Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-07-31

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the room. lie was in the highest spir-
its, as he always was when he was
about to undertake new piece of
work. Seeing that | had visitors he
came to sudden standstill.
"a thousand pardons," he said in
French. Il had no idea that you were
engaged. l will wait outside"
Don't do anything of the kind" l
returned in the same language. "Come
in, and let me introduce you to Miss
Kitwater, who has just arrived from
England"
Miss Kitwater?" he repeated, in
some surprise. Surely | understood
you to say that your client, the gen
tleman who had lost his sight through
Hayle's treachery, was NJ. Kitwater?"
THAT is quite right, and this lady
is his niece" / returned. "She has
brought me extraordinary intelli-
gence. Her uncle and his companion
have suddenly disappeared from the
little village of Surrey, where they
have been staying some time with her.
1t is her belief that they have come
to Paris in search of Hayle. There
would have been trouble had they
met, but, fortunately for them, and
for Hayle, he has given them the slip
once more. 1t would be possible for
you to find out whether they arrived
by the morning train, and also wheth-
er they have made inquiries az Hayle's
apartments, would it not?"
quite possible" he answered. at
shall be done at once. / will let YOU
know in less than an hour what | have
discovered"
thanked him, whereupon he bowed
to Miss Kitwater, and then disap-
peared.
M. Leglosse is also in pursuit of
Hayle," | explained. ''IIe holds a war
rant for his arrest on a charge of
embezzlement in Cochin China. For
that reason we are following him to
Naples tomorrow morning"
ITO Naples. Has the wretshed man
gone these?"
$50 we have been led to believe"
1 answered.
"Then do you think my uncle will
find it out and follow him." she asked,
wringing her hands. "Oh it is all too
terrible. What shall ! do?"
"Well, if ] might be allowed to be
like David Copperfeld's Mr.. Dick, !
should be practical, and say, dine.
/ suppose you have had nothing to eat
since you left England?"
She gave little wan smile.
''We have not had very much, GER
tainly," she answered. Poor Nelly.
you must be nearly starving"
The maid, however, protested that
she was not; but was not to be de-
MED. Bidding them remain where they
were, | went downstairs and inter
viewed my faithful friend, the con-
cierge. With her L arranged that Miss
Kitwater and her maid should be pro-
vided with rooms in the house for that
night, and having done so went on to
the nearest restaurant. In something
less than ten minutes all was settled.
and in under 90 they were seated at
their meal. At first the girl would not
sit down with her mistress, but, with
her usual thoughtfulness, Miss Kit
water ordered her to do so.
"And now, Mr.. Fairfax" she said,
when she had finished, "we must dis
cover the hotel where we can stay the
night. At present we know of no
place in which to lay our heads"
you need not trouble about that"
| said, 81 have already arranged that
you shall have rooms in this house if
you care to occupy them. The old
lady to whom it belongs is particular
friend of mine, and will certainly do
her best to make you comfortable. /
presume that it was your bag | saw in
the cOncierge's office, when l was there
just now?"
1--WE left it there" she answered,
and then gave me my reward by add
ing: 1T is very kind of you. Mr.. Fair
fax, to have taken so much trouble.
cannot thank you sufficiently"
You must not thank me at ALL" ]
replied. "In helping you l am only
doing my duty to my client"
had scarcely said the words before
| regretted them. 1t was a foolish
speech, and a churlish one as well. She
pretended not to notice it, however,
but bade her maid go down to the
concierge's office, and take the bag to
the room that had been allotted to
HeI' Inc Slfl uiSappeareu, ana Wneh
she had gone Miss Kitwater turned to
me.
'Mr. Fairfax" she said, 81 have an
other favor to ask you. l assure you
it concerns me vitally. want to knew
if you will let me go with you to
Naples. In order that / might not be
in your way, we might travel in diff
ferent compartments; but go l must.
| am so frightened about my uncle.
If / follow him to Naples, it is just
possible l might be able to dissuade
him from pursuing Hayle. If he were
to kill me for preventing them, ]
would not let them meet. Believe me
when | say that / am terribly anxious
about him. Besides"
Here she paused for moment, as if
she did not quite know how to CON
tinue what she had to say to me.
"As l have said, you and Nj
mean the French gentleman-could
travel in your own way. All that l
want to be assured of is that | NAV