The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-11-01
CHAPTER VIII.
Darrell AND THE LETTrr
JUNlUS.

LETTERS Of,
JUN1US.
First, Darrell arranged the ia..o.
sequence according to their a..
Then he began his perusal with =
earliest, following through each u
down to the last.
The most frequent writer u,,s
Lawrence ornisby whose name wa,
often abbret lated to LOFTY or -
o. as signed in full. He apna2ra, /.
be O dey oted friend Of NIcClolJs
The Very first letter was from Or.
by, bore date at New York and Il.
envelope showed it had reached Va
Cloud in st. Paul. Part OF it rs
especially significant.
We stlI have faith in ys
Junius, for God knows how Iaucg ,so.
unfortunate spells. over which Won bsy1
no control, has helpod in your uaIn,r-
1t is not SO hard to live down IA. rSs
other men have done worse an ha,.
retrieved themselves. Simply ryaourn.
all intercourse with this man who b,,
been your ruin. lat is the first an,
most Important step. Then, If there 1
anything holy for you on eartn or aSor.
1t, swear by that never to stake anoths,
dollar at play.
You say this man has a strange IN.
huence over you-a weird and mal.s,
~" ".i-CH you cannot ISnt 1gllnst-
and thai it is Impossible for you to kee,
away from him. Nonsense! Brace IN
my boy, and be n man. If you cannot 4,
this for yourself, do it for the sake ID
YOUR family, for love of the girl who n
to link her fate with yours. II all thg
influences are powerlesS to sway YOU
then certainly you must go your owa
course ard forfeit the esteem of all via
know you, including that of your friend
LORRY.
Unfortunate SPELLS" The words
rang in Darrels brain. A clew TO
their, meaning was found in a brief let.
ter bearing, in it's upper, left-hand
corner, the card of a New York phys-
clan.
You question me as to tine cause and
eventual result of those recurring condi.
tons you find it so difficult to Under
stand. The phenomena are senso-y.
Nerves are like harp-strings: played upon
as you develop. they grow suddenly
mute. the melody of life dying out Of
them. Again and again the music will
come crecping back. then finally fail to
return from those mysterious regions
whence all life comes and whittier. at the
last, it ilies for all time.
This is your knowledge and your warn
ing. and If I write in unprofessiona
terms, l am yet sure that You will under
stand. Save yourself while there Is time,
The haunting phrases of this letter
appealed to Darrell. He had a soul for
poetry and had occasionally set his
hand to verse.
Although he read and re-read the
written words for the mere pleasure
they gave him. as a clew to the "unfor.
tunate spells" they remained only a
clew and nothing more.
Among the other missives were two
from a sweetheart The heart of a
woman, laid bare in the opening
words of the first letter, gave Darrel
pause.
His own heart smote him for prying
thus into the very ore of McCloud's
privacy. Yet had he not the right?
That revolver proved a connection
with Murgatroyd, and Murgatroyd. tc
barrels mind. stood all but convicted
of the murder of Sturgis. The fug!
tive read on.
The first letter was all that a love-
might expect from his b%etrothed, but
the second throbbed in every line witt
hitter anguish, broke the golden chair
Of love and released him from hi:
lows.
For all that the letters revealed
bearing upon barrels affairs thei
La DSCl iSll uIl y LII ~.
stranger eyes. a sickening horro
pulsed through the fusitive's veins ant
he fastened his reading.
AT the very last was this, from
Ormsby:
l have taken the liberty TO re
Ter &c You. under a O.
even daJc herewith, a Miss Elsie Aver!
and her aunt, Mrs. Gorton. They vii
arrive soon in Anaconda on n pccU!ia
mission. Amy aid you may render Mis-
Avery and Mrs. Gorton will be CRATE
fully received by them ard deeply appre
r!ated by me. Whatever you do in thei
behalf VIII serve to fill your mind aat
Withdraw it fCcm your own misfortune.
Darrell wrinkled his brow over thi
spistle. 1t suggested an unknown
quantity which, might play havoc witt
his projected equation.
Every other scrap of information
cleaned from the correspondent
proved favorable to the fuSitive's plan
This last letter of Ormsby's alone mad
him hesitate.
Half an hours reflection, howeyeE
decided the matter. 1t was a leap i
the dark. but he would take it.
CHAPTER TX.