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"Yes; and my friend here will vouch for its being correct," replied Edward. The shopkeeper then produced the account, which Edward paid; and giving on the paper the name of Edward Armitage, he took possession of the sword. He then paid for the powder and lead, which Oswald took charge of, and, hardly able to conceal his joy, hastened out of the shop.
Some of the people inside must have seen him better; but they are all gone to bed, I suppose." "I will go over to the hotel and inquire, anyway," said Armitage, and did so. The lights were turned down, and no one was there, but he could hear voices chatting in quiet tones on the broad, sheltered veranda without, and, going thither, found three or four men enjoying a quiet smoke.
She could not consult Miss Leigh on the point, without smirching the reputation of Pierce Armitage, the man whose memory was enshrined in that dear lady's heart as a thing of unsullied honour. She puzzled herself over the question for a long time, and then decided to keep her own counsel. "After all, why should I tell him?" she asked herself.
"I think," I answered, "that any will which can exercise such power is dangerous for there is always a chance of its being turned to bad uses." "You would make me out a very dreadful individual, Mr. Armitage," she said; and then looking up suddenly in my face "You have never liked me. You are suspicious of me and distrust me, though I have never given you cause."
In his present state of health and spirits he could not believe he stood in need of the medicine case, but it was a gift from Miss Armitage, and carried with it a promise from him that he always would carry it. He had "packed" it throughout the campaign, and for others it had proved of value. "I take it you are leaving us," said an officer enviously.
The intendant called his clerk, who had accompanied him, and desired him to get ready his writing materials, and then said "Edward Armitage, we will now take down your deposition as to what has occurred." Edward then commenced by stating, "that he was out in the forest and had lost his way, and was seeking a path home." "You were out in the forest during the night? "Yes, sir, I was."
"But the men should be hanged for they shot our captain, and he may die." The little man spoke with sad cadence. A pathos in his erect, sturdy figure, his lowered tone as he referred to Armitage, touched Claiborne. "He will get well, Oscar. Everything will seem brighter to-morrow. You had better sleep until it is time to drive to the train." Oscar stepped nearer and his voice sank to a whisper.
"Your name," repeated Armitage, "is Zmai Miletich; your home is, or was, in the village of Toplica, where you were a blacksmith until you became a thief. You are employed as an assassin by two gentlemen known as Chauvenet and Durand do you follow me?" The man was indeed following him with deep engrossment.
Miss Armitage, squaring her shoulders and sitting very erect once more, her lips closed in a straight red line drove firmly on. A stream ran musically along the road side, a stream so small it was marvelous it had a voice. As they rounded the mountain, the gap widened into the mouth of the vale, which lifted back to an upper bench, over-topped by a lofty plateau.
As he studied the situation he kept moving to avoid observation, and presently, at a moment when he was quite alone in the street, walked rapidly to the house Chauvenet had entered. Gentlemen in search of adventures do well to avoid the continental wall. Mr. Armitage brushed the glass from the top with his hat. It jingled softly within under cover of the rain-drip.
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