The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1907-07-26

No. SIT. IL IS lmpOSSlDle.
"You shall do just exactly what YOU
like. At the same time. she tells me
you did ask her"
Il did wronged her In doing so
but she had the sense TO refuse me
and I'm not going to wrong her worse
by asking her again."
THAT settles II. I've found a cap,
tain who's willing to smuggle you over
to America for consideration, all de-
tails to be arranged before I leave
sydney tomorrow. VIII you go?''
"Will not! Thank God for the
chancer'
"Then that settles that-for the pres
emit. You shall be spirited aboard to.
morrow night and by Monday morn.
Ing You shall have seen the last OF
New South Wales forever"
Peggy crept away from the door.
Her mind was made up.
"The other things trife." said
Daintree. "A pretty place this New
South Wales. | so to the bank and
cash a check, come In and shove the
notes into one Of these drawers. and a
man breaks into the house and all but
into my desk while am sitting In the
next room at my dinner! Look at
thisr' And he pointed out the marks
of Jimmy on the polished mahogany.
The circumstance did not appear to
excite him in the least. He smiled
loftily on Toms concern and ut once
exaggerated az attitude which had
been perfectly genuine before.
"Ah. Thomas" he remarked. .even
You don't know your sydney yet or
you would be like me and think moth.
ing OF such tribes. was eating my
dinner, as I say. when ] heard him at
his work. Unfortunately. I let him
hear me. Still. chased him out Of
that and some way down the road and
could have caught him II ! hadn't pre-.
ferred to come back and finish M
dinner. -#.
by Jove." exclaimed Tom. Il won
der whether II was the fellow who
turned up on the beach almost Mt the
instant we went down.
WHAT cried Da!ntree. Did rot
see bin" ...-
Yes. caught q glimpse Of some.
body as we heelei over. Depend Epon
II. that's our man.
Daintree turned nasty 10 a moment
why depend upon itT' he snapped
"Did ron see the mans face' Would
you know him again. oh. You would
mott Then let me recommend you not
TO make a fool Of yourself. my good
fellow. Nobody but fool would con
meet the two men"
His III temper was inexplicable. jet
to treat an attempt upon his property
a. joke and an inodenslve theory Of
the attempt as something Of an insult
was but In accord with the capricious
character Of the man. And, indeed.
Tom would have gone to bed like q
lamb and thought no more about the
matter. but yet another caprice detain-
ed him. Daintree would not hear OF
his going. II was their last night 10.
gether; they must sit up and talk. and
he apOlogized for what he had said.
So they sat up once more. but the con-
yersation langulshed for the first time
on these occasions. Something had
unneryed and depressed Toms master;
be was never himself until the last
night Of his single life was at an end.
and In the first light OF dawn q full
-igged ship sailed In Just as the Rosa.
nund had done on the previous Sun.
day afternoon.
Letters" be cried. Letters for my
wedding day Who knows but what
may get the best u news 20 crown
my Joysf What II my wife were never
TO be Mrs. Daintree at aIli Yonder
ship may dub me baronet. Open a
bottle. Thomas. and we will drink 20
all she brings u.s.
Then at last they lay down. but
sleep came neither 10 the happy man
nor 70 his miserable valet. and by 10
o'clock the one was helping the other
Into bis wedding garments. A few
minutes before the hour the coach ar
Rived which was 10 take the bride
groom In state N church. A few min.
utes after d man was observed rowing
In the bay. and DaIntree insisted on
taking look at him through his spy.
glass. Evidently the rover saw him.
for he shot out Of sight behind a head.
land. but not before DaIntree had
brought his telescope 10 bear upon the
rover, and now the glass joggIed be.
tween fingers which seemed smItten
with the ague.
That was the man." whispered
Dalntree. "and he's after me stIlI. IL
didn't mind last night ] suppose II
takes less to turn one queer on ones
wedding morning" lie was struggling
In vain against some growing terror.
Brandy. man. brandyT' he gasped and
subsided IN chair
Tom rushed downstairs for the de.
canter and. returning, found the terri.
fed man fumbIIng with his pocket pIs.
toll He tossed on the spirit and hand.
ed the pistol to Tom.
There" said he. better withdraw
and reload TO make sure. Stop. give n
back He snatched the pistol and
fred excitedly through the open win.
dow. "That'll show him I'm armed. -