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: Some of Life's MyrtWie#-
BY KHA^S^CARHOLL.
CHAPTER m.
A BUSINKSS VEXATION.
r.Nrtu Orlcutsl Casket,
1 met Ouiniiltgliain several
rimes during llte next Te\V d;ty* v
l could not lielp watching him
dosely. There was .something
m h!s lace wliich 1 could not un—
dersland—a peculiar unrest —an
unusual pallor—Jiilulness of the
eyes, lie had had, on former
occasions, a siraigiii forward look
—but now his eyes Wandered.
Vou could not cal cli litem, il
seemed to me a* if he had sud>
ilenly growu disUngUbl of him
self. Ilis manner wds that of a
man who has something on his
mind, which he leafs may reveal
itself through liis eyes. 1 could
not bul connect it with what 1
had seen in his visage when he
liist learned that Lena Rivers
was the daughter of the murder
ed tnun.
This manner wns even more
pronounced iti Lena’s presence.
His effort lo taik freely, and to
frankly moel her eyes was so ev*-
ident, thuL she could not well
avoid noticing il.
*Wiiul is (lie mutter witli your
new friend, Mr. Cunningham
I asked her. in a sarcastic tone.
lie had jusl left, rather ab
ruptly, after displaying still more
niuike'd distraction of manner.
"Oh, nothing of importance 1”
vie easily replied. ‘ I A business
vexation only. He told me
about It, He is going to the city
to-day, and will settle it.”
“Indeed ! He i very commu
nicative. 1 would ntn have itn
agined that a business difficulty
could 1 ave so unset our cool
headed friend.”
“He is more nervous than lie
appears,” rejoined Lena, playing
with her fan.
We sat in the collage porch.
The day was a flue one. The
perfume of llosvers seemed to im
pregunle the air from the bril
liant beds that boarded the gar
den path. Lena looked unusual
ly pretty.
My heart sank as I remember
ed our interview of a few days
before. Iliad resolved logelliere
no more. But it was Ihe resolve
of the moth not to seek Ihe can
dle. 1 was drawn to her irre
sistibly.
Some more words passed be
tween us—none too graciously on
my part.
“It seems to me that you are
studying the art of making your
self disagreeable!” >cried Lena,
petulantly. “I do not know why
yon should be o rude.”
“I had vo intention to be rude,”
I replied, somewhat disconcert
ed. \ _ .
“You wereY then 1” rejoined the
vexed b'auty\striking her hand
testily With her fan,
“1 must ask you to forgive me,
Lena, if I have offended you !
But this—this Cunningham! I
do not like him.” \
“Very well—that is trp concern
of mine. You are welik)ms to
dislike him.”
“1 distrust him, then l t\fear
that he is a villiati —'that hk is
playing a part to deceive yoVl
If he do, Lena—”
-She rose hastily, with a Hushed
face.
“Unless you can change the
subject, I will go in 1” she' ex
claimed. “I am always glad to
see you, Mr. Branson ; but I am
not a toy, to be fought over. It
you choose to be at odds with my
friend, Idp not want to be an
noyed with it. I am not quite
blind.”
“1 do not care to annoy you at
al!, Miss Kiycrs!” I angrily ro
joined. ‘•Permit me to wish yod
a very-good-day.”
I Dies ed my hat angrily upon
my brow, and strode down the
steps of the porch. Yet 1 could
not help looking back. Lena
stood there, resting lief hand on
the railing her eyes following
me with a wififul look.
I btstia el for a moment.
Then a quick bound brought me
ho her side. I caught hdr hand
in mine.
‘ Have you forgotten what yon
said to ine on that nighty Lena?”
I asked. “ ‘lt is roo late!’ you
B(id. Tell me this, al least;
Have you engaged yourself, to
William CunninghamT*
A deep Hush tinged her face.
She drew her hand quibkiy from
my grasp.
‘‘l atn engaged to no one,” she
replied.
‘•And loVe no one ? ’
Mv eves looked wilh awaken
ing hope into hers.
ilt-r voice faltered. Her eyes
dropped irresolutely to the floor.
She ehmg to tlitf railing-‘lor sup
port.
“No!” she replied, in a low,
hesitating tone. “Do you not
know me yet? Are you. wild
enough to look in me lor* heart?
I love things—not persottfe'"'
“Tilings, Lena ?”
“Look at’ine, Harry Branson!
I have been brought up in luxu
ry. My least wish has been an
ticipated. I have been a mere
summer bird, perhaps. But I
was born to be a summer bird.
Yet see me now. Condemned to
penury—to indignant surround
ings. Look at my hands--forced
to harden themselves with men
ial work!
She laughed hysterically as
she held no her slender fingers.
“Love will sweeten poverty,
Lena,” I softly’ replied, sec King
to possess myself of one of. her
hands.
“Nothing will sweeten poverty
to me,” she rejoined with ihe
same soulless laugh. “Go, Har
ry I Lei us forget all this. We
have been but a pair of children.
My decision is irrevocable.^’
I would have pressed my soil
further, but she would not hear
me. She hastily re entered the
house, leaving me to gloomily re
trace Ihe garden walk.
I could not tell all tint was
passing in her soul. Was it the
old struggle between love and
luxury ? For tiie moment 1 de
spised her
“ Sou 1 less —merce nary—n n wor
thy ol an honest mi n s 1 ve!”
Such was the burden of my
thoughts 1 would tear her false
image from my heart. Ah! 1
was not the first who had made
that resolve; nor the first who
has failed. It is not easy to (ear
up a rooted love.
1 walked that afternoou in a
meadow bordering the creek. It
had once been a favorite stroll ol
mine. I petulently cut down the
overgrown weeds with mv cane,
as a host of thoughts passed
through my brain.
“She is ready to sell herself to
this tellow 1” I angrily exclaimed.
T am sure she does not love him.
And, what is more, she will not
have him 1”
1 struck down a specially vigor
ous weed, as viciously as if it had
been Cunningham himself.
“Who is he? Ah! if the thought
that is in my mind wyre true!
What a horrible thing it would
bed” H
let this thought clung to mV.
Cunningham's disreputable
friends. The mysterious murder
of John lianly, which yet remain
ed unsolved. The inward' vision
of his character which I had seen,
iiis strange horror Gn learning
that he was courting ihe daugh
ter of the murdered man. His
after distraction. \Ya he the
murderer himself ?
Slight circumstances ail these
perhkp#, yet Urey stemsd tome
strong. 1 could not get rid of lire
harsh suspicion. F Bmokjooh *U)
this man’s former life, -f was
tepefied to It by Lena’s peryersi
-ly, and b f ihy dread that she
might be Ifed into a terrible-mar
riage wilt! lierTalher’s murdere*
That Wijllit I IhC
city. Not m Nbt with
(by intention of rf^iugu^ JLeua.
Rather lo mode
of wiuning her. Whether Cim-
was capable of miirder
or not, l was sure tilat hirTormer
life had not been and 1
was determined to search into it,
1 called upon the detective who
had taken up the * case of the
murder of John lianiy. He was
a shrewd fellow, with a quiet
lace, but eyes as keen a? needles.
1 had met him before, and was
, well known to him.
•’Excuse me for troubling you,
Mr. Sharp!’’ -I said. ‘-But you
! know iny interest in the liauly
murder case. If vou iiave a few
minutes ho spare, 1 would be glad
to have yon lell me haw it stands
at present f That is, if it is no
secret.”
‘•I have an hour to spar?,’’ he
pleasantly replied. “And 1 fancy
I can trust you with the secret,
such as il is. We have been on
many false trails, as you know. I
have struck another now, which
looks protnisingjo say the least.”
“Ah !' I rejoined, with great in
terest. “What is the nature, siiF’
“One ol the numbered bonds,
which were stolen from the mur
dered man, has turned up. It was
sold to a Third Street broker. He
did not think of the number until
alter he had bought it. But he
distinctly remembers the seller’s
face.”
“lie does not know him other
wise ?”
“No, ’
“Huw does he describe him V'
“Asa lull-faced man, with
thick lips and a prominent nose,
He wore a thick, black whisker,
and ins hair was full and black,’’
A sense of disappointment ran
through me. This certainly was
not Cunningham, The descrip
tion did not tally in a single
point.
“Is that all r I asked.
“That is all. We have as yet
found no one who answers the
description. Ot course, it is very
indefinite. Dozens of men might
be found. I have had the broker
to quietly look at several men,
but they did not prove the right
ones.’’
“And your former clues to this
murder, Mr. Sharp? They all
proved false V’
“Yes. In fact there were some
eliauce arrests made, as there al
ways is in suc.h a case. We have
to grope a lit tin in the dark, you
know, with the hope of laying
our hands on something. There
was only one man that we had a
fair shadow of evidence against.
And he proved an alibi.”
“Yes, I remember that. The
man who was seen by au early
traveler, coming from the direc
tion of the murder, and with a
box in his hands like iiauiy’s
money box I”
“Exactly. No doubt there was
something m it. Our witness hit
on the wrong mau, that is all!
There is no question but he saw
someone, but his eyes did uot
serve him well.”
“It seems not. - Bad eyesight is
a bad business when murderers
are to he identified. It is lucky
the chap could prove an alibi.
Poor devils have been hung, ere
now, on less evidence. Who was
I his too confident wit ness f”
“His name was WilHara Cun
ningham. Ha? What is the mat
ter, Mr, Branson 1”
I had made a quick movement,
and given vent to a hasty, excla
mation.
YOL. VII. Ntt 10.
‘‘Nothing—only a strange coin-'
cidence,, *| have latter made the
acquaintance of a gefttlemaii of
lfia£ name. A hihdsome felTow,'
with thin lips, grey feyes, and a'
heavy mustache.” _
• “The same. That n air man.’’
“k i* y erf odd that it should
turn out *6. By the way, who mT
tht* Cunningham ? -What do
Know of him ?' ~ e j
“IWy fa tie. He used id be in’
business’ on Hansom street. Some
sorter light I thiik.
At any rate he went
two or three years ago. That’V
all I know of liim. Tliey say he
made a bad failure’;- but that of
ten means Id come out with jr
pocket full 6f money.'’
* f He seems to have dle'irtjr
no#?”
• “fhh rascal f*
*‘He claiirts to be rich, h fact.’’"
“Oh, that is an old dodge ! He
may have some fish to fry. I
doubt if he hag much.’*
“A broker, eh ? Woilld he be
’likely to knqw anything about
bank management? About the
way things are done at the Sum
ter bank* for instanced’
“He might.” Mr. Sliarp looked
at me inquiringly. “These bro
kers are often well posted. Bi
why do you ask?
“Perhaps I ought not to 6ay
why. I have a slight suspicion,!
must coufess. But it is based cn
such trifling circumstauces.”
“Drowning men catch at
straws” replied Mr. Sharp, as he
turned his chaif so as lo face me.
“Let me hear yotir stqrr. We
detectives are used to' weaving
strong rope 6 out of Very feebl*f
threads.”
“But do you think it possible
that this man would be one who
could commit such t crime T' y
“Everything is possible. The 1 *
impossible does not exist In onr
line of business. Besides, t do
not know that his record is and
sound otie. Folks talk as if there
was something crooked about hie
failure.’*
i proct.eded to tell what ! had
observed, ami my reasons for
suspicion. Mr. "Sliarp sliook his
head, with a smile.
“That is not evidence, M. Brin
son,” he said. “I aon’t take much
slock in your second sight, i
wish that you had something tha&
a man couM pwt his foot, or his
finger on.’ T
“At anv rate lie is worth look
ing after!” I testilv rejoined.-
“He has a business vesatiort, he
say*. What is it * Or is it a lie,fu
cover something deeper ? I wish
you would Work the matter dp.*
“Certainly I will. To be frank
with you, I don’t see anything in
it. Jealousy takes so- ' many
shapes. You may have seen?
more than existed, jfow don’t
be vexed at Hit plain speakihg,-
Mr. Branson ? I am going to look
up Cunningham. The story'
about the man with the bo* may
have beeit ali a dodge. If
wouldn’t be the first tirtfe that 3
man has got himself eaught in
trap by trying to be tob-sharp*
After some further conversa
tion I left Mr, Sharp, and walked
leisurely down the cSty street,
satisfied that I hud left ny cate
in good hands.
1 was in such deep thought
lliat 1 only casually caught a nod
l rom a person passing. I looked
up quickly,- and recognised him
at a glance. U was Kobert Lister
of Sumter.
Returning the nod I walked
on, but could uot get back to my
former train of the urge ts Lister’s
face impressed ksell on my at
tention.
“Full face—thick lips—black
whiskers,—why, it is ttm exact
description of man who sold the
stoilen bonds ? And he is a friend
of Cunningham ! By all that’s
lucky, have i hit a duel?
My irame slightly trembled
with excitement as 1 turned and
followed the mau to whom I bad
jusl bowed.
L (Continued.)