Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-26

however, 10 WalcH, anu We" -.
warded by seeing young man Ie'uI u
ing from the cloak room with manu- Ii-,,
some sable tail cape, which he spread
over the shoulders of a young girl VINO
had her back TO me. As she bent 70
have it placed about her shoulders, l
heard the sweet voice again. IhaAAS'
yes, that's right
In a moment It all came back TO me-
and l felt myself repeating the |oru9.
If you take the third on the right. 1t
was the word that made the connecting
link. l looked again. The SRI had
golden hair, and it was done n pre-
cisely the same fashion as that Oh the
woman l had met in that November fog.
There was nothing much in that but
the similarity of voice, the sable tail
cape and the hair seemed to me some
thing more than coincidence. But
how, | wondered, could the companion
of the Soho French roughs come to be
present at the f. o. reception. II l
had thought for year l could have ar
rived at no conclusion, and | knew IT,.
At least, however, l thought l can see
what she is like. l pushed toward the
door by which she must pass out, and
presently l met her face to face. There
was no mistaking her. She was the
same woman, or her double. But the
mora looked at her the more | doubted
my own senses. She had a face Ike an
angel, with sweet, blue eyes and nat
ur2l dark eyelashes and could not be
more than twenty-five for the bloom Of
youth was over her marble skin, and
even the racketing of the season had not
taken the roses out Of her young
cheeks. The strange contrast Of the
TWO senses fascinated me, and am
afraid | stared horribly.
The whole business haunted me,
and the more I thought about it the
more it grew upon me. l determined to
get to the bottom of the mystery. Ac-
every day made it my bust
ness TO walk down Little Martin street
on my way to the Office, and up again
on my way from the Office, for a strong
convinced me that sooner
or later | must run against her. BY
degrees l got to know the men l had
met her with by sight, and very pref
" set they seemed TO be. The man to
whom l had first spoken and whom
had heard warn her in such a familiar
way, was the regular type Of a good
locking scOundrel SO familiar on the
Baul Niche, the back streets of the
Batiguelles, and the other low quarters
Of Paris.
AT last l saw her enter the dingy,
lonely house before which I had first
encountered her and her strange COM
panions There was no longer any
doubt in my mind. She was the same
woman / had met at tie +. o. | passed
the house once and made sure she was
not in the basement on the ground floor
Then, under the pretense Of seeking
lodgings, l went all over the shabby
house opposite, but could see nothing
from the windows. To allay suspicion,
however, l rented a front room for a
week, paying a small deposit The
next DAY | brought a box and every
afternoon for a whole week | watched
for the golden head and slender, grace
forth G golden head and slender. grace
full form. On the Tuesday and Friday
sic NuAAC. l-Nl III " al " % dlWttg -
marked by the visit of the man. who
came after her and left first. From this
l concluded that it was She who rented
the room and that they only came to
see her on whatever their business was.
The meetings lasted about an hour, and
it became clear to me, after the first
week, that they did not occupy front
room"
well, go on with your story"
My next move was to try and get
rooms at the back of the house she
visited. This, after much trouble,
succeeded in doing, and the nighbor,
hood being built close together, l was
unable to see all that took place through
The windows opposite, there being no
more than about eight feet between the
backs OF the wretched buildings. On
the following Tuesday | was all excite
ment Tor her coming. At last she came,
and soon her strange companion ar
rived l could see them at the second
floor window every now and then, but,
not being on the same level, l could not
see what took place between them. By
the following Friday l had altered all
that by an arrangement with my land
lady. and when they had assembled l
could see them sitting around table
vigorously discussing something. What
their business was | could not make
out. but when the argument grew loud
est | saw the good looking scoundrel
rise and threaten 10 beat my angel
across the face with his ugly INST. My
blood rushed to my face, and if his COM
panions had not seized him in time l
believe | should have shouted out TO
him and then waited outside till could
smash his wicked face l was now more
than ever convinced that | was right
in supposing that the lovely young girl
was in the power Of these monsters,
and that she was an unwilling abettor
to some villiany. l was certain that
/ saw her. after they left, burst into
tears. My heart bled for her, but /
could do nothing, except now to watch
over her. Much the same formula was
gone through on several occasions, and
was always followed by her spending
about an hour at typewriter, which
she managed slowly and with little
skill.
Il thought of many impracticable
ways for discovering her secret but at
last hit upon a plan which ultimately
succeeded. l bought typewriter my
self, and started to master every detail
of it's working. You see, | conceived
the idea that. as she worked slowly
and as l could see precisely how her
fingers moved. 1 should be able, by re-
peating every action which she made,
TO reproduce an exact copy Of her manu-
script.
81 found she was the agent of a small
circle of very advanced anarchists
"Ha. ha! And this was your angel
Azrael?"