Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-24

AtSSg tlcpt away
Her mind was made up.
1.-The other things a trife," said
Daintree. "a pretty place this New
South Wales. l go 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 ut my dinneri Look at
this!' 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 at once
exaggerated an attitude which had
been perfectly genuine before.
"Ah. Thomas" he remarked. "even
you don't know your Sydney yet or
you would he like me and think moth
Ing of such trines. | was eating my
dinner, as l say, when l heard him at
his work. Unfortunately | let him
hear me. Still, l chased him out of
that and some way down the road and
could have caught him If hadn't pre-
ferred to come back and finish my
dinner
boNt tANiulillVi iOAii' W."
der whether it was the fellow who
turned up on the beach almost at the
instant we went down"
what" cried Daintree. Did you
see him?"
Yes. caught glimpse If some
| body as we heeIed over. Depend upon
| It, that's our man,
| 49, IN,
| "Why depend upon it, he snapped.
| "Did you see the mans face? Would
| you know him again? oh. you would
not, Then let me recommend you not
to make fool of yourself. my good
| fellow. Nobody but fool would con
meet the two men"
His i'll temper was ineXplicable. yet
to treat an attempt upon his property
as a Joke and an inoffensive 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 a
lamb and thought no more about the
| matter but yet another caprice detain-
| ed him. Daintree would not hear of
his going. 1t was their last night to
gether: they must sit up and talk, and
he apologized for what he had said.
So they sat up once more. but the con
vCrsation languShed for the first time
on these occasions. Something had
unnerved and depressed Toms master;
he was never himself until the last
night of his single life was at an end
and in the first light of dawn a full
, rugged ship sailed in just as the Rosa
/ mund had done on the previous Sun
day afternoon.
Letters" he cried. Letters for my
wedding day. Who knows but what
may get the best of news to crown
my joys? What If my wife We're never
to be Mrs. Dalntree at all? Yondel
ship may dub me baronet. Open q
> bottle, Thomas, and we will drink tC
all she brings u.s.
: Then at last they lay down. bu
sleep came neither to the happy mar
nor to his miserable valet. and by II
< o'clock the one was helping the Other
into his wedding garments. A few
i minutes before the hour the coach ar
rived which was to take the bride
groom in state to church. A few min
utes after man was observed rowin.
r in the bay, and Daintree insisted OF
taking q look at him through his spy
glass. Evidently the rover saw him
s for he shot out OF sight behind a head
: land, but not before Daintree hat
brought his telescope to bear upon tn
e rover, and now the glass joggled he
s tween fingers which seemed smittel
with the ague.
+ THAT was the man," whispers
Daintree, "and he's after me still. L
didn't mind last night. l suppose
takes less to turn one queer on one
wedding morning." He was strugglin
K, in vain against some growing terror
= Brandy, man, brandy he gasped an
e subsidized in a chair.
D. Tom rushed downstairs for the d.
Re canter and, returning. found the terri
d fed man fumbling with his pocket pl
" tol. He tossed off the spirit and hand
IN ed the pistol to Tom.
H. There" said he, better withdra'
v and reload to make sure. Stop, give
backw He snatched the pistol an
We hiCi ChtitCufy thiOuSh ehC opCh WI
IT dow. "That'll show him I'm armed
rs he cried. "Now load up again.
He seemed beside himself with e.
at element. Tom went out without
word and on his return handed bac
n. the pocket pistol. Daintree cooked
" and felt the trigger.
irI give a good mind to fire through Il
window again." he snarled. 'to see
you have loaded 1t, but I'll trust yo
M Thomas. You're the one man in tn
no world do trust And now put on yo
hat and come In with me to Sydney"
~ Tom drew back. This was not in t
10 programme. On the contrary, he W
co to stay and mind the house.
"D-n the house," cried Daintrs
IN. 1.-THE girl can look after the hou:
,ar Your place is at your masters side
10. else you are the foulest migrate in Ne
va South Wales! But you are. have
ways known you were. You have or
be waited for this hour to turn and re
me-"