The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-02

hour, never once did | SEQ her turn her
eyes toward the table. She was acting
the simple little girl still-and right
we'll did she play the part.
Now, when you have looked for some
thing really deep aud. surprising In q
puzzle. it does not please You to find
that its solution is plain enough for a
schoolboy. For the matter OF that, once
l saw the ball spinning iu tho Chateau
dc pEpee, the only thing that remained
for mo to know was the name OF mad
ame's partner in the deal. That she
had a partner, probably tho man who
kept bank, was certain. They went
shares, | said, in what they could win
from the pigeons they had Gagged.
Probably, too, the thing was square
enough. or an old bird like Martonel
would not ba throwing his money away
80 ch%eeriully. Tricks would not pay in
that house Of rocks. II my master
walked out Of the chateau a beggar, he
would have his own luck to blame.
And that lie would walk out q beggar,
| felt sure from the start.
/ had come to this conclusion, stand.
ing in tho park Of the chateau, and
smoking my pipe in tho shadow Of a
great elm tree on the Lawn before the
| d~rawing.room windows. II was not a
! conclusion to put mo in good spirits, or
to send me to bed in q cheerful mood
aud, 90 far az that goes, ! found myself
presently thinking very much about 1t,
and ~strolling through tho ground as i
did so. For n thing, you see, money
10 BIO made OF money to DO lost, / saw
no chance Of my coming into the 5u'i.
moss. II Sir Nicolas was beaten both
by tho IN and the cloth, Heaven
knew how long he would stay At tho
housc. That he had any other danger
TO fear, / did not then believe. Tho
mystery had proved the cheapest affair
possible-thero could be nothing boz
hind 1t.
II was curious upon my life, bat
these words wero hardly oil my lips
when | saw something in the grounds
OF the Chateau do IEpeo which altered
ia Il moment my whole opinion Of our
situation, aud Bot my brain Itching
with curiosity. Ny walk had carried
mei perhaps a milo from the house.
thinking oil nothing but Nine. Paul.
mos prettineis and OF her schemes, |
looked up presently to find myself in a
clearing Of a wood, and almoIt at tho
door Of a little pavilion built in the
hoart Of tho thickOt. There were no
lights In the windoWs OF this strange
little house. nor anything 10 toll that
anyone lived 10 it-but all In a moment,
while | was standing in tho shadow OF
the trees, q man crossed tho grass DO.
ioro the door, aud lot himself into tho
pavilion with a ~latchkoy. For ton sec.
onds ut tho most ISaw him, and though
there was nothing bus u litfnl play OF
the moonlight between tho rolling
clouds, | recognized him ut once. Ito
was Mime. PaulinO'a brOther-lho man
who passed in Paris As Comic do Eau.
gere.
"Cono," said l to myself, stopping
back into tho thiCkOs, "What arc you
doing hOre, young man, and why don't
you shoW yourself In tho houso2 She
gayo II out that you had zone back to
your seminary or whatever you call IL
How loesit happen that you can't show
your mug In public2 It's q queer state
Of things, anyway"
Quoer il appeared 10 DO, look at II
how you like. Hero was q boy who,
according to madame's story, was being
trained for u priest, ono whom va oil
thought 10 DO In Parlg, maIquoradlng NJ
midnight In tho woods VI the chateau.
Moro thAn that no waa not maBquOr.
aiding alone, for / had not watched tho
pavilion Tor ten minutes WHOM saw
another lad, slim aud rather short, aud
wearing n soft felt shooting hat, slip out
Of tho BhOltcr OF tho trees, aud knock
three limos upon tho door oil tho littlO
building. Tho door was opened NJ Oncc,
but, although there wOro now two Of
thom In tho house, not II light did 900,
Back aud front, tho place wan "a dark
No tho grave, aud 10 lnyBlOtlouh Not u
sound Of ANYTHING human was to DO
hoard. You might hayo passed. tho pa
yillon a hundred tlmOS and nOyor have
known that a living tblng occupied IT,
You might hnyo walked for n mouth In
tho park aud yet have boon ignorant
that such Il most was a part 0i H.. what
OyOr wore His reasons, Comic do Fah'
gbfO had u rno'ting ground which many
q hunted man might have Onylod.
have writlOn II above that this dis
ooyOry altered my opinion oi tho Cha
loan do pEppo aud Ot III mistress Just
about M suddenly az n mans opinion
could bD altered, II Ia QUO thing 10
Dnllnyn that You're R'kOd TO n house 10
play natlsi IL Ii another 10 wake 10 tho
iNoi that yOu arc tho guest OF queer iolk1
who cant afford 10 bo AOhn III tho day.
iiyItL and Who6O object In lying low