The twice=a=week herald. (Amarillo, Tex.) 1887-1906, 1906-09-07
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TEN 10 pulp.
what on earth did you bring me
here forY" asked whitney II can't see
anything OF your sister without that
everlasting passon"
"she will be tired OF his symptoms
before long" said Tom.
"she appears to no In love with him
and hls symptoms"
"She has some notion about a life OF |
usefulness as II parsons wife. She'll
drop II once he has gone"
"Catch him going" whitney groaned'
IL have hopes" said Tom.
That night Whitney lay awake with
an aching tooth. He heard the curate's
bed creak as the poor fellow tossed
restiessly. "Roller skating In his head
thought Whitney. Then he heard Sc
ton pacing back and forth. Presently
he appeared TO try sleeping again and
gave forth gentle snore. Suddenly
he sprang out OF bed, threw open his
! door, rushed madly through the hall
and down the stairs Whitney, alarmed,
chased after him. Reaching the gar
den, he was hOrrifed TO zee Seton max
ing a full tilt straight for the lake.
whitney picked up an apple and threw
II, hitting Seton In the small OF the
back. He stopped and turned slowly
around. His pursuer was upon him in
an instant and, graphing the aston
lshed cleric. threw and held him down.
"Help, Murder" he yelled.
'Shut up" said whitney, "rve saved
your life"
"why. 1t is Mr.. whitney. What do
you mennT
A young surgeon camping near the
shore heard the cries and, selling his
emergency outfit ran to the spot.
whats the row." he asked.
ut is the curate; he was just going
to drown himself" Ducn,u
Dear me-" said Seton IL was just
going to take plunge"
AT this hour sneered Whitney.
"You doubt my wordf"
The curate's blood was up; he fought
and struggled vigorously. 1t took botf
men to handle him, but they got him
down again. Whitney sat on him; the
doctor took out his chloroform can
saturated handkerchief and held u
over Seton's face until he was uncon
scious.
As they lifted him to carry him IL
something dropped. 1t was a bati
towel The curate had knotted !
around his waist.
THUNDER and guns" exclaimed
Whitney. DO Won suppose he reall!
was only going in swimmingT
Looks cOnfOundedly like It," salt
the doctor grimly.
As they passed Toms door he LOOKED
out and. seeing their burden, his eye
dilated with horror
81 told him he'd he drowned going II
, bv those rocks after dark" said Ton
, "He's been go rtr,y light lately"
Z "He IL not dead-hls head struck
. tin can" said the doctor.
/. "Wlll II he safe foS us to leave hin
I alonef" asked Whitney.
r "Safer-for us: he has not had dOp
enough to hold him long"
] The curate left on an early train neS
= morning before anybody was about
' Tom took Whitney into the room VI
Gated by Seton, turned back the hen
4 OF the mattress and from slit in III
tiching extracted small box contain
4 Ing n spool OF thread. the end OF while
passed through hole In the box, the
). through crack In the partition Int
!: Toms room. The "rumbling" was pre-
!, duced by pulling the thread 40 that
unwOund rapidly.
o "It was lie putting an incubatC
baby in the refrigerator" said Ton
i but foozling disgraces a club. The SUI
way TO stop 1t IL TO remove the cause