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Arad for m - t WEDDING INVITATIONS ENVELel PES l 1'Lt •III? 1.DS irk 1'T RADS �t NOT Ha 11Lr1.iiS T WORK BOOKIltiv PF1AvIPHLET'S CeL3F- rtit O11 i'7 OK IIUOKS 4 PROGRA;'AME1 CIRCULARS 4. , S• 9�LE 1:;1�`i U Fat or.t, on the $borteet ?ussih'e Notice. d•, ,dilvq e Convinced tJs a ,.I i. ed a i rt Exeter . iMe, Print.. jr Co. The Man From jk�dney's By GEORGE BAR R M GUTMON Copyright. 1908. by Dodd. Mead Qt Co. THE EXETER TIMES ;"Tie" took her slender hand in his broad, white swathed palm and press- ed It ferventlyregardless of the pain !which would have caused him to Cringe if engaged in anyother pursuit, There was no longer, any doubt as to the intentions of the disappointed 'islanders. Von Blitz and Resula had enyInced, thein that their cause was 'seriously jeopardized. They were made to see the necessity for permanently ;removing the white pretenders from "their path. Deppingham, onaccount of his one ;time positron in the British army, was. ,chosen chief officer of the beleaguered '"citadel." A strict espionage was set upon the native servants despite Bail- lo's assurances of loyalty. Lookouts were posted in the towers, and a cease- less watch was to be kept day and night Chase on his first visit to the :west tower discovered a long unused searchlight of .powerful dimensions. Fortunately for the besieged, the elec- tric light plant was located in the chateau grounds and could not be 'tampered with from the outside. Britt was put in charge of the night patrol, Saunders the day. Selim un- der orders had severed the long rope with a single rifle shot. No one could hope to reach the chateau by way of the cliff. Extra precautions were ,taken to guard the women from attacks from the inside. The window bars were locked securely, and heavy bolts were placed on the doors leading to the low- er regions. It was now only too ap- parent that Skaggs and Wyckholme. had wrought well in anticipation of a rebellion by the native shareholders. Each window had its adjustable grates; every outer door was protected by heavy iron gates. By nightfall. Deppingbam's forces were in full possession of every ad- vantage that their position afforded. Chase came from his room,still stiff and sore, but with fresh, white band- ages on his blistered hands. He asked 'and received permission to light a cig- arette and then dropped wearily into a seat near the princess, who sat upon the stone railing. Her trim, graceful figure was outlined against the dark- ness. A delicate, senuous fragrance exhaled from her person, filling him with an indescribable delight stud lan- guor; the spell of her beauty was upon him, and he felt -the leap of his blood. "If I were yon," he said at last, • reluctant to despoil the picture,.. "I •'wouldn't. sit up there. It wouldbe a very simple matter for one of . our friends to pick you off with a shot from below. Please let me pull up a chair for you." She smiled languidly, without a trace of uneasiness in her manner. "Dear officer of the day, do you think they are so foolish as to pick us off in particles? Not at -all. They will dis- pose of us wholesale, not.bythe piece. By the way, has Neenah been made quite comfortable?" "I believe so. She and Selim have the room beyond mine, thanks. to Lady Deppingham." • "Agnes tells me that she is very in- teresting -quite like a princess out oi; a fairy book. You recall the princesses who were always being captured by ogres and .evil princes and afterward satisfactorily rescued by those dear 'knights admirable? Did Selim steal 'her in the beginning?" tp'You forget the pot of sapphires and the big. ruby." "They say that princesses can be bought very cheaply." "Depends entirely upon the quality of princess you desire. It's very much like buying rare gems or old paintings, I'd say. Speaking of princesses and ogres, has It occurred to you that you would bring a fortune in the market?" "Mr. Chase!" "You know, It's barely possible that you may be put in a matrimonial shop window if Von Blitz and his friends should capture you alive. Ever think of that?" "Good heavens!' You -Why. what a horrible thing to say!" "You won't bring as much in the south sea mart as you would in Rapp-Thorberg or Paris, but I dare say you could be sold for" - "Please, Mr. Chase, don't suggest anything so atrocious," she cried, some- thing like terror in her voice. "Neenah's father sold her for a hand- ful of gems," said be, with distinct meaning in his voice., She was silent, and t. he went on after a momends there so tweet) I er differenceafter• 11 d ff e , a, where one is sold, just so long as the is s fief etor to all concerned?" rice a a 1? Y "Iron arc very .unkind. Ar: Chase," er" ishe said with quiet dignity. "I do not deserve your sarcasm:" "I humbly plead for forgiveness," he mid, suddenly contrite.' "It was beast - two /d nericavwit, 1you all thio said t<cornfillly« "I dont care *0.,J114. WLh YOU Mt iafil gar's. -won't you forgive me? I'm a poor brute -don't lash me. In two or three weeks I'll step dawn end net of your life; that will be ht:aicy e;,,;ugh, don't You think?" "For whom?" she asked in a voice so low that be could scarcely hear the words. Then she laughed ironically.. "I do forgive. It is all that a prince or a princess is ever asked to do, Pm beginning to believe. I also forgive you for coming into my life." "If 1 had been a trifle more intelli- gent I should not have come into it at all," he said. She turned upon him 'quickly, stung by the remark. "Is tbat the way you feel about it?" she asked sharply. "You don't understand. A ' man of intelligence would never have kicked Prince Karl. As a matter of fact, in trying to kick Prince Karl out of your life I kicked myself into it. A very simple process, and yet scarcely intel- lectual. A jackass could have done as much." "A jackass may kick at a king," she paraphrased casually. "A cat may 'only look at him. But let us go back to realities. Do you mean to tell me that they -these wretches -would dare to sell me -us. 1 mean into the kind of slavery yon ,mention?' "Wh.v not?" he asked soberly, _aria- ing and coming quite close to her side. "You are bees/ re_!. If they should ,take you alive et would be a very sim- ple matter for any one of these men to ;purchase you from the others. You might easily be kept on this island for the rest of your days and the world woulU be none the wiser, or you could be sold into Persia or Arabia or Turkey. 1 am not surprised that you 'shudder. Von. Blitz and. Rasula mean to destroy all of us. We are to disap- pear from the face of the earth. ;When our friends come to•look for us we will have died from the plague and our bodies will bave been burned, as they always are in Japat. There wilt `be no one left to deny the story. •After tomorrow no ship is due to put in here for three weeks. They will see to it. 'that none of us get out to that ship, nor will the ship's officers know of our peril The word will go forth that the plague has come to the island That is thefirst step, your highness. But there is one obstacle they have overlooked," be concluded. She looked up inquiringly. "My warships," he said, the whimsit- cal smile broadening. CHAPTER XIX. TME PLAQUE Is ANNOUNCED. E next morning a• steamship flying the English flag came to anchor off Aratat, delivered and received mail bags and after an hour's stay steamed away in 'the drift of the southeast trade winds- Bombay to Cape Colony. The men at the chateau gazed longingly, help- lessly, through their glasses at this black hulled visitor, from the world they loved. They watched it until nothing was left to lee seen except the faint cloud of smoke that went to a pin point in the horizon. There had ni been absolutely no opportunity to com- municate with the officers of the ship. They sailed away hurriedly, as if in alarm. Their haste was significant. "Perhaps Bowles succeeded in get- ting a word with the officer who came ashore," said Browne hopefully. "He knows the danger we are in." "My dear Browne, Bowles hadn't the ghost Of a chance to communicate with the ship," said Chase. "He can't bully longer with Tommy 'em anyb bis y Atkins coat. They've outgrown it, just as he has: It was splendid while it lasted, but they're no more afraid of it now than they are of my warships. I wish there was some way to get him andhis English assistants Dnginto nt the chateau. think of what is coming It's awful to t g to them sooner or later.;' "Is there no way to help them?" groaned Deppingham. "I'll -never forget poor Bowles the first time I saw him he his dinky red jacket and that hooligan cap of his," reflected Chase, as if he had riot heard Deppingham's remark. "He put them on and tried to overawe the crowd that night when I was threatened in the market place. He did his best, poor chap, and I" -- "Look!" exclaimed .Britt suddenly, nolnting toward one of the big gates tes park. uI the of be- lievethe upper end they're making an attack!" The neat instant the men in the bale Orly were leaving it nellin 1! , picking up the over ready titles as they y dashed off through the hails rind' out Into the park. They kept themselves as well. eorered as possible by the• boxed trees, although up to this tame there dad been tion !shooting. Chase, in advance, nttddenly gave vent to a land cry and boldly dashed. exit h tt0 Abe open, Ogregarding s,1l sTiielter. Two of the native park patrol were bastening toward; the gate from another direction. Outside the huge, barred gate a throng• of mea and women were congregated, Scale of the men were vigorously slashing away at the bars with sledge's and crowbars; others, were crouching with rifles leveled -1n the other directi ,nl "It's Bowles!" shouted Chase.enc(erly. The situation at once became clear to those inside the walls. Bowles and his friends, a score all told, bad man- aged' to reach the upper gate and were now clamorin faradm admission, beset on all sides by the enemy's pickets. "For God's sake, be quick!" shouted Bowles. "'There's a thousand of them coming up the mines roadil" The gates were unlocked by the pa- trol, and the panic stricken throng tumbled through them and';seattered like sheep behind the bigji, sheltering walls. Once more the massive gates were closed and the bolts thrown down just in time to avoid a fusillade of bullets from the outside. Once inside the chateau the fugi- tives, shivering with terror, fairly col- lapsed. There were three Englishmen in the party besides. Bowles, and Chase recognized the Persian wives of Jacob von Blitz among the women who bad been obliged to cast their lot with the refugees from Aratat. The sister of Neenah and five or six other women who had been sold into the Island made up the remainder of the little group of trembling females. The remainder of the men in the party, fourteen or fifteen in all, were of many castes and nationalities and of various ages. There were brown skinned fellows from Calcutta, a cou- ple of sturdy Greeks, an Egyptian and a Persian, three or four Assyrians and as many Maoris. As to tbeir walks in life, among tbem were clerks and guards from the bank, members of the native constabulary, Indian fakers and showmen and venders of foreign gew• gaws. Bowles, his thin legs still shaking perceptibly, although he strove might ily to hold tbem at strict "attention," was the spokesman. A valiant heart thumped once more against the seams of tbe little red jacket. If his hand trembled and his voice shook it was :because of the unwonted exertion to which both had been put in that stir, ring flight at dawn. "For some time we have been pre paring iF"the ori[bceili,T'' lea-*aM. fin- gering the glass of brandy that 'Britt had' poured for him. "Ever since Chase began to go in so noticeably for the ladies -ahem!" ('ht' glared at him. The others tit- tered. "I don't mean the old story, sfr, of the Persians, and I'm saying, sir; what's more, there wasn't a word of truth in it -I mean the ladies of the chateau, begging pardon too. Von Blitz came to me often with com- plaints that you were being made a fool of by a pretty face or two and that you were going over to the enemy body and soul. When I board that they tried to kill you the night before last I made up my mind that no white man was to be left to tell the tale. Last night we locked all the company's books in the vaults, got together all the bank notes and gold we had on hand and made preparations to go on board the steamer when she called this morning. My plan was to tell them of the trouble here and try to save you. We were all expected to die of the plague -that's what we were -and I realized that Tommy Atkins was off the boards forever. "We hadn't any more than got the cash and valuables ready to smuggle aboard when down came l" -'Ila upon us -10 o'clock last night. ' • lord•' ship. He had a dozen men u and he- told every mother's see or thht our presence in the town, was not desired until after the ship bad sailed away. We were taken up into the hills by a squad of men. There wasn't a man among us that didn't know that we were to be killed as soon as the ship' had gone. With our own eyes we saw the mail bats. rifled "and nearly all• CAUGHT HEADY. COLD. Left Throat and Lungs Very Sore. There is no better cure for a cough or cold than Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. It is rich in the lung -healing virtues of the Norway pine tree, and is a pleasant, safe and effectual medicine that may be confidentially relied upon as a specific for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Hoarse- ness, Sore Throat,'Quinsy, and all Throat and Lung Troubles: Mr. S. Monaghan, Charlottetown, wn, P.E.I., writes: - "I certify that Dr, Wood's Norway Pine Syrup is an excel- lent medicine for coughs and colds. Last winter I contracted a heavy cold which left my lungs and throat very sore. 1 had to give up work and, stay in the house e several cough I used for two Weeks. g but got no relief until a friend mixtures, advised me to use Dr. Woods Norway Pine Syrup. Three bottles entirely cured me can recommend it as the best ;ndl a m g medicine for coo hs. " Don't be" upon by taking any- thing ny thing but Dr. Woods as there are many imitations of this sterling' remedy on the market. ; "Dr. Wood's" isput upin a yellow Dr. Woods ,y o the itis trees trade metal stepper, three pine l pr�ice 2!5 tents. Manufactured only by The T. llt'Iilbitm Co.►74atued. Toronto, Ont, of the malt destroyed. The pouoliea from the ehuteait weee burned. •Ras sula politely b forined as that the plague had broken out among the cba• tette servants uild that no mail could ,la(.ev, fl be sent out. Ilene tout i e said he intended to warn the ship's oilicer of the danger in landing, and--wellt,. that c:eliiaii s tin' short . stay of ,the ship and the absence of nearly all mail ct� wont befrom the island '! h an- other brat for three weeks, and they won't land, because of the plague. They , will get word, however, that every one In the chateau has died of the disease and thet scores of natie es are dying every d;iy,, "Well, we decided to break away from the guard and try to get to the chateau. it was their intention to take some of us back: to the i.nlnk this morning to open the vault and the Safes. That was ,to be ,our last' net,. I fancy. About 4 this morning a dozen of the women came up to where we were being geld. They were flying from the town find ran into the arms of our guard before they knew of their presence. It seems that those devils down their had set out to kill their women because It was mown that one of them bad warned Mr. Chase o1 his dagger; During the excitement brought about by their arrival in our camp we made a sudden attack upon our guards. They were not expecting it, and we had seized their rifles before they could recover from their surprise. I regret to say that we were obliged to kill a few of them in tbe row that fol- lowed. You let us in just in time. My 'word, it was a close shave." "It's an ill wind that blows all evil," said Deppingham. "Mr. Bowles, you are welcome. We are a bit short of Neenah had wafted kisses to the proud dames above. ablebodied soldiers- May we count on you and the men who came with you?' "To the end, my lord," said Bowles, almost bursting his jacket by infla- tion. The others slapped their legs stanchly. The arrival of the refugees from Aratat gave the chateau a stanch lit- tle garrison of sixty men. "For the time being we are as snug as bugs in a rug," said Deppingham when all was over. "Shall we rejoin the ladies, gentlemen?" He was as calm as a May morning. The three leaders found the ladies in the Blinded balcony, lounging lazily, as if no such thing as danger existed. Below them in the grassy courtyard a dozen indolent Persians were congre- gated, lying about in the shade with all the abandon of absolute security. The three women in the balcony had been watching them for an hair, cem- :menting freely upon these creatures from another world. Neenah, the youngest and prettiest of them all, bad wafted kisses to -the proud dames above. ' She bad danced for their hmusement •- ,ady Agnes waved tier hand lazily toward the group below, sending a mocking smile to Chase. "The Asiatic plague," she said cheerfully. "The deuce!" broke in her husband, not catching her meaning. "Has it really broken out?" "Deppy, you are the dumbest crea- ture I know!" exclaimed his wife. Chase smiled broadly. "She refers to the newly acquired harem, Lord De iu ham. We'resupposed to die PP g PP with the Asiatic plague, not to -not to" - "Not to five with it! Ho, bo, I see, by Jove!" roared Deppingham amiably. "Splendid! Harem! 1 get the point. Lipping!" so -They're y're not bad,are the, Bob- by?" asked Indy Agues coolly, going to Browne's side at the railing. It may not have been true that Browne was an love with Lady .Deppingham, but it was more than uvtdent that his wife felt coniine ed that he was. "spit.opiti!" was the sudden exclama- tluh of I,rtisillai's vagrant lord. The, others looked up, interested. "Say, ever.vbnd, i.atl,t' Agnes and I have hit upon a ripping seheme It's great!" •'To better our ta,aftion?" asked Dep- ptngb:iiu. , c' , "P � 1L1 r 1 v "Position t t et. Not ex - :telly, What at do ,,.0 to a clitirtt yY ll proceeds to„survivors ball, the p ceegotothe su v i ors of the plague we're expected to have?” The princess gave a quick, involun- tary look at Chase's face. Browne's tall fellow countryman was .now lean• !!ng against the rail beside her chair. She saw a look of surprised amuse - intent flit across his face, succeeded al- most instantly • by a hard, dark ,frown Li Ot displeasure. %te Waited ' a toome t d.!hen 1as eddo_no tier*i mistakable shaute aiid dleaiil>t"ilval.iii lits eyes. "We alight just ]ls well be merry while we can," Browne Was saying, "Tbink of what the French did tat the time UV the commune, They danced and died like ladles and gentlemen, Aral our own for-efathers,; Obese, at the time of the American dt,evolution-re- i member a. i eui t.i them too. They gave theft balls and parties right under the muz- ales of British cannon. And, Vial€sbnrg -New Orleans, loo -in the civil wart Think of 'em! Why shouldn't we be as game and as gay as they?" "But they were earnest in their dis- tractions," observed Deppinghaul, with a glance at his wife's eager face, "This. could be nothing more than a travesty, a jest." "Oh, let us be sports," cried Lady, Agnes, falleng,.,into. -au Americanism readily. "It may be a jest, but what odds? Something to kill time with." "I don't like Mr. Browne," whispered Genevra suddenly. Chase did not re- ply. She waited a moment and then went on. "He is not,like Deppingham, Do you understand?" Lady Deppingham came over to them at that instant, her eyes spar- kling. "It's to be touight," she said. "A fashionable charity ball -everything except the newspaper accounts, don't you know. Committees and all that. It's short notice, of course, but life may be short. We'll have Arab acro - beetles, Persian dances, a grand march, electric lights and absolutely uo money to distribute. That's the way it usu- ally is. Now, Mr. Chase, don't look so sour! Be . nice, please!" She put her hand on his arm and smiled up at him so brightly that he could not hold out against her. She caught the touch of disapproval in Genevra's glance, and a sharp, quick flash of rebellion came into her own eyes. "What is a charity ball?" asked Ge- nev'ra after a moment. "A charity ball is a function where one set of women sit in the boxes and say nasty things about the women on the door, and those on the floor say horrid things about the women in the boxes. It's great fun." "Charity is simply a hallucination, then?" "Yes, but don't mention It aloud. Mr. Britt is trying with might and main to prove that Bobby and .1 have hallucinations without end. If 1 hap- pen to look depressed at breakfast time he jots it down -spells of depres- sion and melancholia, do you see? He's a dreadful man." Saunders was approaching from the lower end of the balcony. He ap- peared flustered. His face was red and perspiring and his manner distrait. "Well, Saunders?" said Deppingham as the lawyer stopped to clear his throat obsequiously. "I have found sufficient food of all descriptions, sir, to last for a month at least," said Saunders in a strained, unnatural voice. "Have a cigarette, Deppy?" inter- posed Browne, seeing that something was amiss with Saunders. In solemn order the silver box went the rounds. Saunders spoke up as if suddenly recollecting something. "I have to re- port, six, that the stock of cigarettes is getting very low. They can't last three days at this rate, sir." The three men stared at him, "Good Lord!" exclaimed Chase, who could face any peril and relish the ex- perience if needs be, but who now foresaw a sickening deprivation. "You can't mean it, Saunders!" "I certainly do, sir. The mint is holding out well, though, sir. I think it will last." "By George, that is a calamity!" groaned Chase. • "How is a man to fight without cigarettes?" Genevra quietly profferedthe one she had not lighted, a quizzical smile in her eyes. "My contribution to the cause," she said gayly. "What strange creatures men '•^' You will go out and be shot at alt,':(ty and yet"- She paused and looked at the cigarette as if it were entitled to reverence. "It does seem a bit silly, doesn't it?" lamented the stalwart Chase. Then he took the cigarette. CHAPTER F.X. THE CHARITY BALL. HEY were not long in finding out what had happened to Saunders. After luncheon, while Browne and the three ladies were completing the prepara- tions for the entertainment, Miss Pel- ham appeared before Deppingham and Chase in the former's headquarters. She had asked for an interview and was accompanied by Mr. Britt, "Mr. Saunders has deceived me," she announced steadily. "I leave it to you if his attentions bave not been most pronounced. Of course, if I wanted to, I could show you a tran- script of everything he has said to me in the last coupleof months. He didn't know it, but I managed to get most everything down in shorthand, I did it at the risk, too, your lordship,. of being considered cold and unrespon- sive by him. It's` most difficult to take conversation without the free use of your hands, 1 must Say. But I've pre- served in my otvn° black and white every promise he made and"- ' "I'm afraid it won't be good evi; ,dence," volunteered her lawyer, "I1 will have to be substantiated, My dear." "Please don't call me 'my dear,' Mr, Britt. Never you mind about It not'. being goodevidence.. Thomas S aute ders won't enjoy hearing it read in court just the same. What I want to ask of o Lord D " in hair as a ,9a U e y P g , , p friend is to gie r. Britt your dosl tion regarding lift, Saunders' attitude toward Me to the best Of your know'. edge and belief. Pl1 take it verbatim: and put. of e ritin free of 't d it hate typ w g charge. T-1 don't see anything to lintelat, Mr. Chaser' She cried, fl , tnie' i> i7tkt: tee' .. -.. ,n sr•w, a '� +th1Ver' ,REST ANA Howl 110 MM T k ANti;uti11,1 tales, 'Wn s'ow's Soteentrte. swear blas ett�> ussdforover s;WrX IrreAne by 1YZXX;i,LUN1s Mo HI.'ite for telt gel>Xt iettEIY TzsT iro, with ]t'1f~X?Xrl"c'r SXICCJ 9g SOOVRIS the entre), SQXr'T NS kale tib. Ai,LA7'S all FAIN etrshIS WXNp1 An+c,a. s lA best e f It R r ell o tPiA >341~ et is tass , solutely ?amigos, u* Pure and 'tee. for "M*. Z�rAasiow'a $ooi,hing syrup," .axis mug sq 900 lkled. xwents" f4ve ceatx a no 'Yi ' ie, s Iola. �y de. ''t ^. t r t Himself. "1 think you ere arisliitig]ag the magnitude of >I 'caul' quiu'ret Don't you think' at is rather a pOOt time to tall( breach of promise with the guns of .an eueiiiy ready to take n pop atat any moment?" us n m rnen ? " ' "It's ao worse thau a charity ball; Mr. Chase,." she said severely. "Char. • ity begins at home gentlemen, and rn7 here to look out far myself. No one else will, let me tell you that. I want to get the deposition of every person; 'in' the -ebatettee - ilfiy can. be 'sworn to 'before Mr. Bowles, who is a magisy halt•, fill tell'! 11i• can marry Peopleand"_ "13y lover ex) laitned Deppiughanf suddectli. "Can hip: Upon my soull'r' "His manner i utnged as soon as that horrid little wife of Selim came to the ' chateati. 1 don't like the way she makes eyes ;il hi,u. and I told him ad this morning :low,) in the storeroom% My, but he tb»v up! He said he'd be- - if he'd worry me." She begat( to use her tiauttkerchief vigorously; The men smiled as t hey looked away. "I-1 intend to site him for breach of promise," she said thickly, "Is it as bad as all that?" asked Deppingham consolingly, "'What do you mean by 'bad as all that?' Hes kissed me time and again but that's all." "I'll send for Saunders," said Dep+ oinghani sternly "Not while I'm here," she exclaimed "Just as you tike. bliss Pelham. I' send for you nftoe we're talked it ove with Saunders, We can't afford d scandal in the chateau, don't yoi# know." "No, 1 sbonill t'tink not" she said pointedly '!'hen she looked at Chasd and winked. will: a meaning nod a� the unobserving Deppingham. Chas followed her int() the hall. "None of that, Miss Pelham," he saki severely. t Saunders came in a few minutes let{ er, nervous and uncomfortable. "Yon sent for me, my lord," he said weakly. "Sit down, Saunders. Your knees seem to be troubling you. Miss Pel hath is going to sue you for breach of promise." "Good Lord:" "What have ,von promised her?" "That I wouldn't marry her; that'i all, sir," floundered Saunders. "She'f got no tight to ! resume, sir. Gentlei men always indulge in' little affairs -I flirtations, I might say, sir. It's moss common. Of t•ourse I thought she's understand." , "Don't you love her, Saunders?" "Oh, 1—say. my lord, that's rather 'ei pointed question iiy word, it is, sire There may ha been a bit of--er--P, well, you kuoty-between us, sir, but --i that's all. that's quite all, absurdly all, 'hon my soul." "Saunders." said Britt solemnly, "I am her attorney Be careful what yeti say in my presence." "Britt," said Saunders distinctlyc: "you are a blooming traitor. You 'foist' me yourself th.tt she was used to all - that sort of thing and wouldn't mind' Now see what you do! It's -it's out rageous." He was half in tears. Theist turning to Deppingham, he went ori fiercely: "I won't be bul]yragged b any woman, sir. We got along bee ii tifully until she began to shy figurat6 pots at me because Selim's wife look 'at me occasionally. Hang it all, sir, can't help it it the ladies choose to loots at me. AIiunic' - Miss Pelham -wad perfectly silly about it. Good Lordl'u he groaned in recollection. "It was $ very trying scene she made, sir. 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