The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-12-15

SAuched mo lne narDOr. We never
liked him, did wey"
ASK no questions, Pompey. but 90
ahead with the yarn" growled he first
lieutenant.
well. 1t seems that Mrs. Costobell
Is dead. She got enteric a week after
the Orient sailed and was a goner IN
four days. Before she died she owned
up"
He paused, with a base eye to effect,
Not a mar moved a muscle.
All right" he cried. 81 will make
no more false starts. Mrs. Costobell
begged her husbands forgiveness for
mel treatment Of him and confessed
that she and Lord ventnor planned the
affair for which Anstruther was tried
by court martial. 1t must have been
a beastly business, for Costobell was
sweating with rage, though his words
We're Icy enough. And you ought to
have seen Ventnor's face when he
heard of the dispositions, sworn to and
signed by Mrs. Costobell and by sever.
al Chinese servants whom he bribed to
give false evidence. He promised to
marry Mrs. Costobell if her husband
died, or, in any event, to bring about a
divorce when the Hongkong affair had
blown over. Then she learned that he
was after Miss Iris. and there is no
u her fury helped on the fever.
Costoben said that, for his wife's sake
he would have kept the wretched thing
secret, but he was compelled to clear
Anstruther's name, especially as he
came across the other old johnnie
"Pompey. you are incoherent with ex-
element. Who is the other old John
nie?'" asked the first huff severely.
Didn't tell you? Why, Anstruther's
uncle, Of course. a heavy old swell
with just a touch of Yorkshire in his
tongue. I gathered that he disinherit-
ed his nephew when the news of the
court martial reached him. Then he
relented and cabled to him. Getting
no news, he came east to look for him.
He met Costobell the day after the
lady died, and the two vowed to be re-
yenged on Nentnor and to clear An
struther's character, living or dead.
Poor old chap! He cried like a baby
when he asked the %youngster to for
give him. 1t was quite touching.
well, Costobell shook Ventnor off at
last, with the final observation that
Anstruther's court martial has been
quashed. The ext batch of general
orders will reinstate him in the regi-
ment, and it rests with him to decide
whether or not a criminal warrant
shall be issued against his lordship for
conspiracy"
What did Miss Deane do?
"Clung to Anstruther like a weeping
angel and kissed everybody all round
when Ventnor got away. Well-hands
OFF. l mean her father, Anstruther and
the stout lncle. Unfortunately | was
not on in chat scene. But for some rea-
son they all nearly wrung my arm off,
and the men We're 50 excited that they
gave the party a rousing cheer as their
rickshaws went Off in a bunch"
The next commotion arose in the no
tel when Sir Arthur Deane seized the
first opportunity to explain the predic-
ament in which his company was
placed and the blow which Lord Vent
nor yet had it in his power to deal.
Mr.. William Anstruther was an in
terested auditor. Robert would have
spoken, but his uncle restrained him.
Leave this to me, lad he eX-
claimed. when l was coming here in
the Sirdar there was a lot of talk
about Sir Arthur's scheme, and there
should not be much difficulty in rails
ing all the brass required if half what
I heard be true. Sit you down, Sir Ar
thur, and tell us all about it."
The shipowner required no second
bidding. With the skill for which he
was noted he described his operations
in detail, telling how every farthing of
the first installments of the w great
loans was paid up. how the earnings
of his feet would quickly overtake the
deficit in capital value caused by the
loss of the three ships and how in six
months time the leading financial
houses of London, Paris and Berlin
would be Offering him more money
than he would need.
10 Il SIrtNu HAN VI DuSliitSn Liz
project could not fail to commend it,
self, and the Yorkshire squire, though
q tri1e obstinate in temper. was singu-
larry clear headed In other respects
He brought his great fist down on the
table with a whack.
"Send a cable to your company, Sill
Arthur" be cried, "and tell them thai
your prospective son-in-law will pro
vide the 100000 you require. | VII
see that his draft is honOred. You car
add, If you like, that another ten VII
be ready if wanted when this lot Is
spent. l did my lad one deuced pa'
turn in my life. This time. | think,
am doing him a good one"
"You are. indeed" said Iris father
enthusiastically. 1.-The unallotted capl
tai he is taking up will be worth fou1
times its face value in two years"
"All the more reason to make hl
holding twenty instead of ten" roafe'
the Yorkshireman. But, look here
u ~ $3.50 fInpnpIlnpt