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Bush Advocate, Volume II, Issue 101, 29 December 1888, Page 4

$gsss_mm iKf!p__i_Mrs^ o&fiikM . gy|^|^s|e,% not^^iyiiTW^^li £rYO •fffl-SSsS^^fH'^il/' '„Ji*j «is 'i' ? :t':o >y y vyy ?&B^nara*_iut^ ; c^^ But^is))?fe?fchisf ih^^te M Ss^|opliirift^ lfc h^^ us 3 m beeri/ j3^pM*yr 7_6ip6ieiw,^as hurry*) i#lßp«il§B i^wiiMa^trgEif > :A*- il he" *-#| r COmo^tt^o^6}¥&^- ': V 4 Y_\ln^ 'l ■_ - frr. ■* $y^j^ : & .: ::mMkzlo^ ■ - ;■ *i*^__SS«JlTiS Hi , W -% • „„*l^ ft l2_lU' 'li'-' ; mYm^mmm^W^ ■& YyYsnMenlytMm^m^ nis tiptoes, ■^^gjihrou^h^the t^fpitpu^h«Sr:#e^m^' iJp|iir;iMffipv|^t-f^^ Bsy^ww^d at bfeirig maderespOnsible H7fiiHliri^r^»n^ /:^Mm^A^i mm& Me. A«k t KfPflipMi^^ » f « fi7#itir^6%o^^wiffl^wlth^ .a 7 7^t?*lf you .<^<eii^7jW|r.--:Baiavthe.ex* p|^e^ili^'yiO«c_nn^> hismioleskift p^iii»iS7ii^^ I .^ ;, Yo^^^mpo^ otV.,his^earmg,, ;7^@^^rrjpl/i ;guri^er4ripthe n Queen's ygji^riamo: thOughtf g7y tl^rriaaybe you wtMto>itakei rirbM as 'W>your I groom Or gardener, pr give me iiy-c'ryacanti^- ,;,.'.-*;;"• > *.•..-- -v -£i&?TZ--- : .- wiry, that TV cannot do y./imo!^i^ the: t y ;aknswered, impassively. you'll giye:me alittlejUst Y- / tb help hae On my way, sir," said?the 7 otiriging;^ jnendic^it7| s "iYouA^o|i ;; see: an old comrade go to the bad 7y fpr ifeKevsake ofoalfe^srup^es., |jw«(8 t vwi&Sale's brigade in 7; the Passes, %; e-rs&tijilti wais at'fetiMi^ni t^feirig &'7of7Cabul." ; 7- a '7"; yyy^-y'- • yy/§ss^^ ivkeenly at the. .; supplicant, butv was '■;v:s|^^ct6^is ; %lw*^fe» J /■y/yt):^^'^:^^^ with you ; earthquake, arid jghen we >^j@rai-(^'i^dt7pi:ui.-'.. You ask me vf jf^rid you'll see whetjier^^ % IjnnjgyOr ]_^t,>:Wev^ent through all '4f th%;when arid now 7 7that^we ire 01-rj yoifeaie^^ live in a '.^v^Wft"^**^™** It don t seem to ; fairv ' ' ■■■.7y ?£&&•£■ .)k))i.) y r/ ; 7;ilYpu y .aire ,7 an impertinent U yieo|ufete?w§thf general. "If :\Y#dii*TiW "soldier you r would never need to ask for help. I : -halt®!^Wlb^a'f-i-hi^ •'.One word jnore, sir,"v7cried the 7^, vtrampjJ^M^^telrJ i«;'turning „/"::i^ay'-ivV;.Pye'bee_i-.jii the Tarada y. 'im?/ y- ■ : f?H)yy< V The old 60lai_r spratig round as if th^words had heen a pistol-shot. r7v!fj^ie--what7 : d , ye iheanf he <- 7?soi_a_d_red. : ;{7;7^l;ve.-b^enviri {|K§yT,i^^.iPa|Bi 7 ; 7||ff^jj^^ called ' last words . werieTO«eHtoUtiiifi' ari? undertone, and a malicious grin overspread the ", face of -the speaker. Their effect upon the General >v;4s > /Extraordinary.; :He< fairly staggered back from the gateway, and his yejlow ; countenance blanched to a livid mottled grey. ' For a moment he was too overcome to speak. At list ■ he gaspied out, « Ghoblab Shah I— who are you who know GhoolabShah^ ; 7 "Take another look," said the '''.'. tramp ;," your sight is not as keen as it was forty years ago." "T|ie Genera^l.took $ long, earnest loofeat the unfeempt wanderer in , jbim, andas he gazed I saw of recognition spnng up r V Why/li^(D^ .:■:'.. **^»i You've come ori ityafcrlast," said 7:7 chuckling to himselfi' "I l 'y;sto '.wondering how long it would ■fi .be me. And first VvpfalKjust unlock this gate, will j^ari^o^alk through a : '''rJt*e.^- i, tW-'niueh like ten Wi&ftv^^r&t^P* '^ fche S^^^l^^eneral whose face still bore £ 7i|vi(_-rides of hw -giti-Mon, undid the W^^^.WMiyomivembiling fingers. 1^ ?Cor^oi ;^,PUfu3

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Itothiitf^arid yet he plainly: showed J^j_#iri^ne£ thatiho^ regarded jbia Ipreseriee^as by; no, means an^ un/ jnnxed^e^M-^^-^v^ _ 7 ; . j 7 J ';^hjri iorpoiral,"; he7 faifi, as the igatl«nf t WW- _f ten Iwoii^ered, whether jjrou .were, dead |br divi? Dtft^ tie^er elppc^dHo see l^u again. How: have .you been |all these long years J M j :S? How,hlaVe € beeti M' the corporal iarisweredj gruffly. " Why, I ' have jble'rii IdriS-ik for thean_ostS^r| I When I o*rW^rtny An.o_.ey , I kyi, it lout in liqUor; and as lon^ as that 'lasts I get some 'peace in Me. When I'm cleaned out I go upon tramp, partly in the hope of Picking up the price of, a drani, ano! partly in 'Or-ier to 166k for | / M , You'll excuse us . talkingy about !these-privl^;inatte^ the General _aFd,ylooking round at me, ;forl was beginning to move away. ["Don't leave Us7 You know some- ; thingi of matter alreadyj. arid •may find yourself -entirely in the swim with us some of these days." ! Corporal Rufus^7jSmi)h n looked Irourtd ajt ! ine iri blank 'astoni-hm-nt, i"ln theswim,with us 1" he said. |«^_ow^erJ^i4«he get ther. W)V 1 7•' yoluntarii^, voluntarily," the (General explained hurriedly sinking ihis .voice! J ''fie -is: "nerghhour of |mine.,and, he .lias volunteered, his Ihelp iti casS- 1 should ever need it." I -mni $xoMio&BeMe% {fiT&rijA ithing, to increaseHhe big stranger's jsurf H-^'^f WMlf ifHhat 'dori't^ Kc| : jcock-fightirig* f*hJK--^__cWtined, «)rik. jteniplatingijsneiwjtfeiaclm^ " I /never heard tell of such a . thing." \/ "And riow;thai/you have found fme, Corporis /: < laid .the jTe^an^of^Cl^pmlrer,.^ [ropf |to7;t |ijc>ver f me{ .^ rw^foji^iood io; 'eafcriiridfaboyejall] i^fe^ife|L|^;| V,,;; iry: , a - fLcan^lpr.vVp^'^s^ \ Glen,eral ans Jrpu firp tlie cprgpralj? jr^njltne.rriaster*!andi ypu.7are7the; |man. Nbw aQn'tJ^j^^jftye^^:, i mind you of that again. " ; , 7, 4 I ;^i_r-^;^^i^tf^Wl_i-! ;full l -h^ghilrid s faised hfs right -u\l with the'^al-f forward itt? a riiilitary vh k-yAi am* -*/: I 'tl can take you on as gardener Undfge^rjlpl,of Jihe^fellpWtl^ave got. ;As to allb^anoe^ndi no more7 ' We are deep xlHnkers at the Hall." j "Don't ..ywrte; "opium, or j brandy, or« :ridthiwg sir f I asked Corporal Rufus Smith. L f!|T6Jihiri^|i!therj General t qaid • firmly. . j'- " Well, all I„ v can say is, that [you've got more nerve and pluck |than I should, ever. have. f I .„don't j wtiMefriOwit yonj 'winning jfltjji • cfoss^tlbe |Mutin v? ;" If s , 1 2 was f 0 \^^^6^^o\^%Uet night to; j th|tnjh(in f gs withdui ? eve. s ilking A \ 6l&yP "[ df^-Othethirif 5- tb : : ch_er ' my |heart-^-why, it would' ; 'about drive |___e silly^." 7 GerierkfcHe&the^^^ his j hand up, ; as though afraid that his i companion mightisayi too; mh'ch. " I [must thank you; Mr West/' he said, j' 4 fo^; liay { jng } s^owjq^jthls: man ( ,my jdoor. Twould riot willingly allow lan old comrade, however humble, ;to gotothe bad/ahd^f I did riot his* claim more readily !it was I $mply^ blcause" I'i haU raj ; doubts as t to whether he was really • what* he repr^efitod himself. wjxai} ; walkf-fip to.the Hall, corpbfM,* and' I shall follow you in a minute*"- -Yy "Poor devil !" he continU6d,^as , . we watche4ithe newcomer hobbling'up the avenue in thtfAririgainlv manner which I.ihave dessribed. j'" He got a 64-pound shot on his foot, apdjtf cashed theibones^ but the obstinate fool would not let the doctors take is-pff v I remember him now as a smart young soldier Hw, Afghanistan, ; fle and .I ; were associated in some queer adventures, whioh I may tell-you of some day, and I naturally f f e'el sympathy towards him, and would befriend him. _)id he tell, you anything about me before I came ?" " Not.a s word," I replied., " Oh," said the General, carelessly, but with, an evident expression of relief. " I thdright perhaps he might have said something of Old* times?" Well, I; must Sgo and look after -him j} or the servants will be f righ;tene;(_y;_oiMhe isn't' a beauty to look'N at. c yGood-bye : j'?« With *'d wave of the hand the old man turned away from me and hurried up the drive after this unexpected addition to his household, while I strolled on round the high black paling, peering through every chink between the planks, but without seeing a trace either of Mordaunt or of his sister. - :-' I have now brought this statement dowt> to. the coming of Corporal Rufus Smith, which will prove tpbeithe beginning of the end. I have set down soberly and in order the events which brought us to Wigtownshire, the arrival of the Heatherstones at Cloomber the many strange incidents which excited first our curiosity arid finally our intense interest in that family, and I have briefly touched upon the circumstances which brought my sister and myself into a closer and more personal relationship with them; I now proceed to give the statement furnished me by one who had means of knowing something of what was going on inside Cloomber during the months thafc I was observing it from without. . {To be Continued .)