The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 07, 1888, Image 1
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fcAimWFXt. COURT.UOUSl£« B.V JUNK 7.1HM8;
THE fREASVKE OF FKANl'it iRD
'ti ROF^inr jLOUW steve^Sox.
“Nrtrr^roplirxl the boy.
_ “It i« n ruin
pr«*, luloptiu;
* CHAPTER 4.—CO.MlXUfO
Tbo doctor’* *y*tcin of hygiene strikingly
eoincidml with his taster nivi his picture i>(
a perfect life was a faithful description of
the one be wm loading nt the tim ■. lint it is
mMy to convince a IkiV; whom you supply
with all the facts for the discussion. Am?'
IwhUcs there was one tlifn’^ admirable in tl»e
philosophy, and that was the cuthusiasiii of
the philoMpher, Tiiers was never any one
Mor* vigorously dctcnuimsl to U.> plcaaisl;
wid if he was not a great- hrglcian, and so l-efe-V"
had no right to couvim-e, the intelieef, he ~
waa rcrtainly soaiething of a poet, and. had
a fasetoation to awliKv the heart. What hoi
could m* achieve in his ciutomary humor of
a radiant admiration of himself amt his cir-
cuiustanow, he eometuncs rifts U-.l hi his flu'
of g\poia. » '/
. “Boy," be would soy. “avoid me tmlay. If
I were saperstitinum I sinmhl even >■•}( bar an
iatrrmt la your prarer*. I am In the Idaclf
<H . the evil s|drtt <af king K.tnl. Us* hag of
the merchant AlaeLdi, the |>-rasutl d -rd of
the Iurvaj neiok. is wt'h !»• is tn
ou his breast ••Hie rtemof ■
lure ars i*>« U|ewnm*4, iuaaavut pi-
wee aw in puu; 1 tutg t-t I'.iru. f
•ralMwtn r ta the Burr. tW," he r*ui
pmsim oig a hand, uf -4 *4 ter, **| tl
ast sstf. I am ua> >a he Ifu u i ••Uiitw
af a fhr* Take 1L tr 1* W lx ur-. rp
H au«r«ue**m* indr. thwm u m i .
•m M*«e -I wtu hnsa4»<.,ie y«Ma ■
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Ausum If yau am am tfefcw, <h* us
wmrae. hf a fl
Waasr Aaa far m
I* uss'»m the Aw%w »tap» ,, »d tum> M
m .anu ss a ♦ursatam m Isa yaw Iha* sap
‘ 4 • • Snuse <a tte- ■■an si
in a gorge,'’ contimterl Don-
his etpository voice; “tht'
ruin of a hermitage end chapel* HUtrry
tells ns much of Franrhard; Low the recluse
was often *latu by irolidetfs; bow he lived on '
a most insufUcictrt dietthowlie was expected
to pass iiif dayf lit i*raycr. A letter is pre
served, mhiressed’ to ouo of th-*c solitaires i
by the rupsTibr of bis oialer, full of admira
ble hygitfnir advice; bidding him go from his
■“This is childisV bo said “TVo low
proclous time. Hick to ths ion, bar .toss tbo
trap Aifd bring it to j-«i bunk. Run for your
life, and nuneniboi'—not one whisper, lathy
here to watch.’’
Jean-Marie did as lie was Kid. though not
without sunwise. The noddy was brought
round to tha spot indicated, and the two
gradually transported the ti-casuro from' Its
place of cancMlmenf . to the fvx>t below the !
driving seat. Once it was all stowed the
his «ora defect A; be knew ha i
Isa* and bus coosidcratiau In i
book to p^yths, aii|l »o Uick again, for v«- : doctor roco^ered his gaycty.
rietyV sake," and when he was weary of both mj: grateful duties to the genius
b> stroll about his garden and observe the ^hi* dellr v Jic rtidr *‘Oh, for a
bouey hoes'. It >s to this day my own sys
tem. You, must often have iein^r):od tne
leaving the * \l*bfTtisacopaiio*—often u' cn in
the mid lie bf a phrase—to come forth in tho
sCTiia hit 1 ad.-n.ro tlio writer of that
from my heart; he was & man of
thought on the most important subjects.
Iln','indeed, lind I lived la ilie Midnlc Ages
(I aai.hCartily glad that I did n«U I should
have ls«:i an eremite mysrif—if 1 bad not
leva a |>n>frvscd .l<WiT<K>u,' that b* Tbcnc
>rern the only philosophical.lives yet oiwn:
l-niglitcr or prayer' toeem, wo might say,
and tears t’ntil the suit of the Pusitivh
mm-, ibe wise man tfinl to tnako his ^hotoo
be.v.ern they* Iwvi - "
“I have Imm a baffuuV, Of cAinr^ob-
ame-l ican-Mmio.
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where the air had been baked all day he-
tween whits walls, It cam* in wbiffa hnd
pulses, like a distant music. .Half 4rty home
the Inst gold flicker varflsKe*! from a great
oak ai»n the left; tod when they came forth
Iteyond tbo borders of the wotsl, the plain
was already sunken in pearly grayncss, an«J
«' great, pala moon came swinging skyward
through the filmy poplars.
Tho doctor sung, the doctor whistled, the
doctor talked. Jie s]>oWeof tho woodif tmd
tho wars, and the deposition of dew; ho
brightened and babbled of Paris; "ho soared
into cloudy Ucnbast on tho glories *oT the
political arena. All was to be changed; as
tbo day dcparteil it took with it the vrcitiaai
Fris;;:, irrri
1-0 bad-no; Classical wu was t> .n«u.;umte too new. * Bn^igW* I
Tine «-n «h«n H. ;nk bo cnod, “of t!iu hfo of maceration!” Hw ; CHAPTER VL
wife (still baput.ful, or bo was aodly partial) ^ ouohxal tmarnoATtos, r» two partia
wan to I15 ik> longer l»urie<l; sho should now
shinp h-fotv nocteiy, Jeajtilarta wouU find ^ ^ ^
tho wo:hint hbrfpct^ttrs roads open to sue- . , r .wt_ 1ui j
ersa, we dth, honor and posthumous renown. M! * '~ {nra to besl, the^ort«r had
of ;
livu. co.il, d i
I am in
litiation.
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heifer aftd a J-ir of country -wine!
tbo vein for Ru-riflc?, for a dhperb
Well, and why not?
English-pal j ftlo 13 to
iadcod, hut cxcelleut Boy, wo shall drink
ale.”
“But I thought it wo* so unwholesome,”
sa!d .Tmu-Mnrio^aad very dear; besides.”
■ ‘’F.ildltadc-ih'cr’ c..-tfhumnl the ikv-tor,
gayly. *’To the iaul* ‘
And lie rtepjieJ into thi aoddy, tossing his
bead with an cl’A'dr, youthful air. Thy
hor>' was tarned, and in a few r-ccondv they
dre*4n;> lawi.ln the palings of tbo Ian garden.
“Ben,” M.d Daspnw—‘ iicrai. near tho
stal l -, m> that we may Lwy aa ryu ujua
thinyV
py i «l the horse, and catered the
■n, tho dorue ringing, now m (antsstpc
nd**, up* tvsktariB* rnrertiers
f«T*M lus chest He took a arst. repped
T rm tho table. aaa> kv| the wail* r with
ririri. Lad wl*»a Uw boflto -/
.Utw.-tarrl.
v.s Oo tasri 4r liXerib -'MOpsig vr, ho
. 4? a lung gtmf al *if f rash asnl
ho know ho mast rink into
coosidcratiau in Um turmoil of a
tlty life; sink more and mors from tho child
Into the «rTMK jMd, 1 * b^an dimly to ba-
Uove the doctor’s propbociN of aril Ho
could boo a change fn boftf' His generous
Incredulity faitsd him for this once; n child
’must have jierceivotl that the Hermitage had
complstod what lb” absiutho had begun. If
this wore tlio first day, what would bo tbo
list? “Jfilcccssary, wreck tho train,” thought
be, rementU'rJhg tho iloctor's parable. He
looked round bn tho delightful scene; ha
drunk deep of thft charmed night air, ladoa
with tho scent of bay. “If necessary, wreck
tho Irain^ Jib repeat'd. And he turn tatt*
turned to tho house.
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“And oh, by tlia way," sjid lie, “for dad's ’
sake keep fomr touguc fjtuet! You arc, of
coarse, a very silanrMlow; it is a quality I
glodly rem^nlas in ypa—wknio-, gnhlen
silaurc! But th.» it r. matter of gravity; Kn 1
word r.iu-n get abroad; Dene but Um guod
I'arindrtf t> l« trustcdl wa shall probably !
di»To*r af ijj Vasili ri Englaatl”
“Bat ase they nolevsa oursr the boy sohl.
alatari with a sob- -it was Um only tboo he
had 4»tkev.
“that in tUtsif—a. that they *r* nriha^y I
dim's,” laptiri tv dwrior. “link the riata
vsmhl haw aaow ckslm. If th«q ww* sanlva.
f«w mataarw, w*. Owashl ha owvhlop* tbommi
|hatr ivutriatbm, we riw*wi hasw aw t«€h*t ‘
•w OBNbb* maw a
the aw*l w ths
next ywraiag thar* waa
usual outcry in ths doctor’s hoot
thing lief ars going to bad, the
locked up stuns ralashles la the dining room
cupboard; and helx-M. when ha rnaeagain,
aa he did shoot 4 o’riqrh. ths capboard had
born brokau open ami the valaablra ia qusw
this I pmvc ia two wayu Fieri, paia^bg Is
pa art which merely addrraaaa the eys; It
doss art ini any particular axerdas tbs moral
saqaA And aacqnd, pointing, In common
with all the other arts, hoptita thh dangerous
duality of imagination. A man of hnagina-
tion it never moral; ha odtaaanliterald*
marcatinns and reviews life aadar too many
shifting lights to rvat content with' tbs in i
tidions diriinctiona of tbo low:” ,.. J
“But you always say—at least, ao landed I
stood you”—said madnmo, “that thorn lad* '
display no haagination whatover.”
“My dear, they displayed Imagination, and !-■
nf a very fnntastir order, too." rotur^cl I hr
doctor, "when they "tnbraced tfccir beggarly ;
profcaaion. Butidaa—ami this is aa argn..
mant exactly r.uitcd to y<mr intrUegRial W-vtl!
— many of Iher.i ars Eoglnfl and XmartoMl f
TThcro else sliould wa expect to find a thief? j
And now jori bad hotter get your calfsali.
Dec anas wy hare lari a trsaaurr, there is na
rraaaa for tttdvtng. Fat my pqrt, I shall,
hraafc iay Cask with white wtwe I feel aa-|
aoeparttobiy boated and Ihirriy today. 1
can only sUrMmts it to the (buck ql tbo dis
covery And yet yod will boar me awl,' f J
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turv and rawmra Ihn victim, fownd tbo* ui
serd one J’srtuian afrow- -• Caalarir, paw are
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- CHArTER V. —
. touamrax ru n a
Ths doetdf's rarriarre was a twonhccled
nt with a hood, n kind of vehicle in -nmeta
favor among c^w'iAry do-torn. On how many
roads hua nut one won it, a great woy o:f be
tween tho iwplan*—in how inany village
streets, tjod to a gatj post! Thi.) sort of
ebariut is affected, jiartioularly at tho trot,
by a kind of pitching movement to and fro
across the axle, which well entitles it to the
stylo of a Noddy. Tho hoo<l dcscriltca a con-
sidcrahk' arc against tho lambcapo, with u
solemnly fthsnnl effivt on tho contcmpbtivo
pedestrian. To ride in such a carriage cun-
not be numbered among the things that ap-
iu to glory;'but I have no doubt it may
useful in liver complaint Thence, per-
baps, its wide popularity among physiciaua.
One morning early, Joan-Marie 1«1 forth
fba doctor's noddy, opened the gate and
mounted to the driving scat The doctor
followed, arrayed from top to toe in spotless
linen, armed with an H&mcnac flesh colored
Umbrella, and girt with a botanical earn on a
baldric; and the equipage drove off smartly
In a brevar of its own provocation. They
vertv bound for Kraochard, to collrct plants.
a t*il% bwward.
» wm Ivkh Ivib4 frtil- hi
fciv 1 hxhtx hiWu m Vhim r-»flpnl
frtrMu t| • trt A VflHl'ft'^h" «»dV«rt|. flkHi
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V*v*tes41V Aa tur'v «w**-w; hoi. aa
•brt HM9 #4pp itl • it tbr sattey. It was
plaint> Ite- d-Rter wteh-kl given utS'-eance
lo lbs Miami lie haakrd r.gtU and left. auJ
then* wa* lV*;*\ v. *ian4«a< m a Bk.br Iris
twreatw.* I”>wt!cr*. aisl* t-siling rotttel <m
hw odoffed 01*1 with a nmalciUtew as whit**
as |*t<*r*. ^
“A vlj«*rr ctW JaamMarte, running to
ward htiu. “A vipwf Y*iu arc bitna!'
Tl* do^or cam.* down heavily out Af the
cleft, and adrnmx<d in adenri to meet the
hoy, whom h > took roughly by tho shoulder.
“I have fminil it” he said, with a gasp.
“A plautr asked Jean-Maria*
Di>-pivs had w. fit of UuUntunil gaycty, 1 i^, n prcsenU-*! to you
which the rocks took up and mimicked, “A
plant!” he repented scornfully— “Well—yes
—o plant. And'here," In* added, Muddcniy,
showing hi; right hand, which ho had
hithorto concealed behind his back—‘“Uero is
one of tho bullw.”
Jean-Marie saw .a dirty platter, coated
with earth.
^*That r said he. “It ia a platef ’
“It is' a ctxich and horjes,” criod the
doctor. ’ “Boy,” he continued, growing
warmer, “I plucked away a great pad of
moss froth between these" bowlders; and dis
closed a crevice; and when I looked in, what
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pvtte **l amat Aa4 I—aril, 1 at4 mri te
lam the ctebA—1 Atsva pterivvad *•» ywrite
hte a « ugtaity, smaht r. wb
Ir i IB «*-m* moo t -, ***t-*U~ite
Iri rtewr ysafte aw**ter Bad tev
bo>oa* ’MrwvAf |«, hot I, I prate* aay Boppy
•amteia'kJM. n-tata the t.viag watevwm
Fn di opolnww sad a avw q4ww- ri dotw*
Und sac nualmlrd la ankw and only mutv
matrir by kaowlcdgc. For this pnnfmrtira
rhtetgc. Jisut-Hsrm—it may iruimbly tew
sborkrd yuu. Tall me now. did it no* strike
you aa an laco'rirt.mry! Coofras-4 b uaa-
11 dimaable It peinod ^uoF’
“Ycc” said fje boy.
“Y*ai moo," returned the doctor, with rat-
lime fatuity, “I read your thoughts! Nor
ora I surprised—your education is not yet
complete; tho higlier duties of nten have not
Mly.
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pertain to glory ; but I liave no doubt it may do you suppose I saw? I saw a house in
be useful iu liver complaint Thence, per- Paris with a court anti garden, I saw my
wife shining with diamonds,' I saw myself a
deputy^ I saw you—well. I—1 saw your
future,” bb concluded, rather feebly. “I have
Justdiscovcn d America,” ho added.
‘‘But what is itf” asked the boy.
“Tho Treasure of Francbard,” criod the
doctor;and throwing his Iwown straw bat
upon xue ground, lie 4lno;>od like an India*,
ami sprang upo:» JcMii-If'irie, whom he suffo
cated with cmicar-ei and bedewed with tears,
with an < ye to Um "Comparative I’Larma Then he flung hiiara!/ down am*mg the
aapwls.” * : beathn aadaacatBritlougbatfuuUltha vol-
A little rattling on the opri roada, awl 1 lay mag.
•bey rate* ta the Winter* of tte friirt and. Rat Ite Wty had now aa tsternal ri Pts
I rot'-, (te uadd) rins—a hoyb totarari. Xo sMaer was bp rw
L *ilU aa seen« based fraot tte tector** a<~-tet4< iBaa be raa
ad saavpteg ladga Tbsa* teas a te (ba bawVIsv*. qraag late rta Bribe, assl,
ma triUf monasritag rtatelri aa» ’ (bstartag has Imrid rite Ute
frihri* riritead la ite aaaadat tarab. <mm mfum Mi
tel rta tea wma. ■ I rta - il una -4 ' «**rt ri e^rw rta
, fbs alBWAri terirtl ^ uora I—— -* ■- “ s ' *n 1 A
yAOg rt Bmfy AHriBAMo, ytemmri rts suit «hh Mrt, ttMM rtrt ama stay
» m ammy driSm* •—* — * ta*-
44 rta «yv artritamgW ttimteS tat vAri foe
tern ma H ssm* Amd teAwaam **-» Ssmiwt teat saa •*.
4 Hh fw* te*% trim*
I bgB; Ibrtrta A* «■» AMris rta amatt f
•A hint-
till we have leisure—must Kiifllce. Now that
I am one*' more in possession o'f a mode*
com|>eUiiK*c; now that I havo so long pre-
1 vired myself iu siiyut meditation, it beconis|
my su|ierior duty to proceed to Paris. My
sckuliflc training, my undoubted command
of language, mark me out for the aervico of
my country. Modesty iu such a case would
be a snare. If sia were a philosophical ex-
preadon, I should call it sinful.' A man must
not deny bis manifest abilities, for that is to
evade his obligations. I must be up and
doing: I must bo no sl.nlkcr in life’s battle.”
80 ho rattled on, copiously greasing the
Joint of his inctibsiSfency with Words; while
the boy listened silently, his eyes fixed on the
horse, his mind seething. It was all lust elo
quence;* no array of words could unaettie a
belief of Jean-Mane's: and ha drove into
Fontainebleau flik-d with pity, horror, indig
nation and despair.
Iu tho town Jean-Marie waa kept a fixture
oa tho driving Sent, to guard tho truasarr;
while the tloctor, with a singularly thgktly
tipsy alrincri of moaner, fluttered .ta and oat
of cafes, where he *hooi hands *uh gairtem
oAkvrs and .mud aa absinthe with tte
■kvty ri qbf rtparic-ira. ta and art ri sbaym.
from wltk-fe ha rriaroed Ivrim with raaUy
■ real turtle, a magaibsaril imam ri
aite*
• if ami a haya ri rt* a*mii* fartria tar
ossi AM af tbs
I
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•ri* 1
v ’ raprtrt rtMoa rtumrtb
‘tthMA ' amaawat rts teoteri '#• Art#
smb wwmmri AAtarirtm te am riMmrttota
teotte* * sm* team a* Aa • **••>• t tete
m* •yri*te* steaasrimariririgrtrt* ^tart rta
I—> Am >■» oorttapa* Hba rta* *M
moA • anm Aa AAriamrt • rate
atari -te m** -
Ari • • eteri a
ri-..W tetaa**M ramrtwAa
friteart ma ri ma trio Asrite bateva riot
ras • •• ri» tew •amte riraw te 1 ten
■ »4te part ri rta rirtri
rio* *m* *wv te
■1 te
- •
• • •*
«H
te*
te •
v
rtteoai
a temmAs*. Ari ■ ama
I ateasate, ••4 te «w
has Ite •teawte ted
■rtrtMte SririrtArt
SAetev •
TW mt**ri •m> •‘••a;
tea te Bat By* art*
tartms ite amb A
Aarig ririrt ba bA4 Arite
Writ Ste * ~ £tm ri.^
teas a tariiwrt* 1 ”*
stenma «• tarB agBwswitey. AM te aaatrt 4 f
■riaOti teoririotetam te ta * aoa, te aamA
art, a •«ww4 itami, Brnmaw Ite v^ma ri •
teteter Mat BaBSA tea W4 Ate vtaa **a ri ^
Atetrttar tan ••AuAIBag. te arv*ag>4 Ite
tarvtbnaf vrarilt, n ■ «a lb* wBAI” 1 *IAa
Hrtb, temw te Ite tetemard. rttU tfortaA
a iIB bterta 1 tertB. II* waa ta aa4 art ri
Ite kriitea, pi) teg Aaariaate • it t*
Brtling Bar with glintfa,* of tte foSttfv,
te hat ring their ■*« waahh al sew larger
Agwrr*. and before they aat dowa to mpf*-r.
Ih>- lady’s virtoa had mrltad ta tte Art* *d Itm
anthuainsia. ter Huitdity had diaappsorml;
tte. ton, hml tegaa to t|*c*k dia;mraginrlro(
tte life at Oratx; pril •• touA her |>Ucp
and hrlpwl Ite soup, bar area shoo* »ilh the
glitter of prospective diamonds.
AH through the meal, the au*l the doctor
made anil unnude fairy plana. They bobbed
and bowed and pledged ouch other. Their
facte ran over with smiles; their eyes scab
ytrod sparkles, os they projected tho doctor's
political honors and the lady’s drawing room
orations.
“But you will not bo a Itejr cried Ana-
Tbrt ta o4
rtorit tateuBrtvw-. a ArismBrtrt *4 rt* <
a rttev tw-ootei rioa* wmaaririteoa
1 tea a
• ••te. iam ma
■4 lb
ftgbbrttavrt It Is
KAiestl temltt ri I
AA try prtteB BW
mmm te** hate ata
V bf rite* mite ata
o^ata Matey
Wa tew twite
A
’’•t Ate*
“Hfata.
•f a mal
ri •(
f* .
ir
Ufe
rrtrd (te hcfMal Auaa
IBwla a (wrote ri ta
tte draSar “if any ri my
so*. Yoaeratt- . .—
riatf Ttew ata moC I besocck you. 1» to *•"» te tbr aartrty aa4 friawtaBipuf Mbitaao-
vulgarly Utogwal aaM rwvoH frvmi my e«m- pWro, te wayto takl^to bar. rthrirtri »*•
clusl aa. Wa have bow orrirad,” te to- rttam” ut baman Ma
H|i •'laleycsf” ratmatwl
<h(k a maditat 1 ix air. . , ^
The dori*r coo Id have bitten his' tenpno
ramed.
“I rnn Left Ccritcr to tho core,” replied the
doctor. . - —
“Mme. Oastcm will present m—wo shall
find ovcrsclves forgotten,” said the lady.
“Never,” protested tbo doctor. “Beauty
and talent lenvt a mark.”
“I liave positively forgotten how to dress,”
she sighed.
“Darling, you make mo blush,” said be.
“Yours lias l>con n tragic marriage!”
“But your ancc«»-to see you apjceciatod,
honored, your name in all the papers, that
will be more than pleasure — it will be
heaven!” she cried.
“And once a weak,” said the doctor, archly
scanning tho syllables, “ooc> a week-ouo
good little ^anto of baccarat?"
’•Only onceu woekr the questioned, threat
ening him with a finger.
“I swear tt by my political boner,” ctiad
ha.
“I jpe<] yea,” ate mid, and gave hi at her
hand.
Ha (w«Tfa4iA
Iba ataM.
high **vrr Or*M Ma
1 tarta gortari
'4r«%
. at sonri fclea ri tte nqwimsitkm ri
the gang—for I indite ftf tb* hypnttoaia ri
more than ana—and we aow Wave this pooat
which caa dtaclass no more, ami tons bur ab
tention to the eonrt and gardra. (Jean-
Marie, I trust you aro ahasrvaatly following
my various steps; tbia U aa ekcrUciit ]W*ca
of education for you.) Como with me to tte
door. No atcfMrt thecoart;'it (tunforttm-
ata our court should bo pared. On what
s.Uaii matters bang the dsatlay ri tbtab deli
cate investigations! Hey! Wbpt have wa
bera? I have led you to the very spot," ha
said, standing grandly backward and Indi
cating the groou gate. “An ojcalade, as you
con now tee for yonrselva*,’ has taken place.”
Sura enough, the green paint was in several
fllabes scratched and broken; and ana ri tbo
(■anels preserved tho print ri a nailed shoo.
Tho tout bad slipped, however, and it was
difficult to estimate tbs drt ri the shoo, and
impossible to distinguish tte pattern ri the
nails.
“Tbo whole robbery,” cottohaled the doctor,
tte brotter-lataw,
“step, by step, bos Uon reooastttvted.
Inductive science can ao farther go.”
“It is wonderful,"
should bare been a
no Idea ri yonr tali
“My daar.'
“a manri
out. He foresaw what waa coming and pre
pared ble mind for a rigorous drienor. ,,
“Did you ever stool yourself/" asked CM*
4ir, tuming soddauly ou Jeon-Marie, and
(or tte first fftte "mpluying a single cySglam
which hung round his ueex.'
. “Yes, itf,” replied the boy, with a d~v
w^*- .*. , ,
C'asimfr turned to tbo others with pursed
flf*, and nodikd to them meaningly. “Hey-”
•aid be; "how is that?” r ’
“Jeon-Marie is a teller of the truth.” re
turned the doctor, throw tag oat his bu A
“Be has novel- told a Uo,” added madtimc.
“He is the beotef boys.”
"“Never told a-tie, has be not!” r.-fiee-od
Coaimir. , , ,
. “Htrange, very ((range. GHA» roe your at
tention, my young (ricnd,".lto continued.
“ Ypu knew about this treowirer.
^“HsbHperf tti’ bring ft home,' interposed
"Desprex* l Ask you nothing but to‘ bold
yonr toagta*,*' returned Casltnir “I naan to
queattaji this stable hoy ri youre And if )wu
sr* so eritoia ri his inamvBco, juu nan af-
■ answer for htaaartf.' Now,
ba iVaumml pntatiqg >k rAeglart
“T.iaUri te,* .
“My ctertated
you must bare
apply to ma He
. "Henri." ate rtfct, “ft doas; I mraar to you
it doss."
“This I* n pntafnl, a very patafol etreort-
stanee,” fbo iVoctor said, looking a little
btaek. “I cannot affort, Aagetasta. to bn
Anything but jitatly woandod. 1 feel Utia, I
(e<4 Iff my wila,’i
% **1 knew yon
yon had seen his
alkiw-aneea, we moit aoerifloa <
“1 trust, m'T Asa^,' you Rare tmrnr
mo averse to aaerifime,” retanwd tte darter
Very stiffly.
. “And you will let me go 03d toll kirn that
you have agreed? It will be like your nehta
Anton;,” «he oftml'
, 80 it wotild, lie perceived—it would be Him
nature! Up Jumped his spirited
‘ tho tkuagte* “Oo, darling,”
“rtasaurw him.' The Mhjrrt'
b buried;' more—I make aa efflort, I hart
Accustomed my will to ttete exartious—and
ft is forgotten.” 't%
A little after, hut Kill with swollen area
And kinking mortally rteaplak. Jaau-Mteto
( Arap|ieare*l and trout oatawtatlntedy ah apt
hiibUslneas Hu was ths ooly unhappy maoa-
- bar ri tbe party (bat sat do wa that night te
f tapper. As fur the dor-tor. te
Ba tons max the rwtowsa .4 toe
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