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Business fo-day. after dancing, laster.elit
-Columns; a -s long as
Under -my eyes.they all seem to be walt4ing,-; .
-Not one will stay in its place. .
• ow -can T dravtan nf.rna1long charter,.
0r:10NQ/dela cargo of grain.; :
While the sttrin-s. of ‘ Flirtation," the waltz or the
• - season• Still t
throliihroUgh-- each nerve of niy brain.
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Iiieed not t enoxions aroma arising:
-7:From the iorribIe tan -yard next (Io)r,
For a 'delicate -Peri -tun StIll hovers aronn
The scent. of the roses you wore. :
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The blundere rye made in my cash-book and ]edger,
. Are sOmething astounding to.seQ•_ ' • I-
: Yet, how tart' help it, when up from their pages
Yuur bright. eyes. beam smiling on me
• Ttireilet: addition Com.- es `stilt the 044. iSoUnd of
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* -.your w)rifsper,•
- T can7t-telbs fourth from a half;
And ',midnitt iplication,'iny brain stilt 'stinging
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:-. TO the tun 'of:your musical lauctht_ . *
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•,Wel1;iCtion-4 we know, and reaction are:equal:
The present but pays_sor.the past. - -
--ThrouglItifei.we must all take the cleiide-Twithttli
sunshine,
Thank heaven its,s Itinchlimeatiastk
Is • _• _ •
ADOW
6;, liURNAND AND .Ali:fHLTR
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THE OThPTER ".
1...11<• ksIN TIIK
Seedy ;mah,- in A faded green 'Obit,. With
_ very -ranch:. tarnished braid on the Cellarand -
cuffs,- -respectfully tOuched.' his raiiiibpaten,
with its -wern-out gold handretind: it. -
This . was the guardian of the sqnare„ who.
:slept ditaWeng the greater-Part:Of the day in:a
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Watelibp-xi. -where he took -his Meals,- andt
-walked.-round the square in the cool of the -
evening -
"Mullins," said Harvey to.
this functionary,: _keep .your eye: on my:,
&Km. Should any one call- for Me; 'eSy.t.hat
• ani -expected to return almost iinniediate-
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- MuUins tenched his.hat again; to the arni.; -
-Ale tinted: spectacles; and then leciked romyl,
e ro ciou sly to _sea if there Were 'ah-si: ahildrevif
- infriligiug:the bye-laws and. regulations of
some: mysterious-- and invisible eerporatiOnl-
whose property the square was supposed to
Mr,-. Harvey' had, net retooled to
• witness this -of. 'efficiency.
. example
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blinds to the -ground-floor Windows, and a
large -brass shield -like plate On the doorway,
Which annou.nekl to the world that it was
here -that .Madanie Lneas- superintended the
'Female Domestic Servant( General Agency
Office, English and Foreign -(General
Mana-
ger, Mr. Webster). associated -with the two;
institutions already mentioned for the main,
tenance of the uneMployed, and that those
--clesirous of _obtaining further particulars had.
only to pass inside and-inkuire at the chief
office On the first.fieser: '
DanielHarveyentered quiekty and mount -
:64:17 -the staircase. . On the:landing was- One
doorfaCing :him; on whiCh waaivritten, po-
11F:tht -A0Ncy. Fprat.E. DEPARTMENT.
- KNOCK ANti. ENTEIL, : .
On the- left a door; marked- in similar char- .
actors; ItteE.PriOk Roo,t;.
Owthe right Was a. door . inarked--PniVA.7.
To this list Daniel Harvey turned his at -
tent*, :and-proclncing small key -• his• :
Waistcoat pocket, he turned it the patent
lock, and in.another moment he had .cresied,
the threslielk.and was standing in the?romri
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with the doer -carep.illy and noiselessly closed
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• behind. him.
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Niai a small. apartinent„ Coinfortably.bnt-
: not richly furnished, of ,exciiiiiite:neatness
and Cleanliness,- with-a:French cheininee, or-
nanientedwithbrightilowers; and, surmount -
r ed. by two . rows of shelves,. on which were
' tastefully -arranged a feiy-articles of -vertu Of
• brass work, and. Some So: much
. the floor as a square Of dark patternless
. carpet_ allowed to appear was oak -stained and
polished. In corner, near the fireplace, so -
as to Catch the side light, stood a sniall writ-
ing -table with Papers,. hooka of 'Va-
. rioukinde_ and sizes; and -all the appliances.
- for writing arrangedwiththe most .scrnpu-7.
Ions care Facing Vacing. the _desk was a light -
'strong Cane .chair; on whith was.: thrown'
negligently, but with - an artistic - eye to co.4.
lor,- a striped Shawl.. Aporiliere of stamped -
pattern.
pattern. velvet; . running on a bright . brass
rod at right angles to. the door of entry; non.7
cealed one side �f the room, and on :the
poSiter Side where the window should have been, was !'another portiere looped 'Up- • and
• revealing i small conservatory beyond, the
glass roof of which was of a-olear grain, ad-
mitting. and modulating thelight, :While the:
side windows, being Of colored shutt
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out the curiosityofprying -neighbors. Herat
were two lounging chairs and cushions, and..
from apparently some distance Off, but really:
;Within a recess at the end. . the conserva-
tory, which wasaboutfourteen feet in depth;
*i came the :musical andorefreshing Sound of
dripping- water; lazily triekliug;. oVer•sonie-
rockivork, and failing into a basin beneath.
_ Everything -betokened the hand of a. won:tan ,
fury, it was all Due_ to the person Who ...only
:beheld these apeetioleri:: -.
.- • Daniel- tapped the.writingttable and cOM-.„
. mPneed:: . , ---7 - -- . • -- •
" wen :,4!': . .•
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. Madame Ludas knew liter' man and camp
.'straigl4. to the -: point. She ,':spoke with a'-,,
slightly foreign 'accent..
- oliarie.Chevette. has been here." ' ...
•. "When ',did she leave 'Treherne CoUrtl".
"Two. days: ago. .
";.- Suddenly ?"- ---- • - •- _,•
"Yes, as- ordered.. '-. They. offered :her :herri:
-monthrs• wages, 'as the telegram, Whielvsuiii- i
' nioneil. her was from her Another in Northum-
berland." T . .. • -
4' Dying, I' suppose." . : : .
Certainly. . :Under such sad and Unfor-
seen eirciimstances,Miss-:Treherne insisted
iipen paying her .fare, and. hoped she wOuld. -
.returnto their .service; as she -had taken a-.
llking. to her," - ' -..: -- --.-: ,-.' . -- - s.-- -
:Daniel considereA:a moment; then he said -
interrogatively : - .
"Miss Treherne ii, the only daughter."
• "Yes.- -- She is well provided. for as T it is;
should 1 the Son„.'llalWin,' -die; Mand . i
Tre-
herne will- be an heiregisa iilist-rie,he•4thP';:
most rich. in --CeinWalL" :Daniel sat.,..atten--..
:: tively'llitening, but it Present he made no .
.sign.- Madame resumed,- f' Mr.. :Treherne, :
his full name-YOu, *Mild like his full name 1" '
..Daniel nodded impatiently, and. she contiri-,'.
7.s ned-1 his fun, l*InC. -41 jail COOOtia-el '
Treherne-he - is - Most : anxious that she :
should make a good Match; and marry into }
• a family as old as his own, and titled,"
- "Proud then?"' . •,• .,
- "As 1411, the oid. nobksse, . Marie.CheYette,
who :was. there .Eis--4!' : ; ,-
:".French.maid to Miss TrelierneH7yes." .
"Was Seen in her confidence, - and: Might
• have 'beenimore.sci hilt for the -espionage of
a Certain- Eva Maynard, Miss Treherne'acon,
con-
stant COMpanion;" - ' .
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- -- "A poor relation - , .
- '.`.`'N'e;- no relation 4411.
• her CharitY.".
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"Bali l'-?.. interrnpted,,Daniel, ...conteiriptui •
., ously. I., :o. She is nothing te. Me.: :Telt Me,
did. Ch;eyette bring - anything. With. her,. -be-
yond What 'yet' have told' Me ?".- . i
: - Madame.: Lucas - pointed. to: the writing -
table. 1 Daniel passed. his -hand into Si pigeon.::
hole. marked T, and drew -forth a -bundle Of '
letters, which set himself to *or tolexw!-1
mine 'While Madame Lucas reached .. Oivn al',
- small yasefroin a.shelf; and began arranging
her_freihlY.,cut floWerg.- - Daniel looked up. .:.
. . "You .Can talk while you., der that .?". he
asked, Avitli a-ineer, . .:....' = ;.. ' • , T ; , - -.. -. -
t'urfbf.:tiiyouti,te,dlY! ; i. But I thought it. Might. flis ..
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" "1 have ears and eyes. . Ge on.-- .
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"Well, there is indeed not much more t�
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tell. - The letters you have. there say little.
or *idling, and were taken': by Marie Chet,
vette at-h4hazard, acting alWaye,under-Ai,',
rection. , . - , . : :: ...
: "A soldier.,-•;Ciadanie Lucas, is a.: machine. ,
: It is the. coironander of the forces who Plari.s.h4,?
If the cOrtimainierissuea-Orders that a:fort ii1.1.'
,to.b.e.taken, What does it signify .to the sol-
dier whether he consid.ers the fort an:1149r, .
tant- point): Or a valueless one?. Marie - .e-.,
. vette had orders.tolay hands on all writings
she Could. Seize --blindly: . Has she done icy?'
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:-. " LeS:vOila:,"-:. - - ' , - ..: - • - - . '
. "Speak iEngliali," said Daniel, rudely. ,
“.i ...twAgi .moinentarily-:-fptgatful;. .1 When
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.- Marie 'ClieVette .,iyas here but an hour ago we .
spoke ren h.
•: "The leen what of : him ?".isked Daniel,,.
frowning, and still -engaged in sorting --.4hdr,
_studying the letters. • .- . - ' _ -,. ,- : .'
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- .. mee,INVi;:n. Treherne 177,.,7 ?_'.' .,, , _ -.,
,fie had hurried. down, the first turning:to:the ' and that, woman* artiit •-• also t4e PrOtiSect
and: *ai. ntaking-raPidlp--toi•- OxfOrd, -
Street , a4: _ . :. . . ._ , . , eye_ cmild. "have SWOrn that. -the Care of this
-• - ' -. . - .apartmen- tr.. hactnot - fallen to any one with -
'01i;_ arriving at. the cornerofTottenham_ 1 -;-ereiy..: Englioi4aate. . .... ..:, „. . ; ..::, , -.. -
- - Court P•oaa; he crossed the. street, and tak,- ! malizel. 4,irvey.was: v,,It tiloto :to .aichtuirse.
• Ing the, direCtion, of Soho, stokied 'before a i Whateverthere•Was to Seelie-tOok mite of at
*. sebiond=111:4:jeWeller'S, at whose -Window --a:c a reartc-0._ __Theie was, w4hi.ili -..i.iy,,to him
'shabby-loOkin,,g_. red-haired youth. Wasetanel-:--
,16xeept the-floWers:, . -.--: :-. . ..:. - '
--.ing_.,adiotrhigthe treasiires .epoged. for:_saie.: "Madame,r.'..he pallecl,-hUt nottoeloudly.:
'. ItarVeY !touched -him --On the Shoulder: ''" - - iimadoia.Luevi 1. Het6.1,. , , .
The -young :mau. turned sharPlY.•,As_'. :though- . The summons was not polite. But Daniel
- wa.vering between flight. 4-nd :fight:;- _On' re- had not been trainedinthe -schbois: that
-COg-ri,izing the benign., countenancerandlgentie ' : -
tilitat pc4t4oleg.of'.14r. Harvey; he at once -ta4g . v° 4114's.-"- '-' - - --- ' ' '''
_. _A:repiy came•frian-the further end Of .the -
' -recovered ' what, compared With. his - recent i- conservatory -.- : : -. -•. - . „.-,.. .
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stattrod, in'o.nn_ri: might.: be,..termed his mina-. ‘, -me vock,,
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:PO$11.re- ; . - -, • ; - - . • - - - -- -- 1 : - It was a quiet,- sat. . yang.. The tone.:
cq am *menial, sir, -I belieVe;"- said the.,. seemed, to be one of reproach,. as if implying
Youngman. dc-ferentialry, :, - - :,7::- "You are a bear toCallme So abruptly-you,.
"What-halre Ydu'g" for ras-?- -a'-4ke(1 Pan-- - knew I Was here." f The oWnerof.the -quiet-
±-4='41-cithmlit d6Ping hinl '4' word fll- PO -Ise- Soft- Veice. was a. -.0114a11-- _cOrripact vinniau . of•.
..:grhe red-haired youth h& evidently . -
. thatdangerously.uneertain Age, which g -i0"
- considerable eomniendati* He hhaisot.YO be anythingli thirty tethirty-nine,-- She
. learnt froin his Worthy' employer either the was probably n .arer the latter than the-. for-
•-variw:(411rt" c4' the tti6ri-,t a ifiddest /eti'-- mei but wouldhave. considered. themention -
: pence.: . i'l ' - - ..,. ., - .of mer,
air an insult. - .--Mad.aine, Lucas - be-.
• - 8-6-niewiliatb"liocl; the P;altigiliat handed lievedin herself: implicitlyk. she. had arrang--..
.. 4 faaost paper - aiiii an en:yelope, f,OL-Mi..ifai--: ed with herself that she,should,.never be for,
- $vey, Who gkirtimed the fcirraer quickly, then ..ty, . eckthe
• Opened. the latter, cursorily eiarnined' its . .. What. rnight. - When. the., hone
Should. arrive for her owning to 'fifty, she
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content, and then; Without allo*Inghis face .. '-.WoUlds be ready'. to do snA: and, to - astonish her .
• to betray -the slightest intirnatien. Of ,feeling. ' .detractors. by_lier'inarvollons juvenescence.• _
_, One vijay.,Or the other, said:- . ,., -„., -..-., : Taken as an atiote; that aWomart is o y the.
" Alike ,Sturgiak if I find YOtt. attentive to ill --
age. she looks;Madame,Lucai 'could -not have
444-zte-ss'- 4fici. 1.11st-*()rthZ- 1:- will insure YOU - : been put down.even.bY the:Moat experienced
4.11 excellent situation." . -
. - , . r - ' ' _ - census officer, or the mOst -deterinined :we-
-.1likel Sturgigs 'beamed: . -. He had been. the man-hater, at more than thirty-two. ,:. lief
yonugest clerk, in the -house c.;f_ Phox. and features- Avere.,iniA,, and 'perfectly formed; .
pp .
ellaulleeY-_ Owing to their .sudden ,collap.0 •whatever ha 'caned to her ni- the coUrse of
Mike had been. thrown on the street, for:
-,Via-ox and t(Iliaun.cey's was mit a ,firnrwlibs-e
eraploymet served as recpininendatien:',
-Besides, _having had the _misfortune to: rais,t.
• take - s0n/4 6...Sideman's purse for his aim,
Mike wai;a trifle'shy in offering his Services.
to „everybod ilInfortubatelyi:-. the pnrse.
contain:ed bank notes. Was it not,
therefore, a marvel of •good Inek„ where 4.11: -
bad. previously -been so bad for him, that
these notes had fallen into the hands- of the,
•'worthy, beneficent,Tand Charitably -disposed.
attorney of Rubicon Square?' Service for
_service, and Mike Stiii.-giss. had: aireadi.e0.*..-
• menced.earning_hie breaditikderthe:di-
• 'realm of fMr. Daniel Harvey. ;
• - "You *ow whakyon have to del" asked
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Isioking at him _piercingly through
tintedfglasses, - -
years, *thing could changeher profile that
would remain o the last. -Being a brunette
she'had-rnade the mistakeof .dyeingher hair;
but on the other hand it had been remarka-
bly well dyed,: and did not exhibit many •
cross light*. those unfortunate streaks -Of the
original brown- on the. dirty yellow; which'
blendinerito;one another, , and resulting in
a shade Of green; aresohorribly disfiguring,
Her -thin eyebrows. were delicately marked;
and on her thin eyelashes there was not one
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thought tee muoli Of Indian' ink. Her _nose
was sharply aquiline, -her -nostrils thin and
quivering, - her ripely -tinted and somewhat
full lips . discovered on parting perfeet-fiet
Of small White teeth, whose only- fault was
the wolfishness of one en either side.- These
gave an unpleasant expression to a- -Smile
which woblclOtherwige have been fascinating:
Yes,r.t replied Mike in, a half -Whisper; froin the charm of its sweetness. She wore -
Dania 4topped.liir;at the outset
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to wat*---." -
." Yon have simply to keep your eyes Open,
▪ Mike Sturgis& -Give me neWs of Phox and
small gauntlets • L„- he had been occupied in
the. simple an .,-- ,rtless2--occupa, - r A,LA
- ming flowers she carried a few
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roses, and ---in the --cit ir--4 If-scissors,-
whi-ch she . deposited on a Knoll what -not
table. Thep, While speaking; she drew off
- her . gloves; and displayed her .Small -white ,
. dimpled- hands, short, pinny, -firth fingers,
. and n0,118.911 Which she Must have bestowed
• * great part of -the, time taken' up- by her
. morning. toilette, so exquisitely • were - they.
trimmed, ,colored, shaped,- anci,--polished..
surveyed her hands. with evident grati-
fication. They were a-triumPh. of nature and
art. Moreover, the little•je_wellery, she *ore
.was. of:. rare value; had been 4db:drably'
clioseneand was displayed 'lathe best _pos-
sible taste. . - , -
Whatever Daniel Harvey Might .nowl,.orat
any . time, 1-1a.ave. :thought. of this - elegantly
dressed and refined. woman- by Whose side he
seemed -BO strangely out ef'Placeilis coiiduct.
was certainly -not that of a Man whom bean-
ty. could have " draviirwith: a single hair."
‘. He sat down, brisquely we shOuld. have. I
said in ailordinary ease, but in this instance,
and as compared with his -companion's
man-
ner, lis was brutal and coarse. He satslewn,--
then, at the writing -table, and looked. up at
-Madame Ladas through the: mysterious spec-
tacles.
She was fit,aniling, on the bear -skin
rug, and. had the light NI on her. • Daniel_
wasinthe. shade; he gen:erally chose this
position .at an interview of any importance.
From his tinted, speCtacles no one could. ga-
ther anything. .Bellind- them his eyes might
.express. the greatest benignity, or the utmost
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' Uhaunceirls 'people. I have placed. you ag -a„
.messengerfat 1)a Gees, You Will:not, how;..,
• - ever, lose Sight- either Of Madame Lucas, or .
Or. • Iranfbrd. To -night, after' geeing Mw -
'dame safelhome, you will return to the office --
door, and wait . till Mr.- RanfOrd. leaves,.
'Folio, - _V't. --` o his rooms, and lie , bn .the
:. - -long a - yoh deb% Sleep, You have :to obey -
._..i.
pave ent b I ,iiiSitP- 411 night; if nedesSary; as-
their- (Irders. . But mind. ---nothing without:
reilorting yourselftome._ TO-MotroW, here,•- '
. at the s.an4,e. hour: -.' It will be as . well to tell
von that ere has 'been an - enquiry about
- numbers 896; 20897; 20898. ' 7 * '
Nike S rgi'-,ss turned pale:- -at.,wass'neces-...
_ sarY that aniel should•re,assure,:him. -
-- You:. e quite safe, and will be -as long
you do- texactIy as I tellyou, 13.. emember.
• You can pc.:' • ; *,' , - -
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The tau turned on his heel-witlia dejected
air. . He had scarcely -derived So:Much sails-.
. . ,. ,
.: faction: fr 'in, the interview, as he had antiei-'.
scl• paled. bedienCe to his new master was
-henceforth: his only ehanCeof safety.
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Not - . ing, concerned with What Mike'
StnrgiseS opinions at this_moment might be,
-owl& excel -ent :attorney only waited_ for him'
to tie- w:el . out of: sight before reascending the
. -.route to Oxford Street, *
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Beforelie reached -the Circushe turnedout
7 of the7m n thoroughfare; went down a street
' leading; t the market -place, ,. and. -stopped
• before 0 of the larger 'houses with wire
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A.dependant'oti
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lent Mr. Daniel, riibbin .
together in 'evident enjoyment. _
- - "Ne quarrel. Ilike.better n , to see Mir...
PP`feTex.again. I. If he . comes-- , I, lean hell* e..
to him, very. polite;- 1310 when I m'Onco de-.
ceiled.malliet's.r Our: &Li° :.: ., ;•-.- 1,- '1 : : i.L'ir .. : .
whe. cnange-ni:her manner -.yr . So !su4a,en.:
and so -eipiessivethat„ this time : Danieldid"
not think te necessary to rep '' his inva' ii, ''
able ''.request . that . she: should t lk liglitiii;
: He. did not understand , the IwOr , bUt lie felt':
their -Inieariing;.:-.Her eyea.:1Spe ' So ..plaiiiily..-
that D. Harvey congratulated '40elf, qyt.:
fori-thefirat time in his 1401 i On IS eicellentr
13!..nnagined:-Ciistoiri .0f.'iiiearin tinted.-apec,.
t,acleg -;-:•There. Were.; egecasie I when 410'
speech of his eyes ,Miglit:hayiq etraYed -th, 0
silence of hiii.nimith;':=Thesetw organs. are
excellent friends, but bad othiSpi. Store. :
.
If Madame Lucas , had. •gilyetil. p ., De. :0!
who was a youngish sharp intelligent,
:
but -intolerably vainandiaifacir tea ins*.
experienced handsasthose of V ' iel Harvey,--
-.Why!did she not At eneereiines the pleasure
.. of ; the solicitor's company at I di er ; a Pla---
• Sure all the greater as being :of s occur-
rence -rare-
.: 1._ No, she Was obviously: nibarrissed, .
„ - •:-'i'i!. You are. dining out -then -day r". :.
per-
sisted:i-tbe 'exeellent :paiii-o.. It5-vit - _ a -tinge 1
malice in his qiiestiOn.. -' . ' : - - ": -1i. .
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Better than anyOne, else,'31, dame kn6W
that, dealing with Daniel 'i.He -Vey; Irank
negneWas by . far the hest policy; -., for the Siin,-
ple, tpaSen,- that he Was ge4rall' as r Well in.,-
forinect-of. the options of those der his edh-.
- trel as they were theinselveS,
• ‘!.1, dare ,say that Mr..-HarVe careely asks .
forinformAtion ?"7she haii*-40k. With an laii- '.-
sUhlption:-.01* coquetry that bec. e her al:UM,
' bly, ' but which Was quite thlt wn aWayti tiii' _
ra . ,7 , . J ,1 ,
illO "Mitlii*esiOn4le .attorney. I 1
7 Lkilow," he returned qnietl , -"that L ,ou
are not dressed like this . for n . . 1 ' ' W
thatpese. &Wets . are not 'Mit . -o- ornani nt
any •tablei that 3 7-ain 'going to . dine it.-. I
kneWl- that - you do : net -mein 6 i .srookinks-
. among. your various .extray:agin . ' es,. a:14.0W '
some'oneWhci: does- smoke is .- ye, ir guest titis.
evening"!: -.1-..
•. It was a Very ginilag- dolicti n. -- The r ' -• ar
garpeaseWaS:under his :hand: on the Writing-
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table? -- .: : ---.:.--...- - : • '
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-'' Net intheleast disconcerted,.Madan* re
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-plied--:;-, . ..- -- , - .- --.- :
' "It is Mr. -itinford's. . . .
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-- Daniel adjustedhisThe name
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of ItanfOrd apparently afforded him consid-
erable satisfaction.' . - i I -'• . P •
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' 04 Iiaye,tooa.- t00.4.," he s id; smiling;
. "excellenttaite; Xis: Lucas. t. 4anf 4
lis'a.gentleniail. He is ,a :good, coking rn.
a-_fine.niaii.; He has -a,scareer be Ore him .''
•..,
.----.- A, career. before him I:7i' c ' US- words in .
the mouth of Daniell Harvey,': -adanao _ .
eati'COUld-nOt cenceal an inviii y Shudder.
- Hardened. -as she was, -and ex erienced lit
-, -i. • . , .-.--..._ .. . i • -
o, Pk:n.1004. she Alt fer,one s nd: though_ he
had betrayed. a friend-, _s 1 : - ,• : 1 •-:
•. Mr.--DanierPureued..the ill)] t as if talk .
Mg to himself. ; f - . ' '- - _ it
• ' ." Mr. Ranford,4-Augustus s Ilinforci-iii a
. e - . . . . • . . .: ..
inanlof whom pixy clever, att. a tive woman,
' might- well ..be prondi :-1.1:n o iinately lifer,
.::hiniself,:he:ie t,OO susceptible. . 5 - t ' his - age-
he1
- :_CViiipt be more than .44irt -§evii-lp, ,
-voitNitis:experience, heshouldV.e acquired
a-phircisephie teinperanient. . 'regard* the. -
fair. Sex he iS.-: Still a hot -he ed, - .yo th,
r
agreeable, a chatining:::cOnipan on, ibut dtoO ,
fond variety. .-•:There is.e. I 'one ,perison.
to whom hia.attsch-inent-ia li to be -14.4-.•
111..g4'.AnL d that.1S t.-- ' isk-es:.: aclaine;, liesi4
. tating, ' . : .
- . . . .• , ,
1,:`` Can you ask ?"- -Ile appro _cI
.slow
and :laid .a finger on her ar
is -attached to mei my Id
. a prodigal, A Weak, a Vain, _ a friv.: was becoming quite affectionat
elons.-man;; He was...there but for a very dear by by the.very strongest ties
•
Short time.; Marie Chevette could have done fectlfm and•gratitUde.' =
_anything- with him but for this espionage- :ke Che Tst .t .e
but fOlf. the woman spy -this _Eva Maynard. ed. to hint. - -
•
•\"1::11Pellyinhap%je;abloulits.;;he:ig older thin. this -lad,. el;Itiliniceenitell*LaPrtv6fYor's-MniaarineneCrcb
h* e
Who only came of :age last. year. 'Marie
Qlieve#e Might have proVed. too' fascinating,
but young Treherne was Obliged to leave."
• Ab.:. _ . •
"Yes ; he his gone abroad, or he is about
to leave England with his regimentiti. a very
few days. Be is now :at Treherne Court.
Besides the family, there is a young
private- secretary -also a Treherne, that is
all." • -.-
By this time- d
Daniel had . four let-
ters, which, he carefully folded, and stowed
.aVray. in his old leather pocket -book. Then
• he put tWretnaincler in the fire -place, struck
i match,- set light. to them, and watched un-
- til they Were reduced to ashes. Then he rose
and asked:
• . "Where is .Chevette '47
'".-At the Home.' Have you any further
orders ?"- • ' 2 f.
"Not at present.. -Listen. Have:yon any
inquiries just now for a good maid under-
standing French, German, and English to -
travel on the _ Continent for the next- six-
. • . .
' months ?" • -• - . • ' - -
"Plenty.' Marie Chevette_ objects to tra:. -
velingrespecially in Belgium.".
- • Daniel had assumed. his pleasantest mad-
" She-hadbetter not object to anything
which -you May tell her from for her
,
et a maspeo_uou-a---
"San.Aeehere,"tghetoveNrye -v.ithyingorkt.
. lin want Of a., first-rate French maid. . Un-
exceptional references; required,' Tell her.,
, that Mr. Webster is sure that the,plaCe would:
Suit her. .iThat will btenough.,!
There Was something in the worthy. Mr. :
-Harvey's- manner of saying these Words that
Showed to Madame's keen perception that
henceforth Marie had :n9 choice. " Ce qu
Monsieur Webster veut„ Dieu veut;?! she return-.
edquietly„ . Our good:friend Harveywas, of .
course, the Webster Of the Agency.
- "Speak! English;" said Daniel, perenipto-i
rily. He mistrusted any observations -in ai
foreign language: • • .
•--- " CheVette will lewre i,rit4- the American
family; have you anything Amore to com-
mand?" .
"...Hum." He -considered for a Moment.;
then -an id:ea- seemed to strike him.
"Madame Lucas where ac.ii -You ▪ ?"
"T� -day . .
. t.
• Ordinarily.":.•
-
"Always, least almost always, here.
here,
Arn:t not at home here .,
-‘ 4- De Gex, does he dine here
- 4 _De q_e7c, it may be remembered,, .held; the
Foreign Tutorial Agency, Under th style :Of
DelGex, Herve.et Cie: •
• "INever now," :answered Madame, curtly.
‘‘,Lo-yers! quarrel, ell?" -.askedtJie excel -
r_.
•
"There are *a huindrecl-like 4
1. pare' for Chevette ? . She Se
for once, for twice as a Servan
mY, friend„my intimate „ friend.
is lust as well that he should b
ent.1 .*, -• . .-: - - ::. - .. - - -
. Mrs. Luca; . did, not - care to
thett Daniel's enigmas in.yolv
'knO.Wiedge. - ' ' . - .
"He- dines' hereto -night; th
nie4 - " . ' : ,--• ..- - , .- 1*-
-. ''!'Yes-, within half an hour.
- " Good. , Perhaps if De ',;(3.e
-had had the honor of your poi
would. Scarcely. have -: been.; so
their . meals in - your company;
smiled in his aOfteit.inel Swe test manner, i
'.-aS : he regarded:. her _ fixedly through his ,
,.gla- sSes. - ' - .. , ..- .: ;- - .- -',,
:•
. . -What sudden change co e over 0 .
:Ma-
dame's handsome :countenance . The blood
has fled from .. her cheeks - h r. hands are
, _. , .4_
clutching convulsively, and the eis a,tigrish,
murderous- -look in- her eyes . a d- abont, her _
menth.,. But though she ealan t 'Pierre:el the
mystery of the spectacles, sh feels- their
power; and quails before hinys bnlieSivelY...-;
She relieved, iiowever, $vh A he adjusts
his glasses; And cahnly obSerfes If you will
excipi my disarranging your .134:: rtYi Pay dear
Migq Ludas, I Will dine withi• y u this Oen:
ing4:.V.4...lear conscience has11f"1.1,.. Nay,
larity.tas he was -capable Of, lq wetild. have '
for my:pa . ," he added; with much joeu--
dined with Palmer Of Rugely hiinself without
a Shadow Of fear;._ that ifi,'i. he ent j011#18 if .
speaking to himself; "had - own him as
i 1 i
11 -
ed. Madaine,
pressiAly.
at' "-Daniel .
"to me imy
of . ,
their part at treation to himself,- and to im-
press -OW .them, MietillSt Of
one "another,. and.Perfect .onfidence In - his .
superior :ability. It need, Scarcely be. added:
that, 844 an obscure - individual as Mike _
Sturgiss, -recently the sinallest of; small -
clerks in'Phox -and Chauncefe; and now .a
Messenger at De -.Gele,s;. between -whom. land
Madanielliere was no longerany interchange
�f Chilities, was perionallyunknOW4 both to.
Madame Luea.s, and to the agreeable gentles-. --
Man, Who has been! named'tilready more
• to:e•
l:see' .1:'wruvbgtleiYal*tilisisRali-°4-An4f6trittli;Lpulot.
• dering events._ . He was most amiable.
Your dinner -hour half -past Six," he said,
"it is now exactly thAt time -If you will •
, • , _
• allow me; while the•preparations are :
-Made,- I will slip gown to the Office below,
and look over the hooks. :sit is always inter- -
*Mg to .see how business is progressing,
[when directed by such able hands ..as yours,
•_Afidarne Lucas; . -• '
Gare done; ma eherie said Madame to
herself; as she smilingly- acknowledged the .-
rompliment OW a compliment from Da-
-liarVey I - Had .Madanie-been read in
Shakespeare, She might havecalledto mind.
the sweetness of Aichardtto -Lord Hastings,: •-•
and trembled at the illuatiatien ; the -..abz•
however, of this dramatic experience,
it simply 6cent:red! to her !that she must oh-
, serve the greatesticircumapectiOn in her- al: -
ready perilous position, Itwereclearly het--:
ter; in future, to mistrust Ranford, whose ac -ti .
.-qnaintance she had only lately Made, Ind
tWhoni :she had Conceive4 a strong likingn.
which" might, she felt, at any inimite develop
into an over -mastering passion; and to place ,
:entire and unreserved confidence in so aatute,
a wimsellor as Daniel Harvey had already
.shown .in la ease which had been; -and
Still might be of the -rnotityital importince,.
lief only to happiness, but to her very'
eXiStence.-
• -
ame yen
1 - .; •
eyed the ut-
• •
-te; as he re7
ur,
r. - What do
-es my turn
• ganfoid
Perhaps it
d. -
so -at res -
inquire
aldang
n," said
AP
A *it. TING .0',.TWO 61,D FRIEN];)i..
D. dei
Mr. I -- Haacended the staircase,
-;. . . ..-
and opening the -.office doer on the ground•;..-
tle9rWith a pass key, wentin. Contrary tci-
, : - .
' hiecustein, he left itopenibeliindlhim, -fixing -
it hack with an _dace -Chair; On Which he sat -, ...
himself 'down Insuch. n. position that ani one.
-. entering from,the street mustpasshim-in-the.
-passage. . ,..- _ : ,, ,i . : _ .. - . - . :
.
He remained in this -quietly,- and :-...
there . being.: no expression in _ those ',dull' .
glasses as he sat in the shade, you wonkr.-
-.40 looked .upon hiin as 'a respectable elder-
. 1y .gentletrian; Who,: overcome- by the heat,
hadchosena , slightly eccentric spot for his
004fo. :-Naturally, he: was no more .asleep
than a cat intent On a monse;hole. His eyea
- were : Standing -sentinel, ready to ,give- the
-alarm . at _ the first: footstep. His thoughts .4
were busy within,' forming th. emselves; had '
heindigcreetlytrusted himself to think aloud,'
into some such shape as this -;-7 . - • .
'
"Treherne Court -and r Sohn -Carmichael'
Trelierii-enorruOtiSly wealthy -proud - :as
Lucifer. He He:.would rather pay a 'Million.
times over than see his name dragged through,
the mud, and_himself, his family, his ?aides-, :
tredisigraced, R,ather surrender life itself ..
than anknowledge his only son -his- heirai.,
criminal. ' There are estates. .There are oti---
-lyAlus son -and - a daughter. The stake is 4-. .
-bi$ ene--7a very ng one, and I !cannot workl- --:
. it alone. - -I.,rniiit have evidence,- clear and.*
undisputed, of the forgery. - Then there is , .
-.the' next .step-,? Magnificent project -if I '
can only trust my Man to the end; yet 1-
hold him so surely he cannot. turn,.. he iimp4.
-g&'s.tratlit On the read- Where. I shill piisly :
him----on-on. .--. There .never was 'a man so :
•
made to hand for :the present purpose. - „Luck
is pr Me at this hour. ge-nligb.tliavegiviin., .
• me the slip -ha ha !-it was a good stroke. -
that, De .d -ex •shcit,ild " break with the 'ace01.211-
-plialied. lady overhead; that he should: be
, jealous of this successful rival; - that he-:
should watch him closely; and that my too
. suSceptible.frie1 d. should. he _caught in taY
Frenchwoman's -Web. , and so -detained. in
Lmadon,. when in a few days he might have •
eluded -he !eight liaVediren My vigilance-
-no easy matter -,And have -joined his -late
emplOyere,ThoX and Channoey) in -America. :
'Ranford :has Vacillated. : RanfOrd has been ---
in:Ole-le resist --My fascinating 1V4adaplo„, and
..-.4it that mon:fent. A tall handsome .inaW,ievi-
dently a gentlemann-biit With all that stiper....
.:mlieus, - self-sufficient, --i#1 a4mirari ail.; .- BO
.charaeteribtic of the j- thorough man about
town, strode into the passage;- .
- ' .-4Cre he is," 'concluded; the worthy'Dan-. ie, quietly rising. -:. ' . .' - - ,: ..
. .RanforclpauSed: at the foot of the :Stairs,
,while 'Daniel Harvey, who had passed out -
noiselessly -behind him, stiddenly _closed and"
bolted the -street doer. ' - ." -: - -'
-
•
,.
. [ .:o ng-.connwEp_;]
if Ranford
dence, they
ger to take
and Daniel
ive Ilea I know otz." . i , •
Y this- timeViladaille .hacl egii4ed her
coutposure. She made no re •ly; ihowever,
and -Daniel was -rilit' inclinecl to bother . hint --
Self abut her thoughts. - ' N e ,6kitit 41137: -
in Ione of his most amiable ni and ' --h"
meat chuckled as he Said i • I 1 - ' 1-
' "Permit me to.Present you livth., the,2., bOx ,
At, the .A.delphilwhieh you Were _going to`-.oe- -
. puff' to -night," and'he gave he the env' lope
. Which he had. received from -AI ke '..StuiWss.
•- - , It Was a small point, appare. tly ;'•blit, in.:
fact, it was a subtle master-stre Le. Madame
toPk . the, envelope _ inechaiica y. , Was it
then 'possible that her very -lig test actions
. - - - _ - , . . .
. were .80 closely watched: by
- tiRR man,, her
eniployer ? . That Wa4r. the; Wirt . of the les-
ion; the- moral that -Daniel had Intended to
teach:. _ -Thi ti man; to whom hp like go MahY
Others; waibound by a tie. hi( h plaCed her,
hand and. foot,' at his Mercy. : 1 his knowl-
edge of her past life, aCcid.enta , y:obtainedit .
maybe, lay his -power, over he . in the; pre-
sent;
and urond-Of theliold he I ad acquired,
it was Daniel's policy to exhibi-, from -tithe
• •me, his in
,-- - -
to time, acquainta ce With the::
most trivial movements �f his -e
'w ar ningh
: to •teni. against any
. . . .
.0 .
P40;tas
attenip ow,
• OS
-
•114Vr an Innocent ,Man Escaped the -
-1: Gallows..
, .[Fipm the Portland Press:J.•
The recent case in Vermont of the coavio,-,
-tion: Of-- an -innocent 'Juan of the eritne of -
• Minter, reminds. Me of a similar :mistake in
Portland: Many years ago. John- CirOU14. was -
convicted of the murder of 4 min -liaMed.'
...Starbird.,..-TheY were drnnkards-...-One-mOrn-
ing TIStParbiril Was found dead near airuinshop.
at -the .; head-- of Central Wharf; At the in-
••quest, and 'On he trial of 'Gould, the ariuw-
seller testified that he and. Starbircl_ were in
-shop on the night' before, both of :them
'drunk and:quarrelling; and that he tifilind:
thern out - of his Shop because they- Were''nois3r:_
and fighting: Starbircl was found wit4-.4*
loalataily injured. -
• On thetestimonyof the rnmseller Goulcl
Was convicted of murder and sentenced tO be
-hanged Whenever the Governor shonid, issue
7hi*.wairant, and he remainecl many- years in
.StatepriSOn. ut the runiseller fell sick One .
- day and. justbefore his death he. 'Confessed
--
that' it WAS he *ho,hia.icilled -S-tarbird..by
:1:11ow upon the _head with an iron- weight,:
_ G. ,uld was released from prison. .
SOMEBODY who _ saw Edward S. Stokes
lately in a theatre writes as follows to the
Chicago inter -Ocean: "His nearly five
years of prison life have -seemingly- told but
very little-iip.on him. , There is that • same
defiant expression, which shot out, so to
-peak, from his features When he- stood. in
in ;the -crowded court room. He looked
round upon the audience With a conl Un-
concern, and whenever he encountered eyes •
staring at him he returned the stare with
good• interest": '