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COLONEL QUARITCH, V.C. A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE,

BY H. RIDER HAGGAED.

AUTHOR OF "KING SOLCHON'S MINE","

"ALBAN QUATERMAIN," "JESS,'

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30.

Now First Published.]

CHAPTER XXIX.

THE DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER Yra, 1868.

* He has been norīdsatally shot.” -. "Whabby?"

***Mr. Quat."

dead

INTIMATIONS.

Then she did it on purpose-Iman-is be HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION. PROGRAMME OF THE SIXTH RIFLÈ MEETING

No, but I believe he will die."

Then she spoke. You told me the other filled. As it was, the point of the shoulter was day." she said, that you wes not engaged to riddled, and no to a somewhat smaller extent was be married to Ida de la Molle. It was not true, the back of his neck and the region of the right You are engaged to be married to her."

oar. One or two outatie pallets had also strok "Who and so he asked, defiantly. “Quest, the head higher up, and the skin and mascles I suppose"

along the back were torn by the passage of the "I have it on a better anthulty" she shot. swored. "I have it from Mia de la Molls here "By Jore," said Mr. Quest, "I think he le selt. Now listen. Edward Cossey. When I lab done for." yoge. I made a condition, and that condition The colonel nodded. He bad had sime ax- was that you should not marry Ida de la Malla perlance of hot wounds, and the present was not Do you still intend to marry her

of a nature to encourage hope of the patient's Yen had it from Ida ha mid, disregard survival,

How did it happen? asked Mr. Quat, pro ng hor question; "then you must have spoken to Ide-you must have told her everything. Isently, as he mopped up the streaming bloodIt le wrong answered the colonel, apparently suspected as much from her manner the other with a sponge. night. You

"It was an accident," groaned the Colossi. Your wife was looking at my now gun. I told har fhat it was loaded, and that she must be careful, and I thought she had put it down. Tho next thing that I heard was the report. It is all my cursed fault for leaving the cartridges in." "Ah," said Mr. Quest. She always thought that she understore guns. It is a shocking so

Then it is true," she breko in, soldly. "It irus sul in addition to your other failings, Edward, you are a coward and-a liar.

"What is it to you what I sun or what I am ast!" ho roswerd 81Tgely. "What Isiness is it of yours? You have no held over me, and e it is I have suffered claim upon me. suught at your hande and at those of your so-cident." pursed husband. I have had to pay him thiety housed pounds, do you know that P. But of are you know it. No doubt the whole thing is plan, and you will share the spoil"

HOWARD COBBEY MEETS WITH AN ACCIDENT. This is not a very sheerfal world at the best of ties, though no doubt we ought to pretend that bonunity at large is as happy as is represented to ha. In lat os say the Christmas number of an illustrated paper. How well we can imagine the thonchttal inbakitant of this comtry in fas year .D.7500 or thereabouts disinferring from the rumbling remains of a reproof male a Christalas number of the ilustrated Londen Neekor the Graphic Theurchilatiers would Perhaps be unintelligible to him, but he would lock at the pictures with much the same interest that wogard bushmen's trawings or the primitive clay fours of Peru, and though his wucle artistic seventy-sixth century soul would

Ah!" she said, drawing a long breath. ba revolted at the cračness of the colouring,

"And now look here," he went on. "Once arly ho would moralise thath, happy race and for all, I will not interfared it by you. of primitivo men, how 1. the child of light and I am engaged to merry Ida de la Molla and civiliantion, envy you your long-forgotten days" whether you wish it or ho I shall marry her Here in those rude drawings, which in the And 6 more thing. I will not allow you to melvas reveal the extraordinary capacity for pleasure possessed by the early races, who could late with Ida. Do you onderstand me? I even look upon them and gather gratification will not allow it." from the sight, way we teace your joyous carcer from the cradle ta tõi grare. Here is your figure aa haie, at whose appearance everybody seems delighto, even those of your ran whose inhart tance will be thereby diminished-and hero a merry lad you revel in the school which those of

Why not?" he answered savagely. "I our age, and so westisome; there grown moro old von stand at the alter of a bosutiful jest wonder that you think it necessary to sak such faith, faith that told of hope and peces question but as you do I will tell you why. hasund the grave, and by you stands your Because Ids is the lady whom I am going to blushing bride. No hard fate, no considerations, And I do not choose that she should esso of means, no worldly-mindedness, come to satch ciste with a woman who is what you are.

"A!" she said again, "I understand zow.” yon from her runs as now they daily do. With At that moment & diversion occurred. The her you apend your peaceful days, and here at last we sayan old but averounded by love and drawing room looked on to the garden, and at trailer kindness, and almost, looking forward to the end of the garden was a door which opened thel grave which you believed would be but then to another strest. gets a gryb, happy race of simple-minded Through this door had come Colonel Quar-assisted by Harold, set to work to carry Edward won, what a commentary upon cur vord, itch; necompanied by Me Quest, the former avarislons, pleasure seeking age is this rude with his gun under his arm. They had walked up the garden and were almost at the French Meroll of primitive and infantile arti"

So will come unborn laudator temporis zeitwindow when Edward Cossey ear them. on- spak in sine dias ventary to be, when our tral yearsalf," he said in a low volice, "here

Jour stand."

sorrows have faded and are not.

And yet, though we do not put a record of them have been and will cortinaaliy be, for, bowaver happy the lot of individuals, it is not altogether asheriut world in which we have been called to Hy. At any ra's so thought Harold Quaritoh that night after the faremal sorna with Ids in the church-yard, sail so he confined to think for more time to come. A man'a life is always more or less of a struggle; he is a swimmer upon

in our Christmas numbers, troubles areas troubles

an adverts 900, and to live at all he must keep bis limba in motion. If he grows faint-hearted or weary and no longer strives, for a little while ho foste, and then at last, morally or physically, bo vanish. We struggle for our livelihoods and for all that makes life worth living bi the material sense, and not the less are we called upon to struggle with an army of spiritual work and fears, which now we vanquish and now are vanquished by. Every man, of refinement, and good many women, will be able to recall periods

Bho had been holding the fan before her face while he spoke. Now abe lowered it and locked at him. Her face was paler than ever. paler than darth. If that be possible, but in her eyes there shone a light like the light of a flame

"Why not?" she said quietly.

is

Mr. Qurst adv.noad and knocked at the

window, which his wife opened. When he saw Edward Cossey he hesitated a Bitle, and then added to him while the Colonel came forward end phoing his gan by the wall anterol the room, shook hauts with Mrs. Quest, and bowed ocitly to Edward Cossey

"Iret the Colonel, Hello," said Mr. Quest coming here with the benevolent intention of giving you some sulpe, so I brought him up by

the short way."

That is very kind of you, Colonel Quartah," said she with a sweet aile (for she had the | sweetest smile imaginable).

here which attracted his attention, something Ha hoked at her. There was something about

unsial.

"What are you looking at?" abo'naked "You," he said bluntly, for they were out of houring of the other two." If I were poeticaly inded I should say that you looked like the

Tragic Muse."

"De I she answered, bursting out laughing, Wells that is curious, hosanse, I feel like Comedy herself."

TO BE HELD AT KOWLOON,

ON

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 978,

Thay looked at each other, and ssel read in the eyes of the other the thought which passed through their brain. If Edward Cossey died they would be free to marry. So clearly did they read it that Ias actually interpreted it in SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 1988. words.

"You must not think that." she said, "it is rety or wrong."

in no way surprised at her interpretation of his thoughts, bat unfortunately human nature la human nature,"

Then he went on to tell her all about it. Ida made us comment, that is after those Arat words "she did it ex parposo," which barat from her in her astonishment he felt, and he felt ton, that the questim as to how that gun went off was one which was best left unenquired into by tum. No doubt if the man died there would be an inquest, and the whole matter would be in Testigated. Meanwhile one thing was certain, Edward Fossey, whom she was engaged to, was shot and likely 10 din.

Just then one of the doctors came running up the lawn carrying a bar of Instruments, and followed by Belle Quit and in another minute was at work. He was a quick and skilful eur geon, and having announced that the patient Presently while they were still talking a was not dead, at once set to work to the one of Squire came in from his walk, and to him alo the smaller arteries in the throat, which had been the story was told, and to judge from the ex parsed, and through whish Edward Cossy was pression of his face he thought it a serious one rapidly bleeding to death. By the time that this month. If Edward Cossay died, the mortgages was done this other doctor, an older man, pat never the Honham property would, sa be thought, an appearance, and together they mades apid of course pass to his hair, who, unless he had made oxamination of the injuries.

a will, which was not probable, would be his Bells stood by holding a basin of water. She father, old e Cossey, the banker, from whom did not speak, and on her face was lut same Mr. de la Molio well know he had little mercy to fixed lock of borrer which Harold. had cserved expect. This was morious enough, and what was

still more sarioan was that all the bright pros after the discharge of the gun.

pects in which he had for some days been back- ing of the re-establishment of his family upon a securor basis than it had occupied for generations would vanish like a vision. Now, he was not more worldly minded than other men, but he did most fondly cherish the natural desire to see the family fortones once more in the ascendant The projected marriage between his daughter this about, and, however much he might in his, and Edward Cossey would havementfully brought

secret hort distrust the man himself, and douba į whether the match was really scoeptable to Ida, he could not wlew its collapse with indiforence. While they were still talking the dressing-boll Stop and dine, won't you, Quazitoh ?” said the Bquire. rang, and Harold rose to go.

When the sxamination was finished the two doctors whispered together for a few monde.

Will he live?" ented Mr. Quart. We caniot say showered the older doctor, We do not think it probable that he will It will depend upon the extent of the injuries, and whether or no they have extended to the spine If he does live he will probably be paalreed to some extent, and he will certainly lose the hour ins of the right ear."

When she heard this Bells sank down upon a

chair overwhelmed, and than the two doctors, Cossey into another room which had been rapidly He came and stood in front of her and looked prepared, leasing Mr. Quest alone with his wife. her in the face, and then laughed

"Upon my word," he said, "wamen ere bad encar, but for women beat us in withsiness

"What do you mean ?" she said, fajully. said, solemnly. And you are a bungley, too. "I mean that you are a murderesa, Bla," he you could not hold the gum straight.""

"deny it," she said, "the gun went of "Teu." he said, “you are wise to mako no ad- missions, they might be used in evidens sexinst you. Let was counsel you to make no admissions. But now look here. I suppose that this man will have to lie in this house until he recorers or dies, and that you will help to nurse him. Well, I will have none of your marderous work going on here. Do you hear me? You are not to completo at leisure what you have begun in haste."

• What do you take me for?” she mual, with some return of spirit: do you think I would in- jure a wounded man 1"

I do not know" he answered, with a shrug, "and se for what I take yen for. I take you for woman whose passion has made her ma," and

be turned and left the room.

When they had got Edward Cossey, dead or alive and he looked more like death than lifs →→→ up to the room prepared for him, the Colonel, seeing that he could be of no further use, left him with a view of going at anea to the Castle.

On his way ont he looked into the drawing.

Harold hesitated and looked at Ida. She made movement, but Bar eyes swil "stay, and he sighed and yielded. Dinner was rather a milan- while, so far de Colonel was sencarnis, sué holy feast, for the Bquire was precoonpied with his own thoughts, and Ida had not much to say,

recollention of the tragedy which he had wit nessed that afternoon, and of si the dreadful détaile with which it was accompanied, was not conducive to appetite.

As soon as dinner was over the Fquire su- nounced that he would walk into Boisingham to inquirs how the wounded was was getting on, and shortly afterwards he started, leaving bis daughter and the colonel atone.

They went into the drawing-room and talked about indiferent things. No word of love passed between them; no word, indeed, "that could bear even an affectionate significanon, and yet every sentence they said-escried a message with it, and was na beavy with unuttered passion as a beo with honey. For they loved each other dearly, sad lore is a thing that cannot be con- cealed by lesers from each other. Like the air impalpable, it is like the air surrounding, and to those who breathe it necesary and real.

It was happiness to bim merely to sit beside her and hear her speak, and watch the changes of her face, and the lamplight playing upon ber hair, and it was happiness to bot to know that ba was sitting there and watsblug. For the

it his or her existir.ce when life bas koemed not only valuekwe but hateful, when our small sa cesses, such as they are, dwindled away and ramisled in the gulf of cur many failuros, when our hopes and aspirations failed like a Ettle Arnst ched, and we were surrounded by black and tonely mental night, from which even the 15o couple of suipe from his capacious 05 06 and there was Mrs. Quest, still diting on most beautiful thing about deep affection is its Star of Faith hd pussed. Such a time had tails. "I wonder what it in".

There's something wrong with that woman," himself he extracted thought the colonel

the abair and gasing blankly before her. Pityuiompanying sense of perfect companionship

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came to Harold Quariteh now. His days had passed out into the garden talking.

Just then Mr. Quest and Edward Caseying ber, hu entered. "Coze, obeer up, Mr. and rest, a s neo that nothing else in this life 18-QUREN'S AGGREGATES-For Competitora Dot, the whole, ben, happy days; but he was

Here are the ipe, Mrs. Quent," he said. Quest," he said kindly; "they hope that he will can give, and which, like a lifting cloud, rovesis

3 good and earnest mas, with that touchingute bad rather good luck. I killed four faith in Province which is given to sort couple and missed two couple more; but then among us, and which had brought with it the

had a new gun, and one van never aboot so well reword of an ever thankful spirit. And then.

with a nok gun.” out of the twilight of his ana textment the hope of happineen had sriven like the Angel of the Dawn.

"Oh, thank you," she said, "da pall out the printere for me. I like to put them in

my and suddenly life became rautiful to him. “And now it had passed: the woman who be desplying bat, and I never can find them myself."

ieved, and who loved him back again, had gone from his reach and left him desolate gone from his reash, not into the grave, but to the arms of another man.

Car race is called upon to fees many troubles, sickness, porerty, and death, but it is donktfal if Bri holds another arrow as sharp as that which pierbed him now. He was no longer youIIN it is true, and therefore did not feel that intense

arony of dimppointed passion, that sickening Boom of utter loss which in moh circumstances samațimes settia on pasng. But if in youth

live

I

She made an ANGWET.

“It is an awful accident, but I am almost as culpable na you, for I left the cartridges in the

Anyhow, God's will be done." once more relapsed into silence.

"God's "will" she said, looking up, and then

He turned to go, when suddenly she rese and a:ht him by the arm.

"Will hudis?" she said almost flarealy "Tell

"Very well," be answered, "but I must go into tan garden to do it: there is not light enough here. It gets dark so good now."

Aasordingly be stepped out through theme what you think-not what the doctes Bay- window, and began to hunt for the pretty little you have som lots of wounded man and know feathers which are to be found at the angle of batter than they do. Tell me the truth" a snipe's wing

"Is ébat the new gan, Colonel Quarisch !" And if ra. Quest preanly; what a beautifulone!"&t cartridges cut.

"Be careful," he said, "1 haven't taken the

.

Accordingly having picked up his gun from

"I cannot say," he answered shaking him head. Apparently she interpreted ble ansvar na yes.

any rate shy covered her face with her bands.) What would you do, Colonel Quaritch, if you had killed the only thing you loved, in the Jf hq bad been looking at her, which at the whole world?" she asked presently. "Oh, wast monet he was not. Harold would have seen her am I saying? I am off my head. Iesve ma we feel more sharply with a keener sympathy stagger and catch at the wall for support. Then and go and tall Ida; it will be good sews for of the imagination have at least are strengths and have seful and malevolut light da to bear, and hepe does not altogether die. Fet of enddien determina fon puss crows her Exce we know that we shall live it down, or if we do All right," she said, "I know all about guns, not know it then, wa 20 live it down. Very father used to shoot and I always cleaned lively, indeed, there comes a time when we look hack upon our sorrow End he or she who caused alger." and she took the weapon up and began it with wonder. yes even with scorn and bitter to examine the engraving on the looks.

What is this P" she said, pointing to a little laughter. But it is not a when the blow fallslide above the locks on which the word "safe in later life. It may not hurt so much the was engraved in gold letters time, it may seem to have been struck with the "Oh, that's the safety bolt," he said. "When bindgaon of Fate rather than with key keen di- viding sword, but the effect is more lsating, and you see the rod "af" the locks are barred for the rest of our days we are numb and cold, and the gun wont go of. You have to push the

belt forward before you can fire.”.

and Time has no salve to heal as

These things Harold realized most clearly in the heavy days that followed that churchyard separation.

he would be able to bear the sight of her. Wass

other man 7.

other fime it would have filled his sportsmen's

the spot where it had fallas from the lands of Mrs. Quest be started for the Castle.

And then it was that for the first fins thaze Angbed upon his mind the extraordinary import- ance of this dreadful scoident in its bearing apon his own affairs. If Cosy died be could not marry Ida, that was clear. "That was wint Mrs. Quest must have meant when she mid that it

a glimpse of a white peaks of that heavenly prace that we cannot hope to tread in our stormy journey through the world.

And so the evening wore away till at last they heard the Eguire's loud voica, talking to somŁO- body outside" Presently be entered.

"How is bef" anked Harold. Will ho live pu "They cannot say " was the BOSWAY. "But two great doctors have been telegraphed for from London, and will be down to-morrow.”

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loved," and now he thought of it, when she boranted free from saything injurious to the most He took his punishment like a brave man in- Yes, I'll be careful," she answered. "Well, loved that he was dead ste called him "ward, delicate ntitation of either sex, the Proprietors deed, and went abozt bis daily occupations with it is a very pretty gut, and so light that I Edward.*

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Hongkong, 8th October, 1888. Maurhile Edward Cossay and Mr. Quest who mapiclone a man as it would be easy fo find, but Clarke's Bloed Mixtaro:le sold in Bottler te. Id. gs away till Ida was married and he would keep were walking towards them had separated, Mr. he was no fool. He had moved about the world wob, and in cases, ontaining six times the quantity, AWARDED GOLD MEDAT. LIVERPOOL The promise, but in his heart he won:lered how Quest going to the right across the lawn to pick and on various occasions come in oonist with Helens to effect permadiont care in the 1

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ENGLISH MANUFACTURED that all these things werenot for him, that they while Japanese chryssuthomari which was still and speaking to him by that name. Not that

B had parsed from bim, jare the ownership of sin bloem. Birs. Quest burned as an econel there was much in that by itself, but is publis Furalisears of Clarke's Blood Miztam should ser On the day following that upon which Edward thought to pat the gun back against the wall she called him " Mr. Cossey" Edward, clearly that they get the graning article. Worthless inits He would have offered to take it from har but at then was the "only thing she loved, and Edtioners sometimes palmed off by unprincipled rendese Cossey had bean terrified into transferring the the moment both his hands were occupied in ex-ard was erstly engaged to Ids, and Mr.ONE BOX OF CLARKE'S Honline mortgages to Mr. Quest, the Colonel trzeling one of the painters" from a snipe. Quast know it. wont out shooting. He had on the prostious day The next thing that ho was aware of was a lond Now, when a man has the fortune, or rather is waizsalad to cure all dischargea from the Urinary become the possessor of a new hammerless gun by a well-known London maker, of which no explosion, followed by an ecolamation or rather the misfortune, to be the only thing married Organe, in either sex (acquired or sonstitutionali, a cry from Mrs. Quest. He dropped the nips woman ever loved, and when that mirtied wool and Fains in the Back. Guaranteed free from stood in consurable nead. He had rested and loosed up, just in time to are the gan, which man is aware of the foot of his devotion for and and Patrat seine Vendors throughout the World. Mercury. Saki in Bozes, fa. 6d. sach, by all Chomiste himself to this un when he came into his sant's had leapt from her hands with the recoil, strike engagement to somebody else, it is obtena, he Propelator: Tan Lacor ANDMIDLAND COUNTIER little fortune, but it was only just completed. against the wall of the home and fail to the reflected, that in sine cases out of ton the know. DRUG COMPANY, Lincoln, England. The weapon was a beatiful one, and at any ground. Instantly, whether by instinet or by ladge will eroite strong feeling in her bromet, EZUIG COMPANY'S MEAT hear, with joy. Even if it won's chance he never knew, he glanced towards the feelings indest which in some nature would on TANTO EXTRAGE OF ME fogether and balanced it and took imaginary place where Edward Cossey was standing, and amenut almost to madness.

ear that his face was stressing with blood and

When he had dret soeng Mrs. Quent that after ahols at blackbirds in the garden, for a little that his right arm bang helpless by his side. noce she and Cussey were alone togethin and he while he forgot hie sorrows, for the sorrow must Even as he looked, he saw him put his uninjured had noticed something unnimal about her, senso Sulged be heary which a na hammerless gun by hand to his head, and, without a word or sound. thing anatural and intense. Indeed be bad, bus such a makor cannot do something towards sick down on the gravel path. lightning. So on the next morning he took

remembered, told her that she looked like the For a second there was ellence, and the blue Tragic Muse Could it be that the look was Che this gun and proceeded to the mszales by the snake from the gan hung heavily upon the look of a woman maddened by insult and jealousy, river, whore, he was oredibly informed, several damp antaran air. In the midst of it stood who we meditating some fearful crims) How wise of snipa had been seen, to attempt to shoot a quest like one transized, her lips apert, did that gun go q He did not see it, and lus some of them and put the new wespen to the leather blue eyes opened wide, sad the stamp of thanked God that he did not, for somelier we arG

It was on this same morning that Edward terror was it gailt-upon lor pallid face. Cossey got a letter which disturbed him asta

not always as anxious to ring our falloy pre-dia- lible. It was from Balle Quest, and ran thus bleeding heap upon the gravel.

411 this ba saw it, a flash, and then ran to the tures to justice are might be, especially when "Dear Mr. Cosary-Wilyon come over at sea

they happen to be young and lovely women: How He reached it almost simultaneously with Mr. did it go off? She undersiced guns; he old seo Company. we this afternoon about three o'clock I shalt Quest, and together they turned the body pzer. that from the way she handled it. Wasthikely

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bie movemeals were knows, might, he though, forehead, and then ran like the wind down the was cut but Ida was in, and he was shown into give rise to surmises and saspion. So altait garden and through the little door.

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CHAPTER XXX,

·HAROLD TAKES THE NEWS.

Mr. Quest and Harold bore the bleeding man,

bis heert, for where is the music that is more in unequalled for its strength and delightful odour. I' sweet than the rustling of the dress of the woman

far surpasses the numerous compounds cold ander the samo nakos whom we laye?

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"Why, what is the matter " she said, notie. an ing the disturbed exprosion on his face.

no pale that the blue veins on her forehead showed whether he was sengelom or dead they know not, distinolly ibrousk ber ivory skin, and there was into the house and laid him on the sofa. Then, She came in and shook hande with him. * curious intensity about her manner which having despatched a servant to seek a second frightened him. She was very quiet alap, un doctor in case the one already gone for was out, ninally so, indowed; but her quist was of the they set to work to cut the clothes from his neck ominous mature of the silence before the stoma, and went, and do what they conid, and that was and when she spoke her words were keen, and Bula anough, towards starching the bleeding, quick, and vívíð..

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"Well,” hemid, "there has been an neident a very bad accident."

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