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ISHED .VE. ING { HIGHLAND PARK 1 N-EWS LETTER ”Sir." I said." M W Mfg man to 31.. smestdâ€"J' ;- The young man laughed pleasantly. “My dear fellow," he said, “ladies have their arm ways of paying debts. If you don! iike itâ€"â€"â€"-â€"!" , . Ind he shrugged his shoulders. ‘ I . “01!," I said, smiling, "I misunderstooll you." “It is. of ,coame." said the old man, speaking E] for thefitst time, and in a loud whisper, “of vial g e W oh! ‘0! hi: peckec' I red silk handherehki aid hams it on the table by him. I turned away, for a moment. then suddenly looked exam and aimed their eyes on mg, and I fancied that the next “lament the eyes wandered: from me to the hand- kerchiefs. I happened to be: carrying a red haunt kerchi‘cf myseif, and, thinking either that something was in the wind or perhaps that my iiriends were "having a joke at my expense (though; as Leak}, they took-ed well bred men), I took it out of my . peeket and, laying .it .on the table, gazed Celmly In from of me, my eyes naturafly falling on the fair young man. Volume ,16. a: further magma. _ Ea,” I answered. ' § . , i will be made math MIC“ while. of course,” he went on -. . , _Wiflsthcmmtmym bike I had been ’tnveiling on the Continent, sq! cum: to Heidelberg to pay my duty to the C“. and teemit in quiet nfter a we“ of tuber ms idleness in Hamburg and Baden. At first 353'“. I made an my mind that the place would been me, and I tame down to dinner :1 the hotel baking font-rd ouiy to a had dinner and :n early bed. The room was so full that I could not get t We to myself, and, seeing one occupied wk 12 a couple of gentlemanly looking men, I male [or k, and took the third seat. facing one of the Westomfwmmwham :. W mud n WW ,eir, ml in, . He nodded significantly to the older imam aid held om his hand to me. I shook hands. With him. and went through the same ceremony with the other. 7 . - “Ah!" said Ike young man, speaking in French “you got her letter?” I P , I nodded ~ -. ‘ x “And you‘ are willing?" The first maxim for a wouid- be adventurer We to say “yes" to questions. A "no" BELBERG mm mum a Mat-ridden, honeyed sort of pine to be the anther of SPORT R'OTAIL who was older, 418* and clean- W this memo“. cannot possibty mcin HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER 12, By ANTHO‘N Y HOPE Illustrated by S. C. Williann' importonoe dn't His Royal Highness‘ home should not m." TM. really began to he mystcnous and inter- est!!! I nodded V “Thot goes without saying." said the young man.“ And you‘ll be ready?” “Ready!” I said. “But when?” “Didn't I tell you? Oh‘ six o'clock to~morrow morning}? ‘ “Thou arty 1mm.» ‘ “Well, you must. you km," he answered. “Add.” added tho 91d AM ’“the commie WWW“ whiter It bore Just as I was getting into bed, the knocked at my door and gave me a note. no address. “Is it for me?” I asked. "Yes, sir,” he answered. “ You are the gem demon who dined with Hen- Vooght an! M. Dumue?" I supposed I 'was. Ind owed the note. "You treacherous our} baiting, indeed." It said (and said it in Engfidl), “,Wh‘at reward vi}! you claim? ‘But do hedottfill. He is We oustâ€"R.” ~ - ' ' “The M"? I slaw“. av WA." u" r-‘vsu-y , "W" :m Kw for, unless it were all‘ a Micki; there mutt be a real manuwouid appear in the wane of the evening. I onty hoped my new friends would, in their turn, take it in the right way when that hap- ”Have you a servant with you?" asked the young man, u we said goodwill». ‘ ”\ . “Stop! " cried the Baron merdat ten." ' “The devil!” I exclaimed. .1, "my! it’s'very The next morning I w W at five {J When this was said, Dumergue was humming ‘a tune He web: on for five minutes, and then ‘ '5an with a touch of scorn: “â€"My good Vooght, they km our friend's freputation. TnGy wilt choose pistols.” After cdfiec. we got- imb a dose Catrina: With a pair of horses, and drove two or due: miles into the country; my companion; said little. Du’mer'guc twice asked in a joking way how I felt. and Vooght puzzled me Very much by remarking: “They are' bringing all the necgssaries; but I don't know what they will choose.” “600d mmhuf' wavered the old man; “ Now, my dear fefiw,‘ come a!m1¢.Thér'¢'i ‘ j“ a cup of caffcc down stairs,” said the other. whgxil I took to be Dumergae ' ' 7 ' 1' chum not repress a start. No doubt it was stupid of me not to have caught the meaning of this early expedition before, but it reafly never, struck me tint our business might be a dab}. How ever. 56 it s'eemet'r, and apparently I was one of the principals. Dumergue' noticed my littie start. ’ “ What’ the matter?” he asked. ~ " Do they know my name?” said I "My dear friend, could you expect the Ba1‘6h to fight with an unknown man? The challenge had to be in m m." ' . i , Ihejd’ their been the challenger. I was cad-u Session” to know what the autumn Jim the Countess was concerned in the, -- Wis assured us ” aid Vooght, “m, ‘1 ‘ M‘fii’m your “thorny.” . .- “A: {nth II it I had been there,” I aan-f' I and Datum resumed his tune. " _ I was namely d that the ”at my W ~ inn! had been fivemd‘for his now to: worded memhip had "tacitly saved me his a .3101: in my skin. I w a fair hand mth n pistol; but, can.” In W ailing. "Well. I’ll all ,0! early. and we‘ll xlip Gut quietly.” ' I m jetting into bed, the waiter mydooranduvcmanotc. ltborc "Nu." aid 1. “I am quite done,” Nu mbcr 24. @fi;