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was sohhlng n her lost lovers ar,ne.
tjcDffrey Howard haA hcc,, dangerously
Wounded, an! lah BEEN d prisoner for tho
E1sa,sr Esre nr a ons 1f ysar IN n sisn @ dungeon
tt'rcna hy reason ot IN attack Of malignant
fever. 1fc had landed in England hit twelve
hours previously, and lInl lost mt II moment in
ssee',sl',g thc presence u LIS ,larla1 aud her
nan iopes Sp deatn o. fars nrs to Ga' 5 ne N s, r.
tell md 'cstlng by f;coi7rey's .i.lc, hcr lIttlo
White i!nRers tslllen In the rugged hrnwt hatl!!.
of tlcr i"rcr. which held them as though tl.cy
would never again let them ~, sllr to Lii,
~ s!n la.l gone tllrouSl-t'c loss nf her ta:vr,
ta !,ittorv of Tic Will, nut, lastly, tic loss o;
II don't understand fl, rats1 t;eofFrcy. "The
man m l'as been playing sottc vnry deep EEaine."
what ito you rail- iti-lntercst fDr iny n,nnty. /
dnrc fny It was meant kindly enough, though Il
lsns Unopened 90 tlnfur. uuately."
don't ttllGvcfc darling. II nil lind gone
ws!l you woi simply l'avc received yoar > pr,
tho tlttfercnec.H
80, ncotErey, f1corrcyl TIN afraid you l,avc
come ho1hn vcry ntlcharitable. liesftfcs. What
docs It matter about lot oF stupid money, nuw
Eavc gut yot back ngainl Unlcss, inscell, YOU
tnoney.r
There Is only one possible answer to snrl. an
accusation, and slal. Howard f1atic Il; that Is
W GAsf AS AlticH u lllLlE LlF&G(l
aud dropped tho subject: On leaving her, he
took Ha!lFo1n cab, and drove to the oflice II
tho llqultlator of thu company, w!iou, IN his
stating that ho desired to .nako some impurities
us' beltalf Of ont. Of their sarc'nldcrs, Mr.. sly
thorpc, l!c was Informed to his astoilsnncnt,
that there Hus not, and nGrcr Ind been. my
shareholder Of that 1lnme OH tic buoka uf The
Company. lie next inquired whether, perctancc,
tf'c afiares we're standing In Miss Hopes owl
,fan'e; a1id aSain was answered n the negative.
Utterly bewidcresl, tic drove to Mr. sIytl,orpc's
of!lcc. Mr. slythorpe was At home, nnd he
spccdily found himself In the attorneys pres
escc. Mr.. slythorpc was llttlo nervous. lie
was always 2 little nervous with etrapgcrs I'LL
lie klleT their business, and blaf. Towards an-
nolinccmeht tllat lie latl called oil behalf of Miss
Mary Hope did not tend 10 increase his conf
Icnee- lie vas, however, far from suspcctIng
Ma1; llowaF'l's IDENTITY bnt jumped to the con;
by Miss Hope to coll hin to account. Mai.
Howard's noxt rcmurk tcuded to confirm that
Impression.
You stated to Miss Hope, think, couple
2. dayi y tat III GPsss bsausata;sa to
Wlcal Marina Company, which llas Just CONC to
grief. You arc Of course awarc that an invest
ment upon such rotten security was gross
BREACH Of trust, for wi'trh you aro liable"
"Nnt ut all: the power Of Investment Is ut-
limited. Indeed. shares Of companies arc
specially included"
" You arc certain OF that1n
"Qultc so. 1rcw thc will myself"
vor "vsfy oS E99: Spmc The s''ares Stood suppose
" Ye-es;; In my name, Of course, us sole
"Then pray how is 1t, Mr.. slyt!!orpe, that
,. ,,ohI ,lnd youE name among tho list Of ahare-
hr. slythorpc's cduntcnanre fell
Hecause- e-bccause-l may us well lnake
clean breast Of tito tell you the truth. thn
mtoney ty never was in that Company ut all. 1t was