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:l'HE
GH MNEY
GORNER.
lady-like breeding, was unable to deny her late
travahng companion the cordial reception to
. which she will'in,','ly conceded him I claim.
’ ti o Sister of Charity hull
ni to the side of Rugby, and was
towar hqm, an con-
o
a rt ,a stran el
llhs mil nhea ' p3 y" D '3 ’
po rin o to any
case have been scattered by the sudden necessity
which existed for Mr. X‘eIi b s do lrture for
‘ Eur ' had found
vn w
his unabashed u ence now rested o
were his ears idle. on the
actively employs ‘
low zregmerite o oonversa onwlnch . .
elonally audible between the Honorable wilhani
ilughy end the stranger-so, sheunduuhtedly was
ui e
at she was no stranger to either the Engr
lishuian or II on was shun Intlly evident.
He would have probably cared ttle todiscover
the connection he ween her and their: hot for the
c
opeintion of pumping in a well where era was
water.
“And you intend taking the child with you,
illiziin " ‘
Low as the tone was, the quiclhwitted Parisian
Rivined the anguish which undcrlaid those words.
r lin Rhine an
sicur hue’-one Cartler's voluhle conversation occu-
pied her attention so ooniple allowed her
no time to third: of anything else.
ld not hear th langlishnreneanawer.
am’, how readily, at her
nestion, Ioberly, wit
discussing h
rattling on as iudelatigahly
ls voice was sti
2 r.
‘ha indistinct and tearful murmur was now all
that he could hear Lroni the female. Once he
‘was certain that he heard a suppressed and cholp
in so . ,
This, also, can in the ear of lllarlon, who laid
her hland u . as if to nnploro silence,
and then she turned toward t
A he ' rose
His face was dis ed with his ilerce passion.
ii dt 1 t tirl th to h
3 “Pure with lliiivholiand he gister of Charity
S
3
g ahso ut y my in is rage.
“I on, no, woman I" he thundered out.
“ A thousand time u
countenanoe o! the woman was as that of
a m who recognizes in her anguish thepuii-
iehi-nent of her past sin.
" 1 order you to leave me." ,
scarcely intelligible, so
i
' her lips but was choked there
clutch which the nughshnien laid upon her she
or.
The girl sgrang toward her.
Monsieur artier had imagined what the words
were which the woman's Lips had been she ing.
. ‘V My, nughy had known what they woul have
to
n.
.m;g:igh wonderfully “You belong to
me. 1 have been to you since your irth hoy as
1 men ...s,- in the place on fat fr. l rorhicl you
ch or la?” ‘9
said to the female, “Leave us.
> the same moment, a low tap came on the
do" M ml: ‘plirmeanve the Parisian '
No on E“ - He was bus:
hi the scouts‘ which he ilillillid-I
ered hi hi)‘ drama ‘c, an in e conipu a on o
the sdvgnteges which might scams 0 hlniaell in
' urpos-es gain the knowledge he believed
I ed.
“‘1Ell.illIt:l-]ilIaor(y:'0:‘i)ttnlred a mild voice. "I have
waited for you more than half an hour longer than
1 had promis "
a
like a an r inaclilno-so en:
dying a e ,
devoid or vitalityi peared the action sch
limb-the Sister 0 Charity went toward the
cntra ce of the chamber. Once he tnrne
wilh a yearnin loo to Marian, om whose
dimmed e e e tears were rest I 5, but
in do’ 0 she te an
o
hi-
2
onsleur Eugene Cartllzr (allowed them, after
clovslniithe door hind im.
n
ticst sie. lie hadyaiinpl
- lttizsbeth as a retaining so for future informa-
Parisiau was a man who never neglected I
on.
The
Lhexdmauestpphance in any game he had deter
mi upon 8. I
W W =.::': :i'.:'::l-....
slenlin
tl marking
de y. vi
’l(;hsy had been conversing during their prome-
a e. .
the world. as easy.gulng a sybarite as ever.
llionsieur Cartier, however, knew hetter. Ho had
seen him once, in the full strength or his nrllllre
could he d is cl
dangerous. too. Bil is as wall to be
thoroughlymarwar: of all the idlosyncracies of our
d triends na
One thin , however astonished ‘
a man volunteered
the scene at which he had recently assisted.
Why was this 2 V ,
It chanced that Rugby was not aware of the
sharpness of his friend's ears. Had he l:
inuc
aui reniale w o
ortunity had so startlinglxy enrage him.
[Sir sister Mary herself, he elt confident other
61]
c I h'ivc waited for you, my rriend I"
while the “paw was
time helug, e talons were sheathed in its velvet
might wish to e
‘ You
one.
were perfectly ht."
waitun the mornin 1
have found me here." 1‘ ea talringu his hat, he
added: "Nevorthsl er the lroah
air. The atmospheres: this rooinise' ' g. as
yo
lvdour apartment, we will
Concorde an audience chamber. Will that sni
you?" -
“l?erlectly,” was the grave reply of Monsieur
In twenty or thirty minutes more, the French-
ning arelcsslyu is one of the bolus-
trades at the '
the Champs l El’: to the Arc do 1' com-
mences. The liehmee was standing near
him. The countenance 01 the formerw
nally concealed by the shadow train on
statues which so profusely decorate the splendid
area a on 0 whose extremitissthey had paused.
7" but the light from a lamp at a little distancejell
gly u on the v go or his com union
on? its expre‘s.h!lon strongly and doci:
“ You are certain of this ?"
on c ms-even such a
colossal specimen o n our "
"‘ Bu W then, his not the circumstance been
? They
ttle onel" he eaid,tin a voice still hard, b
er.
n he again one
‘erl s
on! s E“ is
neer-“ een d.lEDOV6fO
have been to endanger ‘
eeahle strength for summer rosart.
real cause or in
“Iw-ished to read them careful] , and study
r them more xB’M‘6N.l-l], before we met. ’
9 v
“India (1
The voice of the Honorable William Rughy was
ve low, pressed passion was vital o in
yilahles which his tongue hid
h shot from his
but sup
eat; of the three s
shape has
tend the irst of these.
at been so, it would
have appeared as oarcleaa as it usually did ilitlls
on.
"They conveyed to me, gnon chef Glullaume, a
curious inlurmntioh.
“ Have you then: with you T” inquired the Eng-
llshmau. ,
In spitepf his self-control, the tons in which
“EB. ql1dG;Et.kOn was put seemed hoarse and con-
sine
“By no means. I never carry papers of value
to myself or any one else upon my person at so
late an hour as the pro en ,
(idler! from one of the c is beside
which one of them ken was dehantly
chanting the Marsaillaise. ‘
“Do on not know, man amt,” asked the Plflv
lsn kindl , “thlt your admirable song is to -
hidden, on that a geaurovvuc-you canlseo the
hilt or his aahre ghstenlng nathc nieonhghopis
standing h n arest loun "
The singer was silenced, and the group passed
on.
“ When can I s
“ When you In]
“ To-morrow "
“At any hour you choose."
" Where 1" -
“ At my apartments in the Place Vemlome."
“Are you not strand 1"’ was the half-contcmpta
nous ejaculation oi Rugby.
" or what 7"
as them!”
l.”
IIIBD.
dd nl to d h h‘ l
wi?a’s't2‘,?aa'.l‘ s3n’u'.e ‘3‘3“acow’ia‘5il2i?"l.T,“i2’l’l
been itandin into the clear gas
upo
ed full and clear
mau’s cold gra eyce,wliloh werepgent upon him.
“Look you, he said, “Mr. William Rugby! 1
him. u
no explanation or
so freely extended, for the he
covering. ii
"I had fancied that for the moment Miss Rugby
a " a
would vou pvererphealging all now, or would you "'
“Had I intended doin so, you would scarcely c re
us om e use of hands, continnedt
constitute the Place or
C
sgotwhere the road running through to
E
1
Two such blows would
tats: on]
e popularity ol hell r
join ipe at Paris, instea or my ollowing you to ens
.l‘7l8l:tl1‘$,. ming
the avennestraanisd ast them. Theo ampagne W
by
“I only fancieds-,” continued the Englieh- "I
man wh an s ulf
paces, nine times out 1
dy, were that body it Hercules.
s th first time in three
years’ aequaintanceship, looked down rather ad-
miringly at the plain-spoken audacity or Eugene
Cartier.
“You have said all that you intend to say to
Let me regnirs your attention to what
on,
As yet she has not received the
the awyer, who
rincigal executor, announcinlg er
souorehle William ughy
as e heard this. "I found it enclose
a our-page a a e (er a ease y Km
1 lgllt ddr div tango
wi a copy o e w e
re a was not snlficiently
a en-icd the papers ugan his person.
::%'liat5ett:t:1rg-‘on mus let me ave."
e eoi e ."
“Th? whole ngthe ems is now in my own
“ I can-w-';
. ons."
“Natur y. your price,” was the con-
tem tuous ropl .
-i t is a heavy one," gravely responded the
Parisian.
“Although it be double the sum I have already
1) y meri-ow, you sh
lantl responded his com anion.
“ all! is no t1:lBEtlDl‘l of money.‘
“What is it, then "
" I love yonr cousin.”
This sentence was spoken in a very quiet key,
but each separate word was hesrd b1y‘Rugby.
“ hat‘? Hown?" he roared tort ‘ Do you
s
gaged in conversation, aused near
‘ Let us so totlie en 0 ‘
Seine," replied the Englishman, w had, b a
prodigious cdort, apparently recovered his c -
ness. .,
the time hid
not yet coins (or ridding hiins f his scru u-
lous me e no no longer, it
he eve Fre ch bleclrleg h
he stood. Yeal although
tempest of s
him was very
oppressed was shaking
a
Cartier.
w ic
ithrully an intelliventl read by
u eths elder apol
r
W is hioh mlight ave argue o ed-h
that he as yet are not thoroug y unilsrstaii the t
En lish character. f dedlr
It was in eonseqiie e of this variety of rodeo-
tlon, which was corn eased intoa small amount
of time, that the Parisian remained s an
‘ e atthetermination
paused, and‘ leaning both arm upo
gridge, turned, and oohednpon Monsieur Car
er.
“Do you not think, my very llziperfinent Ic-
qunintsiice,” he said, turnln ' tesllily
a
‘degree of coo snrance o tell me the not you
have just stated. 7'-
risian was confounded.
He had not counted on the Englishman‘: cold
h" intsllo L
Ipgellto is c .
or wrath and heady violence he had been per-
fectly prepared. ‘He had reckoned n his
sauces, an iancied that he could
lace
Monsieur Cartier had now recovered his self-
possessinn. I
“Gertainl men chsr Gulllalmw! 1 merely
wis ed you understand Linteuded obtaining it,
in ‘order that there might be no mistake between
oureelv
slowly and distinctly.
had known how very near at that
for tho love o eaven
war is were ' gl
suddenly and so close to the s b V! 01 the French-
man, that he showed a tendency tostart as be
r-:38-v pa 4
all have it,” jnhi- g
urBub
e their lines and mothers tot
es. a
a last eight words were enunciated very
Perhaps ii the Parisian whi
mumenthewas so
In
uttered, but so in
0
turned toward the individual who had spoken
s them.
as no
‘a ccinpanioue angers reetle
into the &ocllet of his pant oo
angle or e ave-rrauo pieces in it
gether between them. ti-en 1
es. The man very co y ‘d
reeallhis lace, although he was gazing with a kind
of doubting wonder upon the features of Mon-
ur ngene. .
Wit; a violent push, Rugby thrust the man
m m. . .
As he staggered back, the latter seized Car-
er's arm.
2
re
ET
“The iellow is insolent, Eu she I” he said, so
darly that the nendieant co dhearevery word.
m
There was no help for it.
e arisien was compelled to turn. Curiously
nough, it was the arm o! Monsieur Eugene, the
angers of which were exploring the ocket or his
taloons, in which his “Cher Gut" mime" had
, end the five-trans pisoes jingling, that had been
ilnprisone in e somewhat needlessly close
grasp of Mr. Rugby.
Standing Qoniglstely ‘motionless, the tattered
beggar remains watching the retreating hgui-es
of hheutwo trisnds-it may be as well in call them
0 s
Gradually they fsded awayin the distance as
they crossed the hi-idge, and, assiug the Place
g Concorde, disappeared in e shadows of the
in
it
Then he took out a small roll of apor which
had been left in the ' bosom of his tattered
ed a
rice. The msndicant's eyes glistened
with so ething like asurn. After this he ex-
amined the enamel hit of pasteboard around
which it had been rolled.
born the name of the Honorable William
y.
glish charity had been more discreet than
that of the Parisian. 0 3- line ieoes ha
been jinglsrl together while it was being oirered
to gt poor devil who now thrust it into his
OEAPYKR vi.-A azezrnos A1‘ THI 'mn.nams-
ml rnas-r nsa-an uauoiv '11! rm: and
nu)-mzvr ace aivcrse-run wow or
waairnm-A aearwrahu use 124' ms
u-rs-cone: aim nmuns ns sasosns.
11 was one ol those courtly gatherings, which
or ' 'y enoininated receptions. in the
Palace of the Tui ri s.
hat portion of the old aristocracy of France
which consents to aeluiowledge the no new of the
who set his Corsican heel n ii t e
remnant of that bloody generation which sent
h fr tn il h‘ h the gii’hlclmni’mhmd
SID om 980 W 10 8 E0 0
nd. lorded over, one the y "9 owned
elbowed b the old and
which, bu for the rut
-so
is use It as m do snap
with the courtesplendors of older am 0.
In one of the gilded saloons, sitting and stand.
in g together, a group may be seen, with a portjop
o read Lire uain
apartmen ey are surro y some
ozen or more of the most fashionable mun ma
strangers at present in Paris. -
one of those is the nouorehle Mrs.
h is wife at an American Senate
rwa
on ' ssin
e merits of t Am ' t -
have recently bdlccii impe.33d'ioi"thl‘a'a"t'ii3ri5:i.'3licis
Ahngeiond ol these is her sister, hiiss Carrie
0
It might have seemed impossible to an
womanly loveliness or in
am
No one could possibly forget the in tl
pure hneaments of the girl‘: face altel-mils:-ind
once gazed upon them. "‘
They are heat: of Marion Rugby.
. ,, 15.9 ""9 Mn Rugby." the
:g5‘:gu“o'nF:’8.o hovxvl sin r it p nsuio my in.
n y tires and yourcousln has caused
thitliflilliloeiil1'i‘l$lli“a'l5.'"m"'y’ 1”" N’ d‘’”’‘”‘’‘‘
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