The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1908-04-04

your wages, and shall have your re-
ward. though l confess l had not an
ticipated it. But tomorrow It's my
turn, for / too have an unexpected
card in the game And so. when the
lady safely alighted in this balmy air
and on this cosy heath, at your dis
posal, l shall be obliged if you will
order my man to drive on, SO that
may finish this somewhat benighted
journey in peace"
This was, you will admit, a digni-
fed surrender, and could not but see
that he was really at the advantage.
For though the lad had won his wages
and his bride, he was at the mercy OF
this man, as hard as Satan, maybe, or
as grim as death. And he would go
hang on the beam for his nights
work, If so be Sir Damon desired 1t,
and this, you may conceive, was not
pleasant plight for the young fellow.
But, bless you, he had no fears. He
had won his bet. and he had handed
forth his sweetheart, and was, / doubt
not, all In a furry of passion for the
meeting. Bah! this love turns men
dizzy; it steals their wits more wild
ly than the wine. Let be! IT'S well
enough in q way, but, rip me, II
would be so rankly stirred. The old
cock had the advantage and knew 1t.
He gazed out at the silly pair from
his window, with hard eyes and ex-
pressionless face, and shouted COM
mand to his man, at which the chaise
turned and began to move slowly
toward London again.
At that instant, seeing how awk-
ward a face things wore, and being Of
a mind to see the stir through to the
end, notion flashed In my head and
/ came forward to the couple. Miss
could not see, for she was in wraps,
and she might have been scullion-
wench for all could tell. But says
| to him,
"See you, take my coach and drive
on to the Nag by Carshalton and there
await me. | will deal with this Lord
Chief Justice myself" and leaving
'em with no more words I ran after
the departing chaise as fast as
maybe. =
When I had reached 1t raped on
the window, and out pops the old gen.
tleman's white head once more.
Another of you?" says he; this
place grows EN- like brambles," and
would have discharged pistol full in
my face.
Hold" said I, "'tis your assistance
1 want, sir. believe you have been
rumpadded by a tobyman just now.
Well, I am in a like case, and was
bound whilst he took you. But now he
is gone OF with my chaise. and beg
you will join US in pursuit Sure sir,
seeing nothing on his face but its pale
mask, I'VE are enough. armed as we
are. to overtake and bring him to ac-
count, especially that he hath with
him now, as it seems, some go-lightly.
But / cannot without my coach DER
take them" #Ef8
He seemed to consider little. scru-
tinizing me. We'll" said he, at last,
you seem a likely man in emergen-
| cleS II YOU are dImou, 90 yOu ooy
and have the resolution, / do not know
but the plan will fit in my own. had
another design, but maybe both are ad.
mirable, and at least they will not con
hict"
So without more ado he invited me
into the chaise, and then conceive me
sitting in miss's place, the horses
head turned again for the south, and
Sir Damon and Dick Ryder chatting
agreeably and affably together as they
had been sworn friends or long &C
quaintances.
At least twas that chatted, and he
was mostly silent in an amicable
enough way, interfering a question
or commenting with satiric humor
what time we lurched along towards
Ewell and EPSON But now you will
have an inkling Of my design when
say that If this old fox was permitted
to return straight-dash way to towr
he would no doubt set the officers OF
his enemy and have him forthwith
lodged in the jug. Maybe, thought
to myself, with . little trickery and Z