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I heard Hunston when I was awake." There was something strangely impressive in his manner as he said this, which caught Harry Girdwood's attention in spite of himself. "Fancy," he said, with an assumption of indifference which he was far from feeling; "fancy, my dear Jack." "Of course," answered young Jack; "but very strange."
"What?" cried Hunston, in feverish eagerness, while he dreaded to hear. "Your fate." "It is false." "The rope is ready the noose is run. You shall die a dog's death." "And you shall die hard," added Harry Girdwood. A groan, more fearful than any which had preceded, burst from the guilty wretch. "But Harkaway will be merciful." "As you were." "No, no, no; he is full of forgiveness, I know."
"Stop, stop," said Harkaway, seriously; "I have suffered more than all of you, at the hands of this man, and if I can forgive him, surely you can," Now, as Hunston gained strength, his old evil passions returned in their full force. The nurses appointed to attend his bedside, were the two sailors who had rescued him from a watery grave, honest Joe Basalt and his friend Jack Tiller.
"My carefulness may turn even friends into enemies, but fear, or over carefulness " "It is much the same thing," suggested Hunston. "Right; but it is not likely to make me take foes for friends." "I doubt it." "You have a cunning tongue, friend Hunston," said the sentry, who was just a little bit nettled, "but I don't believe that you could prove that to my satisfaction."
"Yes; refuge is the word. Now I am the worst man in the world at half confidences. Tell me, are you a good man to keep a secret, doctor?" "I am." "Then I may tell you something that will rather startle you." "You will?" "Yes. That poor wretch you have the charge of is the worst enemy that I have. It is my old schoolfellow, Hunston." "Hunston!" "Yes. You remember the name, I perceive." "I do.
"Once let us see how matters turn out with our comrades who have fallen into the hands of these English people, and then we must be gone." But while they waited more fell. Several got taken prisoners, and the band presented a very thin appearance. The day of trial approached for the brigands, of whom Hunston was one. And the verdict was universally foreseen.
"Who but he who was charged to fetch the money from the old well, the spot appointed who but the comrade that fetched the money?" "Why," exclaimed Toro, turning to Hunston, "then it was " He paused. Hunston turned heartsick as every eye was directed towards him. "Never!" exclaimed Hunston, fiercely. This was a critical moment for the latter. For awhile his life hung upon a very slender thread.
I don't yet altogether grasp why " "Your Jeffries of a friend is a red-hot political theorist, isn't he?" asked the other apathetically. "Our Hunston politicians are practical men. They are after results, and seek them with small regard, I fear, to copy-book precepts. You follow me?
He doesn't want Hunston even to suspect that I may be myself. His game here is to know I'm Stanhope, whom the whole town is sore on. In New York, he tries both stories, not knowing which will hurt the most. However, theories will keep. The facts are plain. They've started out to run us down that's all. The point is now to decide what we are going to do about it."
"He means to pocket the contessa's bracelet. What a swindle! I thought there was something more devilish about him than his dress." Hunston fled precipitately to the gardens. Close by the spot where he had previously met his companions in crime, there was a man awaiting him with a big bundle. "Matteo, is it you?" "Yes, sir." "Good; give me the other dress out. Quick!
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