Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-29

broad daylight so great is their disap- pointment at not being able to wrest tho property from me, ." said Mrs. Bregy. in an alarmed tone.
 ''Then tho best thing to do is to dis pose of your bricks and mortar and have nothing but the hard cash to take care of In that way it will be much more easily handled"
 That is exactly what I have made up my mind to do, so you had better commence negotiations tomorrow. As soon as every thing is settled we will leave here" These words, as they fell from Mrs. Bregy's lips, filled tho old l deceiger's heart with fiendish gIee, and he readily answered; q will push mat ters as fast as possible, and even If we have to make sacrifice we will let the property go."
 ''Any thing to Do rid of these sur roundings." she said.
 Mir. Elm erick was true to his word, and in less than ten days every thing was settled, ana he, as MT. Brcgy, was in sole control of the confiding wom- ans wealth. Their first steps were di- rccted to Paris, whero few days were spent in a whirl of pleasure. Mr. Bregy, as the ex-merchant was now known, seemed as though he could not | do too much to give his newly-recovered wife pleasure, and all the days were days of happiness to her. Yet what a cruel awakening was in store for herl They had not been in Paris a week when a letter reached them from Eugene, saying that he had not found the Delaros, as they had left London and would not return for a few weeks, but he was very much delighted with the great city, and, having met Mir. Blodger, was having very pleasant time of it.
 Upon receipt of this discussion took place as to their next movements, and it was decided to spend few weeks in the south of France. They went to Nice, and every thing seemed to pro- gress satisfactorily with them until about two weeks after their arrival there, when the newly found husband grew moody and sullen, and one day, when Mrs. Bregy fondly asked the cause, he told her that his affairs in New York were not quite all settled when he left that city and he feared he should have to return immediately to make an adjustment
 ''Nor without rne?" faltered the faith full woman.
 "Yes. You can remain here a few weeks, then go to London, and I will return from New York to meet you there," he said.
 In moment Mrs. Bregy burst into tears, and seemed as troubled as a bride of twenty might have been under similar circumstances; but after a time she was consoled and consented to do as Emerick asked,
 The slippery villain had once more gained his ends, and ere the sun set on the following day he was speeding northward, carrying with him an as. signment of the proceeds of the whole of Mrs. Bregy's recently acquired wealth | to himself.
 He did not go to Havre, however, for three days later he was seeking for Eugene in the modern Babylon. That young mapswas fitting around the great city in Q strangely eccentric manner and it was several days before his father found him, When he did at length discover him he heard with pleasure that MT. Blodger had just re- ceived Q letter from Bournemouth, stat ing that Mrs. Delaro and Armida would be in London on the day following. t"Truly, things are working into my hands in lucky manner" he thought, "hut ] must not let this girl and her mother see me. Eugene can work bet ter without my presence being made known"
 On the Journey to London he had stopped over at Paris for few hours and in that short space of tilne the whole of Mrs. Bregy's fortune was transferred to the name Julius Emer- ick' This part ot his scheme accom-