Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1891 — Untitled [ARTICLE]

the harsh, imperious voice of his guest. >»>“Clo3e the door! Don’t you sec how the is driving in? And .come and get me something warm, for I must soon be on the mov* again.” As soon as the old innkeeper had obeyed the orders of his guest and securely fastened up . the creaking door, he thrned and gave a secret glance at the new arrival. —— : He was a young man, tall and thin with black hair clustered about his head, and a pair of keen black • eyes. Although the features were wellformed, by no means a pleasant face, especially when, as now, its expression was marred b’v a heavy frown and a restless wandering ol the strange, dark eyes. He was wrapped in a Scotch plaid, the heavy folds of which had afforded him good protection from the rain; but the water dripped from the brim of his deer-stalker’s hat, and made a little pool upon the floor. “Did you say, sir, that you wished to gang forth again the night?’’ asked Sampson. - '^7The young man shrugged his shoulders. “No, my man,” he returned, with grim pleasantry; “I did not say so. Who the devil would wish to go out oc a night like this? For my part, .1 love comfort far two well; but when duty,” he added, making awry face, “calls me, why I go.” He glanced around as he spoke, and for the first time noticed that a third person stood looking at him and listening to his words. [TO BE CONTINTED.]