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cierge. With her I arranged that Miss
Kitwater and her maid should be pro-

cierge. With her 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 20 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, 1--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"
I said, II 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 was there
just now?"
"We left it there" she answered,
and then gave me my reward by add
ing: 'It is very kind of you, Mr.. Fair
fax, to have taken so much trouble. 1
cannot thank you sufficiently"
you must not thank me at all" 1
replied. I'm helping you 1 am only
doing my duty to my client"
had scarcely said the words before
| T s1,
speech, and churlish one as well. She
pretended not to notice it, however,
but babe her maid go down to the
concierge's Office, and take the bag to
the room that had been allotted to
her. The girl disappeared, and when
she had gone Miss Kitwater turned to
me.
! "Mr. Fairfax" she said, 81 have an
other favor to ask you. / assure you
it concerns me vitality. Iwant to know
if you will let me go with you to
Naples. In order that I might not be
in your way, we might travel in diff
ferent compartments; but go l must.
l am SO frightened about my uncle.
If 1 follow him to Naples, it is just
possible I might be able to dissuade
him from pursuing Hayle. If he were
to kill me for preventing them, 1
would not let them meet. Believe me
when say that am terribly anxious
about him. Besides"
Here she paused fora moment, as if
she did not quite know how to con-
tinue what she had to say to me.
Gas I have said, you and M
mean the French gentleman-could
travel in your own way. All that I
want to be assured of is that L may
be in Naples and at hand should any
thing happen
IF you really wish it, do not see
why you should not ?"Ireplied med
! itatively. But if you desire my can
| did opinion, / must say that / think
4 you would be far better off at home.
Still, if you desire to come, it's not
1 for me to gainsay your wishes. We
will arrange therefore that, unless
| you decideto thecontrary in the mean
time, you accompany US by the $3.50
train tomorrow morning."
II thank YOU" She said.
A few moments later LeglosSe re-
turned with the information that it
was as we suspected. Kitwater and
Codd had arrived in Paris that morn
ing, and had visited Hayle's lodgings
only to find him gone.
what is more important STILL
he continued, they have managed to
learn that Hayle had gone to Naples,
and they will probably leave by the
$3.50 train tomorrow morning for
that city. 1t is as well, perhaps, that
we arrange to travel by the next"
Courage, courage, Miss Kitwater,"
/ said, seeing that she was trembling.
"Try not to be frightened. There is
nothing to fear" Then turning to
Leglosse, 1 added: miss Kitwater has
decided to accompany us to Naples. AS
matter of fact, my position in the
case has undergone change since I
last saw you"
| He looked from one to the other of
us as if in astonishment.
what do you mean?" he asked.
Hitherto" I replied, 81 have been
acting against Hayle, with the inten-
ton of securing him, in order that my
clients might have most important
meeting with him. For the future,
however, my endeavors will be used
in the contrary direction. They must
never meet!"
"Then the best way to bring about
what you desire is to assist me, re-
turned Leglosse. 'Let me once get
my hands upon him in the name of
France, and they will never meet"
But we have to catch him before we
do that" said.
"Never fear, we will do it," he an
swered, confidently, and that seemed
to settle it.
/ Next morning at $3.50 we left Paris
for Naples.
CHAPTER XII.
1t was in the early afternoon fol-
| lowing our leayinr Paris that we