Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-08-29
CHAPTER XIV.

While Lydia and Natalie had been talking,
Q largo steam-yacht gtded noiselessly down
ttbe bay and anchored of Cromwelr's har-
for. A boat put OF from the yacht and
came rapidly toward the shore.
While the yacht was coming to anchor, Q
man sitting moodily and deiectedly looking
out OF one Of the windows of Glen Gore
cottage raised his eyes toward the sea, be-
youd the pines that stood between him and
the shore.
He saw, or thought he saw, two masts
and the extreme tip of the blackened
snoke-stack Of a steamer projecting up
above the trees. He looked again. There
surely had been no vessel there in the
morning, and that was a very extraordinary
place for anchorage.
Taking his hat, he walked rapidly toward
tia shore. As he gained an opening in the
wood the captains gig was about halfway
between the yacht and the landing place.
The yacht plainly enough was the INA
movna-n There was no installing her. Only
n hour or two ago he had te~legraphed her
captain and YVES momentariiy expecting an
answer. Now, here, as by magic, in all her
aquatic beauty before them lay the yacht.
He could scarcely believe his senses.
As the captain neared the shore, he recog-
mixed Fairfax, and, raising his hat, he greet
led him with:
aGood afternoon, Mr.. Fairfax. I'm glad
TO SEQ you again, sir"
The latter returned the salute, and has
Itened to shake hands with bis late COM
IpAnion in adventures. The captain, after a
lcordinl inquiry after Fairfax's health, land
lmore especially of that of your fair cousin'
here o sly, knowing twinkle ~momentarily
6lled his eye-snswered Fairfax's inquiries
- to the cause of his unexpected presence,
by handing him al envelope, with the cool
remark:
my dear sir, your games up. ALI the
world will soon hear about it. At present, I
and two others beside yourself and your
I'VE confidsnts-are the only persons in
America who know the true state of affairs.
Those two others are Jean Louvait and
Jean Leroi; the former head of the police
department at st. Malo, the Inter at st.
Hrfeux. These two men are noted rivals,
and letters from a friend in Hayre have told
mo that they have been like bloodheunds in
thetr ~pertinaeity to discover the trail Of the
ahductors Of the stolen Princess Natalie.
Now . telegram, in cipher, from Mr.. Neb-
bftt, tells me he has just learned that both
: Louvait and Leroi lately sailed by separate
steamers for New York.
1Youk know the glory and the reward that
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whereabouts. They have spared, and will
spare, nothing In their efforts to find her.
Mr.. Nebbitt t,legrsphs me that he is con-
WINGED they know your whereabouts and all
about you, and wants me, Immediately ON
receipt Of thiB telegram, to start for Bar
Harbor N tax you all OF on the yacht to
some remote place selected by yourself.
fortunately I had steam up and all my
coaa In. We came up here flying, I can tell
you.
stlf you have read the message, you will
observe 1t says that Louvait and Leroi will
reach New York on the 9th or the 18th. To
day Ii the 7th. know Nebbitt well enough
+ believe that when he says q thing is so 1t is
80 You may depend upon il that when those
men arrive In New York they will come di
trectly here, IL they are obliged to hire a
special engine to do 1t. There will be a race
between them. Each will stimulate the
lother, n neither will lose u moment.
II know Lo,ivait well. When he's around
ithsre's no chld's play, / can tell you. He is
always In dead EARNEST. Hecan talk English
ttike . native. His geography is something
wonderful; his knowledge Of human nature
Istili more so, and his ability In the direction
lot ~esource most wonderful of all. They
tsay Leroi, although not so full Of genius as
Louvait, supplies this lack by patience,
precision and . tremendous bulldog peril
nacity.n
FAirfax's jaw had dropped during the first
part Of the recital; but, as the captain pro
oeeded, he became more and more aroused.
His oid-time IRE; his quick decision; his
fertile invention, all returned to him. Retro
spection, reelection and disappointment
must be cast TO the winds. Action, Instant
e0tion, was the word.
Looking over Hebbitt's telegram Gas
translated from the cipher dispatch) he
found II corioborated the captains utter.
ances. All dieaminess, moodiness was ban.
ished. Fairfax was himself again.
captain, ,, said he, 'sbe ready to leave n
Q moments notice. I shall not, for ! can
not, 70 back with you; but all whom YOU