The Holly chieftain., 1902-09-26

I ttins 6rS4sasssy .ehe colonel. hsd
sa3tsapta sMitpess the rout Of tia enc
~. heris. 9eoot and artillery. They
woald - fospd. doubtless. listening to
ths music a. else enjoying . last
ttss1tse aA@g the palms and esotics
u the gardNp--
30 Mark eet shout search.
He had been watched.
Nnmsrcus eyes we're fastened upon
hiR ~ bird we'll worth plucking.
Perhaps there we're sanguine hopes
that he might prove . more profitable
sub3sct than Mad Jones with bis two
cuHs eoysrsd With mysterious hero
Eiyphics. utterly unintelligible to the
average person. for II was reasonable
to believe he carried the system some
where about hisi person.
Jones was In, no hurry to depart.
Indeed. he showed no signs of such
FA. desire. but showed hither and yon
ENith the air ~ > man quite well salts.
eedfwith his surroundings.
Perhaps, % an artist hovers near
his picture on. the line, to hear com.
ment favorable or otherwise, the hero
Of this memorable and dramatic
smash of Monte Carlos bank was de-
sirous of discovering how the habi-
tues Of the ,Casino considered the
prospect. and thus feeding his philan-
thropical soul with the thought Of the
great good he was doing,
With Count Leon 1t was different.
r When : man tcf his character dis
covers an opportunity to kill two
birds with onesstone, he seldom fails
to take advantage Of It.
He was in his slement-a fortune
he must have, whether it came
through means Of an enchanted dos
sier, allowing, him atshis will to. de-
mand heavy. tribute from the funds
the Prince Of Monaco annually receiv-
ed as his legal share Of Monte Carlos
profits. or from certain glorious dia,
mond fields In South Africa of which
we have heard more or less.
As q usual thing, when Count Leon
made up his mind with regard to
. certain object, II was as good as &C
complished.. . ;is~,' "a. W
True. the cute Yankee had gotten
the better Of him With regard to the
secret dossier business, but Villebois
had managed BY manipulation to
catch few. Of the droppings.
Besides, that deal could hardly be
called closed, 20 long as a single
chance remained.
He reasoned. with apparent saga
city that since Merrick had taken hold
personally on this night, he must have
the packet; in his possession.
+. Hence, IL Mark could only be en-.
trapped, the papers might yet be Sc.
cured. gA
OF course he would be on his guard.
remembering the fate Of Darragh, who
had been 50 neatly kidnapped, on a for
mer occasion, when somewhat simi,
lar conditions prevailed.
| Merrick was unconscious Of his
danger. ~.
He seemed. to, believe that since he
/ had in his own mind washed his
hands of Jones great plan for the re-
demption OF mankind from the ills
brought about by this mad desire to
gamble, he was no longer an object
Of interest to outside parties.
Perhaps he would ere long be rude.
" aroused from this dream of fancied
security
Fortunately. Jones was there to
have an eye out for breakers-Jones
who was not madly in ioYe with little
Miss Millions, and could therefore
keep his wits about him. s.
Mark, having won tho sweet CON.
fession Of love from the iipssofs Con.
stance, might fondly delude himself
with the idea thst his veaael had sur
vfved the storm and reached d safe
harbor. -. >sss
Alasl nany.a gallant ship has gone
on the ROCKIES at the vSqsys sntyance Of
the .harbor, and the cru4l watss have
Bfept the. forms of th1k beloved to
the very feet oAsweeths lEfs snd wives
waiting upon the strands u
F. 30 no man can call hixdself actually
safe until he. II withtn the port Of
matrimony. since there b many q
slip 'twixt cup and lips
f Merrick had passed through many
Experiences. but there were z few
moro things for him to learn.
+ Not finding Constance about the
Casino. he sauntered into the gardens.
Fairy bowers. they certainly were,
and because adversely had struck the
bank fo5 two nights In succession 1t
SqSa no reaeoa Why tho myriadnS of