The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-12-18

lively than by me in person. The man
I have engaged for the chase is an old
and skillful detective, an exceptionally
smart one, who being such is not at all
likely to be suspected by them, and I
shall keep him at work among them
until know all we want to know about
all the McCaffreys.
CT don't like the idea," stammer-
ed the widow uneasily, "of involving
you, stranger, in such an expense as
that. / know it costs great deal to hire
a good detective.
"Oh, that's all right" answered John
jauntily. 81 want to do it for my own
satisfaction now. And you will soon get
over the idea Of looking upon me as "a
stranger, hope. Addie has already"
Addie peeped slyly at him, with a
little smile and a blush, and even around
the old woman's mouth there was mo-
mentary deepening Of the wrinkles, as
if she, too, would have smiled had not
that grace been long forgotten by the
muscles in her sad countenance.
John Latham told the truth when he
said he wanted to keep up the Mccartney
hunt on his own account. He was deter
mined he would not be driven from that
field. And, still q better reason, the
continuance of the chase afforded him
an excuse for frequent calls at the cot
tage to tell how his detective was get
ting On and to consult with Mrs. Hall.
Incidentally Addie was always present
during those visits, so that he was now
sure of pleasant hour or two in her
society at her home, at least once and
sometimes twice week. And he saw
with pleasure that her mother was grow
ing accustomed to the sight Of him, per-
haps was sometimes even pleased to see
him. In truth, he was making better
progress than he thought Under her
hard and cold exterior the widow hid q
good warm heart and was not slow to
appreciate the sterling manhood of her
daughters lover. "He will make her q
good husband when Justice is done and
am gone," she said to herself.
One evening when Latham returned
home Chester Sewan salu TO MIN:
"You look as happy as if you had won
the grand prize in a lottery"
"Why, 80 1 have, the grandest prize
in the lottery Of life, the honest affec-
ton Of noble, true hearted girl. "
"Ah, yes, very delightful, no doubt, !"
drawled Chester, affecting a cynical
tone, "but it isn't practical >"
"What is the matter with you, Chet?"
Nothing, only my girl and Wall
street together are teaching me the val
ne of the practical.
elias Miss Willmarth come around to
her fathers views?"
"I can hardly say definitely as to that.
She continues urging me to go into poll
tics under the banner Of Mr.. Pratt, OF
whom, between us, am getting rather
tired, and / have agreed to, as you sug-
gcsted, look the field over and see what
it offers. But there's time enough for
that. The burning issue of the hour is
that the last dollar = have in the world
is in peril-immin ~ peril.
"How sop
''That internal stock cannot possibly
go half a point lower. 1t will not be
allowed to. Everybody says it is a mir
acle that it has got down to where it is
1t must take turn, and when it starts
to go up will regain lost ground, and
more, too, very rapidly. But If do not
put up 81 900 to protect my margin by
10 o'clock tomorrow shall be sold out
under the rule. Every dollar / had left