BY HENRY/YkWBOLT C'HAPTCii ix. ICK * letter to the eolonel was soon written Ife put It .In hla pocket and walked to Red ford jMpara. It waa /rowing rapidly dark, but light* were only Juat be ginning to app'-ar In ’most of the hou**4 In Nn 21 the shut tier* of th* dining room window* were not yet fastened, but the blind™ be.) been already drawn down The bright light* Inside threw upon one of them th* shadow of a man who waa evidently sitting at the near end of the room; hla left arm waa thrown over the hack of hla chair, and Its Image was partly merged In the darkness which represented the latter; hla head was In full profile, and bent downward Iri an altitude of deep thought, lie waa prob ably at aorn" little distance from no table, upon which the light* behind him wer» placed for the shadow thrown up on the blind waa sharp In outline and acarcely more than llfe-*las». The fig 1ir*» Wfft* I Pi furl rtU‘f Ilf ftl/.Mh1r fid H doubt a* that of Colonel de Montaut hlmaelf, and Dick, aa lie atood upon the doorntep. wa* almoat ntartled at neelng him apparently go clone At the name time lie naw that he had here a good chance of aacertalnlng at once that hla letter wnn nafely delivered He dropped It Into the ho* and rang the bell. In tending in retreat a few atepn acroan the road no nn to be out of night him *e|f while ettll keeping the window In view A nudden movement of the nha dow atopic d him. The colonel had caught the Bound of the bell and had dlnappeared from the room with an tonlnhlng rapidity; one might almoat have thought he had been waiting for the nlgnal. Dick heard a quick, ateallhy tread approach the door on the Innlde; the letter wa* nnatched from the ho* tn an Ioniant. and when he looked at the window again there wan the nhadow once more in Itn former ponltlon, hut with both hand* rained, an If In the act of holding up a paje-r to read. And now another atep wa* heard coming to ward the door; It wan, no doubt, that of a aervant anawerlng the hell. The nhadow figure hnntlly lowered lta hand* and the letter dlnappeared The nerv ant at the aame moment atopped nud dimly and went Into the dining room; to which, no doubt, hi# maater'n voice had aummoned him. The con vernation which followed wan Inaudible to Dick. Had It been otherwine, the colonel'# la bor would have been worne than loat, and of thl* nfory there might have been little or nothing to tell, Met ween un derstanding and mlaundcratandlrig, be tween the light within and the darkneaa without, there wan but a pane of glann; but it wan enough, and Dick remained In the outer darkneaa. He wan, for the preaent, natlnfled. The colonel had read hla note, and tomorrow would net all to right*. Alan for Dick! thin hope waa mil h wfiijijf»vr in*- iruvn, will' n lit this deceptive light cast so false an Image of Itself, may he guessed from what was actually passing Inside the house as he turned away to go home. "It was I who rang,” the colonel was saying to his servant. The rnan apologised for mistaking be tween the two bells. "« done with that he might lat free to for get himself one* more In I he enjoy Hint of her society H‘*w h'lig It Seemed sin.* they |«orl**U WUt 31* ago stove tketr delightful meeting this morning( That atamrd hut annoying Interview with old Wlvk-rhy had c ’to* between and all tMa worry about the ewtom 1 a preposterous invitation How •vet, by this lime I he colonel al any r4|i, tgrs undeceived I'lobabiy he had accepted the rejevthm of hi* proposal aood part and In spit* of all would Welcome biik again a- a frtnid t*» ynorrow iisutiliu To morrow W ky mil lo ntgkll It was now #*m» urn* ik^m. - '4*. ...sc * Home considerable lime, since he had received and read the letter. flurely hy this he had got over hla disappoint | ment. If he had really had any auch faallng. Now was the oportune no i ment for a visit. In the morning there would be the chance of going too early to aee Camilla, or loo late to And her In. To-night she was certain to be at home. This laat reflection decided Dick, Me left hla rooms again, and walked quickly to Bedford Hquare. He reached Ihe doorstep Auahed and breathleaa, and rang the r>e|| It waa exactly half an hour, to the minute, since he had turned away to go home after seeing the shadow on the blind. The aervant appeared. "la Madame de Montaut at home?" asked Dick, stepping forward to enter aa he spoke "Not at home, air," "Colonel de Montaut, then?" said ! Dick "Not af home, air," repeated the man, ! In the same formal tone "Thank you I'll call to morrow," stammered Dick, In utter astonishment, and he turned hard' ally away. The footman nodded after him, and grinned maliciously. Then he closed the door and went to report to hla mas ter. M. de Montaut took out hla watch. "Very good," be said; "don't forget again to-morrow." And then, as the man left Ihe room, the colonel, too. smiled with secret satisfaction "My poor friend," he murmured, gently; "my poor young friend does not know Captain Kelcourt as well as I do. He says 'to-morrow;' I say, 'In half an j hour,' and here he la again In twenty i nine minutes!" lie rose and went to the table, took up hla half-empty gluaa and raised It : to the light "Aa for a rebuff or two at the door," i he continued, with the same noiseless 1 laugh, "my poor young friend muat not mind that. We ahall all meet again before long! Au revolr don' !" And he j toaaed off the wine and went opatalra. That night Dick ah-pt uneaally, and It waa late In the morning when he awoke However, by half-paat ten he waa again ' In liedford Square, and rang the betl with art outward appearance of calm ! neaa, though hla heart waa beating faat within, The aarrie footman came to the do or, "fa Madame de Montaut In?" I tick naked, "Not at home, air." "Hhh ahe gone out thla morning al ready?" "Madame d<- Montaut la not at home, air," repeated the rnan. In the aame In variable formula Itlck thought he detected Imperti nence In Ida voice, and ftuahed Indig nantly. "What do you mean?" he aald. "Thoae are my ordera, air," "Did you tell Madame de Montaut that I waa Intending to call upon her?" Dick naked thla In a atlll more peremp tory tone. "Certainly, air." "Well, and what did ahe aay?" "She aald that ahe waa not at home," "Not at home to me?" aald Dick, choking with rage at the rrian’a grow ing inaolence of manner, "Particularly not at home to you,” replied the footman, calmly cloning the door In hla face Dick ntood for a moment petrified with anger and dlamay; then with an effort he rouged hlmnelf and walked ntcadlly away, but with a terrible pain griping at hla heart the while. Not that he could yet believe any aerloua harm to have been done; hla reaaon told mm inai imriiuu whs merely mi*tHKi-n, nnd that it still needed hut a few words from him to change her disappointment Into sympathy; hut his feelings were sharply hurt, and would not let him hear the voice of reason without Inter ruption. To the colonel, as distinguished from her, he did not give a thought. If he had done so, he would hardly have treated him with the same leniency; for he had been unable, from the first moment, to think It possible for him to he genuinely mistaken a* to the duty of an Knglish officer. A woman might Im» excused for not thinking of Much con sideration*. but to a man, and especi ally to a soldier, they should have ap ; pealed at once, and with unanswer able force He decided that he must see Camilla at once, He would write a note beg ging for an Interview, Insist on Its be ing delivered tc her while he waited, and, If absolutely necessary, make Ills way to her presence In defiance of this Insolent servant. In twenty minutes after coming to this resolution he ap peared for the thlid time upon the door ! step of the house In lledford Hiiuare, with the note In hla lisinl. and a look of determination upon hla face Thla time the door was open, and some men were carrying out heavy packages to 4 wagon that stood before the house; the cook was standing by, with arms aklnilMi, superintending the work Mils 1 was a stout person with a red good humored face, and the looked upon l rich with an eye of kindly oommleeratlon, for she had Iteard In the eervante' hall of hie present turn of III fortune, and Ihouglil her inUlivae unaccountably list'I upon so handsome and pleasant »P--h> n a gentlemen Ho she came »ut lo lh< d-nir, and bade him good afternoon with an afTabte entile. "If you re looking for madame or the I colonel, sir," she sold. "I to afraid i you ve c»me ton tale " I*b k # heart wtotwt atilt 1 Tier late?" he said In a faltering voice "Ifee. sir, I m afraid eo They v* toon gone no-re than an hour "th-He?" |,e echoed ' Where have i they a no *" "Ah sir, that e more than I krone mteelf and wee all hsd strut orders hot to say If we do happen to know ' trhka face fell *>• hopelessly at this that she waa moved to oily him afresh "I to sure I mi s -try sir, arid I d»n I : know what some folks mean ky the ; way they » - - f? -ft* Id a ant never a word to their beet fr!*nda Th< A.ccrt, now—" Hut eeelng Dick fr Impatiently ahe left the hlatory of bert'a delinquency and returned to auhjeat at hand “I may be d> wrong, air," ahe aald, "becauee I've ordera the aame aa the reat. but waa you I'd turn over aom* o' t package* In the cart, and ae# wl they're going to." rtlek turned quickly round to wagon, which waa already half loa He examined package after park bu* all were unlabeled The men i romlng out again with a freah l< but that. too. had no direction upot In fact, a a all the luggage waa bo< no doubt, for one and the aame tlnatlon. It waa unneceaaary that should be addreaaed Htlll there waa one peraon -the dr of the wagon—to whom the aecret n have been aonflded, and Dick de I mined to get it from him by brlt l or force. He reaolved to make an attempt i once, rlaklng all on p*rau»alon and , power of gold He overtook I he wa and aaked the driver to give him a for a mile or two. The man readily aaaenled. and I waa no aooner up bealde him than horaea doubled their pace He waa a { tie aurprlaed at thta. but ha would h ! been much more an If he could h known that the wagoner had been h Ing In hla team all thla time with expreaa Ohjeet of taking him up. would In a few rnlnutea more have I driven to make the offer hlmeelf. If f had not come forward The colonel had foreaeen that I III all* If • 'Mini firm' ran/ ' ivt the direction of the D* Monts flight, must sooner or later he run d' | and questioned by f>tck, and he th fore used him as the surest sg»nt decoying th* latter along the way wished him to take The man followed hla InatructI well, and l>lck found It Impossible get more out of him than an admlai that he waa going that day as fsi ! Oulldford It waa, al any rate, no thing to know this, and Dick resol ; to go to Oulldford too. With this object he patiently endtl , some time the Joltings of the Wa| 1 hut when the coach passed ha was ! t to stop It and secure n more comf, *M* a-at and « quicker iournny tor remainder of the way He Intend*! He In wait for th* wagoner on hi# , rival In Oulldford, and. If n*c*##dry travel with him again on the follow day. The coach stopped tn front of White Dion In Oulldford High st| Dick dismounted and began to r g«i II given lo him tins i the proprietor looked through drawer, and. finding ihe hogua | threw It swat When 1 told him It was wurlh Ilk a year to the Imua kicked himself We hot only lost j coin but thw customer aa Well fait bull be* uoae I tlouldh t give out pet ptaoe In water In which 4«< eying tv| Idea have been Infused the mlcrot , diet overs ‘feature# minute tha thousand of them would not >ac#< bulb a stein of muslatd Attorney tlwnetal lletwuns mi i tumhaon usually i**«ststa of a all pis with w glass of milk ::;k buduet ok ki n Ab _____ Jnf'HKMI ( OU.BTTIOI OF HIH * Til HI.KN* |f I - '"lien From Ikr Dma nl lb" >'»»■*• y mm t Mrm -Ulem Vrenhm me* I Mr. TlirnIrli F»«a f**r Ihrib Tmmlirm M - Id yon rend aleeil I lie enana* ,«it of Mine fVrOMMdO VnnderMli to • "duke of Marltwroodfir he a»ked T^e Mvlngly '«*” har aym lea," bite replied noflly, foellli* the oentoua oceablou wab at hand. vft wab Mil arranged for them hy "Mual frlemlM," lie went on. It V" bhe naked. *y*M" he aiibWered "fin duke n't make lore to tier hlmbelf at all," fjttdn t liar '*Vo Me got aome other people to *?«nd to the matter for him " ''here wab a lirlef Interval of alienee, In# vvhl' h he looked at tier and *he .x«D at tie- floor ,|l don't think tntP'h of the duke," *>ald at hud, *1 wouldn't Irnve aueh a fool man "bond," bhe returned 'pil'kly ’* moment later bhe looked up Into / eyea, bl#hed and wild: "We don't ynt, any Knropean Innovatlona, do #Y' No,” he replied »a he drew her a ale elover to him, "and ! never did ,ke mii'h bfoek In pronlea, anyway." /;hl. I can't tell, for In all my life I To .Vow, now, Mlaa Kitty! he-Ate an egg without aalt!—Con 1 Old. Oat In a tew ltr«w. A country newapnper reiwrta a brtef llofjny between a woman and her 7,y htiaband. Hhe waa Imay, and tin* tby waa crying, and the man, ao far i appenra, waa aaylng nothing. "John," ahe aald, "I wlah you would tek the baby," "Oh, liother," waa tl»e anawer, "why totild 1 rock the lathy?" "Why, hern nee be lan't eery well id I have thla mending to do. Bo rlea half of him belong to you, any iw, and you ought to ta* willing to •Ip take rare of him " "Well, hair or him belong« to you, o, and you mn rock your half and t my half holler." Why »hr Hem Talketl Hark Mra. Nharptongiie l>'ye mean t’ aay rm’ve lieen married ten years, an’ ever a quarrel with y' hualtandV Pair fitraniter—1That I* tru«x madam. “And ye nlwaya let him have tlie i at wo'd '/*' "Yea, madam; I wouldn’t for the rorld do anything to leaaen my bua ond'a love for me. He might get areleaa." “Yea. We are Jugglera by profes Ion, and at two |H>rforitianu have a anlubriutu Hlmie hers. I Indlevsf Vunity West - T«4‘aWe fur suUM Mifc laadarfnnt WtMH a>* Ha U«n>l fie i|lbul caus* a uf dea d 4* • noting M siaisilcsf Yutdly neat W ll al* shunter*. IStkwU Mills kUlliH’ ttnl SUWe WlM cheat er*. Imt they ain't nothin', aftn all, that git* ai omul t he alt abootar lu a pln< Ij t'lileag-i Itenirtl The Way II i.nm "Will the low neck and abort Mice tea la* fa«lil<>tinM e till* winter?" be aaketl, "Certainly," alie reitlled. "Why?" "Oh, I'm only trying U» get the thing alrnlght In my head." he explained, aa he watched the bloomer girl go by. "It'a low ne< k and abort aleeve* in tlie winter and high neck and abort trouaera In the ounuuer, au near aa I t an make |< out," Delay* Are Dauaerwaa, # "Inert you think you would better moke him wan a year?" -|n*ar me, no! Why. at the end <»f lla* year I might not want to marry lit*,—Irlfe. The CwMtie of the 'I rouble Mttle Clarence I ahoulduf il.lnk Adam would enjoy blin»e|f very well up there In heaven, Mra, Calliper* Why, *0, dear? IJtth* Clarence Why, I ahould think that tin* flint thing every man who had got Into trouble here on earth would do after getting to heaven Would l*e fit hunt Adam up and lick him,—Puck, kerylHg < bleblw* "lilt mua' la a heap of expeoae let keep eet'li er lot er ehh'klnga," aald Kruatua I'inkly, a* In* *»"PP*d at »ba gate to rii*t a glanee at I inner Coro io*Md'a jetulfry yard "Dll, tail •lu ll a greddeal," replied Farmer Coruio»*el, "Wliat am de prltu lpal Itema oh ex pe.,*e?" I Oil War. OMntf Him • He wan a lively fellow and fond ot her, hut It didn’t o"-ur to him that a girl e*period aomethlog elae hoalde* going to pla>ea and having fun all the time "Anything on hand tbfa evening?" he naked, routing breexlly In for Ibe alxtb time that week. "Well, no," ahe replied, bealtatlngly, aa ahe looked down at her empty Anger*,--Detroit Free Free* 4 Moment ot »«•»*»•» Pbyab-lao- If* eaay to aee, air, that you are on the verge of nervoua proa t rat Ion," f'atleut N’onaenae! I'm not,' I'hyalrlun tftrmlyt Then I have l>e*n mlaird by the ra* r that you are a aul> urban rommuier. and It'a only aeven ; miuutea to train time. Cbb-ago Rec ord, 'I lie Vavarnble Moment. "Do you think." aald Chappie, "that a gentleman ought to apeak to bla tair ber when he meet a him on the atwret?" "Certainly," aald IJrlgga. "It la about the only chance he ha* to get a word In." I I .a undrew*—I really do hop* you will act tie thla little account to-day, air. I have a big hill to pay to-morrow. Captain (Indignantly) — Confound your Impudence! You go and contract delda and come dunning me to pay tle'in. Get away, or 1 11 give you In charge. He Mwa « auballial*. “You are not the hllud man who ua ually atauda on thla corner," aald the benevolent dtlwn. “I know It,” replied the beggar. "The real hllud man lute gone to the eapoHlilou an’ la taklii’ In the alglu* on the midway!—Atlanta t onal It til Inn. an* cuuidu i itrii» ii A tiny girl *|mke very aiornfiilly of I mi hie*. "Don’t ape ilk that way!” aald her mother; It lau'l very long aluee you were a leihy youraelf," "I know It,” ahe aald, looking whnt ahe felt, “and j I’m aahtttued euuugh of It!"—Moahu* | Tranacrlpt. an* Mewled •» Heow "What la that place down there? •*ked ahe of otic of the olth'**i* "Why, that la the atectnge " aaawcr t>1 lie "And lloea It take all tlioac people to make the la*al go atnilght f" Til Hit*. auiHitwe la Han "hay. cull. il>»c yere I'llUin* la let lerllt’, HI I HI tile lllM liy er gimme del ' ain't dey f" iiata right." "|te«i let '*mii alone dey'a a horn let git one nr t'other!'' 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