The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-06-21
"Ii-TAE ADVENTURE or cHAs.
AuGUSrUS niLvERTON.-contin.


AUGUSTUS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
ued.
well" raid he. CURLY. you are nearly
hair an hour late"
so this was the explanation of the un-
locked de- and of the nocturnal visil OF
Miivcr.on There was the gentle rustic
Of vomar's dress. ! had closed the slit
between the curtains as Milvcrton's face
had turned r our direction, but now
vcutuscd very carefully TO open u once
moro. he hal resumed his seat. the cigar
st.ii projecting at an iusolcnt angle from
che corner CT his mouth In front of him,
In the full glare - the electric HIGHT. there
s,ood a tall slim. dark woman. ven
over her face mantle drawn round her
chin. Her breath came quick aad fast.
and every Inch of the iihc asurc was
quivcring with sigcnE emotion.
We'll" said M'lvcTton you've made mo
lose n good n!Kai's rect. my dear. hope
you'll prove worth ~. You couldn't come
any other tImc--ChT'
TIE woman shook he- head.
.'wc!i II you couldn't you couldn't. W
the counters ~ "a hard m.sti'F~. you have
your chance 10 gcg level with he. now
bless the rirl what ar" you shiycT1ng
nboutg That's riEhi. Pun yourself to-
gethcr. Now. let rs gcs down TO husi-
ness" he took notebook f'p;u the draw
I've letters which compromise the Coun-
tess d'Alhcrt. You want 10 sell them.
wan, 10 buy them. s. far 30 good. IL
only remains to fiN price. should want
90 inspect the letters. of course. IL they
are really good spcc.mcns--GEcai hcaTtHH.
10 IL your
The woman. without a word had raircd
Ter veil and dropped the mantle from her
chin. II was n dark. handsome. clcar.Cut
face which confronted Mllvcrton--a fee
with n curved nose. strong. dark eyebrows
shading hard, gliticrlng eyes. and
straight. thin-liI'pcj mouth set In a dan
gsrors smile.
1T In l." she said. ";hc women whose
life you have ruined"
Mlivsrton laughed, but fear vISrated In
his yoicc "You were 80 vcsy Obstinate"
said he. "why ala you dTiy" me 20 such
sxtremetics7 I assure you ] wouldn't hurt
q hy OF my own accord. hul every msn
has his business and what was to do
out the the price we'll within your means.
You would not pay
so you scnt the letters - my husband.
and he-the noblcsi gentleman that EVER
lived, a man whose boots ! VAS never
worthy 60 lace-he broke his sailIns hart
and died. Yod remember thar last rirht,
when came through that deer. hryr"h
and prayed you for mcrc', Nrl 'ou
laughed In my face rs you arc ;gylrE 60
laugh row. only your covart hear emu
40; keep your irs from twiiCSirE- go
you never thought 90 see me hr'" Sag iu.
but q was that EIght which ;agEa; .g"
how I could meet YOU ia" 90 f'rr. ani
alone. Well. Charles Mllvcf;Cn. what
have you 20 say
''Don't imagine that you can bulls 80"
said he. rising 10 his feet. ~ has" "rly -
raise my voice. and I could cal; NV ger
Giants and have you arrested. Dul ] all
mako allowance for your natural anger
Leave the room nj once as you came. aui
Z will say no more"
TIE woman stood with her hand LuIIci
In her bosom. and tho same deadly srI!''
On her thin lips.
'You will ruin no more Evrs M you hav"
ruined mine. You will wiring no mere
hearts as you wrung mine. ] Will free ;Ic
world OF n poisonous thing. TAX" ,hnt
sou Homeland that.-and ihat'-Rnd
that.-and that
She had drawn q little cleaning rcyu.-
ger and empticd barrel after tarrcl into
Milvcrton's body the muyEle within two
feet OF hss shirt front. lie shrank away and
then fell forward upon the liable. coughing
turiously AMI clawine among the pHr,rs,
Then he staggered u his feet. received all
other shot. anc rolled upon the floor.
you've done me-" he cried and iay SIN
Tho woman looked at hiIa iniorty. ard
ground her heel into h!s up,urnrd face.
She looked again. bat there was no round
or movement I heard n sharp r;ia;lc tho
night Eir blew into the heated room. and
the avcngcr was gore.
No interference" upon cur nart could have
saved the man from his fate. but 49, IN"
woman poured bullet after bullet INTO M
vertons shrinking body I WAS about 20
spr.rJ out. when felt Holmes cold
s'rsig grasp upon my wrist. understood
a. L..
ing gr.p--thRt II was no AFFAIR ~ ours that
Justice had ovcrtAkcn n villain. that VIC
had our own dulles and our own objects.
which were not TO be lest sight OF But
hardly had the woman rushed from the
room when Holmes. with swift, silent
stcps. was over at the other door. lie
turned the key IN the lock. ~ the same
Instant we heard voices In the housc and
the sound OF hurry.ng feet. The revolver
shots had reused the household. with
perfect cooincsE Holmes slipped across TO
the safe. filled his two arms with bundles
OF letters. and poured them aifinto the firr.
Again and again he did II, until the rRfc
was empty Someone turned the handle.
and beat upon the outside Of the door.
Holmes looked swiftly round. The letter
which had been the messenger OF death
for Mllverton lay, all inott."d with Ms
blood, upon the table. Holmes tossed II
IN among the blazing papers. Then he
drew the key from the outer door. passed
through after me. and locked IL on the
outside. This way, Watson" sad he.
1--WE can scale the garden wall In this d.
re-t!on."
I could not have believed that an alarm
could have Sprcad so swiftly. i.ooklns
back, the huge houCc was ono b.nzc oi
light. The front door was open. and ng'
ures were rushing down the drive. Th'
whole garden was alive with people. an,
one fellow raised vicw-hnlloa as W.
emerged fror; the ycranda and followct
hard ut cur heels. Holmes seemed q
know the grounds perfectly. and h'
threaded his way swiftly among plan
and our foremost pu-sucr painting bch!n'
as. IL was n Six-f0ot wall which barrc'
our path. but he sprang to the top AM
over. As did tnc same felt the hand o
the man behind me grab at my ankle. bu
kicked myself free and scrambled Owe
a grass-s,rewn coping. fell upcn m.
face among some bushcs. but Holmes hR
the on my feet in an instant. and toFrthr
we dashed away across the huge cxpans
of Hampstead Heath. We had run tv
miles, I suppose. before Holmes mt las
halted and listened intcnty. All was at
soiute silence behind US. We had shake
of our pursusrs and were safe.
We had breakfasted and were smokin
our morning pipe on the day after the r,
markablc experience which I have record
ed. when Mr.. Lcstradc. Of Scotland Yarc