Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-06

mere were few papers lying about
On IL which he turned over, and he pulled
at the drawers to see if they would open,
out they We're all locked fast.
Inns room is no good to me- he said
TO himself. Il must try others"
GRADUALLY, as the day wore on. the
oehor went from apartment to apartment
IN the house, inspecting each one care
Iuliy. In the drawing room he spent a
great deal of time, for here he had found
Wnat both at Occleve House and at Mr..
oundalls house IN Grosvenor place, had
interested him more than anything else
some photograph albums
These be turned over very carefully,
as he had done with the others in London,
and then he closed them and went to an
other ROOM
Did ne ever know he muttered once.
that the day would come when l should
be looking eagerly for his portrait-did
ne know that, and did some instinct
prompt him never to have a record made
OF his craven face? And yet, he shall
not escape me! Yet, will find himv'
Later in the evening. when he had eaten
sparingly of the dinner that had been pre-
pared for him. and had drunk still more
sparingly Of the choice wine set before
to water, he sent for the housekeeper and
said:
Il think I have seen everything of i'm
portance here in the way of art, and
Lord Penlyn is to be congratulated on
his treasures. Some Of the pictures are
very valuable
'They are thought to be so, SIR the
| woman answered. In her own mind. and
after conversation with another of the
head servants, she had put Senior Cuff
fanta down as some foreign picture deal
er, or connoisseur, who had received per-
mission from her master to inspect the
collection at the Chase" and, conse-
quently, she considered him entitled to
give an opinion, especially Us that opinion
was Il favorable one. "They are thought
to be so, sir"
Eyes; no doubt. But l have seen them
all now, and l will leave tomorrow"
VERY well, SIR
$50, if you please, 1 will have that
young man to drive me to the station.
will so by the train that he told me Mr..
Smerdon travelled by"
| That night, as Senior Guffanta paced up
and down the avenue leading to the house
| and smoked cigarettes, or as he tossed
| upon his bed. he confessed that he was
no nearer to his task
"Everything fails me-" he said land
yet a week ago | would have sworn by
| San Pedro that l should have caught
| him now There is only one chance-one
hope left. If that fails me too, then |
must lose all courage. Will it fail me?
will it fail me%'
at is strange, too" he said once to
himself in the night, when, having been
unable to sleep, he had risen and thrown
his window open and was gazing from
| it. that cannot meet this man Smerdon,
this man who believes that 1 shall fail
as, por Dios! l almost now myself be-
lieve! Strange, also, that he should have
| left on the very day l came here.
| should like to see him. 1t may be that |
shall do so in London Tomorrow
| He left Deceive Chase at the time fixed,
and by his liberality to the housekeeper
| and the other servants who had waited
on him he entirely dispel.ed from their
minds the idea that he was a picture
| dealer.
Il suppose he is one of those foreign
swells, after ALL" the footman who had
served him said to the housekeeper, as he
| pocketed the douceur the Senior had given
him; there is plenty Of 'em in London
society now"
| He reached the London terminus late
in the afternoon, and bade the cabman
he hired drive him to the Hotel Lepanto;
but, before half the journey to that house
was accomplished, the driver found him.
self suddenly called on by his fare to stop,
and to turn round and follow another cab
going in the opposite direction.
A hanson cab which had passed swift
~ the one Senior Guffanta was in, cab
in which was seated a young man with
brown mustache, and on the roof of
which was a portmanteau and bundle
| of rugs.
"Quickr' the Senior said, speaking for
the first time almost incoherent English;
follow that cab with the valise on the
top. Quick, l say! l will pay you any
thingv'
GLOW can l be quick" the man said,
| "when can hardly turn my cab around?
Which is the one you mean?"
''The one with the valise, I say, that
passed just now. 1 will give you every
thing have in my pocket if you catch it."
But it was no use. Before the cab
could be turned and put in pursuit, the
other one had disappeared round corner
| into snort street, from which, ere Senior
Guffanta's cab had reached it, it had
| again disappeared.
Gam l never to seize him?" said the
Senior to himself. Then he once more al
| tered his directions to the cabman, and
| made him drive to Occleve House.
| He walked into the room in which he
heard that Lord Penlyn and Mr.. Stuart
were seated, and the excitement visible
| upon his face told them that something
had happened.
Il have seen him. he said, going
| through no formality of greeting; he was
| far too disturbed for that. II have seen
| hirl once again, and once again have lost
| him."
'Where have you seen him?" Stuart
asked.
''Not ut Occleve House, surely" Penlyn
! exclaimed.
"No-here, in London! Not half an
hour ago, in cab And I have missed
him! He went too swiftly, and | lost
| sight of him."
! ..Nhat will you do?' they both ex-
claimed.
AT present I do not know. l feel as
| though | shall so mad!' Then moment
| after he, said: Give me the keys of the
| on rflen. at once. give them to me-"