"Wei*, but wh< r. . ’ What can he l»e
doit>- ol this t >. . ’ called Duaford after
the other.
"Don’t know. Vm sure. Gone for a swim,
perhaps. He was in his tlatu Is. u 1 the
I night is warn l . ’ cail< : out I'arringuin, as
he strode oft t<»'‘ the town, and disap
peared in th«* darkn ss.
made Dunfo i m- • .-n: .rl.ildc. “TH smoke
another pipe b f> ‘rd sa-, soot night io
• B.'.|g«*r a- he |si>-»s l-.i.'k.” thougni the
bm*»*r. “T!ie;r quarrel .-.j- out th<.<», Car
rington's strange -woi< and th. on,, r
fellow not turning up would k«ep me toss
ing and tumbling till uivrmng if 1 went to
Im.j now.'
Tne two young men were powerfully
made, and when bad I>l<‘ ~I broke out » *-
•V • .1 -'l’ '
leii. e, for ; :-r u•> ov.;. # »rii.? , ti.s* i
lent, ruthbss. a-:4 < arriagtou quick and
. unaecust.! «•• h jnri.-
At last rm. iri’.' , .••• was ••>!*.-. and he
got up f< ding downr xht alirmcd, for no
• ui.v had passed, and it was alter mid
night. ...
"1 suppose, thought he. ’ itolgrr will call
me a prymg busybody, but 1 must see him
before I go home.”
With quick steps he strode through the
U
Not a soul here! Nothing but the pall of
night overhead, the hard, firm stones under ;
foot and the uhniy phosphorescent, pulsing I
i;h.
No boat was ever about at this time of i
night and tide. Even If by some miracle |.
