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Marathon Mystery
Story of Manhattan
By BURTON E. STEVENSON
Author of "Tile Holladay Case"
Copyright. 1904. by, Henry Holt aed Company
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itis chair at the it with them Saturday. If they advise
i1 started froth bring it
words, but controlled himself and sat I a and we'ltl,seelwhat virtue there
in
c�t)?vn again,
�•Do you mean that you want to the treatment."
;break it off?" be demanded in a quiver- 1 "Perhaps thine isn't e that,Tiffany has
i "Do you mean that you can mains, or Y
TEM ViriNGrEfAill TIM}aB, APRIL 2, 1908
a cot adr Nome beadle! down t' #h;
boathouse. We'll take turn ate' turn
about,"
"Well," saki Delroy, turning away,
"I see 1 can sleep without worrying
any over the safety of the necklace;' i t;'ill t. torn (ray hair to its natural oclnr.
As they passed through the boat 1. 011 e', tc t hair, caused to grog on bald
house again they. perceived young
"Willem" busily engaged in making
up his bed on a cot In one corner.
Delroy nodded to him and passed on 4 lion over o:`crccl for snit.
ithout speaking. .liable Canadianpreparation.
a cd'Festtaatontnls.
house," said Drysdale, a little abruptly, I dit!t A. Mulles, Missionary IL Rf. Church
as they mounted the steps to the door. .M iiiraim, rgtit, cin tfrtoi:du, greatiypieased
"I believe rii go ter a tramp. I'll take with results alter two goats' using.
my raincoat,though. Then I needn't I�• A• Ropes, r stored , Montana. My hair
and :°:irlsker3 restored to natcrat color, dart:
hurry back." brown, by using Canadian Nair Restorer,
Delroy shrugged his shoulders as B1,t.O nm,B rlc txllo,00t.eCann anIIair
Drysdale entered the outer hall with Jnhn C41IIlw l:c;1Agrasia, C'anIlreton.
them and took down his raincoat from eagle= hair Restorer h'Ls eTaaees wonders
the rack. Thomas, who was stationed-.Ly'be a io neatlyo all
of `rl., with thick
in
b " called from the door.
c a las fan Hair' Restorer
is Cure dandruff, itching, scalp diseases..
ti.in hair grows luxuriantly.
Contains no oily or greasy ingredients.
Is entirely unlike any other hair prepara.,
w J: good, r
"It's too lilts a night to speed in the linsollc t
the vestibule, helped him on with it. b 'all wholesale and retail druggists.
"Goody, he ca e. 11%1,11% any holCSlss in the civillxed world
' "Don't look for me for an hour or two." on receipt of price, Wc• ltianufactAred by
sing r0 Ce. „_ method.". "Ali right, we won't hon" answer -
e.
3iin,v, g CO.. Windsor.altett,rolCeba,
some bette> hold in,r.,i gn:m or J. Walton Mcliebbon
possibly care for ltim with blazing "gene I'll know by tonight," and ed Delroy. "Though, for my part, h@ d',, L. iianuttoa dad F. II. Walley, Drugsltse
uY Skis turned upon1 Delroy held up a beckoning linger to a added` as he and Tremalne went on _ v.__ — — -.
'es. „ D y "GoodU` ill throe h the iealleto"ether, 1 prefer a t
„ „
"Do you insult me too? passing_c . l;
'sdig l~tied to- b Is bet re, the fire . atefe s a chill •i want to put
For an instant he satm,•-X ; - •and brat- t strikes through one after
t otlonless as
deter struck 'u .111;, frai:t the front. 1Iq
Qlclu't think. it uet•oss:try to steal tail
behind."
"But wily clicla't Graham defend
himself.? lie wee arnica, Why did lie
let hhn get so hear?"
•'T!u n e's 'only one po e fills explaid t -
tion of t1t:tt," sale 'itt•1'laine dryly,
"Sirit� O� rail . of 4 1 :'.. P, that (, ah:tif
thin t f 'I a l t It I!e kntov n, ratan
and tical„ et hits tt friend. Perhaps
thea were even t.:i'i•t together at the
time the blow was �.t.0 .:,'
I)e 1 face tanto.' itvi 1. owl great
lteac'•s or stir^.it ltr�,l:e o::t acro.:s his
forehead.
1're:•c:atly tPc1•." came lh:" sotattl •,f
fact -•taps en the toile, tit(* door op2necl,
and young, C.t th..ta au,t litanies cause
Ill.
"Dr. Vasa pt.•.•i! e.1 t' come at
once, 3!l, said the" l .tt •r to Dolroy, itis
vo:•.e drappe:l iti.'iicctivel to a whis-
per. "Ile said !tc'�i bring t!i coroner
with Win,"
Dolroy ro:lc?ea without loL.{:ng up.
'Tea, Iwent;:. fitlhtt• a innte: passed—
y.:tiv ceeturlia cls init wheat 110 one,
QUIT. Then they i t rd the swat. clat-
ter of a horse's hoofs, the whir of
wheels, and a buggy pulled up before
the door, Thomas had it open on the
instant, and the two men walked in.
"What Is it, Delroy?" asked one of
them. "Nothing serious, I—ah!" be
added as his eyes fell upon the cot.
ale went to it quickly, the other fol-
lowing; touched the hideous wounds,
looked into the eyes, felt the temples.
"He's dead," be said at last; "has
been dead two or three hours, I should
say. His skull is crushed—fairly beat-
en in. It's your gardener, Graham,
Isn't it?'
"Yes," Delroy answered.
The doctor stepped back.
"I turn the case over to you, Heffel-
bower," be said. "It's ans is your
uIrp provRatince
now. Mr. Delroy,
bower, the coroner."
Heffeibower bowed.' Pee was a little,
Stout man, baldheaded and with wide
open bine eyes that stared like a doll's.
Primarily he was a saloon keeper, but
had been elected coroner as a reward
for his valuable. services to lets party.
He possessed a certain native shrewd-
ness whicb fitted him to some extent
for the office; also a lack of nerves and
tt familiarity with crime which might
often be of service.
"I presume," be began slowly, "t'at
Tis man wasn't killed here in bis bed?"
"No," saki Delroy, "we found him ly-
ing out ou the pier yonder. We
thought It only common humanity to
bring him in, since there might have
been a spark of life left."
"Oh, of course," agreed the coroner
instantly, visibly impressed by Del-
roy's presence. "T'at was right. Who
found t'e body?'
"IIIc son, there," and Delroy indi-
c•ated young Graham by a gesture.
"I'11 tell everything I know, sir,"
,aid William, cowling forward eagerly.
"I went up t' tit' house about 9 o'clock
dud brought this cot down, intendin' t'
;urn in here an' relieve father at mid-
night. Father was settin' out there on
tit' pier a-smokin' his pipe when I
turned in. I went t' sleep almost as
:tion as I touched th' piller. I don't
!,now how long It was, but after awhile
I kind o' woke up an' heard voices
a-tallein' out there on th' pier. I got
up an' looked out th' winder an' purty
soon I saw it was 1fr. Drysdale with
father."
"Drysdale? Who's he?' asked the
Ie y
d 1 00 Q . ` ' ll to these in the bag," lie
Then he fell at leer knees and ; gether ien • e Ei o cloth train the air the ter sold, �'so they'll get off by the early
stone. awhile, and Jack.'11 soon get enough snail,
caught her hands and covered them I tied into the house. great tonna Tree it. But I'cl better go up and see how >"It's on the rack, out there," Delroy
with kisses. 1 mains lemming in a dhair in the y wife's getting along. You'll ex- replied, and the other went past him
"Listen," she said, bending over him, 1 (tail, and if the glance which Drysdale m
shot at him eras electric with suspicion I into the outer hall. He was back in a
case me?"
linstantly moved, instantly tender.
"You told me last night that you trust -
.ed me."
"I do with my whole soul."
"And Kate, the queen, needs you, a9
•she said she would. Only I must have
time to think, to straighten out the
'tangle. Tomorrow I will tell you--to-
snorrow night—till then"—
' He seized her and drew her down to
'him and kissed her on tke lips. I case.
"I've never doubted you," he said."Ah"—and Tremalne rose lazily—"so
"And I'll fight the battle of my life be- I you've brought it? Tiffany advises it,
fore I r.ire you up." then?" '
At the farther end of the hall a door'"Yes—but come into the library,, 44,closed very, very softly. , you shall hear. It seems that the..0I i
thing to be done Is to immerite• then}
CHAPTER XV. in their native element for a fent.. dot
H
ON DRYSDALE accompa- and the sooner it's done the tette'
nied the other men to town That's tbthe nbrougetiit cage
for.
in the morning, not that he d
cared to be with either of
them, for his indignation at what he
considered Delroy's lidless in enter-
taining a man whose conduct was so
mysterious and whose past was so
little known had not in the least di-
minished, and his distrust of Tre-
malne had grown stronger with the
'Passing hours. The prospect of a day
alone in the house was intolerable,
and he felt that •Grace Croydon •would.
wish to avoid him till the hour of ex-
planation was at hand.
_It el the, sudden antagonism ho
tad developed toward Delroy would
have suggested a permanent return to
town, had not a Point of honor, as !t!
were, compelled him to stay. He could
not, at this moment, desert Grace Croy
he had at least self control enough to
restrain any i11 considered or hast?;
words, But he blamed himself bit-
terly for not having foreseen the pos-
reaisoty of n for which he guessed at once.s early return, e
"We've just time to make the ar-
rangements before dinner," said Del-
roy, and Ae held up a long morocco
t
.don to the machinations of Tremalne.
Ile must save her if he could, not only
ler his own sake, but for hers.
• It was this gloomy meditation which
occupied_him on the trip in to the city,
or his e
etaiils of headay's business, left hin im
e`,m
dbyyat the ferry and, into himself. Ile aa so tde ent
"This " he
Aeration, went down to the Record
"This string of white stones,
pMee and asked for Godfrey. He felt said "`is Mrs. Delroy's ,pearl nee Ila e,
We'll put it an e
down into the water at *Send of the
;ler. Only living sea water will do; it
seems to have no efficacy,. shut up in
a vessel of any. kind. I asked about
that particularly."
"I would suggest," put in Tremain,
"that a guard be stationed E at pier
to prevent any poselbility
"Perhaps you"te right"—and Delroy
nodded. "Graham and his boy will be
,just the ones. They can relieve each
other so that the time won't seem so
long."
The Gratia as.were summoned, and
they came promptly.
A single glance was enough to con-
vince any one At their absolute -probity.
The elder titian was perhaps al hand
years
of age, in ;fie very prime af he
strength, with a weather beaten coun-
tenance, surrounded by a grizzled
beard; the younger ono was about
twenty-five. Both showed the clean
skin and` clear eyes and firm muscles
resulting from life in the open air, for
they had the care of the
and garden and estate.
nd and meadow
belonging
held up the little cage.
"Certainly; and stay as long as you
like. I'm going to my room presently
myself. I have some letters to write."
Delroy nodded and went on up the
stairs, Tremalne sank into one of the
chairs before the fire and watched the
blazing logs, with an expression intent, I as though he'd seen one, all nerves an
alert. raw flesh, and stalked upstairs as
e * er * * * a mad as a hornet about something."
For an hour or more Delroy sat I "Abp • said Tremain, with just the
alone before the are reading. At last flicker of an eyelash, "and yet one
he yawned, laid down his book, arose would have thought that a walk
and walked to the door. The wind was through the silence of the night would
rising; he could hear it roaring in the , calm his nerves. There comes the
trees, and every' minute a broad flash ' rale!"
of lightning illumined the clouds on 1 There was a hiss, a flash, and a great
the horizon. crash of thunder split the flrmamen$
•t and shook the house to its foun-
moment.
"That's a good evening's work," he
said, with a sigh of satisfaction. "But
What's the matter? You look as though
you'd seen a ghost."
"Drysdale came- in just now looking
"There's a storm coming," be said
to Thomas, who was nodding at his
post. "I wonder where the devil Drys-
dale went. He'd better be getting in
pretty soon."
As though in answer to the thought,
a dark figure appeared suddenly on
the walk, strode up the steps and open-
ed the door. It was Drysdale.
He took off his coat, threw It to i.now, if he was caught in that ste
Thomas and went on into the loner crash? By Jove, I did hear him say `
hall where he stood rubbing his bands ' that he'd bought a block of stock on
margin!"
I A gleam of triumph indescribable
I flashed into Tremaine's eyes.
"That may explain it," he said, with
j studied carelessness.
i"Yes—but it doesn't excuse it. If a
man can't keep his temper when he
, \loses he hasn't any business" to specu-
late. Hello, who's that?
Some one was pounding at the outer
door. Delroy strode to it and threW
back the bolt, It flew open and young
` Graham staggered rather than walked
into the hall, hatless, coatless, soaked
with rain, bis eyes staring, his face
1 rigid with horror,
"Good heavens, man; what is it?"
cried Delroy.
He opened his mouth, but only a low
rumbling came from his throat.
"Come!" cried Delroy sharply. • "Bei
a man! What is it?"
By a mighty effort Graham pulled
himself together.
"Father's killed!" be whispered
hoarsely. -
*fiat he was being swept into waters
a
;beyond his depth, that lie
strong,. cool hand to pluck him back.
tto safty, but he found that . Godfrey,
Was out of town.
Te Delroy and Tremalne went at once
*$o the Wall•street office where the con-
.terence concerning the railroad was to
lake place. 'Memories of that confer:
'place still survive in the street; wild
legends concerning it—bow a company,
tof conservative, cold blooded, steelgut-
ted capitalists ,were worked nen,
,pamboozied, hypnotized, wrought up to
nthusialsm °ter a project which watii
droved by the subsequent reports of
'engineers to be about as practicable as
lubridge to the moon. Even yet the
glamour of that meeting endures with
- Some of the investors who were pres-
at, and they are still convinced that a
$'ailroad in Martinique would pay. a
--fabulous return. Tremalne set for the
street u new standard of "smoothness"
and one which has never been ap-
proached.
The conference was over by noon,
and Tremane announced his intenttott
of returning to Edgemere by the first
train.
"I'm feeling a little Worn out by the
andMorning's r
he really looked its a.Whenexplained,
are
you coming Ont?"
, "rm going up to Tiffany's first," Del-
roy answered, "and have a' talk with
„ hent aboutnay_wlfe's necklace: I left
worth something, over $100,000. p
fastenint
wiith these littlee hooksd and
w,
Graham, these stones have lost their
luster, and live sea water's the only
thing that will restore it I want you
to de a rope to this cage and lower it
into the bay from the end of • the pier,
securing it, of course, so that t can't
thrash around or 1
break away. It will
heve to•stay there for three or four
days, and during that time I'd like you
and your boy to sleep at the boathouse
and see that nobody meddles with it.'
The two men had listened intently,
with serious faces.
"Very welt, err," said the elder as
Dotroy finished; and held out his hand
for tho cage.
Delroy gave it to him with a little
chuckle of do oyment.
t , r?You'd better have a gun
fig# that 1 thins' Were a atli"
C •.r'ldever 1iotlr, sir," inter
harm. "Wel 'tend t' all that :'''me "t
!mutant:,
"
'Destroy watched tlairt UlI ' e
'el dad bebind them.
say 'Veryt
ap.d
dations. They could hear the rain
dashing in sheets against the windows.
"That's a storm for sure. Listen to
the wind! Drysdale got In just in
time. But I never saw him like that
before. Something extraordinary must
have happened to him. He's been out
of humor for a day or two. I wonder,
7
monammoollimiloommommoalmlaimminummomos
before the fire, with a face so hope-
less, flarce, despairing, that Delroy was
fairly startled.
"You may go to bed, Thomas," he
said. Then he went to Drysdale and
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CHAPTER XVII.
Olt a moment no one spoke.
Only the boy's labored
t breathing broke the stillness.
I He was shivering convulsive-
ly, clutching at the hatraek for sup-.
port -
"It was the lightning, I suppose,"
u
resse
as
said Tremalne at last in PP
voice. "I knew that bolt struck some -
t where near."
I "Lightnin' don't cave a man's head
in, does it? asked the boy doggedly.
"Father's killed!" he whispered hoarsely.• Delroy grabbed a raincoat from the
laid a hand upon his shoulder. "What's rack, and Tremain caught up another.
the matter, Jack?" he asked. "You're , Across the lawn they sped, under the
looking regularly done up." trees, down to the water front, with
Drysdale turned with a ,start. young Graham stumbling blindly
b, it's you, is it, Diekle? Where is along behind. The little white boat -
,,i house gleamed vivid in the glare of
hers • my wife.' the lightning. They entered and
oret,Itas";tlhe been this evening?" paused uncertainly in the gloom.
tee4down here
e talking withI "Where
is he?"
e?" asked.
D
elroy.
_Mat of the time—but, "Outthere
answered
,4hatr
ells the fellow?" be Graham brokenly. "Out there where
,sta- tin after the other as they struck him down."
bounded ttii the `affairs. "Well, that j At the pier end lay a dark, huddled
beats mei" figure. A lightning flash disclosed the
lie, as still staring when Tremalne staring eyes, the blood stained face.
appealed at the landing and came Delroy, swallowing hard, gripped
down,.____a_ packet of letters in his baud. back his self control.
"We can't leave him out here," he
W said. "Perhaps there's a spark of life.
You take the legs. 1`il take the head."
They laid their burden ou the cot
which the sou had occupied and stood
for a moment looking down at it. The
boy! seemed on the verge of collapse.
His lips•were drawn,•his teeth chatter-
ing. The horrible sobbing did not stop.
Delroyi!turned to him sharply,
wl rat you to
"William," he said,
show yourself a man. A good deal de-
pends on you. Remember' t llatr
re•
member, too, that with your help
were going to catch the scoundrels
who did this." chi to
The boy straightened up with t colds and sore throat. I believe it sav-
groan of agony. 1 ed the life of my little son, who was
"Now, go up to the house and rouse very sick from a protracted cold on Itis
Thomas, but don't alarm any one else. lungs,"
Get him to telephone at once to Baby- I MRS.
h Ire RAMBLI:It.
Ion for Dr. Wise and for the cotoner, Orangeville,
7.
and tell them both to get out under results here as "I m greatlygotfrom Coltsf osed ltetE:cpec-
rr
my children,
11 M. WALTER IIAA1MO�iD.
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r•^f, believe GralL-i.•.,
rt
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nark d'. "Wet go do ' after dtnno$
and set how he's arranged
And aver, ho added, my innards are
beginning to clamor vigorously for re.
—• CHAPTER XVI. - ..
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INNER that night was tiny•
thing but a cheerful meal. In
fact, it was evident that the
house party possessed that fa-
tal bar to success, a spirit of antag-
onism. Drysdale and Grace Croydon
maintained a careful silence, and 11Irs.
Delroy was so obviously depressed that
her husband was alarmed.
As soon as the meal was over she
and her sister disappeared upstairs.
while the men lighted their cigars and
strolled down to the boathouse to view
the preparations made by the Grahams
for the protection of the necklace. The
night was very close, with a promise of
rain unmistakable.
They went through the boathouse
without finding any one, but out on the
pier beyond old Graham was sitting,
gazing aeross the water and smoking
an odoriferous pipe. Between his
knees he held a Winchester repeater
and a revolver butt stuck from a ease
at his side.
Delroy laughed quietly ars he, looked
at ham.
,
he
arsenal," ,, lar
ar
e
"Why, you're ere regular by
. neat
for
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e
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sure. You're not going to sit out here
an night, I hope."
"Wl11ur�t takes labs Welt at midnight,
sir. Iie's gone over t' tb' house t' bring
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"IIs s a frena of mine," spoke up
!telroy quickly, "an old friend. He's
toying here at the house with us. In
et et. lie's to marry my wife's sister."
The coroner bowed.
Very well," be said, turning back to
Oraltam, "you may continue."
"Well," went on the young fellow,
"as soon as I saw it was IsIr. Drysdale
I knowed it -was all right, so I went
back to bed ag'in. An' I didn't know
notbin' more till a great clap o' thunder
nearly took th' roof off th' house. I set
up in bed, but I couldn't seem t' git
-,wake fer a minute, my head Wes
wltirlin' so. Then I got on my feet
an' looked out th' winder an' jest then
it lightened ag'in au' I seen father
iaylu' there"—
IIe stopped with a sob that shook
him through and through.
"That will do for t'e present," said
the coroner kinuly, "It seems rather
extraordinary," he added, turning to
Dolroy, "Yat t'is man should have sat
o.it t'ere in t'e rain at t'at time of
nicht. Was he fishing?"
Delroy sprang to his feet with a sud-
den start.
"Fishing?" he cried. "No! I'd for-
gotten. Ile was guarding my wife's
necklace."
Ile threw open the door and ran out
on the pier, the others following. At
tiie extreme end a rope was dangling
in the water. He reached over and
pulled It up. The wire cage was flap-
ping open. The necklace bad disap-
peared.
(To be Continued.)
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PFEFFER BR®S. f Ia ertora, Ont.
WASH DAY IN A CHATEAU. I everything and kept them welt_h�
work, allowing very little talking. Thi yi
Mme. Waddington's Account of This ! generally chatter when they are wash.''
Tremendous Event. ing and very often quarrel. When thew
It was unfortunate perhaps that we are washing at the public "lavoir" he
had arrived during the ""lessive." That the village, one hears their shrill voiced`
is always a most important function in 1 from a great distance. Our '"lingered
France, writes Mme. Waddington in Dime. Hubert, superintended the whop
Scribner's. In almost all the big I operation. She was very keen about It
houses in the country—small ones, too and remonstrated vigorously wben
—that is the way they do their wash- they slapped the linen too hard some
ing. Once a month or once every times with the little fiat sticks Meet
three months, according to the size of spades they use. The linen all came*
the establishment, the whole washing I out beautifully white and smooth,
of the household is done. Ali the linen hadn't the yellow look that all ell*
—master's, servants', guests', house—is washed clothes have.
turned out, the linen closets cleaned
and aired. Every one looks busy and
energetic. It Is quite a long affair,
lasts three or foutadays. I often went
to see the performance when we made
our "lessive" at the chateau every
mouth.
It always interested our English and
American friends, as the washing is
r done in that way in either of
Children Enjoy It
"I have used Coltsfoote Expectorant
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ld n It is a wonderful euro for
Australian Curiositiesy,; P
There are some curious things in ewe.;
tral Australia. Lake Amadeus in the
dry season is merely a sheet of salt.
Ayers rock, about five miles round,
rises abruptly from the desert. For-
merly vast rivers flowed here, and the
creatures
diprotodon, a wombat -like
neve
their countries. it was very conven- i worthy of its name and four times as
lent at our place, as we had plenty of large as a kangaroo, flourished on the
room. The "lavoir" stood at the top of plains. Now there are hardly any ant -
the steps leading into the kitchen gar- i mals to be seen. The fish live in water
dens. There was a large, square tank '• holes of the hilts until the floods wash,
gar -
sunk in the ground so that the women 1 them down to the valleys. At the end
could kneel to their work, then a little of the wet season the water frogs 1111
higher another of beautiful clear wa- I themselves with water, roll themselves
ter, all under cover. Just across the ' in the mud and lie low till the next
path there was a small bouse with a ' rains, which may not come for two
blazing wood tire, in the middle an 4 years. Meanwhile the provident trot;,.
enormous tub where all the linen was like the, "mousie" of Robert Bttrn>r,
passed through wood ashes. I may have the misfortune to furnish ea
There were four "lessiveuses" (wash- drink to a thirsty black. The native*
erw omen), sturdy peasant women with , also get water from the roots oC trees:
very short skirts, sabots and turbans jThey are in the ""totem" stage anti'
(made of blue and white checked cal- I revere certain plants or animals 'width
iso) on their heads, their strong red protect them. Men of ono group can
arms bared above the elbow. The Mere only marry women from another single*
reefed
Welton, the eldest of the four, di group.
quickly as they can. Do o - torant. I get great eontfort with it for
stand?"
""Yes, sir," answered Graham, and
disappeared in the Miter
Toronto.
darkness.
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