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gested couspirators and heaven know
what.
"Don't be foolish" Iheard Mrs. Drank.
stone say. She and Norton were sitting to-
gether ON sofa. "Of course you will see
me again that Is, If you wish tor When
she added, turning to Brankstone, "but all
men arcfaithless are they not not, CharleyY'
81 hope you don't speak from expe-
Renee, my dear child,n he answered, com
ing to where she was sitting aud passing his
hand over her hair. Snow sing us some
thing.n She rose and began to sing "Break,
break" by Tennyson.
"You sing IL divinoly," heard Norton
say. was distressed to hear IN his tones The
effect Of alcohol. ~ think I'll sit down, ~
he said, stupidity, and collapsed On the sofa
/ began to wonder If myself might not
have taken too much wine at dinner. felt
kind of stupefaction stealing over me-
1t then occurred to me that II we stopped
there any longer we should be making fools
OF ourselves, and, jumping up, / staggered
across the room to where Norton was half
reclining on the sofa, with his eyes closed
and breathing heavily,
I'VE will go now, | said, having to
choose my words painfully. "NNe seem to
have taken too much wine. Wake up, old
man, trying to raise Norton.
"Oh, let him have his sleep out" heard
Mrs. Branketone say; "and you will DO all
the better for nap. We don't mind.
There, | will sing you something's "No,n
/ said, 1--WE will go.n Then was aware of
warm arms clinging about my neck and a
subtle perfume all around me. The next
moment dropped into chair. Then, by u
lightning flash, saw danger knew that
we were not drunk, but that we had been
drugged, and ! suspected with what drug.
1t was one with which had experimental
great deal. Hence the reason why It had
not overcome me as II had Norton. In q few
minutes felgned sleep as deep as his, while
fought to save myself from the abyss OF
sleep into which felt myself sinking with
dreadful rapidity. But Ibraced every nerve
and held on. II seemed asif nothing would
ever happen. At length felt Fragrant
hand pass over my face and heard the
woman's voice say
'It's all right now, Charley. He's done
for now till morning.n Then felt rather
valuable ring being removed from my finger,
after which was relieved Of my watch aud
purse, the woman humming all the while
the air Of "Break, break.n
"Are we ready ~ said the man.
eyes, answered the woman, 'don't for
get to bring the brandy this time. You got
us nearly found out in Paris by leaving It
behind, Respectable people, as rule, are
spirits"
The sense of being at last able to act
seemed to reanimate me. With a cry |
sprang up rushed to the door, locked It,
flung the key out Of the window, through
which shouted for the police. The man
and woman sprang on me and there was a
desperate struggle but In the midst Of 1t
steps hurried upstairs, the door was forced
open, aud our friends were In the hands of
the police. at once identified our prop
erty found In their possession, and the
drugged brandy confirmed my tale beyond
doubt. For many years, in Europe and
America, the pair had followed this original
way Of making q livelihood. am glad to
say they got a good time Of hard labor
for IT,
Morton came 10 In tlme and he maintains,
so like the dear old Norton, that whatever
may have been the weakness Of Mrs Braull,
stone, she was an unusually pretty woman