Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-31

compulsion. After strolling nearly a mile, in a slow and dejected manner, he took a car downtown, and visited Elm erick & Company's office on Pearl street. What he might have done, had Mir. Emerick been there, we will not presume to guess, but on reaching the floor upon which the office was formerly located he walked to tho glass door and noticed that another name was painted upon it. inquiry from the tanitor elicited the in- formation that tho firm of Emerick X Co was no lnnrar in eYistencA pArrY was now utterly at his wits end and baffied. He knew not how to move and could form no definite plan of action. Every thing seemed to be working against him. The Delaros and MT. Wilcox Git must be remembered he knew nothing of his old friends deathl in Europe; EmericlI, he knew not where, himself wandering alone in New York; what should he do? He retraced his steps uptown, engaged rooms at a hotel and sat down to consider.
 "What is tho use of going to Europe?" he thought "I might never find them; and yet can not stay hero aloue." Why he did not at once repair to Mir. Will cox's lawyers he could never afterwards explain, but he did not do so. After many hours of consideration he resolved to take the first steamer to Europe.
 It a few days he was passing Sandy Hook, and Q week later he was anxiously expecting to see the Fastnet Light
 During tho voyage he had not mingled much with the company on board. He was too much enwrapped in his own thoughts to care to investigate thoso of others. So he kopt himself aloof. One day when in mid-Atlantic he be- thought him of the little package which Belle Lorimer had given him and re- solved to open it. Retiring to his state. room and taking from his valise the vest, in the pocket of which he had placed tho package, he drew out what he would havo valued as a precious treasure had he known what it was. l Carefully unwrapping it, he found thatit contained an insignificant Portuguese silver coin with 8 small holO bored through 1t Tho small width of silver between the hole and the edge of tho coin had worn away, indicating that tho coin had doubtless fallen from whatever 1t had originally suSPended from-probably Mir. Emerick's watch chain. Inolosed with the coin was q little note, which read: Examine the eds of this coin all round."
 Percy did so, and noticed that in one part the millingsazhad beea filed ol ground fiat, and on the smooth edge was a monogram executed in so minute manner that without a microscope 1t would be impossible to distinguish tho letters.
 Not having a microscope in his pos session Lovel borrowed ono from al officer of the ship and again retired tt his state-room to further examine thu curiosity. Applying the microscope, h' gazed intently for q moment and, drop ping the instrument, said to himself
 II thought there was no mistake Those are his fnitials-'L. V.'-ant Belle Lorimer was right This sup posed Mir. Emerick does possess socret but 1t is not his alone. There is at leas one other who shares the knowledge O 1t, and 1t shall not be long before 1t be comes public property. I must and vii
 find the villain yet"
 These and similar thoughts crowded
 Percy's brain as they sailed througl
 tho heavy mist hanging over the Mer
 soy to tho Liverpool docks. Resting ii the great seaport but a few hours, h
 went direct to London. One might kay
 supposed that he would have sought sh
 home of his childhood; but that ha
 long lost all charm for him. He ha
 but one present purpose to fulfill; an
 in importance 1t seemed to him para mount to all others.