The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

have, SO to speak, taken up my. abode
upon you.
Charles looked at him and groaned.
The young man continued. n tone
interest of the game" he said. and SO
does dear Jessie here. We both of us
adore 1t. AS long as i find such good
pickings upon you, certainly am not
u carcass, in order to batten myself.
at considerable trouble. upon minor
capitalists, out of whom It Is dihcult
TO- eS nsn,en f few n nun Puesa wbv
upon you so persistently. Now you
know and understand. When a fuke
finds sheep that suits him, that auke
But don't Hatter yourself for mo-
fnent 1t will be the last one"
why do you insult me by telling
me all this?" Sir Charles cried, with
ing.
The Colonel waved his hand. It was
small and white. Because love the
game" he answered. with relish
and also because, the more prepared
you are beforehand. the greater credit
and amusement are there in besttnE
you. Well now, ta-ta once more
am wasting valuable time. I might
be Cheating somebody ,f must be on
self, Wentworth. But / know you will.
You always do. Ten per cent. is more
usual"
He rowed away and left us, AS the
Of seFhe e asappsRf teunh s
so she looked-stood up in the stern
and shouted aloud through her pretty
hands to us. 'By.by. dear Sir
around you. I'll send the men. to fetch
you as soon as ever ! possibly can.
And thank you SO much for those
lovely aowerss''
were alone. on the island. Charles
flung himself on the bare rock In a
wild excess of dependency. He is ac-
cushioned to luxury. and cannot get
myself. / climbed with some difficulty
to the top Of the cliff, landward. and
tried to make signals Of distress with
fs mnnana # cb sy
had dismissed the crofters on the
estate, and, as the shooting party that
day was In an opposite direction. not
a soul was near to whom we could call
for succor.
climbed down again to Charles;
The evening. came on slowly. Cries OF
sea s, J. !, birds rang weird upon the water;
Charles suggested that they might even
swoop down uDon US and bite us. They
did not. however, but their Tapping
touch of eeriness to our hunger and
solitude. Charles was horribly de.
pressed. For myself. will confess
felt so much relieved at the fact that
to he comnaretivelv comfortable.
We croucred on the. hard craig.
sa Soas aB "saoa afoy n Secuted. um An
answering shout aroused us to action.
We rushed down to the landing places
AVID cooev'd to the men. to show them
~ Sir Charles's own boat. They were
fishermen from N'ggarey, on thegs shore
of the firth onposlte.
A lady aud gertleman had sent them.
for us on TIE island. Their descrintion
Icorresponded to the two supposed
Grantons. They rowed us home almost
In silence to Seldom. It was ha'f-past
reached the castle. Men had been sent
along the coast each way to seek us.
.smelin had gone to he'd much alarmed
for our safety. isabel was sitting up.
1T was tho late. of course. to do much
that night in the way nf mountaineering
the miscreants. though Cha rles insisted
unons htspatchtng a groom. with&a tele-SS
cram for the police at Inverness, to
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Nothing came of 1t all. A message
awaited us from Lord Cra' g-F llachie
10 be sure. saving that his son had not
left Glep-Ellachie lodge: while research
the next day and later showed that
our correspondent had never. even re-
.ceived our letter, An emnty envelope
alone had arrived at the house, and the
speed. in investigating the matter
Cesarine had posted the letter her
self at. Fowls. and brought hack the
could draw was this-Colonel ClaN
must he IN league with somebody u
the nostofice, As for Lord Craig
forgery thorsh. oaalv enough. it was
awritten on Glen- Ellacbie paper. ~ 85
However, nv the time Charlas had
eaten cenrle Of gronse and drunk a
hottie of tist lent SPudest>eimer.h ls 4
snirits and valnr revived eycaedinely.
aDrnhtless he i-herits fron, his RnAr
acrestrv tcraerev towards caura go
IF tho ppta~in" description. He was n
..hYtsr al c's>-. 20 seil -, = hack
" his cIeir ..'ris t'rne we scove one.
We ',as rot do-,c We hroN-r : nc fave MT
,aost detected ri-,pt ~ sc+c-. l's.~, In y
lt,-,,e t. hrif -p'ry IL cptct'rr ftm Only
it,se reno tersss ~ orr sro~t' ~, at se,-
aer castle saved him from cantnrc.
Mswt sst.tn feel 6, ,, sure ne WI not
him, J orlv vt,ss he would try on
lsuctg n tris IN Iordnn, assS
Rut the oldest mart nj 1t all was THIS. Z
.tnat from tie moment those two peo-is
ME landed at Niggarey, and told tho s
fishermen there We're some gentlemen
stranded ON the Seamew's island, al
trace Of them vanished. At no station
along the line could we gain any news
the same morning with their lnggage
and we tracked her TO Invernes SIS: but "
there theBtrail stoGped short no spcoi
lay Farther. 1t WIS a most singular
and insGluble rlystery.
Charles lived in hopes OF catching &
his man In London. w. isS
Hut for MY part, I felt there was 4
show OF reason in one last taunt SW hteh
the rascal hung hack at us ~ the boat M
receded. ''Sir Charles Vandrlft, we pst'n sls
a pair Of rogues, The Ia W protsctHsSs
YOU, IT persecutes me- rla t'sSa y KIM u