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I , lA smotroome in-tho  18 ,, towns“ ad that, said Dean, in reply, pomting to Circling and darting, ringing ma scraping,
inwhat particular looahfiyispl w moment to thecnimpled paper at his feet. twisting.an twining, whirling, like two supple
y, , ; .mereader.   ,, ,. , .  , The oungman pickedit up. , ' snakesthlmed and  the «fluent; swords
» ‘I' was ni‘ hm ugly night, or ‘13le and “ a duell” he exclaimed. ’ r. hi the ands of their masters; and notgin was ’
4 '   V‘lmd’ch lWhen Warning b98531“ Shi'emd “Yes—a duel.” Herod Dean was leaning heard butthe whining, striking sound‘amfdeep , ,
 " . and the higher'clafl, KW *0 againsttbe mantle-piece,agein looking thought- breathingof the combatants. ’ r '
; I ,w ,1 “tbs. , ' . fun into the fin. Suddenly Dean slippjed. 'His weapon fell
find 33 mm” mot muscular build, and amtocratn} u all are yofi going magma" slightly. Quick asa flas theEn’glisbman lunged
mien, sat before the glowm t9, “nth elbows “Am li”—suddenl_ . and forelbly. “ Do Ilook at the exposed breast of his antagonist, and

on hisknees’, and chip bOWe ' his buds; "13119 ‘ likea coward, Percy’ olfe?” pierced him through and through. :
lhé fixed an unwavean stare on the bummg ' ‘,‘ Aw—n-o; 0841’“ say You do,” With a half‘ The smoke“ man reeled backward’ tossed his
,_ . coals. -r _ " , grave half-comical survey of his “chum.” - arms wildl aloft, and fell into the arms of
a .; _, m, was alone; yet not alone, for, revenee— u  will be no second?” continued Dean. Perv Wol e. Whosprung-to catch him.‘ '
I that great reducer of mysthalfimagesr and «or course I w .’? And Wolfe was slightly .u olfe! Wolfe!’ he articulated me. choking ‘
~. visions of t e past-W38_conlunn8 Pictures, familiar with such matters, for he immediately voice, “remember your promise! God! 1 am ,
;  with human forms in their Center, so .real, so added, in a business manner, dying!" ‘ .
' " “will”. that _11? would seem as If they must “You’d better go to work now—make out “Horace Bochestine, I will remember!”
have heard 1118 addresses. “(11911, at 135% 10‘” your will, and so forth, you know. See, theres whispered Percy. x ' r '
.wur came 810Vle from 111311139: , no telling how these things will turn out; and, Lord Chauncy was coolly wiping his .word.
' ,. “‘ 81108 l-mr, f” 13nd~ Ah! I “1391‘ I 399 in case you are unfortunate, why it’s better to Two figures were approaching re idly from
' i ,beyond/the V2383 wamwee it as I left 1“? prevent trouble among relations by putting law the house—a man and woman. ' Vghén they
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" ‘  Cherished men 52 familiar scams—h?" 119:“ I “ Yes.” Then Dean vanced and laid ahand dressing her companion: “ There he is. doctor.
deserted You 1.430 accept the CGmPEmODSmP 0‘ on his friend’s shoulder. - , You had best be uick in removing him.” .
4 V strangers, whoso ioolrsarechills, whose P19391106 “ Percy Wolfe,” he said,very solemnly, ‘5 you Wolfe would ave preferred to bury his
" ‘bfiligsm 0110913 Wlfe 1‘01111‘“ Ohv that P9911 are an American, like mgselt.’ friend; but, as the occurrence might . ibl .
" “Vere here! Pearnqweet “WIS Pear“ W‘th “ I believe lam,” won eringly. become known, and as there existed sucE hon s
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f’defidh "And for W 5“ Whl' dld I aband‘m that “ You are going back to your native soil next Dean in his arms. (I . 9 and  i
which would have made me ha pyl Weak, week?» The mbtionless form was ham out at the

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tionbut madness? ne moment e fevers me that will I provided for my *dau liter, ,- Her Percy Wolfe embarked tor'Americeoneday
“lb th‘fles'fthe flex“, 311° frowns at my PTB‘ name is Pearl. I believe that Clau ePame the .lof the following week. And on the d after v

v Jam T10“- And I am “9‘79? nearer; She keeps friend of whom “I speak, is honorable. ’Yet, his departure, there was an officer-n: the ‘ W in,

' 1 me om her; while I still lmgerhllke a dog. at Percy, I want yen to promise me that_when you dialogue with the lad of the-homeWhere he ‘ .
:her heels. 01‘ a Slave Who W0111d die at her 0031‘ reach America, you will find my preclous Pearl had roomed. The ob ect or he visit was to' ‘
mend. Estelle! Estelle! would that you were and see if everything is right.” ' 1 ask; , . . , »

-‘ , deed! Then. and only then, would the horrg-  newsl?’ exclaimed Wolfe, in astonish- “Where is Herod Dean! When are his
-  51;  Which is139011 “19 be bmkml‘ Who 3 ment. "‘ You never told 'me that you were a ‘chum,’ Percy Wolfe, leave here?” ‘

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,' awoz’nan’sa, 'itwouldappéar,well tted
,n to re‘ in th 3 modern Temple of De '
‘  or, head bowed, and one hand. y care-
lessly on the keys, her attitude was one of
, " Ethou lit—fund r y , a subject for an artist.
 ' A runewe‘, an beautiful. ‘
. , She had been thus ever since, she bade adieu
~ - to the 'last deipa
—‘ . ing and brill ant or
K the silken lash; and strange,strange m
were training) through her mind.-
Pnesently t are sounds a light footfall on the
' t. She roused with a start.
’Pearlwis it you?”
“Yes mamma. I’m tired
self; and I have been alone,
‘ must go see her sick mother.”
" ' A fairy it was who spoke;‘ a child of not more
I than fourteen years, yet with a face that told of
intellect almost womanly, and beaming in all
the Sweetness of asoul of gold. '

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playing all by m -

 Over her smooth, white shoulder, that rose
52“ . like'a hill of tinted snow above the costly trim-
 ming of her low~cut bodice, there fell a_ misty
A profusion of flaxen 'hair;‘her features like he!

' form—with eyes of blue, brows of Jet, lips of
red, and teeth as pure as the name she bore—all
. these, augmented by the glow of health, made
‘ up a picture of heavenly moldy

I turned the w0man to the child’s last speech. (
’ .- “ Oh mammal but her mother was sick. You
wouldn’t want her to staytgzvay‘, wouldvygu?
Ad ouwon’tbeangrym or on. y
' « firm? was sick, I’d come to you no matter what

he nod.”
I ‘Wgould you Pearl?”
- A ’ “ Yes, I would?"’
Thedark-eyed beauty drew Pearl toward her,
and bent to kiss the pure forehead though that
., kiss was cold and the action force .
“'But you must not stay here, Pearl. There
' may be visitors at  moment; and mamma
would rather di not see rude men, and
hear how they Go now—”
~ . th‘v‘ Bait it’s so lonely all by myself 1” interrupted
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U the post-omce ear y this morning by the man
' - you sent there.”

While Pearl gmd silently into the face of

the ,qneenlmoman she had. called “mamma,”

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unnatural, even in its music: “ well it’s the heat
’ of the ' and the excitement l have been
thr : ourcheekswouldberedjoofityou
had a” to do that I have been doing a his morn-

in —- . , . . . .
 $011 howl wish I could. and see!”
'“ > ' brokeln Pearl, while a hopeful lig  came into

her deep blue eyes. “Don’t you thmkl mi ht,
” he you to entertain? I know I’m only a foo » h
' ‘ . Pitta girl, mamma; but it’s not so very hard to

begoodshumored, and maybe some one would

‘ not'tliink it a hard task to talk with me-.-" .’ _
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‘3’ - H .1 501m: 0116 is coming. on’t you see I
, A wish tobealonsi" the last with a slight show
5 v of impatiencew ' ‘, , _ I
Pearl glanced at her keeieiliy for a second, then,

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‘ "v boaoxn heaved with a warmth occasioned by the
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. . passionatelygand cried, halt-8.10 :_ . .  
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r' again thelettertto her lips, Imprint:
' ingki oaths name at the bottom of the sheet.
' I , A tinkle of the door-bell checked her outburst,
undone listened, holding her breath to the toot-
falls of the comer in the hall.  _
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or Jessie said‘zs e'

,“I told Jessie she must not leave you,” re.-.

the latter' he the fancy seal of the envelope,
and tore-it V . i ‘ ,

\ “Why, , ma, how red your cheeks are!”
exclaimed the girl. ' ” ’

“ Are they, pet! Ha! ha!” . a laugh that was"

I l' ,the letter and readiiu, 1:; was pospmng_
her cheeks mantled hi her as .
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ail: and

s  was Claude Painestb’? writer of theletter,
who ' , (the saloon par or, and stood before
the woman who expected him. ‘ - '

But, her manner wasaltered, All traces of
that eagerness and momentary excitement
which, a’ second - previous, \ had
now vanished. She was calm, s ' ing, courteous
merfiy, as she-extended a hand in. greeting.

“ r. Paine.” ‘

“ Ah! Mrs. Rochestine—let me hope you are
enjoyixfi all the pleasures of ‘the season? A
happy 9 ear *

And for you, I wish the same. Be seated.”
“By the contents of , our card—basket Ijud
you have not been onely today," he ‘sai ,

drawing up a chair. . ' ,

“9h, no!” laughing lightly. “To be candid
7-w1th you—I am almost tired of shaking hands,
listening to compliments, and taxing my brains

nothing to say when they enter a lady’s parlor.

It ‘is Fiogtunattgfthis occurs aonly once a can?! '
0 use on our on uranoe e. rs.

Rochestine; but—bub” I we? p3,

“ Weill Another piece of flattery, I suppose?
You are merciless as the rest.” ,

“ It is unfortunate for others that New Year’s
day does not come around more frequently. ”
> ‘Why, pray?” .

“Can you ask? Is it not a source of happi-
ness to be near one whom we admire?” - '

She arched her brows. ,

“Even though we must be content oft-times
with on/eohalf of that admiration unspoken," he
added; and continued, after, a genes, during
which his eyes seemed to rea her
thou hts:

“ nce under the influence of your‘society
Mrs. Roch‘estine, it is severe for a weak mo
to realize, that—4” ’

“ Your trip, Mr. Paine?” she interrupted.
“ Had you a pleasant one?”  _

Her cheeks were dyed in blushes, and a
strange, mesmeric sensation crept over her, as,
by a mighty effort, she compelled her glance to
meet his. , x w

A peculiar expression flitted across his face;
but it was gone instantly, when he replied to her
question.

“ Yes, a very pleasant trip, indeed—that is,
in one sense.” . ‘

‘6 How?” > ‘

“ And quite unpleasant in another.” ,

He looked gravely at her, and she saw that he
hesitated in communicating something.

“ What is it, Mr. Paine?
, “ I regret exotedingly that .1 should be the

rer—- ,' .

“ No matter; tell me. What is it?” 2

“Bad new’s-very bad,” he uttered, slowly
pox; gazing down, as it to avoid her anxious
oo

“Tell—me!” twO low, breathless words, and
the color began to recede from her face.

“ Mrs. Rochestine. I begI of you receiVe, as
calmly as, possible, what am about to say
Your husband—3’ ' "

“ y‘husband?” quickly“.  j

(I Igmisg”

“Mr. Paine

“ He is dead , ‘

“ Dead!" thewords came spasmodically, and
she gazed in doubt. , , '

Feeling that he had gotten over the greatest
difficulty, he went on with more ease:

“Yes; by a letter from a friend of lnine,

which I received while in New York, I learn
thatH‘orace Bochestine died in London, some

will you speak!”

my sincerest sympathy and condolence—hal you
are sick, Mrs. Rochestinel Permit me.” , ‘
He hastily poured a glass full of wine, and
roflered it to her; «*fors e was pale, and swayed
Sizziley in her seat.  . ,
Bu’ , Isabel Rochestine forgot; for the momenlq
that he was present» . . " ' ’
It was not alone this news otthe death of her
,nd‘that worked upon her, as she stared,
ina vacant way, at the carpet; other thoughts
were consumingtl‘lgr mind—inevita%ly aroused
by the unexpec intelli once. . rom pale
Hess, her face changed be. , to its dye of cum-
eon; her veins were heated, her bosom rose and
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to entertain those few bores who seem to have I

inmost ‘

months ago, of fever. There was a per ins
closed,.too,, announcing his dec‘ease., ou have ‘

n was not  ears; but Claude. fl,

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Houseman? passin over the  until we
reach an hour after Igightfall, we, win to the
long, low bridge that stretches over the Eastcrn-
Branch that leads toquiet Uniontown. ‘
Near by the “ draw,” thickly rimmed—not so
much on account of cold, as to defy, the search~
ing dam which lurked, like a curseiul malaria,
on the osom of the dark water—a man was -

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pacing restlessl to and fro, at times-straining '
is

b _deyes in the ' action of the north end of the
n
“ t is time he showed himself! he exclaimed,
pausing and gazing steadfastly m
the outline of the white railing. “ He is ' ‘
time; andl have waited till I can bepatientno
onger. _ -
And then the head of the solitary

tor told me (who punctual, and he lathe tardy,
one. In Baltimore, esterday, eh? Been to
New York? I won er what excusehe will
make to Isabel Rochestine, for the unexplained "
absence and silence of her husband? And I
wonder what the deuce is up—that he should be,-
so anxious for me to secure a woman whole
willing to go away, with a childi. It’s just

But it pa 3 me toiio ‘ my tongue, do “bid- ,

ding, an so retain his friendship; and don’t

care beyond that. Ah! that’s him,'n.o,w.” ~ . r

A second figure was on. the bridge; 
a?!) '

Claude Paine—he alwladys was a Iliystex'y‘fitgor  ~ 
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thud of heels told the comer .was
hastily. _ . ' '

“ Is that you, Paine?" ‘

‘ ‘ Yes—D erricki” '

“ Ay. What kept you?”

“Am I late?” '

“ Rather l”-—dryly.
tar!” , '

dezvous. Have you seen the neg-rem?
“ Yes; and every thing is fixed.” . ;
They were walking swiftly. arm in creates

ward the dmg-store light, that shone like a  

brilliant beacon at the south end.

“.All fixed, chi She’s willing to Md do." » ’  ’

“Yes, for good peg.” , _ - , , ..
“I’ll attend totha portion. never fear.” 1‘ ' ‘
, When they were oil the bridge they 
to the left through UniontOWn—passing the»

spectral Willow above the bakery shop, and tali~ I {

ing a. “ short cut” across the lots, in” the direc‘
tion of the steep hills that rear at the back“

thalittle burghn . i 
P ‘fOur precautions are none too soon,” said
tune. "I ' ' f

“ What do you mean' ? Your letter was 
mysterious.” - ‘ J 

“Hal hal Was in Well, you shalisolpoa- 
", Striking a worm-like‘road which led up‘tlie‘l ’
on with - '
omethat f

better .
wait. ”

ed.’ directly. I have made
than I- anticipated. But,»I say,

steep ascent, they continued brisklz
ha 1y a words. As they neared’a
surrounded one of the tree-bated emineuc’
the music of guitars and violin: reached their
ears, and they quickened ir pace, lest-Mm "
straggler, drawnrthitber bythe sound, 
discover and icion them. ' ' . _  
" Hurry, De ck.”

one lane. ess nob y’s
Bu. “inflow o. ' ~ W
we»oe:fi   _ -«
 in the house at‘the‘ir right?  : é:  I
~ Close to Fort ,Staun '
frame building, with a
way round it—ae ‘ aleomce at one time,
haps, but now, wit, thedeserted, 2f
the lonely monuments obthe  " ‘ ‘ '
a.
lig ts could be seen gleamin‘ 
the scintillations trom aidirgy  

This was, evidently the'place of mum
mentioned by Claude nine; for,
rickety steps at one side, the two men V

A third party awaited 'W
‘who stepped forw d as they came up

“Iriere we are,%a
Derrick, in a low tone; '

‘_‘An’ here Iiahmo,” returned the
briefly; and, b er

earra outwith yo‘ ” he mom.
» 1.0% gen’leman?’ Whagbh '
 “Mr. Claude Paine." v
,“Mig. Claude Paine,” repeated

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anduttering impatients llables. .  v‘ ;

hung forward, and he continued,\in amusing .

strain: . . / . .o.
“ What If he should disappoint me? His 

“What’s been  
“Not now: Wait until we get to, the rear , 

f‘I’mh v' all‘Ican'alo  
l“ cal gmw.m,m-

mstandsn ‘ 
  

in“ 0‘ 8lal'miiflfi“Where-titre  ‘  ’
£0 
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as ” males  Cf’ ’

. thick, guttural voioe,‘wo'f
discover herto a negrees. 1 ,, ‘  ~ . a. 1‘
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. ,eyes, as ifzto see the features of the one with
’iwhonsdiewasahouttomakeabargiiin. ',
 Mr. Derrick told you what want you
I “ Tole me come; didn’ say what you’s goin’ to
' give me, dongle” , ; . .
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i  lands monthly, to live comforta ly on. But
'm there must be no halfoway, mans eme nt
order tO‘get her away; and when she finds out
theistic-k she may try to escape you. 'In that
case,'you will, perhaps, have to resort to pretty
' x. measures. ‘ Areyou ready to act?”

‘r- I v ,os.“V well. Now, remember: I shall take

" I '1 the: ' d to the depot, to—morrow afternoon;
 will-be on handin time for the 5.40 train. . See
' ' , that you are promptly there. Have you good

clothes!”
, '« f‘Nothin’ but dose rags.”

' ‘ “Then hereismone to begin with. Buy a
decentoutflt, and loo respectable when you
meet me. . Strike a match, Derrick. ” 

,   ignited a lucifer, and held it so that
his compan on could see to extract some money

,4,  v Paine ‘w forth twenty dollars and' reached
3 , it» toward her. ‘

x _ , But-he .paused, with hand outstretched, and
t" ._. OWE riveted on the face of the negress; and
. I 3 sm‘lething in her black countenance, her peculiar
A ' poise, her strange glance—or all three combined

' ~ ——g‘erplexed him. i ,
, ’ - , he match sputtered itself out; the spell was
broken. ~ , ,
r . v . “Here—take it You may go now. Be sure.
'  ‘ _ that on do not disag'point me.” '
 ' r “ here is I to ta e de Chile?”
' -- I“ Am where. The further off the better.”

» ,' Mum ling some sort of promise to fulfill her
part, Cassa, the negress, turned from them de-
 the*steps of rotten wood and fielcety
,v-i‘uild, and presently vanishedin the loom.

‘ “Derrick,” said Paine, thought ly, when
, they were alone, “ I’ve seen that woman before
.  somewhere.” '
" I  .“The deuce

«  all look al

' 3 taken.” ‘ v . .

‘ ‘E No, I’m not; I’m sure of it.”

. ' “Well, I don’t suppose it makes much dif-
  1W8fif on have. Tell me about oui~ visit

 today. ‘Ygu said, in your letter, t at you’d
. *iyeall  Isabel Rocheatine as soon as you got

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z w 7'  \“Over in Howard Town.’ But. pshaw! nit
V   , yom' nonsense. What of Horace Rochestine‘ ”
 *‘ heardfromhim.” " V. ,
'“ ell?” 1
9,30%: dead.” - »
, . ' ..~“. ?--no?" ‘ .
., .   " “Sh! not solo What's that?”
    was a r ling of leaves and twigs,

' f  the undergrowth, at one side of the little
1 i  house, and Paine pointed toward the spot from
' ‘Mhen‘oecamethe sou . ' e *
also nothing. Perhaps a stray dot-“7°33 I
~  .1. our notmanyyardsod
, wgand Olga raine,satisfled it waning):
,' ' ,.  1‘ which
 WE [Borneo Matias is dead—deed to
 » 'athabhhesaidin his lettertome,
 houseboat-amuse therumor,aehe
‘  agatereturntoAmer-ica ’?
  3,!” Wmawhistla
, ,; "Hf-‘Heincloeedhilwmtoofi, ., ,
 Painewasstillthmhttulinmannermslfbis
  simultaneousl another things.
. e r is so! Then

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5.1:: :wdththeEn ' woman!” .
 '- ,j 2'.“Yes.. esayshe must he considered dead
_ ' ‘f  knew him in America; and means
'   begin life anew in London, under another

‘ 4,  ' But this will is the thing, Derrick.”

, .gs Whatebout it?" 7 - .

" 4' I ‘.‘ We know that Horace Rochestino never did
 his t wife; that the marriage ‘

   tween the two mines, after

 _‘ thedeaflkct. '  Wife—hence. iseaey yield-

' ’ybutwhatlhas that gotta dome the

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“'Evenythin ”  to the child. of his first

Wife—«ave th

“ And what doyou i Are you goingto
prove as cod 9. f on as e-tln'nks you arel’
E' “Am , afqol. rsey Derrick! Oi course I
love! Isabel Rochestine—after my own way——

mono , I would rather let her alone. She has
ve 'ttle of her own; since her father, when
he ied—the old ass-l—left the bulk of his accumu-
lations to charitable p ” m

" You will marry her, then i” ,,

,“Certainly I shall. When a man’s will is
made out and he is believed'to be dead, there
can hardlyh be much harm in marrying his
widow! at is wh ,I wrote to you, to secure
a woman who co 6. serve me. I must get
Pearl out of the waw’ ,

“ That’s it, eh? ell, now, I was wonder-

in —-’ l .
- g‘ As I said, I have made wonderful regress.
You and I Will soon be sailing memoot waters,
Derrick with plenty of money.”

‘fA you won t ‘shake your old friend,
now t at you are ettin along so finei’,’

“ ‘Shake’ you erric ? If I do, may I die
for it!” '

The two dgrasped hands, and then, after a few
more wor s, started awagmtrom the spot pur-
ging a diififerent route t ‘ time to reach the

am roa . . '

As the , skulked along the fence, between
the two ouses on the hi _
and gentlemen crossod their path; but, soon
these were out of sight, and they again moved
forward—ere long reaching 9 ridge, and
crossin over into the city. »

But, t was not a dog that had startled, the
Slotters when they stood on the porch ,of the

eser house. They: were no sooner gone than
a figure em from the bushes, and moved
down the hill, y an opposite path. ' ' ' _

It was Cassa, the negress. ~»

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\ CHAPTER IV.
nsraornnn IN AN noun» or mum.

“ FREE!” was the one, strange word that fell
from the lips of leabel Rochestine—followed by
9. Ion silence, in which she and the handsome
Claude Paine formed a tableau almost weird in
its attitude. ' v . i

“ Did you speak, Mrs. Rochestine?”

His question roused her. She started, and
looked 11 into his face. ‘ .

, “Did l”--~whisperinglfir “I scarce know.
Dbl this is-Ifearful ews, . Paine.”

But there were no tears in her eyes, to. make
natural the tremor of her voice.

“As Isaid: I re tthat I have had to be the
bearer of this. I 0 not wonder that it isall the
5 more severe coming at this hour of gayety and

7’

unexpected! I~Mr. Paine-will on
excuse incli You musteee that I—I need toybe
alone—” she arose, and would have lefthim; but
he intermgted, and detained her
., I u Nay,
such ,a time as this, the syn:
mean an old and sincere

mi,

woundedhea as the bahn‘ allowing tears.
And I know it because you would weep that

ouwishto retire. At least,¥’ouwill not go
before! have uttered one word , ' a

“ Youa’re ve kind, Mr. Paine—4’1

“Sit down, I g.” , I

“ Wait.” She stmck a silver bell thatwaa
upon the table, bringing one at the hall servants
to hei‘presence. _

“Close the house immediately. To an one
who me call again. today, say, wi ex~
caption, hatl am unwell, and can receive no

,, .

The servant withdrew,  as heIwent,
to execute her order. .

eisstillinratinted visitors.

3! ‘ been] since onsaw ourhusband
/ ' {wheatinglggsaid rims, whyen they were
salons.

“ Over a year,” she answered, slowly, sinking
hack into a large chair, and toying nervously
with'the watch-charms at her nelt.

' " And. in immryou have heard very little

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a party of ladies’

Rochestlne—one moment. At,
of a mend—I :‘
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5 he could not comprehend, for it did not express
 the .reproot her words seemed to convey. ‘
x There'was along use. _He had something ‘
 important’to speak 0 , a subyect to touch upon
V which was dangeme Just; then, in his ' imon- .
g though'he had made this woman a 31211 y, and
; thought he knew her well. ' ‘ 1

And it is, generally, a rule: that, when a man
thinks he knows a womnn best, then is the time! ‘
he knows her least. ’ ' ‘
‘ His gaze roamed around
‘ 1make. sure of their privacy
‘ er. -

Her head was d'roo ing' her mind was en-
gagged—«perhaps With t oug ts of Horace Roch!
estlne, her husband. \

“ Mrs. Rochestine—we have known ch other» ~
for many years. I am conceited en to im»
agine that you value me as a friend. Ilia e
something very serious to say to you: but be,-
fore I, do, I must obtain your promiseof eni»

ncy. .

“ What is it?” and the large black orbs turned
onhim. ‘ -

“You are, now, ,a widow. I think you are a
woman whose life is incomplete if assed alone.
You are not one to wear the Widow’s «weeds
during the balance of your days. Tell me: do,
you think you will ever marry in?” > ’
’ “ That is a. singular question,
at such a time!" .

“ Not so 8' r, when considering how great; -
the import of its answer is, to me.” , “I

Then with a fervency he could no longer re» ;
strain, he continued, as he advanced tothe side -
r'of her chair: ,

“ Isabel Rochestine, let me say much in: a few ’ -
words. When I first met you, years ago, I felt .
as if there was but one Woman on'the‘earth
who could make me happy—that one, yourself.
But, ere I could tell you 0 this feelin , Horace . ‘
Rochestine, through. some arrangemen ‘betWeen "
your mum and his, snatched you away, as I
then feare ., forever. Since the da ‘you be;
came his Wife, I have been a devotedy friend to
both; ay, have not my speeches, my actions, my
looks told you, that, for you there'was a more
than mere friendship in my heart? You are no
longer a Mic, but a widow—free! I’ heard on.
breathe the word, only a moment since. (1
all this IS to tell yom‘Isabel, that I love on,
worshi you—feel: you to conmder my love. This
is why detained you. Look up at me: have;I
been toopreci tatei—are ouan' yi”

We know is at Isabel“ he loved this
man. Hersku a passionate: nature, when not
checked by the rigid bit if “Soci ;” and as
be poured forth his cont on, a hot ’ '
coursin In her veins, warming her whole frame.

Her ace was crimson; something inaudible
falteregeiliégm her lips. ,

“vain, Panel—Claude! do you—do'you love 
me I ‘ .
“ If I have. not convinced you

the room, as if to 
;then centered on.

. y at it gt,Iésk‘
you to be my'wue; and you shhll'seegtrmore ,
ban love you, by the attention I-wfil  y
to ourshghtest wiah.’ Youranewer, Isabel)?" 1

km a quick movement, she'llth her arms ‘
around his neck; and her taee,with its blushes,
its two soft  eyes and honeyed lips, was

r 1 hava loved vou alwa 9.
Have you . , securiti Though Horace oogld
never say his wife was not all she should, be, I .
have, still, triedin vain to. put out the tiny 7
flamethatburned m'my heart (cryou.  Iam‘
yours, Claude! ' i do not say you love me. '
, unless you mean ’? l .
! Iaxeisawordtooweak, Isabelgéidnlize were ,

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t wees m,seethisheautiml‘ ‘ .in
the embrace a man who, till now,'wa.lsn§ept
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thesamehourtbat she learned of that other’s ,

,death. Ifitwas sinful to so easily forget the ' .

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“ When on have laid aside your robesdt"
3 mingling cabal, you will be my Wifel” ' ‘ 
1 “ es. ut—” she seemed to suddenly remem-
‘ bersomething. . . i "

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,‘ “But when!” . , = p, , - '
. “You forget: I have a child. A man int-3:2
love, . Claude. but, I kfiow that the truest as . .
lWhen they marry, hesitate to take nion. ,
than. i5 8138139, m”, y 
“You are‘right. I amnowwption. 

. whenwemarrydshallwanttetahyona ‘
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,echool, or
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“ Explain ” ' i l 4, r '
“ Can we not send, her to some 
private establishment of learning. "

. I did notith'ink ofthat.” ‘ -

“If you will leave it to me, Ican manage it.”
The door—bell rung at that juncture; but they

‘ , heeded it not. 'lhe lovers were already ra t in
(y each other, oblivious to pal] things save t ose
thrills of oy which seemed to alternate between

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r  as hey stoodthere, soul in soul, and lipto.
; Pi ' .
” But Isabel’s quick ear detected a footstep in ,

the wiggling salon; and in a moment she es-
ca arms, and seated herself at the piano.

one too soon. . A card was brought her. It
was left by the party who rough the bell, and
who/failed to gain a ,mittance, rough her re-_
cent order. - ’
‘de’nncr Wows,” she

car .

' “ Who is he?” .
r ‘5 I’m sure I don’t know. I never met him, or
heard of him before,” and the card was tossed

read, aloud, from the

 carelessly upon the

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piano. -

es, Claude I will leave it all. to you,” Isa-

bel said, present“? '
“I do not thi

much.” . .

f‘ Oh! how can you as. that? .Sheis the child
of to dead husband. f course I love her!”

“ \ till you do not hesitate in leaving me to

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you ever loved Pearl over-

.' arrange for her future.”

‘ . Raine 0 a'father’s love,

4 “No; for I believe you willsee that it is a.
comfortable ement. How soon will you

' beam: to ta’lfe her away?” .

“ At once!” in surprise.

.“Yes. You will find thatI can fix matters
speedily—in fact, Isabel, Iventured a little on
t 9 crime of this hour, and have already taken

Ste ’9
' J)fndeedl”

; call her in, an

; , .v “Eagles broug

 'her arms around her mother’s neck, cried:

“ Pearl can goto—morrow. Had you not better
I acquaint her with the plan?”
Pearl wassummoued.

, “Pearl,” said her stepmother, when she came
in. “this is Mr. Paine. You remember him, do
you not?” ’ , r ‘ ’

“ Yet, I remember,” shaking hands with him,
and then retiring shyly, to her mother’s side.
ht us bad news, pet—of your
father. , ' ’ ‘
‘«‘ What is it, mammal ‘Why do you look so
solemn? ‘Has an thin ha nod?”
“My little gir sagd ne, gravely, “have

‘,‘ I don’t know; I’Ve neVer had cause to try it
yet. What’s it all aboua‘mammai”

_ . f‘Darlin r—your father .is dead! We are. all
alone!” l‘
Part otthis was simulated

~—much was natural-
:for she was but a woma ‘ 7

after all, and knew
’3 soul must out those
dread words.

The large blue eyes widened, as they tunied
from one to the other of the two: but Paine’s
garage, if anything, was stern, and her mother’s

as was bowed.

Dead: Dead, did you say, mammal uol--

you don’t. mean it!
‘ There was no answer. , r
_ a lily that has been mitten by the storm.
Pearl bent, under this terrible news. Her head .
,. (ix-coped audits HES quivered, asshe struggled
to kee . - , .1: matching team.
Youn as the was, she knew the inestimable

and how hard to lose it;

she had worshiped him as onlya child could

"worshi that one'whe, {never}, w k,
  8y, was a Ind,
‘ “ Deadl. she re that

bed. as itsun’ doubti
, she heard ari h ; and than she stoodugbere,
statue-like a silent, her agonized with
grief, her tongue powerless to speak more. ‘
But a nick change Came over her.
Sudden y she started forward, and winding

.; z “ Don't let us be too sad, mammal r We cams
he , it. Pa _ ishappier inheaven than he would
1’ crying new.”

r, , “P8 m n ‘ , v
 1 As Pdarl had midyghe was never before mead

‘ :of woe, even. for

s - to test the true strength of her nature: and now,
- in the moment of the ordeal, Claude Paine saw-

‘that it was one ,ofiron.

“lam hotw ing, pet; to heartis too full
at.‘ ButI eel for you.”
“Never mind me. momma. Perhaps when I

' ~ setbamyself I shall haves sad time; but,I’_m

_,.y strong now.”

 :1: future, child,” '

  

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spoke hushedly, and with emotion. '

- egg;  you not latices to boarding;

schoo .

“To boarding-school! Why, mamma, ,I have
my governem here; can’tzshe teach me well,
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u ‘amgoiu away. ,  ‘v

“ Where to asged Pearl, surprisedly.

“To California, where m uncle lives, And
whilel am one, I had muc rather see you at
boarding so 001, where you will be tenderly
cared for.” ‘ ‘

“ But wh . can’t I go with you?”

“In: ' 1e. Now, you must‘not‘ be disobe-
dient, earl, dear. Remember. it is mamma’s
wis ' and everythin is for your good.”

*“ henamItogfi’P‘ , '\

“ To-morrowz”

“ So soon! And when are you going?”

“Very shortly.” ,

; “Oh, mamma, don’t you gol It will be so
lonesome for me. Why, I won’t have anybody.
Please don’t go.” An the two dimpl'ed arms
clun tighter to her neck as the child leaded.

“ here, there, I’earl; I’m sad enoug as it is.
Don’t make me more miserable by acting this
my. You’ll do as I want you to?

or a second Pearl hesitated. ' .
“ Yes,” came at‘last from the trembling lips.
Paine arose.

“I must bid you -day now, Mrs. Ro-
chestine. If Pe‘arl Wl'l be ready by tour hm.
to-morrow 1 will call for her."

‘ “She w be ready. Let me seeyou to the

door.”

At the door of the next salon the lovers part-
ed. A passionate embrace, a kiss, and Claude
Paine went out. '

When he met his worthy associate that night
on the Eastern Branch bridge, he had good
cause for saying that he had progressed fine 
Pearl was standing where they had left er
when her stepmother returned, with her fair

on her bosom, as if to still the throbbings of a
pained heart. ' ’ ’

She did-not noticelsabel: seemed oblivious to
everything "but this great cloud which encom-
passed her—the first to darken her hitherto
sunnyéife. -
’ Isa l Rochestine swept past her bestowing
a side glance upon her, t err/stopped to repea‘
that glance ere she disappeared beyond the (1.00:7.
Wfly. V

CHAPTER V. *
DID sun WEB KIM?

Wm must, - in order to develop an essential
portion of our narrative take the reader back a
space, to London, to the house of Lord Chaunc ,
to that date when Herod Dean fell beneath t a
sword of the man who, had laimed himSelf
the aiflanc‘ed husband of lle Berkely, and
her thirsty champion. ’ ' ‘

his valet; and when his employer retired to an
apartment in the upper story of the house, ac-

Com by the woman who retainedhi
he he vale) discreetly withdrew from their
PTGSQHOQ. ‘

Our two characters were soon seated in a
luxurmusly-fmnished room where brilliant
lights blazed, and cast b e iant scintillations
mi?  chandelier of quiverin prime.

,6 uglishmanrwasmrsonfie calculatedto
attract and repel, elm neo y—«sufllclently
handsome to engage attenti and hold the
same by a culiar power whic , lurked in his
hard, piercing eyes; while his general appear-
ance, once stud1ed,_was lessthau common. ,.

Of his companion little can be said:" save
that, when she had thrown aside her shawl, and
drawn a chair near to him, we see that she is
glittering, from head to waist, in jewels; and,
in form and feature, was rather stout, Roma-t
good taste admits to‘ be beautiful—yet pec ly

volu tuous aud‘attractive. '

“ am rejoiced, my lord, to’know‘that you
680 V withouteven a scratch,” she saidzf‘I
r y feared for you, because I 'knew Herod
Dean was no‘child m the use of‘the sword." ,

“True, he was no child. _ When I c
weapons with him, I found a dangerous match.
I are favored by fortune. Had it not been for
his slippin , no doubt I would have fallen.”

“'“Then should now. be miserable, Lord
uncy » w »

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title? , me abort. One would think we
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head hung in sorrow, and one small hand resting .

. marry his cross-eyed valet!

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ing the simple inquiry, and of studied calmness.

“EVeryt in l” he exclaimed, impnldvely;
“ everything t at a mangwho isnot cold to pas- , ,
sion, must beattracted by! I know that: ym * r- '7 ,1
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menpossess an intellect such as ‘   x"?
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and, more than all, Estelle, your  . -, " 
have told you how beautiful you are. Are not . ' '
these enough‘l.” ‘ ‘ -  v _,
“I believe you do love_me Hubert.” - *-   ..
“ <1 you are notmistalten m thatbeheL ; ,, V 
Why should I offer. to marryyou’l—why he- '
queath the most part. of my wealth to you?»—, ,
wangt’to be always with you, if I did not love v 
you . I a 

“Have you made sucha will, Hubertl—ewhen
there are others, of your own kin, deserv-
“ I am the judge of that, my queen.” .r w   

“And, I suppose, the mysterious documt is .
deposited iu‘some wonderful hidiugvplsoe; eta. ,r r .
like what we read about, to be discovered ,in a 
romantic manner, eh?” i '

It was artfully put, and the blinded lover did
note that the low, careless laugh which
followed, was a piece of able actin . v

" Oh, no; I only had it with this after- .
noon. ,It is in my desk, in the library.” ‘ 7 ~' :

She arose With an affected'sigh. I ’ 7 * ‘

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Hubert; I am weary.” V , ‘ ~

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him for a second,.shev ,
left him in solitude.

Alone in her boudoir, Estelle Berker Was an
altered woman. '
Her brown, flashing eyes lighted ominously, 
andahalf-loud musing broke from her false, ‘ '
hypocritical lips;  - v v' »
‘ S—ol he has made out his will? I must secure  ;
it;,and mags“) fate will, sometime,.give waits ~ ,
benefits.» t, I must not remain here, I lme  ;-
mum?“ 9m éyesore. by skillfulmm ' . out; _ 
n9?! 1 first flog from merger. ,giae gun I u
never! ' 00111 no mofi‘ ' rlyenn as least: 
tweet-outs the ' 
will—«and then, adieu to Englamil” *' 7 s», . “
“Madame is late retirin lie-night."  I _ a;
Her little maid, a Franc girl ithtwinkliug ' ‘
ages and merry voice, had entered  the next, ,

“ Will madame disrohe?” ‘  ‘ '
d “gee, Fiflne; and hurry, for I am tired 30
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:‘Ah,_cieil it is awful to be tiredio drink. ,,I’ 
Will make haste,” and she continued to chatter : " '7
in a lively strain while she aided_hermistress;__' x .

ffhe fo owing day , s a marvelpt‘beuutx.  ‘ ,.
With sunshine and warmth, and an, atmosphere ‘ .
as clear and are as a draughtfrom the"Ԥtarry. .' o "
goblets” of e Immortals. ' *' .  '  - ”

Notwithstanding the small amount of’repgs’e
he had obtained Lord Chauncy   at ten,

0’ the clock, and sent‘ a message to his smeared; v.
inviting her to a drive in an open 'barouch‘e. " 'g‘ ‘
.She accepted, and they were soon spam: I’ j_‘ '
gayiy over one of the fashionable courses, where “ ’
others before them were enjoying“ the .  , ‘
air and invigoratin Scene. - ‘   .  . ' 
“H , there! Lo Chauncy-eholdl” Valium ,. 
' dram a barouchethat was whirling ,'

timate friends, and instantly ordered his new
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"‘The delight 18. mutuall”; cri ’ Gluitxncv,‘~
grasping the extended hand. “When did you.“ .
return?" , _. ‘ 1, ,  "
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'   g again, he ordered his drive: forward
while annoy, as he and Estelle were 'n
’ n the smooth dfivee-wa-tch by
mired the flash livefiand ,shinin
le d humor, 0

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 / 'Tywho  k. .
cqni. page-ea- m 1n in a
M A categompliment his fnge'nd
I  V «Among allthe ladies who  the rlors
 at'thehonse of Lord Chauncy’s ffienxathat

, . . I afternoon, none were as lovely as Estelle Berke-
' . ’ I ' none drew more attention, nor were the re-
'   of more gallant praise. With her

a ‘ ' beauty, she captivated; with her conversation,
‘ « she doublcdthat captivation ' and’Lord Channcy,
' ‘ eta jealws nature, mar ed the exhibition
. ~ f'dfiffavm‘ with growin pridewmarked
 ., cravings ' lances d at his betrothed
 r  'lthansheh, ’ .
' ' But the nobleman withdrew antl 1artimearly
 pleadi’ ' n at e;and-—asin n ——
' . m’teconderf h t e voice of 'Estelle. ey
' made adieu lot 6 assembled company, and
, ’ were soon returning their home.
' ' herd Chauncy’s plea of fatigue wasa truth-
s..i:  futons: “and, not long after reaching his house,
I ,heismghthis couch to sleep: The dark occur—
” fence of the night previous dld not interfere
. ‘,, isms his rest. ‘ . - _ _

- ._'  'l‘ig‘ehnilding was, in a short time, still as 9.
tom r r. » _
“The hours slowly counted b . It w eleven.
I  t Then the door of Estelle erkely’s udoir
,. 1 might have been Seen to open, and. she, herself,
. . lesqu noiselessly forth.

 s  She was dressed in a complete travelin -suit,
g and carried a long, Walton candle, whic she
‘ waved before and around her as she advanced
f 4 along the hall. _ .

"» Anon she paused, and listened intently, as
‘ though in ,fear of some one lurking near to spy
U .‘ , ' ; i'upon her movements. But no suspicious sound
J I '_ 1 was audible in the household surrounding, and
‘  again-she started forward on tip-toe, clutching
' '1  the burnished holder with a firm, hard grip.
‘ The library door was reached:
- “New tonecure the will.” ' V -
She disappeared within, closing the door, after

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_ “ , when shepid comgé, she carried a large, 31' nifi.
‘ *cant document. if Was‘Lord Chauncy’sw ll.
éi ‘ “She did not retrace her steps in the direction
, .; got. her rooms, but turned to the broad stairway
x  began to descend, "
> , , Suddenl she paused, as suddenly the light
,, , fell from
 >, something struck upon her ears that made her
’ tremble, guiltily. _
' . a “Murder! Help !—-hel here! Murder 1”
“ "rung, echoingly, throu h t e house '
 ,  It was the voice 0 {Lord Chauncy’s valet.
e ,upifhei’alarm came from that portion of the
 braiding Where the nobleman sleptzvr the words-
1thrrible~in im rt—roused the slumbering ser-
,  with a rtof terror.
5» ~ gfwhereall Was still. and’deserted was new life,
A Inci‘saand excitement: Lights flushed from room
(to. room: men and women hurried forward to
 employers’ apartments, where, the valet
: gm: knees, besi e a bed, was weeping and
 moanhifiand wringin his handsaipagriei. ~
V  , hauncy lay s k and ——to all ap.
"   a co . A thin bluish line around
 ‘ b  throat told t e tale. He had been strangled!
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‘,,together. and teeth hard set—the sounds of alarm
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.  ’ ,new‘s- and when, uall‘ , the
  of harigriet case itself, t was
Whale) her in a way. words cannot ex.

,  air seemed to close around her; a"
  only b alow painful sobb' .
": ,fi' last, shecon dno longer keep bac, ~—
~  j ,inthc, gorgeoust - ‘

. otteran ll ofwee n herwet
F’pym’rdiédiolnfiafilh ‘ gtign’g‘ on the
.- wall. 0th she choc ' ct tears,

 'mffih't some 'n the features- clone
 , to ,the mom'eeeno mermandshe

 [her knees, burying her” time :in her

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paid to the bride- 3i

also. the you?
by

er hand and was extinguished; for

- there i”

cliildl Itwashard forhcrtorealize the a

r as other‘tliln' g

I m"Flips!  she ,wailed,r [tremulouslg
W 0h! why did you ever go away!» Why have
on lelgt me all alone? Come back—Looms back'
..me 7 .
d“ Pearl, my .child,” spoke a soft voice, at her
9 .

She started, and looked up.

I. It was her overnness who stood there—a
young, . Md-loo ing lady, with a calm, sweet
expression of countenance, that had, long ago,
brought Pearl to love her. , l '

“What isit Pearl? Tell me.” a

“ Oh, Miss liyrnc, I am so sadl—sosadl” .

“ What has happened?”

“IIaven’t you heard? Didn’t mamma'tell

“ I have not heard anything.” I
“Pa al—dear, dear papal—he—he’s dead!”
and a rash burst of, tears followed the speech
from the uiVering

‘4 Your ather de l” exclaimed Miss Byrne,
and the accent was low and full of astonishment.
“ When did he die?” ’ :

Pearl had sprung to her feet, and pillowed her
head on the other’s bosom.

“I don’t know; they only told me he was
dead. That Mr. Paine told mamma. And,
Miss Byrne—ohl Miss Byrne, they are going to
send me oif to boarding-schooll I’ve got to
leave you!”

f‘Qromg to send you away? How sudden all
the 1s!” The last was muttered more to herself.

“ Yes—yes,” sobbed “Pearl; “it’s sudden, and
it’s unkind. Mamma is goin to California'
and now, when I want somebo y to talk to, an
comfm't me, I’ll be by myself, among strangers.
I wish you could-go.'with me i”

“ When are you to leave?”

“'To-mormw.” \ l

“ To-morrow! I Wonder why there is so much
haste in getting you elf?” The Last again to
herself. , . . . .

“,I don’t know—I don’t know. Ohl Miss
Byrne, what shall I do?” '

. Pearl’s face, euptumed to hers with its page of

sorrow, touch a sympathetic chord in the
soul of the kind governess, and awoke all. the
tenderest feelings in her womanl heart. She
too, began to weep, but it was in silence; and
folding Pearl closer, she mingled her grief with
the child’s. I ‘ ‘ '

She had learned to love the youn girl during
the time she had been beneath rs. Rocheso
,tine’s roof; and the affection was mutual. No
wonder, then, that both were unhappgr at the
prospect of being separated; and , doubly
argumented Pearl’s woo for, with father, mo-
ther, kind governess, al gone, and she to en
from those scenes so endeared to her youth ul
fancy life did, indeed look desolate and bleak.

“ What, what shallI do?” repeated the child,

1. uestion that was almost involuntary. .-

he\had alWays lookedto Miss Byrne for ad»:
vice on those little matters which perplex the
young; and it was but natural that she should
do so now, upon asubject that was crushing her
spirit to the earth. _ I» \ ,
V “Be strong, Pearl,” said Miss yrne,’in re-
ly; “be strtin as you can. once lost a
gather, who, I h air, was kind to me as yours
was to you. And when he died, [I had none to
go to, no one tdsheltsr me from the world—~101-
we were poor, and almost triendlees. But I
knew therew a wise Bein in Heaven who
had Ordained 1t, and toHim turned for com-
fort. ‘ God must have egiven me stre , Pearl;
for, whenever I ray to HimgIr-fel less sad.
And I began to flew out my own life, bearin

‘mycross of trials with humility, and sustain

b an unwavering faith in Jesus.’ . Look

a“
seven, Poarl—t e only true balm comes to

In one” accord, they sunk down to their knees.
And there, in the midst of lung: and pom-
pous lay—where it , lound strangely
solemn to a voice in auger—Pearl s truest
earthly 'end grayed to 9 invisible Medina
tor—an to l " , .

A beautiful tableaul' A picture as rare, in
the palaces of the rich, as splendor is in chaos!

It was not Ion . «But, for many seconds
“liter Emaifi w  —-9<l if Zuni???
t n me one ~ -
‘flugce from the skies was already pouring into
their hearts.

f’l‘llileizustleotdadidgessrecalledthem to a new
0 e surrou .
rs. Rocheetine  entered the parlor, an
as the two arose, she exclaimed: r
“ a ‘ l~geuherer
‘ l“ Wes. was‘seeking‘l‘learl, and tound her in
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1 , forget" when you came here,  .exL.
were not to 'rfrequent' . 

'pressly stated that you
this , ion of the house.” .
or
stine ” returned. the verness uietl ; this is
the first time, I beliegg, that i gave intruded.
I prpmised to read to your daughter to-dag;
audit was to keep my promise that I sang t
her. The servants seemed to have all gone elf
somewhere-” - '
“Mamma, don’t look so cross!” broke in
Pearl as she clung closer to' Miss Byrne. _ i
“ fiery well-say no more. You may retire

ow.
u And I am going with her, mamma.”

companied her. , V
The stepmother gazed after “the pair nut-.11
they disappeared. Then she uttered, hall»

aloud: v _
“I donit want to be too severe with the child.
She is nothin to me, it is true; yet she never
did me harm. d they werepraying together?
Ah, me! it has been a long time smce I prayed;
I believe I have almost forgotten how.” »

where she had thrown it. 1
She picked it up and read the ’nameagain.
. “‘Pnacr WOLFE.’ Who can,,he b‘ei—a per.
fact stranger. ” . . V ‘
Miss Byrne was With Pearl constantly during
the day; and at night she bus1ed herself with

Pearl carefully discriminated in the selection
or their contents, while the governness placed
everything nicel to itself. -

| There was no
and fro, or noisy on
most .necessary to be taken; al was donein si-

quiry or answer. ,

At bedtime the two knelt a in. Another
prayer went up to Heaven from he stillness of
the room where Pearl was to else for the, last
time, and then came the good-nig t kiss. ’

done much to soothe the uphill wound of her
char , and, under the mild nfluence of her
com orters’s words, Pearl soon went to sleep.

to bring a renewal of that stem realization of
her utter loneliness, which had changed her
from- a buoyant sunny fairy, to a 
child whose sensibilities were womanly.‘ . .

, CHAPTER VII. '.
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ft was rather a sad beginning for the New
Year; and while she dressed for breakfast, she

lance at her mirror, lest her mm c 

ace mi t bring the again tuber eyes. ,
She 'd’» not descend when hes~ simple toilet
was finished. The prayer ‘ Miss , yrue I
tered, there, the night betore, seemed to have
left a strange, antic g calm in the atmosphere,

mi she sat b her window, nd zed but u
the far hills toythe north, with ga npo
bar-ed  that looked :2 ctheerl'ess-u-t ” here
an ere an evergreen a e aid: as a
symbol of life in the midst of {fig-’3 dcathlike
. barrenneso—there was a
in her bleeding heart; a teen

lone fan the picture which mgfi
xii-gag: on her, tender nature. v

as drear

11 run
starth tode the brgeakfast-hall With
step—ran unlike the go. , Ian hing
tyatour hours ago as 3 film?“
a Pearl l” called a voice behind her. .

window apparent] waiting for her.
1.‘ . , -morning,ylflss Byrne.” .
Did you have a good sleep?” inquired the.

w a
very nicely. But I

asshe stoo to
' “Yes, 1%
have done it
Pearl, as she used for a moment
brace of her end.

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have 1 broken the rule, Mrs/Roche»

With a sigh, she crossed over to' close the piano. ,
The card of her recent would-be visitor lay ,

The calm, sweet voice of the governess had

moved mechanically aboutnscarce daring'to

imparted a soothing weirdness to her alumina-1 '

their cap ingot“

great struggle goingon , g

Pearlogtwen; ',

alight.  :
Byme had been standing attire entry 
ZOVemess, forein re smile 1:1; wreathe her lips“ '1
it hadn’t been for, 
F. e , .

“5698.33.11, a stout heart. my‘ehnd. an is it: , '
Isabel Rochestine swept pastthem  they t

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Miss Byrne withdrew in silence, midyear] ac~ I i

arranging for. the child’s departure on theinora ’
row. . \ r ,
There were tw° small trunksto be.packed.f,'

ustle, excitementI hurrying to '
11 what was ‘

lanes, with hardly an occasional whisper of in- v "

It was a blessed respite, for the morrow was; ‘ V

PEARL awoke at ah early hour next morn» '-

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‘Miss‘ , showed as Isabel.
Pearl to wed after her ate :1 her. .

The news a! the death 0 Horace Rochestine
had been to. the servants. Several
among'them were of, old connection with the
house—slaves who, when the reclamation of
emancigtion was pmmulfia , had preferred
rather , stay with an ind gent master than to
seek situations elsewhere. ‘

The 10019 was generall felt; and the dark—
ski’nne waiter who was attendance at table
air-erg? wore a complete suit of black, and
gov about with an air-of extraordinary grav-

y ,

“ Where am I ' oin to, mammal” mired
Pearl, after nearly t e w ole meal was partaken
of in silence. '

“I really cannot say, pet; Mr. Paine has
kindly offered to arrange everything.”

“ And didn’t he tell you?”

H No.” ,

. nother silence. Both were occupied with
th hts of their own. ' e
"‘ amma”——at length, “can’t Miss Byrne go

with me?” ,
Why, Pearl, how ridicu-

“ Go with you!
lousl” .. r

“ I don’t think it’s ridiculous, mamma. I love
Miss Byrne'dearly, and it Would almost break
my heart to part with her.” V

“ How absurd! No,‘ pet—they have teachers
enough where you will go. M188 Byrne is going
to leave me this afternoon.” I l

“ Are you goin to discharge her?”

“ Certainly. I
are one.” \.

. “ ndshe can’t go With me?”

“Of course not.” A .

,, It seemed to Pearl that everything was
against her' at every turn there was something
to increase her sadness.

Once she wished that the New Year , had
never come—or that she had died before its ad-
vent. But this feeling was uickly overcome'
she remembered the words of t e governess, an
she resolved to imitate her, to hear her cross of
trials with humili . , x ’

After breakfast, earl retired to her robm.

She sat down again b the window. But it
was not to contemplate a 1 that looked so deso—
late without: a new train of thou ts had
:aklen possession'of her—thoughts who 1y of her

at er. -

- She was reviewin those days, not . so far in
thepast, when that nd father was with her,
to contribute to her pleasure, or see, in person,
that his child Was enabled to ap reciate the
value 01:, studies destined to 're ne, without
wearying the intellect, and fit her .for' mingling

‘ V , in that society where she belonged.

‘It was a b ht dream to look backupon
and con rifmmfiiugly, with her present

. situation.
She recalled his fond caresses, his encouraging

smiles, his con

“ I eel MissB
-. "f‘ “Whatis

cessions to her childish humors,
ro less of a brilliant future in store for her
‘ th flitted liken panorama, in her reveries;
and when she ended with asking herself if she
had done anything in return for his care, she an-
‘iIam sure I’ve beena good girl! I never
 him cause to scold me; I never disobeyed
inn! always tried my best to please him. If
g6 03.1: look ‘down from Heaven and see me, I
' hemnstweep for me. And page is in
armaments my 83°23: Wm:
. a ' orw on v e '
was finished with words 33’ could not wi -

hold.
“I wish I was with‘himl ’,--—a low, whispering
utterance that melted from her lips in a long,

deep- fig'h‘ ' ' ’pped at the door.

. some one

’ “Gomeinfl , a

,It was the over-nose. Pearl ran to meet her.

: “0h, 3—! have more bad news; I '
asked momma let you go with me to board—p
ingcchool, and she refused,”

'1‘ Did you learn where it is they are going to

send out” » . ,
as; Mr. Paineisgoingtoflxitall; andhe
didn’t tell momma what his plans were. ’ ‘
“ I have. some bad news, too, Pearl,”
a, smiling faintly. ‘ I
» 1W" it’llldml 33“ ‘° "° “m”
an e c
py‘lltisbadlorme. Ihawtolookup another
situation now.” ' «

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‘ I Y M  g
’ wa’going‘ todoit. rm ‘
. , __nestled closer to

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“Come,”said Miss Byrne, softly, “there are
only a few hours la and want to give youall,
the co, e I can. / Cannot let you, go , until I
feel that have done you some good; for I love
you, Pearl, as much as if you were my owu dear

'ttle sister. , Sit down by me.” ‘

B,“ Yolg don’t know how much I love you, Miss
yrne . , ~ ‘
They sat] there along while, talking low] t0-

gether—the 'hours Went byfl unheeded, an the

sun passed its meridiam ven the lunch~bell

did not disturb them, so happy .was this com-

mune of sympathetic spirits.

It was when the afternoon had well advanced,
that a knock at the door aroused them.

“Mrs2 Rocheetine says for Miss Pearl to at
gaudy right away. The carriage is waiting or

or. -

“Be a strong little woman, Pearl,” said the

evenness, after the servant had reluctantly de-

' vered his message and was gone. “ If you can

conquer our sorrow now, it will not be so hard
after aw lie.”

And Pmr],set.her white teeth firmly together
as she proceeded to dress for her departure.

Down-stairs Isabel Rochestine was seated
With her lovar, Claude Paine, on one of the lux-
urious sofas. He had come in only a few min-
utesbefore, and, at his request, the message was
sent 6%: to Pearl, to prepare without delay.

“ ere are you going to take, her to,

Claude?”
» “ To I ngleside—a charming place,where every
attention will be paid her, and where with so
many girls of her own age, she cannot fail to
find leasant com anions. ”

“ ut where is it?” ' .

“ About six miles from Baltimore.”

Then their conversation turned upon their
own future. Each had much tosay to thevother;
there was much to be planned out; and while
the‘ moments passed rapidly, they made good
use of the opportunity. .

The ,, were interrupted by the entrance of
Miss yrne, with Pearl close beside her.

‘.‘ Ah 1” exclaimed Paine, arising, “ are you
read l”

“- es, she is ready,” replied the governess.

Paine s eyes were at first fixed updn the child.
But they turned quickly upon the speaker.

He started slightly; then gazed steadfast at
her and uttere something inaudible.

- She returned his lance with a look equally as
hard and steady, w lie the slightest of frowns
contracted her brows. . 7 ‘

Isabel did not notice what was going 0 ' she
was busiylwith Pearl, adjusting a careless ribbon
and ask g the child if she was prepared to - say
g -by, and obe mamma like sliced girl.

aine advanc to the side of t e verness,
still regarding her with deepest scrut y. .

“ We have met before!” he whispered.

“Yes, Claude Paine, we have met before-
'n,” she answered,in a. tone
as low as his, an full of ice. '

One second he stood still; then he impatiently
wheeled around. 

“ ls Pearl ready?” H . ’

“ Yes,” said Pearl, quietlfibut . in the same
b thushe sprung toward 'ss Pyne, with a
lo , pained cry-to be caught in those shella-
ing arms, to received the set warm kiss of a
{mend she thought she was about to lose forever.

When they reached the hall, the final, touching
mane was enacted. ,

Two or three of the old, tried servitors were
gathered there, watching for her, to bid tare-
well to one whom th almost worshiped.

“Good-by, Missey _ earl!” -

“ God bless you, chilel—yood-b l” .

“ Good-by! ~byl” wept earl, as she
shook hands wi h them; and they, devoted be-

ings, cried like children as she was led away
from them. - ~ '

It was soon over. She was . She waved
her handkerchief to them the house was
last to view, and then sunk back on the seat of
the , cry bitterly. .

“ Mrs. hestinel” exclaimed the governess,
when the door was closed, “ you have forgotten
her trunks!” _
in“ 1:2, I hag: not. The areétobe  tuber

a or 9.; , ’ _yrne, e mesay,
the sooyuer your ovfigmnk is packed the better
I shall be pleased. I will y you an extra
month’s salary in order the you may not be
inconvenienc ’ y, W 8 3
new home. ” I

Miss Byrne after her as she neutered
the parlor, an said tohereel : I ' ‘

“ see how it is with you, Isabel Enchantme—
I,lmow w the death, of; Horace Rochestine
does not, ‘ gh  down .s‘vith grief. ‘Iti‘s 
cause you love lauds Palace-because he loves

learn your error whenit is too late, toolsteto 3
escapes‘hh'e fate you are weaving ,for horn-salt. ~
, n

It you knew Claude Paine as I know,
. mg shudder in  of your blind love
L CHAPTER VIII.-
, a vrsrr or molar. '

ISABEL Rooms .
fact that Miss Byrne was icoking after her.

She discovered it by one quick, momen-
ghlgnce' lback toward the vestibule as she ante

or. . _

“ yis it thiswoman’s presence lane dis-
tasteful to me?” she ‘- asked herself pausing.
thou htfully, near the center of e’ room.
“’W at makes her look at‘me so hard, with
those large, gra eyes? Whenever we meet it
is the same 100 —deep_ and mysterious, until,
sometimes, I almost think she is a mesmerizer
or something of the kind l”-:-shc  ‘

gggnm be refused admittance. “ o fault

vents. It bore the same name as thatwhich
had caused the wonderment on the
none.

the last fo-the man who waited.

Percy Wolfe" was ushered into her presence. .
He bowed low before the queenlytbeauty.
“ Mrs. Bochestine.” '
She inclined. her head' thensaid:
“ I believe $011 called I

Mr. Wolfe? ill you be seated ?” .

back upon one of the rich sofas, he said:'. 4
visit—I being an entire stranger.”
ly listened.

“ I come from England.” ' '
:: Englandl”~she was instantly attentive,

“ Whlit pant
“ London.”
“ Indeed!” ,.

the friendship and confidence 0 Horace

tine.” ‘ x L ‘ l ’

“ I am always pleased to meet imyhushand’s

friends. Have you been long in thiscountryi” .,
“ Not long.” '  V

Bochestine?’
‘* “ ifive heard of his death,” 
‘Yesl” .
.“It was some months
fever?”

“Then this friend Paine, has
aee’s instructions.”
“Very sad "intelligence ‘to

ingallthe pleasureso! society, hes—die
more.”

“i assesses?”
“Yes-er. .Bechestlne’s will.” I
m‘$h_l l”
on
He  the» blankl’y.
“Mrs. Roe
 explain, Mr. 
possibl that w
mohedyoul” 'y . , I
“You astonish me! Ihave seen no
did not know hehad made any.” . a _ 

life were spent with me. . Ere he
niche ade outawilhinwhieh

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“He said that will
America,
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“Mrs. Rochestineythtalelfimotmy ‘l  - L

m was not unaware. cit-he

by a. ring at the door—bell—a loud, determined 7 7
ring, as if the comer was one of ant ority, and -

A card was brought her by one at the 831‘? '. I I

‘In a few moments Herod Dean’s friend, '

to see me yesterday,
When he had drawn up a chair,  
“ No doubt you are somewhat surprised at my '  'y ’
Another bow of the regal head; but she more? _ ‘1

“And, during my sojourn feral m’  

“ Perhaps you bring me news  Hr. {:5

“Yes,madam,I——ar—”hehesitated.k . 
renew—-

usem‘it  
“ltwas-r-bo "here lied; ‘  
for I cannot but realise that “71:11:, I walfi;
“Let me couple in u; was Mot“ 
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know nothing about his   f 
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'  T was h; ‘shrevvdl Suspicious man, 3nd,!!! his 133*.
, . “tore, instantly experienced the feeling that all,
..‘..w not *7. ‘ r * ‘f ‘

' , ' Dean-4r, rather, Horace Rochestine—
had toldhimvin‘conversation held on the night
preceding the duel, that the will was ,inclosed

'. friend Claude Paine. «

' g ‘ it Claude Paine had followed out the instruc— é

 'i  , tions of the letter so far-as to inform the wife
‘ r '. that her husbandhad died, months ago of fever

; , contracted in London, then why had ,

" ' . also delivered the will over to Mrs. Rochestme?

v the‘mu silence Which ensued. I .
C ’ v _ . . ', “Oh well, madam, I presume it is all nght,”
"  ' at‘la‘st, king the exact opposite of
v ‘ his eelinga. . ‘ men vissafe, no doubt, and

you will get it shortly.” . g » ~ '
. “ ""Ihope so. Do you know theperson’s name,
1; tombom my husband intrusted it?” '
. ‘ 3' , “No,” he answered promptly-Amer answer of
7  afman Whose suspicions were aroused, and who,
'under‘thisfeeling, felt himself justified m the
, . evasion. . , . . ,
” “Whereisvthis child—Pearl—lf I may aski” ,
. , 2",! have  sent herto boarding-school.’l
“Indeed When?” "

,," a. few minutes ago.

,.  sconafé‘he‘r going you muzt
'i  carriage depart.” “ . 4 . .
 herinpardon, if I

As ouc’ame in so
we seen the

 . “And where did you send

,- domino too much ” s
' r ' “.To Ingleside.
“ Ah?”

 g‘ 1 “‘ Have you ever heard of it?”
" p  . ‘9 Oh, fr uently.” \ , V
4 \, “I nude . (1 there is no better institution in
~;' the countr for the mental, moral and physical
‘ trainingo girls.” . x
“Ath excellent place,” he acquiesced.
. . Then he admitly‘ led her off into, a .conversa—
, tint upon trivial matters, until under the. inflw
. v ‘1 once of his lively manner, engaging speech, and
‘ g  descriptions thrill: are ever read; at the.
a  s and of one w 0 has toured brough
Europe, she dorfiot, for the time, what had been
.  regarding orace Rochestine’s W111.
 t ‘ ‘- It was net until Wolfe had bid her good-day,
and she was once more alone, that the object of
his visit flashed back into her mind; and as she
maimed from the door of the parlor, she halted
with the em-lamation:
   . ». Am dreaming? What was it he said about
‘ i ' Harm’s will? That the bulk was to go to Pearl}
 ,1. , lam, then, onl to receive the widow’s portion!
 ,But Where is, is will? It is all very mysteri-
_  " .  ; I widr I had had my senses about me, and
  more from him l—well, Miss Byrne?”
_ -  , emess had entered almost noiselessly,
 and 1333; started.

‘ I‘Near Baltimore.”

.1“,

at the sudden intrusion.
.« Y . ‘5‘ I have come to say that my tmmkispacked,
‘ .  Bochestined ' r
.. I ,szhatl Why, I ml did not mean that
’youshould gens soon as his.” 3 ’
,, ‘ m ,” continued; Miss Byme, without
- new the liatemiption, “ you promised me
1-,_mextramonth’s salary. I ret thatI must
 ' u in‘fulfllljhat promise, uo-J’
. “' en:— es; wait almoment.” ~ - _ J
.; ..   to a writing-desk. on a small
, j’table’ that stood in one corner, and hurriedly
. ammo checkior fifty dollars. »‘ ‘
,  handed to the governess, saying:-
“'  have beenvrery attentive to Peer , Miss
 iknowshe has improved wonderfully
. under col-instructions. In. procuring another
  gator to'mel. if youdesireflée
'  _.  ereahall so. oumay
  _ " was ‘ hiya meaning
tone and the go gray eyes Watched her
 , Isa l'bit her/lip. , ~ '
-» '“ WellerealEy—s-I-ain fact, Him Byrne, I had
" " maybehlongwavfromhere
whan'you get anothern’position. I will write
‘ .» eghazrleegmmendadcn, andche tin-nod again
e es ‘ ‘ x. ' . ' .
“"ia‘tllo-do  onrself Mrs. Roches-
 it is unnecessary. am well recommended,
 I’aiready pom. I bid you farewell
exam}: I hear the carriage at the door.” \
. “‘S‘thy, Kiss}; e. Iwould domore for you,
s  on have not saved much money while
‘ ‘  r , I-writ'ea check ioranotherrflfty? I
“wk-ave you made up your mmd where you are

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' dissgyrae might makethe significant reply
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'  *Vfdse‘egifé’meomomhle.”  '-

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scarce knew why she put this question.

is

   

he not «:

Thus Perc Wolfe interrogated himself, during '

 

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.- with the «letter he had sent'to his American ,'

' hard to find a name—~thoughtful, .yet upon noth-

, l’ As they approached her,
“ seen?” 7 ‘ ‘ -

' " it Was a rate which promptedher to it, 1

not wish to beNBerfect in our studies?”

And then, all the dear nooks and corners in our

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Isabel’s earsgas she s there, with newly-

pe‘rplexing t oughts tanglin in her mind.

To Ingleside ?--tosee if earl iscomiortable? '

What can she mean?”

 

\ CHAPTER IX.-‘
. THE PLAN WORKING. « .

THE carriage containing Claude Paine and his

oung companionsped onward at a rapid rate,
or there was no time for delay.

Pearl could not check the tears or her more
than grief; her feelings,at this prospect of exile,
were such that her nature could not than over-
come them.

He watched her for some
the echo. =
_ “ Don’t cry 30’, little Pearl,” he said, at last,
In a voice meant-to soothe her. ,
“ I can’t help it, Mi‘. Paine l—oh! indeed I
can’t!” _ . r * '

“You must think oLwhat a nice time you.
will have at school. ' There will be girls of your
Own age, who will love you; there will be all
kinds of recreation to make your studies light."
There is a. gymnasium; a beautiful lawu: flow-
ers' fresh a1r--why, you will soon be happy
under the influence that will surround you,
You will, besides. get a thorough education, and,
in the end thank momma Rochestine for send~
ing- Wu-lg ‘*

‘ I don’t care 'for all these things 2” she broke
m, half-impatiently, as she wept on. '

“ Don’t care for them! Why, Pearl, do you

time, listening to

“Yes, yes, . Paine, do. But-4" and the
tear—wet eyes raised quickly to his face, “ what,
is allthis compared to what I am losing? I’ve
lost a fathen—nothing can make up for that!

old house—I shall never see them again l—I feel
I sha’n’ti As for ficwers—why,one little bud
out of my own garden, when everything looks
so pretty in bloom, is worth more to me than all
the roses in the world! I want to be an edu-
cated woman, Mr. Paine, and maybe I will be;
but, oh! see what it is going to cost—not in
money; I am miserable l” '

He did “not interrupt the child: her speech
was so strong,.so passionate, so unlike what he
might ex t from one so young, that it held
him till 5 e had finished.

“_But, Pearl, on will have such a great
variety of mteres ' geobfied‘ts around you-—

“ Then they Will a the harder to choose

   

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from!” sobbed the voice in the handkerchief. '
“ But, so many nice companions—” ‘

friend, and I would rather have Miss 13me
than all the others you talk of.”

At mention of t e governess‘s name he started.
It reminded him of the brieLscene in the parlor,

There was, evidently an olda uaiutance ex.-
istiug between Claude Paineand earl’s friend,
and that it wasvsignlficant the reader has, no
doubt, inferred. ' . ' I , >

The young girl’s last words had thrown him
into a state of meditation: and the thoughts
that began  through his mind could not
have been! ve ' p easant, for, as he sat silent,
his gaze rivets on the floor of the carriage, he

 

was frowning. .
When he s ook off the moody feeling that had
come upon him, Pearl had ceased cryin . i

She was looking out throu h the window at 1
the houses they were passing y so quickly; but i
her gaze Was vacant, it did not note what she

saw. . ,
She was in that peculiar frame, for which it is

lag; sad, «yet scarce aware of it; oblivious,
almost, to her own presence, yet toan observer,
reflecting deep] , and fully awe e. .
Silence preva ed during the rest 01 the drive.
They soon reached the depot. , ‘
“ Come, Pearl.” .
She roused, with a. half-frightened M at
sound of his voice. , ‘ " l
‘ “ Are we there?”
“ch." \

He assisted her out, and they entered the;

his alert“ cs discovered :
the doogyot the ladies’ 

 

,cA‘lmost immediately
avgfigress standing near
W lug—mom. he said, inquiringly:

 

E’syhem ” gnsvzerked thisi uGgI‘BSB- y

m'nv car, use ‘4: - . .

, “Hell's the womauwho will take you,Pearl‘.”
“ Take " a" she exclaimed, surprisingly.

’ “You. " he will take'ymi to ing'lesldefigo

school.” . r i

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1,201: nozfihetisim 'ble-J' , '  
“5.1303,: teammaknow this?” x
- nly—-” ‘

- a We queer she didn’t ten me!" ' x
“Perhaps she forgot it—or hardly the

necessary. Bu a moment, while _
yolian' tic eta,” an hsturned away as he spo e.
ear '

' gazed after him.
“ Did!) he tole you l’s goin’ to take you ’iongl”
asked ‘Cassa, I '0 .

“No,” still looking, incrediilously, toward

Claude Paine‘i'who was pumhasinthhe tickets. I, i

at the windo ‘ V r

Suddenly Pearl bent a close scrutiny on the
woman who was soon to be her  _ ion. ,'

Cassa’s face was as if out from weed; nothing
there to intimidate the child, nothing suspicious,
yet nothing to make her resence agreeable~ r
simply a black, immobile 'ace, with a pair or
eyes that betrayed nan ht of their owner. ,

“ Where are my trun s?” interrogated Pearl.

“Done gone in by file time, guess. ’

“ When are we gomg. to Ingleside?——to—night??’
questioned the young girl again, after a pause.

“ Be dark when we gets to Baltimo’,”
Cassa; “ so ’t we can’t go out dar till momm’.”‘

Paine just then rejomed them. He had not ,.

been absent long. I . ,
Pearl would 15W8 asked more questionsibug

for the interruption; and Cassa was already a,

little uneasy in answering the child. . ‘ v

“Now, Pearl, be a good, stout-hearted girl. I

We shall expect a long letter from you 50011,.

telling us whatanice time you are having ”-—,- ‘

handing thetic’kets to Cassa while 5 gigging.
“ Have my trunks come in, Mr. aide?”

She had not noticed "that thetrunksfivere‘not , '

on the carria e.

“You will nd them at Ingleside. hen you
get there,” he evaded, adding: “ He is home-
thing from momma.” "3 «

It was anew portemonnaiewf ri  f ' 3
and Pearl put it carefully‘away in  ' cketfil’ I

“Don’t open it until you get on  'oad ” he
said, forging a mysterious smilé ‘
apiite a surprise init for on. Ari? remember

5: on one side you’ll nd' som ,lfing rolled
up, and marked with an X—tbat :4“ for Cassa

here,” nodding toward the negressf' : ’d,_at the
' ifl’cant 3 cs.

same time, giving her a s1
“ I’ll remember, Mr. P e.’ , a,
1".  ' all
resentgz”. ‘1 '

“And now let me see you to
As they moved toward t a gate, Pain ,[  d

 

safe. ,The train will start

; an opportunity to lean over and hiss into s, 99),;
“ I don’t . want them. I Only want one good  r' I '

“Mark, now: see that .she does not e '5? '
cu! Keepher safe out of my wa , unsung
on ‘ as youdo, on shall have '

S e answer merely by a knowing look, .= ,4

they hurried on. '13}:
They were hardly seated when the godé'
sognded. Edd. P l _
ame, 1 mg ear adieu, took. h' do
ure, He did not leave the depot, 2305,, Par
he saw the rumbling train far cation t e curv;
mg track: and then, with a clenched M and a
dark gleam in his eyeshe hastened out to, tbs,
waitingparriage.  'y ' , - f , - , '

“Ha! ha! ha!” ha chuckled, as he 'was home

away, “now the plot works! If
me as she has premised, all is well.
the full tideof success. Isabel is mine-41nd so
will be the wealth of place Rochestine'ere
long. The only obstacle 1n my path is removed.
for the resent; and for the uture, if need be, ‘«
I can 1) 0t anew. Dorszfi Derrick, wh. aretwo
fortunate men. - You sh come in for ang

sa‘ serves «

share of the spoils. Ha! ha! ha!”
., , CHAPTER X. 
' amnnmnmza._ 
WHEN Percy Wolfe whispered in the eanof

his unlucky friend, on the night of the duel, tlzc .

promise to find the child, and see that the
obtained the benefits of her father’s will, the ul-
the cart from which it welled.

The. young man had even neglected, other
pressmg duties, after his arrival in New York,

in order to make his, conscience clear on the . 5"

subject of his pledge.

.During the voyage across the'Atl-antic, he had ‘

{given many moments. tOPiQtWSS 0‘3 ab? 18“)“
ittle ,spot in the West—a cottage, where in
summer lime-he had

ed so many happy

hours in the cool s‘ha e of oaks and ma es, . ‘
fcommunin with Nature; afather andm‘other ’

whom be ad not seen foryearsgtwofsiaters,

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'“alctioneotalinmnnu' ‘ - . I '
fife ottenwonderedbi! the old charms Were
wutingdo welcome him— than trembled while
he thought, for two long ears had! rolled

, armed smce helast had has from »“ home.”

. __Fi£teen years agohe hadstarted out to make
hunselfaman among men; and Fortune had

not shut her portals to his energy for he had ‘

prospered.

.In _the time gone,» what had transpired round
his birthplace? 0f father, mother, sisters—how
many were left? Why had letter after letter
which he sent brought no reply, no tidings of
ana’kind to relieve him of his an i

ith such feelings consuming him, it was

but natural that his whole soul should be tor. .

tnred with yearnin? to once more stand amid

. the scenes of his chi dhood, and rest in the em—
brace of those precious ones who, alone, of all
man’s friends, love with an unwavering aflec-
' n—tathefr, mother, sister! . K. ’ ‘ ,
ut-the promise he had given Horace Ro-
chestine, in that fatal hour-rot the past, must be
fulfilled first: ' "

, He went straightway to Washiggton, 13.23; as

we have seen called at the'house
. And when l’ercy Wolfe left the’ mic of
Isabel Bochestine, it was with the . oonvxc—
ticu that Horace Bochestine’s friend, Claude
' Paine, needed looking after. ‘ . 3 ‘
Wolfe had been made aware of his friends
desire to be connfidered dead by those who
knew him in 'America; knew that Claude
Paine had received instructions, to that effect;
and, in his conversation with Isabel, had dis-
- - covered . xat this much had been attended to.
But hei‘knew, also, that the will for Pearl‘s
benefit was inclosed in with the letter to Paine.
“ Then; wibhad it not come to light?

When reached his room at the National
Hotel, bellyth himself into a chair, and looked
thou htfw’ Il-r down at the carpet. _

_ “ herd,l Isome mystei here,” he mused, in
an underid e. ,“ Either t is Claude Paine is a.
' rW,"Adiflm I am. too hasty in formm my
opinions. j ? astyl” and his brow knit. ' “ o, I

' am notfteoiflastytl’aine must have t the let:
,‘ tor and tha brill  at ; and 1scallions 
am.  , .  ov erlgh mg. ‘
 Mrs. fishestine was only ‘acting,’
when shesbotessed ignorance? What if she is
in long“ also rob the child? .Let me think: what
istol‘lhionel’" ' ‘ a ,*

Wh : he sat there, meditating deeply, nu-
meracy footsteps sounded in the entry.

8nin onewas about to occu the next room.

“(haunt time shall I knock: ’ inquired some
onii’gi‘nflly, outside. x p

3‘ all me in time for the 12:45 train to Balti-

} a“ ,”'amwereda.lovr,plealsa§: «some. {‘1 will

hiss fostinmyreom an t oorcOsed as

illétwa‘iter withdrew.’ ’ /

~’?ercy‘ Wolfe did not notice what was tran-

slfrlng; he was too much- abaorbed with the
l

\

:vrplexity occasioned by his visit to Isabel
*~,ochestine. Had be but ' ht the servitor’s

,, fuestions and the answer . the female, he

" .euld have been saved much uneasmese,
.‘Z-ixiety and trouble that was in store for him.

', Amusing at last from his unsatisfactory state

I z‘  ' - and ht the theater, as a

~ poet relief of his over—tried brain. "

I But when he retired, at a late hour. the same
strain 0!, , ts came back upon him.

‘ 0 of. feel that some strong inex-
plicable nfluenoe' was chaining him to ' one/
thing.e It seemed to him he must dwell solely
on fact of  holding back the

‘, will ; anan 01103.0; twice, nor thrice, but a
 dogewtesgh: asked himself the questions:

, ; . Mrs.

'" (-hildi. Is Claude Paine ahvillainl -How am I

‘ , tountangle it all?” andeftera while, he would

halt "ewes: ._ b,
« “Inafllseethis Claude Fame. Let him or
, plain to me. By Heavenl it there is an evil
, plot afoot I will prove its ruin. as sure as there
is ajustdodl” ' ‘- _, _
In the darkness of, the room  lay With his
a eyes open, staring upward, till his mind became
. ' so wrought upon that sleep waslmwsslble.
* I In ‘van he closed his eyelids—they would
' start ogpen again, and his lips would utter, in
spi 0 him: , _
*‘ shall see Mrs. Rochestine agams, W‘QOP“
row. .She can tell me where team this Puma.
 Yes; there’s something wrong—there must he.
= . - l—T’ He stopped short, with a half-Cholth ex-
;  demotion.  - r . ' ,
» bluesound eta Woman’s Voice hadinterrupted‘
a. 1m» , ' I  , ,, e
 _  Betweenthetwo apartments was a door. It,
 but in the
noes, he 'heardwords of prayer. '
‘ ,‘   Lg ' k ’

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Boeheetine would rob‘ the,

.Thef-aehentswereeo meet, the tensile «em;
clone, that instantly he became
, The new occupant of the adjoining room was
praying for some one-‘-—bot for herself, as be
quicle discovered, and involuntarily he lis~'
tene . ‘ r — ‘

Soon the speaker ceased, and the struégling
light that shone at the cracks ot the door, van-
is

He was slowly glidin batik to the subject of
his unrest, when again i0 heard the tremulous

voice in the next room.
“ Poor—Egor little Pearl! ,Ah, how unhappy
you must , so far away from every one to
we you. But I will me you once more, Pearl,
before I am compelled to say good-by forever.
Percy Wolfe sat upright in bed, and a nervous
sensation darted through him. ~ '
fi'Sl for that night was now out of the ques-
on.
the turbulent condition of his faculties.
_ 'He arose, lighted the gas (and filling his meer-
schanm pipe. walked rapidly to an fro, with
the tobacco smoke curling in. thick cloqu
around him, as he uifed at a furious; rate. '

“Pearl! ‘Pearll” e muttered, between whims. .

“Iwonder if the Pearl She means is the Pearl I
am after? . Singular wsingulal'w-sin lar; I’m

afraidlwon’t‘ gethome at all ifl on’t make ,

haste and bring this to a—- blow! wonder if
that party has gone to bed in there?!
. He paused and listened. *
All was still in the room adjoining. t '
“Yes, she’s gone to bed, I guess ’—-—resuming

his ,stridin : “I’ll see her' in the morning, i

though. ot a. clew must be lost-not doe.
What’s the matter with Pearl? If 1121' Pearl is
my Pearl! then why is she‘poor little Pearl,’
eh! But, I’ll see her in the morning. “I see

Mrs. Rochestine, too. l’ll see Paine—I’ll see -

everybody! Confound my nervousness!”
' He refilled the
and smoked till
his ten, he was sore. v .
But s eep conquered, finally. He never knew
how it hep nod, but when the hands of the
clock were ndicatin the hour of two, he set
upon the sofa, soun asleep; with a confused
jumbleof incomprehensive matter. flitting and
vortexing in his dreams-«causing his handsto
“vital: in slumber, and his lips to utter unintel-
li ible~somethings. ‘ " ' I r
t was an unlucky sleep.

I

 

CHAPTER xi. ,
PAINE MAKES A DISCOVERY. '

CLAUDE Fame was in‘excellent‘ spirits when 5

he arrived athis rooms on E street, after re-
turniu fromthe depot... ‘ , ‘ .

He ispatched thesmall colored boy of the
house to the restaurant at thecorner, to procure.
a bottle of wine; and, sitting before the warm
stove. with limbs elevated to a‘ triangular hori-

zon ii on a t(goutvenifeiilt chair, he si_ 8d tge
spar ng nnso lsgss'sm i-
lantly, an’dcgnally broke forth: ’ 

. “ ‘Drink and smile, and learn to think
‘ That we were born to smile and drink.‘
——-Hal halha! Yes—yes, the, lots works well.
The child is out of my way; bel Rochestine
mil be mine as soon as I can persuade her to
throw aside the internal ‘black.’ That will
nowl~ahl here it (ism—drawing a. long, thin'
document from’lns pocket, and settin the wine
glass on the table-—“now, *I Wonder i§it is safe

for me to be ca ng such a th' i In 111 The letter'pnrported to have been  " '
trunk would be bet r-a deal bettelilzg What 1% ‘; Horace hestine, With the last  es? 

1 destroy itt—make an end ofitatonoel I Would
that not be safest of alll’l ' ‘

lie to ‘ [the MS. over and over in his
hands as if trying to decide what course he
should adopt concerning it; ‘6 -

, While thus engaged, footsteps sounded in the ;

hall without. Some one was. approaching his

r00“). 4 ’ r ’

“It’s Derrick,” be said to himself looking up.

The comer was his intimate friend,
Derrick. He entered without knocking.

“Well, Dorse, ?" I . '

“ What luck ’ interrogath Derrick, casting
his but aside, turning on more gashg‘ht, an
then drawin up a chair. 5 .

“Best in t e world—”  , ‘

“ Everything work of! smooth 3‘” ,

“Couldn’t-be better. (Jessa was on hand; I
purchased their tickets for New York-the child
Will be asleep bytlze time they reach Baltimore ;'
 if she is not, it will make no matter, as she

never been out of Washin
hardlyknowrthe difl'ewree. '
road 

‘Roch Everything goeswell. Isabel

 

' le n ‘sfill—' , 1
1'7"“.- . . condiments.

“Neva-sh "her; sashes; led'reall r‘ ht
m  insetseisismsnss}? a 

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e had heard enough to doubly augment -

Fipe several times, and smoked ,
he bowl burnt his lingers/,and v

WY‘PN

n, and will '
(3’93 sonny"

’ r ‘ltYoushsllhave

, _ it.“ assesses 5'
- “Ahnndre‘d.” - - '

A, '_ . _ ‘ ’ \ .

Paine went to his trunk and counted  v

hundred dollars. Giving it} to theothhr here.
sumed his seat with: I
milk.” . , ~

“ I feel better, now, tappi _
nificantly. “Fact is, my fun all run outcome:
i time ago. I at in debt. It’s apfinciple of
mine never too eat a man'who does mean good.
turn in apinch, so I don’twant to go awe with;
out squaring «up; , and as you’re gong. to
leave_” . .  'i . ’-,

“Yes, I shall leave as soon as powwow-with
Isabel.
directed to a place. in Sacramento. var
she stops, she’ll get somebodyto write down her
directions, send it to me, and I con su
with money. For I must keep her, ,- ,.'
1 up. Derrick.”

“ Yes,” and after a
“ Seemsto me I’m going» have rather a 
, time oi: it, following you and her around. Milly, 7

I won’t hardly see you.” ' . ' ’ A

“Yes you will.

! ried, Derrick, and than for sport-lotsef 
and nothing todo!” .' . , r ‘ -: 

“ Mighty lucky {for us that you: charmed
afoul of this opportunity. ‘ We couldn't have.
held up m'uch longer on cards-4’

“ Don’t mention, it, I)erric-k..«

hushed

’Just weitiill‘welre [m3

. _ I : V
. Ive sworm «

“ What’s the matter?. You look assumes old I
the mono. ; y sig- 1.

t
.g,

I gave (Jessa an envelope. staméend * R   f» '9‘?
ly Lherv‘ ‘ 

use, heinontinuedi +1.5

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\.

never to stake another rent 91': curds as long- as i

1 live.”
“ so’ve I.” r v ’- . ‘ .
“ Stickrto it— es, help yourself.” x -,

“Derrick he discovered they  4

stently made a movement toward it.

“ What’s that? he inquired. wheelies
sumed his seat. indicating the document which

3' Paine still-held in his hand. 1..
" That’s the will.”
“ Roohcstine’sl“ "
I ~ 1795. 77 _
‘-‘ Bu’st her 0 .n.” ,
“thatgn p9 , ‘ ._ < 7‘
" Bu-‘st her open,” repeated Dex-lick;
“Why, we never could put it

See—it’s got Rochestine’s seal on it, .

lkniie.  ,r .  .
A The tire in the stove was roaring; the um I
3 $1), half full of water; wzg ' "
v e large envelope over a
watched him in 938006.

u:

f In a_few minm be inserted the bludeof‘   9
‘i knife at one corner, and began o ,the en- ’

; velope with 6330. .But the sealing-wax 
yammlz \

I} not yield. He cut close and careful]
* this, and—the will was before them. _ » .v
“ YOu’ve ruined it!” '

can paste the outside Onto the inside. ‘

it?’ the last sudd , ,7
“ Neither do I; here, what’s? this?
. Jove! he has inclosedra letter to his wife.”

Horace Rochestine.

Derrick settled himselt back in

the will. ‘ -*

5 explain strengthwwas full ofendeari ' m
‘ mistemgly traced; said that the miterngoew
had not many. moments to live, etc, etc, 

 

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9106111 ritel ed  
“shelves  I  it 3”
an on y came to a iaragrsph
checked him, held him, causedI '

 

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é .. Simultaneousl there caine an 
_ from Dorsey Doziick.

coverv of some kind.

“ What’s up, Paine! Found an "

g “Found anything? Well, I
§ had—~” ,' ‘ 
' “So’ve 1—”

. “ Listen to this,” continued
3 mg him. ,
, read aloud asiollows from the letter
now being crunched inthis hold:

no o; s s e
neaflyall to read.
, possessions, ,y
l A
13$?an ‘retmlgfimllmenca.

N, r ‘ ,

Paine, Willi»

You will

1. short- time. ’ l

    
 

      

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'xt'

,Wgtlmrsefiinl,_‘ ;_ >
“ Let me have it. . I’m, curious to  whet  ' ‘

thm'eqk” .. _ . _
“You lspoil i .” ,  .  J 
“N0, I won’t.” . Derrick took his 

fi ,

Wflg.  K  ‘;
latter, while  

"NW Invent Whenwssxitia: ‘ I

be some trouble when they'open it, thate 
wh , l thought you didn’t want anybody tome;

There was a small envelope, diiectzd to 

’ »

Paine immediately approm'iated this, while 1".

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Paine smiled asheglflnced    \

7,1,,” gs!  7
some, china 1" 

“ Here’s trouble in prespfldfiand’ins. \ \
that was; 

In nus wings” one, Ihavegivofi; 7. v;

ref

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7 dour. and, though I have every confidence in Claude
., Paine, Mr. Wolfe will ask after Pearl, and how she
enjoys her wealth; ” V I I .
. There was much more, such as a dyin mgr:
an e
Paine went no further. ‘
,{ He tore the letter into a hundred pieces, sprung

, forward, and grasped his companion roughly by
v the wrist. ,
' “ Derrick l—-” v
. _ I _ “We'll, Idon’t see anything so extraordinary
.' pin that.” , . _ .
’ "You‘ don’t! Then you lack brain. This man
reached America—is now, this very hour, in
'ngton—” *’
~ ‘«‘ Howdo you know!” _
""Because he called yesterda to see Isabel
'7 Rochestine! I sawhis card: his won’t do—
‘never ,

l
_ .Eesnatched"uphishatsndcoat,andstrodeto
 door. i ‘

“ Hold on, now—” began Derrick. -

‘ , F " But Claude Paine was gone, He was keenly

him, in the

[was dehd or not,

alive to the danger that m
‘ of Percy Wolfe. .
er Horace Rochestine
no difference. He had made Wolfe ac-

:. f  qE nainted with the substance of his will—his visit
«t
. _ l _

the house of  Rochestine satisfied Paine
of, thew-and the latter’s plans were liable to
' overthrow, at any moment, unless he took im-
mediate steps to elude the man who, he judged
his fortunate discovery in the letter, was on
tra

ck.
. ‘fv 1 He hurried down Seventh street to Pennsyl-

. Vania avenue. Securing one of the cabs that

 -,‘ \ _‘ . stood in front of the Reservation, he gave the

l  inlhis excl

» I

a

 driver his directions, and was soon speeding to-
‘, ward the house of Isabel Rochestine. I

And during the ride, his fertile brain washard
 work for he object of his visit was to

every sacrifice.

Only one thought, one intent, was uppermost
mind, and that was, to maps
fromPercy olfe!

After the departure of his associate, Dorsey
Derrick reassumed his comfortable sition in
' chair. and vented an illucid n .
“‘89 1: wild!” he exclaimed, he ran his eyes

again over the will; and, after a while, he went
on inamusingstrain: « a - .
a “Now, he question is: shall I let him know
what this

.24».

 :4, : mace Rochestine’s instructions. If he marries

Rochestine, he ’11 get about two hundred

 gt ten thousand dollars, eh? for carrying out

fifty thousand 'in all— rovided that the
H ’ p ance. 'But

 1 Pearl doesn’t t, in an appear ,
.  gimme a fiat-fills head to act honest and
 u

 Astrangecalm pervaded the atmospherebf L

r ‘ ' I There was no'blaae of; light, such‘as had, here-V
' _ More, made Mrs. Rochestme’s house prominent

 

«uv’

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4‘  r  “ 

 ‘ e see—those

wit ten? What’s ten thousand

,ddlarsemong one—muc lea tyvo! And then I

3 won! ".t get so In ei . Ilguess you’d
’» better be kept in ignorance, friend sine. You
0

5.
‘\

wry the widow, by all means. I’m
 I an)!”
. v ‘ ' CHAPTER XII. ‘
-  ' our on THE monsow.
» W ‘3‘ i Ramona: was seated  fihe
ow  ,e int egorgeouspar ro er
 attitu’de one of captivating grace,
her a ' , ‘ no that of alovely, almost unearth-
1:? in random, ravens, uncon-
: m-  around balk—the dart of Cupid pm-
] hing in her heart a mystic fire,.and whining
heavens of delight within her waking dream.
., One elbow rested on thearm'ofvthe richchair;

 husband—now stripped of its flashing jewels—-

’,  against her cfimsoned cheek: and her
large, lustrous orbs ,ofi jet—gazed
milyinto the mass of

n ornament; yet even in this, when nothing bu

~ I sin: licity'
~ chagm to

; " lined so gracefully above the sable circle 'at the ,
'  throat in the pure arm, half-e by the:
 ganged” eeve, as it so ' ,» beautiful

on aged the eye there were new
, he discovered by thebetrayals of the
a mulling dress, in the white neck that out-

.. . thexho .

f, / ing that locality during the wintergbut a dim,

uncertain hmmer here and there, or a solemn-
‘vflickefligg ‘ flame in the large kitchen, where

7'"  _ e , rants, evenmoresuweptibletothegloom
~ " of 

hour than she who was alone stairs,

‘ji‘were: uped ‘therands 11' 0111111“
mm... “8° 9”“

’ 'gmesenflythsrewassdullmmhleofcarriagee
A ‘ wheels on the outside; a vehicle stopped before

r-.
. suede Isabel todepart with him, at once, an at

: yielding lips.

important document says? He’s to ‘

l the house. Then. came-es quick, .im tient
zit the‘bell,awaken.ing Isabel from or m
0113. ,v . , . " r ‘ , ,

“ Why, who can that be?” she asked herself.
“ I am expecting no one to—ni ht.”

In a few moments, a servan entered.

“ Who is it?” '

“ Mr. Paine, ma’am, is in the other parlor-J

~“Mr. Painel—herei I thou— Admit him,”
quickly. . ,

Claude Paine Was ushered In.

“ Claude! I thought you were in Baltimore
with Pearl?” ‘

“Isabel!” He had, her in his arms ere she
could say-more, and was raining kisses on her

“I e ted to be Babel; but, something has
occurre .to eatly embarrass me. At the
depot I met a riend. It seems it was a provi-
dential meeting, too; for he had been looking for
me here in vam, and was just about to return
to New )York despairing of being able to find

“Sacramento!” ,

“ Yes—rather strange that I must go so hastil
tothe ve city you intended visiting, isn’t i i
If I coul catch the ver next trainrit would
be none too soon. I can ardly delay an hour.
goveral thousand dollars are involved—so much,
in truth, that I could not afford to be the loser.
We can go to ther—f’ .

“Pearl? at did you do with Pearl?” she
asked, breaking in u n his ra id utterances.

“This friend of 111 no will to. 3 her to the In-
stitution. They are long since on their way.
He has time, and kindly volunteered the favor.
As everythinglwas arranged for her rece§tion
beforehand, t ere will be no difllculty. ow,
there is a train going at 6:45 A. M. to-morrow,
connecting at the Relay House for the West—3’

“Are on sure Pearl will have no troublei’:
Isabel in pted, again. '

. “Of course Iam! Now, can’you be ready
to g? with me on the early train, in the morn-

m i’

g This is sudden, Claude. And the hour is so
early! I will scarce have time to—”

“ But consider, dearest, how delightful for us
to be m each other’s company on the trip. Can’t
you bly arrange matters?” '

“ might,” heeltatingly, while she still lin ered
in the embrace of this man who controll
very pulsatlons of her heart. ’

“Say that you will, Isabel? Evenif you have
to let one or more of the servants remain in
char 9 of the house until you can come back—”

“ at I shall never do, Claude. I hate this
section and shall never return to it.”

. He did not expect this. But bias as glistened

 

x coals. ' swered:
*- ' She was attired in plain black, devoid of every; ’

with'a secret satisfaction when, 9 board it,»
Md he shifted his
in the movement,

m. .

,“Then discharge all the servants, pack your
trunks, close the house—and 1 will come back at
some tune and sell the property for
cide, Isabel; for I have hardly a moment to
sparva for the blisses I find in your face,
form, voice and lips! My carriage is waiting
for me at the door; and I must be 01!.” r

,‘-‘I will
make a
venlent. I
b “I” will try and pay you for the sacrifices,
y‘r“ I know you will, dear Claude l” and, after a
second, she added, inquiringly: “Do on re-
member there was a gentleman call to see

heeflect her speech had on

many sacrifices it willbeso incon-

me yesterday, after I ordered the house to be

closed?”-

“Yes.” He looked at her keenly as he an-

“ Well, he came again today.” . l '

“ He d1g.’; 1Ellisdtg’eth clinghed, in: file flnglegs
werked; u “s e i not no ice t a or wo 3
had made him suddenly and newly nervous. _

“He had a. very singular olgect in calling:
said Horace had left a will for earl’s benefit—
it had been intrusted to some party in America.
Did ou know anything about it? .

“ 9 Wh , no! His exclamation of surprise
was well a ected; she failed to‘see how great an
efiort' it cost him to smother the true feelings of
his breast, and check the malediction upon Percy
Wolfe, that was at his tongue’s end.

“ It is very'sin ,” he said; “Have you
hearNd  it before? ’~ ‘ . V

, 6 0‘ . y I . Q
. “ Be seemed, if there is such a will, it will ap-

' 9’

WWW ‘ 1y what he said.”‘ , I
“Let us quietl await the issue of aprcphecy,
and meantime, t ink of other things.”

 

6

Eye

me. I am called to Sacramento immediately-J"

position in order to conceal, '

And. then. tth the carriage waited. though,

I l belied declared the short limit of smell hisdis- 3
1m. liposal, he lingered awhile with the? woman who

.
i

1 .
I whose soft ps

waswo him with a mad, wild love—-
ouldseem so full of sweets that,
unlessdead to the subtler passions which give to‘

nature its soul, he could not live a moment away

ltrom their magnetic pressure—whose arms

I Isabel Rochestine, bearing

clung round'bis neck when, at last he started-to,

Rave, until it would seem impossihle to sander
em. , I
As the carriage rolled awa from the house of

nude Paine back to

» his rooms on E street, the villain sat ufigght on

m

 

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Unan‘ce

his seat, struck his knee a blow with
shut fist, and exclaimed: .
“Capital! Capital! .None too soon! He is
after moi—and will miss me. Ha! ha! ha!
Stir yourself, Mr. Percy Wolfet—for you are
huntin
9 last ten years. .Beat me it you
can!” . ‘ '
But his uneasiness of a short time before had
away. It was a new excitement that

red him now-a feeling of triumph, in the
knowledge that he was about to esca Percy
Wolfe; he had alloyed any suspicionst tmight

have arisen in Isabel’s mind: he would soon defy) ‘

the pursuit of the man he considered his sworn
foe, from that hour; all this tending to the
mature develo ment of his plans, and a con-
summation of is desires. . ’

 

CHAPTER XIII.
war no rm wm rumor wows?

‘ W1: have said that Percy Wolfe’s sleep was
an unlucky one. ‘ '

It. was broad daylight when he awoke—any ‘

fibinglgggzd eafrlymg1 e112), witha jarktagli a ring,
e s mm c e an s ru bmg'
his untested, eyes. mg ’

Sacha ashishadbecnwaswcrsethan
none at all: or he was .tired,l ~1ike,weak,
and suffering with a dull sin in the head,
wigigh, n3; endedtlign, almos gage him cross-
ey an rain e nerves 0 tasked orbs
until, they seemed read to b

Yawning, and sour coking, 9 made a.csre- ‘

less toilet; though while engaged at it, he was

thinking none the less of the mysterious oocu- ’

peant or the adjoining room, her significant ut-,
rances, hisresolution to see her and ascertain
eXactly who she meant when she made use of
the name that was just then im floatedan
per lexities of his own bewildered) mind. ’
. e felt‘that he was about totread upo
most delicate limits to
meet with a recoption

dence of his actiOn would exit;- but, under
circumstances, he did not esitate. '

He was resolved upon sitting the matter
which troubled him, was determined to look
after the interests of Pearl Rochestine—the child
of his beloved friend who, he shuddered to be- =
lieve, had long a been a subject for 
in some medi

propriety, perhaps would

to find out whether the party in the n’extroem,
in her allusions to “ Pearl,” meant Pearl Ecol:
tine, and, if so, why Pearl should an obiect

to lty. ' . ,
fie made a hasty meal at the breakfast tab!
and returned to his apartment. Then he pulls:

hard- ,
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a tgame whose wits have been its suste- '
or

n  ‘
hich the seeming ling: ,

institute in Londonra‘nd, to a
carry out his resolution, he deemed it necessary '

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the bell-rope, and began walldng, uneasily; to- y

and fro. .
“Come in,” he answered to the knock at the
servant who attended his summons: , , -
And he added: - I ._
“ Will on take my card to the lady who
occupies t a first room to the left or this, on the

same side? Tell her I desire an interview: Tell 7

gar itdis vehrgr impaiiitant,i T'i‘irlilme her glint nine]:
e s on r an in t. 1‘9- u
g handed hisgr card tg the man. my .

But the servant stood still and looked at be... i

“"gVell, what are you staring at? «Hurry, I
say. ' '

‘Dar ain’t nobod in dar boss.” '

“What?” Iy ’

“Nobody dam” * ,v ’ 1
I.“ Nobody there! What do you meant” be-
ginning to grow excited. » 'r ,
“ De young lady’s done left.” \ ' '
jggem Going teYou-Tmms  ’
es sar' e nmmu ago—w ‘9 one»
at breakfas’,’ I thinks.” y
Wolfe

groaned. The sensation. that soizod ‘

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upon him at this announcement is impossible to! ' (

descri

around, and strode up and down, while

tmished looker‘onwondered what oiled him

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countenance before’ him; then he wtlieeled

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pay it'iuafiye minutes-J ' ‘ . > . V v ,
' 3‘ Yes, sax,” slightly partaking cther’s

excitement. I

I “Stop: orgierme a cab-J’grasping».him"by '

.the arm.

“Yes, sari” while his short wodl actually

seemed to untwist and straighten, and the whites
of his eyes expanded.

“fitog; then come back and carry down my

“ Yes, sari”

u  1n
/ “ Yes, ear—I flies!”

The waiter vanished.

; Wolfe hastened to pack his trunk, throwing
boots, boot-jack, comb and brush, dressin :gown,
blackmgbox—all these into a confused mass,

careless of con uences, meanwhilerunnin his

nervous fingers rou h his hairtill each ber
stood distinctly on on . . « -

When the waiter returned, the trunk was
ready. Wolfe preceded him, paid his bill at the
ethos, “and rushed out to the waiting cab.

To the driver’s surprise, he wasordered up-
town, instead of to the depot.

‘ Paying the servant who had  ted him,,he

was soon speeding toward the cc of Mrs.

Rochestinc. I _ »

To his utter astonishment, he found the house
closed. Everything about it looked gloomy and
deserted. - ‘

In vain he pulled the bell, glanced up at the
windows, up and down the street, descended
the steps, reascended them, ru the bell again
-—-no use: that it was unoccupi he was forced,
at last, to  . '

. And the driver of the cab,.easily perceivmg

, his excitement, was half inclined to consider

him a lunatic. .

It had. been Wolfe’s intention to first see Isabel
Rochestlne, and ascertain the whereabouts of
Claude Paine.
7 the man, he would next to see Pearl. ~

Mrs. Rochestine had to d him that Pearl was
at Ingleside. He knew the place well—both by
letters he had received from friends in America,

6. by having heard Horace Rochestine men~ ‘

p on it as the very place he would have liked *to
send his child, had he but thought of it before
onwgmga governess. ~
; 7 ant g to know if the words uttered by the
party who occu _ led the room (next to'hin; at the
‘ote involved earl Rochestine, he would" go to
Ingieside, and, if their object of interest was
identical, he would, perhaps, see her there—for
he had heard hegtsa she would see Pearl once
m2
nine to demand an tion
at the latter’s behavior. .
But Mrs. Rochestine had disappeared. Claude
- Paine’s directions could not, be learned, The

» quandary was rather overwhelming. There was

but one course remaining.
‘ To Inglesidel‘
d He mmifnmdsdto th d b di ‘
river ' . e epot, id or him ‘ go
21$ mad,” or he hoped he might catgch the nogn
n. t ‘ ,. .
When he glanced at his Watch, though, he
gave u this ope. ..
He not, however, desire the man to slacken
The sudden disa ance of Isabel
Rochestine furnished fresh ood for troublesome
W t, and greatly increased his nervous
, fiwhfil‘he rattling of the windows, rumble of

cab, 33 “19. on ata swilt cc,
rather enlivened his nd ion. pa
' Let as state here that theoccupant of, theroom
adjoining ercy Wolte’s at the hotel, was no
other than 831% v Miss Byrne.
When she left rs. estine’s house she
scarce knew where'to 80‘91‘ the night, an ac,-
cepted the first thing which ' ted to her
ational,” and
go overto Ingleside on the morrow.
‘ She had a ticket tor. Baltimore on
_ the 12:45 train, and when Percy Wolfe reached
the depot that train had one-
» He must then wait out three o’clock.
And while Wolfe had been riding toward the
house of Isabel Rochestine, two men were over-

hauling the “ Back of Arrivals ” on the National -

Hotel counter. .

Th were sober-lookin , mumularly-built,

hes y-whiskered men, wit keen eyes, Obie”-

ant glance, and businesslike a W00. One

was short, the other was tall; th were busy
_ media the  the list. .

‘tfl‘o you so!” exclaimed one, presently. in

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ve additional reason for

the vehicle, and ordered the'

and swaying, jolting motion of the .

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two from the page.

“Shall-we conic down on him!”
“Right~ewayl” - A . r ~ _
The short indi ‘ idua-l turned to the clerk.

“ Will you please have us shownup to No. -—,2”

The clerk stared a moment.

.“There’s nobody up there3 sir. He's just this
minute left, and all. ‘ /

The two exchanged disappointed glances.

“Perhaps he’s gone on e 12:45train—there’s
twenty minutes yet‘to catch it, if it’s important,
and on know him when you see him?”

“' 0 ’ex didn’,” said the Waiter, who had as-
sisted Percy, who happened, just then, to 'be
near the counter, “ I hear ’im tell the drivah to
go to No. -—, --—- street, N. W.”

.Another'interchange of looks between the two
men. And, evidently, they were accustomed to

act upon the more expression of the eye, for.

the wheeled simultaneously and hurried out.
ch hailed acab. The,tall man gave his
driver the directions he had received irorn the

1 hotel waiter, and was whirled OE. .
The short man ordered “ To the depot,” and‘

offered a five-dollar bill it he could catch the
12:45 train. ~

But they missedtheir ame. . -

And, Within half an our, Percy Wolfe Was
walking the platform, pulling vigorously at his
meerschaum, strivin to calm himself, and ut-
terly unconscious of t e fact, that two men were
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CHAPTER ,XIV.
THE msr scum or DANGER.

WHEN the cars wound out around the broad
curve, and the locomotive sounded its loud,
hoarse, shrieking whistle, Pearl felt as if she
had, indeed, been torn away from everything
dear which the earth contained for her.

The child had mastered her emotion so far as
toconceal it from those around her—~it would
not do to or , when 80 many pairs of strange
eyes were ed upon her; but the woe, the
agony in her heart, was Only'redoubled by this
fearful strain; for when the nature is crushed
by sorrow, tears are the dewy liquid that bakes
the aching wound.

It cost a superhuman eflort; but the heaven-
ly blue eyes were clear, and the face, though
pale, was even more angelic in its mild, sweet
outlme of appearance. . ‘ ,

Cassa was silent as she. 'The negress sat next
the windOW, gazing out at the open scene now
fast vanishing under the mantle of night; and
Pearl was bus trying to read the half-averted,
stoic face, an wondering who its owner was. .

had made good use (of the innds given
her by Claude Paine. She was plainly but
substantially dressed, and looked very nice and
ole .

an.
When the conductor came along, the tickets
ugh Pearl’s hands to him. I
ed them back to Cassa, she gated
sit the latter in en rise. 7 p _
“ What’s dc mat rl” demanded Cassa, blunt-
ly, puttin the tickets in her pocket.
“Why, hose tickets are for New.Yorkl I
then ht we were going to Baltimorhl”
“ 0 we is.”
fl‘p'l'hen what do we want tickets to New York
or I
“ Dunno. Gum he dond made mistake.” .
The‘ young girl thought it strange that Mr.
Paine shoul make such a very great mistake,
and she be u uestioning herself mentally. -
1 “Open a list-book,” said Cassa, present-
, .

Thus reminded of what Paine had given her
at the depot, Pearl drew forth the portemonnaiie
mil; Openfig’i with greenba ks. '
was , , c ~
The eyes of the negress glistenedas she behold

the contents. ' _ '
P“I‘lfere’s this1 roll rpngrzged with an ‘X’y’mfiu
ear extrac 'nga ‘ ‘on. A z
“ Dht’s mine -— gimme,” exclaimed Cause
matching it quickly. _
t remained was counted over, and found
to amount to fifty dollars, with ‘a few one-dollar
bills for convenient change.
“ Better lemme keep it,” advised Cases.
“You?” ' ‘ \

"Yes. Keep it sale for yo honeyJ’ V
“Why,~don’t you supposeul know how to

gkekicgae’pt mionfiyladldgdha’n’t do any thing of
e. an s e ,as
pox-temonnaie to her pocket: “I don’t know
£8011, except that .

she restored the

.1 Paine said that youwonld
hematology _ 9. Audit we arevg Hg:

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 lid-more. The whole or as re.’

I main” joumey Was, goneover in silence

As 135...... had promised. himself, Pearl wait

her, ai ed the unsociable
companion, t at she did so.
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' strai ht through to New York—as he had bid-

din errick to instruct her—was a wrong. one.
hen they arrived at the Camden station, y
she roused her charge, and the two left we cars
with other Baltimore passengers. . v L '

“Where are 'we going for to-m ht?” asked
Pearl, as they hurried along the p (atom-~11» .
ward the entrance. ' - ’ '

But Cases evaded the question, b uttering" an
unintelligible something, and Pear did not so.‘
peat her mqu'

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They proceexdyed along distance after leaving I '

the degot; were entering the lower sections at
South altimore. v u '
Pearl saw no signs of a hotel—onothing but an

occasional grogshop, a dim street light, rickety— ‘ '

looking buildings; and, at last, they were moving

in an atmosphere whose odor suggestedfilth and

disease. . . .
5‘ Where are we going?” she demanded, be;
ginning to feel uneasy as well as tired. =
“ Be dar presen’ly, ’ re lied Casca. ‘

She turned into a.dar , narrow treachW’ J A

l -paved all as she spoke, While Pearl kept
close besideeher, as if the surroundings had
already wrought a fear Within her, when the '
protection of her unsociable, blun rooms
pamon was better than none at all. '  ,
v Half a square further. Someth' was pull-
ing at herheart—strings. .Shedidnot '
brief, unsatisfactory speeches; and siren her
limited knowledge of a community told her that
there could be no fit place in this desalted, ,
nauseous-aired vicinity for a young-girl to stop ‘ ‘
overnight. , . , ' “ , _
Suddenly, Cessa halted before what was, cer;
tainly, the best house in the, row--‘a two—story
brick; though even this was
viting on the exterior. ' . - . g x,
In answer to Cassa’s summons, the deemwae
o -ned’by a negress of about her own age,  ”

9 two ke simultaneously.
{tsisl 101”- r , I. I“, 
“Cassa—dat you! De Lor’ bless my soul? «- -’
Comein!” s . ,, ~ :*~
gigs hold ngeaiAl’s hand, and  ,
-— ms e. , 8W8 W013 enn  ' _ .
selftobeledin. fig' 
« Itwas a-small room, scantilyfurn

  

petless, with smeared walls, and a  .. ,

stove in one corner, whose pipe had more 5013113 - . ,

thana supple-Jack. , v x ’  .

“ Who dat? asked Chlo. , « 4

“ ’Sh I” Cassa made a significant modemm ,

. game on Pearl, with » \
rolling eyes. T ,

The ' oung girl scarce knew why, but sudden ~
realize ion of something wrong burst u
an inward; monitor awoke a praying
her bosom. ' _ ' r ,

,For one second she looked at mom; than, wim‘ 1
her heartinher throat, she filmedtoha, - 3,

Both the women triedtointerc hm- \ But . .
she was too quick. 'At one wrencg, ha: ' -
hands tore open the door. and she _

With an angry cry, Cases sprung forwand in. —

rsuit. She saw the small, . , only  x. i 
stance ahead or her, flying at its   ,;

she We   m '
could overtake it in slow seconds. ’

At the corner was a .
dashedup,enumberotmen came mat ctr

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“Hello h ouha‘l  ‘ m .
ing that'gmolr’ crigd one mama " ,-
thearm ’ , mgr '  ~*

‘ilfe’gomeWshesnai-led. .   - 5

Quick as a flash, shedealt himf’a blow  ' 
the eyes, and he reeled backward. 
others could act, she was gone round  'i
whither she had seen the childturn. - ' r  . ‘

But Pearl had escaped her . a _ '
into an alley on the opposite do of the Met, 
8““ Whig“ $3.1 militi'i‘gmg“ mm“ m '
running w: an».  599
when shecame out on another a! the , 1

stil
ookedaround her, in vain, tor. .
man. ,She‘hadnotmetasi leaoel I ‘
flight Thenshelooked bac,tos§)i:_ g“,

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amalgam was coming toward  
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adarcame up, she get into it. .
. ‘~ Alter she-had ridden a long way, she breathed
,  freer, for. she knew she must be safe.
‘ She asked herself what ‘she should do. And a
" I long time passed, as she sat there in one corner,
V after paying her fare: trying to decide ‘upon a
' .«i “I’ll to some hotel,” she resolved, at lenfi
 . “ - fill go backtomammatomorrow.
1‘: V "k  ~ there 5 something wrong—that colored
' ' r woman isn’t what she seemstobe. ’I’m sure I ve
" (seeped from something awf .”
' She stopped the car, and got out. r .
But the locality in which she found herself
 were good distance north of Baltlmore street,
, ‘ .andeesalmostas deserted as that from which
'  ' she had come; though some of the houses were
7  imposing, and she knew it was a respect-
able neighborhood. v  i .- ‘
“ Wh didn’t I ask the man on the car to d1-
, meéshe exclaimed, as she stood, mesolute,
; ononeofthecorners. ~.
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CHAPTER XV.

,. , ,m FLIGHT—THE srnrmsu.

4 ' To keepher promise to be ready to depart

3 ,jxyith Glaude Paine, in the early morning train

, , Isabel must needs make the most of her limi

 

’ "r 3 As soon as her lover was gone, she set to work
' *retiring to her room, and
,_ waiting- 'd, who gazedin astonishment, when
, her mistress said: ' > . _
'f‘Work fast with. me, now, June I am mg
2 A  away to-monrow morning;”proceedingtot w
 ' openthe tops of her trunks as she spoke, and
a V  the exam 1e of her order.
. .“ Going away 1’ exclaimed Jane, amazedly.
' : ‘ers-«at five or, six-o’clock. 'Hurry, now.
' Don’tstaud there lr-assist me.” I v
 ‘ ‘ The two worked diligently, and slowly the
_ trunks began to fill.

» . thaw! why, what are you going to do about
 the house Mrs. Rochestinei”, ‘
 J‘Shut it up,” lnaltvpanted Isabel, as she con-
' tit-wed to ‘ and pack:

.“Bhut i ‘ l . . My l~and what about the serv-
r"ante, ma’am ’

 ' w‘Disebarge, them,” briefly. .“Those lace
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‘ ' "We face became very rwber when she
, .. learned that she was about to lose her situation.

 'Iuhadbeen a good placate her, and she realized
how dificult would be the task to find another

/ like it. She was gravely 'sflentas she aided her

*  passed. 3 It was one o’clock, when
 Isabel drew a long breath, and sat down, ex-
 hausted; -.The issttrunkg was buckled and

 -, “ Gael” tolled a hell, on the still night-air.
; _“Therel Now, Jane go wake up the servants.
1' ; to have Wt: sooner, and ,told them

‘ ' cw uptbeservants,’ml”
~ «“Y-esr-h .” v z ‘
' 1  d on her errand, and Isabel ob-V

We; wmomeutsofrest. '
5 : modicum (1 went to her bureauvdrawer.
“.mtbisshetoo , cutie number of notes, and
g‘“ Not/enough,” she said to hex-sell. “ I must
, v6
v shay cangetnew phases." . «
“  totheparlor, where the aslig'ht
 as "  ,‘she went to t 9 little
*' desk on the tab in
\ ' therefrom an additiOnal amount.
 ..  to her room, she 10de ans await-
 w the five servants of the house, all
swings ‘ ins. validating. , '
r “- n me my side. 32mm” and while Jane
, h' ‘ ‘ out the portions of money which her
'2 mistress counted to each servant, Isabel worked
 and  at once-telling them of her Ero-
posed departure. complimenting them on t
 in the past, and expressing hopes
I thatthey might not be long without employ-

ment. . g
. i-ll‘hemay was received, with many thanks,
 sorrowful cogntgngnces'fazrprtg
 ~to 'ngammtressw o a eve ea'
themkisdl ' .

Encoded; than, ever, did they grieVe over
he‘ death of Mr.‘Roohestine, for the locked

   

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” Now, Jane, my: tire _ suit—and sachel.”

While engaged m the last task of dressing
for the journey she gave Jane funds to dis-
burse in payment of sundry little bills.

By 4 A. n. she was in the parlor, tired, worn,
sleepy, nervous, waiting for a cuplof hot coflee,
wh 0 Jane was preparing for her. « ' ’

When the maid returned with a waiter of
tempting refreshments, which her spry hands
had gotten up 111 an incredibly brief space, they
conversed'u on final matters. ,

“ You wil lock u the house, Jane, after I am
gone—I have confl once in you.” '

H  1m.”

“And take the key to your home.”

(5 Y ,m.”

“ I will writeto
send the key.”

“Yes, ’m; you can depend 011 me. “Yam”

The servants were in the hall, has and b9?
a. drug as

you, and tell you where to

gage. Scuifling feet and a bum
sound, told the. they were bringing down sa—
bells trunks. ' -_ , .

The door was closed, and their voxces mur-

mured discordantly in the ears or the one who
had, with such consummate skill—thouoh not
without a cost of strength—accomplished so
much in so short a time. .

The express wagon came for the trunks in
due time; and soon afterward the cart for the
servants’ baggage was secured.

There were final adieux between mistress and
menials; and there would have been a “ scene,”
had not Isabel, forced to it b her already over-
strained nervss, abruptly 1e t them, after once
more Wishin them a prosperous future. ‘ , -

Claude Pa e was promptl ’on hand at the a ‘

inted hour. By 8:50 A. M. the lovers were .

he cars, steaming over the road. . _ ' ,

But, to Isabel’s surprise they did not alight
for a change at the Relay ouse. ’

A d,  answer to her Inquiry, he said: a L

, I have concluded to take the 8:50 P. M. train
for St. Louis, from Baltimore. It will prove
the‘iuickest plan in the end.” ‘ g

“ n’d I have had all my hurry and 
then. for nothing! That’s unkind, Llapdel )

“Perhaps I can atone, in some way. ’ ‘

But she did not dream that his only object
in hurr ing her awagfrom Washington at-that
unseem y hour was escape-Percy Wolfe, the
man he feared and hated as the friend of Horace
Bochestine.’ . ,

When they reached Baltimore, they took the
coach for Barnum’s. ‘

While Paine went to register, and secure two
rooms, and Isabel waited in the reception-room, ‘
she noticed a man pass the,» door, lock m at her,
then repass, lookin in again. v .

When Paine ret med, she said to him.

“ Claude what have we done, that we should
be watch '

“ Watched?” , ‘ » '
_ We have been under surveillanc
ever since‘leaving Washington.” ‘ 

“Im blel’ ' ‘
“No it is true. I am sure of it. There was
amanhad his eyes on us at the do i; in the

cars he sat near us, and now and hen would
lance 8. us sliyly; and, not five minutes ago,
epasse that oor twice, looking in both times,
as if to be sure I. was here. What can it
mean?”_ i ‘ ' '
“ I will see, if I can.” . 7
v Paine when out into the hall.
Dorsey Derrick was standing near the halos-

trade. -

“Keep furthered man!” he exolaimed, go-
ing up to him. "“éonfound itl, she sus
that we ,are dogged by somebody. Don’t ' me

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“All right,” said Derrickl' “I won’t”. .

Paine re-entered the apartment. ,

“ I saw no bne, Isabel— Ah! here’s the Veer-
vent' to show you to year room. Your trunks
will so t up, if you wish-4’ . ,

l “ Oh, it hardl necessary if we are to start
away again to-nig t. I will inc m-my room——
with ou.”' I ~ ‘ 

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».added. as she followed the waiter: “Try and

get/a little as before dinner. You need it?”
‘thn. she ad one, Paine sought out Der—
140k and the two, ighting cigars, walked down
Baltimore street, to converse upon the Situa-
tion of their affairs. ~ ‘

Aegthey‘ were about to enter Barnardls wine- ,
store,’.fora'90ciable drink. Paine suddenly felt ‘
some one plucking at his sleeve. ‘ -

He turned to encounter—the machines of
Cases, the degrees, and at sight of her. cmild,
emotion os’ astonishment. ‘T

      
     

 

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tell madam! the short man, who were; in I

pursuit of Percy Wolfe, had been“ thrown 03
he scent by the latter’s very unconsciousness or
their Essence and intentions. " ' . '
Per ps, had be known of what was s
dug—that the'two were so closel an sign -
cantly pursum him—he w ‘ have no
straight to the spot from the hotel to eude
them—whoever they were, or whatever they
wanted—for, under the existing state «of amine,
he would not be detained, by any thing in his
resolution to go at once to Ingleside, where he
would proba_ly meet the partv whose utter-K
ancets had scoldentally caused hi I: much excite- .
men . ‘ A ‘ v: l
The short man caught the 12:45train, after a
hard run, just as it was goin out. ' v’ . ‘ ‘
For some time he remain on the rear
form of the last car, to recover his breath.
Then he adjusted ‘his collar, shook himself
and prepared for “ business ;” for, notwithstand-
ing the words of the servant at the ‘Natioualhhe

believed that the“ person he sought was on that '

tram. ’ I .

First, he w forth a long, slim pocketbook.
From this h extracted a card photograph: and
M the latter he gazed hard for severai seconds.

Restoring the articles to his breastpocket, he
nodded his head in a satisfied way, entered the
car and began walking slowly along the aisle. ‘

Every passenger was subjected to a momen-
tary scrutiny by those small, sharp, piercing
eyes. But he did not find the one he wanted.

The next car was gene through in the same
way; and soon, unti he reached the baggage,
car. Then he rctraced his steps, darting those
keen. searching lances on every side. ‘

When he aga n stood on the plattorm, be
frowned, disappointedly. .

“ Not here sure,”he grunted. “ It’s too, bad
if we’ve lost him, after all the trouble We'ee had
following him up! Just as wewere" about to
clap hands on him, too. Bah !” ‘ ‘  '

At the first opportunity, he foundtime to tei~
e a h to the oflice of §the National Hotel, in

as ington: after which he took a seat in the.
smoking-car, to cogitate. /’

~—

The,tall man was snon before the door of Mrs.
‘Rochesti‘ne’s house. But he saw that it was \m-
occupred. and concluded that he had either re-
aewed” the wrong direction, or the “birdhad

own. ' I ,  , ' :. ‘ '

After lingering awhile, he Ordered'the driver ‘

back to the hotel, where he walk . uneaSily, ’ '
baclg and. forth, before the telegth wi (lbw,
awaiting to hear from his partner; or be eye

that the latter, if he caught the train, would
send word here of his success. ,_ ,
“ Is there any thing here for Neal Hardressl’,’
he asked, at length“. ' 
“Neal Hardress?” repeated the man. “Neal
— es; there‘s somethin coming in now.”
‘ Ah!” His facc brig tened. ,. 1;? 
“ Wait a moment. lease.” Andkwhen the
g e asked :‘ “ Arey‘ou‘ the
gentleman?” , , ' ' . i ' '
“ Yes. Let me hear it?”

.

4 I L a
The message was brief, disappointing. inter-

rogative, as follows:

. f‘8mokinglca‘r,12:-l"t ' .
“‘ Not on this train. ,Shall I take 2 P. M. carerwck,
or waltkat depot? Telegraph to Rely; \ ‘

x ' ‘ ' ' ' “' nix Ema“,

The man immediate] v tele r’ d) .‘
Belay tfiguse, to intercept the traign;iphe  
“ Goon. Meet ,me at depot."

For something whispered to him thattheinan ' r ‘

the wanted was no longer in Washington. I
Then he ordered a cab, and was driven to the

depot, intending to take the 8 o’clock train." A 1
Ashe Imtered on the platform, he noticed a

party who was walking rapidly to and fro, Pull" ’

mg clouds of smoke from a meerscbaum pi

. At
first he paid him no. particular attentions,» ’

r, at’ ‘

one time, the smoker came quite close, before I

he turned, and, by force of habit, the tall man
bestowed a scrutinizing glance upon him: '
Instantly he started, leoked again sndcloser;
then he drewa photograph out of his pocket,
agidlgivided his glances betWeen this an'du-Percy‘
o e. / ' " ' '

faint scar half-hid n by a new y ‘encou ged
heard: an in another moment a ‘complghent
smile settled on his face, as he muttered:

“ May I never cage a rascal» as long as!- live;
if here isn‘t the Very bird I’m after! That’s
Percy Wolfe, I’ll swear it! And I’m Neal Hare

drcss. detective. Hml—hn! If Kirkwas only ..
Butl guess he {Eves on the text, ’

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When Wolfe bought histicket the other was
And Ideal Hararess felts re—

vuneasmess that had come

upon him, when he saw that the young man was

' ., goingono further than Baltimore.

t him, sure!” thought the detective, ex!
ultantly, as he dogged the motions of his-man.
“Just wait till we reach, Baltimore, my fine fel-
low and %ou’ll see something to astonish you.”

_hen olfe took a seat, Neal Hardress oc-
‘ cu lid fly};1 next one in his rear. ,

_en e oung man sought the smokin -car,
to rehght hwyfifie, and find comfort in its fgmes,
the detective o owed, produced a Havana, and
from an o posits seat, ‘calmly watched and
waited, whi e he puffed the scented clouds of

bluish white around his head. ' '

' On one finger Wolfe wore a ma iilcent clus-
, tor-diam' 0nd 113g. This was the al argument
to convince N that he was not mis-

taken; for, the moment its wearer drew off his
r glove, the detective exclaimed, mentally:
“ The very ring- Herod Dean was seen to wear

‘ a hundred times!” ,1

But Percy Wolfe never oncedreamed of the
surveillance being put upon him. As thereader
knows, his whole mind was absorbed with the
entanglements that were crossing his mission in
. that vicinity. . » ‘ ' r ~

When the train arrived at the Camden station
the first thing Heal Eardress saw was his v part
uer. Kirk Brand. '

. He signaled him at once. .

V“ What’s up?” asked Brand, as he joined him,

‘ for he saw that so meant caution, by the
motion he made.

“ We’ve got him!” was the whispered reply,
as he hurried hiévcompanion along.

. “ Eli-i No! here is be?”

“There!” / I ‘ ~

Percy Wolfe wore a. heavy, dark-blue over-
coat, With a velvetcollar: a air of light cloth’
pantsfia black, low-crowned at; and carried a
small leather sachel. .

’ To such a gear-sow, just ahead of them,

I pom .
“Is than him?” interrogated Brand. ‘

v“ For certain! I’ve had my eyes on him ever
since I roached thedepot, where I went after
answerin our tel ram. " 4

“So! has now, then?”

“ Gobble him 1” ~

“ Howie-here?” . - .7
‘ “Bi away!‘ You grab one side, and I’ll
grab 0 other. After him i”

The two mapped briskly forward. .

Suddenly 9 individual with the'satchel 'Was

' startled by the fall'of ,a heav hand on each
shoulder, while Hardl‘eGS grow hisear:

“Baltl You area rison'er!” . V >

With a cry"of aston _ eat the Earty turned.

And the two detectives echoed t at cry, with

ation~for the mm was
not Percy Wolfe !
They were baflled again.

'CHAPTERgXVlI.
BROTHER AND SISTER.
PW! Woman, On leaving the cars, hastened

 

, out atthe mainentrance of the ot, where he
. wall imm ' secured for the ountain‘ Ho-v
tel,“ by'that g matured ~ who is known

h. lari' he “ hivaus‘

1* chew 0", V toan extentin
the m 3:31 knows the’tfgk‘ah‘iéef”~theyt man tzvlgio
has"? more  smoreo depo 'e
is a better hand at drawing , m, can tall;

louder and longer, is more polite, and has more

 friends than any other member» of’his own race

connected-with B. B. ‘
But Wolfe did not remain long in his room at

the Fountain. .1 r
The best part of the afternoon was before

’ " him, had much could beaCOmnplished in that

time. .
After a meal be s’e out for Catonsvflle
' no time, he reached
that admirable institution. , . » J
Imagine his astonishment when he learned
that Pearl Rocheetine was not there, never had
9 been, nor was such a pupil expected at all. .
But his heart gave a bound when he heard

' that there was mother, at that moment, in the _
‘lbuilding, _ who had come upon an errand Similar

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sought, the one whose utterances, on the ni t
prev , contained no .t on to him.
lie-could hardly be 'aticnt. He must see her
at once—4nd  this. . v ’

Then, when the *messcnger came back with
theannonncement that the lady had left for the
station, just as he came inf his anxiety to be 03
was such that he stuttere and stammered the
necessary apologies, and finally ran from the
reception room to his conveyance, which was
waiting outside. , , ’ ,

“Becki—back to the station!” he cried. “ Ply
your‘whip, boy! Go!” '

And the horses started at a tearing pace, while.

Percy Wolfe fldgetecl nervously from side'to side
on his seat. ‘ ' '

. uarters of the distance had been gone
over when the boy asked, “ do ycmwant tocatch
the riextncar to town, lellister?”x \

es.

“ Then. we haven’t t much time.”
“ Go! go! urge the creed.”
' “ Go it is !” yelled the boy, as Percy displayed

an additional dollar. ’ .

The-whip was laid on till the horses broke in-
to a gallop.

Among several passengers who were waiting,
there was one female. ‘ ~

She seemed anxious to avoid observation
stood to one side, and he marked that her h
was hung in thought. . g >

“ That 3 her I” fell involuntarily from his lips.
. But now that the sought-for party was before
him, half his deny impulse deserted him.

He stopped short Within a few feet oféiher. had

9

The youn lady was Miss Byrne.
l Wolfe had

been to lug aside, and, like Perc
been, was astounded when she earned that
Pearl was not there, and was not expected.

She knew not what tomake of it. And this
was the enigma which absorbed her as she mused
on, unconscious of the form that was near her.

After awhile, and just as Wolfe had made up
his mind to address her, she raised ha eyes.

Some magnetic power drew her 9 directly
to him, and their glances met. was not a
moments glance—they looked fully ‘at each
other, as i mutually held by a strange, inex-
nlicable influence. ' r \

He was first to speak. With a slightly flushed
fac‘e mvanced. I h ' m rd

,or miss, ope youw pa on me,
but I—I—"he broke short. ’ .

That influence was weird and OVerwhelmmg.

As he gazed into the expressive gray eyes,
that were fastened on his face, there was a fas-
cination weaving its network through his senses,
a somethin warm and nameless thrilled in his
veins and e could say no more. '

Sudden] she saw the war which had been
Neal Hardiness clew. .

H r eyes Widened'; her figs moved—there was
a faint articulation which 9 could not hear.

Hanover ex rienced such sensations, in all
his life, as sho through him then, While some-
thing tugged at his brainas if to unlock the
sleep of a half buried memory. '

In this woman there was a familial-i
struck, puzzled him; a magnetism whic
his efforts at self-control, and he began to trem-

which

ble. . ,
“Who are youl—tell me,” gasped Mia

B me. _

e could not answer. His tongue refused its
gaze into her eyes, as if
chained by a mesmeric spell. * r’

“ Where did you get hat!" pointing to the
scar. _“,Won’t you I ah?” ‘ ‘

She seemed regard ass of the curious glances
leveled on her from the crowd of bystanders.
Her lips were quivering, her bosom heaved, one
hand clenched convulsively, and while her body

bent slightly forward, th was a soulful ex- ‘

pectancy written in her ace. -
“ Where—where did you t that?” x

“ Miss, I—-—it is an old mar «I got it when I,

was ,a boy,” he stammered, hardly knowing
what he said. . r"

“ And your name? Tell inc your name?” she
Whispered, quickly, her breath coming inshort,
pantin jerks, as she took a step nearer, With her
dilate eyes riveted burningly into his. ,

“ My—my name is Wolfe-e”

“Percy? Percy l” she screamed.

‘.‘ Yes. ‘ i

There was asharplcry, and. she reeled dimily.
But ere‘she fell upon the support of the ‘ strong
arm that was outstretched to save her, she re-
covered herself, and threw herself Wildly on his
bmm”h“;l‘i.é‘.:l‘°’ “slime 1’ hmmnmf“ “ill
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have youforgtren mel+forgotten Mela -..-1
your httleNclhe " w ,l “ ’ I ’ " f '
. “Nam!” , ‘ " . . '
‘ Heuttered the onewordwltha ., ,ohok~ _.-
' lng breath, and his whole frame uiv , in an _‘
overwhelmingjo -—for he recogn . her now. i - '
Fifteen years went fromhismind,quichasean  ' a
electric flash. ' ‘ ' ' 3

He sawa sister, nearly ten years oldpwith

whom,he usedto romp thelawn, smrin the old-, . *

fashioned swing go a—flshin , cull flowers, roam
the woods, and leve with
honest nature, . _ -

And thatwry scar upon his face was the re-
sult of a fall from an aplple tree, in the well-re-
membered orchard, w lie
to throw into the apron of e merrygirl be?
neath him. '

It all came back to him—those halcyon . days
of youth, when every hour of life was painted
like a dream. "

“Sister! sister Nellie-l” he burst forth, whil

it would have done you good to see the tears * '

listen in his handsome brov'vn e es as be folded

er tighter in his embrace: “ s it, is it you,
mini?” 2 r :9 h b

‘ ercy cm s 0 so

namearose to he); li as Show
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CHAPTER XV III.

, IN PERIL.  .
WHEN the heavy handde on Pearl’s shoal--
der, as she stood at the lone] lancing «

cornea,
right and loft, and undecide what tgdo,

her -
first feeling was that shehad been tracedthere '

by the negressand a cry offeararose toher ' .
while she sprung backward to escape ‘1 . '

dreaded hold. , .

But it was not Cassa. She saw a rough-leok-‘
inlg man. with hat ed .down over his M
ti ‘ nothing was (1 ting-Iiishable but a , '_,
glittering ey

ristling-bea . .,
' “ What’s the matter, sis? ,Did lakeeryer?’
“Yes,” said Pearl, timidly. “ Who  you?

and an indistinct outline Ml-

What made’you catch hold of mg in.  way? 9,. I  a» ‘

I don’t know you.”

gushing the fruit '

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as theJoved ,_. I ,

been wont to- - ,3 .-

g and laughing and wig, f 3‘2,
y ,e " '?
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ed countenance. ’ “ l

“Well,Itho’t I moot days ave. " a ‘

all,” explained the man. “ I see ye’re a
lonesome-lookin’ gal like, an’ yer was M’
ronndjer ’3 if ye’d lost yersel’-- . , , *.
“ And so I have,” interrupted, Pearl. ’ .
“ Have,,eh? That ’ere’s a pity”,
“ Can’t you help me, sir?” 1
u Me?” I J '
"Yes. I am a stranger here, and I do,

knowwhich wa  I want to gating? ,, V: iv

tel—some  otel’. ’
e l”

“Ahot  , _ , _ .
“ Yes. Won’t, ou éhowmeth :wsyfl’li'y ' ‘ ;,i
“Will I? Why): bless yerhearti  -- =‘
ye’rfimgfegrd ohm!" tedP 1 “were? ‘ ‘ "
“aioourea can, 
“’Cause I’mysodirtypfookin’u” * ‘ ‘ '

just show me,

wantmoney,lcanpa on.  . ,
Unseen b Pearl, forhis face was‘ half am!

ed, he rolls his tongue against onechcek,‘ 
’ hersteadff , £13313!

t e broad-brim hat.

. “Why, bless yer heart

* Pearl, believed that the man spoke

and she followedat his side, when“  , , 
u What’s yer name, little gall" when  H . A ,

traversed a whole uare in silence.
’ “ Pearl,” she angered. .

, Any other?” .

r. - - , ,
The man asked no more questions. 1 :

uare' after square was gone over, and

no

lently on. , ‘

agile was very, very tired; and at last she 

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that’s all ,I ask”; and-handset you \' a ‘

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Pearl Roch— Never mind mata- nsme.” a. , » >
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 and sounds or coarse revelry wit in. ’ _ .. ;
. Having experienced this kindof'thing‘sore-
' , centl'y, and still in a natural fear for her. safety,
her suspicions were not long in being aroused.

v  ,Had she but known that she was on the no
6 . torious Douglass street, with its pits of V108, its
*’~‘ ' brothels, gaming-hells, and  that accumulates
 in'fil h and wickedness where the lost being‘s
g x , ' and outlawed oflal of a communityseek refuge
 ‘ in airs of shame! F ‘

I Poor, misled child! had she but dreamed of
‘  . mthe loathsome section to which; this manhad
 "' . brou ht her, and realized what imminent dan—
ger t ere was fen her in its accursed surround-
ings her‘heart would have sunk in sheer fright.
- ’ ‘d‘here’s no hotel here!” she exclaimed, halt~
abruptly. ‘ ' ,
Yes ther‘ is. .Come on ” said the man.
The were beneath a dickerin lamp-light
and, {Er a second, she caught sigh , of a pair of
Ghurping eyes staring down at her, and read'in
v her conductor’s facea something that told her
she had been deceived. _ - /
~ ‘ . ' Alas for her! this warning came too late.
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,  turned to fly. ,
A   {No yer don’t, purty onel” snarled the rough
' 3 voice,aud her arm was_caught in a grip, of

. Ere she could vent the loud shriek for help
" that was upon her lips, his large. co as hand
,, read across her mouth; and biting t 16 strug-
‘ing form in his arms, he bore her away,chuck—
, i lowly as he went.
«Ifito one of the rim-fronted dens that are
common in that loca it we have named he can
u . y. . rled his captive—entering at a back door, which
it: he," reached after passing through a‘ black,

 ' slush -bottomed alley. V
W ’ enheclosed the door, he. glanced around
,‘ w ,v There were three children, each about Pearl's
A x '0an a'fie‘h, lying upongthe floor-one of they: a
- = girl. ey appeared half-starved,,were miser-
ably clothed, and as they looked up at - the man
= . who had so unceremoniously entered, their
emaciated‘fac‘es‘ were woeful to gaze on. . I
, " And the man himsolf~now that we can View
" him‘ by the uncertain glimmer of a s uttering
_._ .tallow candle: a ragged, devil-feature human,
, ' with bloated countenance tobacco-stained lips,
and eyes of villainous g are; in all,a rfect

‘  C the, now‘unconsclous, lay limp in his arms.

gr ,  ' ‘ ’was an old woman seated by asmoky

~ 1:? ; stove. tryip to warm her shriveled hands over
j, , the older fire '

‘  l rufllnshe

scp‘ieaked, “ what’s that you’ve got
,, she‘s-s, Rover e i” v ’ ,
  ; Get some water, Mum, she’s faint

. “Elie three children ’gazed sormwtull on
a Pearl, and exchanged glances among hem-
f'solves,asthe younggirlhegantoreturntocon-
- scioumess‘ under the effect of the cool water,
' _ ' with Which the Woman .layed her forehead.
" r ‘r _“ Eli, Rover! Where did you gifttht's print?”
"n I‘l'ffileas ’er innercence! she too me for jest
‘ kindest “man in the world. I was sluw

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,in’1’er, the way toafhotel. when she 
,me,an’ started to run. 80 I jest
. _. a halt on ’er—an’here she is.” .
7‘  ,“isn’t she pretty, though! She’ll make a
, thief—41a! ha! ha! nobody would
;if she stole any thing! Good! Good!
1,1“. em she’llnsake a good ’un.” \ ‘
 «ea; A‘prisel crashed the oldshe"
 «claw ,gher’ eyes listenede daggers as
 . 0h? fixed oaths behafitul face of fiieir captive.
- ,  ‘ garl’se ehds slowly opened, and she gamed
'- militia yabouther.‘ , I ' r
,- I “Don’t you make no noise now!” hissed the
, rum“, “or I’ll wring yerneokl”
. V  "u Yes, we’ll wring your neck for you l”echoed
 ‘ the female,_in her cracked, harsh voice. , I
., $951011“ girl’s heart'was almost standing

_ filtered. rising
r where t
I  do you like the hotel i”
‘ . 7 cu
‘ _ so than: no good-Inknow you have!—-”

ousfioing to, do’ with me?” she
a ting posture on the creaky
ey had placed her. .. ,
mocked Rover.

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 ,1 I.  ;«l“0hl let me

gel—lot me go, please!” cried
g a, movement -to mac, as

_ she
r 7  ", Batheforced her back to the,th Willem
 “ ’fiol-elet \her 20!”, Heart 39‘!" “‘3‘-

.taken' herenogsifgn or. the.

Satan, when ‘cohtrasted with the ange ic girl y

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; teethless  and she rubbed _ skinny,

hands together till every knuckle cracked. ‘ , _
Pearl was acutely terrified. he saw that

the beings before her were hard human; she

comprehended that they meant her no good;

and she, _a frail, helpless girl, could not battle !
long against! them in case they attempted to do ;

her an in ury. This latter thought made her
shudder, . or she could not foresee what terrible
fate was in store for her, .

“So, yer want to know what’s a-goin’ to be.

lone to yer, eh! Well, ther ain’t nothin’ goin’ 1

o be done, providin’ yer behave yersel’.”

“ But, I never harmed you, I am sure!” wail-
ed Pearl. “011, please let 6 o.” '

“Hesh up thet racket!” growled the villain.
“ Nobody’s oin’ to hurt yer. As to lettin’ yer
go: yes, we’ let yer go when ye’re ready to
swear.”

“Swear? Swear what?” exclaimed the trem-
bling girl,.gazin from one to the other. I

The man an woman exchanged glanceS'
then they looked toward the three half-starved
children who cbwered aWay in a far corner;
then the fastened their devilish eyes on Pearl.

“See ere now,” said the man leveling a
tore-finger at her, “ye’re a girl ’at I believes
hes got some learnin’. Yer can see ’t once what
we mean, when we say ’t yer must come to be
one 0’ us.”

“One of you? I don’t understand-dudesd I
don’t: What do you mean?”

“ Den’t yer want yer liberty?” ,

“Oh! yes, es!” cried Pear hopefv’jy, while
she clasped . or small white ands against her
bosom, and leaned eagerly forward.

“ Well, if you promises to do what them ’ere
children over there does, eve ,day, why, then

or kin go. But, mind: they ev to come back
here ever night; an’ if they was to' try to get
away, I’ find ’em, an’ I’d cut their hearts out!
Understan’. now?” ‘

“ No, I don’t—I don’t! I don’t know what
you mean!” and her fear of the two wretches
increased momentaril .

“ Ho! you don’t 6 i” sna
starin at her. “ Then I’ll to l
to ste for new” . r

“Steal!” the oneword fell from
me. nick, startled accent.

“ es, steal—steal! And bring us what you
steal. And we’ll feed you. And we’ll take
care of you. And if you to run away,
Rover ’11 find you out, and he kill you! Hear?
—he’ll kill you! .Now, then, swear it! Down on
our knees and swear—or you’ll never 0 out
of here alive! Hear me? Downl—down, say I”

“ I won’t steal!” cried Pearl, panting for
breath. _

“ You’ll never go out of here, if you don’t 1”
screamed the she-wolf. , ’

“,I don’t care what you do! I/wo'n’t steal!”
and her whole trams began to quiver in a strange
excitement, as the object of her captors dawned
upon her, the iron in her nature roused her
to leafless- resentment. .

“ Look ’0 here gal ”—-the man stretched forth
ahand to grasp er. , ’ '

But she started to her feet, and sprung beyond

. “ Keep ofll Don’t you “dare to touch mel'
h, {on cowards! —- you -wicked, wicked
wrote es—” ' ’ -

“ D—n yer, I’ll— Down on or knees, an’
swear what we want yer to... or I . I’ll—J’
“ I won’t! I won’t! I’ll never be a- thief—4!

pad, the female,

them defiantly, with her little fists clinched
face aglow, and the blue eyes brightand
s :11, fixed upon them unflinchineg

CHAPTER XIX. I
morass summer: FOB rm.

Wu cannot faithfullydescribe the expression
which came into Claude Paine’s face, as he
turned to discover who it was that plucked at
his sleeve, onthe corner of Baltimore and North
streets. . . .

To simply say that he was astonished would
scarcely portray his condition-for that astous
ishment contorted his face into a dark, scowl-
ing, incredulous—fronted visage, very much un-
lggethe handsome teatures of a tow moments

fore. -

Derrick, too, stared in wonderment.

 

But Paine's uneasy surprise was not yet. com- !

_ ta. 2 . '
“Perdition! womaul—what are you doing
here i’” I a r . .
intention was 99 sudden. hissing, pan-

The are
stratin th,  r ,, . i.
“rages/3&2» muttered Darrick. “I thought

you; you’ve got ,

Pearl’s lips

suspect you kill me! I won-’1'!” and she confronted ‘
'79

I chief thanlcan

 \ - H Me?»

. 1 her.” -'

'_'l:hen Paine perceived that Cassia. looked wor~ , .-

: med. There was a restlessness in her eyes that ’»

l betokened ammd ill at ease; and he""‘saw, fur-

l therfthat she wished to speak, but hesitated.
,The little scene had already drawn the aze

3 of numerous b nders, who were early at 12‘ air I

favorite lowering-placev and he motioned her to

follow him, as he Whoa abruptly and started

‘ toward Fayette street. ,
: “What in thunder do ousu ‘ is the mat-
ter?” questioned Derrick, as e kept by the

other’s side. r ‘

“Matter? Confound the fates! I believe
has bad news to communicate.”

“Bad neWs?’ ~v » '

“Yes.” . . '

:: 373% makes yfiuhthiitik so?” - -’
i cum to or o ostraight throu" h
to New {York?’ g * g

“ I certainly did.” i f ,

“And I bought tickets for that city. Then‘
how came she here? Why did she” leave the
train? I ed the bad news coming!”

When aine reached Fa ette street, he crossed .
over to the unfinished ity-Hall side, where
there were fewer pedestrians; and would be
more of an opportunity to speak with Cassa
without attracting attention. '

The negress was close behind them. When
she came up, Paine demanded again:

“ Why are you in Baltimore? Didn’t
tell on to go to New York?” I y _

‘fi es,” answered Cassa; “but on tole me I
mus’ keep de chile, an’dat’s W ' shore—now.”

" What do on mean?” sharp y. ' ' g

“ When we' em to de station place, she go get
up a’ ter drink 0’ water, down t oder en’ de car;
an’ when I looks fo’herr, brass goodness! she done .
gone. , . —

V “ Fool! why did you permit her toleave you?”

“I see’d ’er runnin’ along on do. outside, an’
makes a’ter ’er; but she fool ‘me, somehow
an _ / V , ,

“And has escaped
\ “Yes—she ’scaped. '
The exciting news immediately worked upon »

she

Derrick

you?”

a

on,

First, he cursed the no ss—-then he cursed
what he called his bad lug:e

“ Confound the ni ' er!” granted Derrick.

“1’s been lookin’ a 1 roun’ town, de whole 0"
las’ night, an’ dis mornin’-—-’fo’ de Lo’d I has!
But she’s gone for shuah.” '

For several moments Paine could not utter a
word. :He looked down at theégavement, with
(sitartang eyes; his hands clinch , his face red~ '

ene .

'He scented dan er in this accident. 'Would
not .Pearl, with 9 money she had, repair
straightway back to Washington; learn of her
stepmothers departure; perha , by some
means, follow them it wtrace t on to Balti»,
more, to St. Louis; eventually make known‘
to Isabel what had transpired, and thus, promi-
bly. ruin all his well-laid schemes? '

He saw plainly the child must have suspect.
ed that all was not right. But, if so, what had
happlened to arousesuoh distrust! WM ind
she ed. iron: the negressi '

He did not stop then tomwerthe question.

He reasoned that Pearl would make direct for
her home—i1 she was to be secured at all, the
, lace to catch herwas at the vacant house in‘

ashington. -

Cassa must return. then, at once. Derrick
,must accompany her. The two might be m
cessful, ifthey acted in rompt concert. v '

All this passed. like legraphy through, his,
brain—the decision was reached with the
ra idliltlyflpfmlecgfic k, . .

e s qu etl to one with
rammedinto the full epth oi! haka’ue‘W

“ Woman! I’m afraid you’ve made more mia~
Paine exclai aids undigexhalby ohildlmegetsw"

In 811 . ’

: back to her mother-J y -‘ ' r
g “ Your tin pan’s bu’sted!” inserted Derrick.
» _“ _I amutterly ruined!” finished Paine;adding,
hissingly: “and if she does on Will soon but as-
poor as on ever were. Did not tell an you
should ave all the money you wan, if you
1 you served me faithfully?” -
l, “ Yes, you tole me dot,” admitted Gama,
meekly, for she already felt sorry enough at
‘ prospect of losing the regular salury agreed ‘
u .

‘ pon. :
“I knows you 17019 no dot. But what’s! goln’ ‘ '
to do!” " v " ‘

5“ You must go back to Washington—an d,
. Derrick I want you to go with her.”

. “ Yes, you. Both. Go u to  Wm’
, ho , and Wait there, and watch. I teal ear:
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“But what if she  suggested Derrick,
inaniringly. , ' ‘ v ' L ’ '
Threaten her!,,You_csin terrif her.‘ But‘I
would not do her any real harm, i I were you.
She must be secured, at any cmtf’ and he added.
to the ne ress: “ If you are successful, I’ll give
you anot er. hundred.” . v

Egow am I gomg to find you again?” Derrick
as e . v
“I will’_wait for you at the Southern Hotel,
in St.‘Loms—a week, if necessary.” ”

“ All right——”

“ Now go. Bo off. without delay. Watch at
the house, and you will catch her. 'I know she
W111 go. strai ht there.
natural It won d be fer her to do so?”

“ Yes. Come on, Dig,” the last to Cassa.

Derrick started down North street, and the

' r

r ne%ress followed.

hey took the first train for Washington
Claude Paine ’drank several times at the
counter of Bernard’s wine-store before return-
in to his hotel. ‘

e did hot seek the society of Isabel. He felt
that his. mind was in no state to rmit‘pt calm-
ness then; and it was not until 't e dmner hour
came around that he had snfliciently quieted
himself to vontrte into her presence. '

‘ They dined leasantly together, and the meal.
was followed y a long teta—a—tete, teeming with
ssionate ‘interchanges of sentiment and at-
ectionate carewes. r
' Late in the afternoon he was pacing slowly to
and fro before the omce counter, a cigar be-
tween his 'li hands folded behind him, and
1 1y wrap in thought.
ere gore sevexgaélolnegaznl-ivals; and, as fie
passedtelarge 'ayopenonte
counter he involuntarily glanced ,at the hiero-

' glyphic ed page.

As he looked, he paused. .Then he drew closer.
A new excxtement came'upon him. Something
had startled him—ha name; and that name was:

- Pane? Worms.

“ He here!” flashed through his mind, with a
force that gave him a shock; “ curse the fates!
I wonder if he has tracked me?” * !

He strode idly away up the stairs to his
room. ‘From ' room, he sent a message to

‘flfcpnvenient, I would like to see you. Shall I

. come?

And the waiter brought back, in answer:
“ flways at leisure for you, Claude.“
‘ He was shortly with her. '
But she 'did not imagine that his object was
to be sure that she did not show herself b. any
. possible chance, to an one in’ the hotel—for

I ' ,thatvery one-might be ercy Wolfe, his dreaded

anon: ..

eye minute was an hour to him, that
must e1, . ore hecouldfleeagein trim the
man he cared. 2 x ' ’
THE WEEK

PERCY WOLFE, when he returned to the city
with his sister, secured rooms for himself and
her at Barnum’s. . .

He went tothe Fountain Hotel, and removed
his trunk; then no to the depot after
_ _ she, in her haste to get ton
‘Inilemde, had left at the former place. 4

fter they were finally seated alone in Nellie’s'
room, their mutual was renewed—such a .

, I
- ' jo ‘- as can only‘etlstasween brother and sister,

31" er so many long 101': years of separation.
Their hearts wei'e frfil; lips could not speak

' , fast enough the countless things they had to say.

It was the picture of childhood rewrought, 1n,
which/the ’almost massacred the sunny garb of.

' ~ yam, in heir very smiles and tom”, and loo!-

131!er ha py utterancea- .
A ,At last, owever, young Wolfe soheredin- his,
transports, checked the gossip of his tofigue’ to
" Where’s father, Nellie?” '

He read his answer in the downcast eye. and
sorrowful face. , ,

“‘ Dead, " she whispered, tremulously.

The air was hushed around them. ‘

“ And mother?” in a suppréSSed, haunting

' voice. >

“Dead, Percy—dead!” ‘ _ ' ‘ “
' Am hallowedcalmprevaded'H-edrew
her close him.

“Then you have been lonely. And I so far

‘ a y, that‘you really-had no one to—but

She must have grown to be
beautiful girl hithistimel Tell

w ’3 Diamond?
at , , ,
inc: where is she?”

an’t you see how\

powerful «.nnv‘etu'nr;~  she threw her - arms
around warlock, and gamed up at him-~her eyes
dimmed ith tears hat were just mdy to
trickle from the lid. \ .

“Percy !-—she, too, is dead I” I

"All dead?" he murmured, looking abmtly-
dowa at the carpet. , r
‘ “All!--all!” she breathed, tremblingly. “But,
011'! Diamond is far happier than she would have
been had she lived.” »-

“ hat doyou mean. Nellie?” I

“She died of a broken heart!” The words
were s ken so low, that he could scarcely hear
what s e said.

‘_‘ A broken heart, Nellie! How? Explain.”

“I will. It was when she was sixteen ears
old. But she was a woman then—and o I so
lovely. A erfect earthly angel, Percy; and it
seemed as i she loved everybody, for she was
only happy when doing something to please
others— ~

“ Just like your own sweet self,” he broke in,
earnestly. v .

“ And she was loved by every one,” went on
Nellie. “One man, who was visiting at put
little village, became infatuated with hora—wor-
shiped her, as he said; and she our child, was
won by his pretty speeches an andsome face.
He flirted with her, and, she believed him sin-

Icere. ’llhough I him myself romise to
return, at a da not then far 08 an make her
his bride. But e never came, erc water 1”
‘ “Goon Nellie! And ourdear li a sister!—
Diamondi" ’

“She waited long for him, son-owing more
and more, as the weary months rolled by; until
-—at len h, she-—" Nellie covered her face with
her ha and sobbed aloud.

“ Tell me the rest.” His own checks were wet
with rieving tears; but he was repared for
anyth n now, since he had learn that father
and mot or had both passed away ferever from
this life.

“I watched her tenderly; Idid all I could.
But she died, Percy—she died in my arms. I
shall neVer forget be sweet smile in her face,
when she looked up at me, and said ‘Good-b

ed the name of the man who had dealt her

, this blow! Oh! Percy—and I so dearly, dearly

loved her!”

She wept bitter! . She was not, at this mo-
ment, the calm -possesscd Miss B me that
she had been while in Mrs. Rochestin s employ,

cooled from the eyes of strangers, overwhelmed
her as she drew under the sympathetic told of a
. brother’s arm.
“Don’t w so,” he said, soothingly. ‘.‘ Wt
was this villa n’s name?”

' “Claude Paine.” .
r‘,‘ Cumin Panza!” Ho stared in amazement;

he hardly behaved his ears.
. g A .

Yes- , ,‘ .

“ Whati’Kthought the young man, “can it be,
that the Claude Paine I am pursuing, is the de-
stco not m sister’s life? By Heaven! if ’tis
so, will ren him limb from limb!” and then
albud: “Nellie, I am hunting for 3 Claude

sine!
‘fNol” looking at’him incredulously through

her/tears.

“But, I tell-you, I am. Can it be that this
same villain is the man I am after? In London,
I had a friend named Horace Roebestine—”

_ “ Ah!” She leaned forward quickly.

“This friend died—3’. ,

“Yes, es; I know.” _

“You ow?” - . p ‘ ‘

“ I’lo died} of fever, did he now—months

“ How did you hear it!” in wonder. .

“I was governess to their child, Pearl—it it is
the same—”

“Pearl! . Yes-Tit- must be the same. Why-J

‘ “I was governess to their child.“ It was my
only means of living, Percy.” .

“ You governess to Pear Rochestine?”

“ Yes. I left their home yesterday, after
Pearl was sent away, as they said, to Inglec
side—J ' r

u Yes___” . ‘ _

»“ But I have been there, too. Pearl is not at
Ingleside!” ' ‘

“ I know she is not. And oh! Percy .I fear
for her. Her stepmother is in love with this
IvIei'yLCIaude,Ll’aine—J know it. And he loves

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For. a.» second. the.  struggling with some

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cod-by, Nellie—sister.’ And the. last breat ,

for now the wee that she had so heroically con. .

f‘By Heaven! Claude Paine is a scouridrel,”I
cried Percy, eagle now felt convinced by his

""an you an “idea wherehe is, Kellie? 'Ee
hasHoraceRochzstm “e‘siw: "’v ',
“Horace Roebestine’s will!” Nellie gasped in
astonishment.

“Yes. And I firmi'

exalaimed, growing more agitated.
“ Not there?”

mento.”
“Ha! how do
in excitement, an halt-starting up. ,v v

eve of departure for that place—” a . ‘ -

He sprung to his feet with a cry.

“ Then we’ll be after them to-night, and close
on their heels.
Louis. We will
lose. I must be 0
at the oflice that I am going.
tain m

Snatc '

0 on that: I’ve no time to
after tickets and tell them

There.

Nellie, don’t detain me!”

im ediate do 

The individual with the- sachel-yho misc
unexpfictedly collared by heat km and
Kirk rand, at the Camden Station, was rather
timid by nature, and he came near sinking
down in terror, as those startling words 
assess a”  * r

a t on are a prisoner  ,

“I be pardon, sir,” apol zed I
while he f held up the in-embhngman, “ we’ve
took cu for some one else.” '

 

never dld an hing! Your a is .

Certainly, t t’s all right—41a! hal—it’a .all .
right,” as he stammered and forced himse‘ltlto ~

laugh, his knees were c ' together, and
threatening to - bond um, "and 'when
Hardress released him, and he startednmy, he.
did not run—but he walked real fast! ' ‘
Brandgrunted. .. I , _ v‘ -
“ This is a image!” he‘exclaimed, as they'lott
the depot. ' f‘ How did
such a blunder?” .
“‘ I can’t see. I

rough our fingers.

slipij right th
be one?” .
“Bless me, if Iknow! .Thoonly  ,‘
to over again.” - 4 '
“ ell, we’ll begin over again.” a  '4
Just then they collided withm men who was
hn ing toward the outgo‘ cars. , ~ 
“ e110! Neal—Kirk!” hes outed. «. , a 
. “Why, Sales!” (9chch two  A
m a breath, and Brand asked- ‘ °

  

“No, I , ven’ta I don’t
city after all- I on the: point
over tosee you, in
twitch ’ th 1 kall '9 n' '
its , same no ground ,, W
“Haven’tyoqu‘ot him yew!" *‘  

‘ u Nary gov—7’ ..

said Hardress. . . .    
\Within a short space, the three detectives

the Fountain. It was blind fate.

um htnswell lit up hm Yawn“, fen.
“igh' “v illness. 01‘ tlilliwecanlohk'arounai” j' 
d ress. « _ _, , , f

to the counter, to register. .
ver first name they saw on the book,
of ercy Wolfe. ' ~ . .  . ,
, “Hooray!” chuckledBram; and ’ "  '
“ By thunder!” blurted Hardness.  (A? i '
They were on the track again. '_ “‘- f

E The hotel coach at Barnumls was Waiting for

 

its passengers
, Nellie was

i whom, to her astonishment, she immed
: tine: ’ .. ,
. Here was a discoverv. She

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“Mrs. Rochestine is not in Washington,” he ..

don’t dew :

room new” 9 ~ , 
their, m “gimme ' '

“ es,a—someoneelso—I awe-71W?! ,

you ever. come tomako ‘
mama my  
‘ tted.’ Hews: on at train and‘nowfie’sq
Sm w ’  

U Have cu trapped  ’L i, .1»? I 
behe' we ate amen
' Of

ashingbon, for  ~ 

“ Cm Wermhe hotel. andlet’il,  ' _.

were in the office of a hotel—and that WW5“  ;_

“Yes!” acquiesced Brand, am;  twp t a  : ,l 4 

To their utter amazement, and delightf’tiio I. f
  

, inside the conveyance, awaiting 
; her: brother, when a lady and gentleman  " '
olely

1 recognized, as Claude fame and Isabel Boob”, I 
drewher~ veil f.”

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believe that he and ‘

Mrs. Rochestine have otted to cheat Pearl out
of her inheritance.” - . r -
“ Oh, Percy!” . ‘
::113d1?_1 do", '1 a 6. this  b "
[I on can 98.81 D . ‘ man H
to Washington, andY asking Mrs. isothng
where he is. She knows—‘4’

“No. I was at her hone; this morning, and M H
“is closed. , _ ’ . '-
.“ Then she has gone to California—to Sacra-
ou know!” fairly trembling 

“Pearl told me that her mother was on  .

There’s a train tonight for St. _

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~ «step. two men id hold 11? him. j . ‘1.
f‘ Halt there, Ecrcy.Wo e! We want you i” ‘
i“ Arrest me! For what?” , I
- ’  "To answer for the disappearance of Herod
'* Dean. in the city of London-” '
H “ There‘is some mistake—” he began.”

  

 

, “ Isn’t your name Wolfe?”

I uth is} , . ‘ - ’ [fl
 Thenthere is no mistake. Come.” '
He wasat first bewildered.

. r comprehended. \
’ “' Nellie!” he cried, turning to his sister.
’1’ . , ,“Hush!” she cautioned. , ..
 -» ' A scream had arisen to her lips, when she ‘-
heerd thewords of, the man who detained .her ‘
brother, yet, with admirable presence of .mind,
, , not only smothered that scream, but ut-
tered the timely caution—for the very parties
she and her brother were in search of, sat there“,
. r in iron :of her, and she did not wish to amuse
' their 5 spicions as to her identity.
, " Nellie I” he continued, in an undertone, for
he too. saw that there were others in the coach,
“ this charge can not keep me long, I am sure.
' There’s sométhingwrong, but it will soon be
V - gdjugted, novertear. You go on. Here—take

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 A yawl: I , g I
" v “  senda letter for 1yoou, to the aides of
the'Flanter’s hotel, in St. ' ms. You can fol-'
low its directions, and'you will either find me, or

-. furthsr ' ions—wand so you can trace me up.
n i ,I We ' them already!” "
« « «_ Ere could speak again, or ask her what she

a
v

meant by saying she had “ found them already,
', .hflfla’s'tersed aWayby Neal Hardress and
, Kirk Brand. ~
. Nellie’s wits were keen. ‘Before her satthe
whimsy-were in pursuit of. They were gem

, \ tdfit. Louis, like herself, and she reasoned the
"they might make a stopdlbera Hence. the
’ .  of her quick words to’her brother.
Marthe coach moved oil, and _Nellie re~
 Martel! to watch the couple into w ose
. ~. 5 pt‘sshnoe a'stran fate had thrown her, she saw
 i’ a half , h t-triumphant gleam in Claude
', .‘ PWe smasheganed'wt at pris-
. j  was ng led away.
rfU' ' ', l 
  :. CHAPTER XXI.
4» ~ maLmnnacmoas.. ,
. .. Pawn nusrmn faced the roman and th
T'n  whims. fearlessness that, for several
'9 ', ’ .Mked their comprehension. . .
I! do" cauldhimtlulfzdherto1 com t ‘mtmg
He', m to mac—no ng
   {gusto cause her to swerva
  the olden precepts that had been in-
 er heart. 1* .i'
~ i ' scan Rover! No matter what the alter»
.'~ native, she would never be that.
v k]  mail glared upon her; the crane, taken
 aback yxthe unexpected action of the child,
' cruised or neck, an widened her small, sharp

*eyflthree childish  the tableau in
-' K,andlthe girl whispered to her com-
’llldllher!” ‘ , '

 Rom  aloud curse, andsnarled,

‘.V

.'  o ‘ .
‘f‘ i (’0 here, gal, yer’d better mind

  peein'uoeowhat we wanna
ji‘fimsm t!” pante'd Pearl.

 “Yer won’t ’ -.

 “15.0, tweet!" ‘ '

out! ,

' it

‘ nip: diabolicallv. Let me

0! we’ll soon take the stand: out

* ‘ ickl to adul-‘Idwtigol’:

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hree c

a: E... W no r“ they”,
a sympa ng y on on or-
' Th had felt that stun“ till; their
’ Wm” silvers bergzised and scarred. 9’

,  “Q barium you goingi toth  as.
.rmanded, ear com re us: or g .
 ""“E‘iol ygu’ find gut! We’ll show you—{we’ll
’ show out ’

*f-‘gfer’d  mind, now)”  Rover,-

 Lt .
 ~“ZWill ysou. swear?” mocked the wolflsh fe~
, Shale she advanced, menaclfigly, and flour
 Vi,   ctr?in the air. ‘ ‘ I
2 ,s “No. l‘Won’tP/Egned  “Don’t you dare
*1».sz with , tin-don you dare V '
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‘- “No, yer won’t, neither. We ain’t a-goin’ to

ward him.

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“I’ll glVe vycubnc more c lance!” squeaked .
hewoman. with another of hervmalicious ins. ~
l “I don’t-care if you, give me a himd 2—1
don’t you dare to strike me‘. with that, or it’ll
be worse for’you! I tell you I _won’t!—~I
v'mu’tl—J Won’t! And“ I’ll scratch your eyes
out if you come near me. I’m not afraid of
you!» = . ,
“Take care!”
above her head. .
“Cut ’erl” growled Rover. ,
'll‘hg children gaSped simultaneously, and re- ‘
c01e . , v
Down came the strap, with a hiss and a

The bag circled the strap]

whiz—a merciless stroke that might have drawn '

blood. ‘

, But Pearl was fully aroused—her whole na~
ture was fired—she was blind to all bodily
danger for the moment. / .

With a quick, sharp cry, she caught the de- '
scendin stra though the contact blistered»
her ban -—-an , with a 1 her little strength, she
wrenched it from the other’s hold. '

Themwith '
blow that coil the strap around the woman’s
neck, and wrung a shriek of pain and rage from
her shriveled lips. . .

But she had not time to re
ment. Rover
and pinioned
vise.

The woman tore away the strap, that was
nearly strangling her, and with every outline
of feature hideously distorted and writhing,
sprung forward, screaming:

“Let her I o, Roverl—let her go! I’ll teach \
her, the sore ch cat! ‘Let her go! Let meget
at her!’ 1211 kill'her!” - \ . . -

“Hold on,” commanded. Rover hitemosi"~_
an arm betWeen thegstruggling child and the
upraised strap. » '

“ Let me get at her I say!” screamed the wo-
man; “I’ll kill her for that blowl—I’ll kill
her!’

t the chastise-
irasped her in 's powerful arms,
or struggling form, asif in a

have no killin’ around here, ’cause .I ain’t just
read to be hfiyet. Now, hold 011—?
“ ut she ,no business to strike me!”

shrill . _
“ fiver mind ‘now; you jest hold on. Le’ me
fix ’er.” 7 .
“ hat’ll you do? EhL—what’ll you do?” '
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inimediately‘ acquiesced 1n the man’s sugges-
tion. ) p .
“ Yes, yes, yes: put her down the hole! Ho!
my little stretch-cat, that’ll’ bring you to your
senses!

 restored the strap to its place on the,
W3 . x I
“,Let me go!” cried Pearl, as she/fought in
vain to releasevherself.

“ Fetch that fere light,” said Rover.

She caught up'the candle and brought it t0¢~

Rover ela . a hand over his captive’s
mfih, and r3: hggd'towy one  d
lewoman a’ngxn e ran.
raiseda large mp cor, discofering a. not; be
110th that was b ck-and forbidding.
“Will yer keep yer mouth shot, I take my,
hand away i” be asked. ,
Pearl griddedggfr head affirmatively. She was
almost s oca . \ _ .
. The moment she could speak, she walled: . g
“ Oh! don’t—don’t put me down in that awful
Pl '

 

ace!” .
“ Hush up! Yer sed yer’d keep .yer mouth :
7’ , - 1
‘“ hut you won’t (put me down there, will you? '
Oh don b—please on’tl” ‘ . k
‘2 Down with her I” snapped the woman. i
“ Will yer ,swearl villa}; we "Wants yer to! 
wits erascnoep I
quxiitflfwtn’mx suddenly and defiantly. " Go a
on, you cavzhairgsilr-do whateven, you will! I’ll
be a . ,-
Myrna“ with her I” yelped the woman again. 1
Rover took Pearl up, and stepped to the edge 

91‘? £31332 ermake any more noise, I’ll let é
you fall!’,’ he hreatened. . , r . . i
There was aglde legal? aching aging]: lane

“ t n a e gun acau 1 e.

fihydghfior :icreakledfiand bent when his .
i ht reete 11' ,0 .1. . . ,

bugs}; geiirmaale u 'tpthI‘reSisWsm saw .
itwonldvbe "  p.  . ‘ ' 
Reversal: roomth damp earth'floor I
or the‘xeellarmnd than loaned to the  ,
above, pulling;tho ladder up after him. ' ,

 

_ nears .- _ _ ,.
,     1’s teeth clinched ’ ether, and she.‘ 
*r'j.‘ "filmed a threatening attlt‘ e5 3 ' ‘ » J I 

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, '_,‘,§"lirowithen. lchuokled the woman.‘wavin' the:

   

Eightning rapidity, she struck—~13 /

,b

. earnestness that .tew

candle  that shehould look do‘liv'uT at the
two child “ see how you like that. You’ll,
there with the rats, and catch cold, and be sick

and hungry; and £011 won’t get out till you’re ‘
ready to swear! _ ear?” . ‘

The trap fell Witha thud, and Pearl was in’
darkness. '

tShe sunk to her knees, andbowed her head to ,
hex: (agaped hands. ’ , ‘

‘ pity me 1’ she moaned, sobbin 1
her . or heart felt the full ho elcssness 
con tion: ‘_‘0hl papa~papal wish I was with

If it IS wron to wish for death, I can-not

'ou
; help it, for I do, I 0 wish I could die, and come,

m on in heayenl” ‘
hen, groping about her, she discovered a pile
of planks in one corner, on which she sat down.
whitle thei gealizationdof her. terrible situation
con mue 0 pro on pre 11 n. her min , u -
til she could havz cried ouyti p0 ony. ‘ d n

Atlast she laid down. She was so tired that.
even had her troubles been doubly augmende '
she could not have forced ofl the drowsy feeling
thesis] cainetovecr) beg}.1 t. ‘ '

e s ep . n a rough hard couch her
bod found rest, and the wedry eyelids closed
in s umber. '

The damp air of the place made no difference: '
.even the starved rats that ran noiselessly around
did not disturb her: and at one time her lips
moved, as, in asweet dream she thought her-
self once more in the dear old home roaming
through its apartments and halls—and with the
10v voice of her governess speaking, as she
had so lately done, those warm encouragemeuts
to bear up under trial, and look to Heavau for
hope. . . .

Almost night again. "

During the day following Pearl’s imprison
ment, she scarcely heard a tootstep. overhead.
All was ominously still. . 

About noon the woman had let down apiece
of stale bread and a bottle of water, by means
of a rope; but she did not utter a word. _ '

At first the oung girl could not-‘ touch the
miserable foo, ; it was repulsive to her.
hunfger compelled her to it at last, and she ate

y  ‘ . ‘

‘All day long she had been silent—thinking. ‘ .

When daylight came, it had disclosed a Iittl. '
squatre hole at one side, on’a level with the paw».
men . ' ' .

A faint hope arose inher bosom; but it was
doomed to dispelment when she saw also, that;
she could not escape in this myrrh: it was
crosscd by two stout iron bars. I . ;

Wh not call for help, and attract the attens
tiono some passer-by ' -

“ No,” she thought, with sad real

I do these wretched beings may ill me, for:
they look wicked enough to do an thing. And
I do not wish them to stain their ds with the

crime of murder.”

Then; lien the blue eyes filled with tears , she
added, low : x  V ‘ -  .

“But I am not afraid to die! No-—-I would
see papa, then; .I would be! free from all my
sorrow. For I 'cantt believe I’ve done anythin
to keep me out of heaven. I have so
to be good- and I am sure God istoomercrful to
count mglittle shortcomings when I have done
m be! lit .

ind the" moments passed, as she sat there
dreaming of whetheaVen might be to those who
gained it, and renown her young life with an
ever once think of.

place gre

Piesently she detected all h «caflike ' I  in
the room above. In a fewg sz’conds W

uncertain gloom.

door was noiselesslyraised and laid back on its '

hin admittin a dim stream of light.

1%. 'to her Suzi-prise, she saw one . end at the
ladder ap at he edge; hnd this began to
lower an loWer——all as quiet as it an musible
agency was working with bodiless things.

When the ladder touched the ground, «and
Pearl looked u‘ to see what was coming next,
age discovers a boy’s tace gazmg down at;

r. - . ~ .~
“Hush!” he admonished, in a low tone. "
“ Come on.” . . . ,

“ Come on?” repeathd Pearl, mqulri 1y. v

Bur. 

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also: “in;

ls, even of older age, I

The w darker and darker as  r
I deepened, until she was enveloped in a m, '

“Yes—Rome on. Come quick. Dent make V
n 150 ‘

an o .’
gall-bewildered, she arose, and went to the , -

er.-

stood up and beckoned to her.
She ascended. '
“Be quiet \

I -.

boy, who had been on   how: f

Be ’reru Quiet.” he cautioned. ;

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door andshe,

, laid the way "attire side

with wild . sensations, touched 
six ’23.?“ ' ' '

7 i -~ pressinghis brown, dirty hand in her own white

 as he quickened

ms. . ,
“We ain’t safe yet,” said the boy, 
IS pace, and glanced, h —

frightened, around him.
‘ How could you do what you did?” she asked.

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’ ; hein in danger
’ woi' , it won d take so long to save up maney

manl’.’
“ “will—that’s the on saw last ni ht
«she’s n arrested, an 01 Mum-that’s he
woman—she’s had to go and get her out. Rover
figes out always at daylight, and. never comes
' me till twelve o’cloc at ni ht. So, you see,
there ain’t anybody home. felt real sorr
for ‘youi‘ down them in the Cellar—indeed I di ';
‘ and as ’d made up my mind to run of! to-night
whether Rovar caught me again or not, I
thought I’d help you, too.” _ . I
“ , 0d will reward you for it i” she exclaimed,
fervent] ' ' '

y.

“ But we ain’t safe yet. We’d better hurry
some more.” _ .

They were fleeing eastward. Soon they
fiancth Aisquith street, and turned to th
2‘ t.

e
' hen they were on Baltimore street, they
went slower ping west. '

- “ Where di you live?” asked Pearl, as they
continued along. ,

“ My home’s in Richmond. Rover stole me
away from there three years ago.”

“ And are you going right straight there?”
..“'No, miss, I— he hesxtated. “I can’t go
right off. I must hide about Baltimore till I

> can steal some money—or something to sell for

1110136 n” ‘ l ,

“ on mustn’t steal,” said Pearl, takin hold
Of his arm and looking earnestly into his acc.

9‘ I know it’s wrong,” he murmured, “ but I
can’t do any thing else here in this city without
from Rover. If I was to go to

to' t away, and live all the time besides, that
he’ be Sure to find me. know you’re one of
the good kind of girls—I think yOu’re one of the
rich Sort. I don’t blame you for being careful.
, But I’m nobod ——it don’t make any\difference
‘ whether I stea or work, for I won t be . No-
bodycares for me. Why, if I was to d my
. father and mother dead when I- get back to
Richmond, I—I wouldn’t have a friend in the
world,” and he had to utter the last speech ra-
pldl . for his voice was failing.
“ es, Eu have got a friend,” whispered
Pearl. “ are is somebody who cares ‘40:-
on.” ,
‘f'thoil’he asked, in  -
- “firm, lyour friend. I- alynys' remeniber
on; and ’llnever forget to pray for on, that
d may reward you, as I cannot, or what
you’ve done for me to-night.”
, He gazed at her, half-incredulously, though
his eyes were dancin and glistenmg. It was
somethin new for t e r ed street child to
hear a v. like Pearl’s; an as he looked into
‘ her lovely face, his‘heart was thumping wildly.
I ‘-‘ Now-,zyou must not steal,” she continued.

, “Promiseme on won’t.”

“Wh ’ I he love I’d romise on anything!”
be mihmoumuy. ‘3‘ But mil take me a long
time  the money I need; and maybe
Rover ’11 find, me on too. But, I don’t care—-

indeed l” »

9‘ on u not Wait a'da . I’ll ve on
(“mono togohome with)! y. si 
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from yen?” he asked, in wonderment.
,ltdid seem strange that the ration had not
3 but there Was
Under theflrst impflght they came to they
 P7, lhanded him three ten-dollar bills. '
-“Wh‘ , Miss— ou—you ain’t gom to,- yo
me all ' l”,he s ' mmered, while the d t ,at
held the notes fairly trembled, and refusedto
close Over them.

“ Yes. Put it in youg‘pocket. It isn’t safe to.
, show every one what ’

ve got. Now,»let’s go
to the depot-the Was ington depot.” 

“ Do you live in Washington?”

“.Yes.” , ~ '

‘“ Well, here comes, a car that’ll take us to
‘ Howard street; and then we won’t " have far to

 " walktothe de 19.” .

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:

   

 /enteredgheVWinfgcar  Pearl

, ’dthe fares, :vdthL-‘j air 0 «a.  who

eels that she has much depeu‘ ‘ug  her
so.

- maintenance ofa'disfinified yetgen
ewes l V . , , I :5
“Oh! thank yw—4hank you!” she cried,

During the r" . boy was feastingth
on the beauty of or face, and mentallflhleasin
its owner, orer and over again, tor a grea
'favor she haddone him. " _ i .
' They reached the depot; but there was no

train till8, :30. .

Both were hungry, and they ate plenteously
from the tempting dainties that were on the
standnear the ladies’ waiting-room.

When at last, the figuthful pair procured
their tlcltets, and took t irseats in the car,they
had not 11 gone from the waitin aroom five
minutes, when Claude Paine and Isa lRoches-
tine entered, and the latter sat down on the
vegdcushlon Pearl had ust vacated. 4

V the youn girl lingered only a fewm -
ments, she wo d have met her stepmother,
would have met the man who was acting so
treacherous] toward her, would have met her
governess, ellie Wolfe.

But the _programme was otherwise ordained
by—the bhnd variance of human action. ;

When they arrived at the Washington depot,
Pearl stopped near the entrance to bid her
companion. farewell, and thank him anew for
the services he had rendered her.

“ Can you find your way over to the other
de‘pootz’ she gslged.

‘ , yes, e answored. ickl “I’ve been
here before,” adding: “andqllgm 33a somuch

~ obliged to you, miss. Good-by. Think of me

sometimes, please.” ,

He raised her hand to his lips with agrace
that would have become a true knight. I

But Pearl partially anticipated him.

Ere he knew what she intended, she leaned
forward, and gave. him a quick, warm kiss with
those ripe, sweet lips; and while his senses
whirled, she whispe '-

ou. Good-by.

red:

“Yes, I will always think of

And wheneVer you are tempte to do wrong,
ou think of. Pearl—that’s my name-«and the
iss she ave you.”

_“I ' ll I will! Good-by!”he cried,and tore
himself away1 from her ere she could see the
tears of joy 1: at were Wellin in his eyes.

Ashe ran 9.1 ng the street, e murmured:

“God bless earl l—God bless her! I’ll never

for t that klssl” . .

ey never met again. -

Pea i looked after him, till he was gone from
siglht, and then she thought of herself.‘ .« ’

' here were the familiar cars before her—the
bright blue sides she had seen so often on the
Avenue—and an indescribable thrill pervaded
her frame as she the ht how near she must be
to the house she Ion for. a .

1 that she entered

 

“Why, didn’t Rover take everything away.

Itwas with a glad fee intg0
one or the cars, and retired One of the upver
corners, where she could avoid the gaze of the
‘other passengers, and be undisturbed in her half.
sad, half-happly thoughts. .

When she 'a ighted at --th street, her heart
fluttered as she started, almost on a run, toward
her home. , v I .

t . But the gloomy, deserted look that had come
over this home, caused her‘to pause abruptly.

Not a light was visiblemnot a sound to be
Eagdmand) a pggmoniti?n tot something wren‘gé

ae er tea corneas as ’ '

,the darkened windows. ’ s -e lop ed up ,
_ » “Oh! what can it mean? Has mamma gone
amsl What has happened!”

' ‘ e she hesitated and wondered a sound
felilnpon her ears that, for a second, chilled her
ve ns. . a

It was a low, chuckling, triumphant lau h.

“ By J ovel here she is exclaimed a voic

Two shadow . forms darted out of an alley,l

not ten paces istant from her—e man and a
woman, and the latter caught her roughly by
the arm. - , ‘ . -.

One terrified lance sumced to show her who

it was, but ere s 9 could utter the despairing cry .

, that was on her lips, Cassa, the negress, had
checked the alarm, 11)? placinga hand over her
mouth, and Dorsey errlck hissed forth:

“ , we’ve caught on, Miss Flyawayl Si~
lence’, now, or it’ll be t e worse for you. Don’t
you y 13p, now, else we’ll have to do a little chok-
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CHAPTER XXII.

 A rnnnmo caters. .
NnLLIn Worm: was untiring unrelaxingin
her close watch of the couple who, she believed
With her bibther, were plottéag to Cheat Pearl
«Rochestine out or her law __  ,hy
,- spiritng the child swag through;  evil, in-
human means, with . latch on of entire]
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,. before the warm grate—With e1 

'fitfifimmwmghymm  l. I I, - . ,_ ‘

powe .lnsomeohscaneplaoo, ,she teltoon-
viueeQbotb'bythaWtottas 

figfi  €3.13 Painehddagg I 1

interest in kmpingderl out o! the way, '

was to wed thew ow “Horace inc. /
When the train started. and she had time to

reflect, while she continued her ' . tvigll,

the late startling, scene at the h

an her vividly, caussdher
onderm anxie y. , i a 
What hid her brother done? ‘ What did those}

men mean, when they said he must answer , x .

the disa cc of some one whose 
Herod n? She could not no.
name was new to her. ‘ ,
She felt Percy was in some great danger,.and ‘
she shuddered to think what that danger might
be and whence its  , , 
but he had seemed confident. He said ' time,
could be nothing to detain him long“ and, red
membering this, she rtially consoled herself,
by forcing the belief mto her mind, that he was
innocent 015 any crime, and would, in keeping I
with his promise, follow after her almost im— '5
mediately. _.
Still, her mental uneasiness was

trip, there was a v

r lauds Paine and Isabel upon arriving in St.

Louis, took roomsnt the heatheth finest ' _\ 

of all hotels in the Mississippi vall
Nellie had e '
her by Percy, and found that itcontained ample

ey.

fundstocarryouther lanofpursmfit, evenhod. 1,,‘2?

thg‘pursued rties led era long chase hetero 
be ing for cramento. -  - I - .'
She, too, engaged a room at. the Southern-— .
and, by merest chance, it was the very next I ‘
apartment to that occupied by Gland
with locked folding-doors between. ,
did not discover, however, until she had been
several da s atthe hotel. -

Among or first acts, she addressed a note to‘ ,
the ofloe of the Planth hotel, for?   f
-—to be delivered to the person who 1  '- ,

the letter by that name. \ ‘
,When ' eavailedhimaelfof the are clear

da to invite Isabel to ride, and view the.”   " 
Kelli ' ’ ‘ 

9 did not lose sight of them for a mo

While the were being driven along great  ‘
twélve—mile’llvenue that, is destined to a .
“was?” "i’i‘i' and...

was 0 0_ go . ,‘ _.
driver as they ordered theirs; when  ,»
ened' ir togaaeonthe A 
cathedrals, fair grounds, the I
residences—or, aging}
Fourth street, and ll
wherever they went, Was there, With  L
watchful eyes noting every movement, every "
turn, and, sometimes she was neanenon’gh’“ ‘
hear the melodious laugh that  m ' - .
lest charm.  r i .  I,
 In the av ' , when Paine and.  i
to the theater, ellie was on hand, occupying a ; 1.
seat in the opposite box, and, with the Idiot  ‘
glasses, she spied 11 their action. '

Isabel
long in St. Louis after expressing sue
nose to traverse th

e‘Oontinent at onoezbu  e" '
quieted her surprise and curiosl ._by’ in ' )’
her. that he had met a party at e ofleejnf the j
hotel, who had only recently come from Esau-f
mento, and who brought such new . ‘ “'  r ,
the business crisis, as entareiy served to‘  : : - -,

fears. . ~ g  “"
“Nowthatwehave'plenty of  ‘ ‘”
 "slid.

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3":°é‘“y’g3§ “good” "fid‘é‘e’mfi? “mam-gays 
, e as .a ‘ e on o ' g ,
wailerggggg‘ .m;,”1y  
you is , a e ' answered  ,
with! her "0131083 mash, and is'wfla 
the sestwith which she entered into his ["i
plans for amusement, that? the dead 

wasl ’o to otters—as com letel   »'
1118.8 1‘8 P 3'

er memory, as
place there.
. But Claude

n he had severance}; 

Wmin. , _ $41..
He had not yet heard from Derrick. Bethany 
days had elapsed without the enacted a
of his confidential associate—find no

‘either—ethat he neganto fearand's'urmise  to 3?

the stability of his schemes
Why had not 'Den'wk 1
gm lied? Why was he not there in person? . r.
“ t is very sin-gularl”he nxmed,aleud,0no; ,1
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'gayet and vivacious homer, was, in  >8. 4; _'
new 1 p

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‘   flan as -
.  " fizhavehappenedi Cauitbethnt'thechgd
' ’. ‘ I includingthe’iand is searching for Isabel?
 StillDerrick ought to send meword of some
hind; this suspense is growing unbearable.”
’ 'He shifted his position, was 1fillent and thought-
“  I, x , ruliorsome time; then how rake forth again,
_  , "while his lips writhedina uliar way: -
H “If it was not for this in diflicu ty- about
‘ Ml, now, I would certainly ink I had man-
 things with unprecedented cleverness. If
, ' I don’t hear from or see Derrick‘here by 'to-mor-
' v row I’shall mooe,andhema -—- But, by Jove!”—
suddenly reme boring—“Dorsey Derrick has
gotthewilll Ignewrhanded it back to me;
. -‘ ’f and I have had so much to attend to that I gor-
‘ -' ' gotit'uptothis moment! What if he should
' -- lay moraines-wuss the document against .me?
'  But he has nothing to gain
 by itr—wh should he do it?‘ If he donn’L-anod
bestow as the.»de resolve came into his
been?“ b the Eternal! I’ll track him over the
whole war, d, till I find him—band then I’ll have

“Oh, villain!” .

“Hall who spoke?” ' .

v  It was a sharp, penetratln whisper, a half-

. , him, that interru tedrhim, an the source seemed
 We be directly, ind his chair.

a He sprung from the chair, and glanced quickly

7‘ round thoroom. But he was alone. :-

! 6'“ Surely, I heard a voice!”

 , ' He looked into the closet, under the bed, in

 V  the wardrobe, behind the rich folds of the win-
* w dew ‘ in—and discovered nothin . .

 j /“ It was not fancy,” he mutteredg, as he re-

" ‘ , I, manned his seat, still gazing dubioust about

. him; “I cannot have imagined so distinctly.

 . .  »  yet I believe I am growingl slight! nerv~
  ous. ewords— Perdition! t 1e wor 3 came

" ; from there!” and his eyes rested on the folding-
w"  He heard a faint rustling in the wdjoming

, mm. ,. rEllen all was still.
‘ Ailerce scowl settled on his face.

._I‘\ ,

' "‘1' have been led upen. ,I have; perhaps,
' betrayed myself y my cursed forgetfulness.

" I’llfindout who you are—eavesdropperl" nod-
' ‘ ding significantly toward the door.
1 I , ~ But Claude Paine was destined to learn more
' ‘  he wished, when morning came.

‘ " , While arranging his toilet for breakfast, with

' ' . ‘ 1thng at his door.
5 \  considerable surprise, he answered the sum—
], mouse-and he haltubelieved'that Derrick had
 _'_'arrived at last. .
' ‘  / ' with-o c « of astonishment, a feeling of
" 'mnho'recoil a step, for the waiter who
 , stoodthem handed. him a card, the name on
1, MM'WW' toillitgac‘glor sommcede from his face,
’ 'e . ' s an .'
 \. "itPaan‘vaomlm he exclaimed, with a

A; 

‘r ; (i.  echoed the name, and the servant
. saw the lady of thenext room issue'torth
 “to halhandapproachthom.

CHAPTER XXIII.
" AGAIN m m rams.
mddeuappearance 0108333; the rough

the negress caught her; the low-
’Omression on the black countenance—
 whites oh the eyes stood out, and the
I teeth gritted,’ ,as she gunned in
k 7 s the savage threat made Dorsey
t : 4  while he leer-ed down upon he unfor-
_ . "of ClaedefPaine’s persecution; all

. child With a. nameless, airing

   so young, she tore away the rude
, _ ._ , thatpreased over her mouth, and, at one

 , up
the could not suppress a cry of in.
.v   cry swelled toe wilgascream; undas
the  away from them~_
Til. 0:1 . Help!” rung from her lips, in ac-
 "ltflhlniit a "useless. "
 I   a. g an were, -
  tokens. ozen leaps, her enemies.
were:  ,her, swift and an “presently
_. '; and Derrick cl . ' his vicious
sand,_.liken  coil, around her hair
_ ,  help wasted incl: On thesnr;
. g   ,Dut therewasawindew
 an anytime osite side. from which
 ustrearn of!
. out. whosoevmerg , up and down thestree

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I ‘ hbusualcare and precision, there was a. rapid l

_ ,  nearlymnk down atth feet.
, thherew a u k reaction. -
. M 00.130813in With astznngth remark-,

 J . .«ch, . tram.
.,I§.msk.sh§thohold themegress had fastened ‘

The three were out of
surrounding" shadow, and\
semi closed. ' x,
; “ ow will you be uiet—or shall I choke you
{to death!” hissed Bermck, as he partially
 his half-deadly grip. '

I, Pearl could not recover her breath for some
time; when she could speak, she walled:

stigit, howeveryin the:
 window was pre-

.' “on: what—7what are you going to do with 'v

melfil never gave
dawn like this!
.mamma, please!”

| “ Whars you , oin’ to find “her! Your mo-
ther ain’t dar,” so. d Cassahbluntly, with a nod
in the direction of tho. house.

“Not there!" cried Pearl, in a pitiful tone.
“ Where is she, then?” ,

“Done goneaway an’ let’, you to do keer of
me ” the negress replied. "

‘ Your mother has gone a long way from
here,” indorsed Derrick, “and you have no
real friends but us.”

“ You—my friends?” '

“Yes, we are. _ And I’ll tell {Eu why we are.
If you go alongJ quietly and have yourself
well do you no arm, atoll, I romise you. If
you make a fuss, I’ll have to c 'oke you ain,
and we’ll take you anyhow. Where you 0 go
we’ll take good care of you; and when our
mother comes back you may return toher, the
last rsuasively.

“ ou don’t mean that,” demurred Pearl.
“ You’ll never let me go back.”

“ Yes, we will. Come, now make up our
mind which way it shall be. Von are al b
yourself, and we could do whatever we wants
to with you. But we don’t want to hurt you it
we can help it. . Will you go?”

“Take me,” said Pearl, in a low, subdued
voice, and she hung .her head and clasped her
hands before her, and they led her away.

The threat and the promise} combined had
made her submissive; but there was a hopeless,
miserable feeling in her tortured bosom, as she
walked silently along bethen the two.

“Where’s we goin i” asked Cassa.

“llllge can’t go over to Baltimore, to-night,”he
re re . 4

R Where’s we goin’, den 2?” she repeated. ,

“I wonder if the child will behave herself?”
he said. inquirin ly, ignoring her questiOn, and
looking down at ear]. ~ ‘

“ Yes—I don’t care,” Pearl muttered, absent.

Wu any cause to hunt mo
on’t you let me go—to

ne ess. ,
« ‘We will go to the house of a man I know
of, on L street, who will give “us shelter for to—
night: and in the morning we’ll go to New
York. Now, see bere”-—he put the question
very abr‘uptly——“ Was, that. story true, about
the child getting ‘away from you at the depot
in Baltimore, by going after a drink of water?”

“ At the depot! ’ exclaimed Pearl, raising her
9 es quick] . “ Why, did she,tell you it was at
t e depot t'at I 0!: away from her?”

“You chil ut you mouf, now!" snapped

“ Hum h!” grunted Derrick. “ I thoughtfas
 bag, nigh tell me thertrue ‘cause why’
a c at. mg awe cm on. Come
mfikgvafiilsan $131!? of it}? y '

e an on. areamno use to’to
go to New York with; c ' "

“ Why?” , .

“’Cause‘ 1’s got a sister in Baltimo’, what
lives ’way out of do way of everybody, an’
thar’n where I went at; an’ do chile would be
jus’ as safe from doin’ of de en’leman trouble,
as if she war in New York. _ now.”

“ That’s it."eh?"

‘fAnd you think the child could be as safely
he 1: out of the way in Baltimore as she can]:
inglew Yorkll’, “ _

" I does,” emphaticali . .
Defdcfirefleciad a m‘ went.u .-- .
Now he so , Emserrtly, if you are sure

her ‘ tender flesh, that r she could be safely

. “ I is shuah,” interrupted cm.
, “ Then 1 don’t see any necessity for your go-
ing to New York. ’? .
. ‘De’re ain’t no necess’ty.”
“Well, We’ll talk it over in the morning.”
Cnssa glanced down at the child, with an ex‘
pression of feature that conveyed, in a sort of

 

Manual  iob‘o

spiteful triumph.
ton , e
sill

Ha

m of dark eyes; she was

again silent salmdemming “m “We”

; h ‘ , ~ .iri'fihe:hed._no will or
a em 83,“ gem of walkers!

yea her own: but
raises of herwtwo captors; ‘, \

insrnsltnlty, the

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y“ I ax you where’s we goin’ at?”  the '89-”

.' pnNoviv ,g’en—whatyyou get by  you
P3”! dad 1221: see the evil look, nor: feel '

bib 113i of uniques bbiuess.

were

ugly warts of monstrous SIZE; and the‘fra'mes
0 Windows and door have. long since sunken
, from the easemess given them by the carpen-
i tei’ts ‘i‘sspint-level.’1’)I ‘ I ~ '

a m’isera e hovel taken altogether
j hardly tenantable, and'of skeletonvlike 7 ,
' ance; .et over the door of many cracks and
scams angs a scarce legible sign—-

‘ “BOOTS AND SHOES

MADE AND nuramnn.”

. To this uncouth establishment Dorse Do i
conducted the negress and their captivz. " n ck,

Before the. door he pausod,‘and rap
and a voice on the inside answered with: '

"Come in then, an’ shto the racket on. me
door, before ye thump a ho a through ’17.”

They entered a room that [was bare and dingy,
with an atmosphere of leather and dirt. ‘

At one side a stove was hot and red: over the
floor, whdse planks tilted and groaned beneath
the weight of the comers, the usual litter of a
shoemaker—shop was strewn :‘ and on a bench,
by a crooked candle—With hammer and awl in

 

 feartotheWVest Endflarket stun a3.  

nd" stained ha i lm‘iitmt‘il‘h‘: 
‘ ran on w , ' Y

.I knots .in the sways-ens out mic So ‘my

pedlb‘udly; .

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“4.. .mnzdizuh .:

appear. V“

hand, and the stump of an Oil-soaked‘pipe in his’ ‘ ;

mouth—~sat a short, s‘hout, red-faced
spectacles hung on his nose, and a bristling
board on check and chin. ' ' g

The eyes in the ectdcles 0 led and tux-bed,
and his‘broad mout twisted ownward at’the
corners as he looked up at them. . I ‘

“ Hello, Connaught!’ saluted Derrick, imme-
diately, as he closed the door after him.

“The divil e say i” exclaimed the puller of
wax-ends. “ t’s yersel ,‘DorseyDerrickl”
, “Yes—me. Get up, onnaught, and listen to
mezBl’ve come bigness.” h , "

usmess is 1 v e a s -—-

“ Bah! no. Get 1‘1p—‘--"y ' 06 to ‘meng

“ Well, then, d’ye go on now, an’ divil the
bother ’a’ me gittm’ up when I’ve shtuck to the
bench all day, till me legs is bent to the fit 0’
 t7;le the divil’s thati—a‘n’ what the divil’s

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, CHAPTER XXIV. .
OASSA TELLS WHAT sum KNOWS, AND DERRICK
> . THINKS ON IT.

Tun Irishman looked at Cassa, own the top
'of 1118 spectacles; then toward Pearl; and Yfinally
d at Derrick, as he added, in a high key:

“ Is it to Heaven ye’ve been, an’shtol‘ea an el.
—-then been to the other place, an’ marri’dt e
n’mother of ould Deelzebubi Did I fiver see

he likesl—look a’ the nagur! “Bless me soul!
but she’s wan of the blackestl” ‘
“Cease your nonsense Connaught—”

-—owl look a? the swate bit of
the world a picture, sure.”

“ I tell you to listen to me-e” _ .
dstenin’ for what ye ’ave to say! Why (1011' ye
800ml”?  “ '-

Pearl had drawn near to the stove,  she '
felt chilly; and though she heard all that was

in ,she scarce heeded it. filer mind was
muffled and dream , ad I
toi this)? itipcfii an it sissy}; the unsettled,
m com e co ng a wor enervatin -
.fiu ceOnhertacultlts.j ' ' ' ‘g-m
—-except when the Irishman madam.
toturn for amomentu n him my.
mt 11:31:12: in tlwir gfirkpgepths-lvxisthwaatohfn" ~
c loose . e w ‘ ‘ - :
Pearl should notyhave an ' as determined an
a second time. She ha
near losingdthe prize the,
an
chances for obtaini mo w r
m “hm?” “it, b “y ’22?
01' ‘ B ticularl as ' oun
would be mmpt thauyover, write gr

9. come very
was accruohera
masonr-

girl
to

get away, since she knew she was b01118 dehélfid I,

01' a purpose. ,
But Pearl had no idea, then, of escape, she
was let. submissive—ehopeless. ‘ ,,
nnaught,”said Derrick. witha m tax-ions
air, “ I want a room for’this girl,” 130;:th to
the child. ' 1 l
min led an rise and inquiry. q I
“ es; an it must be a strong one,”
3 A strong wan, is it!” , g
.. 9 , v. . » I ,
“An’ did ye expec’ to find them in this
ould shanty? Why didn’. ye
hotel l—ge’ve plantyl- money, , knotty.
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man, with -

“ It’s ceasin’ I am. What thedivil d’ye want? I
b. guru-afar all ’

“ Sure me ears is bigger thana jackass’s, with ‘

if she hardly‘cared 4‘
“complimentary allusion, and caused her eyes '
p rtunitytoeocspe ‘
am gay,

comfortable salary,'and,‘as’ such 
ylack of vigilance,run ‘I

“A’rooml” repeated Connaught, in a tenant V l

to h ' tash’nable v

_ atfmoney is for you Con, " 1; 
, naught.” with a nod and a significant w’ml .. . :

 
   

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' (floating1 the pitcher.

. up 0i3e7cornor of

  .i :  " ‘v

. ’The'trishman winked, also’; then he screwed
his valuable, as he glanced cov—
ertly at Pearl. In the same moment he arose
«from his bench, and, leaning close. to Derrick’s
oar, wkis rs: , .
. ‘“ ' r s it all) mane, anyhowi, Who's the
guru—what 9. ye goin’ to do ’id her?”

,“ I tell you, want a room—sip-stairs, to keep
her in till morning. Here’s a chance to, make
ten dollars.” . . g

“ Me, is it?” ,.

“You—if you
questions.”

“ Tin dollars!”
' ’4‘ es.” '

y “ An‘ I must hould me tongue?”

gerfithhmdiiecii th 1 r’ 1’11 (1 that

Hm,‘ en rin o gur , an . o
same—t o hthe cragcks in the do is a’moat
bigenough or the bird to slip out. Tin dollars?
-—-an’ 11on me tongue? Come on, then.” He
took up the crooked candle and moved taward
the back room. . .

Come, child,” said Derrick, touching the child
on the arm. ' , .

She followed him, Without sword. ‘

A creaky stairway led to an apartment in the
second story; and in this apartment was a mat.
tress, with several ragged blankets oust, while,
at one side, a broken pitcher and“ a dirtybasm
made up the chamber furniture of the poverty-

Btficmn 8906mm? e ” said Gonna ht in
o , -
There 9 water r ZYe’ll find more fs ape, on
d mattress than ye dream 0 -an a
tggolg as good in the dirt as a gem on the finger.
ill I l’ave ye the light?" .
“ No,” antgwored Pearl, absently.
v She stood near the center of the cheerless rooir:i

do what I want, and ask! no

‘her fail-head drooping, and her mind absorbe

in a state that has no name.
They left her alone; and as they withdrew
she heard the key turn loosely in the lock, and

‘ realizod, more thoroughly then, how much of a

co tive she was. I ,

or a long time after beingI left to herself,
Pearl remained motionless in t edark surround-
ing; and as her eyes gazed strainingly'down-

' ward, strange luminous visions seemed to rise

. ions and playmates at a time when she

of her father
' taster; and, at

‘oried‘lu

/. I

‘ and.

 mite, draw ng stmin of

‘ ~ .,tinier,’.atlast
‘ tion to himself, asho pulled outafingotmoke

- gaze again on t

before here-pictures oi the past, amid golden
sheons and brilliant flashes; familiar scenes and

1 - faces, until she almost believed she heard the

voices of those who had been her, dear com aili-
e
dreamed ow soon and abruptly the was to be
'soparated‘from them, never~asherheart felt
nowato see them or s ' with them more.

. A in, in the solitu e at her imprisonment—4
‘ l as w on she had sat'dreamin on he planks in
the cellar of the housoin Belt ore—she thought

till bier heart beat {asteir aid
last, is race, appeare n o
center of her, imaginaryl seeing; and her lips
moved in a tremulous w, ispor

- “ Papa F—Papa!” she breathed involuntarily.

But the sound of her own voice broke the spoil
’ thatwas upon "

her. .
With along, deep sigh, she groper! toward the
rude mattrem. ’
When she laid down on the comtortless couch,
an overwhelming rief asserted itself, and she
- ' ‘ a low h s rical way. .
d t o Irishman" returned to the

'Dorrick an
drew-a trail stool for-

hop.’ The first named

_m wardmidbadoCassasitdown.‘ ‘

. When  was seated, she rested her
elbows on her films, sunk her chin to her hands.
Mi y at the fire, which Connaught

had ustgivenasevere ki .
A Derrick threw Knitweast a large

chest, at one side of the me, an lighted- a f
. oi or. . ‘ a
' {Deanne trofillod his

and were

work, an roreigned as si—

for a lougbx’ ,
' , lance that was only ken by'the (airing \of

o indef-

athe hammer as it drove the Peg0° 'pfeh able
on

an ’ a;
bum which the Irishman ind ed in,

“I wonder where {Claude nine 13, by this
spoke Derrick, putting the ques-

d‘watchod its ascent. .
 looked gpguickly; then she find her
e re.
“You knows,” she said. v '
“ Eh! I w‘asn’t speaking to you. .
' “‘1 say you knows—you knows where he is,”

s,

“3H

.' “Yes—— knows, jes' whll’s I does.” ‘

A “And 0 you knowl’l”,. ’ 1
For a second she glanced at him. V I
," earlknowa” ‘. , p , ’
" «» .‘fTh’e deuce 'cu dot .What do vou knowh—
how-muohiww ere did youlrsrni" _ . , .
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‘ "‘"His'r' Paine, he done ‘ ‘ its wi’ do chille’s
mother, who he goin’ to .”

“Thunder 1”, he exclaimed, With surprise. .

Gonnanght pricked up his ear-s, but went on
with his work and his humming. "

“ I knows—do gen'leman he goin’ to do
mother of do chilo’, ’cause do money b’long to do
chile, ’cordin’ to do will ’at’s done been, gi’n to
Mis’r Paine, by de chile’s father—an' (hit 3 why
Mis’r Paine be don’ want do chile in his way, an’
gi’s her to me; ’cause, den do chile don’t get do
money, au’ do mother she do, an' he get do
widder—an’ she, I guesses, done gone dead in
love ’wid him. An dey run ofl together. 80,
now. , , ‘

Ho stared at her in astonishment.

“ D’yo mind the plot av ’em I” exclaimed Con~
naught, inwardly, as; he bummed the louder
gnd drove in a peg with a whack of unusual

orce. . , ' ‘
' “ Where did you get allthis, woman?” Derrick
demanded. , ‘ '

.“ Hi1 ,Dono hear him tell you all about it, do
nightfall de baroain, up on ’Coatia Ridge.” .

“ O-b! then it was you‘who eavesdropped, in
the bushes—and note. dog, eh i” .

She nodded her woolly head.

“ And.” he continued, 5‘ if Claude Paine had
Sought you at it, do you know what he’d 'have

one ’ ,

“ What he’d ,done?” , .

“Knocked your head 01!, probably. ”

“ Shot I’s seen him held» I has. I could tolo
do madam what he’s in love with a tale ’at
wouldn’ be nice. So.” ,

A “What do you mean?” ” ‘

“ I means dis: Claude Paine, he am a vilyun.
He make love to a little gal out West, long time
ago, an‘ den run ofi‘ an’ broke her heart, he did.
I was dar—I wo’ked fo’ do fam’ly. owin’
he’s a vilyun, I wanted to jes’ see do more vile

nny he was drivin’ at. An’ I foun’ out, too.

‘b’lieves do mother of dis chilo ain’t so much
better’n he is neither—dey bofe am plottin’,
as I, magines, to rob do gal outen do money.

5‘ What was the name of the family out west
that vyou say you worked for?” ,

“ here do gal, was dot Claude Paine he broke
her heart?” * '

(t Yes.” ‘

“Boy was name’ Wolfe—an’ it do gal’s
brother, he evorcome back from over de occan,
where he want when he’s a ho , den let Mis’r
Claude Paine look out, fo’ he k' ’im shuah I”

I “Wolfel” Derrick repeated, 'ckly, several
times.
brother? Do’ on know?”

. “Dey‘ call in young Mars’r Percy, when I
see him leaf—ion ime ago.” " . -

“ Percy Wong!” thought Derrick; “ the
brother of the girl whose heart Paine broke!
And be is here -'—alread en Paine’s track, for
other causes. "By Jove! era’s a regular mess."

Silence again royailod.

- When thoIr man signified his intention of
retiring, he gave Cassa a couple of old blankets,
and the negress curled herself up, in asitting
plosigire, in one corner, where she soon went to
see . ' ~ ‘ ‘

Derrick remained seated on the chest, after
Connaught went upstairs, still pumng at his

cigar-517nm .
ho dim light afl‘orded by the red

P
_ And, in
stove, he was watchin the smoke-clouds that
some-

aroso from his lips, an ponderingl upon
thin momentously important w ic had an-
ter his mind—that something aroused by the
words of Cases, the no one. 4'
An hour passed. hen he seemed to‘ have
rained a resolution of some kind which vo
him satisfaction, for he muttered inaudi l ,‘
smiled in a peculiar manner, cast aside h
(trigger, and lying down on the chest, managed to
1‘ asleep. * i I ' '
In the morning, at an early hour, Cannon ht
{as up, \and preparing his usual scant break est
are. ' ~

A pot of coffee bubbled and hissed on the
stove, and an odor of stale fish frying was the
unpleasant cause of Derrick’s awakening.

handed the Irishman the pro

pocketed the money, and gave’the fish a scien-

tific turn in the . , v \
Derrick upstairs, to look after Pearl.
Cassawas‘standing near the stove with her

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qui
“What'was‘ the other name. of this

Here’s your ten dollars,” he said, when he g
amount. ,
“Thank yo for a gin'tdoman.” Connaught

 

. Is it hungry ‘ye arei” burstvtorth ‘the Irish-

man; sudden y, as he noticed her wistful store.
But, oreehecould marathon came a cry

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CHAPTER XXV. . I

mantis racers; ~ ,

Pump—poo:- suffering chum crying'lior—
self to sleep. . ,
Lower and slower came the painful ache, and
the face that was buried in the coarse ticki

as r 6 mild influence of s umbernhlegan toweave
its blisses of forgetfulnoss are hm? sorely»

tested heart. ’ v r “
ietness formod wifiiiii her

Slowly, slowly'a (pi
chafed spirits-«as f a guardian angel were



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if “‘4

s i, 4, /

,tr'wx

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of - '

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smoothing all the ruffled tidesof thought, and  

pouring balm upon her scul-deep Wounds.
Slow y to sleep—and yet not so; for the jetty,“

silken lash had not ceased its tremor, the breath-' ,.
ing was not of that gentle regularity char» '

acteristic of the-repose of one so onng in years.

Nor was the somnolent god to ight henvlsions . t, 

then, with the gilded beauty streaming
portals of his‘inystic realm. ’
Suddenly the eyes started ope
with its wealth of hair, half-raised
pillow; and eyes and ears were strain

mur of voices beneath her. ‘ .
The flooring of the apartment was thin and
worn, makin
Derrick and
shop below. .
“ I mean dis: Claude Paine he am a. vfly‘hnl"

asaa, that was in program

tromthoy, ’ 

n—the head, I.

' n. the,"
‘in the ‘ ,vj _
darkness of the room, as she listened to themurs,

 

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These were the words that had aroused her—4   i

so distinct, so significant, so iniprossivo. _ »
Then she bent forward attentively
‘negress went on to e lain how 

as the‘.” 
Paine 

had broken the heart 0 a conflding girl 13; um. I, g, 5:.

far West and sent the deceived cue to the grave,
while he lived on in gaye and comics/Stresses
though his act had merite no’censure.

And there was more. She crawled noiseleme

forward too. crack in the treacherous plahks~ . 7

through which came the faint glimmer ofitho’

candle—and looked down upon the two ,who were 

conversing. ,

Her bosom heavod with pent-up excitement as _ 1 f ’
she drank in Cassa’s words—heard the latter do;

clare a belief that Paine and Isabel were eta-iv-

 

infill» rob her (Pearl) of the benefits of author’s i
w , ,

She could scarce smother the exch of
pain and surp 'so that arose to her)
she heard the egress utter her snaggionstiund
it was with a strange, inexplicable ,, ling that
she drew back, breathing fast, and 'her
hands to her throbbin
what had been nugget to her mind. , 7

It was a briet period at thought, She Was
quick at training conclusions,
seconds, she forced herself to believothat

"when :

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and, in ,a vtowflé

Cases. , -
must have spoken the truth, that Claude Paine-J 
Was her enemy, and to she owed nii‘thatr‘:
she had suflerod since the hour in  

learned of her father's death. ,
With the conclusion, she asked .
should be submissi if she should would hear
the trials being Eu upon her; and the
uostion, in di the iron in the nature of 
c ild~womanassert itself, for she“ clinched her
little fists, and whispered firmly,  her

set , . ~
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teeth; 4
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will not‘be trampled upon—(wide  g o W
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and discovered a board shutter 8"?
less, on'itsleath‘er an: ‘ hetero a
hadneithersashnor .v a 
>To steal across an c this, 
slightest sound to betray or, was but the
of a moment, as her intentions  '
in her brain—and, 30 t not live feet ,
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 ). Markgg’t e f H .91 a man emerged
 , _, like, irdm the _ . ng darkness surrounding,
_: I ‘ End heir-led after her, uttering a low chuckle as
" .1 I 8 en , I, A > , r .
, r . ' e must have worn gum shoes, for the swift
 ,, ’paceofhis pursuit was noiseless,” he glided
. ’ over the pavement. ’ ,-
A the corner of Nineteenth and I streets, Pearl
'- ‘ _  ‘h ' to recover her breath and glance about
v ' All'was deserted and still.
" “Where—oh! where shall
\ , herself, in her indecision.
» r; f" , The wordsdied in‘a chokingd
:  halt-suppressed cry; she turn
,, ' in the grasp of a pewerful man.
,And that man was Rover.
, «It wiazidwkigxh ind thrill of (horror tiggt «Pearl
'recogn o tenem an persecu r. ,
 dread, a fieelihg of a soul oppresscd
‘ ese yed overwhelmingly upon her,
, as she with a terrified e ression into
" gthee shearing triumphant usage of the
  from whose clutches she had thought her-
 , He transferred his hold, in a painful rip, to
hetwr-ist, and half-hissed, half-growle , as he
aeyedher trownlngly.
.r "So, yer tho’t yer’d get away, eh? Yer tho’t
,‘ yer’dbeat-me, eh? But yer was wrong, gal;
 I. yer (110351}:de get away from Rover, yer

, “Howe—how did you find me?” she panted
,_ Awhile her heart was nearly standing still, and
 ‘lher face turning e as death. ‘

, For she knew t a man was a brutal wretch, a
 ~c _, actor to.hesitate at nothing that crowed
 .. ; 't e desires of hisevil nature. She trembled for
4 herself; her tongue nigh refused to mold the

utterance of her pa.» . ..

, AM be marked the‘fear his presence inspired,
1 ” .., for he pinneddevilishly, and squeezed his hard
.\ ‘ and'tlghter round her wrist; while she strug-
, shied heroicallgto kee down the outcry the
“main of his ru grasp reatened to force 11 .
 {‘How. did: I find yer, gal? Why, I’ ’a’
- “found yer if ye’d gone to the other end of the

  
  
    
   
 
   
   
   
    
   
 
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
      
  
    
  
    
  
   
    
  
 
  
   
   
    
   
   
     
  
  
     

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exclamation, a
to find herself

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flu Nether'bo an’ ’e tracked ‘ er. He met my
i jozllgwoman, £321, told ’er whatywas up, an",told
 “’ertb tell me to come over to Washington, that
 held meet me at the depot when I got here.
580% did. ’He‘sn bright ’un, he is. He follered
. ' ' e’r up here, an’ when I come over on g the next
 '?'{rain I saw ’im an’ ’e told.me where yer was,
‘ ,  I come here to watch for yer, an’ I’ve caught
, ,Jerg‘ian’ I'll teach er-_-—” , ,

  as. we r  is cried,
 s. . n c 0 re ease erse ..
«‘ffltfid on: here. Noyyer don’t, my chick.
 c” that new,” thmatepingly, and only
» azimuths-harder. .
‘1 v‘ “~'- me got” shewailed, lighting himvwith
"  hand. ‘ .
» j ’s Rover saw that this thing would not do. Her
 and the noise might attract the attention
crammed . .
g, 9 x 1’51:) that racket,”he snapped, “or I’ll
_' “manage! Letme go!” she screamed.
r , "ill—en yer! I’ll—3’ _ .

* “3 Help!” rung piercineg on the still

night‘s gaud—
r .2? it is! ” echoed a ,voioe, close at hand.

 ' ‘ new» user. , , . .

. Rovcronted a h mous oath, and at-
 her up n his arms. -
>-  ‘  him.
" There a quick: tootstep beside them; a
 , dashedupontbescene. '

1‘ fisc ‘ rel!” uttereda dee voice. ,

*Mldell-nblow on the ’s head that
' _ ’  across thgzcurh, Pearl 10a

herreseusr, a

f' i  interfered,he,strede forward to
1b teflvit his huge fists doubled, and evil

 red with rage. - ,
. . ‘Ee’ll kill you !” whispered Pearl, uneasily.
' ‘ixillwhois-«me? \Guess not,” was the brief
Whde he added, addressing Rover:
"isms—you come within two feetot
ma. M311 twiddle our head off, by thunder!”
-;-  one full upon the faces of
thetwo men. ~. « F  «
'sllathe' Weapons with which to fight a
' the human eye is the keenest—— or a
theglance of chi-ave and honest

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‘nod. . .
l Rove wheeled abruptly tram the spot, look-
‘ing has at them, and shaking his clinched fist,
while he muttered:
‘ “ I’ll fix yer yet for this l~mind!”
“Well, girl, who is that vulture?” asked
, Pearl’s new friend, when Rover had disappear-
!gd in the direction of, the Friends’ “meeting.
ouse. ’ .
“ 0h, he’s a wicked,;wicked man!” she ex-
claimed with a shudder. _ ‘
h ‘?"’”Umph! Should say he was. ’ But who is
e . , , .
“ I don’t know, except that his name is Rover.
I escan from him, in Baltimore, only to-
a —-

d y .

“ Escaped from him,‘e’h?”‘ . .

“ Yes, sir. He ha me confined ina damp,
dirt cellar, and saidhe would has me there
unt I promised to-‘to—steal,” an her head
bowed, and the last words came whisperineg
from her 1i . ,. p ‘

“Steal, l The r0 6!”

“But I got awa on: him,” she continued.
“ He had other chil ,ren' there, and one of them
helped me out. I would have been in his power
again, though, if it hadn’t been for you, and

have, done to me.”

“Torn vou to pieces, rha —the tigerly
ruflianl But, come now, ou’d ‘tter run ho—
Do_ on live in Washington?

“ es,sir, I did—J’ '/ ‘

“Do, eh? So. 7Well, you’d better run home
now—run along. I’ll w, i xou tilliyou’re- out
of sight. Guess there’s  , r

But Pearl’did not move.  ,

“ Well, why don’t yo M V .

She looked pleadingly, .’ 0 his not unkind
face, and there were tears gathering in her

0 PS. i
y“ Oh, sir! I have no home to go to. I am all
alone in the world—all alone!”
“ Eh? Why, you said you lived here, in
Washin on l” V ‘
“ So did, at one time; but that’s past. And
it was a happy, he until they told me
papa was dead.
make a young life like mine miserable came to
fill my heart with sorr0w. I am not a beggar,
sir; time was-end it’s onl a short week
when all that mind cou!
furnish, was given me.
and—and—mammHhe’s gone ar away--may-
be I’ll neyer See her again. ‘ When I came back
to the dear old house to-night, it» was all desert,
,ed and dark—not one sign to welcome me. All
my dear friends are gone; no one of them knows
how unfortunate I have been; and I have

  
 

me to Him.” .

She buried her face in her hands,_and the
tears that were read to start now coursed down
her cheeks, as sheso bed out her bitterness of

spirit: 1
He. looked at her with widened e es, as. be He
,tened to this utterance of woe, Ian was aston-
ished at .thellangu e—so correct and soulful--
with which the to 1m) mere child made known
“ Bless may heart I” he exclaimed, still staring,
and be ad ed, immediately, in his blunt way,
thou ha littlesofter: I , ' . . ’
*‘ all now, this won’t do—«never in, the
world! ere, come alo with me. I. I’ll soon
fix things right. Come—— .
“Where to?” she asked looking up
her tears, while a sweet

som. ‘ , ,
, “ Where to? Why, to . my house, of course!

Come alon .”. , , l

“ on, six: Do you mean ith you take I
me to your house's—for I believe you are kind- a
hearted—you look so.” , . . i

“ Mean it? Gad! of course I mean it. ( I feel '
wonderfully interested in you. So, come along I
now. ‘ Come.” . 1

Pearl’s heart beat with joy as she started oi!
with him, tor she felt sure she could not be mis~ .
taken in believing him to be a man of generous I
heart nd sincere nature. >

“What’s your name, my girl?”
“ Pearl)?»
' “Pearl? What e189?” . .
 ‘.‘ Never mindmy other name, please.” ,
' For, abru t as hadbeen the question, as sud- '
denly it h flashed upon her, that.:to, tell her
full name might, make a, “scandal” in that so- 
ciety where" her stepmother was so extensively i
, thing should be i
said against “ mamma,” eVen it _ Casm had been 1
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But papa—papa—died; ‘

thought that God would be merciful, if he called

so much'of her tron 1e- i
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” last name-washeld sacred and an .
(. She had,  at, last found a friend. ,

' At his'house he ordered the servantsto  ‘ ’ V
all that will,

her every want, and attended to
make her comfortable and contented. _ :
9n the staircase he bade .her good- night, and
samba: he lgglii gar ban? a moment: . . .
‘ e 9. cc . v ‘ rosy
in the morgning.”  . want you to 100k '
Titian, as ch: lift him, and followed the ser-
van ma: .u 0 er room h '
and uttered go himself: ’ ‘e   ber'

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that l. I must know more abo . I ‘
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CHAPTER XXVI.
mnocsnr on GUILTY?

It Was a blessed haven that had opened to
Pearl. ‘

Gyru Crufiold, her new-found‘friend, was a
blunt-spoken man of some forty odd. years, yet

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one to refuse that aid which it Was in his w
to render the unhappy child. ’ po 9"

home; but, as he had not been at the Capital
much over a month, he had not, as yet, heard
much of Mrs. Rochestine, though the name was
familiar to him.

0; wife and servants, with an intimate friend 0

his wife’s who had not been long in America.
It was a cosey, comfortable room to which

Pearl was conducted, after exchanging “

soundly-we. feeling of satet nd res '

her, tggtshe had not knowsr'r afar threte 31:3;
s ,

hen she awoke next morning, and

to descend. she was glad to See .by a

the mirror that she could “ look rosy —-as Cy.

rus Cruflol’d had “gassed it. '

.At sound of the 1!, she went down-stairs.
Oruflold was at the foot of the balustrade, evi-
dently wa’ltmfior her, and. on her appearance
, he eétended th hands in a warm, cheer ‘

gree ng. 
“ “Goodemorning,” he said, in his blunt way.

Ah! ou’ve got the roses on your cheeks.
I ’Um!’ ood. You slept well?” ' " V
‘ “0h, es ”-—‘taking the tstretched ha
and sml g as she looked int ‘his kind face;
did sleep ver nicely. You are erykind to
me, Mrs—fl no till‘ then did it strike her that
sh; hadh ngtltascertainegu the nameof him to
womsee so be andshe‘
she‘  gra , blushed as
, ‘ ru 0 3 my name-—Cruflold " he ‘
ed:then added: “and Crufl’old ii 9. 13:31:33;
yours.
Dan’s be timid at all.”

 

ut Pearl, was a little timid, notwithstan ' hr.
as he edt w the hrcgkf' t-hall; sum
: kept c oselfiy hgigslae, as its 9 first that she

31' ht still further. need his protection.
wo ladies were seated at the table. “ ' ,
One of thesewas Mrs. Cruflold. The other
was Estelle Berkely. ‘
e latter Was not
we last saw bomber face had lost
natural 0010 ~ halt-imperious,

much of its
r the
m of the head was missing-

queeul gear-
and theyeyes,

imes,r essin

i, arose m her b0. their expression somethi w ” ‘7' ‘l
0pc 1‘ woman’s heart: ’mind andnfiodasvggrtweafiznthe

“ Mrs..Crufl'old, Miss Berke
on!” said Cyrus Cruflold, as
earl forward. .

y-—a surprise ':
he gently pushed

2 The gazed in astonishment. * = ,
figfim Cyrus, what does this mean} when

 let the, child,ha

1n er s - as s
the features of the unex _ ydsfcpmerf
that this is

Estelle was ookin
strange bewildered- 1i
scanned '

f‘, 1: means,”
Miss Pearl, 3.

replied Cruflold, .“
dear youn friend

me, Mrs. Cruffold.
more at present. Pearl, 811; doWn—-her’e, along-
s1de of me.” . . \

Mrs. Cruirold was mystified. , But she asked
no further questions; for, when her husband
said “no more at resent.’she knew that im-
portunities would useless. v '

As Pearl’s name was uttered,‘Eateuav_sW ' it

arching of her brows. A look of , Z
, swept, for a second, over her face. ‘ ‘

Pmédeported herself in a way
Cyrus '

slightly, and there was a scarce perceptible.

thatdelighted ‘

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sincere of nature, generous of heart, andnot the '

His residence was not far from Pearl’s recent

He was from New York—himself and family .

night " with her friend, and the young girl slept '

glance at

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. Each momentthat found im moreend nessot heart. , . .  . dutyrte perform. 4, ' ‘ - ' ~
' more interested, un - in his enthusiastic at- vHe wasindeedaprotectcr. ‘ ‘ es —— very unpleasant,”
“"5 teutio ‘ his habitsof _ ,

bluntness almost entirely

and smiles that Were [raner seen on
his face. were following his speeches in ,rapid
succession. ‘

Mrs. Crufl’old marked the cache with half-
, . jealouszeyes. , . '
’ ‘ After brealdast, ‘Cyrus‘Orufilold escorted his
protege. into the parlor. In‘one‘corner stood a
~ tar of rare "workmanship, and, as Pearl
, caught sight of it, she'could-have leaped toward
it and grasped it in her ea or hands.
\ She had one at her old ‘ ome, and had been
careiully instructed in its use. Many a pleas-

ant hour been me: in com ny with it,
playing ogagnging,pt%o, be little fines or songs,
she knew her ather likedso well. It was one
of her favorites. ‘

“What a beautiful guitar!” she. exclaimed,
clasping her hands, and gazing longineg at the
instrument.

“ Eh? Can you play on it?” .v '

“ Oh, yes; I’m very, very fond of it.”

lIiéeaitxiice, he had she: I heron a sofa, and
re te 'tarin rap. “ _
p “ Now thegam play—‘—go errand his eyes danced -
as he Watch her intently.
, “ Shall I sing, too?” she asked. . _ ’

» “ Sing? 0! course—by all means! Smg. ’

It was a sweet, stirring song that the young
girl rendered—comm ying. herself on the
guitar with clear, In ow, liquid chords.

He listened re. tly. . ,

The ladies,w 0 had retired to a Window,

F ceased their convorsation as the child’s 'voice—
~ which was cultured beyond belief—awoke soft, ‘
. murmuring strains of music such as had never
before been heard in the broad parlors of that
fashion-draped edifice.

V “ Bravo! Bravo!” he exclaimed, delightedly,
clappin his hands when she had finished. “La-
dies, di you hear? There’s music in that, 1—”

‘l‘ Oh, es,” interrupted Mrs. Gruifold, care-
lessly; ,‘ we often hear a melodious ditty on the
ourbstone of the street-41y children who never

' knew who their parents were. But—ayhol". Ski
,halfsighandsyawn)—~“I suppose musm is a
the more enchanting from the lips of an artful
siren,” and. with semi of her aristocratic lip,
Elbe turned again to look out through the win-

The guitar nigh fell from Pearl’sla . The in
sinuation 'cut'her .to the heart, and here was
an expression of acutepain in her levely face,
as the deep blue eyes turned quickly on the

a char. . r .
p6 Crulfold reddened to the temples. He

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' V Cyrus

’3  wheeled!) n hiswite with a suddenness that
, g. ,fortheflrst timesincehis
mar , , he spo hly.

“ am, understand me' this is no mere
street child—«no common waif—420 eflspring o!
‘a'ififzfioa,  “1‘3 “173”
v e .a re , w om cc

' -—-do you heagumé, madam? ‘whom I lovel’
And we will do well to he that our

‘ H children may be as finely culture as she is. I

 ~ lav again, madam, do you understand me?”

a;  lt'wastheeutburst of an honest anger—the

,3; v , ' justified resentment of a true champion.

‘ '  stillness fellu them.

‘ woman who had

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"Madam,”sh_e ,

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'.  gaztlow, swfetkvoice,
. my lorry ou am an
'_ ‘3”!le “m9- Indeed. gly name i333;
‘ gages yam—uan and as high in stand-
‘ . : .. . But if my presence is unpleasant to you,

‘ I’ll :0 away. etB uni-:1 Rheum , ,

:, ,And Estelle er y looking out though the
window. no, thought’tc herself:

:7]:  ‘fiYes, little one,Iitknagge%

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our name is

earl Roches-
.mmz’dlamwondeflngwhatellflnsmystery

:g. 3 , cima’lgfilheiore Peaxgfllgii waned Mug

v'. '- ’ -_ res . , eraway, :_

V "E‘No you won't do anything of the kind!

M31 . I right here in this house, just “long

3’ Ym‘fiease. and those who . ’tnlike the

drmugement can make the best of it— ‘
“Leeanot intrude,” tested Pearl.

.“But you shall!  don’t stay of your

Word I'll lock ouupl Madam —-to

A ‘ Gruflold~“probegly you imagine that I

am mad—rbut Item-not;~ an: a1:ng am

_ ' hurl. 'n’slet this thing happen

“ Lin'm W89. ‘Ire otthlhthesever'

better than hers;

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  on!”de he drew Pearl

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He was angered almost to spitefulness; for
in his generous heart the friendless childhad
already won a place of afl’ection that no out-
side influence could disturb except to strengthen.

“game,” he said, “play another tune—401'

‘2 No, Mr, Cruflold, I cannot pie. again.”
He saw what she meant,~an chafed the

more. ,

“On the piano, then—can you play on the
piano?”

“ Yes, a. little-”

“ Play for me, then. I say, for me.”

“ Don’t. ask me, Mr. Cruflold. I would be glad
‘to do anything toplease you, but—I’ll never
touch another instrument in your house
never.”

He took her gently by the wrist and strode
out into the hall. . /

.‘9 Go to your room now, Pearl, and don’t 've
anybody a chance to hurt your feelings. ve
go go go out. \ I’ll be back soon, and we’ll take
a ri e together—and go shopping, too. Remem-
,ber~ if on run awe , I’ll send etectivee after

you an bring you ’7 and ere Pearl knew
what he intended, he snatched a‘quick him from
her lips—411911 slapped on his hat and went’ont,
bafiging the door after him. \ ,

, rs. Crutfold did not learn an thing from
her husband, in regard to the chil , as a conse.

uence of this little domestic explosion; the

( ays went bigwithont an explanation of the'

mystery, and rcuriosity augumented in pro.
portion, with no pros cts of its satiation.
Estelle Berkely ma 6 friends with Pearl. She

sought out the young girl, every day—was kind _
r

and affectionate toward he .

The child did not dream that the woman who
was radually winning her love had encom-
passes the destruction of her father. 

A sort of remorse had seized upon Estelle
Berkely; and in that feeling, she, was strivin
to atone, by forcing herself to love the child 0
the man whose infatuation with her had led
him‘ to the point of a rival’s sword.

She knew well enough who Pearl was, but
kept the knowled e to herself, While she assist
ed Cyrus Crufllol in making her he py.

But she wondered all the time, ow it was
that Pearl happened in such circumstances.

»Crufllold told herall he had learned from the
young girl’s lips; but Pearl would not dis-
close more than what she had uttered on the
night she first met the generous friend who Was
domg soimuchtor her, and who, by his acts of
kindness was sowin “sunbeams thmugh the
clouds of’hereventful ‘fe. “

To their repeated
gently reticent.

questions she was firm, yet
, .

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So the first week went by. The second had

near all round, when one day while Peed
and E e wore seated in the par or, glancing
over some drawings _thqlatter asked, suddenly:

“th you thinking about, Pearl? Tell

me.
“ I will, Miss Berkely.
mind to go awe .”
‘j What! Oh. no—quit jesting.
serious words, Pearl.” _
“Andnl feel serious when I speak s'o, Miss
She saw that the child was deeply in earnest.
“ Wh 1, what can this mean?”
c said, gazinv down
tone, “ but i think i

“ Maybe I am wrong.” sh
and speakin in a hushed
am right. rs. Omflold almosthates inc—end
I don t know why, for I' have tried ever so hard
to deserve her love. Ever since the day I came
here, she has kept away from me, whereVer, I
move; and I can see that Mr. Gruflold’ is
worried about it. I don’t want to make their
lives unhappy-J know too well what sorrow 1?

PW made up my

tobring it on any one- so I’ve mode a in
'mind  away—though it will nearly—greek

“.he has a. soul 01 gold!” thought Estelle
Berkelfir as her bosom warmed anew toward
the ch A. . -

Ere they could speak further, a met an-
nounced two visitors without cards.

“Estelle glanced in surprise; then a startled
look cameinto her see. ~ '

“ ,Visitorstto see me?” .
, ‘x‘Yes’m.’

“Admit them.”

’ \'.5*

 The comersmere Kirk  Neel herds

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. ~ ,,: ,_ asked. mam:

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Brand. - ‘ pp! _ , '\

“Well, what‘is it?” she demanded. _' v. .,
The startled look'in her face was moreper- ,  
ceptible, the hand that Pearl held began to ‘ xx ‘
tremble. ‘ ’ ‘ ‘ ‘ _
“We are detectives, madam, of the louder:-
force. Itis seldom ourduties usto such 1- p ,
'a case as thisgpbut business is usinem, “you .. ..
know, and when the ‘ law commands we muss: . , 
obe . 1am Very sorry, but—” » r , r .
“ cu arehere, then, toarrest mewshenearv ‘ -~
1y screamed, in a sudden desperation. ‘
“ Yes madam, to arrest you,” said Endless, 
as fluietly as possible. “ Let me hope, that you .
:vi obey the summons of the law, Without‘.’
orce. ' . ’  , H, 
“0-h, God! I have been expectm" midday- ", 
after day. It has come at last.”’  .  u .  ”‘
r

She buried her face in her hands md
head bowed hopelessly down. 4 . _ .\ ». ..
“Why, Miss Berkely ” cried Penthwinding ' V
her arms, around her, ‘what'do they mean? . v .
What have you done to be,arrested?l’_ ; . . " , .. _
“Pearl! Pearl Roohestine, they areggoing.’ to?» 
arrest me for murderl But I am innocent I—I  .
swear I am innocent of the honible‘crimel” > r; r  “
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, CHA R'XXVH.
run ms‘icr u’s GREAT Loss. " r .

AGAIN we take the reader back tome, eitygf."  ,
London, and to the mil? of the duel fought/m; ..  ‘ , 
the quiet retreat of rd Chaunch  A ‘ ‘
grounds. , r ‘ 4 , f "

The worthy hysician who had been Dunedin
asaparty to he affair rode oil iii high glee, .. .
after careful] covering up all sign of the pre-  
sence of his g astlyK charge.  , g a 4 
I “Aha!” he bro e forth, giving the reins a. ,_
; jerk, and smiling complement} g. “a good, er:
rangement this—very goodl. lucky mick—-
very lucky! Ahem~m~ml” (with another ‘

' ‘

jerk) “a fine co see—very final A. good subs,
Ject—an admirab edissectionw—ahem a valn- V
able skeleton. Theopholns Thump-er saga—i ~-
bo‘nd l—you’rea fortunateman!”  T  1"
And as he drove on, alon the bywe {hex 
thought and muttered, smilefi and chic ed, - 
[and congratulated himself pnvbeing called 
anghfagored‘byhthg mlemgué‘ ', r  I a.

‘eargain a ntaDccterTheophc;
.lus Thump should have a dead body togcarry. 
gvlv'ay from the dueling ground-mo matter who”;

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Turning intpa nan'ow road that led a tothe ,
getaway of his residence, he gave his oughts‘ ‘.
vent for a second time, as he saw the l  '

ofalightfromawindowiutheup s 7.. ‘
“Aha! Theopholus Than: you mammoth. ‘
ab! fortunate man. Now, we at would sextet?" 4
htt ,wife say, if she onlng what "and:
ablecom man I’ve got here, eh? 
lock the our on me no doubt. Yes, ‘
—-=sleep on' let the light burn; I‘ve 
perform. 0 sleep for M no! $3: Flats.
. that, now?” ' . .  I
He started and finished. Howey sure he»
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, every object was distinctly visible in the  
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was it herein}?! d : my -- 
(Incl-yous itt 8 vector looked. a y- "'
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Suddenly his we fell. \Eis-tecé M  ' 
the  that fold the reins   
 ter rigidly. His eyes stared widely,-, ;_
=likeonepe’   ,
Another low, half-anathema groan. ;  r A g 
There was a frantic scram3«le,,an£fi9hfilk
and bolus Thu , dr (313mg , reins,
:landed - =
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on e“dash”o-tbe {I . 

and whole appearance t amen
amazed, terrified, mcmdnloymj  . , 
(switch clutch otan imflgllmry 1, . , ‘ 
p.  stopped. lit.- y- mryamn.,fi 
.Thump headlong out. a while  , ,, 

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W ‘ (into pieces within half anhour—and here

low”! Demmy, sir, you’ve no more considera-
tion for the progress of medical science, than if
there Was he need of it I” ’ .

Horace Rochestine was far from'being a dead

‘ m . , ,

.  Chauncy’s sword had penetrated the
 ‘ right side glanced upon a rib, and emer edat
‘  the back, ,neath thus colder-blade, 1 ucmg
“a Wound, severe but n necessarily angerous;
 shock to the system __ had. caused a tem-
' insensibility that was mistaken for death,
' was occasioned. ' ,
 ‘ But the physician’s disappointment quickly
“ w itself out and he applied himself, now, no
t in: rtant task‘of preserving a human life.
Instea of a subject “for dissection, he had so.
Tented a-rlch patient.
 .- Hones Rochestine was carefully nursed at
3»   Theo bolus Thump, who, when he
;  hadan 1: nature of the wound, saw
. " flint patient, who possessed a strong ,.con-
‘ _. stitution, would soon recover. » ‘ .
I “V And as he lay u on the couch, he had oppor-
:‘f s tunity to review that had happened.
' “'1 - .Undor affliction our improper courses in life
  are mountained before us; and it is then, if
7 ,f ’ ever; that our conscience manufactures its own
 a  and discovers the hitherto smothered
 _- voice of our better nature. '
‘  «In the silence of thepbedroom, he thought of
that wife in America, toward whom‘he had
W \ ,actedso hmch for it' cannot be called other-
 '3 ‘wise; and of h child—of Pearl, who, unknown
. ., to him then, wash) Morse much through his

. I sheerd on. . ,
t '. , Golden resolves formed within hlm durin
'  hours; and from the bottom of h s
‘  c , heart, he cursed the infatuatiOn
f‘which ‘ led him to deyiate from the path of
 and honor, and which had wrought his
 present canditionof hel lemness. _ r
, " a “I’ve, news for you . exclaimed Thump, a
* fewda s after the uel, ashe sat by the side of
 dlyijnépfoving patient.
1

f ‘f Yourrival,” Lord Chauncy,’ has had a very

 had his life stamped that’s
“ ‘ - W, with along breathe”,

: I,““'Ahal that’s ustit—Je lain.’ 'Doitifyou
 “That’s w t w a tor. We want an
 ._  ‘ “ if wecan‘get it. LordChanncy
: (was found - ibis valet, lyinglin bed, almost
 oath—at first it waé thought that
'  dead. But-lucky vagabnndlfihe still“
_ ,  : Poor fellow! he’s been terribly deceived,

‘  “Decgit’edi Howl Doctor, you are excit-

Il film! Keep cool—keep cool. You
know Estelle Berkelyl’, _
iivIWI'Vbeiieve I do,” with a bitter curl of, the
~ «LordChauncy was to have married
 fie kmsdé a wille leavmg nearly
 toher, in-it.’ 0n he nigh of the.
 “when: ‘ murder, this will was found on the
"  between the' library and the lower
hall!  EstelleBei-h‘ely, she—4* *1
;"~":“,Yee--Estelle Berkelv.” ‘
V, V,  She. had disappeared.” .
,- “That’s that-uh; me ’Chauncy 'nearly
 the'itairway~see, eh, see?’
, ~.§;,“‘fV9i'YTWPi°iO“S.”}81d,Bochestlne, thought-

?  “chihuahua the authorities are after her.”
 “AW . ‘ A -

‘ ..."'1heyf m her waver-pod érohnd‘ that
.V  d'gone”to America. "Betectivesafimow on
:the.» see?” , ._ v.  \
 “_ . g , treacherous woman!” be ex-
 end his. words meant marathon the
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  * «tine recovered in a remark-'
  time, and with hisjreturning
m gimmmedtoremmatoncetohis
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 Mature Waxclsimed Thom: ' coming in-
  w in the“ is:- com
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.. do you,m'éan, sir?” cried-

 “Yes, sir, ‘dead!’ I wasigoing to. cut you,
 on ve :
 .mspoiled all my calculations 'You’re a mac, felo-

Vcolfgefing the. circumstances under which it [Rh

  amazement» Berker missinge-the will found p
~~ worst comes, though,” he resumed, inwardlyd

and'communicated that dW‘ .mm.  , , ,
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'1 i"!  said Rochestine,‘ in uiringly. - ' .
“Your friend, Percy Wolfe, s in a confound-

summon??? that’s all.” , r .V
»- ‘“ Ha! olfe in trouble l—what mean you?” ,
“ Easy. Don’t excite yourself. You see,

facts are your sudden disappearance has been
remarks .. That ‘remark has assumed the
proportions of a universal inquiry. The authori-
ties are into it, and theytwant to know why

Percy Wolfe left London in. such a hurry.” 1'  words of the telegram.

“ This never struck me before—fl

“ Me neither,” broke in Thump."

“I must set the suspicious at rest immedi—
ately. Wolfe is a good, tried friend, and he
must not suffer on my account. I’m off to
morrow, doctor.” , ' ' . .

“ To-morrow l” .

“Yes. I have no time to spare.” '
And on the (is. following, in compan With,
Vump, he made is existence and safet own
to the authorities; after which, he shoo hands
in farewell with the medical gentleman—then
bade adieu to the scenes that were_d1stasteful
to his sight, and renounced the associations that
had ever been ungleasant, even though he had
striven to make t em otherwise. :

, In due time he was on the deck of a steam-
ship destined to his native shore; and soon he
was speeding forward on “that eager trip that
was to reunite him with the loved things his
heart so yearned for.

As he stood looking over-
rippling, waving depths of green, he murmured
to himself: _

“ ngl ndl farewell forever. America! my,
horn ! w fe! child! I am coming to you for
forgiveness!” ,

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‘CHAPTER XXVIII.
mu Lone TRAIL.
Pnncr WOLFE, instead of leavin’ Baltimore

the bulwark, intothe "

A 1 treacherous

linaginetheir so when a telegram  ‘

LGnd'on} Was'hande them whieh‘read-g‘v _
“Herod'Dean fmmd. No case._ new here,
, yesterday for New York.” , r .

' risoner on the happy turn, and quickly re-

eased him. '

g ,“ Herod Dean found!” exclaimed the young
man, as he stared in

He could scarce believe his e es.

‘ Had he not seen Horace Roe stine fall dead
beneath the sword-blade of Lord Chauncy? It
was strange, very strange, to him. / _ I

But the telegram was dated a good way back.
It had lain there a long time waiting for the

‘ rties to whom it was addressed. The. officials

in New York had telegraphed to Brand and

Hardress, at several ints, after its receipt,

but through some if the detectives never

received the notice—never‘ being,“ the

 

Brand and Hardness congratulated ,their-

blank amazement at‘,the ,1

ferent points when the successive ~messages ,

came.
More, the telegram said that the missing 11
was ’on his we to America. Glancing againla at
the date, Wol e saw, that his friend—{f all this
;asktrue——was, as that moment, due in New
or . ‘ .
It is impossible to describe his feelings as
he waited the arrival of the ovordue steam-

the two faithful friends met, it was a meeting
easier to be imagined than depicted in words.

Explanations were many. In a short
was progressing round, his home, and then, like
‘two hirsty hounds loosed from the leash, they
sprung to: ursuit of the man who was .so
betraying the confidence that had
11 re in him. V

Wolfe wanted. Brand and, Hardress to accom-
pany and and him. But‘ these worthy antle-
men had received orders to join Sales-u e de~

 

for the 7W est, with his sister, on their errand of

{qustice went out On the 10:40 P. n. train for
ew York, under close guard. v ’

“Gentlemen,” he said, protestingiy, as the

cars moved away frOm the city, “‘ tell you

there is some great mistake here. 'I am not l
ilty of anything wrong toward Hora—toward
erod Dean.”

“Never knew a rascal et, but what he was =
ready to swear himsel innocent as ababy,”
grunted Brand. ._ V'

The young man flushed.

“I am no rascal!" he exclaimed with ve-
hemence. , ’ '

’ Brand looked at him in a peculiar way. _

“Suspicion is rather a stubborn thing,” said '
Hardress, dryly. , - 1

“Tell me—whatcan it all mean?” ~ I 

“Plain as astump speech,” answered Brand. ,
“Herod Dean disappeared from the City of V
London. He was a man too well known not to ,
be missed! and as there couldn’t be found any j
cause for his voluntary Ideparture, without 1
aword'of warning to even his most intimate }
friends, why, the authorities suspected foul 3
play—and I don’t blame ’em.” a

,‘ I am an American, and an honest man—”
began Percy, with warmth; but Brand inter—

l

rupted him. ' g 1
‘ Can’t help itif you’re a Hong Kong peéldler
-nor if you re .twiCe as honest as you hink

you are. Biz is biz all the world over. But,
mind, I didn’t say it was believed that you’d 1
done anything to the man who was your room- ;
mate, I cull}r said you were wanted. . And as
I’m not ‘1': go or Juryyon the case—merer a
do ut -— don’t care to argue it one way or he
01: er, ’ the last in a tone that plainly meant,
“ There’s no use in sayin any more about it.”
Wolfe relapsed into 'ence. “He fully com; ;
reheudod the unfortunate state of aflairs.

ationrin the duel, in'..which he believed his
Friend to have been killed? But, what use?
these men, who were simply obeying thedaw, ,
would not credit his story: or if they did.- they
Could not release him“ An . 'des, 41%! had'

sworn not to reveal whathe’ knew- the

“?I must vie ate m Oath of secrecy. Lor

Chauncy must be 3tirade to testify—~and .tlie
hysician also. But, in the meantime, I,will be
ken to London—there is no. help for it. And I

what will become of Nellie! Pearl? Ahl how i

unfortunate.” , , e
, These thoughts were tortuous beyond ex. gclin

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' Isabel frowned. Claude Paine smiled sneer. - w
' ingly, and displayed his white, regular teeth

tective the had met ianaltimoreqd-in' his search
after Estel e Berkely. \

They said the had “a lace of new work on
hand;” but Wo fe engag them to search for

sh! . _ i ,
End when Horace Rochestine did come, and j

the husband was made aware of the plot that

Pearl Rochestine after they had finished up ,

what was then demanding their attention.

Then, with hearts eager and beating in stern
purpose, the two reunited friends started‘west
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CHAPTER XXIX.
rm 13mm on THE suunnaus.

. WE return to Claude Paine, whom'we left
standing in the doorway set his a ment, at
the Southern Hotel, St. uis, scow ing in an ry

astonishment as he read, how the ,card that 

handed him, that name whose owner he hated
and feared simultaneously. ' r ~ ' '
.The rustle of Nellie’s dress, as she a preached
him, drew his attention from the card.) '
“ You here!” he cried, amazedly.

“ Yes, Claude Paine, I am here.
on laSt, I told you‘we might, meet again“ We
(we met, you see.” . , ' , .
“ What do you mean by that tone!” he do“-

,manded, catching a significance in her words.
' “ I have followed you, Claude Paine, all they
way from Baltimore,” Nellie said, quickly.
“I have been upon your track, wherever you
“93-” ht ‘ uh V 7 l
* orw a pin-peso einterru ted ’ l .-
The servant had drawn back a Secs: 2111:3822;
staring with mouth aga e, ~ ' ?
“Towreak the punishment
two causes: first for attempting to rbb Pearl
Rochestme of her inheritance; second:— oh!
monstrous villain that you arch—for sending

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I “Why,  B trial-«you here? Claudeis—n
and frowning? his is stran e; what'does'it
mean?” The voice was Isabel ochestibe’s."‘

I Madam,” said Nellie, with an assumption
of graceful hau htiness, “I am about m as , se
the 3133811137011 ve‘seen‘fltto bestow your eye

neath his flue’ mustache, as he asked:

“Allow” mfii’ifii 1 1 d '
‘ proves ,ou san er’ n, .3”
. 1‘ I'_beli€g%the girl is crazyl”whhp‘;¥gd‘11§;bel,
ng 18 am. I I I . - ' '
“ admittedly !” he indorsed, with are
“No, madam; I  not ‘
Kellie; and she adds

ask meshow l::

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 would seem to; stamp on, then answer the
. s‘ummons’of that card you hold in your hand.
' Go, sire—face him if you dare. He is my bro-
. .ther, and the brother of that trusting girl whose
love you won that you might- throw it away..
Abl you‘turn pale! Go, sir—see him if you-
-~have the courage; you’ll (ind him an honest
man, and one who knows how to deal with a
' scoundrell” ‘
r One fierca, momentary glance, that burned
with all the savage hate capable to his evil
heart. Claude Paine bestowed upon the girl who
so defiantl confronted him. ’
. r NeVer ti then had it struck him that the
l I . Percy Wolfe who was on his track was the
 , brother of Diamond Wolfe, she who had fallen
,, victim to his passion in past years. .
This realization added to his already perilous
situation, was su cient to eflectually frighten
any ordinary man from the dangerous ground.
‘But Claude Paine was bold as well as hazard.
. ‘ pus“ by nature. and far from being terrified by
a l: g the gripings of that coWardice, characteristic of
I ' the meaner .class of his kind, when suddenly
met by obstacles and fearful odds. _ _
 Nellie, after the delivery of her stinging
 , ’ speech; turned and hurried in the direction 0

the parlor. . ,
this is all very strange; who Is. it

, .u 110183318, ?”
W18 as see you “called to

~ “That in sterious individual who

ii . ~ see on in ashington—Percy Wplfe. ..
’  L ' ot the slightest evidence of adisturbed mind;

I: w calmastheairof a tomb.‘
’ $1283 possible? What can he wanti—that
' ‘ he should follow us about? I am inclined to
‘ believe he is some stray lunatic, after what he
, said to me about Horace’s having sent his will
over to long ago, and no sign of it yet.”

'He bowed acquiescingly.

“ I’ve a notion not to see him,” he said. ,

“Oh, yes; for mercy’s sake grant him an
interview. Let us find out his errand and be

‘ rid of him.- Came, I will accompany you:"
“ But his errand may be dangerous to our
love, Isabel.” .
r “ Howl” she inquired, unsuspectingly.
' “He :may haVe some outrageous story pre-
- , for your ears—one inten ed to ruin your
ove for me. Whatever it may be, I assure
on it is all a vile plot against my honor. In
act, I am partially aware of such a plot being
in existence.” *

“ Come, let us go and see him. Depend upon
it, Claude, if he touches upon anything reflecting
wrongupon you, I wil order him from my

I“ presence—and so we will be rid of him for all
time hereafter. ’7 e

Again Claude Paine bowed, and there wasia
peculiar triumphant twitching of the month’s
corners. as they proceeded toward the rlor.

He felt sure in imagining that nothing could
aflect‘ this proud, beautiful woman’s‘svlove tor

him. . ,

But at the parlor door they paused. A tab-
leau, uneXpected as it was startling, met their
gaze—and its center was Horace Rochestin‘e. .

Isabel was as if turned to stone. All color fled
from her face, and her large, lustrous eyes di-
1ated in a half-wild, incredulous'stare." .

: 1U 1: Claude Paine the effect w s electrical.
A ngle shar ,hlssing oath burst rom his lips
and he-dashe ‘ofi.’ along the corridor, running a
thetop oi; his speed. ‘

' A' he hounded down the stairway, he collided

. ith a man who was just then being “shown

. , up” by enact the waiters.” ,
It was Derrick. ‘ 7» . ,
iflgello, Paine"! '1 Whammy} gum after

yo“? Wersol” cried the chugpmed Villain. u The
cake’s dough! Rochestine is. n I in, and

' , there’s the very Old Harry to pay » ’

' The .two left in quickfiime, The first train

going out—we forget which Way—4500]: the two

I plotteisamong other passengers, and they have
4 g not been seen since. - .  y ,

‘We will not attem t to describe the scene of

r reunion between bus nd and Wife; nor to do.

pict Isabel’s astonishment when she «learned

- ‘ the.true character of the man to whom she had

: . {flogged up her héart’ in her supposed widow

’ \7 “But-fan was ‘cxplained, all was for iv and
* Lto—day, once morein their, old home at , ashs
111813011». With my of the tried servants re-'
stored to their familiar places she is less a

‘ womanot the wormand loves
she might never hive lured him, had it not been
. tor the lessou‘taught her by her narrow 
 .freiniho perpetration of acri
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the autumnal: iairy or

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life there hovered for a time the. somber clouds
She is happy as in those daysrbefore.

of woe. I
the. first fall of sorrow came.
The meeting between father and child is an-

other subject‘ for the reader’s imagination, and.

let it be one of the brightest pictures of joy'that
ever warmed the bosom or made wet the eye!

Miss Byrne (Nellie Wolfe) is with her former
'upil—no longer a mere governess for Horace

ochestiue, when he learned that Percy really
had no definite home in view, would not hear of
any thing but that his tried, faithful friend
should live with him. The two men have
grewnto be brothers. - ' '

Nellie, with her disposition of sweet gentle-
ness, was quick to forgive all the unkind thrusts
she had endured from Isabel, and the two
women are like loving sisters.

. Pearl had been“ restored to her father and
Enother by Brand and’ Hardness, the two detec-

1ves. r *
When they had arrested Estelle Berkely. the
had distinctly heard the name she used in -
dressing Pearl. It was enough. In due time
the child was brought to those who} loved her,
and whom she so dearly loved. _

Estelle Berkely had not been taken away fur-
ther than New ork. Asecond dispatch, just
received, Was‘handed to the detectivas, order-
ing. her release. , ,, ' _

I hecfiuilty party in the strangling afiair was
Lord anncgis valet~ahd the object was rob-
bery, which e accomplished. The follow had
just died, and had made a confession ere his life
went out. ‘ .

But Estelle Berker has disappeared from
society—perhaps is livigg in obscurity, or is
dead without our know] go.

The sunbeams are pouring through the clouds!

And now tn Pearl, the child of beauty with a
heart of gold, we say farewell—wishing for her

,all the blisses thatgem a life of happiness whose

brimming pleasures may not fade, whose earth-

ly future may be’ bright, and feastful in the

noble attributes'of glorious womanhood! v
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86 J anet’s Repentance. Eliot.
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89 A Gilded Sin. By the author of ‘Dora
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90 Tllilevauthor’s Daughter. By Mary
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