Evening star., 1909-06-27

Edith arrived on, but he missed it by
/ few minutes
| Straight from the train he hired sur
rey from Will Radcliffe, and took Black
Henry, Radcliffe's negro, as driver. They
| drove around to MarshalPs, where East
man got out and rang the bell Edlth Was
sent for and came to the door very angry.
| Black Henry heard a quarrel starting
| and thought it wisest to move away, SO ne
! got under a chestnut tree where ne couid
not be seen and the hearing was just as
good. His ears were full OF what io'-
| lowed.
| There were words louder and louder,
! the girls voice raising. Eastman s growi-
ing over 1t. Black Henry caught lew
! phrases:
II tell you / can't co.
We'll, you're going.
Il can't; 1 can't. I'll be seen. Don't
you understand that everybody around
| here knows me?''
| You've got to CO.
| The upshot of this business was. she
| went. Somebody got her heavy black
veil. hut the. veil couldn't disguise fig
ure that was unmistakable to several
people. who saw her assisted into the car
| riage by Eastman.
| 1t was then past O'clock. the sunlight
beginning to fade. and the first shadows
striking across the rivers from the oaks
that grow to !, 9 water side; There was
an hours ride to st. Michaels, which
| brought the time to o'clock.
Here Black Henry dropped out Of the
game. The negro was dismissed and sent
along with the surrey
| Eastman and the girl ran hurriedly to
the dock where the motor boat lay
moored They jumped in and were away
| up Miles river before the negro had time
to roll his eyes
Observed From Shore.
Bad luck sent them around at Emer-
son Point a sand trap across a spit of
land from the girls home at Mcdaniel.
Eastman sweated trying to pole the boat
free. No use.
| On the veranda of Joe Seths boarding
amused by Eastman's frantic gestures,
laughed at the man. Eastman shook his
fist at them The girl stood up in the
| boat. shifting weight.
Finally Eastman waded painfully ashore
| and called for Joe Seth. He wanted Joe
| to lend him rowboat.
| '.Why, there are enough of us here to
help you get your launch off the sand.
said one of Seth's boarders.
| GO to the devil" said Lame Bob,
sourly.
| Seth turned the corner. offered boat
instantly and asked Eastman If he needed
| help. Eastman. with changed humor,
grinned negative. Old Seth knows
| joke when he finds one on the beach.
! "Oh, a woman" he limited. We'll, I'm
| coming out"
You'll be most id sorry if you try
| it, joe" said Lame Bob.
| mo use of a feller being stfngy,' said
Seth
| Eastman was in the boat and rowing
out before any further words were
passed Seth saw him lift the girl out
of the launch into the skiff and row
| away toward Hemsley's creek, one or
the jagged cuts of water that lead
| toward Mcdaniel.
| The launch was left masterless. A rfs-
ing tide lifted it-from the sands and took
it away toward the north. 1t driftad up
the Chesapeake twenty miles before 1t
was recovered.
1t was II O'Clock and black and dark by
then When they landed Eastman guided
/ the girl over rough ground and wire
fences for good half mile. going that
must have riddled the thin pumps she
wore and slipped quietly up to George w
Taylor's house. Lame Bob had boarded
there off and on and was familiar with
the lay of the place.
He left the girl. whipped into Taylor's
| barn ard was out with Taylor's mare
| quick as you can imagine. They mar
messed up and drove to the bungalow.
midnight, probably.
But the last time Edith was seen alive
| was when the iders on Joe Seth's porch
| saw her erect in tile stranded launch. en-
| couraging, ii appeared, the laboring East
man.
CdSLuoA oAIASS olSh 1AoAS sc.
| Well, Taylor missed his mare the next
morning, and it was a very much as
| founded Taylor. Chickens fly away at
night in this country, horses almost
never. Imagine Taylor's surprise then.
when Eastman, or Roberts. as Taylor
knew him. came driving up the lane calm
as you please.
played a little trick on you last night.
old sport" said Eastman. "Pinched your
horse. Glad to get her back?'
Something going on down at your
! place, Emmett" inquired Taylor with a
very real curiosity.
Il should say So" replied the lame
man, winking roguishly. Had little
party, few lively skirts. you know. and
would have gotten away from your place
| if it hadn't been for the lady. She's a
| wonder Taylor.
Now, I don't know any more about
| htching up a horse than I do about har-
Messing an alligator. and my bad foot
bothered me In the dark. She was there.
though She had the bride on the har-
ness on and the whole business buckled
before could say Jack Robinson.
Funny thing, too. First time l ever
| saw woman handle crupper.'
| He ratified on that way for half an
| hour said finally that he was dead for
| sleep and went to bed in Taylor's house.
Edith was alive and very much alone In
| the bungalow. as events showed East
man got up at o'clock that afternoon.
Sunday yawned and said he guessed he
had better be going back "to the lady"
Taylor had something to turn over In
his mind a new point of view on his
| friend Roberts. 1t was the first time in
| Taylor's knowledge that Roberts had ever
| entertained women in the bungalow. 1t
didn't send him along very well with
Taylor either
About that evening George Powell.
near neighbor of Eastman. took notion
| to call on young William Sutton, who
| also lived near the Eastman bungalow.
Eastman, moving slowly on foot. That
put an idea into Sutton's head.
| Lets get Roberts to go to the chill
dren's service at the church tonight" said
Sutton. Hes often said he would GO
| with me-"
| IAN right said Howell But l don't
| believe you will get him.
Angry Woman's Voice Heard.
| Sutton went to the door of the bunga-
law, heard high voices and backed up
| There was woman, a very angry
woman. in there; one who was telling
| Eastman what she thought of him.
| BY Sutton's account it wasn't much at
the moment. 1t seemed that she had
been left alone all day and had become
nervous and irritated
| Sutton didn't want to eavesdrop, but
| something very like curiosity nailed
| his feet. He had never seen the window
OF the bungalow curtained before, and
| that interested him.
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