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'«23 "ID .vvâ€"_, what I enema do now The mask want ha Wt «99 my anxiety fi mama 1m 1135195; mmdjapgk nfiflfixgi fore I had gone a dozen yards from the door I turned round, impatient of my indecision, with the resolve to speak to the man. Some one had 'nat come from the open door and now looking tion. He turned his looked toward me. u -.... -,.+ mm: I saw that at the 8.16 b! wâ€"wâ€" - _ It was not Taras. I saw that at 1.1: first glance, but the next instant I per- ceived that it was Kavanagh. I knew him by his slight. erect, mili l ‘ figure, his close fitting coat an the cor- rect hat drawn low over his brows. He must have seen me and might have re- cognized me, for I stood under the light of a lamp, but as if from indifierence or polite discretion he took no further notice of me, but sanntered to the driver of the brongham. spoke a few words to 1 him, inaudible to me at that distance, and then sanntered back into the house. His presence reassued me, and I was lad that I had neither gone up to Gor- T. on’s rooms nor spoken to the driver. Obviously he had dropped in and ro- the visit of Taras. . Neverthe ass with Gordon and Kavanagh. , They stood chatting for a few minutes; then they shook hands, Kavanfih stepped into the brougham. and Go on strolled of with Taras in the direction of Villiers street. The brougham passed me at the cprner of Adam street. and the driver cast another furtive glance at me. but Keva- mmh was occupied in lighting a cigar- AN OLD mm. I made my way down to the embank- ment and hurried along on the less open side till I caught sight of Gordon and Tara-s strolling some distance in advance 'on the other side of the road. Then I relaxed my pace, still keeping them in sight until} they reached Lambeth and went into our house together. Taras had obviously returned for fear his absence might alarm me, and his gags! companion, having accompanied ,' aofanhadturned into fimshthe 1:511? overs last pipe. With a little tation I drew near the house, and hearin their voicesin the front room I quie y opened the front door. entered, 'ehut the door as silently and then slipped ‘ unheardu tom room. ‘ “ ’m glag you 'dn’t sit up for melast nightf‘sznd Taras when we met. in the he held some omcial t thereâ€"“and I staid out a couple of ours later than I intended. ” ‘a look qtyexation in his face. “â€"“â€"A"°" Rn ask“ “3 “To any one else f’ he asked”sharply. “Nothing of any ritation when he went out met mgnn : I shook my head. "She was just the same as she always isâ€"jnst. If there had been any differ- ence, I mat have seen it. ” “She didnotgo down stairsinthe night, you flunk 2” ‘ .“Aftaa: Tans went I: I put my door wgdeopen andkepta ' ht burning all mght. No one could pass my door without my knowing it.’ ah was oEâ€"éfified i â€"-jealous of each other a; map at any one who seems te:ofi than the rest. It i! they should envy the ol comfortable posihon’hert ply proves whgt a macho: be vexed by what s pas . "You cannot have better philosophy ‘ or better feeling than that,” said he, ‘ shakin my hand kindly as he rose. The eelinz of relief, now that I had no longer any serious reason to regard Mere nose with mistrust or look for the development of some sinister design, afiorded me such happiness that I a1 ; most forgot the existence of danger. and when Taras about a week later old me that he should not return robably till Ber 8 o‘clock from the smo in concert to which he had been invited I ade him good night when he went out after dinu net} we on: any feeling of alarm. That afternoon in; dressmaker had sent te say that the fees she was inali- mg for the maid he ready fer the to try on the evening: Nothing eenla have nap seed men: enpeftaaely. £9;- Ila: tam ad ta take Tame h seprise with QM beautiful velvet. as here .st the my shame I needed of getting” the mparmt work Memes done w: heat Ina keewmg an thms about It, The moment a was gone I ran to my room. dressed. and tellm Mare Lucas where I was gem -â€"£or s e was in the secretâ€"I starte of! for Remington road, where my dressmaker lived. It was between 8 and 9. At that time Lambeth road is deserted. Hea rain had fallen in the afterno‘en. an such 7» - -.-_6€nn'lnv‘v naa Izuwu ru we “awn..." m, sounds there were seemed particularly clear. The rattle of a train over the railway bridge, a whistle from a tug, on the river behind me, were noticeab e by their distinctuess; my own footsteps as I hurried along made quite a clatter on the wet_paven}ent.' .L 1' -_Annunw fan- we WUIo puvvwvuu. Struck by this fact, I presently fan- ‘ éied I could hear an echo to my foot- fall. Was it that or some one follow- ing? To satisfy the idle doubtl glanced back. Just within sight a man was fol- lowing- There was nothing in that to call for particular attention, but when I had gone another hundred yards or so the echoing sound arrested my wander- ing thoughts and I glanced round again. The man’s figure was there exactly at the same distance. It was odd that both should be walking in one direction at a precisely similar ace. For ' the next hundred yards I w ked slower, but the following step came no nearer, and when I turned the man’s figure appear- edto be justas far ofi as before. It was unpleasant even to fancy that my steps were do god, and I turned the corner of Lambe road sharp with the determination to go on at a still quicker pace now that I was out of the man’s sight, but the whistle of a tram sug- gested a still better means of avoiding anno ance, and I stopped with the de« fer tion to ride the remaining dis- tance. mun. Just as Istepped into the cat the man complexion, the sparse black beard and high cheek bones nor the sunk head and high shoulders. CHAPTER XIX. DRIGO. I got out of the train at my dress- maker's. The car moved on, but glanc- ing after it I gerceived the man hastily descending. e must have waited till he saw me ste out on to the pavement, and I could o y hope. as I slipped into the house and hastily closed the door, that he had lost sight of me in getting down from the car. With the terrors of oing home alone before me, I found B e pleasure in try- ing on my dress and discussing the matter, with my dressmaker. but I lingered till she had nothing more to say and I could invent no pretext for staying longer. I looked around eagerly when we went to the door, and to my great relief saw no one who looked like Drigo. I concluded that he had lost sight of me ‘ or g_one ofi on a wrong scent. "LL‘_ 1'...â€" ‘I' 1...": uni-I an or gone on; 01.1 a. vuuu Wvuv. “It rains a. little. allay I lend you an umbrella?’_’ gs]:e_d mg dresgnggker. fl _ A___. ’9 door,” and when the car came in sight I had found a sest I heard his foot grat- ing on the steps outside. It was 3 Westminster carâ€"not, as I had hoped, one that would take me to Lambeth. To avoid the terrible stretch of deserted street I went on as far as Hercules buildings. That gave me a little start, for until he saw me get out my pursue: could not tell which turning I should take. Glancing up, I saw Drigo's hideous face peering over the railin to discover who was alighting, and e moment he recognized me he befall to scuttle down the steps. ran without stopping till I rewhed W Wuvuul uvuâ€" _. -__:,, gran without stopping till I reached the tavern at the Lambeth road end of the bail ' , thinkingin my Weakness that I won} seek protection if he was on my heels rather than venture alone ontoftheway as aprelimimry to at- tec mm and had gwen the 300170 thinvi ' But he was still at some thisvifim But he was still at some distanceâ€"just near enough to keep me in si ht, no more. It would 'ahenrd to protection from a man far ofl. I said to myself, and ashamed of my oowardise I again took to my heels. He might Y6 overtaken me in a few nun- ntee, on there was no one to prevent himstranglingme intheopenrosdhad he chosen, but he come no nearer. Whether I tan .or whether I>walked, whenever I turned he seemed to be pre~ deelyatthe same distance from meâ€" tomyroom and there tried to findan explanation of this strange pursuit. As me calmer and mv_ thonchts mm it was Drigo! “Probably.” 1 3“ dew: to reassure n have come in and out agajn' 39‘th ucas came to the door and bode me good night. When she was gone, I went to the window and peeped behind the blind. Drigo had not stirred from his place at the foot of the bridge. His presence served to confirm my ens- picione, and I saw that Turns to be saved, must be warned of the danger. But how was I to reach him? I now clearly anon b that it would not do to engose myse to a personal encounter M h Drigo; That would not save Texas. Yet how eould I get to Texas without that risk! “Him-.. I... ud- nus-tint: me wall which depart; t e u Garden’s 9mm" and I [-9901le hear: mum an 09%. ng was to be made «3 {39111153596139 “18690“ a! she group $0 the kiln. what-9 16 was in he bathed. I! I could 363 mm fihe Rotter . hats!“ {that an a?“ in the Saree ah ho 9233!: an sage away an an name by PM , Leanna the 11123 hum!!! tn my room. Imdown the him an. pro- vided thy-61! with a audit» and “109% 1- man}. 1““ into the Yfld. A, ‘1“de ly went OBI xuw Uuw w... W .. V, bricks and rubbish showed when the men had been working. and on lighting the candle I found to my lnexpreellble joy that a break had been made in the well and roughl closed for the night with a couple 0 boards. I pushed one square blocks of ch§ piled up from floor to ceiling ‘_ "M “-11..- 1' mai- mv A PURSUIT AND RESCUE. A simple scheme of action suggested itself to my mind as I hurried along the back streets, and coming into Kenning- ton road I looked about for a cab. A smart new hamsom stood by the curb in the light of a public house, and as I stop wondering if 11: were disen UL uni-I. “Are you disengaged for a. $10“ 1011 whileâ€"perhaps four or five ours?" asked “Where do you want to go, miss!” "Burlington street. You will have to wait there flat a gentleman, and he may not come out of his club before 2 o'clock? ‘ 71:). -:_!L “wring U Ulwn. “All right, miss. If it ain’t running along all the time, I don’t mind how lon I’m on, in a. manner of ' .” “ you do what I tell you, ’11 pay you just what you ask. Can you put out that light inside?" ‘ ’ “Certainly, miss." ' ~ 7 1 He seemed to understand my position to a. nicety and asked whioh end of Burl- Wu Duvvv â€"' V. m ____ , , lEm, Pantheon club," said I. " Draw up, if you please. so that I can see any one who comes out." He carried out his instruction admira- bly, placing his cab where I oommnndâ€" eda. rfecthofthestepsleadingto the c nb door and leaving just “meant Biepu 11.! man %u- ..â€"- V Open door, but a. lon time passed Before I distinguished any that was known to me. It must have been afterlz o'clock when Kavanagh's pnflednpinfrontoffis. No one got out of it. but I Idenufied the driver at once as the. man ‘whom I had seen waiting ounnde Grandison chambers, and I fancied as he slowly got down fmmtheboxthathecastthe samene- 33°" glance at me_ use no . out at me that w ; « ‘l-The drifting rib bedewed the window in hunt of me, completely ob- window in fxont of me, completely ob~ scaring the glass except at the extreme edge, where a rejection of me cab shelte it. .rough this narrow m I ed the man with m ex- ”‘m ‘ (Mud my: week.) waar 01 CHAPTER XX. 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