Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-24

which l have mentioned before. Al,
t6gether, ueyerI saw. such . lonely
house so near tho busyspAft Of the
west end Of London. Iasked the wo
man how far It Vas to PiccAnilly, and
she told me only fifteen minutes walk.
She was quite right, for had w:'ndrr-
cd round and round 30 much in that
days expedition that was fhitct
nearer the civilized region OF Belgrayia
than / tho~ght., 5s zsamlga saf
| The peculiar feeling whisA | have
1 mentioned was strong in me. | was
perfectly sure, somehow or other, that
/ had nghted on the real clue to my
dear friends fate. l dare say sou will
laugh at ire, d prscsk;al'old money get
ting togy, when tell you that 1 felt,
as ] ascended the staircase Of this
house, that James Bxyle was close be-
J side me. aIu p1iaysas fsa
! AS I said, there were only two stories
to the house; hat it was straggling
sort of bnilding. The woman took
Tue through sitting-roon, which she
called the drawing room. and which in
, its present state was much more like a
lnm6er-ivon with nothing ID it, and
: through tits, across a passage to II
; much smaller room, which she and
her husband used as their dwelling
room. There were two children OF
very unprepossessing appearance-'
T boy and girl. They were fighting for
something when We entered, and we
had hardly got inside the room before
| | saw that the boy had wrested from
i his sister small pencil case.
, =. What have you got there, my lit
! tie man n said. Let me look.1
! He showed it to me with Some pride
t There was no mistaking it. 1t was Il
somewhat peculiar one, made ofebony
+ and silver, recognized it at once as
' having belonged to James Bayle.
suppose my face must have ne
traSed my agitation, for the woman
looked at me closely, and tEeh re
marked:
Its pretty little thing as littl,
Johnny picked up the other day wher
3 he was out. If could find who it he
longed to should be glad"
9 "Oh, it's not worth nnch,n said
e ssIt's well it has fallen into such homes
! hands,"
We now went mp three steps and in
3 to a larger rooin--a bed room. =
Q "This is the best bedroom sh,
J, said. /" There is another one mex
0 il, in which a servant Or the nurse anf
+ maid could sleep very ,comfortsblx.r
l saw nothing in the room worth
! noticing, and followed MY cdhdactres
: into the next one. These rovms hat
/ all doors opening into the passage.
E thought l heard the handle OF the doo
f move as we came in. There was 4
Il peculiar smell here's very sickl,
9 smell. ", g - .s,.'.,,.,
. began to feel uncomfortable, and
was at a loss how to act. There WA
. no reason to disl'elieve the wohas'
statement aboat the pencil case, AM
i yet / felt sure that it was not true.
d went to the window in order to gail
& time. / heard the passage door OPEN
4 and whem turned round the man wa
I standing there.
o ~ hope the gentleman likes tn
!. house" he said. 1t is Q little damp
= bat il is very cheerful in the summer
+ and so quiet" .'s.fss % - q { :
II 81 suppose there is not much NOR
q to see It's rather . gloomy place.
u q. Well, youlsee its 4 dark sort Of
J. liiay, but with i little trouble it nigh
j be made = beautiful villa.n g
n The man had moved to the doc
e leading into the bedroom, ss tf heswa
RI going through: When he said this b
turned round from toe door; Be ha'
Il one Of his long arms il the p5Skes .
1 Ills coat, which was open. H. hotice'
: J that maay III his waiste6es bdttdtii
y "sle sFl'' 'orn ou' i s.ss ssssissi ssl
j fstoosi rejecting y moment t--cilcI
4 lating the chances I should have in
I struggle with him. They seemed I
: Ills favor: 81. s..s sss
u II Think | may as wen be going |; j
',lyou viii give me the address Of th
It Iaudlorsl / will write to him !. 3,