Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-02-21

SGi0E+. tHr so!i' supposed ErTeEa51fltT-h
- sir being ia-fiv lasiat while peotsc2
ing their property ye-. Tread about that,
and t..S he g:.s s~ha3anfuly trcated,'
cried Carol. Indignantly. Miss Everleigh
den believe .ny ttsEg bad about him. Did
yen see ivTE sac kept hin with her, ixst 30
show h4rf nu-tl she thought OF hin2 /
DON: l,-5.c whether I ought ia teil yon OF
not
There vas Z roguish giiE:uler in the
pretty face as she broke u1f-a side glance
, Of knoE1ngIcss that invited hiEn 10 srgethe
paint.
"Wha,, you little tease
'ENcw. Lyman, Il ToI are going to walk
IF with that letter, Ill 20. tell You, | aIn
dying Il know just what car venerable
uncle has left to Is. He Was such Il myth
alg.avs that 1t Gems just like Il castle il
SpaiA-tioesn't it to you-and I expect the
/ fortune to take wings before it reaches US
yet"
Confidence for confidence SAID Lv-
man, putting the letter behind his back.
w hat we're ron about 10 tell me-"
.Iyhlt / wasn't about 10 tell you - that I
: saw Miss EreCtaigh glance from him TO ycu
q, If she were mentally comparing yoa. OF
MAJ Toe wishing that you were in his Place
though I don t think it Vas thai. ] don't see
how Il could bc, said Carol, with u laugh
which showed plainly enough that no
Thought this handsome brother OF hers su-
perior 10 Bergman. Alas for loor Norris!
He might be Lnadiy IN lore. the girls heart
was not touched. And why should it be,
pray! she haI met him in tic tarong and
waited with hin once, he WAS neither
more nor less to her tlan Z dozen ether
young gentlemen who had shared the sainO
privilege All his Interest in her and her
brother and tie mysterious package was
unknown 10 her 8
Before there vas time for the exchange
of confidence agreed upon. the servant Of
the household appeared 10 say that a gen
tlerIan was waiting - sea ir. LYMAN.
- If II is Your Mr.. T1got. do keep him in
your den. said Carol. taking hey WI way
to the p~arIor; k&t It WIS net Mr. InCot
whom Lyman Clildcr confronted the
next moment. II was Norris Bergman,
come to lay bare the story which hc had
been here once before - tell.
Lyman Chiider listened TO it with a com
Iosure winch amounted almost - indifTcr-
ence; only once did nc show any evidence Of
interest, and that Was when the scar IN
Nj. Ing0ts head was mentioned.
II saw that myself" he declared.
thougEtfuii,. But IS Ii not "athGr far
fetched to connect your find with his acct
dent. whatever it may have been. Excuse
Ett- piA ! fbitNt IL vFAi> suspect SAi ADVtN
keeper Of turning train-robber than l coUld
believe it of myself"
If you only had an idea OF what that
packagecentai1ed, uttered Norris, regret
fully.
Lyman's eyes dropped to the letter which
he carried yet unopened in hrs hand.
"Sincc seeing YOU. I have had n little
light on that matter. \ relative of ours
recently died leaving considerable property
to my sister and r.csClf. The lawyer writes
that he forwarded copies of important pa
pers which have failed to reach me-not q
material matter, you sec, nor OHIO without
remedy. I'm Is mach obliged to you,
though. for YOUR zeal in orr cause"
Norris got up to take his leave, feeling
that he had received q rebuff.
Il fear Won will thiak have been over
cfHcjoIs in the matter. as others have, evi-
4ortI, ! bcr- -. ,,ar7o, J., INT rosa NAV
IhaT, tho ,I,,s~rn If n,rinr INV rasn.rts
IN Miss ChiLier D,fc,.. ! co.:
Il think Carol IS Engaged" said Carols
brother, with deliberate GOODNESS, and Nor
rs went without the sight for which his
heart yearned.
As the door opened for his departure, it
admitted Ingot. The latter nodded affablv,
ignoring all UNDERSTANDINGS between them,
but Norris gave hi. Il chill recognition and
passed on to the street
Il wash my hands of all of them, :; thought
he, passiOnatciv. "Ah, Carol, l could wish
for something else with Won, but how can I
persist after such plain snubbing: This
fortune which has come to her would stand
between Us if nothing else did"
In the meantime, Mr.. Ingot passed into
..the dem which was LyIlan's exclusive
retreat.
so Won had Bergman TO call on you,n he
remarked. VIVA. did he want"
'He am to warn Tie against you"
HE did, che Mr.. Ingot seemed might
Iy amused at the idea. And you took the
warning, Of course: You're ready to be-
Ieve L gobbied up your secondhand papers
AFTER flsklhG my meek ana committing d
Tram robsefS 10 Set theIh:'
tod MN as soon suspect hFseI1 as
You.
"lSlsnt you are od iel!oE+ YOU re IIe
sort Vi iitcnt ~, . :
sue'eHed ou' ~ III d" ~ d i"H
fe!uclaAt4y put his mo It,
but l say" he went On. Hasn't 1t oc-
CURED to you how disappointed the chap
would be who did get the bundIes lde-
clare, I've laughed more than once since
you told NE what Was II It. reckon he
looked for nothing short OF United States