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dead. They can It drag word out of
, Delilah, even with torture. | Ill 90 down
and see her though; I have not seen her
for two years, and her faculties might
| give way and so make her dangerous. If
that's the case, she must go South. I
am afraid my luck is turning He
gloomily scraped some dried mud from
his boot heel with his pocket knife. He
had the latent superstition ingrained in
him by constant association with Delilah
through all his childhood; she was a de-
vout believer in the African VOC -dooism
having been brought from the Gold Coast
in her babyhood No after amount of ed
ucation and enlightenment could any
more than cover over the surface of the
strange teachings of a superstitious ne
| gro, whose influence is little counterfeit
/ ed.
! From his mother 8 death until he was
| fourteen. when he was sent to school. De
lilah had sat by his bedside nightly I'M
til he fell asleep, and she related, wonder
/ fully well, stories of old Africa, which
/ she had imbibed from her mother anG
i grandmother, who were captured at the
same time as herself. He did not burr
/ in effigy, nor did he practice any of the
/ signs and wonders believed to be efflca
.ious in destroying an enemy, though he
tad tried charms and potions to win An
en's love; he had twice succeeded In
making her so Ill that he suspected Delilah
# giving him poison for potion, for
the was deeply jealous of Aileen, even
when she wished to secure to her darling
lis heart g desire.
He took a very early train the next
morning, thereby eluding the chagrined
md cherubic Charley, whose greatest
virtue was not rising with the lark.
He, however, sauntered into the depot
whistling in sad and mournful manner
the strains of "The Little Peach of EN-.
erald Hue and easily traced the flight
of his bird by few careless and adroit
remarks to his friend the ticket seller,
after which he went back up town to
Stanleys office singing blithly, "After
the Ball, - which was SO new that people
stopped to listen to his sweet voice, and
"Sweet Marie,' had not been born.
Stanley and Clinker were together.
"Gone!'' said Unaries, stopping his
MARBLE just long enough to say the word
Where'" asked both men at once.
Home, after concluding his chorus
Glove! it q lucky | came away from
here; it would have been ruin to have had
him see me there. / am afraid he will
upset my work, Clinker said.
CIT is most fortunate that" began
Stanley; leaving his sentence unfinished,
he turned and gazed from the window in
deep thought.
"That I could not stand it another
day without seeing my precious tow
head said the amorous Thomas to HIM
self.
"Don t think he S gone for long, said
Charley: she didn t take much baggage,
only a valise, and keeps his room. y
81 think you need not follow him; he
will stay about ] think, until the trial,
unless something scares him off. Take
holiday Charley; think my chances with
the old woman will not be hurt by his
going down there; if she gets the idea in
her head that she or he@or both of them
are hoodooed, she will say kismet UNI
der pressure and throw up the game.
What do you think, RedP'
CIT is best to let him alone; now that
We know him, he can t get lost. And
there is no hurry; the case does not come
10 until December. Let old Delilah alone
too: only we must have someone there to
see that she does not die unexpectedly. =
"You don t think Soule will kill her,
do voug' asked Clinker Charley winked
one eye
"He's too afraid of hoodoo himself;
bright fellow thought well educated, aw-
full fool to ruin himself for Mrs. Souls,
particularly if she doesn t care for him.
ga man may ruin himself for woman
who does-love hint
eyes, in limits.
Dwell. said Tom. rising with alacrity,
elf ! am off duty for bit. III go play
tennis with the twins, and telegraph the
livery stable fellows down yonder to ship
my team up here,
Charley followed him with wink, and
singing one of the latest variety songs,
rolled himself a cigarette.
"What are you winking at, Charley
asked Stanley, turning from the window.
benedict the married man. And,
lighting his cigarette, he left the office.
sy'~".
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