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ANOTHER'S CRIME T " FROM THE DIARY OF INSPECTOR BYRNES. BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE, — AUTHOR OF — “The Great Bank Robbery,” “An American Penman,” Etc. Con-righted by O. M. Dur.haffi, and published through special arrangement by the American Press Association with Cassell & Co New York and London. t CHAPTER XIII. TO AWAIT W.XFlil.MATION. *—--va La—.S’— IIP day appoint ,. d for P i e v’s R trial was a week •4 aft‘-r he ieft New R i York. During & mother this period mid sister Ilia t ami telle the No ' ¥ J *»vcre on A knew ly persons of his who ? i fw es ... - ‘.N- cape. On the morning of the *<4:' .if trial the judge w ? dropped into la spu'-tor liv rne.;’ ol:i with a newspaperin hi., hand and a voi v :-rive face. • | want to nail somethin;; to your roc oiler* i;»'i, i i-:p;‘ctor.” said he; “some thi ; , < b i:npo:*puice to me, though you i.i . . have it.” •<>;. you mean young Percy Nolen's CD \ don't you/" returned tho chief of tlf. Htivt-s. “I iv members lie was ac < 0 *d a robbery in a jewelry store and vo.i went bail for him i:i fifteen hundred d.H :• Ye,, tho trial oome, on today." ■ You have a good memory. Well, yo 1 sir;- perhaps not aware t!iat Percv Ni V Yor!; on Gk- d;iy following tlie* examination and.never zotnrnDd.” “ Y<judge, I luippen to be aware of i .•>! You f. wowitieipub-Hbei-.; ini d;t he some (lifiicultv of the kind, ;iml r . w,. put a man on toVatch him. Mr N„l, i spent that night at Mr. Martins r, ,.noi Fifth avenue. The next in-; sonic ono whom our inn:, took to be -•iar;i;i walked out and went up town, Ail hour or two later, Martin him At <•••11 ■ -it. Instead of CoHowi:;;; him our ■ 'mi' li"lit Wn ■ i • 11.....r •‘•il— rf th- r Nolen was in the roor.u. •-' -^T-' L/ way they both got olf. Wo did • in our power to stop them, [PIT i; was too Into. of I sincerely and hoped back, lie woul I think better it, come — sorry for you, hut there it i ;!' i regards myself. I'm not ■ l.isor. I don't mind teliing you that, a hour.! aft; i his escape, 1 received by letter tho ilmouii' of the bail; it came, I liavo rea so:i ( > believe, from Martin. AH Percy's outstanding bills wero ills;) paid, proba¬ bly by the name hand. Of course. Peixyr skoal • have iitond Ills trial, and bail Hind anv inkling of what he i:if.-;: led 1 should have used every means to prevent his d ■ part are. Put at any rate lie left no debts he! i: I him.” He nude the mistake of his life,” said tho inspector, emphatically “ As th reason why will he known i.i a few lu. 1 mn as well tell you now. In the it pi.ire the evidence ciinst him wg.i not conclusive, a;.d, taking' every thing into coiiei .'“ration, the eh :wv *e that lu> would have been ;u jtsitt J. llis looks and manner and his previous rec¬ ord und social standing tv re in his 1 tor. though it is true tiiat he had been making a fool of himself here and there, ns l o' s sometimes will. But a follow lik at is not likely to steal a lady's pocket h u.;k in faeo of tho absolute car t.iiuty of being suspect od of it. Tlie wasn't worth the candle.” d quile agree wit!i v.c.sii you.” replied tlie jinlyy: “still t.'iere possibility that tim verdict might go against him: and you can understand that a conviction would he as good as death to him.” “Hven then, if we were innocent, the guilty p.arty would be sure to turn up sjjoricr cr later and he would bo vindi¬ cated I could make a guess, even now, an t o who the thief really i<: but lie lias not committed himself vet, and as the money stolen w-;s in hank notes of course it i.i more difficult to trace than jewels or ,;iy kind of personal property would be. But that is not the ,x>int 1 war. going to make. If he had appeared i, court today he would have been a free man ever after.” “How can you know that?" “In this way. You have heard all alxvul that affair cf Ilia with tho wife oi the plaintiff. No actual harm had heel. don . hut she was compromised and her bust .and had heard of it: they had had some words about it probably; and when la- found Nolen in such an awkward pro dieament. he naturally was not going to lose the opportunity of jumping on him So he pressed the charge, as we saw But his wife did whnt he had not nntici jyjited—she joinetl him in tho accusation, und llierebv ranged herself definite! v on liis side. Of course that took the wind out «>f his sails; it provtxl that she hated Percy as much as he did, and therefore ror.ioved Uuowa chief reason for bating liim.” "I understand; but” ••Wry well. ILivinrj no longer any especial reason fur revenging himself tt [>,>11 Percy, and probably not I elieving, *m sober second thought, that he bad committed tlie crime, he would begin to ask himself how the public trial would liliect hia wife and himself. And the first thing lie would see would be that il would involve letting out the whole rtory of the flirtation. Now, if ids wife lia I (wrslsted in tier folly, instead of act¬ ing the part of a virtuous cur, as sliedid, lie might have bewi willing to have her shown up, hut as It was, he would desire t „ hush it up as securely as possible. There vvaa onlv ono way to do that, and th , ;t was- “Ah! I see. The plaintiff would do cline to prosivuteY’ best “Exactly, and that (as I have tlie reason fur knowing) ia just what he has ilo:n‘ iiis counsel are instructed to withdraw the charge: and vt course*. under the circumstanccs, U c j^dge would allow him to do f.O. P^t when they see that the primmer is not on hand, it mav cause them to modify this course. Tliev might profess tliomsclves ready to goon with the case, arid as the prisoner ‘.\ ..m-nt J iuda'inent " would issue against dl “ •U is that result that I hopevl to avoid It would to- a sad tiling for an honorable family to to'dragged through the dust i i this way for a crime for which the ac- 1 “Til stmuld have had "the manliness to txxvpleto find excuse tor bim. Rut. as Isav he ir.av live it down; he is a young fellow vet. and" imerjweevi the judge. “1 have looked through it. Is there ke vttiing particular?' judge h* W out th > pap his cn a certain para^: nN . k<>oU it and read as I ■ : teJ as ■ccurnsd in the neigh ’H 1 ..r \Y. I cm Lie lJ.h ult. it the morning by'a dead calm and exees s! vo heat Early in the afternoon weatlierwi ;e persons predicted a heavy blow. Tlie prop!lecy was soon veriliad. ‘Clouds were observed collecting in the southwest; they Li rapidly increasd in size and darkness. advanced toward the northeast, from which quarter a gentle breeze was blowing. The storm hurst with terrific fury. Tim harbor of St Thomas i.-> a lar^e basin, the entrance tc which is a coinparativc.lv narrow pas rage beaveen , . two 4 headlands, , me bar bor was at the tima filled with shipping, vcl inc luding seven;! stemncm and large sds. Otic of Ilia steamers was at tho time taking oil passengers; the captain gave orders that this should be stopped, and nt-amed out of the harbor in the hoped weathering tiio p:ale. Tho steamer I ms not mice been lirard of, but fragments of it luivo heeJi pickc I up at sea, and there is no doubt that she perished with all on LoanL The storm wjh accompa* nied by intense darkness, greater than that of ordinary, midnight without moon or stars. The winds velocity was csti mated to r*ach no L .-.s l!ian two hundred miles aa hour, and tho destruction it caused wan terribh, “After blowing lor a couple of hour* from the southwest it hauled about and Blew wit!i ctjuril violence from the north oast. All the shipping in the harbor was destroyed, anil several vessels weiv lifted out of the water und carried inland, One large mercli.int ship was taken up bodily and planted in the midat of a warehouse mar tin, shore. The houses of tho town were unroofed ami in most cases annihilated. Upwards of four hundred lives were reported lost, and tho harbor wa.j lull of corpses, which wero devoured by tho sharks. One of the most remarkable episodes of this clis aslrotis storm was that of tho U. S. and D. Co.'s steamship Amazon. She was ducat St. Thomason the day after that on which tho hurricane occurred. She had cleared from New York with six pmwengi-rs and a full cargo. She had fair weather up to within two hundred miles of tit. ’I homas, and was some what ahead of her schedule time. Ac cording to the narration'of the surviv¬ ors, she met the hurricane about o'clock o:i the afternoon of the tilth. So • w:. put about so as to run before f The wind and waves almost imai. dismasted her, and it was four. 1 i pos sible to do more than keep her before th; wind, even this taxing all the powers o! those on board. At ono time she was [moped by a heavy sea which broke into the forecastle ami swept many overboard. “When the wind veered about the steamer became virtually unmanageable; she drove before the gale, and it was cx peeted that Hiie must founder. But aftc-l several hours she was suddenly beached, and on the storm l.reaking it was dis¬ covered that she was lying in the main street of St. '1 iioma.s, close to her own dock. In tho darkness she must have been driven through the narrow entrance cf the harbor, anti so across to tho town, avoiding by a miracle numberless ob staelos. Bhe is, however, a complet; wreck, mid half her chip's company wen swept overboard und drowned, whij> many of tho others have received-seven injuries. Of thesis passengers who wen on IxKird the following are killed: Alfred Haigx r, went insane and washed over I hoard, Charles Tupper, neck broken James Blair, washed overboard; IVrey Nolen, washed overboard. The sur vjvjng passengers are Herbert Simp¬ son and Valentine Martin. Mr. Martin occupied the same state mom with Mr Nolan, un; I is muc h ulfected by bisdeath He says he saw him shortly I efore the time when tho steamer was pooped; in was on Ids way to the forecastle, mnlei the impression, it . r supposed that l!ua< was greater security mere than .nth;. stern. "Mr. Martin loft for Vera Cm:; yester It ishu intention to return by way of A-p,nwr.il U» bm sheep iarm New /.eal. nd. neur Napiei. Having read thus far. the mspectoi laid down tho p:q>er. and stroked hi. chin awhile with a meditative air. “.So the young man is drowned, in 1:0?” he said, at length. “The account seems to look that way.” "Do you mean there can be any doubt about it?" exclaimed the judge. “1 don't say there is; and as a matter of course, judge, 1 recognize the sincerity of your attitude. Still, if 1 were inter ostod in the boy, 1 should think twice before l accepted tins news as oonclu s.ive. Have you heard anything person ally?" “Nothing. This is all wo know, so far." ”' v ' »• T<*« ^e aware that , ,.eoplere- , P° r ted drowned ut sea sometimes have a way of coming to life again, ihe sea is » l"S I* 1 ™- »*'•>' ts duhci.lt to suit "}«“ of ,l 111:111 1,1 a b “ av > f A" 1 « lmn everything s as black as pUb Then again, young Nolen, you must ad mit. might find it convenient to have it supposed hewasjx.rmuncntly out of the way He could start in under a new name, with very little fear of ever being interfered with Whmi h, ii this tins niF-iir alt.ur has blown over or been chaired up, he might come hack and all would l* right again. I don't say that is what has happened; 1 only say it might bo so. And, consider ini^ ■ *k t a.it \* Mr. r m Martin it-tin H-ic \\,is *i »i frii-nd iricnu oi of tlie uie family, it seems a little odd tRat lie shouldn t have st'nt a letter giving a full account of the affair. He must have known what a value the mother and sir.it i wouhlhave put U[k>ii it. *1 hope with all my heart \our theory may h* the true one, suu the juc ge. Hut 1 fear the rcjiort is correct, lie mKle>l. after a paused "There can be no doubt aUiut the liuriicane, nor that Percy was on the steamer There was no necessity of inventing a report of death; lie would bo as s:ife in Mexico or New Zealand as at the bottom of the Atlantic. No. ton afraid the poor boy is gone. And ns 1 was saying just now, 1 trust that no steps wifi he taken today to blacken his memory Tlie cause of would add a terrible pang to Ins moth taxing his hat. “1 don t suppose any one wants to trample oil a dead man— m even the wmnan lie was in lovf i is MnnU’ prousl partly correct On -lie case Uing ctdhd. counse! fortll# plai suhimit«l Hud their client was eispes I to a and-n Hie |H.>iwrutim>. i :u. court asked win-re tlie prisoner was, an.! the re|i;st of his death was put in The court < •wrved that t»u* j»ri««ier ap pi-ared to have Jntended forfeiting lus toiil. and was of opinion that tlie evt- there was’oidy' a moderate presumption of guilt, the case would bo adjourned pending confirmation of the report of death, when tho question of estreating the bail would be decided. CHAPTER XIV. A POWERFUL ALLY. \ feSv O : after ::r this event. ' [Xd^ired informed that a V\ tosee • him. He g u v e orders that she lie admitted and a Mi young dressed woman in mourn rf mi tegfoBMEaekr erf* dark eyes The inspector rose 0™ mid placed;; chair tor her. She rat down, regarding him with great intent „ess. as if endeavoring to satisfy herself wliat " manner of man he was. Ca n 1 he of any .r assistance to you, madam.- , ..... tne detective , . mquired. . , -l hope you may,” was her reply, “for I don't know wlie» to look for help, an less to you. You were officially oogui zar.t, were you not, of the case of Mr. Percy Nolen, who was accused of a rob ' Ury a f ew weeks agoV Tho inspector inclined his head. “It came to my knowledge hi the ordinary routine.” he said. “It has been ad jouroed, as you are probably aware, and the chances are that it will not soon be heal’d of again.” she “Percy Nolen was my brother,” resumed. “lie was lost at sea.” Hei li p3 trembled, but she recovered herself —the po^uLuul inspector noted that she seemed to self command-aed went on. “My mother and 1 are tho only ones G f the family left alive; and my motlier i 3 aJ1 invalid. My brother dic'd with n shadow upon Ills name, and I consider it my duty to remove it. I am sure that it can he done; and 1 am ready to make an y effort or sacrifice to do it. Nothing w«m!J he a sacrifico that would accom p,i r h that result.” -In, afraid you will find it no easy matter. Miss Nolen. Speaking as a pro fessionsl man. 1 must say that the pros p G ct is not a hopeful one.” “I don't expect it to tic easy; but I am determined to succeed, and 1 mean to give ail mv life and energy to ii,” said S , !P , in the same quiet tone which she l uu | used from the first, but with un mouse underlying earnestness. “Of course. I know nothing about tho ways oi finding out criminals, and I non 1 think that, in an ordinary matter, 1 should make a good detective; hut this is a tiling 1 care so much about that it’s dilTerent. I believo that if the man who stole that money was to pass me on the street 1 should fee! that it was lie.” The inspector dropped his pencil and steiopeil to pick it up The notion of identifying criminals by emotional in!u ■ tion was not without its humorous side, hut lie did not wish his smile to he seen; and by the lime he had recovered his pencil lie had recovered Ids gravity like¬ wise. •‘Even if you were able to recog nize him in that way, Miss Nolen,” lie remarked, “there would bo no evidence in that to fasten tho crime upon him. Tlie jury might think you were mis¬ taken, und would refuse to convict; in fact, I don’t think you could persuade any judge on (he bench to grant you a warrant.” “1 wasn’t thinking of putting it on that ground,” Pauline replied, coloring a little. “But when 1 have convinced my¬ self that 1 know tlie man, 1 would find evidence against him that would co;i vinc'e the world too. Only let me know llim first, and the rest would he easy.” “Well, all 1 can say is, I hope you’ll find him.” “I should not have come here to waste your time merely by telling you this,’ she continued, looking up at him firmly. j ,j wUU to tel i y0 u something vouwmiro that may indicate* . .. who , , hois, . and then jou will ik 1 , in able, perhaps, to help mo find out whore , vll ... I,:. _ i„ I , 1 ,.,.-, * ‘ vou know that Percy was not ( 0|1 j v |’,rot!ier'” q- ho detective intimated tl.at ho did ' ot hcr brother’s name was Jerrold. He died n few rears ago. They hud roa to , hin k that Ids death was hastened ^sed hr foul means The man whom ho ac of it was tried; the case was up } , oJ severai times, hut at last, after taring co ,forovera year, the accused was acquitted. ‘ He said that lie J ,j t )0 ,. ev d upon ns . Why mav ht> „ ( , t ,, avo taken this way to bo re ed v ^ ' in J tor began to be interested, . <w|wt s his nanic ?” he asked. wa , u orX ce Dupee. He a medical student.” “Toil me the circumstances. I may reco n eet something of it.” “Wlten my brother Jerrold left college 1 i rl .i,i,..i «„ he of‘incilicine n nhvsician and lie bo ,^ n t i, 0 stud v hero in New y ol k. He attended lectures and went to t)je hospitals He was fund of fun and a . faV orite with bis fellow students, and 1 SUP nose he was rather imprudent in his Imhits He was good nntured and exeik ! ,, 1 , 1 . Mn ,l thn Vioomer. nt hors led • him u on . ^ ^ , w . ‘ ‘ su , )Der £ given to one of the ' I w( t ! iro ugh hiscourse. J Hor , co Dupee U PO ke of 0 was a elever man. I lx.dieve. 1 novel saw him. and ano he k and ami Jerrold m m i i were t greai fe ] 1 e • ' | « ' .Ai A becaml Tl,ev drank 'Mi"''-Tt noksv li '" e * c ^ t Tl, ( l>e-- “ in to nl iv liracti ' - i cal jokes J , on ane another. . At . , la.st . nor j[ j Ilu u tQ make a speecll . My I brother, who sat near him kept rater rupting Iran with jokes and laug^mg L “ ot an ®^ ln ‘ ( ^ ” niudusome tliivat oi sonic msumn insultine 0 lir . inst-mtlv ‘ A tlirew a ' . r , i ii u ' V «* » i. struck him “ ,u ’ ' Th/v U—m ^stron-er to lidit- *imd but ' lv ’ * .* the mTt he ‘ > r y c u 14 v , if the^Jthers hit he fell ‘ Ti ien scmrateil * ^ 1 * ’ t , r ufo.r a moment. • nd winted to ^ make 1 to n -i wliifc wll«K. bui‘ tait the others ramie and'shook |itu)ds with mv brother, | and pretended , , that , he , was quite recon died; but ho said afterwards to one of 'he )<mng hum that lie ou J to e- m with Nolen yet. “They bmi been on tlie point of break¬ ing up, but after this they got to drink ing at^ came , 'oolis • y- . . uui aft^r raiding it, and the young meii t, gan to go home, ■ mid l upee sml lie wouid see my brother l ° ■ -a! her and mother ; ^ l,ot l:i ’' ew Vo -J,“r then, e l ,, gone down , to a sout watering j „ce cn account of my mother bin,a; and JerroUl was stay mg m furro-', ; ioc>ms hi a hcwrdmg nottsee lie .. Dupee started ot togc -w after leaving the other*. -ly rt<•ler couk wals. but i*e wa* care- uf hunset Y ‘“to ^ . . porch to U an~wM nearly on a winter' level with tha sidewalk. It was a nmht, but there v.as no snow on the ground. o'clock * ••It was not quite 1 in the mom beat was on that part of Twenty-third street saw some one lying ' in the porch „ .. , ,• , rr and his pockets were empty. There did ; not seen, to be nuv mark of violence on him. The policeman thought he was in sensibly from drink He knocked up the people in the house, and when lie found that my brother lived there helped to take him up to nia room. But there mmm hi, id t!«, car madewith^me bU.nlfin sti anient, for tliv. i.ku v.as not cut, ,ut it had produced concussion o^ the brain. Towards dawn.ho.par tly ecove ed on sciousncss. and n ton he a. lu* '"ton--^ A ‘ Dujk.h but th- > coufl not 0 et .ui.» m b o . definite from him. A telegram was sent tnas 10 Ui> i't *, G < Po V nt ' Coinfoit. ; ’ where ^ we were stoppiu,,. • r .1.. T tnotlu hor r \...s Q tiv ■ tomove; 1 stayed with her, and my latiier went on at once, but lio aimed too ate. My biothei her voice /altered, and she b,-o ,e o. Tho pliuty, Btory hut had Nwlh .been intense U, .1 with entire sum ';\ u * nebS ai * c earnestness, l ue scenes winch siiodc scribed seemed to be ocfoio her as sue spoke, and the emotion w.ucli sne arid stnvea [ u to S repress ^ hro^e lo/th at last in tu a c "' v T - l.eihelf an . 1 added, .Vy i.nliei luU a.i uignos. held; t .10 young men \* .10 *ui. bcv:] present at the 6 «i J I^ r ' v ^ e ^ ,1 f t upon to tcstih, and they told 1 tne qunr^l 11 and shown the nj^iR tn.it lloi.icc ^oncuhntKin I)i pcewas last person seen wit.a my l iothcr. Inins examination Du pee said tnat he L;ul taken him homo an 1 loft him in his doorway. Induing him good night: and quite lumseU,} 11 ^i. he vv A.uAou'^carc as ,..lc take rare ^'uoned ."Y’uvf ,1 hi ";;d t ueatened niy v bi other, and J itv.as v thought that he might liavo emptied my bro|:lior s poekets only-^ to ma te it appear thutt.ic miiukr was tho vo 4 .vc-r s>mc common tluef. So the cot oner held httn tortiiul. lemenihei the case non , „ put in the {^f.^YE-orousiv . bun viciously, bAT but it^broko it bioso uov.n at last foi want of conclusive ev idence, and .RAYA • -• Ac, Yin’ Dil 'for'Y veY W '»■ 1 sav say, Miss Miss .con, No'en tint that the the doubt as to his guilt is a reasonable one; and supposing him to have been inno cent, ie has certainly received hard treat me nt: for such an accusation as that, though not proved, is enough to ruin a , Uil n's career.” “I do not believo ho was innocent, In spector It--rues! I am sure Unit ho was guilty, and, having escaped punishment for that, he means to do us more injury still. No-on innocent man would not have been ruined by an unjust nccusa lion! It would have stimulated him to p,„ve by his after life that he had been wron -ed ” "Do you know what lus subsequent life lias been?" inquired the inspector. “1 have heard enough to know that it has been what 1 should have expected it to he. lie has associated with low and dishonest people; lie liu:'. gone under dif Cerent names, anil it is probable that he may have been nrrested more than once for othei'crinies. I haVealways felt that lie was our enemy, and have expected that something like this would happen 1 am the only one of us left to fight him, lnsj>ector Byrnes. He killed my eldest lirdthcr: he was the means of bringing about the disgrace and death of Percy: my father died of disappointment and rief; my mother is a broken down in valid. But 1 am strong and well, and I am determined to bring him to justice! Will you help me/" - Her darkened , . . and . her . . , eyes e i e .s (lushed as she put tlie question. Ihe in spec-tor. though he could not but per ceive that the chances were against Hie correctness of her theory, was touched by her earnestness. -i» whnt way would you expect me to assist you: bo inquired. '"toucan communicate with the pc hce u. all parts of tho country. she an ■‘"'.•ml, “and you know or can (md out. the history ot all lie cnnunals who have aj-r^to.1 in New \ ora and in many other places. \\ hat 1 ask you to do is to trace the record of Horace Dupee from the time ho left the jaii on tho tormina tion of his trial till now. kind out his associates, and nuikc them give evidence been, and 1111,11 whether l ’f n 'Y ho ll!lt was hw not a!lascs in l' New avt Vork 0,1 ,hc ff. tbat Mrs ' ^ l nsta11 loM , h •' Money. If lie vvas-and . am sure it will turn out so—it will be found that ho had money to spend soon afterwards. and perhaps some one of tlie bank note -an ho traced to him Oh!” she ex claimed, lifting one hand with an me preesible gesture, “if I can see him stand before tue in tho prisoner s dock, I sliab have lived long enough! “Upon my word. Miss Noleu,” re marked the inspector with a smile, “I wo ,, ldn . t t . nvy Uie man who had don, vou :ln injury, he ho wln^ie may; and . else, ha. if this fellow Duix-e, or any one x-en guilty of the crimes you charge bin; -vit!. 1 Impo with all ray heart you may live to see him convicted of them-and a | ong time afterwards, loo! As for my share in the business, I can assure you that all possible investigations shall be made and, if Dupee has really joined the criminal classes, it will probably only he of . before . a question ume we run across hniL It is something to have a detunte person sus[)ecte,l in connection with the a flair. I don't want lo give you anv hopes that I cannot fulfill; hut I am wili in o to say that it . u not impossible . some* thing may come out of this.” don’t ask for promises—only let something be done!” Pauline replied, rising Uo mid giv the ing her hand to the detect- lit j * ve - felt strong clasp of her fingers, and smiled again. “Y’ou may depend upon iny being at least as good as my word,” he said kind- i ly. "Your cause'b a good one, ami, so far as I am connected with it, you may bo certain that it will not suffer. But you must be prepared for disappoint ment, and you must be patient.** CHAPTER XV. A JIESSAGE FKOM the sea. T had been the custom with the A . i ,i lir ij.r, vv- ’ the summer rerre iayigggBn. Ne w England own-I ^ t?^Sted coast. Thev syZ&f a small cot s .. ..... „, n . 0*74 ? sistia? of a sit M \ l** ting befrooms, room, three and a kitchen and a ve.anda, the area which was than jjj the ^ c f the house, pbo boose stood upon a low bluff direct )v overlooking the beach. There was a nrty yarclsacross; Tn tffisra y»IW raw Oeen constructed, to the cud of which a cat boat was moored. It was a pretty place, but a very quiet one. To reach it it was necessary to in a radius of a mile there were perhaps a dozen cottages similar to the Nolens' i rw- -n- iml i hioffv l»v nrtEta Vi!E fash could bo caught by any one with a fishing line and a bout; meat and gro ceries must be fetched from the town. It was out of tho line of fashionable travel; and those who knew of its exis tencc, and had Established themselves there, were united in a conspiracy to sssm*-* | . in^t ‘ But • ’ ‘ "7 • am astoe^u as nuu;!, amed fishing, . Of_com^ saihng aiid t..oy_ bat could mng Imfid f hc^S ‘ A , me'SSumv would "ot^ar ^ -rd ‘ “ ....... . ‘ * Joyed it all , the more for feeling r that . their exclusive possession of it must be • Oppento the point was a line of low ' ' .‘"i ' ‘ ‘ Vwater \ E , !1St 1)0 no.en o o n *•* 1 b ‘ - waves, and gave to the intervening ex i' ; i-i^e n \%axei me ad\anuiges» oi aoa>. They were also a c.'arm ana attraction in themselves; foi they were constantly undergoing the most surprising changes under Hie inlluenee of toe mirage; and, ‘’A'” ."' ithln a “ f? sy s;u1, " cre of ^ n visited . mo; sojourners .01 m ^enicKing toe couage>. purpo^ I .assets _ 01 provisions were earned over, ami the materials for a clam base 01 a eliowdei and were the aiways sea. obtainable a lie time not from occupied the *jnds m cooking and eating could be devoted to picking huckleberries, practicing with the riile or shotgun, or, if the age and circumstances of the members of the }* irty I >er,, ‘ itt ' H '.. ,, i , l ulut Kirtatmns along tho beaches 01 m the vvooiit,. The Kill ^ Y" Um moon. The winter and spring had passed avyay without any news having been ob tained concerning Horace Dupee; it he | mil reahy been m New \ 01 k at the time 0 f the perpetration of the robbery lie hud entirely disappeared. 1 he only thing to be done was to wait patiently until lie “T undemonstrativo lookout for a him . b . ri ^ in ,t ^ the meanwhile. As Inspector Byrnes liad the '"“’‘‘o charge, it was not neces v''i W k; ^ she could «u me be s iou emnmmimate. < lunain in wit, . ew at any une and it aught even hasten the result she desired it she were known to he out oi the city. Accordingly, as sum mer approached, and her mother s health manifestly demanded a change, prepara t ions were made to go down to h.|U|Uig D"»t. Judge Ketelie. ior reasons which the reader will perhaps comprehend, ar ranged lo accompany them Ue had not as yet made any avowal to I aulme of the nature of his sentiments towards her, hut he had been assiduous in Ins at ten lions; and only the greatness of the prize at stake wi,I,held him from putting ins fate to the touch at once. 1 hey arrived about the middle of June, The cottage had previously been put in order for their reception; curtains un packed and put up; mattings spread on the floors; hammocks swung in tho ve rnndas; Venetian blinds fastened over ihe windows. The catboat had routed out of her winter quarters barn, a new coat of paint had 1*^ % her, new sheets and halliards J her shrunken seams had lieen^M they her wero moorings water tight. gracefullil There^ at us gull, livery thing being party, convoyed by tlie judge, from the town one fine day and took possession. It was sunset by tho time the last trunk was moved in. They had supper, and then sat out on tho veranda enjoying *r, J the A pure salt air ami the liquid outlook , over the hay. , fn here . fas a ,■ amt ■ . j breeze; little waves made a barely a udi hie plash on the shore of the cove. The boat eourtesied gently uli tlie end of tho pier, as if welcoming its owners hack to nature, fho moon rose late and red; it was past the full To the right, beyond the pmnt. the lighthouse lamp Hashed in ermntently-ar.loopdruvecl past half a mile out, ami the sound of a banjo tinkled audibly across the water. “Its delicious! nmrmurod the judge, _ sitting wit . Mrs. Nolen on one side of lixm and I aulme on tho other, and a cigar between ins lips. “To-morrow well go out in the boat and visit the island.” Mrs. Nolen gave » sigh, flho was of h °T son ^rovvm .l at sea. Paulino understood what tho sigh * nti but sbe ' vaa '. nado of oth " r ™ ctal than her mother, •mean to learn how to sail the boat myself Bus summer, she ,ai d . “I l.ko the sea; I would like to live [beside it, cr on it, always, llow a,ft und gentle it isnow! But when the storms como——I” “I can give you lessons in samng, ob served the judge. "You know, when 1 was a hoy 1 spent a year before the mast.” “I learned something last year from Percy,” Paulino replied, “and, now that | le ], as become a part of the sea, I shall feel moro at home on it than before.” The next day, accordingly, tlie prac •icoof navigation began, and was con inued day by day thereafter. Pauline showed Iiorself an apt pupil, and was, in deed, quicker in an emergency than the judge himself. Mrs. Nolen at 'first could not . , be prevailed ., , on to , accompany them: hut one warm day they induced her to venture out, and the experience was eo oleasant tiiat she repeated it from time to time. . Meanwhile the judge’s affair v. as man ifestly apjiroacliing a criois. Tho con stunt companionship of liie girl he loved was inexpressibly sweet to him, and ho was unable to repress some manifesta cion of it; yet he could not decide whether or not Pauline cared enough about him to accept him as Ik r htusoand. That she esteemed hint higlsly was evi dent, and that her afftx tion for hint was deep and sincere; but there are many kind, of affection, and the question wa, whether her affection was of a kind ca pable of being develop into the love of a wife. The judge wished w«h id to. hear, tbat ho could doJicr some immense service, or make for her some noble sac* rifioe which might serve to draw lier nearer to him But such tilings cannot Iteooatmanded at will, and seldom occur when they aye wanted. It seemed tbat lie must trust to whatever unaided merit Ik; possessed to win her heart. Pauline had always been mature for turn tliao before, and her manner was more thoughtful and controlled, fciie seemed already to have outgrown tier girlhood and to liaveattained tim stron r!, and experience ot a woman. All this was in Che judge's favor; fur lii»age was the factor in the matter wluch he feared most. If they could meet on more nt.u terms jn this respect, ho couid feel moro confidence as to the rest. She con versed with him on his own intellectual level, and consulted him freely and con cn all matters of interest to ancrewomJiE couia nave w-en ini.ro mn mate anti gsaumc; hut it was something more than friendship that the judge longed for; if he could have detected a single glow of passion in her cheeks he ...... „. r u » t: >e ( "t ,K ' l,a ni1 - 1 u “ s, i»-u' • l!:,e lo veil ner toc.uigs; . au.l no young vvomun oi leaithv imiiu can ue expcctou untiLd.e to*. Ik < n (airly < lull; ntd At length, having tocome quite aeons t theydeculedtoniakethetnptotheifdand. ? ,uo< j to tue m.uugum m ot the io.it, ; i he lunch basket packed and stowed was amidships; fish lines and books were placed in the locker, in case they should come across a school of bhieiisli; cusli ntto fo!"'so li’vht M - vs scarcely * ^ to ruffle the ^ water u!uh and • mo ^ ‘ ^ (() gn HI , 1( . r lo get to out of the little cove it was necessarv use the oars: hut after that the wind f ,^itlv / J swelled s " ; th.e sail ^ and proceedin'* l v IJ,, o iut as, i.u \ m.uit mtu ™ way toward the island that seemed to uuiv r r and waver in the heat on the 1»> About 11 o'clock the breeze freshened , |j u i 0 am l the boat slinned more ifti ; j 2 t Sh s ,;p w m, 0 ven tIw glidim> 0 the water. judgw w j 10 fancied lie detetiUnl si-ms of blue* nou . polinmiisliod the helm to Pan ^ ’ j tr()l out Jli3 linos. The souid was t-hix>\vn out astern and cut a tinv | vv;) ,. e t w'itli Lirou * li the waves while the judge, hi.s finger on tlie line, watch ■ ^ jt likt , llUwli >,' 0 r un hour, in spite ^ S0V er;d false alarms nothin" was ; caug j ltt | >ut finally tiiere was an unmis t .p Ka pi 0 tu - and ^ Imuliri"- X in with tw fever ml in a mpnts i’ t j, 0 pleasure of lifting on ■ [ demiiolm ti ditlv . a p n0 ilV r 0 | ^|j . () v- r j ’ v V * Id llC h 1 hal b KUl ■ n hooked 1100 ^ bv " the e After the latudi had subsuled the iud^e UH , timt the demijohn might con . .] • . in ,i i 1( . LnockoU oil the head against the gunwale of the boa,. About a pint of salt water came out and h rVacment of vvood-anparentlv bmctiiing ai . t of lla> p,i of u ci-ar v^ritten box on which had boon with a pen .. The writin" was almost obliterated two or three words, or portions of W ords stiil remained “See if you can make tliem out. Pan line,” said the judge, after scrutinizing ° (letter , ..y ou ! are tliau niino.” ■ I i oltiing til0 i, cr ] 0 ft hand ; p uu j; no took tho bit or* wood in her right ' and lookcd nt it . ..j c;l „ lnako out part naine ,„ she s . ua 1)It . so mlv, “and somu Tips date 1 suppose. All!'’ Her closed tightly and her e-ea d ;j , j The boat Bivuiir round into tho i win( , aJK , u - id| ()}C sa -j (Japping, bho |, a d forgotUm luTt tho tiller. •• Vv is it'r” asked tho judge in sur g ^ . hfa and then glanced gtealthilv tov \ ard her mother sh ..^suniYi am , mt fho h( . lnl A Tll( . boat itscourse, u bubhliim under tho stern, Mrs r Urn ,, , , , ,. , ,, mg After a moment, she leaned toward him and whispered in his ear: “It is tho name of the steamer in which Percy sailed, “ and tho date of tho hurricane, toconi) must liavo thrown it over —perhaps it is his iL^Ahing: mother must kof wood into tlie pio tlie judge drew •Concerned faeo and in silence, it was a nt , _. 111(1 1 Klt .. , TT ‘ ’ uvunjonn been di if ting^ about on the ocean currents for months to bo brought, at «»t, to the very hand for winch it had 'cell per sips nnended. Pauline did not doubt that Percy had thrown it over hoard at the moment when ail hoDO 60ei;1( ,j ( ’ alld probably 1 just 1 ' before • ; ^J , ™ a Q ' 1 . h-'en^to ‘' . he/uiat , 1 . 'R 1 **' , jaViYnE'lron'dT’llm . . . ^ , , * 'jet lire oi . , ,,, .,; ' y ^ ' Fin tio \ |)ad ? | )eforo _ t]ie slr.ttered’masts’ p | un „ in , r tho ’ tl.u to ' ';l~ _ ‘ . s „ ct m* of dark.Ai ()f uA Oio ^vk A-r mound Av-r Ew ^ ^ IoVod peA brother, stao-gering forth into this ; ^ tAvMhh ‘ ^ !l 1 '£*v it nil' ■■•„! « j |’ ,M;Muc'hiA-f.A ( “ ; or J ; ' j' !;' ■ t ho island ; ' toward w hich ' ° J p " ( j 1 ' ' '* ‘’j*'’ u l ‘“" ,IU am lea .y g.:„i , i came, ^ se.m Mrs. pA'AYadA.'iAul and will the’island looks so prettjT 1 hope it he as idee “ going h.mk." “Well begun is half ended,” said tho judge, raising tho centerboard as tho boat enteredI aij inlet and ran up on the l, each; urui, if the woist comes to toe 'vmst, we have ,n-ovis.o..s enough to stay ” ° U,L1 1! ““ ’ ill ill COXTIXl Kl>. Little <diirii are as a rule, possessed of happy dispo sitions: but when these sweet di-| M .> i ; i° lis bwome soured and inn.i de. in 'usequeiic- ot the long tram ot < M l ess ,p>»tc<iMirc> .‘ peculiar to lcui.il'* < oinj I.not h>v uh . to wv t | M . n, lM . It i, tin „ot onlv of little women, hut of ’ oYiittlieted, tiring pj u 011 „ n to : |„. snhi'etion, and innnedi.it ■ removal. I , >f these painful maladies. of This is-easily Biert l( < . () i>,]di-hed by the use Dr. i ' Favorite Prescription, the great specific for “female weaknesses. It is a jx,.-i vecin for the most complicated and -l^tinat;* < .t-f - "I » u* j jea, 1 ' ,u 1 • "!' j 1 * 1 *' f 'Vj,' 1 ’ i*ak bark!! t l ‘ii;ai • x\ cakne--. ” inteversion, retro version. h»*arinir town sensations, chronic congestion. j n tiam:ition. pain and tenderness in ova r p.~, am! kindred ailments. All drug gbu, ____ y^. m DRESSING. I make Switches and Bangs to order. | wmk your < 'oiiibiug.* for your In id. i . in Work your cutting- into into. any thing human hair t an be made ' Bor shampooing and i leaning la-; Ii'" hair satisfaction guaranteed. I leave your liair soft, straight and dry as l fotttnl ir. Respectfully , JERRY MOOllt:, Chauncey, Ga. Tne-. Mar. to. G-m If you sj.U tip |»li!eg|il. arul art trouljifil With a Lacking COUgll, ,„ t -Dr J. II. MeL tn - Tar Wit* lMR J rn ” - ij-,! m ''"if ' Tf.digious Appointments, ,, q'- M, Cntm«*il, a prominent Yiii i.reJ.'Ii of tl.e JLipti-f rhitrch, a <iot}w iiiwviile everi <*<* ond Sunday and Mt'Kai-ever\* fourth s uulsv in each montli dnringthi- \ ar. * ty m 5 OFFI h §1 £ 1 A & FI S'C ATT?<U ^ } a a --SL atl llU. . JL^JK.7 M 3- M itmlmory TD 1 * *11° ©tore. -<| (o) Be Prepared * to be Pleased EVER HAVE BETTER GOODS BEEN SHOWN. NEVER HAVE GREATER VARIETIES BEEN OFFERED. NEVER HAVE BEEN BRICES SO LOW. Buy Now Your Spring Hat. Now Stylos, Now Gooils. and Trimmed By a First Class Hilliner from Atlanta AYitli Five Years Experience. A!<o Drosses Cut and Made and Satisfaction Guaranteed by 11k. t )3a EAa I nprl - m ESTABLISHED I S«5. AJ !k alx.J" \ \ Jk RE1,1 VRIJil 1 1 H 1^ T p ,, 1 ^ T» •, NCliC n a cUltl r% f 60Q r% fi F 1 V T ClOi. ^ ! A 0 ^ !, ^ JL > • 0 ^ -• • ^ * A Large Stock o : Kept COHStailtly Oil V ' aCt *" tn lU thn lUC II . & M . A T E 11 M A N , tin fc/r iasvilfi\ t*«■ As procure our supply direct from (Ilf West 111 carload lots, WO fire prepared at till tililos to furnish saw mill and turjicntine firms with first-class mules at the lowost market rales. W'o llialvO it special | v j M this trade ' Iufor.nation or orders by mail will receive prompt ' dttt ution. , •! anril • 1^ - S8 Jv W. A. BKDDINH. tV. P. BALDWIN. REDDING & BALDWIN, ClotllxiiaK sas.ats.ci X-Isatss. 11 AViiisbip «V ('iillaway’s Old Maud, Keep a full supply of the best at tlie lowest prices. Give us a call. 068 Second Street, Macon, CaJ* elites- ISSS, i\ InoKsmci I I m I AlANTPAt ITRKRS 'i ANDY 1 RACK MRS, & (! I DKR J j and Wholesale Dealers in Kaii.-y fir......ries, I'l.bneeo, Cigars, Sim It, 1’ipes eh 1 Hurt andies and Cniekers ua.i.iot be exeelle.l l„r I heir purity, The Challenger Gidev still lends. We also have IVaeli and Pear fillers, Raspberry Jillip, ami Grape Cider, Orange filler, finger Ale—in Kegs, Halt' llarivis and Barrels Bottles. All orders will have prompt and careful attention, foods neatly packed and satisfaction guaranteed. Send ns a trial order. BONE j CHAPPELL, STORK—t(i:; June »opidar St.: FACTORY—1AG, I5S, JltO, Ilf I'onrlli Street, I I-Bin M ACO.X, O A “ LOAN n , nYf S , N urwAmiimm EGGII AT|lD —Oil— Farms anti Town property. IN' BI RB on ADJOINIXO COl'NTIKS Idddt>TT HS'i’KS AL ('< , Bid Second St,, Macon, Oil. ' \pply to ('. R. ARMSTRONG, r M2-SS-1 v Kastman, fa., MOHGy tO L3.3.H __ I yv i,„„roved j,l firms 'adjoining uiTtown nron ertv i)„d<m and eouii ,i,.< a t lwal iutere-t ( . 11. AR.MSTKf)\G, Eastman, (»a., Xov. 20. 18-SS. tf PEACOCK & NASH. FEED, LiVKRY AND SALK sTABJ.KS. First class teams. Open day anil night. Rates reasonable. Special attention given the. commercial travel. LI M BKR CITY. GBORGIA pro wivoj .. cot p ’ Annl'v |ir ‘ jj y , U> U . M ' ^ qy' ' i favor ' bJe 1 to n, av O[f \\- p ( OK [•' [■' [■' fS| ft* -fisrf tv. 1% -J@rf PIANO FREE! Yes, We Mean If. <-'> h ' ‘ ....... O O ..... IB AUO.IM Ul .pi» T , ISE u y 01 It III MM.SS. WfilTK AM, Lk.AKN I'aktHTLARs H’e -eU .Mii-ie for 10 cents 1 8lk Sohl elsewliere for 40cents , toll. se.nl for Catalogue of over 3,000 pi^.* t* seleef from. A great saving to parents who are giving their Daugh iersy musical education. 4 YL’ll’ IT Tv f lilitnis. .Banjo*. Vill¬ as line a nd Music lloxe. DEPAKTHMY sohl on mall niou I lily pay went ('alalcgiir— free. Ofp.ANS. from f’J.t upward in price. I’l AX0t>. from $1 Kfj iljiwartl in price. have*a If vou wi*)» to save money am! Yt,., musical holu©. call on t>r d<h!u-ss GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE. E. I>. IRVINE. Mulberry Street, Mlifon, Ga. tfw" U:<; South. The, enterpri-mg Music zl-ly House m. M ,«Tb i :f»1M ^ n ’ ery ^ Tau t -a a i j 'M mi / S 1 * u-< \ I i E 1 E! I J ■R. HICKS, (Slice; to liiisi'iiit Smith) Brilliant Saio> '..csiaurarit, Thini street next.). I>. Burr, At icon. tin. Nothing but the very la st wines, lb quoi-s 1 and In tile cigars will lie handled at this 1 - Rest a u ran t t here is one of I he hast eoogs in t.h Slate—polite rtml tentive waiters. 1' lien vou want -onietlniig good to eat ordriuk conic and See me. j. it hicks, I i opnYtor RriNiuiii. Saloon and fL— tiinrant, Macon, (Ei. IliV dl-ll.io Eastman Restaurant. S. I. ROGI-.KS would inform lif Iriendsand the traveling public, parties nlurly the “Drummer Boys.” I fiat he Inis Opened a fir-t-ela-- Rcstah rant at his old -land in business <*ent«*r “f eitv and near the d<-pot u itli best riKik ill (,,■ orgia and first-class liel]). lie [imposes to enterinin in royal style. Drummers’ sampl ca.-es and baggage eared for free of ebarge. mxy:il-lin w. J Tot'iiz.y, —liui.ii: ix— T( )RA (('(), CHiARS •uni all grade- fine hand-made and dix tdM WHISKIES. 1 make a -|ieei:il feature of FI 1.1.1 NG •11 GS. Orders prompt!y attmuh-d to. ll-i Poi'tAii Stukki '(ti.o sum, lay 2l-4in M AGON’, GA. “Mention to Ex|»re*s Orders. • Tliss H, •Morris. FRENCH •JUijLWERW 1 1!) (’oTTOX A VIM B, my24 lui MACON, GA, Horses and Males, Hand. From the High-Priced.