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Copyright , 189j , by 1" Tennyson r-'ccly. - ;
CHAPTER III.-Contlnued
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His Identity ! Good heavens ! they
seem to know him alreadY , since the
) hl sinner had called him by came ,
end sflll addresses him as Senor , Tncl
. M Can It be possible this Is some
h1'CWI1 , canny Scotch game to in-
relgle him Into n marriage that will
. .out him In the power of n gang of
: > Iacltmailers ?
He might even suspect such n thing
, v ) nly for Howard's connection with it ,
And his declaration that ho hud n
mortgage upon the name of Jack
fravel's.
At any rate there Is : : till a Muse ! of
, : Imo before the final round , and that
nunc powerless curiosity urges him
.m-ho may yet bo able to fathom the
' ; ' 0" " Amazing depths of this m 'stel'Y.
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" ; ' He ha- aroused himself. Ho asps
iii"f. " ' S .luestlons so fashioned ' ! Hull they may
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, ' , ' . . f , Act betray his Ignorance of the sub
' } . in reply noncommittal
_ : 'l ; ; : Ject , receiving
I i ! \ " . : xplanatJons that only partiallY satis
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- 1n . ' the midst of It all an explosion \
: threatens.
"Senor Jack , " days the remarkable
nest , who stands eyeing him from
head to foot In critical mutmer , 'II
, believe you will maIm 11 wonderful hit
; . with the charming young lady. and
ho will not think the union so dia-
agreeable liS she feared. Pardon me ,
but I had not dreamed from your dot -
crlptlol1 that yon were so dashing , so
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t"- : ; . : ' very Imndsomo
; : , . . . . . [ . - > . It Is not often n man receives 1\ .
, ; \ . compliment from his \ own sex , and , '
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tJ'fJ. " Jack laughs In sumo confusion , mean
,4a , Y' , I ' " while muttering under his breath :
: . 'Vell , I don't wonder the old chnp's
, . surprised If HOWl\rll gave a truthful
i . : : Y ; I _ _ description of himself , since : ! I've
' known him to scare a coyote by smile
iij\-t. + : . , " . Ing at It. "
lUs strange host continues :
' "TiICre Is one thing we have for-
r t. . _ otten-not that I suppose It mntters
at all l , but you will of course rem em-
j bel' , Senor Jack , that It was agreed
between us you should prove your
, Identity when you came. "
. . ' "Just so , " remarks Jack , serenely ,
w" ' ' Identity he is called
; . wondering which
k : Jpon to produce the evidence for , and
f : # ' : - : ardly ready tc stand up and swear
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io'.L ; . " has boon so anxiously anticipated.
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you ? " asks the other , suavely.
Letters ! That reminds him Ah Sin
. picked up a packet in the street after
the wreck of the Caledonian hansom.
Jack draws them out with a confident
Iri ; he Is now ready to believe For-
tune plays the cards for him , since
# c'erythlng seems to fit as neatly as
though the ends were do\'etv.l1ed by
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Copyright , 1S9t1 , by Street and Smith.
"Ah ! the last doubt Is thrown to
the wind. Buenos I We shaH bo
meh ' . Last of all , Senor Jack , you
remember the compact. "
" ' ' H to refresh
"Supposo you repeat ,
111r memory , " suggests the artful
.Tnclt , using the brush on his curly
10cls.
"Briefly 1 , then , you have agreed to
carry out your share of this business
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"Will you shako : hands : with me ? "
for a third of the spoils , which shall
be placed In your hands us soon as
wo secure possession , and all is aI'-
ranged so that you need not fear being
lug cheated On my part , because of
mr influence In the mutter , I receive
another third , or as much as I cnn
coax from my lovely ward. The
one point/Insisted / on by her Is hard
with you , senol' "
. 'IHow so ? " asks Jack , deeply Interested -
terested
"You 'rcmembe-r , I explained , and
you agreed to abide hy it Otherwise
there could have been no wedding
hero to ' night. It Is this-that once
the ceremony Is over , you part from
your wife , and never seek to come
into her presence agaIn 'except by
her own order. " '
Jack gives n little whistle. Really
thin affair gets more and more mysterious -
terlous , and yet , strange to say , the
deeper the complications become , the
firmer grows his grasp upon It.
"Well , flS you say , senor , when one
has promised it is settled , and I would
not go back on 'mr word , " he remarks ,
coolly
"You are all ready now , I believe. "
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"Read ?
"To descend with me-t.o acId the
finishing stroke to this great plan
which has been : arranged between us
br letter-to end your bachelor days
and for thc space of five minute call !
yourself : the husband of a most
charmIng young lady. Follow me ,
Senor Jacl\ Come , both of you : the
bride ' may be growing anxious , " cries
the other , waiting at the top pC the
stairs.
Jack's hesitation Is brief
"Hang the luck ! I'm in for 'it , t
fear : but at the last I shall make r . :
dash for the door That refuge / tf
left All I walt for is one peep at the
bride , a1'1d then 'ou'l1 see Jack Tray
erg make a record. Married I Good
heavens ! the very thought paralyzes
me. Jack Travers married tonight !
Not \m1ess , "
He finishes the muttered sentence
with a Hnowmg smile of anticipation ,
and hurries after the beckoning old
gentleman : while Ab Sin , winking
wickedly at himself as he passes the
mirror , patters after the master.
"One moment , seno.rJack says ,
huskily , for the dramatic situation
begins to tell upon him.
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"What now. " demands the other , a
little testily.
"A simple request Before wo enter .
tel' allow me one glimpse of the
young woman to whom I am about-
ahem-to sacrifice my bachelor days ; '
"That Is reasonnblo. 1'urn 'OI r
eyes yondor-sho who fs dressed In
white. Ton mo , Senor Jack , saw yotl
wer IL lovelier vision than that ? "
And Jack 'fl'a\'el' , looking , feels his
heart bent with tumultuous force
against its prison \\'alls-feels his
whole frame thrill with IIn ecstasy he
cannot exptaln. Ho draws 1\ long
breath of resignation and to his guide
says : . .
"Lead on ; do with mo what you
wish , " while to himself he whispers ,
'rho hand of fate Is behind al1. Why
should I hesitate , when In this girl
who they intend shall : be my wife I
see the original of the photograph I
adore-sweet Jessie Camercu ? "
CHAPTER IV-
Merely a Business Arrangement.
In order that JncI's motives may
appear to have at least some degree
or saneness In the eyes of the reader ,
It may lJo well to lift the curtain n
little nt the point or his nppc11'1lnco
In the room , and oXl1lnin brielly what
mission brings him to Edinburgh , and
how strangely the Fates have under-
tlllten to manage his case for hIm.
While 'Jack was wrestling with n
fickle fortune In the silver mines ot
Colorado , ho received word through n
firm or solicitors In London that a
most extraordinary event had occur-
red In ! the other branch of the family ,
which resulted In his being made heir
to a tremendous English property over
In the tight little Island , besides the
honored allllreus of Squire John 'frn-
verso
It chanced that Jack had made n
rich strllto In the mines at about the
same tltl1e , so that he was not very
eager to hurry across the big pond '
and claim his new Inheritance.
Pin ally. however , having tnit his affairs
fairs In order , ho accompanied the
lllwyers to London.
There , for the first time ho learned
of 11 peculiar codicil to the will
through which ho was to come Into
possession of the vast estate of the
rruvel's family.
'fhe squlro's part of It was Incon
testable , and that small portion or
the estate , about bne-flfth , which had
been entailed , must como to him
through the natural law of next-of - kin ,
but the great balance , an enormous
property , too , could only become his
, own In case ho married a certain
' young woman-a dl Cant relative of
the testator , who cherished 1m aftec-
tlon for her-which affair must come
off within a 'enr.
Jack laughed aloud In scorn at the
Idea.
Idea.Ho give up his freedom ana tn1\o
for his wIfe a girl whom ho had never
seen before , In order to acquire CCf-
taro ' property ! Ho would see the Inw-
yens in a very warm place , indeed , before .
fore ho dreamed of such 1thlt:1g. : .
FindIng expostulation vain from the
monetary point , since this young
chap already possessed ! n fair fortune ,
the shrewd lawyers of Chancery lane
changed their tactics
They read htrn and saw that like
most Americans he was chivalrous
wherever Womankind was concerned
So they draw his attention to the
will again , and showed him that
should this marriage on whIch the tes-
tater had set hIs heart as a means ot
bringing \ the two transatlantic
branches of the family together again
fail to be consummated , the vast property -
erty was to pasS into the hands ot
the Society for the Ame1ioraUol\
the Condition of the 3iottentots.
Having fastened his attention hero ,
they spatted him over the noble \ ess
tate , and Jaclt ! really \ was quite smit-
ten with its charms
Then the lawyers explained to him
that tl\ case of his ' refusal to carry
out the conditions ot the wU1 , the
young woman woltbe \ \ left penniless ,
even though U were not her fault the
arrangement fell tbrough.
'fh\l9 Jack was made to see what
1 depended all him , and how ua allant
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It Would bo on his part to force this / +
state ot poverty upon hol'
Last or all , theso'shrewd legal " gentleman -
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tloman gave hIm n photograph of the +
girl.
girl.That
That completed the matter The
more ho BcannOll the picture of his
kinswoman , Jessie Cameron , the deol'- i
er grow his conviction that it was 1\
shame for him to ! coop her out or that
beautiful properl
It ended In Jack malting up hIs mint
that ho would secretly sedl the presence -
once or Jessie Cameron , and it )10
I'o\lnd her all \ that her photograph
seemed to prom Iso , ho would attempt
b win her love under another na'1110.
Ills first step was to discover ( where I
the young lady might bo found , and
I without difficulty ho learned she W119
"in " Edinburgh.
It was just when ho was starting
for that northern capital that the
young American rC'Celvod n. m 'Rterl-
oua letter with the postmark .of Edln : .
burgh upon the envelop ! ' .
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'fho writer , who was undoubtedly n
woman , appealed to hlt\ love of fair
plnr-tleclared that there was n. plot
on foot to out - generai Mm , all'll that
those engaged in It were UnRcr'ulmlouB
I'n ' their designs , and finally begged
llm , If the letter should chance to
reach hIm through his solicitors , to
meet the writer before midnight on
the night of May 28 , or , If not then ;
the following night , at the Old ] ' 'fol-
booth In the Cunongalu or Etlhihtifgh , id
when strange things would bo re-
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\,1l10d.
Jack : puzzled over this missive
many tlmos.
Ho was strongly tempted to ask the
advice of his lawyers , hut coni pro-
mlsed hy seeltlng u friend und laying
the case before him , with the result #
that ho left London ' for the North on
the mornIng of the appointed day , .
with only the faithful Ah Sin for com-
IJllllY , and us a consequence .seo
the twain seeking the historic shades
or the Cunnongate when the fateful
hour draws ncar.
Ho much for Ducldnglmm.
Ills motives are beyond reproach jp
What share has Howard Spencer In it
the affair ? That Is the puzzle with
which Tack has been wrestling , and
of which he now ) believes he sees the P
solution clearly. , .
( 'fo bo continued. ) I
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SCHEME A SURE 'WINNER.
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Youth's Plan Proved That Ho Knew , '
the Feminine Character.
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"l'vo got 11. scheme , " said a shari
featured young man , "that I think
will work like n. clocl I'm going to Y
put nn ad . In the papers asking women .
on to send theIr photographs and y2 t
and I'll tell them bow to become 'benu-
litul. "
And how arc you going to maIm
them beautiful ! " asked a listener.
D n't have to 1'1 just send back
each photograph with a letter some +
thing like this : Dear ladam-Atter 1
seeing your photograph are sur-
prised that you desire to become more ,
beautiful than you already arc It
sorr.ellmes seems that the very c.nes
upon whom Nature bestows her grent-
est favors nre'tho leant thnnkful. Otto
HO divinely endowed with1 auch foveti- i '
ness ns you possess should he eon-
tent. Although wo have added to the
beauty of such women ns ' Lily J..anr-
try , MaxIne Elliott and LtI1ln.n Russell .
our honor ns entlomon and our repu-
tn ion as an , old estn.htlshed firm compel -
pal us to inform you thai you already
possess beauty far beyond the possibilities .
bilities ot our s 'stem" "
But the $2 ? " nslted the Ustener.
Oh , I guess any homely ) woman
wilt pay $2 for such n letter. .
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Progress In Trav l. . ,
It Is recalled by the London Times
that Berkeley , who wrote "Westward
the Course ot Empire Takes Its Way , " I
landed at Newport on Jan 23 , 1729 . ,
and that he left Greenwich , Englnnd. I
in 11 "pretty large ship , " as the New f ; 4
England Weekly Courier called It' .
early in September , 1728 , So that be
took nearly five months to make the
trip. _ _ - _ - _ _ 01
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