The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-16
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ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE


Vaughn, with cold. dull malice You
are witnesses I 80 in fear Of ny life
from this man Bear witness 70 what ]
say"
Mark writhed almost free from my
grip When once I had mastered the
snarIinE. raging youth Vaughn and
Brock had left the house
''WeIT' I painted, casting Mark from
me and Viewing his distorted, scarlet
face, you are a nice sort Of animal 10
have loose in a civilized land. You
were already IN that mans power
Now you are GOubIy so. Yes, IN his
power for that envelope you gave
me last night didn't contain the bonds
at all They had been taken out See
here IS the envelope, fun Of news
papers Who made The exchange
Your
But instead of the signs Of guilt had
hoped 10 surprise my words gave fresh
impetus TO his mad rage
Who he echoed. who would or
could have done il but Carl Vaughn
He has not been back 10 the office
Those bonds must be on him nOwI
And III get them # 7 have 20 take his
I sprang to stop him, but I was too
1 late Through the open French win
dOws leading to The Veranda he had
sprung
7 rushed out on % the verands IN
. time 10 see the UaddeRed lad clear the
/ low fence al a bound and disappear
down the avenue TO sOULHWestwaTd.
To follow him with such a lead as
he had gained and while he was run
ming at a speed could not possibly
equal was out Of he question Ny only
. hopes were that re might run his mad
ness of through sheer fatigue and that
he might in The meantime wholly fail
TO come across Vaughan
Both hopes seemed fairly well found
I ed I was not unused to my younger
4 brothers frequent bursts OF crazy rage,
and / knew thar they usually vanished
as readily as they sprang 70 life
/ IN an hour o. so he would doubtless
come home. worn out and ashamed Of
himself In the meantime I turned
I back into the drawing room Ny mother
was already there
81 heard angry voices she said,
aHSiousIy- And I was afraid there
might be violence and that Mark might
be hurt Where Is he
Ks has gone out for a little while,
I sO6thed her He viii be back early
And Mr. Vaughn
He left some minutes ago. Il is all
right 7 don't think he VIII ever trouble
YOU again I'm 50 sorry YOU should
; have been disturbed f.
He spoke Of-thefI-
He was drunk, I lied. THAT was
all He makes the same charge against
every enemy whenever he IS drunk"
You're sure Marx IS all right2''
Yes. YES. He viii be back early He
/ went out to-to pay a call. / think he
said
But ne did not come back early. In
coed, at y O'Clock. when my mother
/ went 10 bed, he had not Vet returned
/ Tt was only on my promise 20 sit VI
for him and to iet her know at once A.
there was anything auiss that she al
1 last consented IL 90 to her room
I lighted a cigar. sat down and wait.
D ed The spring night was warm and
/ breathless- The neighborhoOd little by
little grew silent
{ I was more worried than I dared
[ confess even to myself. As If MARI
! mad not already done enough to disgract
us was he now in fresh trouble WITH
I Vaughn Had they met while tht
/ Berserk fury still possessed ny brother.
/ Then my memory went back TO thai
evil smile on NauEhn's bloody face Ii
/ had not been like him to take a blow
I so Jamelv-
on, what did the whole bewilderins
! business mean2
! Ny eve CHANGED TO wander to tn,
I bond envelope as II lay on the tabl,
[ where 7 had dropped II from my I'm
[ gers IN my futile rush after Mark.
! picked il Up mechanically, and wa.
I about to put II back in my pocket
( when some utterly inexplicable impuls,
! made me open it
/ There was the little sheaf Of carefully
: folded newspapers all from Boston ant
I Of the preceding days date I rear
! ranged them prior 10 putting them baCl
/ in the envelope As 7 did so, I mad
! verIenty turned one OF the neWspa per.
I into q new fold. At the bottom OF
[ sheet thus brought TO view was a scrib
bled line. a mere pencile6 memorandum
( OF an address,
/ $500 Franklin Street. Bait
! I knew the locality II was q fev
doors from Howard street, on a blOCi
! partly given over to boarding house.
! and retail shops
1 also knew the handwriting. II wa;
/ Eauchn'S.
Z And ar that simple discovery m5
! heavy heat grew strangely light Il
I Vaughn had written on the margin o
that newspaper, then Vaughn had pu
The papers IN Marks bag and-bv tn,
. very simplest Of ieductiOns-had takeI
1.-The bonds from that bag. Mark at IesS
1 had not lied 10 me
/ But Wllv had Vaughn done such (
EfninC2 Why II ne meant 70 exf oSi
Marks theft from the safe, had he no