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Missouri, Saturday, April 1), 1870.
Number 50. Whole Xo. 20G.
Vol. 1.
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Edward Wilder' Column.
I BRING YOU
GLAD TIDINGS!
I.DW till tll.lr.ltft
STOMACH BITTERS
I j'r"k ril-vl ly tin' ablest physicians.
It wil
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CLAD TIDINGS!
I II tICK tlll.lll IC S
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the wiirl'l lias ever
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Nouralijia.
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uh cure! all ?kir tiitrae-.
It i-4 warranted to r'?-o White Swell
ing aral St AiJ Ilea l,
It care at owe S'-roiiioti-? Sore Kyes.
It in, in chort, the only Me'lif ine which
o'licht to lie usel in all suh casps,
a it effect arc rap'nl, followe-l ly
t ertain ari'l j'ermatient cure.
I BRING YOU
CLAD TIDINGS!
uin iKii ii.in:it-s
I m jioiinii i:trart mf Hi!l ihrrr)
I infallil'Ie in IV'tih ami I, '"I N.
Iti iire Catarrh or every lecriptioii.
It ive imrneiliate ( omfurt and relief
in Asthma arnl lironrhiti.
It I;a the happie-it t fleet in Consump
tion. It i in'li-iieriii.Ie
it I'ltennioiiia or
Winter Fever.
In all 1'iiltnonarv I'ieae atfemleii
witln-imh. ilillieiilfv of lireathinir,
or pain, it ha no e-jua!, ainl ha nev
t'T liecri known to tail in ttivin in
fant relief. Inllowtril hv letlam one.
I BRING YOU
CLAD TIDINGS !
i iin iiui Mii.iii.ii H
1111,1, TOXIC
I. never latlini' in Chill ainl Fever.
It i purely veetaLIe.
It fontain rio arsenie.
It will cure 1'umti Affile.
It not only onres, but eradieate these
hanelul disease trom the system
entirely, ami leaves it free from ma
larial taint.
Csc it, and have no other.
KhWAIU WILDKi:,
Sole Proprietor, 21 " Main Street,
LOIISVII.KK, RY.
For Sale by
Brawn, b-r fc. Ciraham, and
SCOTT tk MEI.I.ItR, Ht. l.oni,
A n-1 by
.C. ALEXANDER,
my leow:'.m
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(the Wtd;b (Cminisiim.
By JULIAN, DON AN & ALLEN,
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THE MYSTERY KEVEALED
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'Yes," sail Charles Vio, shurtly.
Ilcf-oliect vour master lias pleilcd
his worJ to me that the l.ij is to he
well treate !, anil to In; 1'ioiiLrht back to
liosvijxo a soon a- thi slramii: hunt
1 over.
"All ri 'ht, Mr. Marcoml-e ; it .-hall
le i.h'iie. Ami I shall he if la. I wlteii the
Iolj i Lack," saitl Sir Anthony's man,
Biilkilv : "luv tin hero worti do look
more like dot;
stealing than anything
ei-e 1 ever see i.
Charles Vi
smi
at the mart's
word-, and sei.m the hoiiirh ot the
ak, he otae r;ore swung himself on
to tlie wall, and dropped down on the
other side, whitlir.g lightly to the do
it 4 he went. Holster fiew f'ranticaliv
to the wall, then to the locked irate,
which he finally succeeded in sur
mounting. Sir Anthony'. man looked
on with irreat admiration.
I declare he do come arter vuii j ist
a if you was hi master," said he.
Again Lharie igo stooped to pat
Holster, in order to hide the smile that
passed over his face.
"1 have begged a pair ot old shoot
ing trlove from 31r. igo servant,
that once belonged to hi master," said
Charles : and it's wonderful how these
retriever will recognize the scent."
"Ah, it's very queer althogether,"
returned the man. '! can't say this
i a hunt as I shall like to follow."
They walked on silently through the
grounds into the road, where a light
cart awaited them, into which llicy
sprang, and drove away.
llwasaboutan hourafter this, when
Charles Vig- returned to Menhenint
Farm, and laid hi hand on the shoul
der of its gloomy master, who sat cow
ering over a turf tire, which smouldered
on the hearth, in an old fashioned wide
chimney.
"Skew," said he, "you must go to
this man-hunt."
"You you can't mean that you are
going to h-t this be stammered the
farmer, bending his white face still
lower over the emhers.
"Yes why not?" said young Vigo.
"Let them hunt, and find, if they will."
"Here '(" asked Skews, hurriedly.
"Here'." repeated Charles. "No.
Are they likely to lind Mr. Vigo al
your nouse, or an y other helper in a
murder : eh, Skews
The miserable man glanced upwards
into Ins iiucstioner's lace with a look
of helpless cowardice and fear ; hut he
uttered not a word.
"Holster will not come hither to look
lor hi master," continued the other
"Never fear that, man."
"Where is the dog?" said Skews,
looking round in terror.
In Sir Anthony's stable," was the
reply. "He will be let out at three
o'clock : and Sir Anthony ami a man
of his, who is in the secret, will follow
him on horseback.
Will the scent lie well, Mr. Mr.
Marcombe':" asked Skew?, with his eyes
still on the tire.
"Trust JJolstor for making no mis
take," replied Charles, "if it was
only an old glove, he'd find it."
Skews was silent for a moment
then curiosity evidently got the belter
of ins fears.
"Where do you mean to go, sir, if
you don,t stay here?" he asked, in his
old hesitating wa-.
"Oh, we'll go together, Skews," said
he. ' e shall have some rare snort,
Skews seemed by no means to relish
this prospect : he moved uneasily on
his seat, and said gloomily, "What'n
the good .' 1 don t ceo the gcou
can't make out what you are going
to do."
"Come with me, and then you'll see
what I am going to do, said the other.
'I have chosen a splendid hiding plane
The eommaiiilin voice was in hr.
ear, the firm hand was on hi shoulder,
and the coward Skews dared not diso
h'V his tjuest. Yet lie rose sulkily, and
as he .d 11 red the emhers tnctlicr with
hi foot, he said, in his moodiest tone,
"I'm a dimmed man. I don't cure
where I io. Hut I suppose you'll let
me have a sup of something warm he
lure you pull me nut in the cold."
'What are you afraid of?" returned
the other contemptuously. "Arm your
self with Putch courage, if you will ;
it matter little to me."
The voiiiiij man walked up and
dnwii, w hi.-tlnii; softly, as Skews mixed
himself a las of strong toddy, which
he drank in a I'erce way, a though in
drink, a n all else, lie could not help
showing the de.-peiatiuii that was
growing in him.
'Are you ready ?" askod his guest,
as he set the glass down. "Then come
at once."
As lie spoke, Charles ig ) took a
pi.-tol trom his pocket, and looked at
the priming. The action was not lost
on Skew.
'I hope, sir, w hatever happen, that
you'll keepyour temper," he said, sub
missively. 'T'm sure I'm willing to go
with you, al though 1 can't see what
von are going to make a fool of Sir
Anthony Uoi-kellv lor."
lioth stood beneath their night sky
a the lust words were said; without
answering, Charles Vigo strode on to-warti-
Trewavas woods.
t II MM Mi l 111.
: moonlight was clear and pier
hut beneath the trees the arched
lies, lealless though they were,
I'h.
" ing,
liiaiitli
intercepted its ra s, and the path was
dark and gloomy. A thousand fantas
tic shadows lay upon the rank grass ;
and here and there, where a huge ilex
or a stiver Iir reared a giant crown.
From such black spots in their path
the coward Skews emerged with a
colder and colder fear trembling at his
heart. Yet he dared utter ro word of
remonstrance, his fear of the stalwart
young man by his side being greater
than the imaginary terror that tor
mented his shrinking conscience.
Nevertheless, when Charles Vigo strack
into the heart of the wood, ami turned
towards the Lady's Uower, fright un-chaine-1
his speed).
"1 hope yoa won't ax me to go to
this lonesome pool, sir," said he, "es
pecially on sicii a wisht night at this."
"What better place for the hui.ters
to find the aider and abetter of a mur
derer than the spot where the murder
occurred?" asked his companion,
sternly.
'Hut there's no friend of murderers
here," stammered the farmer, us his
face ixrew white and ghastly in the
moonlight.
"Nevertheless," said the young man,
"the friend of Olive Yarcoe is here,
atid 1 intend that Sir Anthony llosk
eily shail tlml him at the very pot
where where you and I, Nathaniel
Skews, saw her on the da)- that Eleanor
Maristowc lost her life."
"You I lli 1 you sec Iter too," ex
claimed Skew, with a tremulous
'I'.iiver in his voice.
As ho spoke, Charles Vigo turned,
and seized him by the collar.
"You saw her, you miserablo scoun
drel," he exclaimed, "and yet you have
held your peace. You have heard her
traduced on all sides, and you have
seen her hunted as a criminal, driven
trom her home, execrated and hated,
auti you have not spoken, because you
have taken blood-money, and sold your
soul for a few acres of Trewavas laud."
Held in lus powerful grasp, Charles
Vigo dragged the wretched man along
at a rapid pace, till he reached the
margin of the lonely poo', where the
moonlight lay, white and ail very. Here,
on the long, rank grass, where he hail
-ecn Olivu's robe, trailing as it touch-
tl
ie water, tie tiling turn uown, ana
tood over him, pistol in hand.
"Understand, Skews," ho exclaimed,
that you have to speak now, else I
tl j ti ir vou into this pool, where vou
aw liieanor Maristowe flung, and
iCver raised a hand to help her.eoward
ind assassin that vou are!"
"I cannot speak," gra-ped Skews.
I'm a rained man if 1 do."
The echo ot his words, pitched in a
sharp tone of fear, crept back over the
lonely pool like the whisper of an ac-
us'mg spirit, shrieking rum in his ears.
fhe gloom and horror of the place was
nhanced a thousand fold by the cow
ard!' nature ol the man, and by that
nvvard voice ol conscience which his
ll-got property had failed to stilio.
"There is no escape for j"ou," said
Charles Vigo, sternly. "l nhurden
your guilty load, ruin or no ruin. 1
mean to hear the trull:, even it you die
in tellin it."
Now, look here, sir," moaned the
miserable Skews, "is this fair what
you re doing . i on come into my
use in disguise on purpose to ruin
me. i on nailu l been with me a week
il'ore I knowed vou, Mr. Vigo, jet I
never said a word to any one."
i ou dared not.
1 don't know about that, sir," said
Skews. "1 only know you're a rich
man, and I'm a poor one. Ami if I
don't keep my word with Sir Hilton
I rowavas, I m ruined. W hat do you
want to ruiri me for? I haven't hurt
anybody ; Miss Varcoe is safe enough.
And I don t see why I should tell tales
about her or or anyone else," he
roared as Charles Vigo, exasperated
hv the insolent tono of his last words,
again seized him by the throat, and
pressed his lace close to the cold, shi
ning water.
The horror, the shrinking horror,
which the miserable man felt at the
chill touch of the doleful pool, stopped
tor a moment the verv beatmff ot his
lull heart, for months he had avoid
ed the place in painful cowardice. For
worlds he would not have dipped his
hands in that accursed water ; and now
his eye glared into it, its touch wetted
his w hite lips, and ho knelt face to face
with the cold death he had let Eleanor
Maristowe die. When Charles Vigo
lifteJ bis vivid face from the pool, and
flung him on the grass again, he was
utterly abject and spiritless.
"(iive me five minutes only five
minutes, Mr. Vigo, and I'll tell you all,
he gasped hurriedly, as breath and life
came back to him.
"Very well." said Charles Vitro, "I
grant you five minutes in which to re
cover yourself, and got some courage
into j our dastardly veins if j'ou can
I shall stand by this tree; but j-ou see
this pistol, and j'ou know it 29 loaded
and it you attempt to stir 1 shall tire
Charles Vigo moved away to a short
distance, and leant against a tall bay
tree, the fragrant leaves of which
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Sll'-'t.t tilLtl ,i lllOUI III 111 IIISlOIl It Lilt;
night air.
"Not so far, Mr. Vigo'." cried the
coward in abject fear. "lon't go so
far away for mercy's sake! I can't
see j ou, sir, and I can't abide to be
alone in this ghastlj- place."
'T can see jou," said Charles Vigo,
"and that's enough. You have asked
for five minutes; 1 grant them, but I
will not place myself in j our sight. I
want no such vile companionship."
Compelled to look around him in the
weird and waning light, and see onl
tho waving trees, the still shadows, and
the gleaming pool, which, like a ghost-!-
mirror, doubled all the shapes ot
horror that haunted his coward spirit,
Skews trembled in everj- limb, and
tried vainly in his ballled mind to lind
some loophole or corner of escape It
was for this he had asked for five min
utes' grace, to invent a lie, or to shullle
Charles Vigo off with a coil of wily
excuses, which should be the truth and
yet hide it. Hut the tale that by his fire
side it would have been easy to make
would not come out to him here,bj' the
margin of the dismal lake, where Elea
nor .Maristowe died. He had not
thought the time for which he prajed
would be given to him in utter silence,
darkness, and loneliness, except for!
the pointed pistol which seemed to
gleam on him from every tree. If he
only knew on which side. Charles Vigo
was hidden, he might perhaps creep
awaj- and escape. I!ut no ; when lie j
thought the pistol Hashed on him on
this side, he turned and saw it on that.
Then peering into the darkness, he
again wondered behind which tree hi
eiiemj hid, or, glancing with shrinking
eyes upon the pool, he fancied he saw
Kleanor floating toward him, and so he
wavered from one coward fear to the
other till the minute of grace were
gone. At the last he took to counting
theai, crouched as he was ou the wet
grass, with all thoughts of excuse or
invention vanished, and nothing in his
mind but the floating corpse of Elea
nor and the pointed pistol of Charles
igo. When the time was up, and his
tongue had ceased to ciunt, the blank
silence that fell upon hiia was more
horrible than the threatening voice or
pistol of his foe,or even than the touch
of that death-cold water.
'Mr. ViL'oI Mr. Vigo!" he said,
softly.
Silence still. Then he began to
count again. He had made a mistake
sureh', and he knew Mr. Vigo would
not speak till the minutes of grace
were gone. He counted with a drj'
tongue and a gasping throat, for every
moment was a torture now. Suppose
the young man had gone awaj', and
left him here by this hideous pool alone !
The thought lifted his hair as though
an unseen hand had passed through it,
and brought cold beads of sweat upon
his brow. Ami the moon was goiug
down, the face of the pool was darken
ing slowlj-, with here and there a gleam
and flash, a ripple of ghastlj- light al
ways showing him the corpse of Elea
nor floating toward him in horrible
distinctness. Knin, penurj", or a pris
on, was better than this agony of si
lence and loneliness, peopled onlj- by
this, accusing spirit. The dark shadow
on the water creeping ever nearer, ap
palled him more than the glistening
ight had done ; and the waving ot the
ail rushes on the pool's brink, the
reak and swaj- of unseen boughs
moaning around him. all shook his
ibject soul with supernatural terrors.
vnc: now a branch on the opposite side
of the poo! s waved wildly to and fro.
It swayed without any sudden gust or
au ot wind, lie saw it bv a long
line of light, which glanced between
the trees from the setting moon, and
struck the water like a ghostly lance,
bowing the branch swaying to and
fro without wind, and without human
hand. Then the light quivered and
went out ; but, as it vanished, a face
rose up among the leaves of the swaj'
ing branch, and looked at him. The
sight was too horrible, and he fell down
to the earth, biting the wet grass with
piivcring hps, and grasping at gnarled
roots and weeds with clutching fin
er.
"Mr. Vigo !" he shrieked, "lor Hea
ven's sake, speak to me, sir!"
He held his breath to listen lor an an
swer, but none came. He heard onlj'
the swaying of the bough, and the
moan of the wind among the tree-tops.
I'hen, gathering courage, he thought
to rise ami escape ; but as he gained
his feet, a wiry, firm hand pressed him
lown upon his knees, and a voice not
Charles Vigo's said in cutting accents,
"Thi is the best attitude for a confes
sion, Farmer Skews. 1 am Mr. Vigo's
friend. You might deny what vou
said to him, but 'in the mouth of two
witnesses shall a tcstimonj7 be approv-
1.' Now, let us hear why jou stood
by, and saw a helpless girl murdered,
uul never stirred a linger to help her.
The thought had Hashed through the
o ward's dull brain that he might deny
his conlession to Charles igo ; but
now, as he felt Mr.Heriot's strong hand
upon him, ho knew that he was baflled
at every turn, and all hope was gone.
"Don t be hard upon me, gentlemen,
he w inced, as ho held out his hands to
wards the dim figure ot Charles V igo,
standing between him and the pool.
I'm a ruined man from this night.
You won't make public what I sajT ?
You won't turn me out of house and
home '"
"We shall do what is right and hon
est," replied Mr. Heriot. "If the con
sequences to j ou are disastrous, j'ou
must bear the just punishment ol your
sin.
"I was a poor man ; I owed rent,"
groaned Skews, rocking himself dis
mally to and fro. "1 feared Sir lliiton
would ruin me if I said anj'thing. And
I thought it grand to get such a big
man in my power. 15ut I'm sure 1
never had no peace since. I've been
haunted day and night. Aunlj- a min
ute ago I seed a lace by the pool wau-n-
mg inc.
"You saw me, j'ou simpleton," said
Mr. Heriot. "(io on ; wo waste time
hero."
"Anj- other man would ha' done
what I did," continued the shuffling
Skews, "if he was as poor as I be. 1
went to Sir Hilton, and axed him to let
me have Mcnheniot farm ; aDd he said
no, very short, as he'd promised it to
some one else. Well, then, when 1 bad
my chance aftorwards, you can't won
der I took it."
"Afterwards ? You mean after the
murder ?" said Mr. Heriot, in a sharp
tone.
"What a shuffling, lying throat the
man has !" exclaimed Charles Vigo, in
dignantly. "My hand tingles to kill
him, as 1 would a reptile.
Skews shrunk, and crouched his ab
ject head nearer lo the grass at these
strong words, glancing like a whipped
dog at the pistol shining m Charles
Vigo's hand.
"Sofllv, m' dear young friend," said
Mr. Heriot. "Leave this creature to
me. Now go on. man an 1 faster, if
possible. "
"Ye, sir," said he, "I went to Sir
Hilton the day afore the impiest it
was and told him I'd been in the wood
the daj- Miss Eleanor died. I looked
him in the face as I said it, and I never
seed a man go so white a he did. He
didn't speak for full a minute; then he
saj s, 'What part of the wood ?' 'Near
the Lad's llowcr,' I answers. 'And I
saw ; a red cord there.' Then Sir Hil
ton dropped his face upon his hands,
and when he lifted it again 'twas white
as snow, arid ghastlj-a a dead man's.
'1 don't want lo do the familj' no harm,'
I saj's. "I've alwaj's been a tenant
of yours and your lather's, Sir Hilton.
I mean to hould mjr '-ongue about the
matter.' He seemed relieved when I
said that, but he kept his eyes down j
upon the Moor, and never looked up i
once again while 1 was there, 'oi
course j'ou shall have the farm, Skews,'
he said, 'ami three bunder pounds to
stock it with. You understand that?'
'I understand, sir,' I answered; 'and
j"ou may make surej'ou'll never hoar
no word of this so long as jou live.'
He bit his lip hard at this, and said, in
a hesitating way, 'You did not see anj
one at the pond, Skews, 1. suppose V
'I'm sorry to fuv, sir, 1 did,' saj s I. 'I
mention no names. I saw some one.'
'Never mind,' he said, holding up his
hand suddenly. '1 don't want lo bear
anj'thing. You shall have t he farm in
a lew weeks' time, jou know, when
things are quiet ; meanwhile, j'ou had
better be careful.' I saw be meant
that he was afraid I should talk, though
he was too proud to say it ; so made
haste to let 'tin know that iiarra word
had passed my lips, or should pass;
ami it never would, M-. Heriot, to this
day, if joung Mr. Vigo hadn't come
into mjr "house disguised like, and hunt
ed me down like a ferret."
Skews whimpered here, and then
burst into a howl of despair, as, look
ing up, he saw no sign of pity on Mr.
Heriot s stern face.
"You see," said Charles Vigo, savage
ly, "what a miserable craven is Sir
Hilton Trewava ! Heavens!" he ad
ded, inwardly, "to think that Olive
should love such a man !"
"Softly again, my dear boy," said
Mr. Heriot. "Hid' Sir Hilton know
whom vou saw in the wood, Farmer
Skews ?"
"In course he did, sir," replied "Skews.
"W hv did he go so gashlv white ele? I
Whj- did he give me the farm, and loan
me three bunder pounds besides ? And
now I've gone agin him, and ruined
myself and him too."
"The miserable coward '" said Charles
Vigo, as he stamped his foot on the
ground, "anything to save his own
uaiin. Poor Olive her sufferings have
been nothing in his eves."
"You say you mentioned no name
to Sir Hilton," observed Mr. Heriot,
standing overjh's alject witness with
intense delight. "Now, will jou have
the kindness to mention to me the
name of the person j ou saw in the
wood, and add also j'our own share in
this transaction ?"
Skews shivered and trembled, and
bowed bis miserable head upon his
hand, but made no reply.
"You are dumb," said Mr. Heriot.
"Well, I can tell you jour share in the
murder myself. "You had shot a hare
in the wood the night before, and lost
it, for you trj- the poacher's trick now
and then; ami coming hither the next
daj' knowing you would find the hare
hereabouts dead you had picked up
the stolen game ami pocketed it, when
j'ou heard voices the voices of two
joung ladies in anger and fearing to
be seen, j ou hid down j-onder among
the tall fern and watched them. Then
one young ladj- swept away in a tem
pest of passion, brushing the edge of
the pool with her long dress, just here
where we stand ; and being in a fierce
mood, she dragged the trailing silk
hastily from the water, and gathered
it up around her. In doing this her
girdle fell upon the grass, and remain
ed there unregarded. And you, after
lingering among the tern a lew minutes
more, were creeping awaj- on your
hands and knees, when once more j ou
heardvoices, and j ou turned back to
your old hiding-place and watched.
HercSkews broke in with an injured
air.
"See now !" he cried. "Only think
of a gentleman coining in disguise into
a man's house and worming all this
out (if him ! gathering it from words
spoken in sleep or idle things said over
a glass at night! Oh, it's mean I say
it's mean in a gentleman to do such
things !"
Mr. Heriot seemed for a moment to
hesitate whether or no he should kick
the reptile that crouched at his feet;
but he refrained, shrugging his shoul
ders at his owa impatience.
"You miserable scoundrel !" said
Charles Vigo, coming forward from the
shadow where he stood ; "it is true I
have eaten of your bread, and slept
under your roof ; and because of this
counting all the money I have given
vou for nothing I do not mean to
harm one hair of j'our wretched head.
Before I brought you hither, l had
taken measures for j our escape from
the execrations that await jhm. My
motive has been, not to punish jou,
but to clear an innocent girl trom the
horrible shadow of guilt cast over her
by yon and j'our confederates. But
why do I talk to j-ou ! Heriot, l am
sick of this. Take this wretch awaj-,
as wo agreed on. and write out his
confession and make him sign it; then
let him go out of our sight forever. 1
care not to hear his words. He can
tell me nothing that my own convic
tion did not tell me long ago. And I
swear solemnlj' that the murderer ol
Eleanor Maristowe shall be in mj-
hands before the world is a month
older."
Ho went back, as he spoke, to the
deep darkness amid trees, and remain
ed silent, like a man lirmlj- sure of
himself, and heeding little what others
thought.
"You looked upon it as a lucky thing
to get the Trewavas family into your
power," said Mr.Uerict ; "so,although
you might havo hindered murder, you
would not "
At this instant the short, quick bark
of a dog was heard at a distance, and
once more Charles Vigo came forward
hurriedly.
"Take him awaj, Heriot, I entreat
j-ou," he said. "I want Sir Anthonj-Boskellj-
to find me here alone."
The wirj- Mr. Heriot seized the
coward Skews by the arm, and jerked
him from the ground to his limp feet.
"Now, man, come with me," said Mr.
Heriot, "unless j-ou want to be knock
ed down ami kicked along the road be
fore me."
Skews needed not this warning.
Meek, ill used'as he considered him
self, he went a martyr, protesting he
only wanted to be heard t'airlj', and to
tell the truth, since he must tell it, in
his own way.
"I shall sit up for j-ou, Charles," said
Mr. Heriot, as he disappeared, leading
the coward with him.
Charles Vigo listened, first for the
rustle of the steps among the leaves,
ami then for the distant sound of
wheels, which echoed from the road
bejond the wood ; and during this time
the short, anxious bark that had sound
ed far awaj- approached nearer, but he
did not turn his ear to this till the
sound of n.pid wheels had died in the
distance.
"They are safe away," said Charles
Vigo to himself. Now let Sir Anthony
Loskellj' find out the truth, if he can.
I want none of his meddling, and 1
will not pander to his hate of l.ady
Trewavas."
The j-oung man walked slowlj- tip
the green knoll, and sat down on one
of the felled trees that laj- desolate
about the ruins of the Lady's Bower.
In the faint starlight he saw dimly the
dying flowers, the climbing plants
hacked down, or Ijihg low upon the
ground, and among them the proud
clianlhus, with here and there a cluster
of its scarlet blossoms among the grass,
like great clots of blood flung from a
murderer's hand.
"1 it thus Sir Hilton Trewavas
thinks to forget ?" he said, wearilj-, as
he looked upon the ruin around. "If
he had not Hive Varooe's love, I could
almost pitj- him."
Turning from the thought that pain
ed Iii m, Charles Vigo divested himself
of the thick red wig, that came low
down upon his forehead, the uncouth
collar, the glaring necktie, and other
devices by w hich he had so effectually
disguised himself; after which he
lighted a match to see the time b- his
watch ; then he lighted a cigar, and,
coollj- smoking, awaited his foes.
II Al'i Mi i.iv.
Creeping between the underwood,
crawling among the shadows, came
Sir Anthony lioskelly, ai d that beam
ing cherub, Mr. Eslick. The horses
and groom had long ago been left be
hind, for, with a grim sense of fun,
Charles igo had traversed the wood
to the Lady's Bower bj- a path well
known to himself and Bolster, but im
possible for an equestrian, and bj- uo
means a paradise for clderlj- feet to
tread.
'Where is this frisky dog taking us,
Sir Anthony?" whispered Mr. Eslick,
with anxious face.
"Ho i g'dng to his master, Beelze
bub," replied the baronet, in fearful
iil humor. "But I care not.. I mean
to follow to the end. io back, Eslick,
if you arc a coward."
"I am no coward, Sir Anthonj-. I
follow j ou, sir," said Mr. Eslick, beam
ing ailablj- on his patron, and turning
his head, as was his wont, to give him
the full benefit of the smile that gleam
ed from ear to car.
"It's dark as. a bag," said Sir Anthonj-,
grutllj-, "and the path is as full
of brambles as a blackbcriy pit. 1
don't think this hunt is turning out as
limusir.g as I expected. Mind now,
Kslick, if we are made fools of bj- a
log, no splitting on each other !"
"You may rely on me, Sir Anthony,"
said Mr. Eslick. "This little episode
is, as j-ou saj-,but a piece of fun, though
of course it may lead to results."
"Well, if it does," resumed Sir Anthonj-,
"brag of it then, Eslick ; but
stiil leave me out in the matter ; for,
except as a jest, it wouldn't tell well to
the world."
Mr. Eslick 's replj- came in stifled
accents, for he had just bumped his
nose against a tree, and found the con
tact painful.
"It is my opinion, Eslick," continued
Sir Anthony, "that j-ouare an unluckj
fellow in this Trewavas affair, 1 am
afraid jou'll never get that snug little
place I promised you. Ah," he added
with a bitter oath, "I should count a
thousand to back it as nothing, so I
could bring that old woman's pride
down. Well, she's lonely ami misera
ble enough at Trewavas now."
Sir Anthony forgot his own grim
solitude and all the quarrels and haired
of his sour old age, as he thus rejoiced
over the w oes ot Lady lrewavas.
"I have done mj- best, sir," observed
Mr. Kslick. in an injured voice. "1
have been indefatigable in ray efforts
to get at the root of this affair; but
I'eailj-, since young Mr. Vigo mixed
himself up with it, I have been com
pletely baffled."
"All tho more reason whj- j-ou should
find him, man," replied Sir Anthonj-.
"Whj- else should 1 take such au absurd
jest as this in hand? On my life I
half repent of it. Where is that uevil
ot a dog now ? 1 don't see him."
Mr. Eslick knew right well that Sir
Anthony would condescend to a worse
jest than this, or to a meaner part than
anj- he had yet plajed, to gratify his
hatred of the Trewavas familj; but ho
wa careful not to utter his opinion
aloud. To him this ciidnight hunt had
more of grim earnest than of jest in it;
but if Sir Anthonj- chose to make a
pretence of its being the latter, it was
not for him to thwart him, or betraj
that he saw through the part he acted.
Thus, with but few words, they fought
their waj through the underwood, fol
lowing Bolster whose swiftness was
considerably lessened bj- tho cord with
which thej had shackled him-At
length, Sir Anthonj turned ro-nnd and
stopped suddenlj.
" 1 he dog is going straight lor the
Lady's Bower," said he.
"Not a nice place, Sir Anthony, at
this time of night, ccriainlj," said Mr.
Eslick ; "but having carried the jest go
far, L suppose we may as well go on.
1 scarcely bolicve in ghosts do j ou?"
"Not 1," replied Sir Anthony.
"Neither ghost nor devil frightens me."
At this moment Bolster broke into a
joyous bark, and the two pursuers.
hastening into the open space around
the dismal pool, beheld a calm figure
seated on a felled tree, round which the
dog bounded with frantic expressions
of "delight. This was so unexpected
denouement, that both men stood still
in amazement, not unmingled with a
slight chill of fear. . ,
flVXTItn is it. V" aaiil Srr Anthonv.
peering into the starlight at the dim,
motionless figure.
"Charles Vigo, Sir Anthonj. Very
much at jour service," said the young
man, taking off his hat.
"The deuce?" muttered Mr. Eslick,
in an undertone. "This j'outig fellow
dallies us at every turn."
For a moment Sir Anthonj was
speechless; then he broke into a gruff
laugh.
"Well, Mr. Vigo," said he, "I own we
have not gamed much by our jest. Wo
can't take you up, j-ou see ; so 1 sup
pose we must wish each other good
night."
"If j'ou tLought by finding me to
discover the ladj- whom I, and I only,
have the courage to defend," remarked
Charles Vigo, "vou have certainly
greatly deceived j ourselves. But j'ou
in search the wood and the pond if
you like."
He rose, and lighted another cigar
as he spok, and bj the glew of ttie
match Sir Anthony saw th ill-made-
dress and the red wig of tho Dorset
farmer.
"Why, hang it?" ho exclaimed,
starting back, "what is tho meaning ot
this ?"'
'It means, Sir Anthonv," said
Charles, "that I havo rather turned the
table on jou, and enjoyed this jest
even more than j'ou havo. It means
also that 1 know w hat I am about, and
you don't. I did not think a red wig
and a Horset twist of the tongue would
have taken jou in so easily."
Sir Anthonj- was swechless from
rage and defeat; Mr. Eslick from ad
miration. Meanwhile Charles Vigo
stooped and untied the cord that had
shackled Bolster's speed. As ho rose
he confronted the two men face to face
and there wa something in hi hwnest
and frank countenance that startled
them both.
"1 am sorrv, for j'our father's rake,
to see vou hiding like a disguised vag
abond," murmured Sir Anthony. "And
I lear it is Mr. Eslick' dutj now to
arrest -ou as an aider and abetter "
"Stop !" said Charles Viao, holding
up his hand ; "I have never aided tir
comforted anj criminal. When 1
handed Miss Yarcoe into a carriage on
the night she quitted this neighbor
hood, there was no warrant out against
her to mj knowledge. I cannot, there
fore, be just!j- accused ol the misde
meanor j-ou name. But when you
grant a warrant for mv apprehension,
Sir Anthonj-, and 1 am brought up be
fore you as a culprit, 1 shail answer
j our accusation satisfactorily. 1,'otil
then, farewell."
He lifted his hat, whistled to Bolster,
and walked slowlj- awaj".
"Eslick! Kslick:" sputtered Sir An
thonj, "had not you better seize him ?"
Charles Vigo heard the words, turn
ed, and once more confronted the two
men.
"You will find mo at Bosvigo to
morrow until noon," he said, calmly.
"If jou have any charge to bring
against me, make it and 1 will answer
it before the nearffst magistrate. You.
are so fond of playing amateur police
man, Sir Anthonj", that 1 trust you will
do me the honor of arresting me your
self." This last cut stung the wily baronet
into fury.
'Take care what you 6ay, Mr.
Vigo," he retorted. "I can fling worse
in j our teeth than that. A policeman
stands on the side of law and order ;
but on whose side have you stood whilo
j-ou haunted this country, a disguised
vagabond ? A black wig and a peddler's
pack deceive me no more than a red
wig now. What is the meaning of such
a rotten farce V
Charles Vigo's laugh was irritating
as ho answered.
"It means," said he, "that you are
not the only one who can play amateur
policeman, Sir Anthony. And perhaps
I can perform the part more effectively
than j ou, since hatred aud revenge do
not enter into mj motives."
'What do jou mean by that, sir ?"
roared the baronet, striding towards
the young man with uplifted hand.
"Bra j, Sir Anthony, do not quarrel.
Be calm, I entreat you," said tho beam
ing Mr. Eslick, rushing between tho
belligerents, and turning his seraphie
smile first on one, then on tho other.
"What Mr. Vigo has just said requires
our earnest attention. It seems to in
timate that he has made himself ac
quainted with facts unknown to us.
Mr. Vigo sir, if we have made a
mistake iu supposing jou a friend of
that unhappy person who committed a
murder on this very spot "
"1 am neither friend or foe to that
person," interrupted Charles Vigo.
"And it, contmuea -Mr. r.siicu,
"through the advantage of a disguise,
jou have ascertained new facts, and
gathered fresh evidence against that
person, allow mo to saj, Mr. Yig,
that however singular and unprece
dented your conduct maj have been,
you are certainly bound to give infor
mation ot those lacts at the nearest
police station."
"Thank you, Mr. Eslick, for your
uncalled for advice," said Charles Vigo.
"The course you recommend is pre
ciselj the one 1 intend to pursue. 1
believe it is scarcelj necessary that wo
should continue this conversation. 1
not, however, forget I shall be at Bos
vigo till to-morrow noon, to answer all
charges. But, if I maj be permitted
to give advice in mj turu, I should say
j-our own reputations, and perhaps
the ends of justice also, will bo better
kept bj- j-our allowing this singular
jest to remain a secret. Permit mo
now to bid j-ou both good morning."
He walked calmly away, and disap
peared among the trees, leaving Sir
Anthony gallcd,and Mr. Eslick smiling
in amazameat. Even his last words
had stung tho baronet, as ho knew the
emphasis on bf .a implied that be and
Mr. Eslick were therebj placed n an
equal ity, as being both something in
the police liuc.
"Curse his impudence T' said Sir
Anthony, as he turnrd to retrace bis
steps.
Had tho wood been less dark, or the
place less dismal with ghastly recollec
tions, he would not have endured the
irritating cempanioushipof the smiling
and puzzled Kslick. As it was, he
suffered him as he traversed the tan
gied paths, and rode away from him
discourteously as soon as he reached
and mounted his horse. Bat the
cberub overtook him in anxious haste.
"What can young Mr. Vigo mean?'"
he said, in a low voice.
To be continued.
A Kentuckian ha raised 12,000
pounds of hemp from nine acres of
ground.

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