Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-02-13
the notorious revolutionist. adventures.

The purpose in common of the CAPT.
talist and fortune hunter cannot be told.
Mr.. Constable has figured in the public
prints on several occasions, but chiefly
through his eccentric ideas of practical
philanthropy. So far as is known, he has
never before allowed himself to be sub
jected to the attention of the police. 1t
is feared that he will lose at both ends
as a result of his present affiliations.
Mr.. Constable's friends aver that the
young millionaire could not have under
stood the character of his companion for
the voyage, and point out that Nicholas
Stembridge, at his best, is a man of fasci-
mating manners and IRE personal accom-
plishments 1t has been added also that
Mr.. Constable is of a most impulsive tenn
permanent, and apt to choose his compan-
ions from queer arteries of society. The
young mans innocent intent, however,
might more readily be accepted, were it
not for the important fact that Nicholas
Stembridge who is known to have been
in hiding for several days in New York,
was seen on board the de Stael shortly
before she sailed; positively recognized,
1t Is said, by an astute and reliable MEM
Der of the local detective force"
spirited description of the episode on
the Brooklyn pier followed; also por-
ton of Nicholas Stembridge's police rec
ord The conservative character of the
paper IN which the foregoing appeared
led Breen to believe that the account
which had fallen into Mrs Stansbury's
hand might be considerably more emblaz-
oned and embellished. His first thought
was that he had become a source of hor-
ror to the women. and that he must put
himself out of their sight.
Breen was not constituencies man. A
fatalist, a spendthrift, a power that prey
ed upon the powers that prey, a polished
reveller-all these he might be- but his
blood was clean from the faint of person
al .treachery. He had come to like Con-
stable. The friendship was guileless He
had even thought, with a trace of humor
In certain moments, that il was worth
being called back from the Brooklyn pier
Tor such large and clear emotion It
is possible that he had never in his life
been troubled as now, having brought a
vital hurt to the man he wished only to
serve. His face showed nothing. not even
the heat of the day. as he left the house.
His own body had felt all. even the
moral dissolution which crawls into the
brain to prepare a place for the sinister
guest. suicide. The law of cause and eff
feet, unable to find any hold upon him
self nor inspire any fear this side of
death, had linked him with another, and
made that other suffer through him
Breen was smitten with the ugliest pun
ishment that clean fiber is given to writhe
beneath-that of seeing a friend beaten
to the ground by the rebOunding volley
of ones own sins.
Half way down the Morne d'Orange.
he saw COnstable's launch turn shoreward
from the ship. Constable was probably
aboard. Breen wasn't ready yet TO meet
the man be had hurt. He must think
Moreover, by no means did he ignore the
possibility Of the Panther bringing one
Of his logical enemies. nor was he ready
to face an accumulation Of CONSEQUENCES
In the shape of man hunter. He turn
ed TO the right at the base of the m0rne,
and made his way up one Of the winding
paths TO the terraced streets. That his
steps led him 10 the fruit shop, where he
had planned not 10 go again. seemed nov
but paltry addition 10 the incubus
which had 50 suddenly possessed him.
Al the first terrace he turned and star
ed back through the smoke. The launch
had just touched the pier al the Sugar
Landing. The tall figure Of Constable
stepped forth and hastened 10 the car
riage, which was driven rapidly toward
the m0rne. Breen smiled. because h was
easier for him 10 smile than 20 cry for
mercy. Constable was being driven swift
u 20 fhe plantation house, where be-
would ind the ugly work that had been
done there. AIRS. 6tansbury would not
board ship that had been . thiefs
refuge.
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