The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-01-22

open, and discovered an elderly gen.
tleman with an appearance of great
stateliness staring at him. In the
ordinary way he was one of the meek
est of men, but the insolence of this
stare was outrageous. Mr.. Piper, open
ing his mild blue eyes wide, stared
back. Whereupon Mr.. Cox, fumbling
In his vest pocket, found a pair of
folders, and putting them astride his
nose, gazed at the pseudo-broker's
man with crushing effect.
where is your warrant or order,
or whatever you call it," demanded
Cox
1--WE complied with the law by
showing it once,' said Mr. Piper,
bluffing, land I'm not going to show it
again."
"Vulture!" Cox cried, in a terrible
voice.
Yes, SIR" said the trembling Mr..
Piper.
Mr.. Cox waved his hand towards the
window.
Fly" he said, briefly.
Mr.. Piper tried to form his white
| lips into smile, and his knees trem-
bled beneath him.
Did you hear what l said?" de-
| manded Mr.. Cox. What are you
waiting for? If you don't fly out of
the window III throw you OUT
| Don't touch me-" screamed Mr..
Piper, retreating behind a table, its
all mistake. All joke I'm not a
brokers' man. Ha! ha!"
"Eh?' said the other; mot a
brokers' man? What are you, then %
In eager, trembling tones Mr.. Piper
| told him, and, gathering confidence as
he proceeded, related the conversation
which had led up to his imposture
Mr.. Cox listened in a dazed fashion
and as he concluded threw himself into
a chair, and gave way to a terrible out.
burst of grief.
1.-The way I've worked for that WON
an" he said, brokenly, ito think it
should come to this! The deceit OF
the thing; the wickedness of it. MY
heart is broken; l shall never be the
| S~>HAAS anon S~0uAA ACFCA.
Il might brighten my wife," unused
the amiable Mr.. Cox; 1T would
be a lesson to her not to be
deceitful again. And, by Jove
I'll get some money from hel
to escape with; l know she's got
some, and if she hasn't she will have
in a day or two. There's little pub
at Newstead, eight miles from here
where we could be as happy as fight
ing cocks with flyer or two. And
while we're there enjoying ourselves
my wife'll be half out of her mind try.
ing to account for your disappearance
| to Mrs. Berry,"
He patted the hesitating Mr.. Piper
on the back, and letting him out
through the garden, indicated the road.
Then he returned to the drawing.
room, and carefully rumpling his hair,
tore his collar from the stud, over.
turned couple of chairs and a small
table, and sat down to wait as pa.
tiently as he could for the return OF
his wife.
| He waited about 20 minutes, and
then he heard key turn in the door
below and his wifes footsteps slowly
mounting the stairs. BY the time she
reached the drawing-room his tableau
was complete, and she fell back with
a faint shrek at the frenzied figure
| which met her eyes.
'Hush," said the tragedian, putting
his finger to his Inns.
Henry, what is it," cried Mrs. Cox.
What is the matter?'
"The brokers' man." said her hus.
band, in thrilling whisper. I'VE had
words-he struck me. In a fit of fury
I-I-choked him.
"Much?" inquired the bewildered
woman.
''Much?" repeated Mr.. Cox, frantical-
ly. i've killed him and hidden the
body. Now must escape and fly the
country"
The bewilderment on Mrs. Cox's
face increased; she was trying to
reconcile her husbands statement
with vision of trim little figure
which she had seen ten minutes before
with its head tilted backwards study