The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-06
young bachelor that ever strollod up the

young bachelor that ever strolled up the
Strand
There 10 a lasting quality 10 ministerial
zeal which at 0 crisis may send IL flaming
bright and strong from the very ashea
Of decrepitude.
AYou will please 10 be seated said
DR.. Ounce with all the dignity Of a black
robe. @What you cay may very vel
be true, and l sincerely hope II Is, but
IL would be a sin for me to perform my
sacred Office without further investi-
CATION. E5s, then, young lady, step
forth and give the you're and substance
OF your strange accusation
Down sat Cashley uneasy On the edge
Of his chair, while Mrs. Cadeli leaned
forward, .b~reathless, intent. her hands
clasped over her withered breast.
Intent too was Picnic as she stood in
tho centre Of the floor In q listening pos
ture, so intent that her very presence
there yet far away seemed vague and
UNREAL.
1T you will only walt she said pet
tishly, aElsie will explain. She is coming
as fast Ia she can. oh, so fast, In an auto
mobile with Waite, But II you must
know how she knows. how ! know. there
was a letter in the suit that Katie took
and brought to her, in the left pocket on
the inside, where one wouldn't look; q
foreign letter that came by a swiftcr
steamer. It warns this man to beware
OF arrest
The girl stopped short. Across hor
face, aglow with inspiration, shot a look
-Oh, merciful Godl' she shrieke1;
-Elsic, Elsie, Elsie!' And on the whirl-
wind wings Of agony she flashed from the
room.
We followed, her. fairly, tumbling
In our hnste. bit In the very Insight OF
suspense / was conscious Of a furtive
blue streak making for the rear stairs.
We followed to the ground floor, to the
crowd az the entrance. which for all its
idle, almost vicious curiosity. parted
before us, and there we found her knceling
on the pavement beside a giriish form
which by its stiffness see ned to say hush
10 the tumult that RACED around.
drew back sickeaei, dfeadlnR to know
what the scrap heap near by blrkine with
gaso.eno and tho Wild threats and male
dictions Of the throng told me only too
well. A man torn and blee1ing caught
my arm and chung to IT.. 1t was Silas
Waite.
ELSIE is dead, he moane1. my darling.
in the fulness Of life and happiness. A
motor car cut around the corner and
dashed into us Just ds We wore drawing
up to the hotel and then shot. away like
a meteor. They say o fellow In blue was
driving it and that II this crowd gets
hold Of him it will mob him suro. But
don't know-what difference doe II make
what difference does anything make
There are cries and calls from the rear
of the Office, triumphant, savage vibrant
with blood. l hurried back, sure Of relief
from horror, whatever the horror--in-
deed I was swept back by the exultant
rush of reckless boys and fierce faced
men. AS | passed one Of the broad settles
along the wall / managed to leap up on it
and. os II from a tower, l surveyed a scene
Of riot.
Out from the side pessage leading to
servents' quarters meii . ere dragging. an
sbject creature in blue, vainly lodging
threats with piteous entreaty. 1t was
Timothy Cashley At frenzied sight OF
me he put forth such n val that. as IL
perforce, his captors stopped, with him
a swaying bag Of terror, before me.
Tell them, Mr.. Snifen." he begged.
tell them the s'help me. hope l my die,
I don't know nothink about
their blarstei cars. that ! just ken owe
tho water, that the beaks DIRE hot after me,
that l ~priggei the rhino and cut loose
the CONAN, that l ple11s gnilty and
will gladly go into auod. il unly. if unly
spare me life
= And as I told them all / knew. the dep
utv marshals. warned by Waite an hour
fought their way through the press
md bore OF the craven fugitive.