The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-12-27
r Concluded iron, ot1' last iss,'e.1
nnENREIZER's VICTORY.

plon, on the Swiss side.
In one of the dreary rooms of the dreary little
inn at Brieg, Mr.. Bntrey and Maitre Yogt sat
together at a professional council of two. Mr.
Bintrey was searching in his despatch-boX.
Matre Vogt was looking towards a closed
door, painted brown to initiate mahogany, and
communicating with an inner room.
'lsn't it time he was here ?" asked the notary
shifting his position, and glancing at a second
door at the other end of the room, painted yel.
low to initiate deal.
''He as here" answered Bintrey, after listen
ing for moment.
The yellow door was opened by waiter, aud
ObenreiZer wake in.
After greeting Maitre Voigt with a cordialitv
vii %',h anoeaied 10 cause tue notary no little
embarrassment, Obenreizer boweG win grave
and distant politeness to BlntreY. "For what
reason have 1 been brought from Neuchatel to
the foot of the mountain {" he inquired, taking
the seat which the English lawyer had indicated
10 MN. n.,..,
before our interview is over,n returned Bintrey.
"For the present permit me to suggest proceed
ing at once to business. There has been cor
respondence, Mr.. Obenrezer, between you and
your niece. l an here to represent your niece"
'In other words you, lawyer, are mere TO
represent an iniraction OF the law" ,cr
''Admrably putt" said Bntrey. "If all the
people have to deal with were only like you,
what an easy profession mine would be! am
here to represent an infraction Of the law-that
is your point of view. am here to make
compromise between you and your nlece-thtt
"There must be two parties to compromise"
rejoined Oben1eizer. Il decline, in this case, to
be one of them. The law gives me authority to
control my nleces actions, until she comes of
age. She is not yet of age; and claim my
authority.n
At ;;nis point Maitre voigt attempted to
Speak Bintrey silenced him with eo1npas.
sionate Indulgence of tone and manner, as if he
was silenciDg favorite child,
mo, my WORTHY friend, not word. Don't
excite yourself unnecessarily; leave it to me-"
L 10 4rr,a oy,H or ms N
Obenreizer. II can think of nothing cOmpar-
able to you, Mr.. Obenreizer, but granite-and
even that wears out in course of time. In the
interests of peace and quietness-tor the sake
of your own dignity-relaX a little If you Will
only delegate your authority to another person
whom know OF, that person may be trusted
never to lose sight of your niece, night or day."
''You are wasting your time and mlne," re-
turned Obenreizer. "If my niece is not rem
dered up to my authority within week from
this day, invoke the law. If yon resist the
law, take her by force
He rose to his feet as he said the last word.
Maitre Voigt looked round again towards the
brown door which led into the inner room.
"Have some pity on the poor girl pleaded
Bintrey. Remember how lately she lost her
lover by dreadful death VIII nothing move
Nothing"
Bintrey, in his turn, rose to his feet, and
looked at Maltre Voigt. Maitre Voigts hand,
Voigts eyes renamed fixed, as If by irresistible
fascination, the brown door. ObenreIzer,
SuSDlClOuSIy observing MIN, lOOkSu ludJ way lOo'
"There is somebody listening in there" he
exclaimed, with sharp backward glance at
There are two people listening answered
'.Who are they~
'You shall see."
With that answer, he raised his voice and
spoke the next words-the two common words
which are on everybody's lips, at every hour OF
the day: Come in !"
The brown door opened Supported on Mar
ne unh pOl lOr his
arm bandaged and thrown over his breast-Ven-
dale stood before the murderer, man risen
from the dead.
singing of Gagged bird in the courty gard outside
was the one sound stirring in the room. Maltre
Voigt touched Bntrey, and pointed TO open
reiZer. "Look at him !" said the notary IN q
whisper.
The shock had paralyzed every movement in
the villains body, but the movement OF tue
blood. HIS face was like the face OF a corpse,
The one vestige of color left in it was lvid
purple streak which marked the course OF the
scar, where his victim had wounded HIM on the
cheek and neck. Speechless, breathless, mo-
tionless alike in eye and limb, it seemed as If,
at the sight of Vendale, the death to which he
had doomed Vendale had struck him where he
stood.
Somebody ought to speak to him." said Mai
tire VOigt. "Shall IW
Even at that moment, Bintrey persisted iI
silencing the notary, and in keeping the lead IN
the proceedings to himself. Checking Maitre
Voigt by a gesture, he dismissed Marguerite
and Vendale, In these words: The object 0
your appearance here is answered. he said
IIf you will withdraw for the present, 1t may
help Mr.. Obenreizer to recover himself"
1t did help him. AS the two passed through
the door and closed it behind them, he dreV
a deep breath of relief. He looked round hin
for the chair from which he had risen, ant
dropped into it,
''Give hlm tlmc," pleaded Maitre Voigt.
'No, said Bintrey. 81 don't know what us
he may make of il if l do" He turned ono
more TO Obenreizer and went on. ~ owe 1t +
owe it to yOu-to account for my appearance /
these proceedings and to state what has bee
done under my advice, and on nv sole n
sponsibity. Can you listen TO meW
H'I can listen to you"
Recall the time when you started for SW1
zeTland with MIR. Vendale" Blntrey begaI
"YOu had not left England four.and-twent
hours before your niece committed an act OF Ia
prudence which not even your peneratio
could foresee. She followed her promised hui
O9nH on his journey, without asking anybody
Auylee or permission, and without any bette
A. nUWsn9n Wnl9n to protect her than Cellarman /
MI; y eho9le's emplOymentr
- d ~ uie she follow me ON the Journey an
accompanied her p' w ~ W. P0-0O1 w.
sue followed you on the journey, - ans were
Bintrey, "Decause she suspected there had hee
some serious collision between vou and NJ
Vendale, which had been kept secret fron, ha,
and because she rightly bsiieyeI vo,, ~ a. - i
capable of serving your Interests or of soGis
ing your enmity, at the price OF a crime 4
for the CellaFman, he was one, among the 9TH
people in Mr. Vendale's establishment TO who,
she applied (the moment your back was turnef
10 know if ANYTHING had happened betwe,
their master and YOU. The Cellarmau aloI
had somathino 10 tell her. A senselesg supers