Dodge City times., 1890-05-23

his memory (far from active under the
most favorable circumstances) was slower
than ever at helping him now. On the
spur of the moment he could only call to
mind that he had been ordered to prevent
o meeting between Lord Harry and Iris.
ssShow the gentleman into my consulting
room" he said.
Lord Harry found the doctor enthroaed
on his professional chair. surprised and
delighted to see his distinguished friend.
The impetuous Irishman at once asked for
Miss Henley:
''Gone," Mr.. Vimpany answered.
''Gone-where:' the wild lord wanted
to know next
ITO London"
ssBy herself?"
''No: with Mr. Hugh Mountjoy."
Lord Harry seized the doctor by the
shoulders and shook him. You don't
mean to tell me Mountjoy is going to mar
~ her,"
Mr. Vimpany feared nothing but the loss
of money. The weaker and the older man
of the two, he nevertheless followed the
young lords example Lets see how
you like it. IN your turn" he said. "As
for Mountjoy, don't know whether he is
married or single-and dou't care"
1.-THE devil take your obstinacyi When
did they starts"
The devil take your questionsl They
started not long since"
might catch them at the station"
Yes: IL you go at once.
So the desperate doctor C rried out his
wife's instructions-without remembering
the conditions which had accompanied
them.
The way to the station took L>-l Harry
past the inn. He saw Hugh Mountjoy,
through the open house door, paying mis-
bill at the bar. In an instant the carriage
was stopped. and the two men (never on
friendly terms) were formally bowling to
81 was told 1 should find you," Lerd
Harry said, with Miss Henley, at the
statiour'
"Who gave you your informatio1s"
"Vimpany-the DOCTOR"
"He ought to know that the tr;,Sl isn't
due at the station for an hour yet"
HAS the blackguard deceived me? One
word more, Mr.. Mountjoy. Is Miss Hem
ley at the inn."
"Are you going with her to London!'
81 must leave Miss Henley to answer
that"
"Where is she, siri"
'aThere is an end to everything, my
lord, In the world we live in. You have
reached the end of my readiness TO answer
questions.
Tho Englishman and the Irishman LOOK
ed at each other: the Anglo Saxon was
lUtVcu0tE6UlN COui. tfIC SSAt NhS
and angry. They might have been on the
brink OF quarrel but for Lord narry's
native quickness of perception and his ex-
ercise OF it at that moment. When he
had called at Mr.. Vimpany's house, aud
had asked for Iris. the doctor had got rid
Of him by means of a lie. After this dis
covery, at what conclusion could he ar
river The doctor was certainly keeping
Iris out of his way. Reasoning in this rapid
manner, Lord Harry let one offense pass
in his headlong eagerness to resent auoth-
er He Instantly left Mountjoy. Again
the carriage ratified back along the street,
but it was stopped before it reached Mr..
Vimpany's 8 door.
Lord Harry knew the people whom he
had to deal with. and took measures to ap-
proach the house silently, on foot. The
cOachman received orders to look out for
Q signal which would tell him when he
wAawnnted again.
Mr.. Vimpany's ears, vigilantly on the
watch for suspicious events, detected no
sound of carriage-wheels and no noisy use
Of the knocker. Still on his guard, how
ever, o ring at the household disturbed
him in his sconsulting-room. Peeping into
the hall, he saw Iris opening the door, and
her" he said, alluding to Miss Henley, and
thinking of the enviable proprietor of the
diamond pin.
AZ the unexpected appearance of Iris,
Lord Harry forgot every consideration
which ought to have been present to his
mind at that critical moment
He advanced to her with both hands
held out in cordial greeting. She signed
"a him contemptuously to stand back
and spoke in tones cautiously lowered.
after . glance at the door of the consulting
..My ONLY reason for cousenting to see
vol. she said, lis to protect myself from
fnrther deception. Your disgraceful con-
duet Is known to me. Go nOw," she con-
tinued, pointing to the stairs, "and consult
Vifh your spy as soon rs you like" The
lrish lord iis.ened-guiltiiy conscious Of
having deserved what she had said TO him
WITHOUT attempting to utter word IN