WILL HE WIN HER?

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 84, 30 October 1880, Page 3

WILL HE WIN HER?

BY JAMES GRANT. -♦ — '* ' Ghapteb LXI. ":1 an* prepare4;for,^any emergency •yen to sUqptjng' Jiini" dovvn like a weasel," s^id' 3 1, placing a hand on.' njy revolver,-' 5 -'' ' l -\ u ' ■'■'• r '~ '• " ; I slipped a dollar aa a t( tip," into the Band of the dcosehlri driver, and told him to await our return, and I knew that, as we -had' his number/the presence of Gordon, m uniform would 1 in.--suro his doing' so, V } "■■' : ' ; • r; ; Our objector: plan wai supply to get into the hbiise- tit all ''liazai'ds, by force or persuasion, and carry dff the <uptive;- - „ ■ ■*' Let us. approach geptly and without noise,"-^ J said ' Fjibriq u^/Balarinb,' ■ " for though IhaSre nb fear of tAd'derfang, the old hag his mother isi , capable :of anything." . ... " And i» wretches >such aa : these has poor CUrice been committed !" was my bought. _-< --;-\\. ... :■ ; And now, on drawing nearer, I could see the details of the half: .ruinous edifice, with its three angular; turrets and shattered round tower^beiioopholes, | of which were filled np_ by loose brick or strawy 4 ]The^ pi \ [tlfe t6y?sr \ floor, were heavily grated with iron, and being partidlyreove^ed up:; or jfilled m by^pieces of boarding, rags and so, forth, the whoJLe ;n glap& as seen by the starlight, had f .a : - jdejsolate, sprdjd, and mean appearance, ;.- ... . ■ " ri^ati^thgEpAnijiof the lady you.: seek,", said Fabriqua,-. pointing to a particular . „. . "It is qu^dark!" ■/.'.] : •"' Do you .think that even if she were dyii^-and sometimes she: has looked ver^likejit^that Rachael Adderfaag wcu d induigefher with a light ?" " Slay ! There is a light m it now." (f Atjtbiii jlio.tfiv?VM; :i i A 7•; -i " Yes — look," said I, as a gleam suddenly jh^t athwart ths jftindaw , to?; wards 'which I hastened, descending into the grassy^hlSltow of the olcl' fdase, and springing up fhe/other[side r ■< There I found that Xlcouid look m witli case, grasping the. while the riron grat ng, wluch snook.in the rr .bnck,wall l po old;a^4.'tHi^%^^ ; f]^>PJl?'^':'.! V*'-,'..' I cd^M^eel'a ]argei b'^r^'.an.d almost, empty^ibonij' %is Qooijj'jis^l if&v'e 'sai'di. uncarj&ted; &^inglLei^h&if,^ tahle^ 'and little •£s■&* dark cdni^ siopd, :^ -, curjb'|inless ,VbJs|j,r and a£ tiie c lisilf ±ijp' : enef^ clpor/ 'stood a- pijin aa if irresolutely, 'K^fea^ririg 2 a" 1 lamp,' tH'e rays of .which he- shaded- with one -hand as he peered stealthily arouqd him, m his hpoice'd nbsi l , quick, cunriing eyes, coarse sensual lips, and large flabby check, I, recognised :Mosei Adder f ang.; v Eutering, he closed the door, placed the lamp^o^-^he table,' %nd^hen lcepuld: perceive that on the couch' lay the iiorm pi a femajo.jciadijtke.a jV.erlander i pe»-( sant girl, "to" all ' *appe'aranc;e a ;i a a-" profound slumber. _ J Adderfang paused again, took up the theliglifc, and passed^ .across her face. It was pale ahU'wastecf, the lips were apart, but not like-thdse of an ordinary t jslfeeperi >ssfor\thev : . , ltfwer 'A jaw Bcenied strangely relaxed, r Was ths^%6inaii' : ye ; iii; tliei J e' seemed" bo little sign of respiration ?." - . ' - . He jtwiue lifted her hai)d pnd.^let it di op agiiti=' - By^this ,meau r s h^-remove'd a coverlet that partly lay 'over 1 her and a kind of fierce groan escaped me as I recognised at onu-e^ ; Glarido ; :r:> ; t I was^^are'tKa'l^l'was'hdw'^lon'e, as ■ already Balarino, Graves,, and .;thV major had' gone -round id "the^ehtrahteV but, revolver m hand, • T ' Was absorbed m watching the scene before me. He bent over, her.' 'Wa's the wretch, »bou,t J to ki^ ; her, or what ? y No, 1 Ijife f eir her palse',and, .passed his haud ' over; her f a<fe ■; y 6fr she%e ver "stirred/ a"d the conviction that she was dead— rdeli vered from ail her sorrows at, last — came bitterly intd niy r s6uf ' ' ; .■.-.'.: " Women are capricious .m their tastes," I heard him miitter; " How do j know but she anay have 'been Drefertiiy Spanish- fellow,' Balarinb; to me —tq m'e^ba^ ha ! ; poor" fool. Am Ito feel jealous, of. my own, underlino?" H.e { was •pEts.s.ing a ; ! hq,rfd : uhdei« ' 'her neck, paused and^startecl, looi^-/'---ing around witß' 3 a "'pale- r Wd ' steaHhy glance_in his wolfish_eycs. " What sound is thafcP~Bah, J;he Kiel railway tram, sttv^^--^-^^ -/^ But it wasf^pj^the ttam. However, Jjck^gw not *^liaot was;:P";>-7 StillJllapiciTnever stiirred' or seen^Vd to brearfie. /:£'"'" ~"X 1 Dead! - Ah, she cpxs&r^aot^b^x|eaa^LeJs.e whence tliis stormjpflcisses i this wretch "" now laYish.ed^n-h^e?;gasßiye^fac«P ' / I shook the'iro^griting iq my wrath, afraid bo firai jffv^E^vJ?rjle^t thts, bjallee should B|k|ii^e^e;f-^b^t^tV-'th"is;^crr|is a terrible era^ft4hadp3 judder fang pause andjraing into the-iQiiddle of the floor ?sß^^atirfg>«f.Ttiift;sf jjiHo W to ; whic h Jfhntxg was. as has been stated, old, ' wom t an4rusty. . ThY wuter : blasts of three? c^enWrifels Rhjadjliieaiiriy";^ eate]n; fit'; through^ I suddenly felt air the bars beeonie;;Ve^^ppse t r '|iiaitheT;the^ iron frim^gave^w^^dVr/hsici;; ip; shrink asidelAs^ifeTEent' CriiHißgan to\the '. grassy fosseVfoirowTdby'aT mass i 'Sf dnf!|odged^brickj|..- , ji: ■:■ .: r , i-. lij auo^er mpni^nt I was through the the: decayed fra.ine. ; work of which I^dajsU«d to .Jjieces wjth,onb hand while witjirthaaid' of ; 'thja oilier . I ' yajjilv ted into the roorn-vfitU * strength audv »ctifity th^ re'sttlt' of "mj'-'pait life m Africa. ; _ [ __'_ __''" Adc||rf^gJ|ftef:n^d^hnir(k} bi6k a^v palled||^a^s;^fch|>dpp^^^iVYin^; IM nudd*ffisbktifefas6TOoiii 'toj&eCiflecV ted, by one, of h,is, awn ii»f u'ria-T tftd tatients,.;now:recognised me, and an txclaihatioii -of feaf^ fdliov^ed by one of rage.escaped bimV' " • ' Snatcßi ng up the' solitary chair he rnshi- d upon tfrinp -I wJth^ ' rri'ali oe( ayaricejaiijd,fupy4tt.«:hfs, s heart and 'm his eyes, ! for WeTiMid h'B vi kiiow L that'if "I * ac Wis6shtyMi $?*■&*. - ffl , kit for. : ever*:, U f' ; ,{j r ..:- v ;:,_ , ,.,. : , \, * ' '.:, ': , ;. ,'. :..'-'; li.y>ii jihenfj by' teeping^tKe table, be^ twe^n i J9i? f jygp.uld.ha;Ye *h.btchim? down,: but suoa was not my purpose. .sHeclashed, the chair furiously- at my head -—I dacJte^tlie chair was dastied^'to pieces the oppotite WaU^-kud I rHßhe4i upon; him .<„';; ,:r. -, ■■, ■• ■[„, ;.'. -■ 'In Q^ing 1 witW " A'dder:Baßg c I felt withitf<itte'that ; oinptaon which some one haa, described as* the 'wild beas# fore© whpie nißejfscof pemmxh \.WS?A fern, b^r Ify ribA with both

hands, lifted him fairly off the floor, and dashed him head foremost against the wall with such force- that he lay still, stunned, snorting, and immovable, with the blood gushing out of his mouth and noslrils. At that moment the door was flung open, and Major Gordon entered, followed by Graves and Balarino, who was looking pale and bloody from a wound on the head, inflicted, as I was informed, by the fierce old Jewess, Fachael Adderfang, on their effecting an entrance by his aaimd — m fact when she found that the place was taken by . a coup de main, as Well as by stratagem. I .-The major took off his silk saah and "said to Balarino — ' "Bind the scoundrel's hands behind his back, I little thought that my saih would ever be degraded to such a. use, but we shall take him to Altona with ussto-night, ' \ ■ v Then Balarino tumbled Adderfang over on his face, and- with seaman-like alacrity secured hi« elbows hard and fast behind him. ;: •By this time with a sudden transition from fiery fury to softness and tender commiseration,. I was hanging over Clarice. How strange she looks m her pallor, and m that quaint Verl tinder costumei too, with its bodice all cut loose and open. ■■.:,- . -..'.,•■•■ i -"'I raistd her, but she fell back as if lifeless on her pillow, yet she was warm and breathing; .' . . : "Thisslfeep cannot be natural," ( said Graves who had taken one of her hands betrreen his owa and was -kindly chafing: it. -''Some fresh villainy, some mystery, is concealed m it!",e*cUimed 1.., " Balarino, hoist that piece of a Jew carrion to his feet, and throw some water over him." ' (To he '■ continued.) ■■■ ■