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y flit: @anadian East. 1610 The Fawn t6 WIN" E! mmmeethand I'Ul ......mmm. 1413“" 3r gr, 3) said Pelham that 8? al to Gordon. "T0 3; bill.” Mr Karmagl aryvisit.’ will be time enough. Give him tint to- morrow.’ Mr. Pelham gulped as if swallowing a very__bitter pill. before he continued: ~ - =-â€"~ mm min. nlace 'orob. Ye bitter pm. oelum he w...__. ‘ ' proceeding will take place prob‘ ably to-morrow evening. To;morrow 18 Saturday, remember. Now. having to the circumstances of the case, regard what do you think he will do on Sun- take legal action against him before Monday. You may be sure that he keeps all his available pr0perty in the safe there. I am convmced of this, for beat. Over £5,000 of that pro erty belong to you. He will take it and eave g: country before Monday morning. owing the character of the man, you cannot say that the thing is impossible. ” “No, but that‘s another argument on my Side. He may get off with my money, but hang me if he shall get ofi without that hiding.” ,___ :- nan "av-‘7 thins: Sold by “an. me mums, Du. .. ...., .-_., -- that lead the loss of your property.” “It 100 if I should lose that any- how.” said Gordon. “But ypu won’t," . member m the impassive tone of conno- ‘ Bnty on won t’, membery in the imp tiOD. rm: mil-:mG or FRIENDS AND Fons. George Gordon went out to buy him- self an English pipe and some English â€":â€"Aâ€" Ram a race {01' George UULUUH "vuu v..- -- , V _ self an English pipe and some English tobaccoâ€"exile had given him a rage for everything Englishâ€"and the little so- licitor, with indomitable perseverance in the cause of law and order, accom- panied him with a. wheedling murmur of "depositions" and “warrants.” As soon as they were gone Ivan Dontre- member drew a notebook from his pocket, and opening it pointed to a rough diagram and said: “There is were you used to live; can you tell me who inhabits the house now?” Looking closer at the drawing and the lettered parts described below in Gordon’s bold handwriting, I saw that it represented a ground plan of the pot- tery, the yard at the back, Taras’s workshop, and our former dwelling house. UL -_- .“un ” T ronliaa “U W“. “Nobody lives there now," I replied, “the house is empty." He gave a nod of satisfaction, closed the notebook, put it back in his pocket, and then, with more geniality than he had yet shown, opened a conversation about my escape from Siberia, which turned. Gordon carried a stout stick he had purchased; Mr. Pelham looked as if the end of the world was within measurable distance. We went together to London. and af- ter lunching there Gordon and I took a. cab to Waterloo, leaving Mr. Pelham and Ivan Dontremember behind us. It was a surprise to us when, at the last moment, Dontremember held out his hand and said: “Good-by, George Gordon 1” “Why, you are coming with us, old .â€" fellow!" exclaimed Gordon. “You must come to see Taras." , . .l 2....Lk’a knot! in not wâ€"v... .. Gordon carried purchased; Mr. I end of the world ‘ distance. colliev I0 535 .1. mac. "b 0, not now. A death’s head is not wanted at your feast. Perhaps I shall come to you on Mondayâ€"perhaps not,” he added, dropping Gordon’s hand and turning away with a last nod to me. We looked after him in silent speculation. but little thinking that we were to see our friend no more. We found a fly at Woking station that carried us to Bet- terford. Taras was standing at the 1:6 with Judith by his side. As Gor- on stood up in the carriage waving his hat she ran to meet us, leaving Taras. Gordon lea ed out of the fly before it stopped, an the next moment she was wrapped in his big arms, standing on tip-toe to reach his lips- _ “-1- .M. Bar-”1t: in silenceâ€"we up'fLW LU Mal-iv» ...â€" ii‘ ,, aras too my ands in silenceâ€"we “I understand now were both orreatly movedâ€"but as he led ! forced composure, 3Y0]: 12;: coal]; 'me through the open gate he mm 1 back.” I “Yes. come back to call you to ac- mured: I “Bu-‘79, dear friendâ€"my unchanged, 1 count,” thundered Gordon. “What unchanging Aura! You have come 7 have you to say for yourself. you con- back not to go away again?” . ton deg} vill - 1" " “Never, never,” I answered fervently. ‘ £7 - , ”gym take that tone n Ka- ngh, it’ll; may'i‘my withhyou till th? end - ’ - my 9 is t e wis o my f T ‘ - heart. and I have no secrets from you i gthggidfiéht} W315,“ , can hsten now.” - “Ah, you have guarded your secret = act that may see 1 reason, snall well, and I was a r seer not to guess 2 now 2: the truth. I coulgognly tell that there 3 ”You'll have plenty of scope for your hen you are in the was something hidden; that none of us in - - genuity in that way w had. the true clue t0 the mystery): BF; ; dock; the lawyers will fight you there; 5‘” .here you have to settle matters With 1;: one thing I was not at fault. that you would come back to me, an ’me.” as no mistaking what he even you could not shake my faith in i There w that. When Judith told mishgngggt i meant as he threw off his Inverness. ‘ :' “Take this warning,” said Kavanagh, anionâ€"3 Stranger ‘0 ; clofing his left hand tightly on his one “If you at- y .ThinkofitlThey'mdte. bk. thought me mad when I told them you l tem 9 Png ac 3 P806- - - pt to ofier Violence, the result ma would come back 111 time. But you ‘: be fatalâ€"to you. I am not unprepar ye come. dear, brave, seelg sacrificing l “gown: myself.” . ' he spoke he gave the head of 1111! en 1 . “I shOuld think 11: had.” cried Gad“; { cane a twist. whixi‘ped out the rapier to d throwing .__1_:-k :5 «mg a “file- an L efly mu w-- WMM' and notâ€" 8 bit tedOO soong Then thel two friends grasped likeaconpl e offgiantsan stood flan. “W0 going to Siberia to 91 Thev’ll leave me alone now." “Aye, old chap, but we march out with flying colors and can hang up our Words with pride.” ‘ That was the only reference made to the Jupiter, what a jolly old place!" --_._ 4...:de as we came in sight twords with pnde ” the ‘ Jupiter, what a jolly old. on exclaimed as we came 1 “But what’s the _ -kâ€"‘J-ama windm 'mmbom. CHAPTER. XLIX. â€"â€"OR‘ OCTOBER 18. is the very W118. iting, I saw that 1 plan of the pot- 1e back, Taras‘s former dwelling now,” I replied. esca m) "The best. payt. do you 333'? Th“ butthe next moment, sounds asifit nught be good enough.for back I saw the rapier hanging wn. us. What do you â€"sna11 we build our nest here?” _ . “Like the swallows. 'WlthOflt m l bent W?apon~ont and flung it Eda whether we are welcome or not?” 303° that bnef space mm}, turned and ms and Gordon on the lawn. Oh, it he went over Gordon was good tosee them filling their pipes in the road mm a. thud. Be from the same P011911: strolling “FMS have been content to lie there, but Gor- the smooth grass With their arms hnk- pon dragged him on to his feet. and run- , ufiing out clouds of blue smoke, ning him along at arm’s length, thrash- and still better to hear them joining in a 1 ' heartxlaugh- . . ble wretch threw “It 15 the first tune I have heard him road again an laugh,” said Judith. “His . patience ‘ ness. has sometimes pained me. His endea- l Gordon declared he was unhurt, spoke vor to find a cheerful outlook in the fu- womfun of Kavanagh‘s pier and ture only proved how persistently mem- wondere h ories of the past haunted him, how to on a twopenuuy-halfpenny 5 01:18: UL Luv 11w- _V, 610113 the present moment n you have changed all that. “I!” “Yes, you were more 1 Eight. The loss of you v13! " â€" â€"- Ac 1.4;: :3va 1 l' ' ”I In sight. The loss of you was real grief, not the loss of his eyes. That he looked upon almost as a foreseen calamity- ‘the chance of war,’ as he says. He has always maintained that you would come back. The next room is yours. It was furnished expressly. for you, and all that belonged to you in Lambeth is in there. 'Nothing yet from my little friend?’ he has asked sometimes after I taxedhim spinetnnes, LnLthathe was glad to be Ier‘t'alon‘e. In those moment-s he was thinking of you. Something in my manner compared unfavorably with 3 his recollection of you. I can aflord to tell you all this now, dear. At one time it wounded my pride to suspect it, and I would not have confessed the fact to myself, but it gives me joy to tell you all now. ” She left me as Mere Lucas tapped at the door and humbly begged to speak to her dear mademoiselle. I wished could escape also. I thought the poor old woman would never be comfor “To think of the indignities, the af- fronts, the insults I have offered you, my dear, my most respected made- moiselle! What a brute I was, what an animal, what an imbecile! To ofier you a place as domestic servant in this house; to take you into my own room when I ought to have led you into the best drawing room; to permit myself to eat at the same table with you, and to ofier you the little wine and the remains of food that are on] good enough for a fool and a. dolt such as I amâ€"though certainly they are better than I deserve. And to think that you had behaved un- worthily at the very time when you were risking your life to save my dear master, and. what is more, to believe ill of that dear M. Gordon. who could do no wrong to save his life, God bless him â€"as droll as ever and as kind! But I am richly punished for it, look you, for I broke three things since lunch and let my milk boil over for the first time in my life. ӣ3.11, mon Dieu, that it should 7- -L m" "an!" mmme ‘Ht-lmnâ€"a n; Erie to_jchis_ at my lull-U. .....â€", ._ , come to this at my age!" Happily the fear of some further culi. nary disaster put an end to her sobs and self reproaches. but for a. long while after 1 never passed her without hearing her address herself as a. camel, a. pig or some other object of contempt. George Gordon, going to the window after dinner, exclaimed: ‘ “A glorious night, by Jove! How would it be if we went out for half an hour?” 11. r -hm-JA anv ” re- I heard Taras speaking in a terrible tone as we hurried out. but I could not catch his words. Then we came up and stood before Kavanagh, near enough for him to distinguish our faces in the pale starlight. “I understand now,” he said, with em-ma mmnosure. “You have come ”unifies. come back to call you to ac- count,” thgndered Gordon. “What have you to say _for yourself you con- d VIII 109‘ gs} “gym take that tone,” Kg.- othinSZJ .- , 1... A: 1am “Notmn . 1: you u.“ m... --_l, vanagh rep 'ed. tapping the palm of his left hand lightly with the cane he held in his ri ht. “When you ~can listen to reason, shall be able to justify every act that may seem inscrutable to you i and stepping backa.‘ pace. “If you at- l ; tempt to ofier violence, the result may i, be fatalâ€"to you. I am not unprepar l to protect myself.” _ 1 As he spoke he gave the head of his f cane a twist, whipped out the rapier to l which it was a handle, and throwing {side the stick placed himself in an atti- . do of defence. With a cry of terror Judith attempted to throw herself betWeen Gordon and 3 Kavanagh, but Tamas, who had conght the sound of steel, forcibly restrained er. i For my own part, I could neither move nor utter a sound. The long. ' thin sword was scarcely visible in the , i dun light; I heard that Kavanagh was 1‘ an expert swordsman. It wasimpossi- ‘ l ble for Gordon to face him with a stick. . end it was impossible that he should , close yithhis adversary without expose , inglnmself to the thrust ofthat'flmoet nn'seen weanohg.‘ sérious ’--; :Ed I shall be as right mpg.” A at the same time ‘ who had beer} sen’t 130 ‘l'ook __ Aâ€"on fice Was closed as usual. Old Mr. Bell was the last to leave. Before going he ‘ went throughthe works and stopped to l t ed Wright whether he didn’t think a cheaper coal would answer the same purpose as that they were burning, and i so on. Always on the lookout for , means of economizing. Mr. Bell. Never- 5 theless he gave Wright twopence for a pint of ale when he bade him “Good night” in his friendly way. \Vonder- 1y nice old gentleman. At 6 o’clock from the pottery except Wright, whose turn it was to keep the fires up till Ste- ‘ vens came at ‘3 to relieve him. About 7, Wright having coaled up, went to the side door in Ferry street to . get abreath of fresh air. While he was } standing there smoking half a pipe an odd looking little fellow came 11 tohim and passed the time of day. 0 had a , queer, monkeyish sort of face, with a I short, bristly red beard, and he wore a fur cap. “Is Mr. Kavanagl. in the works?” he asked. ‘ “No,” answered Wright. “He went Lu- “aflnmn and won’t be back fully nice old gentleman the bell rang. and all ha; from the pottery except turn it was to keep the vens came 3.133 t_o relieve ‘7‘- 1...â€" anncu. “No,” answered Wright. “He went away this afternoon and won’t be back E till Monday." . e I might find him “You'll have to go to Betterfordâ€" that’s beyond Wakingâ€"to find him.” “Woking, that's a long way. Are you sure he is there?” “Certain ’cause I had to post the let- ters to him there as they came in by the last post. ” “This is very awkward. I‘m spotter. and I counted on getting a bit of wor ” “You’re a Russmn, ain't you?” "Yes. How do you know?” “Because you talk like the parties who come to ask after Mr. Taras.” ‘ "You work late here?” said the little l man after a pause. "We knock off at 6. I’m here to fire up. Friday's salting day with us.” He had to explain the process of salt glazing before the foreigner understood ibis. W15. "We don’t glaze like thatin our coun- try. I expect your kilns are quite un- like ours. Have you any objection to my looking at them?” ,_ u n ,-:J TITâ€"huh!- QH'A“ II. little my 100311.15 an yum... “Well," said Wright. after a. little hesitation, it’s against the rules to let strangers in. but as your going to be a hand in_the wpflgs I don’t mind.” ,,__, 4-1.- 151.. and uuwrr «luvv on... --_J ‘ “Here, come on, mate, you've seen enough,” said Wright, who by this time began to suspect that he had not done well to infringe the rules. At this remark the foreigner followed Wright to the ground floor, and there again the spirit of inquiry was strong upon him. He would go round to look at the fire_holes again. and Wright fol- .. 11,- -1-_mma “I! doubt. At this remain; huc w. .03--- Wright to the ground floor, and there again the spirit of inquiry was strong upon him. He would go round to look at the fire holes again. and Wright fol- lowing, with sulky slowness, no doubt, lost sight of him on the other side of the yard behind Mr. Taras’ house. Wasn’t anywhere. Finally he concluded that being a foreigner (and consequently mean) the little man had sneaked out into Fe ' street and gone 05 in that unceremonious fashion in order to avoid standing 8 drop of beer for the trouble Wright had taken to explain things mwymmm Nothing occurred until just about midnight, when Wright had another supnse as he was breathing the cool air the front door?"he asked angrily. "I can’t open it with my key." “I expect Mr. Bell double locklfd it §3 b"; fifiWfight, ands at the pottery at on that Friday the of- ;usual. 01d Mr. Bell save. Before going be 9 works and stopped to am Wright, who was rown ware kiln; talked Lty of fuel used and ask- ,her he didn’t think a cult! answer the same ;hey were burning. and * on the lookout for D nizinz. Mr. Bell. Never- and ieard beyond doubt the cry repeat- edâ€"“Wright! Wright 1”â€"â€"in a shriek of supplication and terror, and it was the governor's voice. . He answered and ran up stars. I. L “VAVHU'I all-hogs and round him ror. his face white as a E , L:___ all 1.1. Wright “gm h d as 11 man a e foundghimaelf in termined to bolt if he danger and got the L-â€"- .usn-M him in ‘ jumps.” or something. It made him ; feel shaky and queer to see a man ‘ usually so self composed so completely unnervegl and pauic stnclgeu. r. his face white as a. sheet of paper. “Do you see him?" he gas "Who. sir?” asked Wright. “Amanwitheredbeard and a bald :fi’o, sir." “Lalhold of that jar. "-V- - ._..A‘ {,0 “He’s éown there. apprehensive than 1 he spoke to,_ '59 S auu um uw.. ithout a word Kama}: crept swiftly up the stairs to the floor above. Wright was about to follow, when ,L-) ....-o tfim and rm nn '1 1.15”» v some one hmshed past him the stairs like a cat. It we. foreign er who 11 d gone on earlier in the nig t, haonly n neither boots norha bald angi shining. ‘- ._A huge qu now. ,, foreigner who has gone over the worn I earlier in the nig t, only now he were I neither boots. nor hat, and his head was bald and shining. . Wright stood there breathless, at a loss to know what to do between duty to his master and duty to himself. He would have been glad to get out into Ferry street and leave the governor to settle his own affairs as be best could. but the dread of an accomplice of the foreigner starting out from beyond the coal and knifing him. foreignerlike, withheld him. Presently, gaining con- \ fidence by the perfect silence above. he stole up the stairs till his head rose just over the level'cf the floor and he could see right along the salting room. In front was the cone of the kiln, with the 0pc ' g of the “archway" directly fac- ing him. filled with a glare of yellow light. On each side was deep. impene- trable shadow. thrown by the wal s of the cone. Wrigkt saw neither Kava uagh nor the foreigner: both were somewhere in that deep shade. . Suddenl there rose a scream of terror from the knees. and Kavanagh rush- ed out into the light. He was making for the steps when.'catching sight of a head before him and not recognizing that it was Wright in that instant, he stoppedasifhe adrunagainsta wall. ' In that moment the foreigner leaped . gut of the obscurity and sprang upon 1m. . “Mercy! mercy I” cried Kavanagh. “I ‘ can explain about Vera. " : But the foreigner made no answer, and theretfir was oullly a rgdttle in the gov- ernor's eat as e tri to speak again . i ' the ‘ght that stream through the archway. but Kavanagh could make but poor re- sistance. for his ' ht arm was power- less and his adversary had the agility . and muscular vitality of a panther. = Wrig tdid not know what to doâ€"he Wu “1an _ Wright did not know what to doâ€"ne ahagh must have known, houg for he struggles grew more an more ran. no as_ they ap roached .the Opening in g . Wright found strength to run to his as- sistance, but it was too late. The for- mgner had torn Kamngh sway from thewall and got him rightontethe dome, and they were swaying to and fro in the death struggle Within a foot of the hole in the mi e of the dome. For n moment they swayed there nght over on he's ab wondw 11““ L WV uvv. wâ€"_ W, the saltmg room. In one of the kxln, with the “archway" directly fac- with a 818m 0f 3'91le 4.1“ “-9: finer), imDOne' mt way, too, but saw mght the vernor " or 88. wslgh “the :hing. It made him neer to see 8 man mosed so completely 35:" mm}: Lug at the 1109' ’rizht 1nd come thin! and ran}: Itwasthe impis If y_ou whim. the ”’" Twirf- ““1” m1. Hr .chnnl w.” .. onlbegyontodo “IO " or"hiln. mummy. but there a 3'0?! 0 citor He my raise object! 50” every room was occupied. mg with the pleasant 80 md young 701003 from night. and indeed from I ing sometimes when the! More Lucas consented ‘ under her. and th_e who] _____ 6A "You miss arc ham 6! voices?” 1 add uwewerownlkinginthoeardon. “Yes. Itislikooveninz durum “it cannot dmgmbo an .” add I ‘ . "9n m “I. fully. “intime shall (all in withtho ways of other ple and hke them more. I must like that you like." like me?" _ ' 7 â€"-â€"â€" 1:1,; «nu If like me "There is no other man like you. I! 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