fllM'lKR MI -( ontlnar I.
F.ellenden a- now, she tol l herself,
1 ss ttiau nothing to her. She eouid
i .eet him ua t he most perfectly ea.-y
i.nd ua' tw.l'ng. and so (at- fro u be
l.'ig da Ifil by his perfections, ar.d
111111111.' for his police, she iouiI now
oo.ly re oicc in any op; ortutiiu whi h
o.lerel ior dia. oueerting an 1 perp.ex
jng ber child. sh hero.
She bai hardly hoped to have met
with one at her aunt's U had been a
b'irprise to her when he had walked
in, and astill pre .te one when he had
oii'ored her his arm. Oh, what that
o ier would once have meant.
Now, she had risen, as self-pososs"d
as any woman there, and had rip ic 1
lorwarl across the room, an 1 downt e
broad stair, ase. looking her prettie-t.
and smiling her gayest, and laughing
within herself at the merry t.me t-he
meant to have of it.
For she could see that he was grave
and ralher anxious. That meant that
he would be sure to stu.iible on to
dangero ,9 ground presently, and then
and then she would lead him gaily
mi. wily, witching Will-o'-the-w spinal
she was.' until sJie had got him fast in
to a quagmire, hopelessly fait an !
Iwund. when she would mock him to
his face, leavinz nothing but darkness
liehind
She could bide her time, she wo.ild ,
not hurry any bo ly.
Very do-nureiy passed the first
courses.
Miss Campbell was eujfaed with her
soup, her hsh, the pretty flowers on
the table, the heat' o! the evening,
tne forthco I'.ing reception at the for-;
eitfo em has -y, the concert slie hal
been to in the afternoon
Sir Frederick was i uietiv list -ninjr.
arid when ne i-a.y resn.miFn. ."si
fur he had not afforded any sjort
.Vi r did lie by anv means seek to en
irross he-, as she had s miehow laneied
he won .! nave don: on t:;e cou'rary,
he !ule . ed lo ijf int'.-rva's to elapse
without six-akirijjr at a 1. and wnen
tires j w re si ed upon and made us of
by en., arm's jfarrulous neiurhboron
Hie oth si'ie, stie was ro ok'-d to
lind ho- indifferent he H -eme , to 1 e
tow.u-i. tainsj up the reins aain.
li :t ic tii.n.' tie nejile t. il utterly,
and th. .. of which he til self seemed
alisoiutelv uncoTiscioii-. was tak-n nf
tieo u tier al once he entirely omit
ted th', necessary civiities toward- the
la Iv on his ot cr ban . If aodre sed
l he -, he wo ;id roii-e himsu'f with a
start, as tlio i.-n unaware o' the pres
ence of any on so tiea . an 1 w hen he
had : :dedto er overture, he wouid
liron the sub e-t. .v ! nlh she j.'ave
t . :! inz n -tif e .' him, unci t.eral
i ne mark. -a tins also.
"1 won c-, I vrviTi.i'-li wonder what
1 : is thinUin an ut , o ,e the little
i .t . hers; - i ' a Is.
Sa i pel iia'w lie louden hardly knew
himself.
Almost "roin lii-; !:rs! .i;o;nent, from
his t.rst. A. lit of lier on icr jiresenta
t on day i;e had b a n ro ;s -ious of a
new le'lin;f abo it tir lovely urirl.
T, ere had b -en br.tof i eeoileetion,
of tendering . an . of remive.
lie wo nd renew i he o.d friendship,
make u i lor the a-t. ui:d a ake his
vvav in the I;. tare.
Then he ha i been thrown back on
the very threshold of til.- jiretty ca tie
Jn the a.r, :md liad loan biniseil shut
out from en.e.-lnir at e cry point. Hal
(He been one whit le.-s eaut.ful, less
thar ming. less tan'ai..iriL'. he would
have turtle 1 his bactc and Is.-eu oJ.
hi-nr(finuf his shoulders hut Oeraldine
had pla.ed. and was still jilaying her
part too we I. She was ntver euite
cold enough to drive him from her.
She never was gentler thin when she
was loveliest, and most sought after.
And. at times, now and ayrain it had so
happened that when with velvet hand
ehe had delt the little stab, the wound
which had been meant to rankle and
tester presently, and had jieen him
turn from her tibite his lip. and flu h
with mingled shame and vexation, her
heart had so smote her for the light,
cruel est, that she had sought him
out, and set to work to undo what had
been done so humbly and wistfully tnul
for the moment he had almost been
happy enough to believe anything.
tor be was now in love with Oeral
dine. and knew it.
'Jt is because I know that she is
as good and true as she is beautiful."
he would sigh witb regret all unavail
ing. 'The woman whom 1 marry must
lie unspoiled by all the lolly and heart
lessness of this miserable world of
lashion. What is it to a man that his
wife knows how to dress, and dine, and
parade herself from house to ) ouse, if
t-ha care-t nothing for him. nor her
home and children and the things that
irood worn m lovei' Who wants a fash
ion plate for his daily com anion and
the mother of his little ones' I am
ick cf seeing girl arter girl brought
tampering out. and instructed how to
tlance. and chatter, and show o t her
points, and trot out her acompllsh-
inents.' One is exactly like another.
They all dote on country life, on gar
dening, and riding, and old women's
cottages, and the next moment it
lit) out that there in adreadful fright
lest paia stiould hurrv them home be
fore the season is quite over, aud that
they thought it o cruel of him to stop
iown in the shires so long at raster
and Whitsuntide. Not one but would
v eh an ire, a countrv home with flee
for lloraburg. or Monte Carlo, or expected, ueramine nao expressou
Brighton, or Scarliorough. Hut I no surprise, and on his own suggestion
knew onco a girl different to that,' of an ad ournment to one of the rooms
Bellenden would say, with animation, -a suggestion wnlch experience had
vhen with some intimate on whom taught him to believe would be accept
ui h reviling had been vented, "1 1 able under the circumstances -the had
knew one child (he is a woman now obstin .tely held her gro md. It wan
who, If be be not utterly change 1, j too hot to go inside, she had alleged,
would make any man. any home happy. nd the crowd was too great, and she
f'ihaw she is not I r me. I should was sure granny did better whore ahe
liave but a poor chance, even if L was.
nent to go In for one, I tell you. And Geraldine'i eye, meanwhile, bad
-- ,
I dou't mean it. Hut the man who wins
her " and the speaker wo la hero
break off abrui tlv, and hi aud. lor
wou d know what to thin with toler
able accuracy.
lie would tell the neU person ha
met that Hellenib D wa.-. hit at ,a.-t and
that fhi! poor (.-1 ow was erv fur gone, i
but wouhl ifive no hint in what dire
tion.
Had the speaker been present at
Ldy llivmond's Thur.-day dinner
party he wou.d not have needed much
o! a hint.
llelienden's silence, his aln-'raction,
the . uic.i glan ea he cast io.in i from
lime to time i- h.s ar partner lo ked
towa iN him or moved toward him. the
linger. ng ga e which still hung uoon
her U) s after si-e had c a.-d to
speak all meant the sumo thing,
he was anxious I u'.ziod. ;i ;ou. ill at
ease ij t he wou'd not ha,e bee any-
ju re but where be wai 'or the world.
The ci'sto !i of hal!i.,' fi-t lie -orations
or the dinner tab. e had not !
tamed at tiie time wo write of. arid in
trout of
i. l.
raid nc a;id in r partner
lai-fe Coweriiitf (liairs formed an ef
fe liia', .e n !rom the eye of those
Ot); O.-i'e
1 like a lot o.' i'owers " olmerved he
once. -1 Ties', lire prettv arcn i iiiey
"Veri rreitv li.it," amended
the
bea.ity afrai l that her voluble iriena i
on t ne o'ticr ie wa-s al out to B'rike 1
in l""ore she co Id continue, and tie- )
trinu ii' to Ik; a iittle de-irons f..r one j
of tlioe encim ters Oi wits whi -ti had!
always a lertaiti exhiluratinjf sRect !
iiKin' her, espeeiall, when tliey left j
liellerxleu lOOKiiiK blank ant per
tur d. but for u;y own part 1 love
the sweeter scented flowers. These
are very thowy, very handsome but!
like ' The u she caught his eye and
stopped.
He knew what she liked, and she
knew that she was thinking ,he Oi l so.
'.My irrandmother had our window
boxes lilled with larre ox eved daisies
be'o e 1 knew anything alio.it it, pro-
reeded tjcrala.ne, going on al an Haz
ards "1 did feel vexed when 1 lirst
saw them. di no it is not that 1 dis
like iiuis es, only I wanted to have had
uiignoin tie. and - and "
"it-.. 1 think I know what. I saw
some charm ng window gardening to
day. The best I have seen yet.
-Have you any Ixt.xcs yourself?"
"At my rooms on yes. laitti my
rooms are full o. the scent to da v. It ;
was delicious ji.st, to. I know you j
would have lik'-d it Tnen he, J
too. stopped, warned by her fa -e.
-Indeed May I a-k what the scent '
was1.''' said (leraldin bgiitiy. "1 dou't j
like every s'-eut. you know. ' j
'i know.' I
"Tlien why g otild I have liked j
yo iVr v bat is it' What have you I
got in vo ir lm.ii;-.'" j
"Am 1 to ted you truly'" sai 1 he in ,
rat her a low vo ce, remaps 1 ha i no
right to say that.' 1 meant no harm ' j
"Then tell me," an 1 her von e was (
almo-t an e ho of bis h'- eo ild not j
help it, stie toi.l herself a'terwards.
"They are lull of ; ur le beliotroj e,"
he ai.swerod, and turned his la e away
from her.
i IIAI'IKR XIII.
LADY KA V.MoNu'.S .STAWIJEKUV TEA.
Cecil told his mother that she had
manage i very Paaly.
l oor Ikjv. he feal-y had some cause
for eoiUidaiiit, for, as he did not a 1 to
siint out in sp te of the defee ion o;'
Lady iiuwlish. liebenien ctuld still
hae handed in his sister hthcl, whi.e
the deserted Mr. Le Masserer would
have been e ,ually. if not still better
pleased to have had the pret'y
heiress.
He did not aid that in th'u case he
wou.d have been satisfied on his own
account, laying a 1 ttu stress on his
lrietid s having been separated fro u
hi3 sister: but l.ady i av o.id under
stood him jwrlectly, ue.erthe ess.
The poor woman had no: a word to
say 'or herself. I
.if course, she too coul 1 ha' e seen)
the bjtter arrangeineiK had one in n- j
uie's time la-en given her to th-nk i
alsj.it it. but how could shi;, or how j
could anyone have been expe ted lo j
tas:e in all the bearings ol the lase in
the buzz ot a full drawing-room, with
the dinner imminent, an 1 a husband
signalling the one thing; ol imsirtani-e,
to which a'l Oesidea must give way.''
She had not en oyed h-vown dinner,
that she Knew: and whether the turlsit
were fresn or stale, or the whitebait
ill or well done, she had not cared an
atom. She had only eyea for two
things, Cecil's unha py, and Kthel's
discontented faces and neitherof thera
ought to have cast a stone at her, the
was go truly penitent.
Now, Cecil would not have minded
one half as much had it not been for a
certain increase of spirits on Bellen
den's part, visible after the meal.
Bellenden usually somewhat grave
and distrait of late, had on the recent
occasion been almost merry after the
ladies had gone upstairs, and had shone
forth as one of the talkers and enter
tainers of the room. Lord llaymond
had told his wife afterwards that Sir
Frederick Bellenden had been a great
success: Mr.Le Masserer had expressed
his pleasure at meeting him: they must
have him again. Wnere had he dis-
appeared to when the gentlemen came
up to tne arawing-room.
He had disappeared, certainly, and
- oh, he had g. ne to the foreign re
ception, had ho ' With Cecil.'
iSo: Cecil had gone with the Camp
bell - r ellendeu by himself'
B t I ady Haymonddid not know. and
Cecil did not tell her, that the further
shadow on the young man's brow after
mat evening was uue to nuuuini- imuio
beside that ot the disarranged dinner
table, namely, to what had transpired
during the small hours that followed.
Bellenden had appeared at the em
bassy soon after he and his grand
mother and cousin had taken up posi
tion near the head of the grand stair
case. They had seen him coming: and he
had felt a Hash of conviction that by
one at leas', of the party he had been
. , ... -i i
teen fullonun Ilellendcn slow'y mak
ing hi way up the stair iw, a though
impatient of bin lard' progres. Jet
khe had not spoken his lame, our told
her g anaiiioiher of hit proximity.
He bad come straight to them di
rect! v It had been (mi le.
Still there has been nothing definite,
nothing tangib.e. noth'hg that a rival
could take hoid o. tamp eil
had received Sir Fre ieri k courteuuo
lv. but still with something of the
stately dignity lately a.suiijed in his
presence, and craluine had merely
onored him with a casual remark or
two, such as m grit have been ma e to
anyone. Ihere had been no cbatter-
j ing, t o fl rung, no p.i k.ng u of
threads diopeU at the dinner-table.
He would have toid himo If he w as a
j fool for bis i.neasiriess. had it not been
j for what took place pre-ently.
ileilendeii had ! en with them for
a'Kiut a m.ar er ol an ho jr. ,.ui'-tly as
suming his pla e as one of the paity in,
a manner ho had never done U-fure.
hen some acquaintance of the Kay
monds had ilaimcd (Veil's a'tentioii.
: and had 'or s. uie minute, ioi ple'cly
; diverted it from h.s ion-ill. He had
had to te I lio.-iu how he la l e to be
j there, and how his "-e;; e were not
j there, w hat they were al on. w here
1 ' hey were to be met, i 11 1 wii re they
, were not to b ; im t. He La i had to
j'.it some questions on his ow n hcc tint
I i'he new-, olio rs w -i e gre..t .oiks w h in
I i e did no", oltcii i h;il) e to i.o - t peo-
pie whose.iioin fre uen'.e J fiish.onab e
' resorts, but who would e noied wi.er
, ever seen: the sort o. a- ouaiiitaiiees.
'in short, that young Kavnumd tip
i prove d of, an I w.t h w hom he woiod
- not for the world have i ut short an in-
tor icw.
ror lull five minutes he had been
thus ompl. tey oiigros-ed. ami when
he had looked uro lid at the expiry oi
that periirtif neither lli-llen.ien nor his
cousin had Ix-eu anywhere to l e seen.
"lhey have only gone to hear the
band. ' .Mrs. CampPell bal -aid jila id
ly. "1 told them that 1 should remain
here, and that yo.i wou d taKO care of
me."
How long the -trainsof the l and hi t)
b!en heard thereafter he could not
have told. It tnul seemed ages, and
must really have ln-eu during a con
siderable length of time since directly
deraldine had reappeared, it had been
time to go.
( lei-aldine had seemed hurried and
ajiologetie, and the e had Is en a good
deal said about the ire Is, a id th--numlier
o.' rooms, and the di ) cnlty of
making way through them but all the
talking had been done by p-r.
liel endeti had said nothing, but hud
stood by w ith a sort of a suiile on his
face, wh'c h it had not cheered Poor
Cecil s heart to see
He had. indeed, left all the excu-es
and explanation- to his lair corupan on:
tint there had ixeu that in his iir
which had sail,' so pla i:iy us wo ds
could have done, that she wus her-ei,'
his excuse, an l one sullcient for him
or for any man. No wonder the son
spoiio sharp y an I sulkiiy to the parent
w no had, as it w.-re opened the wav to
s.j mu h tor that 1 eiletideu had. by
si ne- mean or other, how enntri . ed to
breakdown the i arri'-r which had ex
isted lor so long ls"te"n him and his
ijiiondam "Utile friend, '' an i when
had. up to the present, seemed so im
pregnable, was only too otv,o is.
(jeraidipe her-cif was bitterly indig
nant with hor-cif during the summer
morn whi' h had set in ere the party
(juitted the festive hail, and which.;
gathering strength and g.ory. was
hi a, ng oi'tn in its full tide o light
an l li e as the weary girl sought in
Vain the siuinber that had lied lit
pillow. she wondered what she hal
been thinking of .dream ing of bo had
gone on so well null! how. Never ..n
til this evening ha 1 she reaily faltere i
scarcely ever ii vi she ls-eii tempted to
falter. She had. inde d been aware
of being ever more constantly on ttio
iook-o t or him but what of that
l.e had had nothing from her but gay,
mo king words, and sharp, two-edged
ests. Oniv once or twice, oniy wii.-n
i she had been leally too unkuni. too
barefaced, had she wheeled about and
I murmured the gentle after-word and
I c 81 ihe. soil gianco which had undoro
I the rest, tint to night To-n ght
II ere had Is'en nothing to undo. She
had tiied to be sarcastic, hipptiht. and
iinleeling. and had baled, and hal
failed uilerl,,. tor tho future she
must beware.
And there was yet something fur
ther. Bellenden had offered a box at tho
otiera, and she had almost accepted t.
II jw should she now escape the ' on
se jiienee of su h imprudence'
"The only thing will bo to make
granny refuse," s .eratninated. toss ng
hither and thither on her fretful, fe
verish cod h: -Granny must ust say
we have not an evening, or that the
weather is too hot or theaters. I cun
show her that 1 do not care to eo, and
that wil. be enough to make her not
care. Then 1 can tell Sir Frederick
what she says."
But when it came to telling Sir
Frederick, the message, somehow,
took another form. Granny was e y
much o liged.and would like immense
ly 'to go. and either Tuesday or
Wednesday woul 1 suit her. as they
had no engagements for those even
ings. Now, how was this? Ix.t us hearken
to the preceding dialogue, and judge
to whom the apparent incon-istency is
duo.
Granny Well, my dear. Sir Freder
ick is very kind and I dare say wo
shall en oy it. ,
Geraldine It is tho ono opera that
I have not seen, which I should really
care lo see.
Granny 1 am told it is verv g'xid.
Geraldine The I aymond girls say
it is boau'i ul. Lven Lndo t aymond
has been to it.
Granny Well, what night shall we
fix
Geraldine Why, if you really think
of going
Granny My dear. I am ready to go
or not, as yo i decide. I thought you
would certainly wish to go
Geraldine - e - es
Granny -Do you not wish It? Of
course if you do not
Geraldine - Oh. but I T I I do.
Granny smiling'- Then let us say
Tuesday or Wednesday, for we ought
to give him a choice ol days, as he may
not lie able to got a box lor the lirt.
T0 UK CONTINUED.
The better men and women know
each other, the less they say about
ideals.
Tub only social occasion at which
married men are allowe I to assist, ii a
funeral.
a WOMAN OF FORTY SUMMERS. '
Full of uutliue and fair of farr,
Swiiiu.g her tan with Imiguid erae,
White Brm glemuiuu through fuld. of
la .
A woman of forty summer.
No thread of white in the aubnrn bir.
No hue of in the forehead fair,
A life uniimrred by touch of care,
la pite of her forty miuiniers.
A husband lover nd children weet.
I'leaur- to i harm ud friends to greet.
Uoses eatterei l-fore her feet.
Through each of her forty nuuimer.
Suumiers all. for winter bold
Have siiMteUe.1 her suijshiue ana maue hit ,
cold;
Have killed her roses and left her old;
Nothing she kuows hut summers.
Nothing he knows of laden cloud,
If freezing air and tempests loud.
t)f sin. uh that weave for H"pe a shroinl:
ller lite bus bs-u only summer.
So calm she sits in the balmy air.
No sorrows to tret. Ho cross to bear,
A summer id I, a vision luir.
Tins ttoiuan of forty summers.
Vet cold and lilast but innke n strong,
Alter the snow the robin's som;;
IV, the I idlest lire by right belong
The w inters as well as summers.
And they w hom fame shall carve in stone.
The women whom men would fain en
throne. The women whom God has stamied His
own.
Lire w inters as well as summers.
Jeimess Miller Monthly.
howtiieiunk
was K()I,i;ei.
I V E yea rs a go, I n
certain good-
slue! t o w n in
Itlnnkshire. there
lived a family
whom 1 will cud
Mitchell. The
family consisted
of husband, wife,
and two children
a boy H-od ,"
ami a girl of 7.
Mitchell was ;l
private bunker,
know n to be hon
est. I'espertll lile.
and worth a char twenty thousand
pounds. I knew little or nothing about
the family until certain inelih tits
ciirred. One day his w ife wus fatally
Injured In a railway collision at a point
litty-eiglit miles from home. When he
reached it. In response to a telegram
sent by a stranger, he found sin- had
been removed to a hotel, iin l was Oe
Ing tenderly cured for by a woman
v. ho gave her natuejis Mrs. A. li. Gray.
She was in the train, but suffered no in
jury. Mrs. Gray, I might ns well tell yoi,
w.'is petite, good -looking, a good talker,
,'ind. In a general way, captivating.
The fact of her taking charge of M -s.
Mitchell lis she had dime proved her
tender he.-irt. She told Mr. Mii.-h-l)
she had been n widow eighteen months,
and wus practically iilotie in the world.
and though he w as burdened with crl -f
find anxiety ti l il not forget to thank
her for her great kindness .-unl to take
her address. He would have oflereil
her money for her service, but he saw
that she was a lady and would feel
hurt by any such action. SJ(. resumed
her Journey and he took his wife home
to die of her injuries.
It was three weeks after her death i
that I came Into the case. After every- j
'liing was over the husband suddenly J
discovered that his dead wife's Jewelry
was missing. She hud with her whoii
the accident took place nbout two hun
dred pounds' worth of diamonds. They
hud disappeared, and when he came to
run over events In his mind he could not
remember thnt they hud come with her.
Mrs Gray bnd handed to him Mr.
Mitchell's purse and a few other tilings,
but a pair of diamond ear drops, two
rings and a pin were missing.
I was employed to proceed to the
scene of the late accident and seek to
trace the Jewelry. The collision had
occurred close to the station of a small
town. Teople about the station and at
the hotel assured tne that Mth. Mitchell
had her Jewelry on when tnken to the
hotel. The landlord's wife and ihe
doctor who was called in were positive
aud when I had worked the case out I
returned home to report to Mitchell
that nobody but Mrs. Gray could have
taken the Jewelry.
He was astonished and Indignant,
and not only vigorously repudiated
the Implication, but dismissed rue from
the case with the assertion that I was
a novice in the profession.
I went about other business, and It
was about four months before I saw
Mitchell again. Then he sent for me
In an official capacity again. No refer
ence was Hindu to my previous work,
but fresh troubles had come to him.
A month 3ft the death of his wife
lit bnd opetued correspondence with
Mrs. Grsy, and the result was that she
had come to take charge of his house
He was without relatives, or, at lenst,
without those who could aid him In his
situation, aud she claimed to be free iu
her movements. You will sppect. Just
as 1 did, that she had captivated hlin,
but he fought shy of any nckiiowIeiU
meut of the sort. She wa In his house,
he said, to care for his children, and to
manage his domestic matters, and that
wna no one's business but his owu.
The bank owned by Mr. Mitchell was
situated exactly In the rear of his pri
vate residence. The house fronted ot
one street and the bank on another,
and there being no street between., the
back garden of the house led up to tho
buck door of the bank, and Mitchell
used to come and go through the gar
den. In the rear of the banking rooms,
divided off by the usual railing, were
the private offices and vaults. A bur
glar alarm was connected with the frout
door aud windows, but none with the
back.
A large and savage dog guarded the
Ir '
n 1 1,, i ii -
rear, UTin kennel crr to the door.
hat the banker wantc' tc -' Uk
about thl.. He had not only
mUe1 money from bli wallet at DlKht,
but on one or two occasion consider-
tde sum. of money bad been tak-n
from a mnall aafe which Hood In hi
offl.- ouuide the vault. One of the
mvsterie. wan In the tnkin of th" I
money, lie employed a teJh-r and a
h.iWks-, neither of whom had ,
ker to the :ir or vault -uiik-w i
a diipli'-ate made without bis knowl
edge. Neither had the word of combi
nation of the vault, and It seemed Im
possible that they could have taken th"
u.otiev ever, if so Inclined. Hoth were
w.
tfecllv honest no iar a "i
knew, and Mitchell was all at sea over
the invstery.
He had not been talking 1o me five
minute when I would have declared
.1 ... II-
tleit Mrs. ilriiv aan me n'l"'.1 i
1 did not drol a hint or
,y Mispieions to him. When it came ,
P." my turn lo ask opiostlotis I found out j
that he was u (cry sound sleeper; that :
he .seupied a front bedroom with his
M.u- that Mrs. Gray and the girl occii- ,
pie.i one at the r-ar of his. with an en- j
trance to both from the hall, that the ,
kevs of the bank safe and vault were
ulwavs kept under his pillow lit uight.
In -addition. Mi. Gray bad won the
hearts of his children, if not his own,
mid it was only bv the strongest argu
ment that she had b-eli Imidced to ac
cept a salary of two pounds a week
while i-cmpying her posl'iou. It was
as plain as daylight to me that Mil. hell
meant to marry her iu due course of
time, but it wasn't lit all plain as to
w hat sort of a scheme she was engaged
upon.
I took charge of the case, told Mitch
ell I hud a theory, and then began to
studv Mrs. Gray. I found her to be a
! sweet fiml Innocent looking little wom
j ii n. seemingly devoted to the children.
As It was summer time she was out
a great deal, mid I determined to follow
! her. It seemed to be time thrown
away, however.
1 had been engaged a rnoti'li on the
case, and made no discovery, w hen the
outside safe was robbed again. A de
sit of some deeds had come In nt the
last moment, and had been placed there
for the night. The whole lot amounted
to about two hundred pounds, mid
deeds and bank notes were missing
next morning. The safe had not only
been oM'iied wl'h n key but the bunk
I had been entered by unlocking the hack
I door No one could have entered by
: the front without sounding mi alarm.
, No stranger could have entered by the
; back on account of the dog. who was
wide nwtike and on the alert.
When Mitchell sent for me to give
nie the news I was perfectly satisiicd
lint Mrs. Gray was the guilty person.
I believed she had the tiefve to enter
his room III the night, secure tile keys,
and then slip through the back garden,
enter the bank, and open the safe.
When I learned that the dog was n
great favorite of hers, this belief was
a certainty. I couldn't, for reasons al
ready given, say n word to MiP In 11
all uit this. lie wanted to suspect his
two employes, but when wo had dis
cussed the matter he was made to see
that It tvn altogether unlikely that
either of them was guilty. Indeed, he
was alone In the bunk when the deeds
lind money came In. and he alone knew
where the deposit was placed.
After thl,s I turned to Mrs. Gray
ngaln. and in about a week something
happened to prove that 1 wus on the
light trail.
( (in of the tram-car lines of the town
ran down to the railway station. It
was Mrs. Gray's habit of an afternoon
to ride on this line with the little girl
as far as the town park, and to sit near
a fountain mid read, while the girl
romped n bout with other children.
(in the third afternoon after the rob
bery, she occupied her usual seat for nn
hour without anything happening. I
snt on n bench behind her, about thirty
feet away, mid by -ami by I observed
that rIip was w riting a note with a pen
oil. 8 lie did It so deftly that one siting
In front of her could nut have guessed
what she was doing. Iteslde her was
a large, shady tree, and as m-nr as I
could make out she disposed of the note
when folded up somewhere about the
tree.
When she left I followed her for a
short distance, and looking back I saw
a young and well-dressed man occupy
ing the place vacated by her. An hour
later, when I was able to examine the
tree, 1 found n hollow In the trunk Just
on a line with her shoulder as she sat
on the seat.
My theory was that slip had an ac
complice the young man whom 1 had
seen. The hollow iu the tree was their
postofllce.
Next day I was nt the park half an
hour before her usual time, and behold!
the young man was occupying the
bench. As she appeared he got up and
took a seat a hundred feet away, and
by watching closely I saw that she
took a note from the tree. liefore leav
ing she wrotp one In reply, and after
she had gone I saw him remove It.
I was now certain I was on the right
trail, and went to Mitchell to secure
some particulars I wished to know.
I told hlin I had n clue, but would not
revenl which way It led. I learned
from him that the combination of tho
vault door liHd four niuiilsTs, and he
alone knew It. It had been changed
about a month after Mrs. Gray's nr-
rl'f.l, and he hesitatingly owned that
tf.4 word was "Almee," which was her
Christian name. He would not, how
ever, admit that this fact was known
to her.
For two weeks after securing this
information I hardly ever saw Mrs.
Gray. For sums reason she remained
at homo. I!y dint of Inquiry I discov
ered from Mitchell that the money
needed to pay the men at a coal mine
and also at a large factory wus de
posited with blm on the fourteenth of
every month. It was simply passed
to blm to be locked In the vsiilt over
night, as It came from London by me-
jiiifr.,1. 1 PMifinnil thnt (pa rip.
would fel Id. lnf.rm.tloo out of W
Ill ..I.. lu, H.llll.l
would llcowr r(, ,be
probably make a" 'foarteentli.
bank on the n.at o
. ,n the twelfth da S on
exchansed ledes at I
the thirt.uth. u
I shadow ed f . L id w.
hours. Anion, the tutu ' M
p. go ... the jun-
um" ., ,lB,f
one w hb h pilsset
O aioo. -- --
un hour after uddni:hu
t ,.r MiP hell that
a climax
.......1.1 -.li be reached.
and then
Make.) t.,v all "t. hat might bapi-eu
en the night of the fourteenth-
t ..vioek of that cvtiing I threw,
. .1... f ".t,,sed" Ill'llt
to his
" ' . i ... in
r ,, ,i ..!..). H.rllnf garoeii.
1 , Oil. ..... - - ..1.1...
1 softly cliinU'
canine in bis
,1 the fence. Pi tin l
leiuiel. ami IU '""!
,,, -cumin
there.
1 ;iy (lon Wmiiu
p. f.-e't of him. Is hind a hii-h. and it
was nn loir and a haif b f-r- any
thing happened.
iherb'-h was in b-d by that time.
I I ..s',,.,1 ereatlv surprised when
a female ligui'o. which I g'"'s
Mrs. Grav. passed within li
, to U
feet "f
me. going toward t'"
She sP.pped ,-lt th'
hank.
ei, m l to s-ak
to the dog. thell opehe
I ihe bii' li door
and entered.
1 did let move from my hl-ling I'hice
lllltil Sl. reupi-nred. aU'tit twenty
. . r.,llv 1i.t l.eil
I iidlilltes Ilfp-r. Ml'1 '"""''
. il... I. Milt 1111,1 IIS she I.scd I.
on In-r
u:iv lo the house, I foil
ue'l ipuchljr.
..i i. i
The kev she laid n th- bio k steps.
u,.nl,. .,i,ei,e,! Ihe side gat". HU'i I let
her roach lit- street b' f
Te I llT'llJgllt
matters to a cliiiuix.
She hud only just got "tit of the gate
when she was Joined by ii num. but
when I rushed to seize them he be
came alarmed, and was off Is-fore I
could s-i.e him. I detained the wo
man, however, and found she had a
bundle under her arm. which. I t""k
charge of a bundle containing about
three thou-aiid iu:ii'ls In notes.
What a fcailcss woman she was.
She simply laughed us 1 h d In-r up Un
stop and'ralig t!"- bell P. ar.ttse Mit
chell, and !"'U I had told him all,
nml cave him the ni'.iO and the keys
to prove the ri.lil'ery, sin- ju
and said :
-t smiled.
'Well, what
The "What
"f It?"
of it
-P. elide
d led
bank .'"
"lid 1"
1 I.--, n
i Ier II I
I me.
to let
.lid U
have
ihij-d
ehs'll-
Mitchell, however. !-:
the public l-.ii"W licit l.i
so .-isily robbed, ti' r v
socielV know th.i! lie I :
by an
tlltioll.
fifty p
she sp
lo
i!;v gi.
w
III
W ill' U
lih
1
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I..!.::- .;!. . .-
I Mice 111
;, a w liter
dig with an
'l, eli of Ihi,
i i i ill' Imu,
Hi ill the Vil-
III the ( Ulllook. I "le- '1 '. .
old farmer, and son,.' ;
iieighboi'h"'"! came uii'b
si" liking "i a proiiiini-ni i.
lag". I ask,.):
"lie 1- a man of menus','"
"W. 11. sir," the fai ii er replied, "he
ain't get much nciicy, but u, ' i;siv
rich."
' He has a gnat ileal of hind, then?"
,1 u-kod.
"No. sir, he ain't gut much land, nei
ther, but still he is mighty rich."
The old fanner, with a ph-ascd smile,
observed my puzzled look for a mo
ment and th'-n said:
'You see, he ain't got much money.
' nnd he it In t got much land, but Mill he
j Is rich, because he never went to ls-d
! oning any man a cent in all Ids life,
j 11- lives as well as I," wants to live,
j and he pays as he goes; ho doesu't owe
j anything and lie ain't ni l aid of nny
! body; he tells eery lii.ili the truth, nnd
I docs Ids duty by himself, his family
and his nelghbois. his word Is as good
as a bond. Mini every man, woman and
child in the town looks up lo hint nnd
respects him. No. sir. lie ain't got
much money, and he uiu'l got much
hind, but still le- is a mighiv n-h m-ui
i because he has got all he le i-ds and all
he ants."
I assented to the old man's deduc
tions, for I thought them cutlrely cor
rect. When a man has all he needs a,
all he wants he Is certainly rich, and
when he wants these things he la cer
tainly poor.
An Kleclrlcalljr lleuteil (Juill.
A new Invention, called by Its li,
vetitor the thermogen, con dm i f a
quilt containing a coll of wire Is-nt ,
tho fashion of a gridiron, Inclosed Iu
Insulating and non-conducting mute
rial, nnd omliediled lu cotton wool or
some other soft substance with a silk
or woolou covering. ' The reslsiaiieo
offered by the coll to Hip flow of an
electric current through the wire pr
duces heat In the same way that heat
and eventually light are produc-d In
the lilament of the glow lamp, A mil
form temperature of about one lllri.
died and fifty degrees Fahrenheit I
thus maintained, but in the event of
the temperature rising -yuiid 1llt
point from increase of pressure lu elec
tric mains, a fuse Instantly melts ,u,d
automatically shut., ff ,, ,.urrp,lt
The quilt may he rea.llly 4niU.1(,(, t)
ordinary Incandescent lump terminals
In describing this device lm,m '.
cot says that the most Important med
ical uk. of sue), ,,n Invention would be
on the operating table, )(.r ,
lengthened oiM-raiioiis or in :wJ at
tended with hemorrhages, wh-re nrtl
flolul means to sustain t. pa,),.,,,.,
temperature are reipUr..,!, h.lllkt,
mid hot water an- a decided miUsnee
Iu such cases this (pint wp. u. .'
valuable as a soft, dry, wllnn
convenient covering, Again, ra
of chronic rheumatism, umhng
senile lowness of circulation, ,Ur! s
appliance would Is. iiv.f T, , na
"" """ '"ecivmg trial
at cf.
crai large Kngllsh. hospital.
An Kipens.vB G,JWtl
1 he Lmpres, Joseph,,,
000 for , drJ nBered lb! vZ
peror that be ordered th. CnSi
to be scut to prison. """""
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