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Ho w'ent straight to iho house of the Four- niet'l Ind announced Miss Beresford's arrival, Madame Fournicr asked him to spend the night there: but hcdid not see Victor, who re- turned homo long after the rest of the fam- ily were asleep. Next morning he was at the factory before Victor was up, but he iomnl there :1 u-lngrmn which for several reasons gave him great relief. ”l-‘mm M. Borcsfnrd. Normandy Hotel, ' l’Aris. “ To M. Stannton, Fabriqnc l’ournior, Saint l’ierre-lcs-Cnlais. “Good-night, Miss Bercsford ; the gig is waiting to take me to Calais. Delphine and Marie will do all they can to make you com- fortable. I shall see you to marrow ; don't be dull. Good-night." H (Innt‘-nlnht ” .n:A .1... “LA...- Ll... L-.. “ Good-night,” 0said she. giving him her hand and smiling. "Be sure you come early tomorrowâ€"u early M ever you can ; and don't forget to bring me some more chocolates." “ 0 Monsieur Monuier, let me goâ€"let me go ! Indeed, i saw nothing-â€"I saw nothing; and I swear I will never tell any one: I swear it, I swear it! Oil, in poor grand- mother ! Oh, don’t kill me p ease I" “Get up, Jules;what are you talking about? 1 don't want to kill you. Come here." And Gerald dra ged out on to the rough sth where Miss fieresford was standing a ishevelled, “Lied-looking boy of twelve, who had turned suddenly taciturn. and who refused to answer any questions as he stood trembling with cold and fright in the grasp of his captor, who led him back to "Les Bouieaux," restored him to his grandmother, who had not yet left the house, and gave orders that both should have supper in the kitchen before they returned home. Then Gerald went into the salon, to say good-bye to Miss Bereuford, who had accompanied him and.his prize home very‘quietly. So he left her and got into the gig. On the w.y to Calais he had plenty to think about ; for hesides that most intetesting dis- covery of a sweet little sister in the once dreaded Miss Bcrcsford, the words that Jules had uttered in the belief that he was addrcuing Monnicr the gamekeeper had roused some {tfnuge auspicfins in his mind. I»: In II In IIIIIIu. "‘71. «E's-h. \‘Ir olhréaford were here, " thought. he. “I think Ishall write and tell him about thin business ; he “ill make Jules speak, if_ar_1ybody_ cgn." He made a few objections ; but as she scarcelv paid civil attention to them, he con- tenttd himself with ascertaining that she was WArmly wrapped up, and they left the house together. It was nearly eight o'clock and quite dark. As they passed Henri etan ling by the gig, Gerald told him to take it back into the stable until his return, and saying simply “ Come along ” to his companion, he and she walked the whole length of the long white house, over the square-paved courtyard; and then, passing a little pond on the left (which looked, with its background of trees, like a yawning black pit in the darkness), they walked on together along a rough grass-grown path between an ill-kept hedge on the one side and a. tangled plantation on the other, followed by a puta- to-field, and then by more plentution. H TH. uni-Iv Ans-1r - :‘I I "a“... “I-..‘ l’ -I.-.-I,l alone 1’" “ No-o,” doubtfully. She had scarcely uttered the word when Gerald sprang away from her, and as he did so she heard the crackling of dry branches and the rustle of last summer’s long dead grasses, and she knew that he was in ur- suit of some one or something. The 0 use did not last: long. In a. few moments she heard a sort of squcsking cry and a whining boy’s voice. ‘ " It’s very dark ; if I we're alone I should be frightened,” said Miss Bercsmrd at lost. In spite of the excitement of the strange place and the novel circumstances of the walk, she had become sleepy and tired again; and though she could walk on stead- ily at a. good pace, her brain was in a sort 0: excited confusion, which made her glad that her companion did not seem to want entertainment from her. “ Hush !” said he softly “ Look there !” She tried to follow his glance into the tangle of the still almost leafless plantation; but she could see nothing. “ Age you afraid to stand here one moment “I am going with you, Mr. Steunton,” said she quietly. “ Delphine has just; told me the story, and it seems pthis wolf creature never attacks anybody who is not alone. No, I’m not tired; Ican walk fast, and I shall not be in your way; but you elian' t go alone.” And without waiting for an answer, he dashed out of the room, and they heard him mounting the staircase. When he returned to the salon, Miss Bereaford had her hat on and Delphime was fastening the buttons of her ulster. “I am going with vou. Mr. Staunton.” “No, it isn't," said Gerald promptly. “ I will go at once to the dunes and look for Jules. Henri shall take la mere home to her cottage; and you Delphine, muat go too, {or Henri would never dare to come back alone while this stupid wolf story is about. Mien Beszford, you won’t be fright- ened, will you? Marie the cook will be left in the house, and she has plenty of courage."_ “ Thst is what she says, monsieur. made. moiselle; littleJules saw the wolfdevil a week ago, and you know that always blings misfortune ; and now today he went across the dunes to Moreeu's farm with a load of wood on his shoulders, and he has never come back. And la mere thinks he may have been robbed by the wolf-devil of the few sous he got for the wood, which we tell her is impossible, since it is only those who have something worth taking who get rob- bed. It is more possible that he may have lost the money and have returned to hunt for it 3 or perhags he may have had his foot caught in a rob it-hole and hurt himself. But anyway, as I tell her, it is useless to trouble mousieurâ€"” l CHAPTER V.â€"â€"Cou'rxxuw. But they failed to draw anything but in- uticulete murtnurlnfis from the old peasant until a little black sure lided past the munculu- young servant, nu kneeling down, Illpped her arms around In mere Benoit'a neck. end aid in French, with a strong for- eign accent : "Tell me what thy auduou has done. " “ He is lost; the wol devil has got him." nabbed the old woman, after staring dully At her luterrogetor until the sympathy in the Egg brown eyes moved her to_epeech. _ A GREAT SECRET, 0R. ’ ‘ NE. SHALL IT BE DJ " Why, that I believeâ€"not that I would for the world my anything against a per- son without proof-«that Mr. Smith is more bent on making his own fortune than on makin yours." " I aresay he is human cnou h for that.” “ And I have seen him, out o a ackot of letters which he has taken from h a packet to road to you, slip back one or two, with a quick glance at you, as if afraid that you would see them. I believe he has secret . int the implied compliment left her fri- gid. She cost about for I- reason, and found one tlut would serve. “Mr. Smith takes too much credit to himself for the work he does for you, which in. after all. of quite a eubordinate kind, and consists merel in following out your suggestions. He e olntely bout; of his authority with you ; and I am sure I would not wish to say anything against a man be- hind his back, butl certainly do believe thet, while working for you, he is working for himself too." " Naturally. That la the secret of getting well served, to make your own interest that of your WWW-’3 “ But if those interest: should hap ppm to run different ways, the servant will fallow his own," uld Miss M' Lead, whose Christi- anity was apt to grow weak n she grew “'fll'lll. " In that case he will certainly be at the hotel within a few minutes of your arrival there,” said Miss M'Leod, sincerely hoping that the obnoxious clerk would fail to ut in an appearance that evening, and t us give her a legitimate ground of complaint against him. ” Come. tell me the reason of your dislike to poor Smith; on are a lady of far too much sense to ta e an unreasonable preju- dice, especially against a man who admires you so nmch as__he_does.’f_ “ How do you mean ?" asked Mr. Hercu- ford: j_r_1dulgpnt qu gmusod. “ Well, will, it is the first time he has failed to do so, and some accident must. have prevented his coming. Or perhaPs he was at the station and we missed him.’ “ Nothing. monsieur," said ahe in French, the language Mr. Bereaford now habitually used ; “ but I think it would have been more courteous of him to meet you, since he knew at what time ypu_wqul(_l unjive.”r But he knew ; for the housekeeper was as jealous of her influence with her emplo or i as ever fair lady was of her pcwer over or ‘lover, and “ that Mr. Smith" ran her very close in Mr. Beresford's confidence, and was the thorn in the little lady’s side. He was the clevcrest of the travellers for the firm, and it was well understood that in that mat- ter of predicting the coming fashions in lace, which had done so much for the firm’s for- tunes, Mr. Beresford never prophesied un- less Mr. Smith knew. During the three months she had just spent at Nice, Miss M‘Leod had been spared the sight of the hated one, though she had hadto read aloud his business letters, and to affect admiration of their sagacity: but to hear his absence regretted in the very first minutes of their arrival in Paris was toomuch for her pa- tience. [is they were driving from the station to the hotel M r. Beresford slowly drew his head far enough out of the mu titude of wraps in which his neck was swathed to speak with sufficient clesrncss to be understood. The paralytic stroke which had deprived him of the free use of his right arm and leg had af- fected his speech in a. curious mannerproduc- ing the effect of histongue being intractable, and apt to get in the way. Miss M‘Leod, how- evur, seldom failed to ether his meaning. .md she now understoof him to grumble at the amazing remissness of Mr. Smith in not turning up at the station to meet him. Miss )l'Leod drew up her little person with an electric shock of dignified disgust, and Mr. Beresford gave a. dry chuckle on noticing it. 1- (n1 " I B-zresford, of the firm of Fournier Bares- " i ford, lace manufacturers, arrived in Paris on I his way from Nice, and drove straight to 1 the Hotel de Nermandie, where rooms on the third floor had been engaged for him by telegraph some days before. He grumbled exceedingly on the way thither at the terri- ble inconvenience either alternative of stair case or lift would cause him, on account of the partial paralysis of his left side, which had for nearly five years made locomotion ' difficult for him. The little prim English : lady, Miss M'Leod, who was .his devoted l nurse, secretary, companion, butt, and r scapegoat, condoled with him on this mis- fortune with perfect sincerity, although she ‘ knew that it was parsimony and not poverty prevented him from installing himself in comfort and luxury on the first floor. She was a curious study, this small, spare, haughty, high dried lady, by herself so in- significant that the handsome dresses in n hich she delighted to arra her tiny per- son were quite without e 'ect, and the height at wuieh she carried her little pinch- ed nose and shrivelled chin gave her, not the dignity she craved, but the stiff air of a doll of our grandmothers' time, which, after having' been carefully packed away for half a century, has been discovered and repaired and decked out in clothes of modern fashion at a great sacrifice of congruity. But having had the. luck to see, fcur years and a half ago, Mr. Beresford's advertise- ment for “an English lady of tact and re- ‘IWUâ€"rs finement as companion housekeeper to a . middle-aged invalid,” Miss M'Laod, after : quieting those maidenly scruples which are never so strong as at forty, had been inter- viewed, approved of, and installed in a po~ sition for which, by every little crook in her narrow mind, every little whi‘n If her kind heart, she seemed peculiarly fitted. Away from Mr. Beresford she was nothing ; as the right hand of the invalid oracle of “ Les Bouleaux" she was quite a. great lady So in return for a courteous deference, in which she was not clever enough to discern “chaff,” she yielded him a devotion more complete and absorbing than worshipper at altar ever paid, and was gradually becoming as neces- sary to‘him as he_was to her. +nnnmaum~____ “ What Has poor Smith done to offend yoou, that the very mention of his name is always enou h to turn your smiles into frowns ‘3" make he. “ Arrived here from Nice last night. Shall be at Ctlill at 12 53 to-nighz.” “ Now everything Will beall right again!“ said Gerald to himself joyfully. CHAPTER. VI. It was a quarter to six o'clock on the even- ing of Thursday, Much 29th, that Mr. Burpsl‘ord, of the firm of Fouruier Berea- “ My dear, dear Miss M'Leod,” as if bursting in express the enthusiasm he felt about her, " I am so sorry, so iuexpressibly sorry that you should have had to turn out in the damp and the cold on my account. I’ve had to blow up dear old B. about it, I have really. He might have trusted me not to neglect my business," he went on, ignor- ing her evident dis net at his disrespectful mention of his empfoyor. “ When we poor working creatures get an order from a swell, you know, we must cool our hooi’s in his ante-room at his own time; and M. de‘ Bremuilwl duress you’ve heard of him, ‘ he’s one of the t p top nabs here"â€"Miss M’Leod shudderedâ€"“ having done us the ‘invor to order a lot of lace for which he wants special designs, sent for me just as I was starting to meet you and dear B. at the station. Then, after keeping me for two whole hours looking at two cursed bad ic- tures of (lumpy l-‘renehwomen we woul n't have for barmalds in Londonâ€"no, don’t go," said he, detaining her by thejetted sleereoi her muntle,abuuelyi'ailingorpretendingto failto understand her sudden turningawayâ€"“well, he had me in, looked down at me some miles, She- recognized the menus the one who had called her flacre, and ordered the driver toreturn. She was congratulating herself that she should not have to see Mr. Smith at all, asehe passed Mr. Bereeford’e door and heard the ‘clerk's full, clear, rich voice on the other side, when the handle was turned, undo little fat man, with a black bullet head end twnnk- ling clever block eyesâ€"duet such a man u the voice foretoldâ€"came out, and seizing her fri id reluctant hand, took it in both of his an shook it warmly. " The gentleman of whom madame is in search has just arrived at the Hotel de Nor- mandie," said the commissionaire, raising his cap politely. _ He rose slowly and raiged her small glov- ed hand to his lips; dlflicul; as movement was to him, he never omitted this nightly ceremony, which was indeed but a small price to pay for the slavish devotion it did much toward purchasing. It was the signal for Pierre to take his stand behind his master’s chair, ready to afl'ord his pompous but hindering services in getting him to bed. Miss M'Leod, as usual, received this salute with downcast eyes, looked up with a gracious smile and a curtsey, and retir- ed with a pleasant feeling of satisfac- tion with herself and her own position, from her employer’s presence. Mr Berea- ford, though he was only of the middle height, wuh alround sack and the awkward stoop of the short-sighted, hada dignity abouthis massive gray-haired, silver streak ed beard, and dark eyes shining from under thick eyebrows that were almost white, which made it easy to do homage to him. Almost reconciled to her disagreeabl task, Miss M’Leod went down the wide shallow-stepped staircase, which she preferr- ed to the lift, as she thought the sweep of her silk train behind her made her more im- pressive than the mere package one became when pulled up and dowu in that little square box. Then she sent for a fiacre, and gave the address of the Hotel Alexandra as she stepped in with a stately air. She was halt-way there, when a voice shoutinv to the driver made her lower the window to s e what was the matter. A commissionaire sitting beside the driver of anotherflacre, which had apparently followed hers at full speed, was telling her own driver to stop, as he jumped down and came to the window. v“ 0h monsieur, if you on sit: up to talk business, sure! 1â€"” “Thu groe of gain would keep ador- mouse awake. You need not come to me again to night ; you can go straight to your rooin and rest. ‘ Good-nignt.” “ N o, no, it. is not necessary. Say the three last orders we have just received. I am really much obliged to you for going, especially when you} are so tired." “ (‘l‘ manninu- -‘ u...“ A-_ -24. _‘ L- L_Il, "‘ Tell him, if you like to be severe,” con- tinued Mr. BJX‘GSfOTll, “that. it does not look well for an old cripple of fifty-two to be rcauly for business discussion after a. tiring jnurney, while he, a more hd of live- and-umty, ls sitting at case over his claret and twinks that. busineu will do In the morning. I shall expel-t him up to ten o'clock, andI hope to be in possession of all the intelligence he has to give me before tmidnight; and ask him to bring with him the letters from Madamed'ArgentanJI. Bon- taud, and M. Ile Breteuil on the subject of the orders we have had from them." ' “What are the three names? I will write them down. " "Hr. Beresford was sitting by the low square fireplace, where a wood-fire was 1 glowing. At. the opposite side of the room, which was large and served as bed-and sitting worn, the old valet, who was seame- ly less infirm than his Duster, was pottering about with an incapable air of being busy with his master‘s portmunteau. The white cloth and the dessert had been removed from the table, which was now covered by a. mossy-looking, heavily-fringed, velvet cloth, to whiehaeouple of wax r:uudles, in tall plated can-llcstleks that stood upon it: a yard apart, gave a lugubrious suggestion of n pull-covered‘cuffin.’ 7 “ I suppose it would be too much to ask you to be kind enough to drive as far as the Rue de hi Bieninisauco to the Hate! Alexan- dn, whero Smith is staying 2" said he, with courtesy which did not hide the fact that the suggestion was a command. “ If you Would not mind seeing Smith if he is in, or waiting for him if he is out. [should be ex- ecdin iy indebted to you. “ \ r Ruraufn‘u‘ \Irnn rI-“:I‘n L.- LL- I-.â€" Mr. Smith was not there, had not even called there, did not arrive during dinner, at the end of which meal Miss M’Lcod was secretly triumphant, Mr. Bercsford evident- ly uneasy. He refused to go to bed, and in- sisted on sitting up, on the chance of his trusted clerk's arrival. At last she suggest- ed that, if Mr. Beresford knew his address, he should be sent {or at once. Pierre could o in a flacre with the message. New, ierre was Mr. Bexesford's vale', a faith- ful but inmmpetent old servitor, who had been engaged out of charity, or to illustrate Mr. Bcresiord’s theory that fidelity and in- telligence in any being except a dog are nl~ ways found in inverse proportion. The journey from Nice having confused the old man’s faculties more than over, his master hesitated at Miss M‘Leod’s suggestion. And Miss M'Leod, to whom even profanity lost m wickedness coming from the lips of her employer. h u: up her lips tightly, us if to force bwk any more dime ardod revel» tions; and they reached the utel do Nor- mandie in ailvnce. communication with some one,” the finish- ed, with n romanceinnpired alt of mystery- “ Well, he may have communion- tlonl from the Prince of Darkneu himself, a long on the intelligence be ob- tains from him In accurate and useful." low their journe to “ lea Bouleaux. " He raise his round Int to her, and gave a too famlllnr nod to his em player. f‘I couldn't get you | curl-go “Hoosn, though; he on be more by a good ten yesrs. Well, I must follow my lord up-stsirs I suppose, Au rec-air, Miss M'Leod: if f don't see you sgsin before you stsrt I wish you s plesssnt journey; you won’t be so dull st ’Les Boulesux’ when young Miss Beresiord srrives to keep on compsny." And with this srtiully her (1 speech, for the houseee rwss already med- ‘lr jealous of her emp oyer’s daughter, the l ttle msn turned and trotted up-stoirs. When Miss M'Leod returned from her , wslk, she sew the little block coupe driving‘ swsy; meeting Pierre outside his muter’s door, she lesrnt thstboth Mr. Smith end .\1. do Breteuil hsd gone, sud she therefore hss- toned to present herself to Mr. Beresiord. He was in one of his moods of slmost shoo- lute silence, ss ususl after a business talk with Mr. Smith. It wss somethin to be- lieve, however, thst for the present er en- emy was removed ; and it was with no wel- come in her eyes thst she saw the clerk’s int, happy. good-humored face at the (:are (in Nord that evening, when she and Mr. lierosford drove up on the way to continue their journey to “ Les Bouleanx." 3‘ 0 yes, he’s a.- fine I gentleman as hair- dye and a qood tailor can make him. You’ re mashed, I see. Well, well, I Ihonld be con- tent to look as well At his age. “ Bin age. "’ echoed Miss M‘ Lead invol- untarily. “ Why, he cm't be more than thingy I" “ NL'de BFoteuil is every inch 3 entle- man may one with any knowledge 0 good society can see that, ’ said Miss M'Leod suppicilious‘ly: “Did you see him?”said in her ear the voice aholonthed,u soon as M.de Breteuil had poss- ed. “ Ho wouldn't take any notice of me, though I came down on purpose to receive him. However, I’m going up again and he'll have to be civil to me in the guvnor'a presence. I’m too useful to old B. for him to stand by and see me insulted by any popinjayforgignerff _ M ias M'Lead was not very well versed in the scandals of Paris, less perhaps from lack of interest than of opportunity; out she had heard of this man and of the mar- vellous vitality of his notoriety, and she stood aside with some curiosity, on pretence of gathering up the train which no change of iashion could induce her to discard, to see the bold bad man pass. She saw him step out of his dainty little dark-colored coupe, which, with its pair of small, long- tailcd, black horses and its pair of dark- liveried fur-caped servants, looked like the sombreJreak of a blonde demi-momlaine. An Englishman would have looked upon the turnoutâ€"from the showy high stepping horses, with their foam-covered bits and, heads held tightly in with the bearing-rein, to the little black toy behind them with the coroneted gilt monogram L. B. on the panelsâ€"as he would have looked at the advertisement car of a circus: but in Paris it was the envy and admiration of men as well as women. The owner of the carriage bore the stamp of his reputation with grati- fying clearness. Miss M’Leod felt her curiosity stimulated instead of lessenedas she took a keen and comprehensive survey of the tall, slight, erect gentleman, better dressed than most fashionable Frenchmen, whose dark clear-cut face and easy bearing impressed her so much that she passed upon him the mentrl comment of the imaginative milliuer : “ He_ might he a prince !‘ "C'eat M. de Breteuil, 1e millionnaire galant," said one of the group to another who had just joined them. But the poor lady had not seen or heard the last of her tormentor, On the following morning, when, as usual at eleven o'clock, she went toward Mr. Bereaford’s room to offer her services to road or write for him, she caught the sound of the clerk's hated voice, and retreating hastily to her room, she put on her bonnet, determined to take the opportunity of a little shopping in Paris and to avoid her enemy at the snme time. As she reached the entrance of the hotel on her way out, she noticed a little group of waiters watching an arrival with unusual, interest. Sour-ficed,vindignnut, she suffered the hand-pressure she could not. escape, but made no attempt to echo his afi'ectionnto sentiments : the moment. he let her hand full she forgot her dignity, and scurried ofl‘ to her own room like a mouse dropped from thg jst of a. cab. ‘ - She was turning away most haughtily to go to her room, when her enemy, with a chuckling good-humox‘ed laugh which exas- perated her more than a chorus of bins- phemtcs, seized her right hand, and insisted upon shaking it warmly. while he mid in a tone in which even she couiai detect sly mockery: “ \Vell. well, don't let such a. trifle disturb the friendship of old pals like you :xm‘l me. I’m afraid Ishnn”t be able to go down to ‘ Les Boulenux ’ with you to- morrow evening, but [promise you I’ll come down on the following day without failâ€"~ and the hours betWeen now and then will ncgm ve_ry lqng‘. "_. Whether 017 not theFe was a'touch of malice .in this speech, is fired the lady at once. “ I use no authority but that of Mr. Beresford himself, sir ; and if it came to a question of your credit against mine, the balance would perhaps not be so much in your favm‘ as you rmagino.” “ If you do go in,” continued Mr. Smith magnanimously, “ any I sent you. M yahoul~ ders are broad enough to bear the blame, and my credit with him is good enough for him to forgive you if you use‘my authority.” ll'l, _.\, ,d Miss M Leod’e hand dropped. Mr, Berea- ford could make himseli very unpleasant in. dead when he was annoyed, and even devo- tion grew cooler at the thought of the look with which he would receive an unbidden intruder. “ Go in if you like, In); dear lady, but he won't let you write that letter. He’s in one of his black humors, and whatever sort of acmwl he manages to produce will be much to_t‘l}e p_o_igt, I_ja_ncy._" _ . Mr. Smith did not 312th to stop her except by a shrug of the s an den: and a significant twitch lot‘ his eyebrows._ "‘ Writing himself ! Hecm't ; you should havolot him dictate the letter-to you. I must go and do it myself." Her hand was alr_e_ady. or; ghoooor and told me to send one of the prim! not the firm to him. 1‘ ve jun told od nnd he I nearly of his had about it, " nddui he, jerking thy round black hand hook in the direction of Mr Bore-fours room. “That jun} touches his dignity you know. So he' a writiugto my lord himself, and he vows he'll have the gentlemsn hero himwfl to- morrow morning. Shouldn’t wonder if he did, Old B. can do wonders when his back’o up‘ ,. __ â€"rr-â€"'â€"vvv my friends, and even titer Governor Gor- don'e picture burned mine remeined. Fin- eiiy my left eye dropped out, my noee fined ewey and my chin melted. I watched I? own dissolution with cur-ions feelinge . mortifying to relate, when the whoie {we end heed had been extinguished my mouth remained a flaming brand of fire. The crowd cheered, and for once in my life I mu eilent."â€"Atb¢us Banner. ' Philadelphia. munâ€"Do you mean to say your street can are not heated in winter! Omaha manâ€"Not at all. “ What in creation do you do to “09 .Arm 9" warm 2‘ Editor Grady blushed st the Atlanto el- tival. Here in the story of this ex - ary phenomenon :â€"“ I W" Iitting with my family watching the display of firemh. and to my astonishment the flame. throw out pictures of Governor Gordon and my- self.‘ ,Th? compliment yu npproohbog by The story circulated around town this week by persons who ought to be in better wbusiness, that while we were attendin its reception to Mr. and Mrs. Clevelan at Kansas City we got drunk and stood on the street corner roaring like a colicky elephant and makin the assertion that we were from Bitter Cree and could nick any President that ever looked through a collar, is allo- lutely false. What we did do, and all we did, was to get drunk, try to pound a po- licemanodwhoi; really mtach larger than he a or , an pa our ne next morning. ngele who persistyiu circulating soil lalou sto as with no foundation about us will run up against something which will hurt lame day. ~11 uswun’ River Democrat. Mr. Bareaford did not answer, but he glanced at the sent she had left. as an inti- mation for her to return to it. She dldlo at once, snubbed, as she had expected ll) be. But her words, also u she had ex God, had had their effect, and from an or his travelling-ca the invalid took a very cere- ful survey 0 the travellers. Mr. Beresford had already closed his eyes, not for sleep, but es en intimation that he did not wish to be disturbed. In a few minutes, however, he felt a touch upon his arm, and found that the haule- keeper was sitting by his side. “ Mr. Beresford," she whispered verylbw in his ear, “ please forgive me for disturb- ing you, but I must warn you against those two men. They keep wetchin us with their eyes half-closed in a way t at meloes me nervous. I believe they ere"â€"ehe form- ed the last word with her month onlyâ€" “ thieves. ” “ Talk politics. "â€"-0malza World. “Coincidence l Something more than that, perhaps," said the other thoughtfully ; and he looked with much attention {mm the invalid gentleman to the little faded [mix as the traineteetned out of the station. “ Curious coincidence the mention of both those names," suggested the former, in -a voice meant only tonhia friend. ..n . '1‘“-""’°“"“v l and a. safe journey to you. The train gs in at Calais at 12.53 ; and I've telegraxfigd to Staunton this morning, and he'll be sure to meet you. Good-bye !” Again, at the mention of the name Stunn- ton, the two strangers looked round. Both men were past middle age ; the older, :5 ‘short red-mood men with snow-white heir ‘end moustache, wore a. carefully brushed coet and hat of the fashion of some you! age, and bore himself with an old-fashioned infestation of military swagger which would heve been altogether offensive had it not suggested to the shrewd, a snirited struggle against adverse fortune. 'lhe younger of the two by a few years was evidently 3 men of more assured position. He was tall and breed, with keen candid 6 es and features still handsome, though his air, moustache, and close-cut board were iron-grey. Both men were evidently English. Why Editor Grady Blushed. “ You will have a little pleasant excito- ment at ‘ Les Bouleaux' now. Have you seen the account of old Dupont‘s being rob- bed the other day 2 It appears they’ve been having quite a. gay old time afloat there with a mysterious robber, who is said to be a loup-garou, and to take a lot 01 kill- ing. So you had better not go about after dark until I come down to take care of ’ , Miss M’Leod. Ah ! you’re gli'; good-fig, -_.l A _,p, 0 A: the m'ention of M. de Brateuil’a name both the strangers in the carriage turned their heads quickly toward the speaker. Mr. Beresford, who noticed everything. S‘aw this, and frowned slightly at his clerk's in- discreet men inn 0: such an important client. Mr. S-nith, seeing nothing of all this, continued to babble happily on. “ It won’t Be long before I see you again, my dear ludy. I have one more call to make on our catimablo friend, the king of snobs, M. Louis do lireteuil, who has oon~ descended to give me an audience at half- pasb eleven tomorrow morning ; that done the claims of duty will be satisfied, and"t shall fly to your feet," “It was evident that the lady would {rather have travelled in the In gagewan than be considered by him ; but hfir. Srugh was unotuonsly impervious to snubs. 0 led them, armed with the pass he had ob. tained from one of the directors who know Mr. Beresford, to acompartment the further corners of which were already occupied by time eutlemen. The guard unlock- ed t a door for them; Mr. Berg-w ford was carefully helped in and seated in one corner, while Miss M'Leod took the fourth, which was opposite to him. Mr. Smith gave her a cheering assurance at parting. as he stood on the platform, beam- ing up at her with his twinkling black eye through the spectacles he sometimes wore. H l9. man's in. L“... sun... I _-- __..._ A m _W.â€"-_-. v- ... -. uI-O vslvlu. “ No. “'5 I“ right,” laughed Smith, In mischievous deli ht at the {right he had given to his emp oyer'a parsimony. “ I’ve arranged first you are not to have more than two other people with you. so you can both put your foot up and be comfortable. One must consider the lady, you know,” he odd- od Politely. G It ul'un tII:An-“ lL-L AL- I,‘ n.- am he, looking In cheerfully It the WWW of the flacre. ”The ttnln is going to be Very lull. nnd film dâ€"d I" ubmon just “kc your ti s nud than p. you in like urdlnu nll z a “me. I could only get one to youmlveo by Paying double (or. tor ouch unoccupied sent. ’ “ No, no. you don‘t men to any you‘n done thnt I" unrulncyotlllr. Bereaford. 1‘ ‘v n An Important Correction. 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