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Pere gy (pe
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: had been made to drudge and work until she | ruffles, black ribbons and rich fringes, was reclin-| _“Come—do you want money?” exslaimed Lente “In the moment of silence that followed, Black-| Mary in'the Lane.” 3
Soul somtimes dpop down with fatigue ing in’ boudotr or sitcing-roou, upols the second | Binckburu, alinost beside bitsselt bourn elt beside his victim, aud stralghtay ve | ding ince lane,
i it she did not . hie ws Shs Phat depends. coiled. “ Just where the country cross-roads meet,
i waa sure, for te woman tina aed her Agnes | “Shehad mourned her father’s death aix months | 0 1 hat Jalue'do you"place upon ‘tess docu- | Head!” he ens ped: great Heaven, whathave niece cea on
t ma told her she waa 8 Fou —had worn fashionable weeds, which did et be ments?" T been compelled to do: oe + FES pouting hips
i “erhaps Saulig, for chavged her name frors | come her, and now she had determined to fen i eae gollars” 2 : He arene aul lintenel Fortain ok oui
. ‘Agnes whea she came Ee ave | herself 10 lon} Ten devils.” - ul Twas ui
teen in Shady Cree! y had Hot irs, i te ‘She bad Hudlge jn uit eleven o'clock breaktast, ir. Greenbacks,” anon ion he thou et ay facility, Watehing the .
slow struck ber nerose “the “twee in a tone | and was now deep in the agony of the horo in the | Blackburn put his hand in bis pocket and drew | to lock the d of ou tie dutide, ‘The dra “a
evening, aud before morn nue Haulio. ia *rtiked all latest novel, whe A the library door slat hanee pes fo. his fall beg) ht. taken effect! fore an u hour his Pisce ch a os Sweet Mary. waiting in the os,
the dreary way to Brooklyn and h the | such violence that she dropped her buok and start. ell, sir,” he et refuse—point: “blank” sha yall be in asived. Ph "Her brown hair mo Huet her hood,
ferry to New York, fo seek ber fortune, “And she ed up to listen, How "dave yo ado I remove all ol vce agate ees ne uh BT
had
had found it, for she
a very successful in| | Sho Lind not Jong, to walt for alhiost oatansly ‘Because 1 Ta tis bit of p we which, if pro-
wanevery
was her Brot venta sho heard a quick step come duced in sie and Mlentifed TOU ee ripreme del
eatin
rel Gi
Moses Solomons,
to’ tie ontside, Blac
Sie" exe xine T ike & demon down two flights of
4
. laid a bouquet in the basket by her aides ‘now 1
re,
e claimed Sadie, with a smile, as she guts the next moment wal warathen Testis Black: wont la ing
que stood before evidently much y God arrol at gt ot the note, sah, at po the dark landing,
thine tha for this morning, at all exents agitated, cht ‘Patron! iy? romised leanwhile Carroll Grav mn _ ne ay
rose, iad “her newspaper it! the vhai air, “Alice” exclaimed es young pian. othe ‘omer last night, bat could ry its e. | cover his senses, and, siting about the @ oor, iis nape coro te oe gy
wont to the’ ooking: glass. “ hat is it, L iss Blackburn, oh, Leslie! believe me; inde on that chee Soe hang fell cep the eran < any hat ie ‘a ;
“ . with "ore an ation they arto usual we a widow and hoe children from 8 “ Help—telp?” Nh is Tere enlert
ta borg a asa Pak Peon are La your novel fora moment, and li jest man a decent Basa “You OGall0Ga furdered by Leslie Black: wing tous ina ‘the: dest boy
beginning to y how am | ten to" ?T have sometbing of importance S| Goud Se nave monet hind you buts : n J burs Tam ailing be itor an nied i but _akielool could gee and rend
: ei "i Commanicate.” the circumstances, to da this deed, feel: jimsel he 5 And inugh, shite we, al nconcen
{hey come te ith euch suit eg cis of f ‘Alook of aimoyance swept over the gir's proud | it wonld never reach your hand,” weaned eorts 0 0 , Walked in the seventh heaven of youth,
na kite, However rhe added. adjust. | £4ce, lackburn’ gavealow, fnereduious laugh. | “Aly Lord, the door jock and the ey gone! ‘The old brown echoo!-house by the wood,
ing her plain, black hat,“ perhaps Carroll may Now L will mak oposition,” he said, | Help help! a ‘Yet me out! [shall suffocate! What's mmieuschins a omterous play,
: | “Give me those ‘ew cate ans ce Smoke!” r, Watchful anc
arid te thorning, ah Ts aa ee a Oak, this forged note an Cdvebundred dollarsin money | With what little power he was master of, Car. ve od on son
, he'll have we take ‘ones i fri au ‘more inouey Gall, he lace drop, and came "pwiftly in your h use and stand your trial for|roil threw himself against the door, erying Shere. wh is
poor Carroil, and he shan’t escape!” back to hi . forgery, "Eh! wildly: . . like a fat Isee them all: and the
So saying, Sadie eaugut up ter basket and ran| “Six montis ‘ogo ho said, hurriedly, “upon | Carroll Graves wrung his hands in desperation, |" “Let: me out! Don't let me die here like a i serene iiking dows the lane,
. down saying, gut up the death of our fath dourselves joint] “Come to my house to-night at nine otelock,” he in a hole!” , wh score of years and ten
As sho passed out of the door she met the honest | he eset auestate valued ab tres: hundred Giow | murmured’- “You shail have tho documents at| At this moment there shone. light around Mn Time fi ihe Aa eT og,
so old Gernian woman of whom she had rented the sand doliars.” your own price.” strange, baleful light—and a long, red wo ner ol Down by th y 08
3 Fog, busily engaged washing: the sidewall. iTknow all thisat the time,” murmured Miss |" Where do you live?” flame shot up between the loose bounds of the floor, Seveied orton
: . Dye ey dear!” eeclafmed the woman. ACW) Batter street, top Moor. ‘The name on igniting the manuscript that close by, and il Ho beonn locks wear a tinge cf pray,
2 “ Wh FT See ee no replied t ont father died | the door is Chareoal.” ‘minating the ghastly face of te murdered Irish: at eee
j / 9 Hels after nine, rx Boo ited | inrestate; but this morting | have found a rough you may tan and the yawning wou! nd in the thro and thouglities, stirs the glow Goals
« Atter nine!” cried Mrs. Solomons, iu dismay; | raft of a will, leaving tous ouly fifty thousand Carrol raved never aaited until be was safely | |“ Oly, God, the ous is 0 irivked Car- .
that boy Moses told me to call him’ at eight, as | dollarseach, hd the rena; ning two hundred thou- ensconced in the attic room which had been his | roll; ‘is there no one. there ey hi hele Ise her ana ing in the lane,
he had enn ses gold ee tO Oe at olgh ae sant to Agnes Blackburn, bis eldest child.” home, for several month: ‘Already the doomed room was lurid with smoke ‘Jt whore the country eres roads meet,
. morni ead eh 1do?” - His eldest child !”” she g gaspe: ow you may come, Leslie Blackburn{” he | and flames, and & enrifig crashing and crackling But on her cheeks old Tiel a .
, Tee him Le about,” laughed Sadi Yes, He was twice and we cri ‘edd efautly, “and though you fight the papers | filled the air; yet above it all sounded the ‘cleat sie alu {mores ise
a ‘Tell hima 1 am up, ani | re iseuc of his se cond inawlage, ¥ ott Rok: ‘onze to eat lm mie she} will do you li ‘ile ood, for r they se voioe of a roll, wake up!” she cried, “the Nor greote ane with a pit rnp wn hand,
mention this discovery to mother, as she is in too ‘ts, from ‘memor’ original wake up’ rm Wenever raised the lateh anc
sa hat morning proved a wonderful success for Te te eo hear it Rinlett have gone, God knows where, house is all in flames?” ross Love's jewelled wonderland,
ie And do you intend tosurrender the property?” Searcely bad he seated himself at his work, for “ Open the door!” yelled Graves.
re ten o'clock she had sold five of her bou- And do ve
{othe remark ook the wood chest beside the door! Axel MIRTH & MERRIMENT
; ques arid with the enly remaining one the took to the Fenske Concerning” her wists acitents columns of the Weekly Chambermeaids’ Oren, eae] Ese
to ine,
to huow you love grew up within "pean! ‘filled me
with a longing to Se you throw olf your degrad.
mo, her accustomed stand at the corner of issued Lec thackbana,| ie tas torn open nd Dionysus Ol | shee ieaen IS us
ry oe Not if Lean el ity hissed Leslie Blackburn: | burst in upon. in his was al yr Carroll Graves hac ‘htor ntleman had
©, AML the male inbabitants of the city seemed to ‘te be “the ‘willis not to be found, anit the girl has nee. | "Op, Geral Carroll—I have wonderful news!” | ‘There was a’ moment of. avful suspense, ducing retovered enouguto take
{ arrying down, town (0 psi teeS ae aParhern ai | eX been heard of, ‘anid even thon ngh ould come | © Wat's up now, Dion?” gihch the fire ala rm sounded above, the ai of the er Socadn ta By. Peed was, very
| rope a be conn se To Fa Piand display of the forwaed with the will in her hai nd, . Should nn ake ay have just received a letter from my old| flames; then came a blow upon door, then | aecommedating nnd atcentiv finpreclation oe nein ery
H sere see ant made 8 & splay rate te effort to balk her cial mother in Ireland, and she says as how my brother another, and it yielded, wwed hint again.
{ She bad been there scarcely five minutes whe on , Lesilore ve fed tho. youn lady, | in Connaught has ’ so use bit ot a for- sate “ Stave glare appeared the figure of | took wif you would need ne once, ee But you sight
| springiny Mo Wek feet, ‘throwing liek arms tune; so I’m to go over immediately to settle up | Sadie, the flower girl. coon et town Inst moments war the eheertul re-
} Sressed young. tee wee dhl vireo mb ee nai Prother's nels “Think of it! What | the estate.” 8° y sh pes ter enedsiver wid ln id an x eye to but sings.
i eased young men Blade teeter cade ould become of us with only that paltry sum at] "When do you Bat tie oy was drowned following isa good plan, ens « Frenchman, to avoid
{ Hee corner ware td one a | ‘gitl Stood. der: ur command what Hq cya tears you ny boy, tonight, ‘Thereis| The ocr ct had fale, va th whole uni nays folio eae iMretuauand Ahem he ilicones,
y ‘s An Cun: lown with the tide at ten | verse seem with a splendid shower of g« may it exnctl pression of aston-
1 tone. ig nine points in law, a irop fete nt
ns ” bare win wail fod in tue very teeth of fate!” Seloeks tie evening, and my name is booked to be | en rai.
: “Bg Jove, shel beauty exclaimed another, | TE ee eee Lestie| occa th 1s y so nm conniwvu as ov wisn) i
oeicat the party.” you've go luckbufa anrthdsen etd was just going down “Weil, “out luck go with you, Dion!” exclaimed ‘t " cl
i sa NE a Te anc tglanca up and ftctroen be ms Diet BY"w arvat who an | Carag and cSt ld ego Oy a Binaries
bo. Fae. | uoUnee both hands, low Ishall miss 1. ve Jot he Kyrle Soclet
poe Bee the dar} rk eves ¢ of a a looking for. ioe Me ‘Moses Solomons.” “Never mind,” replied the ‘cheery Irishmen; A DOUBLE MISTAKE, aatroeat teth vaiare Aedes Hately, ee
- + xed fu Papon' her mn “The giamond nierchant, * murmured Bla Black: “Til be soon back. Come, I'll make a strong cup oe paue, 7. tik sett eee ey tel a arti
i . 5. » burn how extraordinary. of.tea now and welll bave & banquet.” BY ALICE Dati tae fhe a fthober, lass
with yactrong aceent. flowers?” he inguivet, rand? a in te doo ors ood 2 nd allots siden the ow _ beat ity hho) the s rents bs afc h oe et Bo
3 ” a “7 “He did not sa} igure of ie, er girl “Goop-nye, Laurie!” but ie ringing any bet
y Twenty-five cents, sir,” replied Sadie, Thewe) wy wil S00 int ‘ile library.” Siang Jy the waning light, “Good-bye? Here, thas all
' wrap will take them if you will step out of the Hardly he Mbrary reached before Mr, Mo- Sadiey” exclaim carro fn surprise, nf ar etelies rag very pate and sad. and the dark eres! A syacgense aerate of is seistants to
will ste Soloenon ce ane ‘came fo seo you both, ‘bene: ae 0 Siho | ealt hint upevery moraing during the week exacty at four
: crowd-while I find mnmy inoney. eae eee ; . Stood at her akle, o'clock, ‘Un Stouday Pacelcke was 1 re,
Y, ly little fellow, with curly | faltered Sadi. oe is ha sling,” he went on;a qniver | buton Twenaay he eran iliac
Fao tthe se teseak crite gentleman” | black hairy a hooked 3 @ very merriest| "Here is your tiventy-ve conte ews” put i | Hamma ict gina ope ian | tee ithe ati i ie
: ei Rhere's five dollars’ he said. Horriediys @1 | Par of eyes that ever graced a humnta coune| 0" {now dos tn eae Tt peak | rea it Bel ror Saar ibn Laurie, | Bedroom oor, eine on ai ee
. 7 . 5 our friends just as you en, catch Beahthen ek? Pyeerday moralng!”
i: . fon’g, want your tower, but do want just'one Though he senate nan at a bargain, ees ; as| Ing at the coal acute, he waded y, Carroll, | * But three = monthsaroan ace, Ned!” sobved the ge ere Aoveral waysof calling a man a, puppy. Dut a
: a an unusual favorite, and the name o: loses Solo | sure there is no coal to boil the eet ket er 7 only 5 pene 3 COUREEY | photogr: te about ae antl any the other day.
Sadie recoiled Pits siazemen : nobod ns was synonymous with ‘one of the boys. “Go down into the alle Ince lune ame ee ened Lettie etree peared at'tile studio wits
. Come, ate issed the Spaniard; “nobody |e ee ing. sir, gan Moses; °o reuse Caffrey once more,” replied Cas easel ine eclatiig Bp Llig.cares of "| whieh a guinea wag al CE ee nod ak te T
can gee us Herel ay, uel ras art naeeean ee to sell you | at once the delicate attentio {fe drew the slender form closer tohina, and his hand- | At eae om ho ine pleture™ "No ext oye
} Bat it her around the waist, and was | “rt cheap, my tear, as Tam an honest nan,” ‘Wren they mere alone Sale sai some face was grave, Gon't charge uy more for ous than
about to press ner to him, when thudUthe gen: The familiarity displeased Biackburn, “T came to thank you, Mr. Graves, for your wt ever enter your mind, Laurier he sald; it taoe Tnoher lacely ented on ah ollicer aed hie wife,
+ en © y, to want anything in your) kind act in- “sont a " We howe ings uotey tthe bey happened £9 be. present
! fleman Tay flat in the gutta istinctlys there, the There; don't mention rifles, Sadie,” tise in ine! "Do not wroae Tonks dia of un | = ours Sf convertion this Wide ft
ie there, Mr. ‘Manuel Lara?” exclaimed a sed Moses witiea grin; “al anid Ceres quickly. "May I ask you o ques- | ull, Come what sna mace te to and vauired wit he mast do fo gee hair Msp. Sch
. mee voice, “until you learn low to treat al rigid of yours Norreweda humared dollars me, Bite be ry para wea the Feply. "Ob, mdznma, 1S
: and gave me this note, endorsed by you. The] “Certain! io dumbness, end the
oi (tora this feta tnd for it) Notes over due todays your friend fonecometo| «Sadie have you been foolish enough to enter-| the spot. The sees
Wile ai _____| time, ‘and so Leome t0 You ye | tolerate for rg lier head and silence gave Puy peared feading a ote ng.cecon
— - knoe 0,88 FOU Si Blackburn ‘and’ his sister | Tecoiled fn amazement. ~ : consent. ‘Young atid preity, but her face was very sud. “She Fearne:
about met” «Endorsed by mo!” he exclaimed: | “ why, Solo-| "Why, what could you ee to care for in a isle ot aue 2 wt
It was Carroll Graves, indeed; but how changed! | MONS, this endorsement is a f gery ” worthless vagabond like mu yanion at aoe ae Scar olin oy ea
Six months bed wrought a marvel in the young | ,,.. | thought so all the time, my tear!” cried Mo-| uy felt grateful, to. you at fst ” faltered Sadio, erent ts face usher
man. Despair, cha; ad had’ their “for your dnany Ke «lines an, exeitediy—“ Ned
“And forged by Carroll Graves,” murmured
the young man.
‘Then he sprang to his desk, drew out his check
wi 1 apo tim dria ‘and privation had done the
“you are mis-| Pupli:
"Though he wasshabby andeven dirty, his innate Ing shackles and be your true and noble sel ; . “Se
nobility and characteristic inteligence’ remained. bogle and paused. neck for the amount with | Wore » et noble self once | a nou te ts aay
He bad slipped the social e id had become | x inn re you content to yield up your fresh | up before Laurie's frightened eyes, Wewus acertificate
tm guvand out Boe intra ne condition, vel Eat ii you soul Young life to rescue met” he cried, full of hope. - | to narrdace lind taken place theee years betoee ne
"s uy ‘ x “ } ful . faken place tliree as
ba" will seo you again! in! shouted Lara, “ You) ever ie vlaced oom “tee a dye Teta dare ail for you, Carréll ane Tee era ine dead fier" eves. piittores ‘Why you remind me of a riv-
Shall answer sme for A tollowed, which was i
” state all you kno which was in-| feverisily, and she tremble
resbere! at this « gicturbancet oried | 05 alvays spe sk cone ahd a Wy tear, returned terrupted ths trainp of ‘he eavy feet, as if some-| miguty. eifort—controling herself
fate se it ae the figure of a po nan! stosea, with « Twill do it, as Tam an lion | OBO sere gropin his way up the rickety stairs. | walked proudly away .
: gh ie which had formed about jo now, Sadie,” whispered Carroll in alarm, | | Ina few days a letter from Ned arrived; but Laurie
Mand never’ trust’ yourself up here again. Co, |Felurmed ito him unopened. The fecondt
ntie wa
Mac. do
Te, Elittere 4 Ke though there wasn compliment store For
whe Cunnd” and | A parang
est m
At SHORE A ral railway engineer axing that
nan.”
two minutes afterwards tl
In writ- +
veae man wore civilian’s dress, but upon the quick!” thet with the same fale; and thoroughly ed ot etal ite of a locomorive was ouiy thieey 3
: hn ten and delivered, and Moses Eahaetl had ne. thes fi, to write, ger remarked that ne ous has ni ought to.
: Japel of bis coat gleamed the bade of the Metro | in to his fect, Leslio blackburn struck the |, Ae Sale lod like guilty thing down the dark Pee ad i uppenedt Wh aha cone between themt Rebseianade sea ee a i
eon (g aimed Carroll, bit of paper that ‘lay upon the : 1@ person com- | Was the loved devoid of feelin ng heart perhaps It woul iF amok
‘om| . and explain ine Uwe ‘ough rs esata not Bee ‘him, she salt soulless flire?. Tio could not believe such ory or, ‘Prometheus and
Why, Carroll, is that yout What's up? | | tia Carrot Graves, Ih ou under his his presence, and heard bim stop, pantiig, as 8 Tn ‘he meantime, Laurie in a pale, and Sve day tie. vale
iy Mr, Lara n trying on some we der MY | darted past him. Jonguid; and at last her fathe fy feat her halt, |e grew Tor “him to eae it
farits with our un et rid nr insolent tongue, pio tuo South,’ On board aie cre he | eh ree pout, dear old vulture, how
ier on at
iadelplrin, and Washington, a gentleman ene
posite, and stoo re. trembling | ernst ie Mr. that Me Snoneks was your
end
aud I've been teaching him manners, But let hint alie nt aud hor father were | yhX°u: Sprinles tha tutor,
cen the cont MnateretNad front enue Tae un mec
i to'stone walls aud iron
ile
thumb, Now you
Sadie, the fower-girl, or, if it will aw CT will pinch it where it may wag oe she reached the street, she fea lover toa deck
0; he’s got his lesson ooking up at the dark ol thell of @ hous "seat neat them,
Tom Fergus, the detective, stepped up to 5 ‘St ne. aur atarted ang Hanhed paliflly: for sho reoog.| heieantitan thi dithe meee ork? Re etaeas
| Segre and tapping him upon the Thoulder, CHAPTER v. his way up eal abigekburn made the best of pizid Ned Alleyn! Mr De ‘vert . dit hothing o¢ | is Woot hece Feel hiaystacer se orm He tate mm
THE i his daughte
my boy, and another time plek your FLAMES, room, just as the Bohemian was lighting his| {inya"immediatels areey ad nded i seme same nati sheer Pray iders name
tien } Tuenx is no one at home, si ndle. aan Dee Ne diet ute eee aka ae | Mu thincnunsr same they tre othe uate
Gompanyt "You evidently don't know what alady | «PER i falsehood! 1'seo. Miss Blackburn “You are before your time, Mr. Blackburn,”| expt * * etn they ate unberlesd roped one Why Dad
is! ‘Manuel la hered there. Step out of the way; ya constitute a | said Gh Youn are mistaken, sie!” said the youn bec uway "ein
Me, Blanuel Lara ered himself Hf and} eras Hee felt that for the sao of our oul frend. | tou. HT live toi th pleasure ot 39 nt. ying the snow before his house. door:
} . . marched aw blood and thunder in, his ar-| "Te wag thé afternoon of the same day. The| ship f would put you out of suspense, as 800 a] Oe, ole wii ein i 1 Been dreamt wet waning
: intocrat who] voices were those of Carroll Graves and a servant | possible!” rethrnel ‘Blackburn. Tene your mau Ned ahieges ain't realty tying an te muow, aud have] boon only ded
' bad ruently taken to thelr heels, of the Blackburn family. “Thank you! Lam sorry 1 can offer you noth-| peda’ YUP ane Ned Alleynt'"he asked, in per-| foe Wash Beul . ‘Toeen only dveuin
, When Sadie fully recovered from her alarm and| Graves had been drinking, and was not quite | ing to drink, but the fact is, my wine inerchant | The young man bowed, with Rehed dropped his eves on just the valentine ne
: surprise, she found herself entirely slone. himself, yet he retained sufticie mt conacioumess to suspended last, w: ave always believed)” ho replied, with a smile, Zouncime at encyts send tothe girl ite adored. and he was
*Haie gone” she murmured, looking anxious-| know that his honor depended. upon fo], Lasiie Blackburn laughed, ani drow a flask from |," And do-you inean to aay," purgued Sie Derwent in sito jul the adored hersclle Sharma
i ly about her; “a Ai “6, not ‘hae ; jad his Bigckbara before mg a fel, is breast. 1 h bowiklerment, “i ‘a Faitrken' nage forgotten met And we
Uthe second time Mrs Graves hus shielded mie] Consceuentisrhe fused the servant aside and|" seit that's allright?” be exclaimed, “On the “My dear, if you gaze at your portratt so Jon
vo from insult! Ob, I imust find him staggered ectous tile ball au into the vestibule, | way down here it struck mo that a serial lass Tien to ing ol stand ty ret Yaters now” be eal | Be ae aes Fo a Caan
yas she spoke, and had just| where be had seen Alice Blackburn would not go.amiss, Try it, old fellow yd begin to understand the & © Seiko as on earth
Hail Park, wheh she heard al "It was indeed lady who was aresseg,| Carroll took tho flask, and, tas tents. | who is as near like me as two wana Nov Zh off, Su
‘ ied, seeming his Lips; | almost the same-his being Swim ruiveio anaes dines 12 not paging fhe nen oe Surely
and waiting to talerher regulag drive in the park, “Why, it's brandy,” @ Edmund | you" Zasou
Faith isa Baie. you'ro in a divil of ahurry | Atsight of the Boliemian, she reco ®| “smooth as ol}; pure as dew ood” Altes, he liven ia Piifadeipia aud n Rochester,
bh this a orning! Can't ‘you stop and sj ‘a| feigned horrors “Drink: hearty, old boy, ‘and hand the flask to | S¢v
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amy wid nie crippled Sidi a porddy'd man that 1
fhe igned | Biacburn, stammered Graves. hearty laugh followed the explanations of ‘this sana to farmer's wife, who 48, supplying hi
© Sadie stopped and looked uj “Really, Mr. Graves, L—— Carroll required no urging, and and| fiemseives: aid were noch busily engaged inconeence | 3 Gem ite Blame ee Weighed iets
Before her Toomot ee ‘Herculean proportions of | She started to leave the room, but Graves barred handled tye si to Blackburn who pretended na tion. thea’ ‘ugar t gat crue 96
Mr. ‘Dionysius O'Gall, a prominent member of| her passage, allow the liquid. But Laurie, who had overheard all, that had passed, ; Franky!" exclaimed {i mother atthe rest rant,
the fom bs bar. “ive Graves!” he exclaimed, righting himselt| “After several exchanges, Graves rubbed his| borin, 1 aes matters in thelr true ight aud heartily’ “bleme fe wa Horse ecu Bleoe a "pl a «
upon the back of a chair, © Why, once upon a eyesand Jeuned beavily upon the table, wialied eating aed Franky qul
ine you called me Carroll, but itwas before finan- aw Vh— hatter with that!” he mur-
to} cial ruin taught me the value of boasted fri friendship. mur vine psensibie “something wrong | a nat
and_affection, befor our frivolit: Boer’ “Oh Lor ness ot en aurian zt
waut of principle, and your brother's “Dry a arop, more!" urged Blackburn, “Tie m ied fron Willard’, Hotel, Washing.
ae luced mo to thé wreck that now stands before| | Nownota ittle goesa long way; what is this? | ton fad sit may hour efore @ youn ett
sleep 0 ma with'a very happy face, e-toraly unlice tho we be dens they nates aueanked “teu vey wait
: “ae samo; he has done mea very great favor| > °Aé this moment the streot door was heard tol With’ a crash he foll insensiblo upon the floor, | Rena rnmed at tee ane Hydlvidual had worn a day | Hot make love auy more . ey would
: wish to thank his for it!” close. dregging the candle from the tabio with him, anion; and’ shoriiy’ afterwards Laurie, Wee Toned i head sunvot Mvely.” T seem to have had a
po “Dionpie 5 O'Gail took @ sharp look at Sadio's| | Lestior shrigked Miss Blackburn, “ob, send) which was € diately, thus lea Tisarine. " | dear, testo stiaiieathe fret igh quay.” Hevzibah: “A,
5. Argoping, this creature a ing the room in ey tian da How could you, Laurie?” erfed Ned reproachfully—| Wenk biuces ine Kound
| ved,
i
‘ray reevived by Mr.
Yeon git pote forth oat SoA%deht! teacher o uy
“und “earnestly begged. forgives sihuneshi 9, Sintec
‘Now, my. title man,
Adain'e falle” Lite
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ed, with n mischievous twinkle in his eye, «You here, Carroll Graves?” he gasped, was limited for work, since instead of becoming as | “Amd Lauriv w mirite, and humble, as she | 2") enorme tee ae Opbowite Pah.
ot bl ing: Lam onl ‘Scat “Hel Though Jost to aight, to memory dear!” | one dead, Carroll Graves was moaning and roll. | *usyered the tears In ante Belarc erent grea”? 8H example” Scholar: “Progress and Con.
gkelained O'Gall, “Wel, if] returned the Bober ing about the floor in only a half-insensible stave, nae tiae yt ne tiie world and eran, se LBRO 0 dance, Bette” Bethe Xo. on
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; naftage certificate ie indignant w of imatehinatlom,. Tete are notme * .
lent growing wilder and more ex: So confronted yout wast "wife ck tho a other Nea | ™ stare be struck Sa Bguaatee. ox, matenes
‘cous ‘ou and me that dee | A Yorwaman should be sorctat how he tes ees
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know you father’s death, you have employed & oo] that it had a drawer in the lower part which was | but then she was a jealous litt io bod anda gira MON ta a eee bas of .
arg good re into tie vexistence of Jour father’s child, | see auvely lose ip inet Ther te spat owe Rasbanl | will you nual thettog thet mses te xs Dut where
, Well, sien, darling, ityou'l just step over to aes The groans of the sufforer behind him seemed to| hlowemaking) a Seitable ang Jealous, | | Quenv. Could tbe sid of « man who
our Fret i stréot, Tl bay you, "How. ‘do yen Know that veried Blackburn, | prove to Leslie Binckburn that ho had at last dis ts ab the conclusion that was ee thless | # false uiarm of fre that nacohiets e fang the belt for
an nul See gomeborty there.” « The detective's name ‘ergus—Tom Fergus—| covered the treasure he came Ihchikd! she haste ty are cerinin gong men called miufts? Deca
nt faltered Radic, “1| and iss Drawing a long knife trom his Sai ihe inserted | yeu Yor end eterno fee toned away with their | are used to keep a Birt's hard in mane they
have a gard ener in Places ae ‘some tne he jab over tome.” it in the crack of the drawer, and with a skillful | And when you saw Nedon board the teers eee: | meee RMN Meese har to train? Because you can't
flowers, und it may be quia to Tate when I return. }, Whit formation do. you bring me wrench tore the front away. Sas even then seearee el ie raid ae ane | Manse back horse a bay (obey)
“No mat! 1 find us up; regular] That your hal left Shady Creek, Long Ea; agerly ‘ia hand conduct,
night-birds. No? a teil you came? sin ti nig moment. P
a "Yes, Mr, O'Gall; f will come.” Blackburn's hands Elche ewousiy.
‘And, lest her Paiueion should forsake ber, Sa- n if there does exist such a womian she can | arose t © his fest and darted to the door, home ones: "Cox
: die. almost threw the little bouquet at Dionysius, ost pe claim tothe ropertya t yet, you {hlet of the world!” cried a voice sitimoweragain
larted ve be too sure of that!” replied Carrol). “1 trom the pirzeshol
hovra very diferent scene was being| think that { can produce tho miecringe certileats ongstus O'Gall
enacted in he aritucratic homeof the Blackburns | of the girl's mother: iso the record Of the gir’ Tatand tack Yolled Leslie Blackburn.
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in, Maino ptixm, and these two documents would be] Not on
Miss iackburn, # young 1 some|enongh 'to establish ber we life in Madison} There was a AT fle struggle, an agonized ery, | f ners
twenty: hee yours, veloped ing cloud of white Square” and a fall that shook the house, Edwin Alieyn, went became Stes, | Fora dead eck, mn tkeccon een
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Will you trust me for that nosegay?” he| Blackburn,
asked serick With nappy thought “Since we last met, upon the day of, your "Finally ho fell over the wasl-stand, aud found
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ae Laurie! ‘you must ye may feat | ude H? °F 8M Puts ot From day to day.—ttl neck
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