Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-03-15

60 IL. "ay ne could, offered
W place her in the care of friend.
VINO would care for her unt;, .h.
could be released from her bond, snS
wound up by declaring his love and
devotion for her. "Nu
"A slight noise behind h;u
MN turn and there, from the dsn,hs
VI hlhu OF extra berth which u,,
ouii' IN the corner of the saloon and
usually had a curtain over it cama
'he face and hand of Capt. DelisIe
anu a moment after that gentleman
stood facing the pair.
You villain' he said to sbsr-v
l ou internal villain, to insult nv ,yife
In this fashion. What do you mean Inv
tampering with her affections? Nv
heaNeh' III give you the biggest hiding
you ever had!' But before he had cons
more than few feet his wife flung her
arms around him.
No, Jack dear, no! For nv saLa
40 nothing rash. Think of what it NAV
mean to us! 1t would ruin usl'
eherry was no fool; he saw now he
had been the dupe of pair Of rascally
schemers, and therefore concluded he
mad better get out of the trap that
had been laid for him as well as he
could so, summoning up all the dignity
he could, he said: Very well, but Won
Will find that is game that two can
play at
II the captain carried out his threat.
Sherry knew his uncle. whose heir he
was, would hear Of it, and then it would
be good-by to all his chances of inherit
ing the pleasant place and handsome
income he had been taught would some
day be his.
10 cut the story short, he paid, and
to the tune of 500, for which he gave
an lOu, so it was no wonder he was
upset when fell in with him."
Having arrived SO far with the tale,
Archer left off and nodded to Wilton
to continue.
Il got dragged into this" began VIII
ton, by the long arm of coincidence.
l, too, was down at Tilbury that day
and CHANGED to return to town by the
same train as Acher and Sherringham;
we met on the platform ana the tale
was told me as we went up.
II asked what her christian name
was, and when Sherry told me Della,
it came to me like a fash. Della Trav-
ers,' l shouted; 4 know her. Della
Travers we called her; the prettiest,
most INSCRIPTIONS hussy ever met,
and one of the best actresses, too
Zone morning letter came to Capt.
Delisle from a gentleman who was de-
sirous of taking trip to Madeira. 1t
was written on thick heavy paper and
bore an imposing crest at it's head, and
the writer asked for the answer to be
sent to one of the most aristicratic
clubs in the West End.
when the passenger arrived on the
day Of sailing he was duly received by
the captain and turned out to be a
young, well-dressed man, who viewed
everything with an air OF languid i'm
passiveness which nothing seemed to
dissipate.
MRS. Delisle was also on board; she
was taking a voyage TO Madeira for
her health. her husband said, and the
same game was played as was worked
on Sherry; the passengers sympathies
were soon aroused on her behalf, so
much so that he commiserated with
her without any hesitation when her
husband was out of the way.
From his cabin the passenger heard
the captains upbraiding, the sobs of
his wife, and the final slam Of the door
as the captain ended. After an inter-
val of some minutes he strolled 10 car
rying a revolver in one hand and rag,
with which he was cleaning it, in the
other.
az say he drawlsd, what charm
ing husband you have got, to be sure!
quite love him.
"'O, Mr.. Waldron, she replied,
spare me! Is it not enough. to be
spoken to as you have heard? Cannot
you sympathize with me, instead OF
adding to my misery and she began
TO sob afresh.
az do sympathize with you; but
what more can a fellow do? | can't
very well call him out and shoot him.
can I? You see, duelling has unfor-
tunately gone out OF fashion.
Suddenly he laughed.
~ say. fancy what would happen II
could challenge him? I'll show you,
and taking match from box he car
ried. he stuck it on the point OF the
small blade Of his penknife, which he
opened and laid on the table so that
the blade pointed upwards.
"He then lighted the match and went
round to the other end of the saloon
"'Now, he said, III put that match
ont without knocking it off the KNIFE
and he took steady aim
"'Stopr shrieked Mrs. Dslisis' stop
You'll hit
"'What|
/ ".Tbe bunk behind the curtain
1 go, never mind, I'll pay for the dam
ayes, look out! One! Two. Before
he uttered three the curtain was thrust
aside. and Capt. Delisle jumped OF
rather fell out from behind It,
~I thought should fetch YOU SAID