
my dear sir, a team of horses would not
have lugged her into the room. one
cried. and shrieked, and tainted away.
"'Barbarous creatures" said said. you
will have to hold another inquest, if you
are so unmanly. I could not even see my
dear husband and then she fell into
Mysteries. Now, sir, have we anything
more to do? Shall we send litter or n
collin for the Squire himselfY'
You are inclined to be sarcastic. But
you have taken great deal upon your
self. You seem to have ordered every
thing. Mr.. Luke Sharp everywhere
Twill you tell me who else there was
to do it? 1t has not been very pleas
ant task. and certainly not profitable
one. l shall reap the usual reward-to
be called busybody by every one. But
that is trife. Now, if there is anything
you can suggest, Mr.. 0vershute, it shall
be done at once. Take time to think.
feel little tired and in need of rest.
There has been so much to think of. You
should have come to help rs sooner. But,
no doubt, you felt sort of de.icacy
about it. The worthy jurymen's feet at
last have ceased to rattle in the passage.
Ny horse will not be here just yes You
will not think me rude, if l snatch a
little rest. while you consider. For three
nights / have had no sleep. Have |
your good permission, sir? Here is the
key of that room, meanwhile"
Russell Overshute was surprised to see
Mr. Sharp draw forth large silk hand
kerchief and spread it carefully over the
crown of his long, deep head, AMI around
his temples down to the fine gray eye
brows. Then lifting gathered heels upon
the iiat wide bar of the iron lender, in
less than q minute Mr.. Luke Sharp was
asleep beyond all contradiction. He
slept the sleep of the just.
If Mr.. Sharp had stTiven hard to pro-
duce powerful effect, young Overshute
might have suspected him; but this calm.
good sleep and pure sense Df rest laid
him open for all the world to take a
larger view of him. No bed man could
sleep like that No narrow minded man
could be so wide to natures noblest pow
sweetly thus resign itself. The soft con-
tent of well-earned reposs spoke vol
umes in calm silence. Here was a good
man at peace with his conscience, the
world, and heaven.
Overshute was enabled thus to look at
things more loftily. To Judge a man as
he should be judged, when he challenges
no verdict. To see that there are large
points of view, which we lose by worldly
wisdom, and by little peeps through self
ish holes, too one-eyed and ungenerous.
Overshute could not bear the idea of any
illiberality. He hated Suspicion in any
body. unless it were Just; as his own
should be. In this condition of mind he
pondered. while the honest lawyer slept
And he could not think of anything neg
lected, or mismanaged much, in the pres
ent helpless state of things.