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"What Co you lull like a man whose mind was elsewhere. “Only employment for my talent, sir. I bear you nave a vacancy for a manager.” "Nothing of the sort, /am manager.” “Rut you don't know. sir. in now many ways I can be useful to you. A grand and complicated business like yours needs various acquirements in those who have the honor to serve you. For instance, I saw a small engine at work in your yard; now 1 am a mechanic, and I can double the power of that engine by merely introducing ar. extra band and a couple of cogs.” "It will do as it Is,” said Builej. languidly, “and I can do without a inana “Have you an opening for a clerk? I can write business letters in French, German, and Dutch; and keep books by double entry.” “No vacancy for a clerk,” was the weary reply. “Well, tlien. a foreman in the yard. I have studied the economy of industry, and will undertake to get you the greatest amount of labor out of the smallest number of men." “I have a foreman already,”said Hartley. turning his back on him peevishly, for the first time, and pacing the room, absorbed in his own disappointment. Hope was in despair, and put on Ids hat to go. But he turned at tne window and said: “You have vans and carts. 1 understand horses thoroughly. I am a veterinary surgeon, and 1 can drive fottr-in-hand. ' 1 oiler myself as Furman, or even hostler.” “1 do not want a hostler, and I have a carman.” Hartley, when he had said this, sat down like a man who had finally disposed of the application. Hope went to the very door, and leaned against it. Mis jaw dropped, lie looked ten years older. Then, with a piteous attempt at cheerfulness.he came nearer, and said: “Give me some kind of employment, sir. You will never repent n. I’ve intelligence, practicability, knowledge; and in this age of science knowledge is wealth.. Example: 1 saw a swell inarch out of this place that owns all the parish 1 was born in. I knew him in a moment Colonel Clifford. Well, that old soldier draws liis rents when be can get them, and never looks deeper than the roots of the grass his cattle crop. Hut I tell you be never takes a walk about bis grounds but he marches upon millions—coal! sir, coal! and near the surface. I know thesigns. Hut I am impotent; only fools possess the gold that wise men can coin Into miracles. Try me. sir; honor me witli your sympathy. You are a father—you have a sweet little girl. I hear.” Hartley winced at that. “Well, so have 1 and the hole my poverty makes me pir* in is not good for her,'sir. She needs the sea air. the scent of flowers, and, bless her little heart, she does enjov them so! Give them to her, and I will give you zeal, energy, brains, and a million of money.” This, for tfie first time in the interview, arrested Mr. Hartley's attention. “I see you are a superior man,” said he, “but I have no way to utilize your services.” “You can give me no hope, sir?” asked the poor fellow, still lingering. “None and I am sorry for it.” This one gracious speech affected poor Hope so that lie could not speak for a moment. Then he fought for manly dignity, and said, with a lamentable mixture of sham .sprightliness and real anguish. “Thank you. sir; I only trust that you will al ways find servants as devoted to your interest as my gratitude would have made me. Good-morning, sir.” He clapped Ids hat on with a sprightly, ghastly air. and marched off resolutely. Hut ere lie reached tiie door. Nature overpowered the father's heart; away went Holton’s instructions; away went fictitious deportment and feigned cheerfulness. The poor wretch uttered a cry, indeed a Scream, of anguish, that would iiave thrilled ten thousand hearts had they heard it: he dashed his hat on Hie ground, and rushed toward Hartley, with both hands out—“For God's sake don't send me away—my child is staivina.” "Even Hartley was moved. “Your child!” said lie. with some little feeling. This slight encouragement was enough for a father. His love gushed forth. “A little golden-haired.blue-eyed angel, wiio is all the world tome. ‘We have walked here from Liverpool, where I had just buried her mother, (foil help me! God help us both! Many aweary mile, sir, and never sure of supper or bed. The birds of th. air have nests, the beasts of the field a shelter, the fox a hole, hut my beautiful and fragile girl only four years old.sir,is houseless and homeless. Her motlier died of consumption. sir. and I live in mortal fear; for now she is beginning to cough, and I cannot give her proper nourishment. Often on this fatal journey I have felt her shiver, and then I have taken off my coat and wrapped it around her, anil her beautiful eyes have looked up in mine, and seemed to plead for warmth and food I’d sell mv soul to give her.” “Poor fellow,” said Hartlev: “I suppose I ought to pity you. Rut how can 1? Man—man—your child is alive, and while there is life there is hop#* but mine is dead—dead!” he almost shrieked. “Dead!” said Hone, horrified. “Dead.” cried Hartley. “Cut off at four years old. Hie very age of vours. There—go and judge for yourself. You are a father. I can’t look upon my blasted hopes, and my withered flower. Go and see my blue-eyes, fair-haired darling—clay, hastening to the to* T \h; and you will trouble ;/jC no \vjth your imaginary gneia." He flung himself down witli his head on his desk. Hope, following tiie direction of his hand, opened the door of the house.and went softly forward. There, laid out in state, was a little figure that.seen in the dim light, drew a cry of dismay from Hope. He had left liis own girl sleeping. and looking like tinted wax. Here lay a little face the very image of hers, only this was pale wax. IIojm* hurried away from the room, and entered the oilice pale and disturl)ed. “Oh,sir! Hie very imagfe of myown. It fills me w itli forebodings. I pity you, sir. with all my heart. That sad sight reconciles me to my lot. God help you!” and lie was going away; for now he felt an unreasoning terror lest ids child should have turned from colored wax to pale. Mr. Bartley stopped him. “Are they BoJike?" said he. -

Y»n wont ?.

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tunes. 1 am amuilious—like you. i believe in science and knowledge -like you. And. if my child had lived, you should have been my adviser and mv right hand: I want s'ucli a man as you.’’’ Hope threw up his bunds. “My usual luck!’’ said lie; “always a day too late.”

Hartley resumed:

“Hut my child's death robs me of tiie

money to work w itli. and I can’t help

you nor help myself; unless—” “1'nless what?” asked Hope, eagerly - .

“I am not likely to raise objections; my

child's life is at stake.”

“Well. then, unless you are really the superior man you seem to b' -- . a man of

ability and—courage.”

“Courage!” thought Hope, and began to bepuzzled. However, he said, modestly, that he thought he could find

courage in a good cause.

“Then you and I are made men,” said Hartley looking uneasily allround the room, and coming close to Hope. “The very walls must not hear what I now say to vou.” Then, in a thrilling w hisper, “My daughter ninst not die.”

Hope looked puzzled.

“Your daughter must take her place.”

Now just before this, two quick ears began to try and catch the conversation. Monckton had heard all that Colonel Clifford said, that warrior's tones were so incisive; lint, as tiie matter only concerned Mr. Hartley, he merely grinned at the disappointment likely to fall on his employer, for he knew Mary Hartley was at death's door, lie s’aid as much to himself, and went out for a sandw ich, for it was liis lunch-time. Hut when he returned with stealthy foot, for all ids movements w ere cat-like, he caught sight of Hartley and Hype in e.trnest conversation, aad felt very cur-

ious.

Hut lie could hear nothing at all until Hope's answer came to Hartley's pro-

posal.

Then tiie indignant father burst out,

so that it was easy enough to hear every word ; t 11 t»»t- V a»f 4’< , »•

I part with in' girl! Not for

the world's wealth. What! You call yourself a father, and would tempt me to sell my own flesh and blood? No! Poverty, beggary, anything, sooner than that. My darling, we will thrive together or starve together; we will live

together or die together!”

He snatched up nis hat to leave. Hut Hartley found a word to make him hesitate. lie never moved, but folded Ids arms and said. “So. then, your love for your child is selfish. Who will suffer most it you stand in her light? Your daughter; why. she may die! Who will profit most if you are 'wise, and really lovelier, not Tike a jealous lover, but like ;i father? Why, your daughter; she will lie taken out of poverty and want, and carried to sea-breezes and scented meadows; her health and her comfort

will lie my care; she w ill fill the gap in

md will

my house and jn mv heart, and will lie my heiress when I die.” % “Hut she w ill be lost to me,” sighed

poor Hope.

“Not so. You will lie my right hand; you w ill lie always about us: you can see her. talk to her, make her love you, do anything but tell her you are her father. Do this one thing for me, and l will do great things for you and her. To refuse me will be to cut your own throat and licrs—as well as mine.” Hope clinched his hands in agony .and pressed them against Ids brow. -! lt is selfish to stand in her light; hut part

with her—I can't; I can’t.”

“Of course not; who asks you? She will never be out of your sight: only, instead of seeing her sicken, linger,’and die, you will see her surrounded by every comfort, nursed and tended like a

princess, and growing every day in

health, wealth, and happiness.’”

These words made a great impression on tin* still In'sitatirig lather; he began to make conditions. They were all

granted heartily.

“If ever you are unkind to her, the compact is broken, and 1 claim myown

again.”

“So lie it. Hut w hv suppose anything

so monstrous; men do not ill-treat children. It is only women, who adore 'hem. that kill them and ill-use them •* ;cordingly. She will be my little benefactress. God bless her! T may love her more than I ought, being vours, for my home is desolate without her; but that is the only fault you shall ever find with

me. There is my hand on it.”

Hope at the last was taken off his guard, and took the proffered hand. That to him was a binding action, and

somehow he could no longer go back.

Then Hartley told him he should live in the house at first, to break the parting. “And from this hour,” said he, “you are no clerk nor manager, but my associate in business, and on your own

terms.”

“Thank you,” said Hope, with a sigh. “Now lose no time; get her into ilie house at once while the clerks areaway, and meantime I must deal with the nurse, and overcome the many difficulties. Stay, here is a five-pound note. Buy yourself a new suit, and give the child a good meal. Hut pray bring her

here in half an hour if you can.”

Then Hartley took him to the lobby, and let him out in the street, whilst he went into the house to buy the nurse,

and make her Ids confidante.

He had a good deal of difficulty with her; she was shocked at tiie proposal, and, being a woman, it was the details that horrified her. She cried a good deal. She stipulated that her darling should have Christian burial, and cried again at the doubt. Hut as Hartley conceded everything, and offered to settle

a hundred pounds a year on her, so

live ‘ '

long as she lived in his house and kept his secret, he prevailed at last, and

found tier an Invaluable ally.

To dispose of tins character for the present >.r must inform tue render that she proved a woman can keep a secret, and that in a very short time she was as fond of Grace Hope as she had been

of Mary Hartley.

We have said that Colonel Clifford’s talk penetrated Monckton’s ear, but produced no great impression at the time. Not so, however, when he had

listened to Hartley's proposal, Hope's

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answer, and all that followed. Then he put this and Colonel Clifford’s communication together, and saw tiie terrible importance of the two things com-

bined.

Leonard Monckton was by nature a schemer and by habit a villain, and be w as sure to nut this discovery to profit. He came out of the little office and sat down at his desk, and fell into a brown-

study.

He was not a little puzzled, and here lay his difficulty. Two attractive villain-

ies presented themselves to Ids Ingenious mind, and lie naturally hesitated between them. One was to levy blackmail on Hartley: the other, to sell the secret to the Cliffords. But there was a special reason why he should incline toward the Cliffords.and. whilst he is in bis brown-study, we will let the reader into ids ■•eereL Tliis artful person had immediately won the confidence of young Clifford, calling himself Holton, and had prepared a very heartless trap for him. He ' • ’• •' • him .. most beautiful .) _• tai/. dark. with an oval iaceand glorious black eyes and eyebrows, a slight foreign accent, and ingratiating manners. He called this beaut\ hie sister, and instructed tier to win Walter Clifford in that character, and to marry him. As she was twentytwo, and Master Clifford nineteen, he had no chance with her. and they were to he married this very day at the Register's < )fflce. Mameuvring Monckton then inclined to let Bartley s fraud go on and ripen, but eventually expose it for the benefit of young Walter and ins wife, who adored this Monckton. because, when a beautiful woman loves an ugly blackguard, she never does it by halves. Hut lie had no sooner thought out this conclusion than there came an obstacle. Lucy Miller's heart failed her at the last moment, and she came into tiie office with a rush to tell Iwr master so. She uttered a cry of joy at sight of him. and came at him panting and full of love! “Leonard, dear Leonard.pray do not insist on my marrying that young man. Now it comes to the time, in., heart fails me.” “Never mind your heart; think of your interest.” said Monckton. "Why, he is no such great catch, I am

sure.”

“I tell you he is, more than ever; I have just discovered another CJO.OOO ho is heir to, and not got to wait for that

any longer than I choose.”

Lucy stamped her foot. “I don't care for ids money. Till ho came with his

money you loved me.”

“I love you as much as ever, said

Monc kton', coldly.

Lucy began to soli. “No. you don't, or you wouldn't give me up to that

young fool.”

The villain made a evnieal reply, that not every Newgate thief could have matched. “You fool,” sa d he. “can't you marry him, and go on loving me? you won't he the first. It is done every day, to the satisfaction of all parties.” “And to tiieik i ncttekahle shame,” said a clear, stern voice at their back. Walter Clifford, coming rapidly in, had heard but little, but heard enough; and there he stood, grim and pale, a hoy no longer. These two skunks had made a man of him in one moment. They recoiled in dismay, and

the woman hid her face.

He turned upon the man first, you may lie sure. “So you have palmed ibis lady off on me as your sister, and trapped me. and would have destroyed me.” Hut if 1 was fool enough to leave my father. I am not fool enough to present to the world your cast-off mistress as my wife. Here, Miss Limy Monckton —or whatever your name may lie—here is the marriage license. Take that and my contempt,and do what vou like with

them.”

With these words he dashed into Bartley's private room,and there broke down. It was a bitter cu*p, the first in

his young life.

Tlie*b '

lalflcd schemers drank worm-

whod too; but they bore it differentlv. The woman cried, and took her punishment meekly; the man raged and threat-

ened vengeance.

“No, no,” said Lucy; “it serves us right. I v,Mi I had m ver se< n the fellow; then you would have kept your

word, and married me.”

“ 1 will marry you now, if you can

obey me.”

“Obey you, Leonard? You have been my ruin; but only many ire. and I will bo your slave in everything,—your will-

ing, devoted. happy slave.”

“That is a bargain,” said Monckton, coldly. “I’ll beeven with him; 1 w ill marry you in his name and his place.” “\\ by in his name?” said she. “Well, never mind the name, so that it is tiie

right man—and that is you.”

Then Monckton’s fertile brain, teeming with villainies, fell to hatching a new plot more felonious than the last. He would rob the safe, and get Clifford convicted for the theft; convicted as Holton. Clifford would never tell his real name, and Lucy should enter the Cliffords'house with a certificate of Ids death and a certificate of Ids marriage, both obtained by substitution, and so collar his share of the jC20.ihn), and off with the real husband to fresh pastures. Monckton reflected a moment. “What is the first tiling? Let me see. Humph! 1 think the first thing is to get married.” “Yes,” said Lucy, “that is tiie first tiling, and the most understandable.” And she went dancing oil with him as gay as a lark, and leaning on him at an angle of forty-live; w hilst he went erect and cold, like a stone figure marching. Walter Clifford came out in time to see them nass the great w indow. He watched them down tiie street, and

cursed them—not loud hut deep.

“Mooning, as usual.” said a hostile voice behind him. He turned round,and there was Mr. Hartley seated at hisown table. Young Clifford walked smartly to the other side of the table, determined this should be his last day in that

slum.

“There are the payments,” said he.

cavalierly.

“About one in five,” said Hartley, in-

specting Hu at.

“Thereabouts,” was the reply.

“You can’t have pressed them much.” “Well, I am not good at dunning.”

“What are you good at?” “Should be puzzled to say.” “You are not lit for trade.”

“That is the highest compliment was

ever paid me.”

“Oh, you are impertinent as well as incompetent, are you? Then take a

wi ek's warning. Mr. Holton.”

“Five minutes would suit me better,

Mr. Hartley.”

“Oh! indeed! Say one hour.”

“All right, sir; just time fora city clerk's luncheon glass of bitter, s.uiJwioh, peep at Cmi /i, cigarette, and a

chat with the bar-maid."

Mr. Walter Clifford was a gentleman, but we mast do him the justice to say that in this interview with Ids employer he was a very impertinent one, not only tn words, but in the delivery thereof. Hartley, however, thought this imnertinence was put on, and that he bad grave reasons for being in a hurry. He took down the milliners of the notes Clifford had given him. and looked very

grave and suspicious the time. Then he locked up ffie notes in the

safe, and just then Hope opened the door of the little office and looked in.

“At last,” said Hartley.

“Well, sir,” said Hope, “I have only been half an hour, and I have changed my clothes and stood witness to a marriage. She begged me so hard; I w as at the do_or. Such a beautiful girl! I could

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“The child?’’ said Hartley, with nat-

ural impatience.

“I have hidden her in tiie yard.” “Bring her this moment, while the

clerks are out.”

Hope hurried out. and soon returned

witli his child, wrapped up in a niot

I hoi

warm shawl he had bought her witli

Hartley's money.

Hartley took llie child from him.looked at her face, and said. “Little darling, I shall love her as my ow n;” then he begged Hope to sit down in the lobby till lie should call him and introduce him to his clerks. “One of them is a

thief. I'm afraid.”

lie took the child inside,and gave her to his confederate, tiie nurse.

“Dear me,” thought II ipe. “only two clerks, and one of them dishonest. I

hope it is not that good-natured boy.

Oli no! impossible.”

And now Hartley returned, and at the same time Monckton came briskly in

through tiie little oilice'.

At sight of him Hartlex said, “Oh. Monckton, I gave that fellow Holton a week's notice. Hut he insists on going directly.” Monckton replied, slyly, that

be was sorry to hear that.

“Suspicious? Eh?” said Bartley. “So suspicious that if I were you—Indeed. Mr. Hartley. I think, in justice to me, tiie matter ought to be cleared to

the bottom.” •

“You are rigid.” said Hartley; “I’ll have him searched before lie goes.

Fetcli me a detective at once.”

Hartley then wrote a line upon his card, and handed it to Monckton. directing him to lose no time. He then rushed out of the house with an air of virtuous indignation, and went to make some delicate arrangements to carry out a fraud, which, begging liis pardon, was as felonious, though not so prosaic, as the one lie suspected Ids young clerk of. Monckton w as at first a little taken aback by the suddenness of all this; but he was too clear-headed to be long at fault. The matter was brought to a point. Well, he must shoot (lying. In a moment he was at the safe, whipped out a bunch of false keys, opened the safe, took out the easn-box. and swept all the gold it contained into his own pockets, and took possession of tiie notes. Then lit * 1 locked up the casl>-Lox again, restored it to tiie safe, locked that, and sat down at Hartley's table. He ran over the notes with feverish fingers, and then took tiie precaution to examine Bartley's day-hook. His caution was rewarded—he found that the notes Holton had brought in were numbered. lie instantly made two parcels —clapped the unnumbered notes into liis pocket. The numbered ones betook in his hand into the lobby, and inserted the numbered notes into young Clifford's coat, and the false keys into liis

bag.

He then started for the detective. But it was bitter cold, and lie returned to the lobby for bis own overcoat. As he opened t he lobby door the swing-door moved, or he thought so; he darted to it and opened it, but saw nobody. Hope having whipped behind the open door of a little room. Monckton then put on his overcoat, and went for the detective. He met Clifford at the door, and wore an insolent grin of defiance, for which, if they had not passed each other rapidly, lie would very likely luAe been knocked dow n. As it was. WalterClifford catered the office flushed with wrath, and eager to leave behind him the mortifications and humiliations he

had endured.

He went to liis own little desk and tore up Lucy Miller's letters, and his heart turned toward home. He went into the lobby, and, feeling hot. which was no wonder, bundled his oilice overcoat and liis brush and comb into ids bag. He returned to the office for ids penknife, and was going out all in a hurry, when Mr. Hartley met him. Bartley looked rather stern, and said,

“A word with you sir.”

“Certainly, sir,” said the young man,

Btiffiy.

Mr. Hartley sat down at his table and fixed his eyes upon the young man with

a very peculiar look.

“ You seem in a very great hurry to

go.”

“Well, I am."

“You have not even demanded your

salary up to date.”

“Excuse tiie oversight; I was not made for business, you know.” “There is something more to settle

besides your salary.”

“I’reniium for good conduct?”

“No, sir. Mr. Bolton, vou will find this no jesting matter. There are de-

falcations in the accounts, sir.”

The young man t urned serious at once. “I am sorry to hear that, sir,” said he,

with proper feeling.

Hartley eyed him still more severely.

“And even cash abstracted.”

“Good heavens!” said the young man. answering his eyes rather than ids words. “Why, surely you can't suspect

me?”

Hartley answered, sternly, “I know 1 have been robbed, and so I suspect everybody whose conduct is suspicious.” This was too much for a Clifford to bear. He turned on him like a lion. Your suspicions disgrace tiie trader

A wholesale robbery! Notes and gi, all gone! No wonder you were in sucu a hurry to leave! Luckily some of the notes were numbered. Search him.” “No. no. Don't treat me like a thief!” crieil the poor boy. almost sobbing. “If you are innocent, why object?” said Monckton. satirically. “You villain.” cried Clifford, “this is your doing! I am sure of it!” Monckton only gi iuned triumphantly; but Hartley fired up. “If there is a villain here, it is you. Ik is a faithful servant. who warned Ids employer.” lie then pointed sternly at young Holton, and tne detective stepped up to liimand said, curtly, “Now. sir: if 1 must'.” lie then proceeded to search ids waistcoat pockets. The young man htiughis I head, and looked guilty, lie had heard ’ of money being put Into an innocent I man's pockets, and he feared that game had been played with him. The detective examined.his waistcoat | pockets and found—nothing. His other pockets—nothing. He patted his breast and examined liis stockings—nothing. “Try the bag,” said Monckton. The detect iv. • (-arched the bag—noth ^ ing. He took the overcoat and turned^ | the pockets out—nothing. Hartley looked surprised. Monckton 1 still more so. Meantime Hope had gone ! round from the lobby, and now entered : by the small office, and stood watching, j a part of this business, viz., the searenj of the bug and the overcoat, witli a bitter look of irony. “But my safe must have been opened witli false keys,” cried Hartley. “Where are they?” “And the numbered notes,” saidMonckton. “where are they?” “Gentlemen,” said Hope, ‘may I offer; my advice?” ‘‘Who tiie devil are you?” said Monckton. “He is my new partner, my associate in business,” said the politic Hartley. Then deferentially to Hope, “What do you advise?” “You have two clerks. I would examine them both.” “Examine mef" cried Monckton. “Mr. Hartley, will vou allow such an affront I to he put on your old and faithful ser- , vant?” . “If you are innocent, whv object?” ! said voung Clifford, spitefully, before i Hartlev could answer. • i “Well, it is onl\ fair to Mr. Holtoa," I said Bartley. “< > me, come."Monckton, i it is only a form.” Then lie ga* e the detective a signal, '.IlSno -i.mj - .\\i]i.n!<j pauo l( ;mtq qjiw A'u.wy,, .ysazjssB aqi ioj .uiiji in .i.iqp) jo quC fiuios mOpuid spi pui| miiis o \\ •pjb.vi i AlU a^li) UOA •spi.ljt •qnl 1SJI| Ml( I.IUHJY i ■oav) nqi no soa'o p,)(ldt!(.) j Ju.tuioin 9i(H).iiq Am sua\ oi(av .woun i '95(oiq a'uj •91110,) q 9.\9i[Oi(<>i .(.ins si 9t(„ tuiunaoq -od 9qt plus ,/>|c.>n 9t|i joj'quin d.i.ix,,' U *9ui iqiu o; 9.i9qi iu.iiij poimqd snq oiijlo.i 9(tios •iKHsnpqi u iihs,)j b •auo3« tit •iioppnioj^ poi.u ,,‘ou 'ox„ -q.tod s,i!Tii(jTA }uqi in—ojns Am jo sjuaj -uo99(oq.w .»i|x ■uio.ij 9UIUJ S9piu j9qjo .inoA pint ppiri.inoA 9.i9i(.\v era .woqs 9S9qj„ •p9J»!o.i 9q (l ‘|9.tptif.oas n<>A.. •saphi pajaqiunu aqj aaa.u. Aaqx •Al-iaSuamatupaiumuxa Aaipiuq •a.upispip aqi pins u ‘.wouq noA Abb a.tup \ ; qo„ i.'.o.taqi amoa Anqi pip auu(„ ‘uoppuoj^ paua „;suaAiiai| li.’a.i*),, •main na.mpo.id pmCptoa.iaAo aqj jo taqaod aq; ui sajou 9tuos punoj aAipiapip atfl aunpiuaj^ •xoq-qsua ai|i pauado aaqpniB 'ajus aqi pauado aii(> 'apis aqj no main paiay 9(( -sAaq aqj no paaunod puu ‘Apaaiip du q qooi A'.»n.ii:j( -jpuma.i snoipiiiain uti sua\ 11 •piamazimm in ‘uoVqauoj^ patio „j,a.iaqi amoa Aaqt pip au>|(„ •sAaij jo qauuq (|vnis it paanpo.id 9][ •qjooJdAO k.iioj -qjuoj\; fiuiuuinix.) su.w OAipajap aq'x „ - 9J9lJ Sj B9p>U (Mjoquma aqi jo 9iio pmpiqj a'hsoj punoqum („ •ampipioj .io3iio( on qjfiioqj ‘pint sew aq '.la.vaAvoj ( 'a'is aqj no Jtiqjaani liiill papuaip? oq.w •3jJ9p siqi jqnop oj Buiiimilaq sif.w 9(i jAq.[9(( aqx -sajou aq) put! sooq ai|j paiiimuxa Aaujtqj •S9J0U (BJ|»A9S pillioj a.ujaapq) aqx ..•sajoii-quuq m iapuimuaj aqj puij (ipw tp>,\ -ain oj Adduq lire ( -q jo j.iud « Apio inn!,,:Aqooa ‘noqpuow ptus k - A((J9(I aqj jn no." ‘Aauom u.wo Ajy,', .fiaiaqj ;a- ,3, I.Li.'l ,J0 JJ!l. ) JaqeAV l>aua .fio.ioqx,, •suifia.iaAos a.uj -Aiqliia jospiqaod juoajBiuw siq paijdina puu ‘uqjqauoj^ oj dn paddajs aq puu CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.

who entertains them, not thegentleman they wrong. You are too old for me to

give you a thrashing, so I won’t stay

here any longer to be insulted.” He snatched up ids bag and was

marching off, when the door opened, and Monckton with a detective confront-

ed him.

“No,” roared Hartley, furious in turn; “but you will stay to be examined.” “Examined!” “Searched, then, if you like it better.” “No, don’t do that,” said tiie young fellow. “Spare me such a humiliation.” “Well,” said Hartley, “I will examine the safe before I go further.” lie opened tiie safe and took out tiie cash-box. It was empty. He uttered aloud exclamation. “Whi . it's a dean tweepl

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