The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, July 05, 1907, Image 5
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| ! DARK |
| STREET? |!
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| THE ACTOR S |
j DAUGHTERS. 1
By F. W. Robinson. ' !!
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CHAPTER XVII
afterward.
V TOOK Herbert Aston to Thistle* ;
1 wood street ami put him in George
Fairfax's room. My housekeeper,
Kan Matherway, did not betray so
much astonishment as I thought she
would. I was to be paid for this, she
thought, and anything that brought
In money Just then was worth consideration
and some extra duties, in
her own mind doubtless she did not
believe that the newcomer would
give her half the trouble which
George Fairfax had given her.
There were wonderful rallying
powers in the man I had taken to my 1
house as guest and patient. Before I
had bidden him good-night he looked
Ktronger than I had seen him yet.
The hasty Journey from Carabcrv/oll
to Newington. following on the excitement
and fear to which he
had been exposed, had not done him j
AVIV hnrm With hi* minrl fit o:icn ??twl
"with u sense of security In his new
position, he had already changed. He
vas still grateful, too.
"You have saved iuy life, doctor,"
he said to me, "and 1 hope it may
la.rt long enough to show that I u;u
not unmindful of your goodness. 1
can only say 'Thank yon' now."
"Do not say anything at all." I replied.
"I have set my Interdict upon
your talking more than once already."
"And yet I want to say so much." |
i "To-morrow, then."
When 1 gave liiuj his composing j
draught he surprised me by a faint
exhibition of facet lousness that made
me shudder for an Instant.
"You can warrant this decoction
I suppose," he said, "it is not like
Delia's mixture, Mr. Llssauier?
Is it?"
Delia's mixture! When I was alone
In my own little front parlor :u> I
study?I took from my pocket the
vial that I had brought away from
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lip orders 1
||p orders
^ lllft Rrnswl
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"Dirk ^Urect," and sot myself to
closer study of Its contents. At th
first luv.i; r.t in "l)nrk : I h*u
boon struck by tkv 11 <' ' 1
poisonhad sen tin* i|,im o? it ii
tho looks of the man 1 had mot fo
tho first time that night: 1 hud rot
ognlzcd it Immediately, ?in!esn f wa
i a drcumar and a visionary, as
Bitotlo poison known only to expert
for Its ofllcacy, its strange results, it
I difficulty of detection. I know th
test for tho drug a dolicat am
novl tout, bat not in any way diill
c".'t tt> tno. It would bo easy to set
i Ivfv myself as to the truth of it all b
hnlf an hour's application to tu\ task
' and It was striking twelve when
had done so, and the proof was* be
, fore uio, damning and conclusive
i The poison was there, and thro
[ doses meant a human life! Ho hai
only taken one. Truly there h?d boei
something .nor > th n chain to lea:
mo to "Dark Street'' that night, am
tip the stairs to the top room where
tho victim lav in hiding.
I was not altogether satisfied. 1
went to the ( lemi.-.i". in the morning
u> prose' u: i ii cruel lltcanil., 10 s-'c
the (proscription myself which hud
been written out by the physlcldn
whom the N'ashcs, wiih odd Inconsistency,
hail call I In to Herbert Aston.
There was no mention of the
poison in the list of ingredients
which the gro.it man laid proscribed.
It him been dropped into the medicine
afterward!
The chemist know me by si; it,
and was confidential an:' Ir.rjuirtr.
even a trifle nervous.
"Do you think there 1ms lot n o
rr.or on in;, part? I a astir you, ,r.
I.Issauier, 1 war. most can ful. I made
this up myself."
"it lias not agreed wi'h the patlent,
tliat is all 1 can say. I have nc
doubt you made it up perfocth correct."
"i am kiiro 1 (ltd. No poisoi
could ?"
"What makes you speak of polnon?"
! said, sharply.
"The young lady who came here
lute last night asked mo to look
closely at the prescription I hud
l.i a do up for her this pr< ription
aa;l see it there was any poison iuriuflevl
in tlie ingredients. She was
distressed, l ...;w, llut she would not
(Ave me any o.v. !?nntli?a, although i
vns sure that there was something
wrong by her nutur.er- .Miss Nasi), i
mean, ol Spar!; Street."
"She called last night?"
"Y ."
"Tiiat \ .. . r.v natural," I said
"but the j . i i t is bettor now. Goodmorning."
I went home ls. tba.i nrc-i thlc
now |ih:i;o o' tin- position. !.' vw
Incident that r.o:",)'."vod in \ unless
I)--Hit Nash or rath* Delia Aoton?
wore prepai in;; for a eri I >, ami
maUitv-c nviilciMi in her own I'avot
should hr lin" it u or 1 -take the
I matter tip seriously.
1 There was e leJe^vnm waiting foi
' mo. I was pretty wi ll used to tele
grams thoy have played their pafj
nBMn'< .kjwiw
> y. p* .\T '; "P T ???*
i nt frit's f
m I
We have just pu
Our prices are ri
smmassss mmm
W^WMMWM
^,d sr.
aluda Valley Corn,
'ayno's Corn Malt,
; above are four 1
lave special attent
must be accompai
St.
I In an earlier portion v
?but the sight of the orunjte colored
envelope lying on ray parlor tablu
.1 startled me not a little. I felt that U
i> was part of the "Dark Stre -'" ease
a before 1 broke open th<> envelope,
r The telegram was from Tracey of
RTorthborouKh:
s I "Sorry I could do nothing for your
n patient Nash. Sin- begged \? ry han
a ?at any risk. A hopeless case la
s every respect. Assure her of this
? when she returns. I should li vo oal>
j killed her. Why did you send hci
to me?"
It was a long telegram, and I
v stared at it, anu endeavored to piece
} a story from it. My patient! Then
. I tf> nnlnO... V....U ? 1 * -
, i^awHWB UHU |UUS W) nOflD>
borough professing te be my imtlcnt!
uot George Fairfax's, as Delia Nnsh
n had told me last night. And the
1 long Journey had been all in vain,
r, How was I to assure her- ease her
] mind? Why should I art any more
j In the Interest of there Nasher if it
i were In their Interest-?sure to rescue
Herbert Aston from the mad ln?[
pulse I trusted only the mad im;
pulse of one who hud looked for.
ward to be free.
[ I went upstairs to my patient. I
L had let myself in with my latchkey,
and had seen nothing of Nan Matherway
since mv return. As I went upi
stairs I heard her voice upon the
i landing, talking.
"Hush! hush! Nan!" 1 exclaimed.
"Don't you know better than that?"
"I was telling the lady to h ? as
rjni- t as she can 1) \ sir. That's all."
"The lady! - What lady?"
1 did not wail for her re* ly. I went
up the remaining stairs, parsed Nan
Ma?herv.:i\ standing at the oc.cn
i uoor. and entered tho room.
Hxnclnlhn Nash was slttin;; b\ tho
bedside of Herbert Aston, hor hands
j crossed upon tho crutch-handled
stick she carried, and her eyes bout
upon hint with Brave earnestness,
j Sho did not look toward me as T
entered, so i'b:inbed wax she in tho
study of the man before her. it was
Herbert Aston, who hold out his
, hands almost pit ovtbly toward me,
; r.:ul much us n ciiild might have done
[ who wa3 scared by a newcomer and
i sure of help from me.
"Toil her to ?o, Mr. I,issamer. ;
, Save me from this woman, will you?
it. is she who wants my life; not Lb [
lia. She has told me so just now.
E Oh, ! nm so t>lud you huvo come
back!"
CIIAPTKIl XVIII
"TtlK MAI) DOG."
r I TYACINTHA NASH looked at me
"l&A at last A\ith the same grave
' expression with whit h she had been
sai vie jug Herbert Aston at the nioinent
of my arrival. Aston we? t? ,?i.*_ i
' bling violently, but ho did not r.ioalt
^ | for .twhllo. lit* wws rim'HHi to l'? 1 I
was near htm, and to bold me ti July
^ bj the arm with his KhnlJug ban-is.
; "I must apologize for intruding
. ' here and coming to stv this man, Mr.
t To be Con lined
v ;
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force to a sore, I iluit's
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and out of cxi* :>o and
chilblains disapp henhntr 1
inlluence. t.iuai drug
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A Boy or C":h n
As Alt ianJ
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for the Atlanta Se rim .
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older persons arid ' iust '
the s i inc. The Si i rnal
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Soulli, and your s it in
woikinu for It will jilt illy,
nol in toys, watt mall
wares, but in CA- n to
easli commission, w $~"i0
in prizes. This inn out
in time for < hrist Host
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