Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-08

can ss@2SSure you most cOnndent1allN
that am about fired of this game e
=. But Row ami to know that this
Is not another trick on your part,
IND that you won't be clearing out
sof Paris ! within;<:a few hours? I
should present a sorry picture if my
clients were to accept your generous
offer, and had to inform them that
sou were not on hand to back it up"
ooh, you needn't be afraid about
that" he said. with a laugh. :. IT am
not going to blk you. Provided you
play fair by me, will guarantee to
do the same by you. With the adj
'vantages at present enjoy, I am
naturally most anxious to know that
1 can move about Europe unmolest-
ed. Besides, you can have me
watched, and so make sure of me-
There is that beautiful myrmidon of
yours, who is so assiduously making
love to Mile. Beaumarais' maid. Give
him the work." ..,..
was more than surprised to find
that he knew. about this business.
He saw it, and uttered one of his, Pc
culiar laughs.
HE didn't think knew it," he
said. "But did! His cleverness is a
little too marked. He overacts his
parts, and even Shakespeare will tell
you how foolish proceeding that is.
If you doubt my word concerning
my stay in Paris, let him continue
to watch me. You know where I am
living, and for that reason you can
come and see me whenever you like.
AS a proof of my sincerity, may I
suggest that you give me the pleas
ure of your company at dinner to-
night. Oh, you needn't be afraid.
I'm not Caesar Borgia. I shall not
poison your meat, and your wine
will not be drugged. It will be rath-
er unique experience, detective and
criminal dining together, will it not :?
What do you say?" =
The opportunity was so novel, that
I decided to embrace it. Why should
I not do SO, since it was very good
excuse for keeping my man in sight?
He could scarcely play me any tricks
at fashionable restaurant, and I
was certainly curious to study an
other side of this mans complex
character. I accordingly accepted
his invitation and promised to meet
him at the well-known restaurant he
named that evening. .
I'm the meantime you will tele-
graph to your clients, suppose,
he said. "You may: be able to give
me their reply this evening when we
meet" ''".'''
II shall hope to be in q position
to do So" answered, after which
he babe me good-by; and picking up
his hat and stick left the room -
sat down and wrote letter to
Miss. Kitwater, telling her all that
had occurred; then went out to dis
patch it with, q telegram to Kit
water himself, informing him of the
offer Hayle had made. I could guess
the paroxysm of rage into which it
would throw him, and I would will
ingly have spared his niece the pain
such an exhibition must cause her.
I could see no other way out of it,
however. The message having been
dispatched, settled myself down to
wait for reply, with all the pa
thence I could command. In my own
mind knew very we'll what*it would
be. It was not so much the money
that Kitwater wanted as. revenge.
That Hayle's most miserable offer
would only increase his. desire for
it, I felt certain: Shortly after three
o'clock the reply arrived. 1T was
short and to. the point, and ran as
follows:
ing" Z :
Here was = nice position for
man to find himself in. Instead of
solving the difficulty we had. only in
creased it. wondered what Hayle
would say when he heard the news,
and what his next step would be.
That he would endeavor to bolt
again, felt quite certain. 1t was q
point in my favor, however, that he
would not know until the evening
what Kitwater's decision was. so I
felt had still some time to arrange
my plan of action. OF one thing I
was quite determined, and that was
that he should be watched day and
night from that minute. but not by
Mr.. Dickson. That worthy I babe
return to England, and his rage ON
discovering that Mile. ..Beaumarais'
maid had tricked him would have
been amusing to witness, had the
principal event in which I was most
concerned not been so grave. The ex-s
pressions he used about her-~=.were:
certainly far from being compli-
mentary.' .',-.} =.
= Feeling that I must have other as
7sistanoe,5 Iasetson for my old friend
1egiosse's residence. i: shadsthe good
fortune TO- meet him By the re- con,
,cierge's lodge. and we assembled tho
stairs to his rooms together. s''s@S . -.
II have come to ask you to do mo
Z favor" 1fsaidi when we were seat
:edsin his sitting-room.
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