St. Paul daily globe., 1894-09-10
ME few simple instructions as to what

| me few simple instructions as to what
was to say and the topics l was to
| avoid, so that might. as she laughingly
limited, study my part; and before left
| she handed me the $50 note, SAYING that
my reputation enabled her to trust me
| not to break faith with her.
II had not the slightest intention of
doing so, for the whole thing seemed a
| harmless proceeding enough. At the
| appointed hour l called for Mrs. Lowell
at the hotel, and we were soon on our
| way to Gen. Arnold's haunt. On the
way down she enlarged a little upon
| her instructions of the previous day by
giving me few details of her husbands S
| parentage and professional prospects,
! so that might not be nonplused i'll
| the event of questions being asked.
| "At first there was very little for me
to do except to stand in the background
ana admire the pace at which my col
league made the running. s0bbing pa
thetically. and fairly taking the old
| gentleman by storm.
but at last pause on her part gave
me my cue, and | put in few quietly
! spoken lines, delivered IN q proper tone
| of dignity and extreme respect, which
fiatter myself clinched the whole busi-
ness. Ten minutes after we first Ell
tered the garden we were sitting one
on each side of the general, thor
| oughly forgiven couple.
He took us into the house after
awhile and showed us about as fine a
| collection of Indian curioS as l have ever
seen. and finally he waXed so confiden
tial that he produced for our inspection
! an enormous ruby, with the care of
/ which he had been entrusted by the
/ guicowar of Simlipatam.
! "The jewel, understand, is not the
generals own property, but, after being
shown to the queen, is TO be presented
Oh behalf of the Indian pr ince to the
Imperial institute.
"My pseudo wife accepted an engage
| ment for both of us to come and stay
with him from Saturday-that is today
till Monday; and then we took our
leave. thoroughly established in the
generals favor.
"See here, Zambra." he went on, pull
ing himself together; 81 may be wrong.
and very likely you will laugh at my
fears: but listen to what | came upon
quite by chance yesterday afternoon.
Il was strolling in the Strand when
my eye was caught by a new.pattern
| rifle in the window of Davis. the gun
maker. l stopped to have look at it,
when whom should | see in the shop
beyond but Mrs. Lovell-my fair EN-
rlOyer Of Tuesday. She was buying
cartridges to fit an ornamental, but
highly effective, bulldog revolver!
AFTER going some little distance she
turned into CHEMISTS shop. The dis
play of scents and patent medicines was
so great that the window offered no
facilities for seeing what she was up to,
and, my curiosity getting the better of
me. followed into the shop just as she
was asking for an ounce OF laudanum.
"After she had gone l had to make
some trifling purchase for Appearances
sake. The poison book was still open
OH the counter. The signature, with the
ink still wet, was not that of Mrs.
Lowell. but of Maud Curtice, at an ad
dress in Victoria street.-the. 81, Albert
Mansions. Now, Zambra, you will
understand my position. l assist a
woman for gain. in certain course of
deceit which at the time believe to be
harmless"
The same night at o'clock a cheerful
party of three was finishing dinner in
Gen. Arnold's coZy dining room at
Twlckenham.
The general, in the happiest of hu-
mors, did the honors at the head of the
table. On his right sat the young lady
whose matrimonial Epecadillo had been
SO recently pardoned, looking charm
ingly innocent and girlish in simple
evening toilet; on the hosts left was
placed Rev. Anthony Huxtable, canon
of Belchester and rural dean Of Newport
Parva. !,
The canon had turned up unexpect.
edly during the afternoon. and had been
pressed by his old friend, the general,
to dine and sleep in order to assist at
the welcome of his daughter and SON.
in-law, whom he was expecting on a
short visit.
The only bar to the complete salts
faction of the trio was the absence of
the sOn-in-law, who, according to Mrs.
LovelPs Erofuse apologies, had been
compelled to 70 to Edinburg On busi-
ness connected with his new American
appointment.
The canon. with the ponderous affa-
Dlilty or his class, was reminding his
fair vis-a-vis of various incidents Of her
childhood. when he had been guest at
the generals house at Cheltenham.
"DO you remember filing my pockets
with horse chestnuts while was. en-
crossed in book on the garden seat?"
the canon was saying, land how | ran
after you and caught you?'
Indeed do." replied Mrs. Lowell,
land remember that you ought to
nave Deen gOOQ zeal more angry than
you were. The dear old garden at
Cheltenham; how often have longed
for it during all the weary years at
school,"
''And that red-headed governess of
yours-Mrs. Smith, recollect her name
was how you used to torment herp'
continued the canon in high glee.
''Poor Miss Smith!' sighed Mrs.
Lowell. II wonder what has become OF
her. ! am afraid she cannot have very
pleasant remembrance of me-"
What Q neniefy You have got, Hux-
table," chuckled the general.
Twelve and o'clock were duly
chronicled in the deep bass notes of the
hall clock, and the minute hand had
passed the half hour again, when strain.
Ing ears might have caught the sound
of taint-a very faint-ristling on the
stairs. A moment after mans head
peered over the balustrade of the land
ing In time to see outlined against the
glass of the front door a wQnan's form
stealthily pulling back the bolts and
lowering the chain.
Gen. Arnold's bedroom door was