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inheriting that estate yet.-there is no telling


inheriting that estate yet'-there is no telling
what may happen before she dies"
81 thought all chance of that was Destroy
ed forever" rejoined Mrs. Crofton. "The old
people utterly renounced her mother, and now
that their property is in alien hands, don't
see how it can possibly revert to her."
2"Oh, we'll, l dare say she can get on with
out it," said Mr.. Crofton. "But 1 should
like to oust those Seaburys, if could-not
that I know anything against them only l
look upon them as interlopers. Of course,
they have right to the estate"
81 have always thought the Sinclairs must
have been very unnatural people, said his
wife. "The old lady might at least have re-
Tented in favor of poor Mildred, after her
mothers death; but I suppose the name of
Rathbone was enough to cut her off from any
chance of favor"
"It's az good name as any in the coun-
try" rejoined Mr.. Crofton, warmly; "and it
Mildred's father had been rich, they would
have liked him we'll enough, but because he
was an army officer, with nothing but his pay
to depend upon, he wasn't good enoug b tor
their child. Rathbone was high spirited, too,
and dare say there were passages between
them that no one knew of, which made the
breach hopelessly wide. He wouldn't have
touched penny of their money if he had
been starving" .....
Mildred's return to the room, at this mo-
ment, prevented any further discussion OF
the subject. But the incident which had led
to its introduction was really very impor-
tant one, though none Of the parties concern
ed could as yet foresee its results .
The person who had addressed our heroine
in so unexpected a manner, was none other
than DR.. Joshua Carey, Mr.. Mulcahy's ten
ant, of whom mention had been made in the
commencement Of this history.
And how had DR.. Carey guessed at her
identity? Simply through that strong like
ness to her dead mother, of which Mrs. Croft:
ton had spoken to her husband, and which
was, indeed, sufficiently striking to claim the
notice of any one who had known Mrs. Rath-
bone at Mldred's age.
The Doctor walked home from the Library
in no pleasant frame of mind, to judge from
the expression of his countenance as he strobe
along. His medtations ran somewhat as
follows ... .... ,-. 30. ..s. ...,",.. g.
$50 that girl has turned up at last l
could swear it was her. l have seen Ellen
Sinclair look exactly as she did to-day, when
she was bending over her book hundreds
and hundreds of times. I knew she was
somewhere in California, and now at last |
have found her. The question is, what steps
had best take? These people, these Crof:
tons, are bound to discover, sooner or later,
Seabury's friendly intentions towards her !;
and, once in communication with him, my
chances are ruined forever. I'd like to choke
the meddling fool that ever told him she was
alive; would do it, too, if could find out
who it was. However, the only wonder is,
that it didn't leak out years ago; but my
luck has kept it a secret, so long. must
find out Crotton's residence, and keep dill
gent eye on all their movements. 1t will 60
hard with me if can't continue to circum.
vent the whole posse of idiots, as have done
heretofore. l wasn't born with this long head
for nothing"
Reaching home, he found his sister, as usual,
shut up in her own chamber, engaged with
some harmless little bit of work. Marching
toward her, he pulled it out of her hands and
threw it, crumpled into ball, upon the floor.
"Put that tom. .foolery down." he ordered,
(very unnecessarily, as he had already saved
her the trouble of doing so) land listen to
what I have to tell you. Do you hear?'
EYES, hear" answered the little woman,
meekly.
"Well, pay attention. I have found, or
believe have found, that girl"
"What girl p asked his sister.
"What girl, donkey! The girl that I have
been trying to track out, for the last ten years,
in vain, of course"
"Mrs. Rathbone's daughter ?" gasped Miss
Carey, turning very white.
eyes, Mrs. Rathbones daughter. She's
living here in this very city, or I'm greatly
mistaken. Crofton-that's her guardian, as
perhaps you have the sense to remember
came out here, and I'm bound, now, to follow
them up and keep them in reach. So you'll
be ready to lend me helping hand, at any
moment that I may require it. You just re-
collect that. if you please"
With this parting injunction, he walked off,
leaving his sister in state of great agitation.
"Here, in this city!' she muttered, clasping
her hands. "Oh! Heaven, help me to be
strong"
CHAPTER vi.
The reader may, perhaps, by this time, have
haoor,o ourions IN know Who Dr Toshna