The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-19
81 am not the man, s,oecr to yo,,."
HenShall.

The singer reflected for a moment and
then said: II do not see what harm it can
do to tell you the truth in any case. Even
if you are the man, nothing that | say
would do any harm now. Who is the
man?" she asked suddenly. fixing her
eyes ON the young fellow
HE is an Italian mind reader whose real
name is Leopard. 1 know him to be
william" replied Henshall at once.
II only asked that to see if you would
have an answer ready" Miss Dudley re-
turned, smiling roguishly again. "Well,
l will tell you the whole thing. After her
last solo Miss Neville was strangely agi-
tated. She came to me trembling and said:
There is man whom 1 greatly fear, be-
cause, although | detest him, he has an in
fuence over me which | cannot resist
From the way felt while 1 was playing l
believe he was somewhere in the hall. l
desire above all things to avoid meeting
this man. Myhappiness in life may be de-
stroyed if he should find where l am liv-
ing VIII you not change dresses with me
and wear my wrap? We are so nearly
alike in figure that if you go out in these
clothes and veil yourself well he can easily
mistake you for me and will follow you.
feel as if he would wait until he sees me
come out.
"She so impressed me-" continued Miss
Dudley, that consented. The fun of the
thing tickled my fancy, too. Well, when
came out and you addressed me as Miss
Neville and invited me into the coupe
which you had engaged, felt sure you
were the man. | thought was helping
Miss Neville all the more by bringing you
r,+l, :; ;.fo
to show you how you had been fooled"
! She laughed and then said earnestly,
! "And you are not the man at all, them"
! "No am not the man at all" replied
Henshall. You acted a friendly part.
Now, you can act still friendlier one if
you will help me find this young woman.
l believe she needs assistance, and l shall
gladly aid her."
Miss Dudley darted keen glance at his
handsome face as she answered: II do not
doubt it in the least But / know nothing
about Miss Neville more than 1 have told
you. Still, when I see her I will tell her
what you have said, and if you leave your
address with me will write to you what
she says"
With this Henshall had to be content.
He saw that the singer was sincere in what
she said so far as he could judge. He went
tn Stienway hall and got Heinrich Neuber-
gers address. 1t was on Third avenue, IA
up town.
He decided to call at Miss Hartman's on
his way up to let Mrs. Smith know that he
had seen her villainous husband This
would help to cement the confidence
between them which lie wished to inspire.
When he rang the bell he told the ser
want to give his card to Mrs. Smith. He
penciled on it: Come down for moment
Do not say am here"
He entered the parlor and waited. In a
very short time Mrs. Smith presented her
self. She seemed Hurried, but glad to sec
him.
you came at very opportune time.
can trust you implicitly, can not?" she
asked, looking at him fixedly.
Certainly, l want you to do so. l wan
your help and will give you mine. saw
your husband last night" he added.
Read that and see what it MEANS" sait
Mrs. Smith, drawing a letter from he
pocket. "Do not be afraid to do so becaus
it is directed to Miss Hartman. | hav
read it," and her eyes flashed, ''and know
he meant villainy by it,"
Henshall hastily ran his eye over the let
ter. 1t was as follows:
miss LENA HARTMAN-f Mr. Herr
Henshall HIS any relations to you whicl
would make his compromising anothe
young woman Q& interest to you ask hin
what he has tdkdo with girl who play
the violin in public and whose stage nam
is Louise Neville He may deny that b
knows her, but you are entitled to thi
warning from A FRIEND"
Henshall raised his eyes interrogativel
to Mrs Smith.
''That note came this morning." she sal
excitedly "The handwriting is disguised
but | know the character of Leopardi'
Italian letters too we'll not to detect it.
| took the liberty of opening it, thinking
had right as his wife," she said bitterly
) "to know what he would write to youn
lady engagedto young gentleman. Whe
/ read it l decided not to let Miss Hartma
know anything about it, and felt it wa
, only fair to show it to you"
ut is only his devilish malice perhaps,
, said Henshall, ''for he hates me. But
not know how he could have found OF