Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-09-23

4hCSS NC tuIutu over very carefully, !,
as he had done with the others in London.
and then he closed them and went to an
other room.
shat the day would come when should
be looking eagerly for his portrait-did
be know that, and did some instinct
Of his craven face? And yet, he shall
not escape me! Yet. 1 will find him.
Later in the evening. when he had eaten
sparingly Of the dinner that had been pre-
pared for him, and had drunk still more
sparinsly Of the choice wine set before
him, conining himself almost entirely
to water. he sent for the hOusekeeper and
said:
Il think l have seen everything Of i'm
portance here in the way of art, and
Lord Penlyn Is to be congratulated on
bis 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 as that opinion
was a favorable one. ''They are thought
to be so. sir"
Yes; no doubt. But l have seen them
all now, and l will leave tomorrow"
VERY well, SIR"
$50, II you please, I will have that
soung man to drive me to the station. /
will go by the train that he told ME Mr..
Smerdon travelled by"
That night, as Senor Guffanta paced ul
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, "and
yet week ago 1 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 l shall fail
as. por Dios! | 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 to- morrow"
He left Occleve Chase at the time fixed.
and by his liberality to the housekeeper
and the other servants who had waited
on him he entirely dispelled 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 doueeur the Senor 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 cat
going in the opposite direction.
A hanson cab which had passed swift.
ly the one Senor Guffanta was in, a cab
In which was seated a young man with
q brown mustache, and ON the roof of
which was a portmanteau and q bundle
Of rugs.
"Quickr' the Senior said, speaking for
the 6rst time almost incoherent English;
"follow that cab with the valise on the
top. Quick. I say! I will pay you any
thingr'
"How can l be quick" the man said,
when l can hardly turn my cab around:
Which Is the one you mean?'
1.-THE one with the valise, l say, that
passed just now. l will give you every
I ha,- In al "a
But it was no use. Before the cab
could be turned and put In pursuit, the
other one had disappeared round corner
into u short street, from which, ere Senor
Guffanta's cab had reached it, it had
again disappeared.
"Am 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.
II have seen him." he said, going
no formality of greeting; he was
far too disturbed for that. II have seen
him once again. and once again have lost
him."
where have you seen himT Stuar
asked.
mot at Occleve House, surelyp Penlyn
exclaimed.
"No-here. In London! Not half an
hour ago, in . cab. And l have missed
him! He went too swiftly. and 1 lost
sight of him."
'what will you do?" they both eA-
claimed.
"At present 1 do not know. feel as
though shall go mad!' Then a moment
after he said: "Give me the keys Of thu
garden; at once, give them to me-"
Penlyn took them from a drawer and
gave them to Senor Guffanta, and he,
the others remain where they
were, opened the door leading into the
garden from the back Of the house, and
went out into it
1t was but a few minutes before he re.
turned, but when he did 80 the bronze
had left his face and he was deathly pale.
"Lor1 Penlyn," be said. biting his lips
. ne spoke, ana csenching his hands untn
he nails penetrated the palms, ito whom
ave you given those keys during my
bsenceT'
ITO no one" Penlyn answered. 81
romised you would not let any one have
hem"
"You have given them to no one?" CUT.
anita said, while his eyes shous fercely
- he looked at the door. ''To no onel
10 no one! Then will you tell me how the
murderer Of Walter Cundall has been in
hat garden within the last few hoursr
CHAPTER XVIII.
That night Guffanta stood in the library
+ what had once been Walter Cundalrs
louse in Grosvenor place, in the room In
which the murdered man had spent hours
4 agony after he had learned that Ida
love was given to anotheri
nd to Mr.. Stuart he told all that he
new.
To Lord Penlyn's request, nay, to hiA
that he should tell him Ill, he