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CHAPTER XXXIV.â€"~(Cont’d) ONLY A MONTH; ' OR, A CURIOUS MYSTERY E'XPLAINED. ‘ . i - ‘ i ' ed that the last barrier that part- “But,” exclaimed .Roy, “when ed him from Sigrid was broken you were once more out of debt how down; and it was just as W611 that was it that you did not confess, and do what you could to make up for your shameful conduct '2” “Well, sir, I hadn’t the courage. Sometimes I thought I would; and then again I couldn’t nake up my mind to; and I got to hate Mr. Falck, and I hated him more be- cause he behaved well about it; and I got into the way of spiting him and making the place disagreeable to him; and I hoped that he would leave. But he stuck to his post through it all; and I began to think it would be safer that I should leave, for I felt afraid of him someâ€" how. So at Michaelmas I took this situation. And oh, sir, for my wife’s sake don’t ruin me; don’t expose all this to myemployer l” “I promised you just now that you should not be exposed; but you must write a few words of confes- sion to my father; and be quick about it, for I want to catch the express to London.” Darnell, who was still pale and agitated, seized pen and paper, and wrote a few words of apology and a clear confession. Roy watched him with some curio- sity, wondering now that he had not suspected the man sooner. But, as a matter of fact, Darnell had been perfectly self-possessed until- his guilt was discovered. . “I don’t know how to thank you enough, sir, for your leniency,” he said, when he had written, in» as few words as possible, the state- ment of the facts. “Well, just let the affair be a lesson to you,” said.R/oy. “There is a. great deal said about drunken- ness being the national sin, but I believe ituis betting that is at the root of half of the evils of the day. Fortunately, things are now set straight as far as may be, yet re- member that you have wronged and perhaps irrevocably injured a perfectly innocent man.” “I bitterly regret it, sir; I do, in- deed!” said Darnell. “I hope you do,” said Roy; “I am sure you ought to.” ‘ And while Darnell still reiterat- he had the railway carriage to him- self, for he began to sing so jubi- lantly that the people in the next compartment took him for a school- boy returning for his Christmas holidays. : It had been arranged that if he could catch the express from Ply~ mouth he should meet his father at the shop, and arriving at Padâ€" dington at half past six, he sprung into a hans-om and drove as quick- ly as possible to Regent Street. Frithiof just glanced at him in- quiringly as he passed through the shop. He wondered much what had passed at Plymouth, and when at last he had got rid of his customer, Roy returned to the shop with such evident excitement and triumph in his manner that old Foster thought he must be taking leave of his sen- ses. “My father wants to speak to you, Frithiof,” he said. And Frithiof followed him into the little inner room which had been the scene of such disagree- able interviews in the past. A strange dream-like feeling came over him as he recalled the wretch- ed summer day when the detective had searched him, and in horrible, bewildered misery he had seen the five-pound note lying on that same leather-covered table, an inexplic- able mystery and a damning evi- dence against him. But visions of the past faded as Mr. Boniface grasped his hand. “How can I ever apologize to you, Frithiof ‘2” he said. “Roy has brought back a full confession from Darnell, and the mystery is entireâ€" ly cleared up. You must forgive me for the explanation of the afiair that I was content with last sum- merâ€"I can’t tell you how I regret all that you have had to suffer.” “Here is Darnell’s letter,” said Roy. handing it to 'him. And Frithiof read it eagerly, and: asked the details of his friend’s visit to Plymouth. “Will this satisfy Mr. Horner do you think?” he said, when Roy had told him all about his "interview ed thanks and apologies, and ab- With Dameu' ject regrets, Roy stalked out of the shop and made his way back‘to the station. ' “To think that I believed in» that cur, and doubted Falck!” he said to himself, with disgust. “And yet, could any one have seemed more respectable than Darnell, more thoroughly trustworthy. And how could I disbelieve the evidence that was so dead against Frithiof! Sig- rid and Cecil trusted .him, and I ought to have done so too, I sup- pose; but women seem to me to have a faculty for that sort of thing which we are quite without.” “It can not fail to convince every one,” said Mr. Boniface. “It is proof positive that you are free from all blame, and that we owe you every possible apology and repar- ation.” “You think that Mr. Horner will be content, and will really sign the fresh deed of partnership?” said Frithiof. " “He will be forced to see that your honor is entirely vindicated,” said Mr. Boniface. “But; I shall not renew the offer of partnership to him. He has behaved very ill to you, he has been insolent to me, An dthen, after entering a little more into detail as to the proposed hurried home, eager to tell Sigrid and Swanhild of the great change that had come over their affairs.’ pâ€"â€". CHAPTER XXXV. Cheerfulness reigned once more _ at the model lodgings. As Frithiof opened the door of the parlor he heard such talking and laughter as there had not been for some time past, despite Sigrid’s laudable en- deavors. Swanhild came dancing to meet'him. “Look! look!” she cried, “we have got the very dearest little Christmas-tree that ever was seen. And Madame Lechertier has prom- ised to come to tea to-morrow after- noon, and we are going out pre- sently to buy the candles for it.” “Unheard-of extravagance,” he said, looking at the little fir-tree upon which Sigrid was fastening the candle-holders. “Only a shilling,” she said, apo- logetically. “And this year we really couldn’t do without one. But you have brought some good news â€"I can see it in your face. Oh, tell me, Frithiofâ€"tell me quickly just what happened.” “Well, Darnell has made a full confession for one thing,” he re- plied. “So the last vestige of the cloud has disappeared. You can’t think how nice the other men were when they heard about it! Old Fosâ€" ter gave me such a hand-shake that my arm aches still.” “And Mr. Boniface '2” “You can . fancy just what he would be as far as kindness and all that goes. But you will never guess what he has done. How would you like to count our savings toward the debt-fund by hundreds instead of by units?” “What do you mean l” she cried. “I mean that he hasoffered me the junior partnership,” said Friâ€" thiof, watching her face with keen delight, and rewarded for all he had been through by her rapture of hapa piness and her glad surprise. . As for Swanhild, in the reaction after the long strain of secret anxi- ety which had tried her so much all the autumn, she was like a wild thing; she laughed and sung, danced and chattered, and would certainly never have eaten any sup- per had she not set her heart on going out to buy Christmas pre- sents at a certain shop in Buckingâ€" ham Palace Road, which. she was sure would still be open. “For it is just the sort of shop for people like us,” she explained, “people who are busy all day and can only do their shopping in the evening.” ‘ ~ So precisely they locked up the rooms and all three went out/to- gether on the merriest shopping ex- pedition that ever was known. There was a feeling of Yuletide in the very air, and the contentment and relief in their own hearts seemâ€" ed to be reflected on every one with whom they came in contact. The shops seemed more enticing than usual, the presents more fascinat- ing, the servers more obliging and ready to enter into the spirit of the 'thing. Swanhild, with five shillings of her own earning to lay out on Christmas gifts, was in the seventh heaven of happiness; Sigrid, with her own secret now once more a joy plan, the three parted, and Frithiof and not a care, moved like one in ‘: " Extra r can supply you. , i l have old Miss Charlotte,” said Fri- thiof; “but it strikes me we shall. have to ask people to bring their own mugs, like children at a school- treat.” But Sigrid scouted this suggesâ€" tion, and declared that the blue- and-white china would just go round, while, as to chairs, they could borrow two or three from the neighbors. Then came the return home, and the dressing of the tree, amid much fun and laughter, and the writing of the invitations, which must be posted that night. In all London there could not have been found a merrier household. All the past cares were forgotten; even the sor- rows which could not be healed had lost their sting, and the Christmas promised to be indeed full of peace and good will. of Lance and Gwenâ€"Managed to stow themselves away in the little parlor. was a mystery to Frithiof. But Sigrid was a person of resourc- es, and while he was out the next day she made all sorts of cunning arrangements,” decorated the room With my and holly and so disposed the furniture that there was a place for every one. (To be continued.) SENSATION AT A BALL. A Promncnt Society Leader’s Fool- hardy Trick. The Rome correspondent of The -London Daily News says a great sensation was caused at a skating ball at one of the principal hotels there recently. Prince's-s Radziwill, a prominent society leader,'for1nerâ€" ly Dorothy Deacon of New York, .entered the crowded ballroom seat- : ed in an ancient Roman chariot de- corated with flowers, illuminated by electricity, and drawn by a' team of prancing homes, which the Prin- cess drove with one hand, while with the other she led a lion and a leopard chained together. Despite the attendance of a lion tamer armed with a revolver the wild beasts were very restive and frighâ€" tened the horses several times, while the amazed and alarmed guests crowded around the door- ways ready to seek mint-y in flight. After a great deal of difficulty the Princess managed to drive the chariot into the centre of the bool- room. 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HOW ten peOpleâ€"Ito my Homing astitutiony, Loidorn. y Court, which has a leaf surface of 1,820 square inches, gave off in twelve hours twoâ€"fifths of a pound: of water. v ' Speaking of the solar radiation in tropical places, Sir James said that in six hours about four-tenths. of a square mile received heat equi-‘ valent to the combustion of 1,000 tons of coal, while an area of 1,300: square miles got in one year heat equivalent to one billion toms of coalâ€"the whole estimated coal out- put of Europe and America. *I<â€"___. Paying in Kind. He came in and laid down some» suspicious-looking bills, with a. genuine dollar bill on top. “I want to pay for that barrel of potatoes I got.” “Can’t take this money,” said the dealer. 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We want you, if nothing had lived through from the hope- Ibettcr has turned up, to accept a lessness Of the Struggle’ W“? the lunior partnership in our firm.” "lost perfectly happy of n’n‘ some- Frithiof was so Staggered by the times he forced himself to remember .unexpcctedness of this offer that for that “it ,Was through these Vefy s. moment or two he could not say “we” _2“”'t he had wandered m a word utter misery when hefirst cameto “You are very good n he said at London; and recollecting from what length. “Far, far “’30 good- énd Adepths Sigrid had saved hlm‘, he kind to me. But how can I let you I _ ldo so much for me_how can I let, strange reverenceâ€"there was no- ‘ you take as partner a man who has : thing he would not have done for lno ca ital to brin into the busi- 'hel'. i uessi’? g His reflections were interrupted .- . . . ' , . 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