The Woodward News. (Woodward, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1895 Page: 4 of 4
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:HAPTKH II.—CoHTUfriD.—J
in'l got no idee what yer means
*te, but don't yer go ter gattln'
ttals riled up with any notion
me an' the boy*. If yer goin',
$*ht Kmart Rorry, Yause I liken
an' I'll mlaa yer, a heap. Yo've
kinder pl/.en way o' talkin,'
iraes, but I a'pose yer can't help
m powerful rtorry ye ain't had
luck a-mir;in', but I hopes ye'll
rike it ri i in Frisky. Like'*
e'll be guv -or o* C'aliforny yet."
I am, it come to me from the
said Mur.*. savagely; "nothing
access ever «• nen to me from any
source. Whatever I try to do
, only jfoe*> wrung anil gets me
juble. It was ho when I got mar-
when 1 came West; when I tried
id my lost wife; when, after giv-
ip the seurch, 1 decided togo back
ry it again; and. also, when I tried
rn a competence, honestly, here,
y other man in cainp was making
ly, by the fistful, at my very aide,
> day; I, as you well know,
In't make my sait Hut for your
ty I would have starved. Now 1
oing to make money, by no mat*
i'hat means. As to that, hence-
l, I shall be indifferent. If riches
• to me honestly, all right; if dia*
stiy, ail right; but come they
, pard, pard," exclaimed Droopy,
t's ag'in' all sense and reason,
n't eddicated, an' can't rat-
off things glib, like you;
[ knows jest a little bit better' n
I don't want ter hurt yer feel*
ay sayin onything unkind when
goin' away; but 1 mus' tell yer
yer makin' a powerful mistake,
nows a dum sight better'n to go
lay yer goin' ter git money ony-
It'U git ye behind stun walls
ron bars, or nitcted on the end of
je, or shot so full o' bullet-holes
look like a kullindur. If yer bent
llin'. ye'd better skip back Cast,
road ter hell in this country is a
ity short one. Californy law is
;er and smarter nor a hornet's
They is one thing in the Bible I
foun' true, an' that is, honesty is
>es' polursy! It ain't in the Bible?
veil, 'sense my ignerrunce. It's
is true as if it was in the Bible,
iis'en ter me, pard; I'll make a
irsition to yer. Jest stay here, an'
: with me. Startin' with ter-mor-
half o' my claim, an' so on, is
n. We'll both jest pitch in an' do
e can. Five year frum now, ef
oiler out my idees, ye'll be a mil*
y—well, millionaire, then, if
s what it is. What ye have ye'll
by honestly, an' then ye'll feel
•ight about it What d'ye say,
r
hat you have the softest heart and
in the world," said Mark,warmly,
i are so generous that you take
reath. But I can't accept what
>ffer. It would, to me, be lower-
ly manhood. *
he hell it would!" answered
py, losing a little of his temper,
rer goes on in the wild way yer
vas dilatin' in, a minute ago, yer
lood '11 git lowered in 'bout six
>' groun', in a pine box. A man
says he's goin' ter have money
o%v, an' then snuffs up his nose at
mest chance what's gin bim by a
what likes him, 1 can't make out.
y* here: ef yer stays with me, an'
s the claim with me, an we
s it pay, an' we on'y divides up
we makes arter this, it's nothin'
nor less nor a straight bizness
action. The groun' belongs ter
iy in pertlckler, an' is as much
i as it is mine. Com in' down ter
nest p'int, the law on'y makes it
'causr I got here fust; an' you,
in' ter what yer jest said, don't
> great stakes by law, so that
l't gin ye any sleepless nights.
then, ef yer am the man I took
fur, ye'll jest gin up goin' to
v, ter make yerself a hull lot o'
le, an' stay here an' salt down
ihin' yaller ag'in yer old ago.*'
lmsorry, very sorry." said Mark,
- I can't see it as vou do, but it
I not leave me either my self-
or my independence "
ime, now," gr^rvii-d Droopy, thor-
disgusted with Mark's quibbling,
he lack of sincerity in his tone
lanner; "why don't yer come out
' an' flat-footed an' say what yer
s, jest like a man? Why don't
iy that yer am too damned lazy to
an' that yer wants ter git inter
n', er gamblin', er somethin' else
s easier? What yer says don't
at all together. Ef yer folks gin
5 wrong start, an' 1 reckon they
e naturally had 'nough sense ter
rself straight at the same time
yer had 'nough sense ter see as
t was wrong. That was the time
art out swingin' on yer own gate,
likes yer tea clear, an' somebody
in sugar, yer ain't 'bleeged ter
out tho sugar an' chuck in
wood. If yer folks did make
s bad for ye, yex didn't need ter
'em wuss. They on'y gin ye a
tart. They aint bizzy with yer
If ye stan' on a hill what's got
'•pond at tho bottom, an' some-
gives ye a boost an' tries ter send
town inter the mud, yer ain't
'ed ter go no further nor the
in' what they gin ye sends jer.
in't got ter brace fur it* an' run
i Hard as ye csn. an' jump in tfe*
nawnin', on yer own account*
That 'otild be actin' like a dum fool,
an' that's jest what yer doin'l Life
ain't a bowlin'-alley, an' ye ain't a
ball what has been flung an' can't git
outen tho track. Ye've had a bad
start, but many/n man has had a wuss
one. Yourn can't oven hold a candle
to mine. But I don't g« broodin' over
hard luck. 1 jest spits on iny han's,
an' rolls up iny sleeves, an' sails in, an'
makes one thing work, <<f another
won't. Yer youug an' smart; an' now
jest stay here, an' gin up till* non-
sense, forgit all this talk, an' we'll
make a fortln oaten thU old mounting.
| Say, now, pard, will yer stay? Put'er
there on' say y *. '*
Siaule.v Io.j.v Droopv's outstretched
hand, and winced at the uvip wnich
i the miner gave it.
"Ye'll stay — luillerlayer!" yelled
Droopy.
But Mark shook his h «.i 1.
"I cannot." lie said, hlia-uef.vedly.
1 Droopy let the other's hand fall.
"I'm di&erp'inted." h< *aid; and
then he walked slowtv away.
About two weeks after the departure
of Mark Stanley from K *<l Mountain,
the California newspapers were all
filled with one theiue. Kl« yd Maydew,
an important Lantern c:i «;taiist, was
coming to .^au Fran* iseo to interest
himself in a stupend'mis mining scheme,
lie would bring with turn, besides an
enormous amount of ready cash, an
enormously beautiful djvghter. Miss
Maydew was3'ouncr and talented, and,
because of the delicate health of her
father, she had made herself a thor-
ough-going business woman. She at-
tended to the most of her father's
banUing affairs, an-i was even a much
shrewder adept in general financiering
| than Mr. Maydew himself.—which
was saying a great deal. Indeed, such
was his confidence in her ability and
: judgment that it was stated, on good
authority, that none of the Maydew
funds would be invested iu California
unless, after careful consideration,
Miss Maydew was convinced that such
an investment would be judicious.
That beinff the case, nil San Fran-
cisco was burning with e igerness to
please and conciliate the pretty little
lady.
Among those most Interested in
bringing about a result so happy for
California was .Judge Uesborough, one
of the principal mine-owners aud a
noted dabbler in mining stocks His
anxiety was so openly expressed that
it soon became almost as common a
topic of conversation as the Maydews
themselves.
One evening, thi ea or four dBys be-
fore the arrival of the Maydews, Judge
Desborough had a caller, who did not
give the servant who answered
his ring either his name or
his card. Thi* was not at all
remarkable, in the Ju-lge's experi-
ence; so the unknown caller was ad-
mitted.
He was a man with sandy hair, com-
plexion, and beard, and he had large
brown eves; which struck the Judge as
an unusual combination.
44 Are you Jin ige Desborough?"
asked the stranger, before seating
himself in a chair to which the Judge
courteously pointo 1.
"I am." was the answer, and then
the stranger sat down.
44Before I tell you my name," he
said. "I must ask if you have anv par-
ticular interest in having tlie Maydews
invest in a certain California tnining-
sjheme?"
44That sir." answered the Judge, 4,is
a most extraortlinary question."
"Exactly, agreed the stranger. "It
is more than that—it is an impertinent
question—or it would be if it were not
an outcome of more than ordinary cir-
cumstances. I have a reason for asking
the question, which, if I am rightly in-
formed, is even of more importance to
you than it is to me. You are a law-
yer, so you will respect me for not
wishing to give my case away.' If
you are anxious to have the Maydew
funds remain in California. I can be of
incalculable service to you; if you have
no such interest, I will bid you good-
evening, anil go."
The Judge regarded his visitor with
amazement, leaning toward him to
scan him the more closely.
"Who the devil are you, and what
kind of a trap are you trying to lead
ine into?" he at length blurted out,
scowling savagely.
"You seem to see occasion for the
use of violent language," observed tho
stranger; "1 do not,"
"I beg your pardon, sir," exclaimed
the Judge, quickly; "but you clean sur-
prised me out of my wits. You see, I
don't quite understand. Yes—I—I
have the strongest reasons for wishing
that the Maydews might stay here, or
at least make the proposed invest-
ments."
"Thank you," returned the stranger,
coolly; "now we will get to business.
Yon are aware, of course, that there
are no Maydew investments which are
not advised or approved by Miss May-
dew. If she says so, the intended bus-
iness here will be consummated; if she
says otherwise, it will not. I suppose
that you already understand that?"
•Perfectly, sir; perfectly."
"Very good. Well, Judge Dee-
borough, if Miss Maydew likes tnc
prospects here, of her own accord, jh
will have no occasion for my services;
Hahe does not, however, take kindly
to things, I can help you ottV"
m
••Howr
"All in good time, ray dear sir; II
your checkers are jumped off the board
so last ?ou won't get any in tho king-
row."
••Don't fire analogy and hyperbole at
me in that fashion, young man,**
snsrled the Judge.
MThe Maydews," resumed the other,
••by reason of influence which 1 can
bring to bear if I choose, will invest
here in the much-talked-of mining
scheme. If, though, 1 use my in-
fluence tho other way, they will
take their money back Kast again, and
stay there with it. I will bo either a
stepping-stone or a stumbling-block.as
you will. If iny services are enlisted,
ray fee will bo $30,000, payable in gold,
when it is proven to you that their in-
vestment Is mado by reason of my in-
fluence. 1« thero any analogy or
hyperbole in that?"
The Judge sat back in his chair, too
much astonished to speak. For fully
two minutes the two tneu sat and
looked at each other in dead silence.
"What may I call you?" asked 'he
Judge finally, trying to overcome ms
embarrassment.
44You muy call mo by name—Mark
Stanley,or to be more precise about it,
Marcus Antcnius Ntanley."
44Uow much time, Mr. Stanley, will
you give me to consider your remarka-
ble proposition?" inquired tho Judge, in
tones which showed him to bo waver-
ing.
4 4 Fifteen minutes," said Mark,
promptly.
♦'Isn't that rather narrowing things
down?"
"It's more time than you would
i allow me for a speech, if I was con-
I demcd for murder, in your court," said
Mark, frigidly.
The Judge's face reddened a litttle.
4,1 will tell you what I will do, Mr.
I Stanley," he said, after a brief pause.
If you can bring about what you say
"damn you, sir," cried the judge.
I will hand you, as soon as the impor-
tant lesult is reached, one-half of what
1 expect to make out of the transaction,
whicii will bo twenty-five thousand
dollars."
"Desborough, Desborough," said
Mark, reflectively. 44It don't sound
| like aJewish name, but "
"Damn you, sir," cried the Judge,
springing up out of his chair, "you are
the most exasperating man I ever
' met."
! 44Which, I suppose." said Mark, ris-
ing, 4,is equivalent to tolling m© to go
| to the devil."
"Not in the least, sir," expostulated
the Judge, regaining his good humor;
"not in the least, sir. This Maydew
matter is one of such vast importance
to me that I am forced to accept your
terms, monstrous and extravagant as
they are. We will have the agreement
drawn up and signed to-night, and we
Will then deposit it, for safe keeping,
j in whatever bank you please.
I 44 Why not make two copies of the
agreement, aud you keep one, and I
i the other?" suggested Mark.
| "Oh, no," said the Judge; "I could
not think of arming you with such a
document. *"or. might, for ail I know,
| be a sharper, aud use it against me in
some blackmailing scheme. It would
j ruin me if my friends and acquaint-
. ances saw my name to such a paper."
"It wonld ruin me, also," said Mark,
"if my friends the Maydews saw ray
1 name to such a document You seem
, to forget that I, also, have a rep-
I utation at stake."
I "In the East, maybe, but not here,
Mr. Stanley; you are a total stranger
I here, even to me. I have an established
local reputation at stake. It is as dear
to me as a woman's honor; as dear as
a woman's honor, sir. Can't you soe the
difference in our positions? It is very
manifest, Mr. Stanley; very manifest
Why, sir, I don't even know that a
word that you have said to me is true;
you haven't shown me that it is. Your
whole purpose may be to get my nam©
to a document that you can use to my
detriment You see, sir, you have given
;?ie only a stranger's unsupported word
for all of this extraordinary stuff. You
have given mo no proof, even, that
your name is Stanley; your name may
not be Stanley "
" N o," in terru p ted M arkf sarcas tical ly;
•my name may not be Stanley; it may
be Smith. Very likely it is Smith. I'd
call it Smith, anyhow, just to please
you, if it wasn't such a damned ordi-
nary name. Dut we won't argue tho
psint further. Draw tho agreement,
;md we will sign it as you say. Its
disposition can be arranged upon after-
wards."
4 Certainly, sir, certainly," assented
the Judge. 'Let mo see; our agree-
ment is that you are to have, from me,
the sum of fifty thousand dollars, if
the Maydews, by reason of your in-
fluence, make such Investments here as
the newspapers say they contemplate
making. If they fail to do this, or if
I am not shown that the money which
they u5ay expend here would hot have
been so expended but for you, then,
sir, then, Mr. Stanley, our contract li
null, void, and dead. Is that satisfac-
tory, sir? Will such a written instru-
ment make you feel that you are duly
orotected?"
"Tea Draw It and sign it," said
Mark, "and I will sign it also. To-
morrow morning I will come here and
accompany you to some bunk, where
we will leave this document, securely
sealed, with the understanding that
neither of us can remove it without
tho full oon ont of the other."
Tho Ju&ge smiled blandly.
"Mr. Htanley, I admire your thor-
oughness," he said; "I most hesrtily
admire your thoroughness."
When the agreement was drawn,
Judgo Desborough asked if he should
read it aloud.
"1 prefer reading it to myself,'* re-
plied Mark. "My eyes, 1 have no
doubt, will serve me quite as well as
my ears."
Again the Judge complimented what
ho called Mark Stanley's unerring
sagacity.
After tho agreement was signed, the
Judge asked if Mark was wilting to
diaclose tho nature of his influence
over the Maydewa
•4When you see her, a*k Miss May-
dew if bho ever heard of me," unswered
Mark, as ho picked up his hat and left
the room.
Tho next morniug, at 0 o'clock,
Mark Stanley again rung Judge des-
borough's bell.
"Let mo see, lot mo see—oh, ah, it is
Mr. Stanley," said the Judge, a little
affectedly.
"Mr. Smith, you mean," said Mark.
The Judge laughed, a nervous, cack-
ling little laugh, without any mirth
in it
"Mr. Stanley, you are inclined to be
a bit facetious; and it is becoming in
you, too, sir—quite as becoming as
your remarkable sagacity."
"flare you got the paper?" asked
Mark.
••The—the morning paper? Would
you like to see it? 1 will find it for
you."
"I mean the paper which we drew
up and signed hero in this room last
night I would like to see that. You
may And that for me if you will be so
kind."
"That? O, yes; that is in my pocket;
securely buttoned in, sir—all ready to
bo deposited iu the bank. The carriage
is waiting for us at the door, now;
pardon my suggesting it, but suppose
we set out for tne bank at once.
•'In a moment," said Mark. "One
thing at a time. I wish •"
••You wish some wine, sir;" inter-
rupted the Judge. 4'Certainly, sir.
How heedless of me not to have
thought of it. I will ring for it this
instant, sir."
••Spars yourself the exertion, Judge
Hand mo the agreement, if you
please"
••You wish to—"
4'1 wish to see how it looks by day-
light."
"6ut, sir, it's all securely sealed and
endorsed, ready for deposit in the
bank, sir. And, besides, it is getting
late.
"All securely sealed, is it? All right,
Judge, we will break the seals, then,
and seal them over again. You can
take the value of the extra sealing-
wax and time out of the fifty thousand,
when you pay me."
Very reluctantly, and with a very
red face, the J udge produced the pack-
age from his pocket, and suffered
Mark to take it
The seals were broken, but, instead
of the agreement between Mark Stan-
ley aud Judge Desborough, ths pack-
age contained some mining notes and
memoranda, which had nothing to do
with Mark.
••You have made a slight mistake,"
said Mark, coolly, tossiug the docu-
ment to the Judge.
liv this time Judge Desborough's
face was purple, but he glanced at ths
paper with well-feigned surprise,
though he looked as if he had been
caught stealing a horse.
••How singular!" he exclaimed; "how
very, very singular! I cau only ac-
count for it in one way, sir, and it is
really a most shameful, I might almost
jay disgusting, way, too. sir. You see,
Mr. Stanley, aftsr you went away,
last night, some of my friends came in.
We had a few games, a few innocent
'fames, sir, but we poured too frequent
and perhaps too copious libations,
-.r. Yes sir; we used a deal of wine,
• r; and it was very tine old wine, too,
sdr. I never have any other kind iu
my cellars Mr. Stanley. Well, sir,
wine always atVects my sight, and a
usost lameutable annoyance it some-
times is to me, too, sir. So it proved
last uight. After my friends went
• '.vay. I happened to think that leaving
ion a document as the one wo drew,
•i a led. iu a compartment in an ordi-
n.t:-y dusk, would bo a very injudicious
. «u ecuing. So I went to my desk and
,fot out tills document, thinking, of
course, that it was the one that you
an.I I had drawn. Then I sealed it and
put it in my coat-pocket. This
morning, without discovering ray
mistake, I endorsed the en-
velope, exactly as you now see
it. it is with feeling of the most pro-
found humiimtion, Mr. .Stanley, that I
confess to allowing can* and wine to
run me into so embarrassing a mis-
take."
"Under the circumstances," said
Mark, "I think it a perfectly natural
mistake."
"Yes, indeed, Mr. Stanley; yes, in*
deed, sir. 1 earnestly hope that there
will be no feeling in your mind that i
did this thing intentionally?"
4'Don't speak of it," smiled Mark; 4,u
man of established reputation, like
yourself, certainly would not act so
contemptibly with an unknown
stranger."
The Judge's face beamed.
•'You do us both honor and credit/'
li* said. "You* add another to your
list of admirable attributes,--gener-
osity. A wonoerful galaxy of >.r«.aes
In so young a man, Mr. Stanley. Ah.
my dear hlr. stanley, we must know
eaoh other better. We must indeeo.'*
A few days later the Maydews cams,
tttxi to them were devoted tho atten-
tions of whoevei was interested in
| California as a mining Btate. They
wero feasted, toasted, serenaded, flat-
' tered, worn out with pretty ssyings
and pretty doings.
••It's because of our social position
in the East," said Mr. Maydew.
"It's because of our money," de
dared his lair daughter, with far more
accurate foresight
All of this time, Mark Stanley kept
delightfully in tho background, and
never once presented himself, either to
Judge Desborough or to the Maydewa^
His so doing mads tho Judge bslisTS
that Mark Stanley was an impostor.
He could not understand why a man
who seemed to bo playing for such
high stakes should keep so abominably
■snta, and business prospect* Ba
sure, Judge Desborough, that yoaml
him to ms to-morrow afternoon, and si
sarly in the afternoon as poosibls, too.
Now gond-night; go away and leavo
ms; but don't forget."
The Judge went home, but he alte^
nately*blessed and cursed Mark Stao*
ley, every step of the way.
"Saved her life, did ho? She wants
to see him, docs she? lie will get tho
860,000 of mo; he will get the girl; ho
will get all of old Maydew's money, by
and by. And 1 am tho innocent means
by which they are brought together
And he called mo a scoundrel, totb
damn him!"
And then the innocent means jumped
Hill. Hut Murk was deeper than hia up uil down on the aidowalk, for Terr
lefful amoclats thought; ho was waiting rnje, anil aworo hiraaclf out of breatlk
until Miss Mayilsw fnuntl tha atten-
tions she waa receiving nauneoua. Ho
did not hare lung to wait. In leaa
than two weeks uft' r her arrival In
Nan Francisco, Miss Maydew regretted
ever leaving tho Kast- Before another
week flu pied, she had so emphatically
and an openly expresned thU fueling
that nil California despaired of In-
teresting tho Maydew. In Western
mining-affairs.
At this time, Mark and tho Judge
met iu the street, one day. Tho Judge
fairly bristled the moment he saw
Mark.
"Well, Blr." he said, "things have
come to a Uno pass, huven't they? The
Maydews are going back East again.
If you have any of your boasted influ-
ence with them, why in hell don't you
exert it, air?"
"Softly, old man," said Mark; "step
softly and breathe low. Things are
going just exactly as I knew they
would—just exactly as I wished them
to. You people here have pitched in
and made California intolerable to the
Maydews. They are getting more and
more sick of it, every day. When they
can atand no more, and begin packing
their trunks to go home again, as they
very soon will, then my time comes;
then I will have you just where I want
you. Then you will iquotl like a hog
with his tail shut in a gate."
"Good God, sir," cried the Judge
excitedly, "that is exactly the state of
things now I They are getting ready
to go East. The time for you to do
■omethlug has come. I—I do squeal,
sir; 1 do squeal. Do you hear me, air?
I do squeal. What is to be done, sir?
I—I am yours to command."
"Nowyou are talking, old man, re-
joined Mark, but with an air of llst-
lesaness and indifference which was
entirely out of keeping with his
words. "You must call on Miss May-
dew to-night—are you listening?"
"Yes, yes; go on, Mr. Stanley; do go
on. sir."
"Very good. You are to call on her
to-night; you are to see her alone; you
are to say to her that her old friend
Mark Stanley is in this city in distress.
If your sight is not affected by wine,
as it was the other night when you
sealed up the wrong document, you
are to note the effect of that disclosure
upon her. You are also to make an
appointment for me to meet her to-
morrow afternoon."
"Why not make it to-morrow mora-
ing?" exclaimed the impatient Judge.
"What is i the use of waiting until
afternoon? It's clesrly a waste of val-
uable, very valuable time."
"Uecause," answered Mark, "to-
morrow morning I have a little busi-
ness to transact with you at the
bank."
"At the bank? Do—do you want
some money?"
"Not quite yet. I want that docu-
ment safely in ruy trousers-pocket be-
fore I stir a single step in this Maydew
matter."
"The document you and I drew up
that night, Mr. Stanley? Is that the
one you mean?"
"Certainly," said Mark; "I am not
at all interested in any other docu-
ment which in any way concerns you."
"But, Mr. Stanley," expostulated
the Judge, "I thought we had arranged
upon leaving that at the bank until
matters were settled, either one way
or the other. Why should the plan be
changed now?"
"Because you are an ii^ernal old
scoundrel, aud will cheat me out of my
own skin unless I keep both eyes wel'
on you," answered Mark.
"Really, Mr. Stanley,'"remonstrated
the astonished Judge, "you are putting
it on too thick—much too thiok."
"That," was Mark's reply," is be-
cause your little game is too thin,—
much too thin. But now to open this
keg of nails. If you surrender that
document to mo to-morrow morning,
1 will play out my hand and help you
and the rest of California to scoop the
Maydews in. If you don't give me
possession of that now important piece
of paper, the Maydews may go back
East, or where else they please, for all
me, and you may go to the devil. I'll
even cheat you out of the price of that
extra sealing-wax. No, no; don't say
a word, now; talking won't do you a
bit of good Be at the bank at 9
o'clock in the morning. Miss the ap-
pointment at your peril. What little
there is to be said cau be said then.
Uood-day, Judge."
That night the Judge called on Miss
Maydew. She was bored by his call,
aud took no pains to conceal it. After
about ten minutes she arose and asked
to be excused. Thea the Judge asked
if she knew Mark Stanley. At once
she was all interest and animation.
"Know him? Yes. He saved my
life, live years ago. Whut doyouknow
about him? Is he here? Where can
he be found, and what is he doing?
Do answer me. will you?"
"I beg your pardon," said the Judge,
but you crowded questions on ine so
The next morning. Murk received
the Maydew document, of the Judge,
at the bank; sad that afternoon h«
called on Miu Maydew, Khe gave hia
a-reception which would have set
Judge Desborough frantic had he wit*
nessed it. Mr. ; May dow hated Mark
"THEY OPENED THE DOOa
stanley, because, when he had knows
him in Vermont, Mark Stanley waa
considered abnormally pious. Cons*,
rjuently. Miss Maydew said nothing to
her father about the presence of Mark
in the West.
Every day, for the next two weeka.
Miss Maydew and Mark Stanley went
driving or sailing. She gave him tha
most of her time, and refused herself
to nearly every one else. Mr. Maydew,
a confirmed invalid, seldom went oat
of doors, and very rarely saw callers.
No rumor of the relations between hia
daughter and Mark reached him. He
intrusted everything to her, and sup-
posed that business was the sole cause
of her repeated absences from him.
One day he asked if she had decided
just what kind of investments they
had best mske, and she answered that
she hsd, after due thought and investi-
gation, made up her mind to carry out
their original idea, which waa to form
• syndicate for the operation of a
series of mines in various parts of the
State.
"To do this," she further explained,
"it will be necessary to make an in-
vestment of a million dollars, three
days hence."
"Our money is still all in drafts, is it
not?" he inquired.
"Yes "
"Well, you had best notify the bank
of your intention, in the morning, so
that they will have the currency ready
when you present your drafts for pay-
ment- "
This suggestion was acted npon,
and on the morning in queetion
Miss Maydew armed herself with
her drafts, kissed her father, and told
ii:.u that she would return in an hour.
\t the end of three hours she was still
ibsent Judge Desborough and one
r two others were sitting in tho room
\ith Mr. Maydew, awaiting the re-
n of his daughter. All at once there
. us a rush of tramping feet and a
.unit of excited voices in the corri-
r; and, without knocking, Mr. May-
"\s door was flung violently open,
I t'l-n. closely followed by others,
•r.ipr etor of the hotel fairly leaped
■ j the middle of the room, his face
• -:iy vith horror.
" jjJ !n>d,sir," he cried, "some
: i work has be endone! Your
'..ter hus been murdered. She is
: dead. Her body is down-stairs.
- found her in her carriage with
- .hroat cut from ear to ear. Mark
r.[ey went away with her. The
■ .•••r pays that they went to the bank
ethe:. They came out of the bank,
'■tine and laughing, and carrying
i - p: :-.i?e between them. Stanley
\ ; be driver to stop at his hotel,
, h is near the bank. When they
ot til ere the driver says that Stanley
>: out and took tho package with
um. told the driver to wait a few
Mi nutes for him, and then went into
I lie ''otel The driver waited over an
hour, but Stanley didn't come back.
Then somelwdy saw blood dripping
out of the carriage. They opened the
door, and saw Miss Maydew lying
there, as I said, with her throat cut.
They are looking for Stanley every-
where, for of course they think he
killed her."
"Of course he did," yeUed Judge
i Desborough. "He killed her, and then
i £ot away with ail that money. I
always knew that fellow was a ras-
I cal."
"You'd better shut up," retorted the
hotel-keeper, "they found a paper in
that carriage with your name on it,—
; a paper that shows you are mixed up
! in this affair with Stanley."
"The agreement!—That damned
i agreement!" groaned the Judge; and
he looked as if he was going to slide
do,wn into himself, like a collapsing
fast, I had no chance to answer. He drinking cup .... _ , .
is here .n San Francisco, and is iD ; Sheriff hurr.ed him off, and had
trouble,-out of money. I think I can ' - difficulty tn saving kirn
send him to you to-morrow afternoon.'
'Do," commanded the girl; "or, if
you fail, never let me see your face
again. Mark Stanley, and here in Cal-
ifornia! How delightful! Here is at
least one nan who will talk to me of
something else than mines, and invest-
•b rule.
(n be Continued.)
-a that
A aiifrlw
your school
Whi, she ka't so very ugly.
■Sa—Ugly? Who said die was*
Ma Ton said all the gtrla loved hMk
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