Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 24, Number 16, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 14 October 1893 — Page 3

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TARING'S PERIL.

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—with/-the kni/e-^-atidl* th^«'Jayj?La«celles. ilead, bgfofe Dearie ^otfW.^now" or realize what Jiewas ^In^afcV Doyle ,'Taever did know. It was what his wiSfe had told him, and life had been a hell to him ever since that woman came ba^k. She, liad .blackmailed him. moreor less, ever since He got his commission, because, of -ailtjld *2% trouble he'd had in Texas*' ,• _'r /, .V'| "Ajwl this confession was written chit .: for him, signed by Doyle on his dying !|a| bed, dnly witnessed, and the civil authorities were promptly notified.

Bridget Doyle was handed over to the fS I? police. Certain detectives out someawhere on the trail of somebody else were telegraphed to come in, and four days later, when the force of the fever was broken and Waring lay weak, languid, but returning to his senses,

Cram and the doctor read the confession to their patient, and then started j£o their feet as he almost sprang from the bed. "It'8 an infernal lie!" he iveakly cried. "I took that knife from Doyle and kept it. I myself saw Lascelles to his gate, safe and sound." a®-, xn

The sunshine of an exquisite April morning was shimmering over the ^Louisiana lowlands as Battery "X" was "hitching in," and Mrs. Cram's pretty pony-phaeton came flashing •"'•i- through the garrison gate and reined .4, tip in front of the guns. A proud and happy woman was Mrs, Cram, and -^daintily she gathered the spotless, ^cream-colored reins and slanted her jlong English driving-whip at the ex'l' act angle prescribed by the vogue of the day. By her side, reclining luxuriously on his pillows, was Sam Waring, now senior first lieutenant of the battery, taking his first airing sijtge his strange illness. Pallid and|^thin though he was, that young gentleman was evidently capable of appreciating to the fullest extent the devoted attentions of which he had been the object ever since his return. Stanch friend and fervent champion of her husband's most distinguished officer at any time, Mrs. Cram had thrown herself into his cause with a zeal that challenged the admiration even of the men whom she mercilessly snubbed because they had accepted the general verdict that Lascelles had died by

Waring's hand. Had they met in the duello as practiced in the south in those days, sword to sword, or armed with pistol at twelve paces, she would have, shuddered, but maintained that as a soldier and gentleman, Waring could not have refused his oppon ont's challenge, inexcusable though such challenge might have been. |5ut •f that he could have stooped,, to vulgar, •unregulated fracas, Without seconds or the formality of the cartel, first with fists and those women's weapons nails, then knives or stilettoes, as though he were some low dago or

tlj|Sicilian—-why,

that was simply arid ut-

JPterly infercic^blo., ,ATone the less shp W* was relieved and rojotced, as were a£l Waring's friends, when tho full purport of poor Doylo's dying confession was noised abroad. Even those who were slieptical were now silenced.

For four, days her comfort and relief had been inexpressible and then eaine the hour when, with woe .and trouble 'in. his face, her husband reS turned td her from Waring's bedside S with the cfttnprch sible tidings J| that he had utterly repudiated Doyle's confession—-had, indeed, said that ii| which could probably pnljjserve to re-: *s new the suspicion of his own guilt, or else justify the theory that, he was de-

Though Cram find the doctor warned Waring not*to tall talk-'he woiild. to Pierce, to. to,•

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though thes^Hhree ^'Ire pledged t)y Cram to revetvl to no one what Waring said, it plunged them in an agony of, doubt and misgiving. Day after day' had tho patient told and retold the story, and never could cross-question-ing shake him in the least. Cram sent for Reynolds and took him into their confidence, and Reynolds heard the story and added his questions', but to no effect. From first to last he remembered every incident up to his parting with Lascelles at his own gateway. After that—nothing. ths story, in brief, was* as follows: He was both surprised and concerned while smoking and chatting with Mr. Allertori in the rotunda of the St. Charles to see Lascelles, with a friend, evidently watching an opportunity of speaking with him. lie had noticed^ about a week pryyigns a marj^ $i|ferenee in the old Frenchman's manner, and three days before the tragedy, when culling on his way from town to we uKulame and Nin Nin, was inform oI that they were not at home, and monsieur himself was the informant nor did he, as heretofore, invite Waring to enter. Sam was a fellow who detested misunderstand-

Courteously, but positively, he

drr.anded explanation. Laseelles shnigged his shoulders, but gave it. He had beard too much of monsieur's attentions to madame, his wife, and desired their immediate discontinuance. He must request monsieur's assurance that he would not again visit Beau Rivage, or else the reparation due a man of honor, etc, "Whereupon," fcaid Waring, I didn't propose to be outdone in civility and therefore replied, in the best French I could oommand: 'Permit me to tender mon sieur—both. Monsieur's friends will find me at the barra&ks.*" "All the same," said Waring, "when I found madame and Nin Nin stuck in the mud I did what I considered the proper thing, and drove them, coram publico, to "bonne maman's,' never letting them see, of course, that there was any row on tap, and so when I saw the old fdlow with a keen-looking party alongside I felt sure it meant mischief. I was utterly surprised, therefore, when Lascelles came up with hat off and hand extended, bow* lag low, praying pardon for the Intra* sign, but saying he could not 4efer

other instant tfie deSire to 'exptess Hj|* gratitude the most profound for my

IjMofecf SStHe

had heard the whole

%tojry, and, to.nS5r confusion, insisted Sn #oipjg£0ve«r a&I £Ke d^a^*h£fa*e j^lfertoii, «^ve*i tp mty heroism,.' as he eaUeftt^fin knocking down that big bully of a cabman.' I was confused,

to iji^et my :fnenjd, to present Jjis/Jvo open charfi^pagne and drii^ve?&Waf. friendship." He-wfould change thb uiamev of his dhateau—the rotten oldrookery —from Beau Rivage to Belle Allianee. He would make this day a fete in the calendar of the Lascelles family^ And then it began to dawn on me that he had been drinking champagne before he came. I did not catch the name of the other gentleman, a much younger man. He was very ceremonious and polite, but distant. Then, in some way, came up the fact that I had been trying to get a cab to take me back to barracks, and then Lascelles deplared ttat nothing could be m^re opportune. He liad secured a carnage and was just going down with monsieur. They had des affaires to transact at once. He took me aside and said: 'In proof that you accept my amende, and in order that I may make to .you my personal apologies, yon must accept my invitation.' So go with them I did. I was all the time thinking of Cram's mysterious note bidding me return at taps. I couldn't imagine what was up, but I made my best endeavors to get a cab. None was to be had, so I was really thankful for this opportunity. All the way down Lascelles overwhelmed me with civilities, and I could only murmur and protest, and the other party only murmured approbation. He hardly spoke English at all. Then Lascelles insisted on a stop at the Pelican, and on bumpers of champagne, and there, as luck would have it, was Doyle—drunk, as usual, and determined to join the party and, though I endeavored to put him aside,.Lascelles would not JhaveJt.,, J3[e insisted on be-

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been fixed. Men and wosoe& both were screaming and swearing. Some one suddenly bunt Into the cab beside ma, really poshed from behind, and then away we wvnt through the xxuad and mini mnd thft lightning flMhijBfr

"rr's .Ai?. lie!"

in'g '"firlseixted to the q'omirajdLe'/pf, '£is i.eit aie tiw first thing I asked for was gallant frie^,'janf\ in the+private room, j-umbrella.and Larkin's hnt." where we went he pveravheltned Doyla^ .And,this jwas the story that Waringwith details df our grand reconcilia- maintained from first to last. "Pills" tion and U-ith^b'tifeper Mtet'bumperpf ventured a query as to whether' the Krug. ThiV eqabied ctte to fighi shy amount of Krug Mid Clicquot conof t,he Arfne,,'^tln. tdn-jniiiutes Do^rle sumed might not have oyerthi^wn his

vya$ fighting drunk, Lt",.oelles tipSy. The driver came in for his pay, saying, he woiild .go no. further. They had a ro\V. Lalcelle| wouldn't pay called him fin Irish thief and all that. I slipped my last into the driver's 4iand and ffot himt oufe eoiiieftow. M. Philippes, or hateve'r his name was, said he woulc go out—he'd get a cab in tlife lieiglitorhdod and the next thing I knew Lascelles and Doyle were in a fury of a rc^v. Lascelles said all the Irish wehj* knavks, and blackguards and swindle-s. and Doyle stumbled around after hun. Chit came a pistol! Ont came a knife! I tripped Doyle and got him into a chair, and was so intent on pacifying him/and telling'him- not to make a fo61 qf himself that I didn't notice anything else. I handled him good-naturedly, got the knife away, and then was amazed to find that he had my own pet papercutter. I made them shake hands and make up. 'It was all a mistake,' said Lascelles. But what made it a worse mistake, the old man would order more wine, and with it brandy. He insisted on celebrating this second grand reconciliation, and then both got drunker, Imt the tall Frenchman ia$ Lascelles' pistol and I had the knife, and then a came, and, though it was storming beastly and I had Perry's duds on and Larkin's best tile and Pierce's umbrella, we bundled in somehow and drove on down the levee, leaving Doyle in the hands of that Amazon of a wife of his and a couple of doughboys who happened to be arouttd there. Now Lascelles was all hilarity, singing, joking, confidential,

now, and presently I ~-cotdd recognizeLascelles, raging, 'Infame!' 'CoquinP '^Ala&ssiiii' we^"e .the- •jjailclest' ternis he' was£volfleying at spipebody. and then, recMj^ziiig me,1 he "burst into maiicllin teags} Irwas his dnly friend., He ha^feen' insulted, abused, denied reparaiioK^ \)Tas he httrt? I inquired, and

Sid^popket of my .^vercoatf t-. Noj^bajit iiot"a blow. pid I suppose that he, aJVcMcliman, wonld-pardon that ot leave* the spot until- satisfaction

:|vord

to be at the. barracks that

evening that I had no money left, but I could go no further. Instantly .he forgot his1woes and became absorbed in my affairs. 'Parole d'honneurl' he would see that mine was never un sullied. He himself would escort me to the maison de Capitaine Gram. He would rejoice to, say-, to that brave ennemi, Behold! here is thy lieutenant, gf honor the most un|ullied, of eouragelbhe most admirable, of heart the most magnanimous. The Lord only knows what he wouldn't have done had we not pulled up at his gate. 'There helped him out on the banquette. He was steadied by his row, whatever

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Nothing- would do but we must stop ..him senseless, helping himself to his and call on a lovely woman, a belle amle. lie could rely on our discretion, he said, laying his finger on his nose.and looking sly and coquettish, for all the world like some old rone of a Frenchman. He must stop and see her and take her some wine. "Indeed,' he said, mysteriously, ^it is a rendezvous.* Well, I was their guest I had no money. What could I do? It was then after eleven, I should judge. M. Philippes,

or whatever his name was, gave orders him that the "lady" who wrote the to the driver. We p*lled up, and then, to my surprise, I found we were at Doyle's. That ended it I told them th«y must excuse me. They protested, but of course oouldnt go in there. So th«y took a couple of bottles apiece and went in the gate and I settled myself for a nap and got it. I don't know

how long I slept, but I was aroused by service in the south, *for the sake of the devil's own tumult. A

shot haol

mental equipoise. No, Sam declared, he drank very little. I'The only Bacol^an^lian thing I did was to join, in a jovial chorus from anew French opera whicn Lascelles' friend piped up and I had ijeard in the north: "Qui, buvons, buvons encore I

S'il est un vln qu'on adore '5» De Paris a Macao, C'est le Clicquot, e'est lo Clicquot." Asked if he had formed any qonjecture as to the identity of the stranger, Sam said no. The name sounded like '•Philippes," rbut he couldn't be sure. But when told that there were rumors to the effect that Lascelles' younger' brother had been seen -with him twice or thrice of late, and that he had been' in exile because, if anything, of a hopeless passion for madame his sister-in-law, and that his name was Philippe, Waring looked dazed. TTien a sudden light, as of newer, fresher memory, flashed up in his eyes. He seemed about to speak, but as suddenly controlled himself and turned his face to the wall. From that time on he was determinedly dumb about the stranger. I What roused him to lively Jnterest jgad conjecture, however, was Gram's query &§ to whether he jifld apt njfo^nized in the cabman called in by the stranger the very one whom he had "knocked 'endwise" and who had tried to shoot him that morning. "No," said Waring, "the man did not speak at all, that

I noticed, and I did not onoe see his face, he was so bundled up against the storm." 'But if it was the same party, suggested he, it seemed hardly necessary to look any further in explanation of his own disappearance. Cabby had simply squared matters by knocking

watch and ring and turning out his pockets, then hammering him until frightened off, and then, to cover his tracks, setting him afloat in Anatole's boat. ..'r^ "Perhaps cabby took a hand in the murder, too," suggested, Sam, with eager interest. "You say he had disappeared—gone withhis plunder. Now, who else could have taken my knife?"

Then Reynolds had something to tell

anonymous letters, the belle amie whom l»ascelles proposed to tisit, the occupant of the upper floor of "the dove-cot," was none other than the blighted floweret who bad appealed to him for aid and sympathy, for fifty dollars at first and later for more, the first year of his army

the old home." Then Waring grew even more excited and interested. "PUte" put a stop to further developments for a few days. He feared a relapse. But, In spite of ''Pills," the developments, like other maladies, throve. The little detective camp down., ayain. Ha

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TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING MAIL, OCTOBER 14,1893,

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been exacted? Then I begged him to be calm and listen to me for a moment. I told him my plight—that I had given my

had been. He would not let me expose myself—even under Pierce's umbrella. He would not

permit

me to. suffer

'from times so of the dog.' 'You will drive monsieur to his home and return here for me at once,' he ordered cabby grasped both my hands with fervent good night and the explanation that he had much haste, implored pardon for leaving me—on the morrow he woiild call and explain everything— then darted into the gate. We never could have parted on more friendly terms. I stood for a moment to see that he safely reached his door, for a light was dimly burning in the hall, then turned to jump into the cab, but it wasn't there. Nothing was there, jumped from the banquette into a berth aboard some steamer out at sea. They

[..Tras.oddly inquisitive about .that chan^ -i son a boire from "FleUr de The.'

Woujd Mr Wax&agihum'it for bim? And^l Sany, nows sitting', up^ in: chisi p^rlofi turned -to. his piano,-, and with long,. Piender,.f|^gile-loAking fingers.rattled hVely prelude^ -and then faintly* •vaavered the roUicking word^

UN6,

"Odd," said. Mr. ^epp^r^oa th^y^ had-' I gKJwn to call ^him, ^'I heard, thatf snng ."by a fellow up in Ch.artre^ strjeet tjw^? nigit^han^-riin^hg before" this tiling happened—a merry" cuss", too, with a rather lobse:hand era his" shekels. Lots of people may knoir it, thoUgh. mayn't they?"--

indeed, not down here said

Sam., fit only came Out in' New York within the last four months,and hasn't been south or west at all, that I' know of. What did he look like?" "Well,,what did the fellow that was with you look like?" -But here Sam's description grew vague. So Pepper went upv to have a beer by himself at the cafe chantant on Chartres street, and didn't1 ireturn for nearly a week. [lo be Continued Next Week.]

fifteen Today.

For the l&st time, dear dolly, I (lress you,' And carefully put you away You can't tell how much I shall miss you.

But then I am fifteen today.

And you, sot so very much youngerHave you nothing at parting to say? Are you soi ry our fun is all over.

And that I am fifteen today?

What walks we have had through theclover, What rides on top of the hay What feasting in grandmother's garret!

And now I must put you away.

OoUsin Ethel just buried her dolly. With its eyes opened wide, and as blue As yonrs, my sweet dolly, this minute—

I couldn't dc that, dear, to you.

Oh, stop, dolly! what am 1 thinking? Why cannot I give you away? There's & poor little girl I love dearly,

And she's only ten years today. .,^1

How happy your bright eyes would make her] She rarer had playthings like you, With Jvyour fine dresses and trinkets.

Yes, dolly, that's just what I'll do.

I do believe, dolly, I'm crying. "What nonsense, child!" grandma would say, Goodby, one last kiss I'm half sorry

That I am fifteen, dear, today. —Eschanee.

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