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very certain that you get the right
things" He walked with her as far as
the corner of the Rue de Lille. "You are
not angry with Ine?" he asked her before
they parted
Il would do anything for you," she
whispered, and then he kissed her good
night. ..-5..
She got the chemicals when thc pro-
prietor was out and tied them up neatly,
as was her habit, aftcrward coneealing
them in the little basket in which she car.
ried her lunch. The proprietor was sharp
eyed old lynx, who looked well after his
shop and his pretty little assistant.
''Who has been getting so much chlorato
of potash'" he asked, taking down the jar
and looking sharply at her.
The girl trembled
at is all right" she said. Here IL tho
money in the till -
''Of course, " he said II did not expect
you to give it away for nothing. Who
bought it'''
IAN old man." replied the girl, rem.
bling still, but the proprietor did not no.
tice that-he was counting the money and
found 1t right.
II was wondering what he wanted with
so much of it. II he comes again, look
sharply ut him and bc able to dcscriha him
to me. 1t secms suspicious" Why 10
seemed suspicious LuIine did net know,
but She passed an anxious time until she
took her basket In her hand and went to
meet her lover Mt tho corner of the Rue des
Pyramides. His first question was:
''Have you brought me the things'"
"Yes, f" she answered. tWill you take
them here nowS"
Not here, not here, he replied hur-
riedly and then asked anxiously, Did
any one sec you take thcn2"
No, but the proprietor knows OF the
large package for he counted the money"
what money!" asked Jean.
''Why, tho money for the things. You
didn't think / was going to steal them,
did your"
The young man laughed and drew her
into quiet corner of the garden Of the
Tuilerics.
II will not have time to go with you to
the Rue dc Lille tonight" he said.
But you will come as usual tomurrow
night?" she asked anyiously.
Certainly, certainly" he replied rs ho
rapidly concealed the packages in his pock-
cts.
The next night the girl waited patiently
for her lover at the corner where they were
in the habit Of meeting, but he did not
come. She stood under the glaring light
of a lamppost so that he would recognize
hOE MANY ptbplt hCtoSteu Us
she stood there, but she answered none.
looking straight before her with clear, hon
est eyes, and they passed on after mo-
ment's hesitation. AT last she saw a man
running rapidly down the street. and as he
passed brilliantly lighted window she
recognized Jean. He came quickly toward
her
Here 1 am, she cried, running for
ward. She caught him by the arm, say
ing, "oh, jean, what is tho mattcrS'
He shook her rudely and shouted at her.
Let mo go, you fool!"
But she clung TO him until he raised his
fist and struck her squarely in the face.
Lurine staggered against tho wall, and
jean ran on. A stalwart man who had
spoken to Lurine few moments before,
and, not understanding her silence had
stood in doorway near watching her,
sprang out when ho saw tho assault md
thrust his stick between the feet of the fly-
ing man, flinglng him face forward on
the pavement. The next instant he placed
his foot between his shoulders, holding
him down a. II he were snake
You villaini' he cried. "Strike a wo-
man, would yous"
Jean lay there as IL stunned, and two
gendarmcs camo pantingly upon the scene.
"This scounlrel, " said the man, has
I" He has done more than that, " said ono
Of the officers grimly, as If, after all, the
striking of woman was but trivial
affair.
They secured the young man and drag
ged him with them. The girl came up to
them and said falteringly;
1T is all mistake. Il was an accident.
He didn't mean to do it. -
"Oh, he didn't And pray how do you
know" asked ono OF the officers.
You little devil, said jean to the girl
through his clinched teeth, Its all your
fault"
The officers hurried him off
II think, said one, that we should
have arrested the girl. You heard what
she saidtn
'.Yee," said the other, but we have
enough on our hands now If tho crowd
finds out who he is. :"
Lnrine thought of following them, but
she was so stunned by the wor<ls that her
lover had said to her rather than by the
blow he had given her that She turned her
steps sadly toward the Pont Royal and
went to her room.
Tho next morning she did not go
through the gardens as usual to her work,
and when she entered the Pharmacie de
Siam the proprietor cried out Here she
is tho vixenl Who would have thought
it of herr You wretch you stole my drugs
to give to that villalnr'
81 did not, " said Lurine stoutly. "Ipat
the money in the till for them
Hear hcrl She confcsscsl' said the
proprietor
The two concealed officers stepped for
ward and arrested her where she stood rs
the accomplice of Jean Duret, who tho
night before had flung bomb in tho
crowded Avenue de lOpera
Even the prs iudiced French judges saw
that the girl was innocent OF all evil in
tent and was but the Victim OF the scoun.
dral who passed by the name Of jean Duret.
| He was sentenced for life. She was set
free lie had tried to place the blame on
her like The craven he was, to shield an
other woman. Exchange