The Morning herald., 1877-03-12
! AND cREESE.
cuApTEE XII, Al b
BE4AEe 3
they MEET AGAIN.

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they MEET AGAIN. |
:, ;, The morning Of Bea-
'slesA 's.s Brandon 3u was reused oy y,s :
f11s , soou,. he rose at once, ana :e
D 'sN bis dressiDg'so"0' 0ps"'0 '''
'''s;i '';d Brandon. -, |
iias 's'h has happened &- |
7 ..+ home last night. The
Ny .;;,|sr gss ug1 up for her, r,and is terribly
!. make any inqqiriesf' 49,.
\. I'uu I came straight here in oOe-
,o,,,r directions, :,
!siI !sS' you know '' |
,.Il,' said Brandon calmly "'''
.,,;red. Brandon sat down and
Y ~ head Isad; in his hands; Such M news evs
:, sssF ,at9'snh'i oething ss more than this, that
Knew I, ss,rrned home and that the
ne' el,s iei'ie frightened. I In his opinion
,s,Ssiti Two ein'i had sG'S taien aa:i her some
. sl ne nsss Ssad been abducted.
o. .',and s',s fan fucies followed one another
s''s''o J. s,necsssion. 1t was too early ss
:, tattb' %sth to make inquiries; and he
g ,.. 'v'to torce to sit still and form con-
'sp 4, what ought to be done! done IN &c case ase
,,,,e aw ra might be true. Sitting there
s'l'' ,sn;d i'd survey of all the posi-
4 tbs ler occasion, and laid his plans
9g'' y. b,d feared some calamity, and
\, sa's t.,r rir had arranged to have some
n he hi, house who might give him IN.
ias .' The The information which he most
y y ,'d !. time rs Of triumph, when she had
!, " one ; of Of the supreme singers Of the
n VII had gained all that her warlnest
ri' 'Ip 'I,s had not been foully dealt with she
l'v have e.! gone with Langhetti. But if SO
'..s..sud ns.. s vhv? What possible rea-
','i njght Langhetti have for taking her
!, This conjecture was impossible.
;tIjfthis was impossible, and ifshe had
nadvith D Langhetti, with whom could d
|'rt' |,ve pone? If not a friend, then il
'i,N have been with an enemy. But with
enemy? There was only one. :,
!, l tbouaht Of Potts. He knew thai
rstci was capable Of any. villainy
nuld not hesitate at any thing to re-
recession of the one who had fled from
! Why he should wish to take th'
ii, to regain possession Of her, excep
i ,ure viIlainy, he could not imagine
Nbuch thoughts as these the tim
,AMayjIy, Six o'clock at last came
ahwout for the purpose Of making
,uii.iss. He went first to the theatre
q after ZONE trouble, he found thos
hdthe place in charge, and, by ques
Ing them, he learned that Beatrice ha'
BY herself in a cab for her home, AM
Langhetti had remained some tim
He then went to Beatrice's lodging
estion the landlady. From there h
to Langhetti's lodgings, and found ths
hetti had come home about one e'cloc
Tas not yet up.
'lrice, therefore, had left by hersel
ad not gone any where with Langhet
ad not returned home. 1t SCENE
most probable that either voluntaril
voluntarily she had come under tn
i of Pott. What to do under the'
instances was now the question.
course seemed to him the most d
md certain; namely, to 60 up
Ion at once and make inquiries ther
the letter which Philips had sent l
N idea of the doings of Potts. 9th
es of information had also been secu
was not his business to do anythir
than to see that Beatrice should ia
noharm.
ten o'clock hs had acted upon tn
and was at the railway station to tai
lpress train. He reached Brandt
se about dusk. He went to the il
tusual disguise as Mr.. Smithers, al
snt up to the hall for Mr.. Potts.
Na was not there. He sent then f
A'r, After come delay Philips cam
pn'l tlmidity was now if possible at
enalked, and he was at first too er
,sssd ~ to speak.
Where is Potts ?" asked Brandon a
y.
. n London, SIR
is n has been there about three weel
lthe%
Yea, Sir"
70 you wrote me. You thought VIII
enf that he was going to hunt up
Inter-"
0 con jectured."
no M he hasn't got back yet?'
otyet."
s' he written any wordW