Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-01-11

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 drawing on and the holiday season WAS at his height The odds were that should discover PengellT or Rogers e. Sheppard was far enough from Lou don by this 1 wanted aId fortAG--i. nd forthwith mist have it. So il fn!i that my mind recurred 10 MontSo4I"ty He was not very much to nlY t42te certainly not cong"niaI c0H1HaAt. but he was obviously honest. a6d I eeHll swear that he wound be faithful.
 And so indeed he proved. rods as"r next morning te the farm WtI4t e54- sttuteI now all that Was left of tn old estate of tHe family. lie wa.s ptaft ing whip in his dining rooa-a Az-' Wainsc0ted chamber, very dnlgN ataI untidy and heaped with all tiie In imaginable rubbish of Il young nlap fancy. On mF entrance he rose HIa silly face be1uIing red, and gfaSrpd fn} hand with an aWh ward seHtelre of welcome.
 "It's good of you to come so soon." said he
 i've come to take you back, said [
 IIe staeza ;st G3e @0h. all right hn said, as if t.Ii, mission of #Hine lla3 been d matter of course. sCoHe aAi! have q drink.
 II was but Ii i'll the morning. tbou@il the breakfast things still cunbered hl> table and so refu&ed his hospitality. refusal which did not prevent his pouring himself out glass of beer.
 ssMoni gomery," said l, "leave that alone and keep your head clear. want you"
 The boy bounded to his feet sheep isLy enough to what he doubtless con- sidered my rebuke, but with q show of eagerness which pleased me
 .Got your horse% asked
 He nodded, all attention nov, and l continued:
 "Then fling your legs up and be off. and ask your servant to send on your bags I'm going to keep you for week"
 Bully" be said and clamored out of the room in cheery fashion.
 had already made up my mind not to be too explicit with Montgomery He was too recent an acquaintance, de spite my conviction of his fidelity, to ntrust with a precious secret. Indeed. the first occa si5H of our encounter would hot haze commended him to many particular people. What l told Aim, therefore as We rode back enl- braced but the general atmosphere of intrigue in which I was involved. The word that stuck in his mind was bur gia1y. and it greatly excited him.
 shall we have the police over:' he asked anxiously.
 But. strangely enough, although the thought had occurred to me more than once, it was almost in old kesteven $ words that I replied:
 There are none nearer than Ray moHd. To that l added, Besides, l think We two are in no need of assist ance against rutTian or two.
 The next two days passed very peace ably. As am fond of laying my plans ahead l wrote to Sheppard at his chambers asking him if he were still in town and if he felt disposed to pay me q visit referring briefly to the strange turn which my fortunes had taken I saw nothing of the captain, at least at the castle. and for some reason or other felt DO desire to re- visit him just now He had evidently forgotten my invitation. nor did re- mind him of it when We met caSGa!!y lspon the road the day after Mont@oin- efF's arrival He gave me civil greeting. cooking his eye at my com panion in his good humorcd, cynical Way. and when we had passed, on looking back. l saw him standing at the crossroads, rod ill hand, gazing in tenty after Us. Seeing me do so, he waved his hand and moved off upon lis journey. Montgomery was as doe ilc as q spaniel. submitting readily, l suppose, to the superior will, and l lad no complaint to make of him save that he weAried me q good deal. He himself. however, had complaint, | for he was grievously disappointed that there had been no bloodShed. We saw not show of burglar. and l fancy he thought me in his private mind something of an impostor, which possibly was the very reason which made him strike up an acquaintance with Sercombe I certainly had nc l right to protest, for the captain was a ! pleasant fellow and so far as l knew harmless an !, moreover, life at the cas- i tie was not enIivening But all the same I was a little annoyed to find them upon such close terms with one i another
 The third day after Montgomery arrival resolved to ride into Ray mond to see the little lawyer. and mounting the black horse which had come to me as part of my inheritance I left the castle shortly before lunch The nag was steady creature. thougt not very handsome to the eyes, ans shortly I was upon the other side ol Llanellan and cantering down into the long stretch of forest which lies to ward the little town Here, as it chanc ed very oddly, whom should l meet bur GrcenStreet himself, driving out to tn,