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RETRIBUTION.
DY "THE DUClirSS."
CIIAl'TEH IX.
It Is clfjlit o'clock on tho ensuing morn
ln when I.ucy, Mllllcent's mnld, ntshoj
Bobbing Into Mrs. Drnud's bedroom.
"Oh, luti'ml Oh, my young lndyl Oh.
tna'ml Ohl poor Miss Milllcentl'
"Whutl Wmt Is ltr Speak, glrll'
conininnds Mrs. Urnnd, her (nco grovt
lng pnlo with nervous expectation.
"Oh, mn'ral that I should llvo to see
this dayl Oh, poor, dear Miss Oreyl
Her m I was fond of. Her ns novcr said
a word unkind to mortal soul. To neo
her now, and to think that only yester
day" "What do you mean, glrlf" cries Mrs.
Brnud, ringing tho bell frantically.
"Good heavcnsl What has happened to
Miss Greyf"
"Oh, to only look nt her, ma'm I
thought I'd havo dropped nt her feet
when I pushed the door back, novcr
knowing why It was to hard to open and
Blto lying against It, with her poor
head"
"The woman will drlvo mo mndl" cries
Mrs. IJrund In choked tone, and, hurry
ing past her, tnado her way to Mllllcent's
bedroom.
Already two or throo servants hnvo
gathered there. Tho door Is open, and
they aro stooping over something lying
on the floor almost Immediately beyond
the threshold.
Mrs. Brand, with a little cry, and palo
and trembling, rushes forward, tho ser
vants part involuntarily, and tliero lying
upon tho ground, to nil appearance life
less, lies Millioeut, Her head Is thrown
backward, and one hand Is tightly
clinched.
"Sho Is fainting. It Is only a fnlntl"
cried Jlrs. llrnnd, with nn anguish In her
tone that belles tho meaning of her words.
"What aro you all Btandlng idlo there
for?" turning upon the terrillcd women.
"Has no one thought of sending for a
doctor?"
She Is down on hor knees now beside
the palo still form, and has raised the
cold head on her arm.
"Yes, mn'm; Jatucs has gono for a
doctor," sobs tho housemaid nervously.
"Help mo to lift her. Bo! Ohl bo gen
tle, glrll There on her bed. I'ull up
tho blinds what are they down for nt
this hourf ono would think sho was
dead I"
Sho fays this vehemently, with a sort
of defiance. But tho awful word Is too
much for her It has hardly passed her
Hps when her fictitious anger gives way,
sho bursts into tears, nnd, falling on her
knees beside the bed, sho stretches out
her arms to tho unconscious body.
"Ohl my child! My pretty glrll mat
is ltf What has hnppcned to you? Ohl
Mllllccnt, speak to me I"
The doctor entering at this moment,
sho calms herself by a supremo effort, for
in truth tho poor woman is terribly un
nervedno smallest suspicion of tragedy
having ever come near her before, In all
her calm, easy, luxurious life.
"H'ml ha!" says Dr. Thesby, sniffing
about him suspiciously ns he walks
lightly to the bedsldo and stoops over Mll
llccnt. "Young lady been ploying
pranks with chloroform!"
"Oh, nol impossible," exclaims Mrs.
Brand. "Indeed, I hardly think thero is
any In the house. Certainly nono that is
not tinder lock ami key in my own room."
"Nevertheless, tliero Is chloroform
here, or has been," snys the doctor, snif
fing again. IIo has been examining Mllll
ccnt while speaking, and now calls for
certain things to be brought him by tho
attending servants. Seeing Mrs. Brand's
distress, ho turns kindly to her. "I can't
qulto make it out yet, but pray composo
yourself, my dcor madame. Your nleco
is by no means beyond tho power of man
yet."
And, indeed, at tho expiration of half
an hour or so Mllllccnt Is so far recov
ered as to bo able to smilo upon them,
and whisper a word or two to her aunt.
"No whispering, I think no con
fidences just yet," says Dr. Thesby, rub
bing lils linnils. "Tliougli I agree with
you, my dear lady, that no time should
bo lost about seeing into this er truly
extraordinary afialr. What d'yo say, my
good woman," turning sharply to one of
tho mauls.
"A handkerchief, ehf Picked up by
youf Lying ou Miss Grey's face or
partly so? eh? chf Think what you aro
saying now, my good girl, as I ilnro say
you will have to repeat It pretty often
later on."
Yes. Tho girl had picked It up when
first sho stooped over Miss Grey. It
was not exactly on her face, but looked
as it it naa tupped on it.
Tho doctor, folding It neatly, puts It In
his breast pocket. "Important evidence,
mndamol If you will permit me, I will
take charge of it. Heavily saturated
with chloroform, I should say, from tho
strength of the aroma that still clings to
it."
"Let mo see It," Bays Mlllicent sud
denly, in voice bo much btronger and
with such excitement on her palo face
that tho doctor thinks It better to accedo
to her request, while still entreating her
to "Uo calml bo catmi ana above ail
things to bo calm!"
"As if," said Mlllicent afterward to
Nadlne, "any ono could be expeceted to
be calm who had lust escaped being mur
dcred, and had had tho finest sapphires
in Knlgaiul stolen from lierl"
Tho handkerchief is a large, coarse,
common one. white In color, and of such
a texture as might bo used by a rcspect-
ablo artisan on a holiday making.
"It is a clew," snys the doctor triune
phantly; but Mlllicent, though sho conld
not have put her conviction Into words,
feels that tt will never help to bring tbo
real oliender to justice.
"Hut what brought the man here
that Is what I want to know?" demands
Mrs. Brand, with n little spreading of
her hands, when tho doctor has called
pome hours later to find his patient has
been sleeping nuletly during bis absenco.
and has only roused to consciousness
again upon his entrance
"Not a word hnvo I let her speak not
a word," snys Mrs. Brand, with very par
donable pride, considering the extent of
her curiosity.
"Well, I must speak now," murmurs
Mlllicent, still very feebly, but with a
decided increase of strength that tbo
doctor llnils very satisfactory.
"Why, wo shall have her downstairs
In no time," declares no jovially.
Then Mlllicent launches Into a descrlp
tion of the man who had thrown a hand
kerchief over her face and left her to
live or dlo, as chance dictated, while ho
mado good his escape. It Is this Infor
mation that calls forth from Mrs. Brand
the question as to what brought him Into
her house at all that unseemly midnight
hour.
"Ah! nuntlel" soys the girl, looking
at her out of Her cushioned arm chair,
with great pathetlo eyes that huve grown
greater because ot the regretful tears
tint aro filling them, "Do you not
know? Do you not guess? When you
opened my hand, and the sapphire locket
dropped out, uiu you guess nothing tneni"
"No, child no."
"That lockot Is a gift to mo."'
"A gift? I know that," Impatiently,
"A gift from your UctJe Timothy, with
all the rest ot those very beautiful
stones, a magmncent gut. truly."
"Nol a gift from tho man who has
stolen all thoso unrivaled stones I"
"Stolen I" Mrs. Urtind falls back In hor
chair, and gazes at Mlllicent with hor
ror stricken eyes.
"What I Gonol Those priceless boiv
nhlresl" :rles Dr. Thesby, who Is an old
friend of Mrs, Brand's, and had been
shown the sumptuous gift ot Timothy
tioyle w lie u nrst presented to .miss urcy,
"AH1" Buys Alliuceut. laughing nyster
Ically, "the burglar evidently illd not
think them, as you do, i-rlceless. No
doubt ho Is already pricing them Is m
ranging how to break thetn up and sell
them brenKing up my lovely neck
let my beautiful" Here, being still
very weaK, tno gives up uer mourmui de
scription, and subsUes Into a utorm ot
tears.
"There, there, darling! Oh, don't cry
Ilka tint! Think, of your weak stato. But
what nn audacious thing! Bless inc,
what win yiur uncle Bay? Now. my
dearest lovo, I Imploro you to control
yourself, ltemembcr how that unmiti
gated villain nearly deprived you of your
Ufa only n few short hours ago. In this
very chamber, Dr, Thesby, OIJ to think
ot It! It must hnvo nlmost happoncd on
this very spot'" Hero Sho grows tragic,
and speaks In a deep bass tone that sho
believes Dents the occasion. "Ohl Mllll
ccnt, darling, you will break my heart
your old auntie's heart If you keep on
sobbing like that. Denrl ilcarl dear! to
think that those sapphires heirlooms,
itoctor and tho finest In Bngland In
deed, In Europe, I might safely say
are now being incited down that Is,
broken up, or whatever It Is those terrlblo
men do to tlicm while wo are sitting In-
actlvo hero! Can nothing bo done? Ohl
doclor Dr. Thcsbyl "What Is tho mat
ter with her now? has that wretch suc
ceeded In killing her nftcr nil?"
Milllccnt, lu fact, driven lo dcsnalr by
this prolonged lament, has gono Into vio
lent hysterics.
"iso. ma'm, ho hasn't." Bays tho doc
tor, with scvero mennlng, who had tried
to Btcm tho How of Mrs. Brand's elo
quence, eagerly but ineffectually, during
tno past nvo minutes.
CIIAITEIt X.
It Is about llvo in tho nftctnoon when
Nadlno rushes up tho stairs, horrified
by what Bho has just heard in tho hall,
and lllngs herself Into her friend's tirms.
"btich a thing to happen to you 1" sho
cries, In her littlo rapid fashion. "Tho
miscreant! tlio ussa-ssinl Ult, Mllllccnt,
when uiowu" (tho butler) "stopped mo
In the hall to tell mo tho dreadful news
I noarly fainted. Only tho idea of seeing
you fnco to fnco to make suto of your cs-
capo sustained me, anil gnvo me strength
to get hero."
Indeed, she Is as palo ns a ghost, and
her eyes aro full of tears. Sweet eyes, as
full of love as tears.
"WoU, now you havo seen me," with n
laugh, and n gentle shako administered
to tho trembling Nadlne, "cheer up u bit,
and let tho blood How Into tho-.o wan
cheeks. Talking about blood Mowing,
I'm glad mine was not let looso last
night."
'Ohl don't ilon'tl" says "sndlno.
shuddering violently.
'Well, there, llicro. I havo unnerved
you, and I ought to bo ashamed of my
self. But tho fact Is, I am unnerved my
self, only my nervousness has the effect
of raising u sense of ruuetue wititm me.
I cannot keep from jesting on last
night's iiilveiuure, though I ilnro r-ny to
morrow I shall be prostrated. It Is a
strange excitement, better not indulged.
Weill It Is an 111 wind that blows nobody
good. You cannot compel me, tyrant
that you arel to stammer over my Ger
man to-day."
An arrangement had been entered into
between them sonio weeks ngo, when
Mlllicent had been brought out, and was
cupposcd to have left her chidhooil nnd
tho f.choolioom behind her. Nmllnc,
for many reasons, would not consent to
holier companion. One was because sho
could not well leave her mother; another
because of her engagement lo l'aul An
ncrlcy; another (was it so viry import
ant?) becattsu she could not give up tho
tuition of Mr. Duran'ti littlo daughter.
So Mlllicent had squared matter.! by de
clining to her auntie that though hho
considered bho knew as much music as
would entry her' on through life, her
knowledge of German wasBtill bingulnily
deficient, nnd untitle, delighted lit this
trnlt of Intellectual dillgcnco In her
niece, had at onco requested Miss llncho
to continue her throo visits a week to
l'ark lnno as heretofore.
"Tell me about It," Bays Nadlne breath
lessly, her big bluo eyes enlarged with
fear nnd curiosity. Sho has seated her
self on n dainty prio dleu, and Is leaning
forward with clasped hands in an attitude
highly suggestive of prayer, und there
foro highly suited to tho chair.
Milllccnt, nothing loath, makes her a
present of tho entlro sceno from begin
ning to end.
"Ho might have been a much worso
burglar, nil things considered, nnd there
was quite n touch of chivalry a suspic
ion of Clnudo Duval in tho fact of his
making mo a present of my own locket,"
she says, still unnblo to refrain from
turning tho whole thing into ridicule.
"To go to tho very root of the matter, It
must bo confessed that I um tho proud
possessor ot Ills heart. He left mo that
at least."
"Tho coward I" says Nadlne, clasping
her pretty httnds, "to attack alono ono
poor woman! But, Mlllicent, from what
you tell me, I I don't think tho burglar
could havo been qulto n common man.
Was he tall handsome?"
"Hnndsomol Why, I couldn't see a
feature In his face. You don't supposo
that that sort of person comes around
with nn open, ingenuous countenance,
ready for all men's Inspection? If so, you
aro mistikon. My burglar camo with a
mask that prevented mo from beelng tho
chiseled features that I feel convinced lay
beneath It. Altogether, he was not ot tho
common, every day lot that ono meets.
He was a departuro from tho regular
lines. Ho was strango to mo! Strange!
And yet"
Suddenly the half mocking, wholly gay
air Bho has used hitherto drops from her,
and she turns upon Nadlno a startled
glance. Sho leans toward her, nnd lay
ing her hand upon her shoulders, subjects
her to nn oxhnustlve scrutiny.
"I must speak. I must tell you," she
says at last. "It has weighed upon inu
ever since, nnd and the others would
consider It In the light ot a nightmare,
or else say tho Idea arose from a feeling
of nervous horror; but It did not."
"What Is it, Mlllicent? You forget I
do not understand," snys Nadlne, a little
awed by the solemnity ot the other's
glance.
"Just this; that that terrible burglar,
from tho timo ho entered my room to tho
time ha left It, seemed strangely famil
iar. I cannot account for it. His volco
I never heard before. He was dressed In
the clothes of a common workman, and I
know no workman. HU face, indeed,
was hidden"
She stops abruptly as though oppressed
by somo hidden thought.
"Yes, It was hidden," sho says nt last.
"Yet I am pursued by a hideous fear
that It I co lid havo removed that mask
tho features would havo been familiar to
mol"
Sho sinks back In her chair, looking
pale and exhausted.
"It Is mere nervousness," says Nadlne
tenderly. "A chimera arising from an
overwrought sensibility. Do not think
of htm again, darling. Best, and time
will euro you of that foolish phantasy."
"Nothing will cure mo of the certainty
that a faco well known to mo lay behind
that humblo mask," returns Mllllccnt
with a shudder.
She rallies a little after a while, and a
swift smile curves her lips.
"Wo aro n doomed family," she says
gayly, "A prey to burglars. First my
aunt, Lady Ynlworth's, diamonds dis
appear, not to bo restored by all tho do
tcctlvo power in England, und now, my
sapphlrcsl Poor Uncle Timothy! ho
gavo much ot his life to a contemplation
ot thoso stones, and now a vulgar crimi
nal Is tho possessor of them. It is very
cruel of me to laugh, Is it not? Especially
as I am the only on) that can ceo a
comical side ot the affair. Yes, I am sorry
that I am not mora sorry because ot
their disappearance."
i'Has Mr, Boylo yet heurd of their
belug Btoleu?"
"Not yet. He was to Ituvo been hero
this morning, but"
"He was here this morning, darling,"
Bays Mrs. Brand, who has just entered
the room and heard tbe drift of the con
versation, "but you were then so weak
Unit of course I could not Bee blm. Ha
heard nothing, as I told Brown to bo si
lent about our sensation to any caller
so ho merely left word that he hoped
your headache would be better soon (I
suggested headache to Brown as a gen
eral and safe tort ot not at home), ami
that ho would call again to-morrow
morning."
"Wonderfully attentive for him," says
Mlllicent, smoothing down tho laces ot
her loose gown.
"Dear fcllowl He la always all he
' ought tn 11 Rn Wta Ult good fthr,"
says Mrs. urann eitustvety. I
"Inspector Dunn has Just been here,"
goes on Mrs. Brand presently. "He
seems a clever man, nnd holds out great
hopes of being nolo to capluro the rob
ber and restoro lo you your sapphires.
I ran up nt onco to tell you. IIo Bccms
to think It will bo dlfilcult lo get rid of
tho Bapphlrcs, even should tho robber go
lo Antwerp or Eomo of thoso foreign
places. All tho shipping ports nro being
closely watched. Ho really gave mo
great hope. Your uncle Timothy has
been hero on nnd off all day, but I would
not let him seo you, ho was so excited.
Of courso ho feels tho loss of tho Jewels.
IIo thought a great ileal of them. That
la hardly to be wondered nt, my dear Na
dlne, considering their slio and their
purity. I nssuro you, peoplo have been
known to go out of their minds for far
less cause. Aro you going now, my
dear? Well, I supioso It Is gelling lato.
Such it comfort it has been to mo to
know you were with Mill! cut whllo I
was trying to explain things lo thoso
stupid Do Iinlnes. They would hnvo It
that my poor child had had her skull
crushed In, nnd that tho burglar had been
discovered hiding behind tin1 drawing
room curtains such iionsvnso, you
knowl Well, good night, then, dear child.
Be sure you come as early ns you can on
Thursday; Mlllicent is always so much
better when she has had an hour with
you."
Having kissed Nadlne, of whom In
deed sho Is extremely fond, Mrs. Brnud
ushers her down tho stalrcaso and through
tho hall.
CHAPTEH XI.
"The thing Is how to discover him.
Thoso fellows nowadays ore bo difficult
to unearth, nnd our dctccttvo system Is bo
painfully Inefficient."
"I don't want htm," says Mllllccnt,
who Is looking very pretty nnd fragllo
In her Invalid gown of whlto cashmero
and lace. "I only want my sapphires.
I was saying to auntie only this morning
what a very remarkable thing It Is, that
both Lady Valworth your mother
and I should havo been made a prey ot
burglars."
"Oddl Tho same thought struck mo
only this morning," snys Granlt, show
lug nil his white teeth as ho smiles.
("What a bite ho could give," thinks his
fiancee, watching him.) 'Quito a coinci
dence, eh? But it must be acknowledged
your loss is even greater than hers.
Those sapphires wcro unrivaled, and will
fetch n high price unywliere."
"Your loss, too, Grauit," says Mrs.
Brand. "Your future wifo" with a
smilo at Milllccnt "will loso a little of
her prestige now sho has ceased to bo tho
possessor of these famous jewels."
"My future wife," snys Granlt grace
fully, "will not need the addition of nny
jewels to mako hor the most beautiful
woman In England."
"Ye gods!" cries Miss Grey, springing
suddenly to her feet and rushing across
tho room to a mirror. "Am I that?
Tho most beautiful woman In England!
Am I that now, my good Granlt? Or Is
It tho fnct of being your wlfo that will
mako mo so?"
"Now, of courso. And then, too, I
hope."
"Wrong now, nt all events, my
friend," nfter on exhaustivo examina
tion of her pretty form in tho mirror.
"I know some ono at this very moment
who is unspeakably better worth looking
at than I um."
"Lady Landing?"
"Nol I prefer myself to her. I wn3
thinking of my littlo friend my youth
ful instructress Nadlno Itochc. By tho
bye, what a siugular thing that you have
never seen her."
"Quito ns slngulnr that she has never
Been mo."
"Sho did onco."
Boylo turns straight round aud looks
at her. IIo had been teasing the parrot
tip to this. Though ho docs not speak,
something in his faco compels her to an
swer him ns though ho liai dono so.
"Yes once, really; so you are not as
unknown to fumo ns you Imagine."
"She told you so?"
"Sho confessed as much. But, as you
seem modest about It, perhaps It will
comfort you to learn that what sho did
seo wus only tho back of your head, and
n bit of your nose. You know, if you
will wear your noso so long you cannot
expect It to altogether escapo observa
tion." Granlt laughs.
"So that was all Bhesaw? Sho can have
no idea then what a good looklug fellow I
am," ho sajs, with a mischievous shrug.
"Not tho slightest. Your persistent re
fusal to oblige all your admirers by sit
ting to a photographer has put It out of
my power to give Nadlno somo faint Idea
of your charms."
"Just ns well; she might have been
overpowered by them," returns Granlt,
who has gone back to his task of reduc
ing tho parrot to a stato of frenzy.
"Not that I bellevo in photographs,"
goes on Mlllicent. "There Is Lotty hums
den, sho looks like a Venus on card
board llko a dairymaid In the flesh."
"To sny nothing of Mrs. Dcnby, who
looks like n saint in the flesh, nnd like a
Bacchante, as portrayed by Dessemains.
I'm rather glad I'm out of It. I rejoice
to think my faco Is still myown. Photos"
with a curious littlo laugh "are dan
gerous." "If overy ono thought that tho detec
tives would bo oftcner ot fault thou they
are," says Jlrs. Brand. "Photographs
Ciave been tho meaiiB ot bringing many
criminals to justice."
"As I have said they aro dangerous,"
replies her nephew.
"I wish we had somo picture of the
wretch who has robbed Mlllicent,"
"But you see you haven't."
"You take It very easily yet you must
regret tho jewels, Granlt," says Mrs.
Braud, fretfully, who Is of opinion that
nothing now should bo thought of but
tho Irreparablo loss her nleco lias sus
tained, and who regards tho present
frivolity as being distinctly In bad tasto,
considering all things. Indeed, bho
would have considered It hardly out ot
place If somo ono had pulled down tho
blinds and put mullllng on the knocker,
"I us3ure you I do not regret thom. I
havo nothing to regret," returns he,
laughing lightly. Then he looks nt Mll
licent. "How can I flud room for regret
when I Bee my cousin safe and woll?"
Milllccnt is us touched by his manner
as It would bo posslblo for him to inovo
her.
"Certainly ho bears the loss of thoso
Jewels very well," she says to herself;
"and he used to bo their most extrava
gant admirer, Sometimes it irritated mo
to think he looked upon them with a pro
prietorial eye, but after all I believe I
wronged him. If they wero still In my
possession or lu his he could not bo moro
unconcerned."
Sho gives him a littlo kindly glance as
a reward for this, which seems to ufford
him eomo secret amusement.
"Tho thing that puzzles me," goes on
Mrs. Brand, who cannot keep her mind
off tho subject, "Is how the miscreant
got In. Certainly Brown confesses ho Is
not lu tho habit ot putting up the chain
at night a most rcprc-hensiblo neglect,f or
which I have severely censured him; but,
admitting that, I do not seo how tho burg
lar could havo had u door key exactly
l'.ke ours. It Is ono of a most peculiar
pattern; poorMr, liranil qulto prided him'
self on it."
"Tho moro peculiar, tho easier to toko
an Impression ot It," says Granlt.
"To tako an Impression? lo get a false
key made? But that meaua you would
suspect tho bervuuts. I could not do
that; they aro all old servants old
friends, indeed, I might nlmost say."
"You are llko my mother, She will not
believe tho servants wcro Implicated in
tho diamond robbery at Valworth; yet
If Bho had taken my advice a recovery
might hnvo been effected. Mind, I do not
bay It would," says Copt. Boyle, who
seems determined to give everyone a
cnanco; "j oniy say it might."
"But but surely you would not at
tach suspicion to Brown?" hays Mrs.
Braud, nervously, who la easily swayed.
"Thero are other servants lu tho houso
besides Brown; and people eomo und go
eh?"
"No one comes aud goes except Miss
, hocijj-, you wonm not sjupect tier, i sup,
pose?" says .Mlltlceilt cifldly.
"I really could not form un opinion.
You forget I havo not had tho pleasure
of an Introduction to Miss ltocho."
There Is a slight return of his sneering
tone hero tho tone that had driven her
to passionate anger during that Inter
view at the last dnnco she had attended.
Sho has seen fit to forget that scene, and
so has he; but Just now she Is strongly re
minded ot It. Mrs. Brand, scenting mis
chief lu the air, comes to tho rescue.
"Tut," snys she, "what an absurd
question to nrlsel Let Miss Uneho's nnmo
nlone. I must say, Milllccnt, you show
but questionable taste when you drag
your little friend's nnmo Into Ktich nn
nffalr. I could tell you something moro
to tho purpose, but mum, mum, mum Is
tho word,"
"Oh, auntie, you havo heard some
thing!" cries Mlllicent, pouncing down
upon her. "You havo had news, and,
naughty woman that you are, you hnvo
hidden It from mo. Come, out with Itl
Your blood will bo upon your own head
If you delay for another moment."
"But I nssuro you, ray dearest girl"
"Your dearest girl Is disgusted with
your duplicity. Come, speak, I say.
une, two three wilt no your uentb sig
nal. Granlt, do you tako no Interest In
tho proceedings? Aro you not longing to
hear ot tho capture of tho capturcr of my
sapphires?"
bho is kneeling beslilo Mrs. Urnnd,
having thrown her arms coaxlngly
around her, so cannot sea Granlt's face,
but sho can hear his laugh.
"les; let us know what kind of n fel
low ho Is," ho Bays.
"Iconsensol Of course It has not eomo
to that yet, but tliero is n clow a strong
clewl And oddly enough, tho detcctlvo
tells me they believe our burglar Is the
very ono who had a hand In abstracting
your mother's diamonds" sho Is speak
ing now to Doyle; "that struck me as
being very remarkable."
"Looks us If it was somo ono connected
with the family. You will bear mo out
that I have all along directed attention
to tho scrviliits," Bays Granlt. "It Is a
thousand pities this clever detective of
yours was not called In nt the valworth
affair. I blame myself very much for
recommending Simpson, who really did
nothing, bo far as I can hear."
"They are attaching n good deal of Im
portance to the handkerchief Dr. Thesby
took into his possession. They have
discovered somethtiug about that."
"Indeed. It was a common handker
chief, I think you told me."
"Quito conrso."
"Well, you could hardly cxpecta burg
lar to have a cambric ono."
Granlt seems amused.
"My burglar was not a common man,
whatever your mother's may havo been,"
Interposes Mlllicent. Ills volco I cannot
describe, because it was distinctly feigned;
but something in his wholo air forbado
the thought that he was of the lower
classes. I cannot explain; I must only
ask you to try to understand and follow
me."
Tho miscreant!" ejaculates Mrs. Brand,
Indignantly.
"In spite of nil I really confess to a feel
ing of sentimental regard for him," says
Mlllicent, gayly, Ho might have mur
dered me, but he refrained; andho was so
far removed from any suspicion of mean
ness that he actually forced a gift upon
mo ere ho left. Consider that, auntlo,
nnd bo moro lenient In your abuse."
"I daro say you will persuade yourselt
by degreess that he fell In love with
you," says Mrs. Brand, who Is a little
offended ut any jesttug on bo solemn n
subject.
"And why not, then? Am I not of a
presence sufficiently noblo to enthrall
this modern Turpln?" Miss Grey de
mands this saucily of her aunt. "Look
out for your laurels, Grunit; there Is a
rival in tho field."
"I know It, it you allude to Massar
eene," replies he In a whisper, too low
for Mrs. Brand to hear.
Miss Grey colors vividly.
"You mistake," she says, coldly. "I
was alluding to tho burglar."
"Ahl of him I could never feel jeal
ous," returns he, easily. "Of that you
may bo positively certain."
Ho Is still regarding her with a gleam
of sarcastic amusement in his eyes, that
puzzles her and bullies her to read, when
tho door is thrown open and Mr. Mossar
eene is announced.
CHAPTER XII.
The young man hurries forward for
getful of Mrs. Brand, etlquetto, common
politeness, everything to whero Mllli
cent is standing. His face Is palo, his
eyes brilliant. He Is evidently Buffering
from intenso excitement.
"Miss Greyl what terrible thing is this
I have heard? But you are well safe?"
IIo Is holding her hand tightly clasped
in both his, and is gazing into her rather
pink faco with an eager love and solici
tude not to be misunderstood. Ho is ns
oblivious to Capt. Boyle's sneering laugh
nn to Mrs. Brand's glance ot surprised
displeasure, and is, indeed, deaf and
blind to everything but Mlllicent herself.
She has been in such sore danger; but
now Bho is here, before him, well, beau
lful as ever.
"Quite safe, as yon see," says Mllli
cent, lu a low, soft tone tho softest sho
has ever used to him. Sho cannot but
contrast tho tender vchomenco ot his ad
dress with tho cool, unirapassloncd greet
ing accorded to her by Granlt nn hour be
fore. "You must not think of me any
longer as deserving of your pity. And
havo you' forgotten auntie?"
Is tliero tho faintest pressure ot her
cool littlo hand as she brings him thus
back to a benso ot Ills duty?
"How d'ye do, Mr. Massareene?" says
Mrs. Brand, a slight touch ot asperity in
her tone.
Tlicjre is something about this big,
ugly young Irishman, with his musical
brogue, and his wonderful eyes, and his
impetuosity, that labels him dangerous.
"I beg your pardon!" he exclaims now,
stlding across the room and clasping Mrs.
Brand's jeweled hand lu a grasp warm
as though he considered himself her
prlmo favorite, rather than a bete nolr.
The grasp, however, as Bho does not fall
to remark, though warm, is gentle in
the oxtrcmc, and docs not force the rings
against tho delicate skin. After all yes
thero are some commendabie points
about this young, ineligible man. "I
have been unpardonably rude," goes on
the ugly detrimental. "But you will
forgive me, Mrs. Brand, when I assure
you t that I didn't know whether I was
standing on my head or my heels when
I entered tbe room. I never got such a
shock in my life as Brandon gavo me in
tho Junior n quarter of an hour ngo."
"You wero on your heels. That I can
provo to you," Bays Mrs. Brand, smiling;
she is too good naturcd not to be half
amused, half touched by the young man's
evident concern.
"I am witness," puts in Granlt, show
ing nil his teeth again. "You wero qulto
in proper trim, my dear fcllowl Not a
suspicion ot Intoxication about you."
This laugh Is replete with Insolence.
In fact, tho remark just niiido has refer
ence to a subject that has grown sore
from rough bundling. It has refcrenco
to a little scene In tho early town llfo of
Gerald Massnrecno, who one evening,
going n littlo off his hend after tho ter
mination of a triumphant Derby dsy, took
perhaps "n littlo more chotnpaguo than
was good for him. Some his friends
said it was only his usual excellent
spirits raised to an excited pitch becauso
of his having made a good thing off the
winner. Others his acquaintances (he
hod no enemies, good lad that ho was)
sold it wus the excellent spirits ot the
club cellar. However It was, Massareene
went considerably beyond bounds, and
was In the morning thoroughly ashamed
of himself. Then tamo his Introduction
to Mlllicent Grey almost a little girl at
that time, but old enough to Inthrall aud
hold him with her budding beauty. Aud
with his growing love for her grew his
fear that this ono episode (vulgar epi
sode, he called It) should be made known
to her. It was an absurd fear, of course,
and arose more from nn apprehension
that Bho would regard him with disgust
than from any very moral regret for his
misconduct; but, be that us It may, Granlt
Boyle knew ot his nervous horror ot Its
being known aud, for the matter ot thut,
2 iLld Mllllccut, who bad heard J Ihfi
iittio urrair n ionR tlmo ago, unit nafl
lnuched a cood deal at Boviial of the
smaller details concerning It. Indeed, It j
had been a very lnn(.cent offense from
first to last.
At Granlt's words Massareeno's faco
flames, and ft sudden nro brightens his
eyes. At tho moment It Is easy to seo
that there is little love lost between tho
two men.
('You mean?" says Massareene, n little
sharply, taking a step forward.
"Just what I said, dear boy that you
wero eminently sober. Could I havo
borne higher testimony to your charac
ter? Miss Grey as you seem to havo some
doubts nbout tho occuracy of my state
ment will, I am sure, corroborate what
I havo Just said."
"I refuso to glvo my countenance to
anything you may chance to soy," re
turns Mllllccnt, In a low tono, but with
flashing eyes.
Sho has understood tho drift of her
cousin's remarks, and bitterly resents
them. Sho may not be ovcrklnd always
to Massareene, but sho will permit no
ono else to be uncivil to him.
"Whatl" cries Boyle, gayly, arching
his brows and lifting his shoulders In a
foreign fashion t&t either belongs to him
or has been cultivated to n nicety, "you
disagree with me? You really think
that our friend's extremely er cm
presso manner, his hurried entrance, etc.,
meant the er tho other thing?
Heally, dear Massarceno, I would not
stand that If I were you. You look as If
you would llko to murder somebody"
with a light laugh "that Is tho standing
condition of your countrymen, eh? Why
not call Miss Grey out?"
"Dueling Is out of fashion, and one
only horsewhips men," replies Massa
reene, meaningly, with his. eyes fixed
steadily upon his opponent.
"Oh, but a duel under such conditions
that cannot be out ot fashion, as It
has never yet come In, Why not set it?
Be a leader of It? And a teto tcte with
Miss Grey, oven under such equivocal cir
cumstances, might not bo altogether
without Its charm."
IIo throws out this last taunt qulto
airily making even a slight movement ot
the hand that somehow adds to the ag
gressive impertinence of It.
Massareene throws up his head, as
though scenting battle, and his face
pales. Mlllicent, marking these signs ot
coming storm, enters the breach hastily.
"I do think, Granlt," she says, glancing
insolently at her cousin from beneath
hulf closed lids, "that when you try to
be amusing you nro tho most unpardon
ably Btupid person I ever met. Your
Jokes always mako me feel Inclined to
weep."
"In this instance?" demands he,
quickly, his face darkening and an evil
light coming into his eyes.
"And in every other. Ono yawns
enough In all conscience as one goes
through life without being compelled to
do it by those who would fain bellevo
they stir our laughter. Give It up, my
dear Granlt; comedy Is beyond you the
heavy business suits you better."
A glance nt her cousin convinces her
that sho has amply revenged herself. His
brow is as black as midnight, and his
mouth has taken the old expression that
means mischief. Massareene, too, has
added to his discomfiture by brenking
Into a gay laugh, that rouses Mrs. Brand
from her perusal of a review, as scurril
ous as It is just, ot a book written by n
friend of hers, that sho finds of engross
ing Interest the review, that Is, not the
book.
"What Is It?" asks she, looking up In
high good humor. Really, tho review
has qulto exceeded her expectations. "If
It Is anything amusing pray let mo hear
it. I havo been so put out by a very
harsh criticism on dear Fanny Ellwood's
novel that I require something to cheer
me. Somo little jest of yours, Granlt?
Come, tell It to me, though I must suy,
my dear, you look moro like an Othello
this moment than ono "born in a merry
hour.' Ah, here comes tea at last! Just
move my chair a little, will you? Thanks.
dear Granlt. I am fast becoming an old
woman, eh?"
Granlt is in Just such a pleasant mood
ns urges him to tell her she Is already
amongst the frosts and snows of life; but
prudence a feeling moro powerful with
him than most others restrains hint
ne Is obliged, howover, to movo her
chair into tho exact position pointed out,
and to perform divers other small ser
vices for her with a smiling face and ap
parently willing air, whllo grinding
under the thought that he Is leaving tho
other two frco to carry on a low conver
sation uninterrupted.
I "How angry you were about Granlt's
' innuendo lust now," whispers Bhe,
drawing her skirts nsido that ho may drop
I upon tho low loungo besldo her. "You
need not havo been. Did you think I
never heard ot that ono little llasco ot
yours, eh?"
Sho leans toward him and smiles n lit
tie. Tho young man starts and colors
hotly. Yet her smilo is so sweet, bo kind
never has her manner been so replete
with gentleness as now.
"You knew you heard?" stammers
he.
"Why, yes. Was it such mighty se-
-cret,
such an awful crime? Did you
tiiinK i could not condone forgive?"
She is still smiling on him, her beautl
ful eyes riveted upon his. Massareeno's
heart is beating passionately. He feels ns
If he can scarcely breuthe and yet ho Is
breathing more freely than ho bus dono
for a long time, now that he knows sho
knows, nnd that after all sho can tolerate
lilm. I ay, It is surely more than tolera'
tlonl
"You uro an angel," murmurs ho In
turn. Ohl tho rapture of this whispered
conversation! Tho knowledgo that they
arc If not In body, nt least In spirit
nionei "liut it was my ono offense. I
pray you to bellevo thnt! Afterward I
met you. And then then it would huvo
been Impossible!"
Her color pales slightly ns sho looks
Into the loving eyes bent on hers. Ho
has put out his hand in his earnestness
nml laid It upon hers a strong hand
slightly browned, ns a mint's should be,
and very handsome. Somehow tho
strength of It appeals to her, Is Its owner
llko It firm, resolute? Ho hns, at nil
events, been almost obstinately persist
ent In his courtship, clinging to hopo
when there was nono to be Been any
where, and steadfastly adhering to the be
lief that "all things come to him who
knows how to wait." Ho Is waiting still,
though small chance ot a reward seems
to be his.
"Thero," she says, rallying with an
effort, and compelling herself to meet his
gaze, "you are purdoned, If pardon is
wnat you want."
"I want moro than that." says Mr.
Massareene, who, having gained what
ho had not dared to hope for half an hour
ago, now desires more. "I want"
"Ot that another day," Interrupts she
playfully. "Whon will you learn to be
wiso, uerata?"
"When I marry you, my sweet Mltf
crvs."
"That will bo never, then, I greatly
uouur. me."
"Still, there Is a doubt, tou see."
"To talk llko this to mo Is waste of
time."
"To talk to you could never be waste
oi time."
"Not it you talk sensibly."
"And sure what can be moro sensible
than to tell you that I lovo vou?" snvs
the Irishman; "unless it would bo your
saying that you will tako mo for your
husband?"
"That would mean throwing up friends
ami lonuno."
"Just sol Then do It," says ho.
hat Is to be done with a man llko
this? Mlllicent Blghs. He is nearer vie
tory at this moment thao he knows hlnv
Ben to be. Miss Grey. iKanciuit lnvolun
tartly nt Granlt, and then back ngalu nt
him, mentally comes to the conclusion
thut any hope of happiness for her lies in
an immediate surrender of all ties that
bind her to the former. But auntie, aud
uncie j.imomy, nuu the world In gen
erair
"Dear Geraldl I wish you would not
speak, to me like this," sbo says softly,
"You must know how useless it Is."
"I never knew I hod a nice name until
I heard you say It," says the Irrepressible
Qcrald. taklua do uotlco ot the substance
ot her spcecti. "II Bounds llko music.
I'm awfully glad my mother christened
me Gernld."
"Whv? Do you think I could not pro
nounce any other nnmo mnslcn'ly?" asks
she, laughing in sptto of herself.
"That's right. I like to hear you lnugh,"
says ho. "They Buy in my country that
when a woman smiles tho battle Is won.
And sometimes I think"
"I will not listen to youi" declares
Miss Grey, beating her foot impatiently
upon tho carpet. "It is not kind it Is
Hot right. You forgot I am engaged to
Capt. Boyle."
Hani no doesn't count at an," snys
Massareene. "You can't marry such a
fellow as that."
"What havo you to say against him?"
asks sho eagerly. Ohl if only somo In
surmountable obstAcle could be shown.
"Why, nothlngl" says Massareene.
Only ho Is such a" ho checks himself
Just In time "such nn uncomfortablo
sort of a fellow," he concludes rather
lamely.
"Tell me," says Miss Grey, in a very
low tone, "you aro a member of his club?
And I havo heard thnt Is, they say
he gambles n good deal. Is this true?"
Mr. Massorceno grows crimson.
"Ohl by Jove, you knowl You can't
expect mo to answer questions nbout
another man, and that man my rlvnl,"
ha says. "I I didn't expect you would
do thnt, you know."
"You won't tell me, then?" says sue.
"I know nothing of his gnmbllng. I
know nothing ntnlltohls discredit," snys
Massareene, slowly, his eyes on the
ground.
"Then you wonld let mo marry him
to be mado miserable rather than sacri
fice a certain Benso of honor?" asks sho
sorrowfully,
"You shouldn't tempt mo llko this!"
exclaims he, with a sudden touch of pas
sion. "The very knowledge thnt ho Is
your accepted lover at least, your future
husband" he makes his correction be
causo of a littlo deprecatory gesture on
her part "and that I even apart from
that fact hate mm, compels mo to si
lence. And nnd evon suppose ho docs
gamblo a bit heavily now and then, why
ho may glvo thnt up when when ho Is
married," says Massareene, stumbling
over the hateful sentence, ana trying to
be as Just to his rival as nature will
permit him.
"I see," says Mlllicent. Sho Is silent
for qulto two minutes a long tlmo when
ono Is waiting anxiously for tho next
word. "I have heard," she says, now
very seriously, "that ho plays for such
high stakes that ho Is often at his wits'
end to know how to meet his debts of
honor so-called. Bearing this has led
mo to the belief that ho is marrying mo
more ns a means of gaining money to carry
on ids play than from nny higher mo
tive." "Thero you wrong him," says Massa
reene eagerly. "Ho Is no defnulter,
whatever elso he may be. Ho lost a
tremendous sum to Black, of tho Blues,
about two months ago; but he paid up
far sooner than Black ever expected.
And ho has given an I O U to Burnaby
to pay him next month, and" 114
stops short. "Lots of fellows play pretty
high beforo they settle down," he says,
a great generosity compelling him to say
nn exculpatory word for tho man who is,
perhaps, the only living thing ho detests.
'I qulto understand," returns Mllli
cent slowly. "It Is very good of you; but
only what,! expected. Thero is, how
ever, ono thing that puzzles mc whero
my cousin got the money to pay thBt tre
mendous sum to Col. Black."
"You probubly know moro of his pri
vate concerns than I do," Bays Massarceno
carelessly. "He ulwnys appears to mo to
have plenty of money. Enough of him,
However. Therejs something that con
cerns mo that I would tell you. You
know my undo Lord Bnllymore? Well,
last night he said ho would allow me
300 a y!ir lu addition to my present
income, which Is five, you know, if If
you would have me. Jlo admires you
very much."
'And hates Granlt n cood deal moro!
I know all about that old story, and do
not blame Lord Ballymoro for his dlsllko
of my excellent cousin."
"ion don't think you could do it on
tho eight hundred?" nsks tho young man
wistfully.
Miss Grey's ears aro well trained, nnd
now shu hears a step approaching ohl
so softly 1
"One never thinks nowadays there Is
no time," bho snys, In n clear, distinct
tone. "Tea, Granlt? Thanks. No;
nothing else, thunk you; unless, Indeed,
it be ono ot those little wafers that auntie
seeni3 so meanly determined to keep all
to herself."
Granlt hastens to obey her command.
"A last word," says Mnssarccno quick
ly. "Do you know Miss Dtjran?"
"Mr. Duran's aunt? Yes."
"Well, nnd so do I, Sho receives
overy Wodnesdny. If If I could bo only
suro thnt bho would receive you next
Wednesdayl" IIo has risen, and is gaz
ing down at her, his heart in his eyes.
"Why if you are thero you will Bee,"
returns she, with a light laugh, as Granlt
again approaches.
TO 11B OOSTINTflKD IS OUR NEXT,
Causes of Failures with Incubatorr.
Tjo much curiosity and anxiety is
tlie cause of many failures that occur
with incubators. "Tl.o most diflicult
part ol the operation is to abstniu from
inlerferenco with tho caa drawer.
just at tlio time of coming out of tho
shell, changes ot temperature in tbe
incubator aro latal lo tho young clucks.
It is well known that when a lien is on
the tied engaged in hatching, nothing
will induce her to expoto the eggs after
nhe is aware that tho chicks niu coming
out. She will leave tho eggs at other
times, to get fond and water, hut not
when Hie clucks nru hatclntig. lhe
same rule applies to incubators. As
soon as the eggs begin to hatch close
the drawer, and keep it closed, till as
many of the chicks nro out as can bo
exptcted, and there will fewer of them
die in the shell. Impiisithe neighbors
who wish to uo gratitieti, snouiii do
told that they cannot bo accommodated.
iveip tuo drawer shut and have
patience. The result will bo much
more satisfactory than wonld bo tho
caso if tlio chicks wero exposid to
changes occasionally.
A remarkablo case is reported from
New York, whero a judge was called
upon to decide the pureiuago of a new
born baby. A Mrs. Savago gavo birth
to triplets a few weeks ago, of whom
two died. While, suffering from an
aberatiou of mind she alleges that sho
put an adveitisement in a paper offer
ing a child for adoption. She told her
husband that sho did not know what
had become ol tho child, and ho inBti
tutnd a search. Finally ho obtaiued
from his wife tho name of the woman
to whom sho had given it.
After a prolonged searth ho found a
woman in thu ullage of Fort Hamil
ton, who had rtceived letters from tho
postoftico uuder the nnmo that had
beeD given. She turned out lo bo a
nspeoiable married woman, named
GrohHiiith, and in her arms tho husband
found a baby which ho claimed ns his.
Mrs. Gronsmith became highly indig
nant at the charge, aud insisted that
tho child was her own. Ou tho trial,
however, sho broke down under the
chain of ciiciitnstnnliul evidence, nnd
confessed that, with tho aid of a doc
tor, fcho hail arranged a H'hi mo of de
ception, 1'itemliiig to persuade her hus
band and family that the child was
hor own. Mis. Gros-tinith had been
married two years, hut was childless.