A Sharp Night's Work; A Powerful Detective Story

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXXIV. LAST SCENE OF ALL. WHEN, a few weeks later, Ernest and June became husband and wife, and came into possession of this for-, tune, they did not forget those, who by their tireless devotion during those tremendous and critical hours of the night of the 18th and the morning of the 19th of September had helped make their happiness possible. They took no " wedding-tour." The mere mention of the name caused Mrs. Mulford to shudder, from the associations it recalled. Their honey-moon was passed in the quiet and comfort of the Gregory mansion. They varied their own happiness, they added to it, by going about and doing good to those who had aided them when they sorely needed help. Their first care was for the widow and orphan children of the heroic engineer who had died at his post of duty. They visited the widow, they condoled with her, and surprised and delighted her with a check for five thousand dollars. The fireman, too, was remembered in a substantial and most acceptable way. Ted Vaun had insisted on being carried to his home near Drayton, as soon as the doctor would permit it. There they found him, in bed with his broken leg, but cheerful, and delighted to see them. They stayed an hour with him. He highly enjoyed the visit, and expressed no end of gratification that everything had turned out so well. Ernest told him that he should pay all the expense of his sickness, and that he might call on him for anything he wanted. "Oh, I will--when I want anything," Ted replied. "Don't know when that'll be, though. One thing I want, though; when I get able to drive again, I want t(c) take you two on a long ride behind them animals. Nothing like 'em in these parts. But for that cussed stone they'd have have got you through in time, sure! David came ri.