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Zone becomes capable of a great many

Zone becomes capable of a great many
things.'
He departed a moment after, but man
aged to impress him with The idea that he
must not attempt flight. He promised me
humbly that he would obey me, and that he
would be found at the Albion at the hour
mentioned. He went away terror'stricken,
and in great fear of me.
He had not been gone ten minutes when
lady, heavily yelled, entered and approached
me.
She hastily uncovered he1 face. It was
Miss Kingsford. She was pale and weary
looking.
81 have not brought the cross" she stam-
mered.
'Do not feel troubled about it, replied,
in a manner which banished her agitation at
once. ''Perhaps we shall not need it. / will
90 with you, as matter of form, to the Al
bion.'
"That is, you will take me into custody"
she replied, with sort of half laugh.
''No, not that exactly. but will go and see
if something cannot be done to prevent too
great sacrifice on your part. Where is your
brother?'
'Poor Alan.- do not know. II have
not seen him to day. All, if he knew what a
storm was hanging over him."
in the rear, and to rest there until the time
should come to visit the president"
She did as | wished, and she lay her tired
head upon a heap of cushions that arranged
| beside her upon lounge.
| At halfpast seven we entered her coupe,
| which we found two blocks away, and drove
to the place ofmeeting.
| The Albion was a small hotel, built of
| stone, and it was very old. Most of its win
/ 1nx o,,1 &c 1ar nd
| contracted. 1t was finely furnished, how
ever, and it was much liked by fashionable
| people.
We were shown to parlor. Its windows
looked upon broad park, whose tall trees
were moaning in the wind, and over whose
| ice covered paths few walkers were picking
| their ways.
There was bright fire in the crate.
| Miss Kingsford was exceedingly anxious.
| She showed me her wallet. 1t contained
bank-notes of large denomination; in all,
eighteen thousand dollars.
| She sent to inquire if any one was await
| ing her arrival.
| In moment the ''President'' was ushered
| in. He was the man already described TO me
| both by Miss Kingsford and her brother. His
| face wore an expression of profound sympa-
thy. This vanished however, when his eye
rested upon Ele. He looked annoyed, if not
| alarmed
Miss Kingsford following my Instructions
| told him that was her maid.
He bowed, and then asked, with an eager
ness which he could not conceal from me at
| least,) if she had come prepared.
She replied i'll the affirmative.
His delight CLEANED from his eyes and his
mouth, as fire CLEANS from between the
bricks of a kiln.
He offered her many consultations, and then
| approached the main subject once more.
| Miss Kingstord asked for a specification of
| the character of the property her brother had
| distracted from the vaults of the company.
The man replied, in substance, that it con-
sisted of ten one-thousand-dollar government
bonds of the old issue of '67, and three of the
old issue of '65, numbered from such and
| such upward, five One-thousand dollar bonds
OF the issue of '67, and three of the issue of
'6S. 1 committed this statement to memory,
The president" then went on, and made
an elaborate statement-filled with all due
| expressions of sorrow and regret-of Kings
ford's conduct, and ended by saying that
time was pressing, and that, if Miss Kings
| ford woull trust him, he would see that her
| family and her brother emerged from the
danger which imperlled their peace and in
tegrity.
"Wait moment, please" said I. ''In-
stead of being the president OF the Trust
| COnpdDy, are you uOl q Is IOl your
| name Marshall?o
The man turned lvid.
| / arose and went to the door which led 10
an adjoining apartment; KingsfOrd was there,
| pacing up and down, unconscious of the near
| presence of those who were interested in
| him.
I beckoned to him.
He stepped into the room.
Each Of the three people recoiled, with ex-
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contemplated one another for few seconds
in dismayed silence.
1 must say that felt very much like laugh
ing.
1 finally addressed Marshall:
| "Your attempt to sell the secret of your
@confederate has failed. The money to repur-
| chase the bonds he took has been raised, but
the money to replace those you have taken
has not been raised" 1 did not feel that
was venturing on dangerous ground, for it
was too likely that Marshall, being party
| thought to make good stroke by PERSONAL
ing to his unwary sister grieved but kind
hearted superior, while you were nothing
more than wretch who sought not only to
grow rich on the wrongs committed by him,
but to cover him with so much shame-which
the flight advised by you would have brought
| down-that his name would have been per-
petual suggestion of evil and reproach. You
| are thousand times the criminal that he is,
and l thank Heaven that you have been
thrown in my way. shall see that you are
punished"
While uttering this piece Of bombast,
fixed my eyes upon him, and then added,
| quietly;
"You will be arrested tomorrow morn
ing"
| He turned about and fastened to the door.
| followed him. My private officer was in
waiting. Marshall was seized the instant he
passed into the hall, and was taken, as l had
previously directed that he should be, to an
| otLer and more secluded part Of the house,
aud was there kept under surveillance for an
hour and half
Having seen that he was secured and inca
pacitated from making any interruption, l
returned to the brother and sister.
| Miss Kingsford was standing, with her face
| hidden in her hands, beside the mantel. Her
brother, almost as breathless as statue,
stood near an opposite corner, with his face
| averted.
''Mr. Kingsford,'' said I, ''you have been
rescued from destruction; you were upon the
| verge of exposure. The delay of a few hours
would have rlined you Incidentally, and the
| remainder of your life and the lives of your
| relatives would have been made burdensome.
| You have been carried by your weakness
| within a short distance of all the perdition
| that is afforded upon earth, and you have
been insensibly drawn back by one hand.
You now owe great deal to that hand. You
| can now become upright, 1t has afforded
| you another opportunity to become true to
| yourself and to those whom you should love-
Your sister robbed herself Of all her possess
ions, in order that you might regain another
foothold, and this after you have repeatedly
deceived her and proved treacherous to those
that believe in you. The great sum that will
alone be sufficient to Offset the amount you
have stolen and squandered has been pro-
duced by her by the sale of her dresses, and
by the pledge OF her jewels to pawnbroker.
am the pawnbrokcr.'
Miss Kingsford sobbed violently; and her
brother, overcome with his wretched refec-
tions, seemed to endeavor to hide himself be-
hind himself.
1 went on with the speech I had pre-
pared:
"That you have been worse than useless
in the world, must be evident to yourself as
you review your life. 1t is plain, however,
to me, that you have been a monster of in