The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-01-19

who would care for her until she
could be released from her bonds and
wound up by declaring his love and
devotion for her.
"A slight noise behind him made
him turn and there, from the depths
of a kind of extra berth which was
built in the corner of the saloon, and
usually had Il curtain over it, came
the face and hand of Capt. Delisle,
and moment after that gentleman
stood facing the pair.
"'You yllain.' he said to Sherry.
you Internal villain, to insult my wife
in this fashion. What do you mean by
tampering with her affections? BY
heaven, I'll give you the biggest hiding
you ever had' But before he had gone
more than a few feet his wife flung her
arms around him.
"'No, Jack dear, no! For my sake,
do nothing rash. Think of what it may
mean to us! 1t would ruin us'
"Sherry was no fool; he saw now he
had been the dupe of a pair of rascally
schemers, and therefore concluded he
had better get out of the trap that
could, So summoning up all the dignity
he could, he said: Very well, but you
will find that is a game that two can
play at
IF the captain carried out his threat,
Sherry knew his uncle, whose heir he
was, would hear of it, and then it would
be good-by to all'his chances of inherit
ing the pleasant place and handsome
income he had been taught would some
day be his.
ITO cut the story short, he paid, and
to the tune of C 500 for which he gave
an lou, so it was no wonder he was
upset when fell in with him."
Having arrived so far with the tale.
Archer left off and nodded to Wilton
to continue.
81 got dragged into this" began Will
ton, "by the long arm of coincidence.
l, too, was down at Tilbury that day
and CHANGED to return to town by the
same train as Acher and Sherringham;
; we met on the platform and the tale
was told me as we went up.
II asked what her christian name
, was, and when Sherry told me Della,
, it came to me like a flash. Della TRAY
ers,' / shouted; 4 know her. Della
Travers we called her; the prettiest,
{ most INSCRIPTIONS hussy | ever met,
and one Of the best actresses. too
"One morning letter came to Capt.
Delisie from gentleman who was de-
; sirous of taking trip to Madeira 1t
was written on thick heavy paper and
, bore an imposing crest at its head and
the writer asked for the answer to be
, sent to one of the most aristicratic
clubs in the West End.
"When the passenger arrived on the
, day of sailing he was duly received by
the captain and turned out to be 4
young, well-dressed man. who viewed
everything with an air of lnnguid i'm
passiveness which nothing seemed to
dissipate.
!, Mrs. Delisle was also on board; she
+, was taking voyage to Madeira fol
her health, her husband said, and the
same game was played as was worked
on Sherry; the passengers sympathies
> were soon aroused on her behalf. sc
much so that he commiserated with
her without any hesitation when hel
husband was out Of the way.
= "From his cabin the passenger heard
the captains upbraiding, the sobs O
p his wife. and the final slam of the door
/ as the captain ended. After an inter
val of some minutes he strolled a cur
l. rying a revolver in one hand and a rag
/ with which he was cleaning it, in th'
IS other.
l. 81 say he drawled, what charm
p ing husband you have got, to be sure
i quite love him.
l. go, Mr.. Waldron,' she replied
u spare me! Is it not enough to b,
. spoken to as you have heard? Canno
IT you sympathize with me, instead o
adding to my misery?' and she began
e to sob afresh.
& "T do sympathize with you; bu
n what more can fellow do? | cam
II very well call him out and shoot him
can I? You see, duelling has unfor
is tunately gone out OF fashion,
h "Suddenly he laughed
Is "'I say. fancy what would happen i
l could challenge him? I'll show you
'r and taking a match from box he ear
ried, he stuck it on the point of tn,
lie small blade OF his penknife. which h
e. opened and laid on the table SO tina
IS the blade pointed upwards.
"He then lighted the match and wen
IT round to the other END of the saloon.
n "'Now,' he said, IN put that mattel
n, out without knocking it off the knife
n, and he took a steady aim.
IS 'Stopn shrieked Mrs. Delisle, stop
n You'll hit
"What?'
q "'The bunk behind the curtain
IN $50, never mind, I'll pay for the dam
ii ages, look ont. One! Two Befor
is he uttered three the curtain was thrus
If aside, and Capt. Delisle jumped o
rather fell out from behind it.
in "I thought l should fetch YOU sal
a the passenger calmly, your little gam
in has been played once too often, an
1t you've made mess of it. Now I'm sc
10 ing to make an example of you; whe