The Penn's Grove record., 1894-02-09

10 himself. "to sec how that young
scamn will behave, il he is at the
,lnb tonight. Probably he won't bt
here. The old gentleman must have
yiyen IL him pretty hot nv this time.
lipon my soul. | let that old boz nn
loo easily. But l always am too soft,
hearted in such cases. l might just
,s we'll have collared another thou
;apd lile | was about It,"
Soliloquizing thus the Count en-.
Tered the P~ericles dining-room,
and hardly had he done so when
vounq Faverlll called out to him from
one Of the tables:
"Hallo! going to give me my re.
yenee tonight, l hope?"
Doesn't the young rascal carry II
NJ well2" said De Parni to himself.
evidently he has not yet seen hi:
rather.n But he bowed TO the young
nan, and smilingly said he was en-.
tjreiy at Mr.. Faverill's service.
During his dinner the Count de
,ated with himself the question,
whether. if fortune favored him, he
| mould become the possessor of an
,ther forged check. He thought he
might, if he chose. But he reluct
INDY came to the conclusion that IL
would be too risky. The former one
he had taken ~innocently. The sec
ond he would take Knowing it to bt
A forgery. lie might not be able tt
heed Mr.. Faverill, Sr., successfully 8
! sG,.ond time; and he feared it was just
m;siblc that he might get into
trouble by trying to cxtort money BY
compounding a felony. On the whole,
he thought it would be. best not to al
low Faverill to become his debtor tC
sny great extent-just q few pounds,
perhaps, that might be paid cash OF
| the spot.
After dinner play began; and tn,
Frenchman was not nearly SO success
rul as he had been on the preceding
evening. Still he held his own.
! Strive as he might, Raverill could
get back nothing OF his $500. Wher
they rose from the table about
| o'clock in the morning he owed the
! Count about EGO.
As on the preceding night, Faver
N rang for pen and ink. The bell
vas answered, not by Maxence, but
Dy one Of the other servants who had
taken his place.
Haven't you IS much as EGO il
our pocket-book' l think you have, -
= A. rn,pt NTH n Unnhnrf11I @
good English accent, as the door
closed behind the servant.
NO" returned Faverill shortly
/ Ae thought the Frenchman's tone
unduly familiar, not to say imperti-
nent.
'Td rather have it In cash." pur
,ued De Parni, who had a little wine
on board. THE truth is. / don't
much fancy your cheeks my dear fel.
| fow."
Faverlll stared at the speaker,
while two or three men who were
lighting fresh cigars paused and lis
, iened, with establishment written on
heir faces.
"What the devil do you mean?'
demanded Faverill, turning a little
pale as he spoke.
"Oh, nothing" returned the Count,
Nth an insolent smile, "only you paid
ne by check last night, and this
morning l had a communication made
% me, I've had an interview-with
iomeone-you understand"
/ 81 do not understand" said the
loung man, firmly. "Be good
enough to explain"
well, then, If you will have it, ]
Jaw your father this morning"
The young man started, caught al
/ the table forsupport, while he stared al
shc speaker with all his might. TheI
ne recovered himself, and gave a shor'
laugh.
"Saw my father!n he repeated
by jove, then, you have the ad
vantage of me. My poor father ha:
been dead these five years"
"Your father-dead? Why, h
allied on me, and"
The Count stopped in time. H
ould not very well produce tn
check he had received from his visi
or of that morning. 1t was 70
90, 900, not $500.
Your father? No, Of course !
| could not have been your father,
aid De Parni, affecting a half tips,
augh. II have been making I
,lunder-that's all. I shall be yer.
happy, my deah fellah, to take you
,heck for the trifle you owe me"
But the young man was annoyed n
;he Frenchman's behavior. He boz
rowed the money from n of hi
friends and handed it to the Count
who had hardly presence of mind t
thank him. One question haunte'
ibis brain: "If it was not MI. Fav
Grill l saw this morning., who was it
The whole party went down stair
to take their departure.
''By the way, Crawley," said one Q
The members to the servant VIII
opened the door for them, ''what ha
become of that fellow Maxence?"
'Maxence asked for q holiday, sill
md he has not returned YET" ar
;wered the man.
De Parni turned very pale. Fl
fingered in the hall, so that he wa
he last to pass the servant standin
It the door.
"Do you mean by 'Maxence,' Max
nee Raoul?" he asked the man in
ow tone.
"Maxsnce Raoul; yes, sir; that Is hi
lame. Any message for him, sir!"
ooh, no. Good morning"
AS 0 as he was In the street, d
earni Ito give the fellow his home
made title) gave vent to his rage
But 1T was impotent. FaverilPs Chez
had been payable to bearer, and had
40 doubt, been cashed long since
Raoul, who had in his day been a VII
tim of the pretended Count, had re'
ognized him at the club, and had COZ
serted with a friend who was able t
play the part of a heavy father, pia
tor depriying him Of his spoils.
The check for s3, 600 was presente
for payment, but was, OF course, r.
turned marked 'No account" Ma!
snce Raoul has not been seen agai