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the two conditions
"Ard the other?" I stammercd.
THAT you refresh your memory rs
to the past he answered, lightly. "If
1 have the tale rightly you saw mn
convey dog to this house, an empty
house in a lonely suburb. You watched.
and saw the man leave, and followed!
him; he took the alarm, fed, and
dropped in his fight the dogs coat-I
think l see 1t there. On that you hur.
ried with the coat to monseigneur, and
gave him the address of the house,
and"
And the dog!" exclaimed.
/ mo. Let monseigneur como and
find the dog for himself" he answered
smiling. "In the closet"
/ felt the blood tingle through al
my limbs. But if he comes, and does
not find it?" 1 cried.
The stranger shrugged his shoulders
ale will find it," he said, coolly. And
slightly raising his voice, he called
"l'lore. Flore." For answer the doc
whined behind the door, and scratched
the panels and whined again.
The stranger nodded, as well pleased.
"Thcre," he said. You have it? 1t is
there and will be there. And l think
that is all. Only keep two things in
mind, my friend. For the first, a per.
ron will claim our share of tie reward
ut the proper time; for the second,
would be careful not to tell monser.
neur, the president of the council
again | caught faint note of irony -
1.-THE true story, lest worse thing hap
pcni" And the stranger with very
ugly smile touched his throat.
II will not!" | said, shuddering.
"Thcn-then, l think that is ALL" he
answered briskly. "And l may say
farewell. Until we meet again adiou,
| NJ. Prospect" And setting on his ha
with n polite gesture, lie Turned his
back to me, went oiu into the sunlight
passed TO the left, and vanished.
heard the garden door Gloss with n
crash, and then, silence - silence,
broken only by the faint whine of the
dog, as it moved in its prison.
Was | alone? | waited awhile be-
fore l dared to move; and even when
l found courage to rise, stood listening
with heating heart, expecting foot.
lall OH The stairs or tnat something
I knew not whnt-would rush on nc
from the closed doors of this mys.
ferrous house. But the silence endured
the sparrows outside twittered, the
cricket renewed it's chirp, and at length
drawing courage from the sunlight.
moved forward aud lifted The dog'c
coat from tho floor. Five minutes later
was in the streets on my way to the
bishops hotel, the morsel of velvet
tucked under my girdle.
| / have since thought that did not
fully appreciate the marvel that had
happened to me. But by this time
was light-headed. Invent my way as a
man moves in n dream, and even when
came to the door of the hotel, suffered
none of those qualms which must have
shaken me had / been sensible. l did
not even question how l. should reach
monseigneur, which proves That we
often delude ourselves with vain fears
and climb obstacles where none exist
For as it happened, he was descending
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yard, and though he raised his gold
headed staff at sight of me, and in q
fury babe the servants GUST me, had
! the passion if not the wit TO wave the
velvet coat in his face, and cry my err
rand before them all.
Heaven knows at that there was such
n sudden pause and about-facc as must
hny hn fol Il hpI
been there. Monseigneur in high ex'
citcment babe them bring me in to him
the secretary whispered IN my ear tina,