The Yale expositor., 1902-04-25

Meaning Little Miss Million. sup
pc1e?"
The young lady In the carriage.
Her face caught my eye and gave me
a shock. IL Is so like one | knew. and
yet the possibility OF such a thing Is
absurd She was the daughter OF a
poor farmer In the bush. and this girl
seems bora 20 the purple. Still. II has
given me quite surprise. Dismiss the
whole thing from your mind, beg.
Now. tell me more about your great
plan TO startle the old habitues of
Monte Carlo as they have been
shocked only once before"
You shall by degrees know every
thing that I have discovered. down 10
the smallest details. For tho present
| shall deal only In generalities. In
the FIRST place. know that | am not
the only one madly possessed with the
idea OF discovering this lost system by
means OF which Darragh broke the
bank at Monte Carlo.
Depend upon IL, I'm I'm this gamo
for keeps. and don't intend TO he
blufied out OF my honest rights by any
Frenchman. be he prince or peasant.
hero OF Algiers or any other man.
Count Leon Villebois and have al
ready made each Others acquaintance
he knows I'm hot after that same
paper. and we cherish a mutual respect
for each other after indulg!ng In lit
| tie bout that the alguazils Of old Sc
! Vile put a stop 20. One thing Is GER
/ tain, II this French count and his Rus
sian ally push me against the wall too
hard. they may take a sudden voyage
up Salt Rlyer-and Jones. he pays the
/ freight"
Merrick confessed that his interest
/ had deepened and that he felt more
] DESTROYS than ever TO be the comrade
OF Jones in the search for the Golden
\ Fleece. for such the valuable docu-
ment. II ever found. would be TO those
lucky enough 10 possess IL.
you are curious to hear about Oar
ragh. and how evil fortune befel him
after he seemed 10 hold the world in
his grasp.
"Thc night he broke the bank his
wealth was utterly unknown. but that
was not the worst. Had II been an ac-
cident they would have raked II all In
again and much more with the turn
OF the cards. but they knew as we'll as
others that Darragh had a complex
system that had actually proven infal-
lible. aud that the whole OF Monte Car
10 was at his mercy.
THAT night Darragh was kidnapped
/ don't say who did Il. but they got
his money. and falling to find the pa
per containing a diagram OF his won
dorful system OF play. carried hin
away far of from France and Italy. OF
"a yacht TO Alglers. In succession h'
was taken TO Russia and Austria, Italy
and spain. but they could not force
him to tell his secret, and the paper hi
declared he had destroyed. though
there was a copy OF Il somewhere hid
den away.
Even torture proved unayailing anS
az last Il was decided to dispose o
Darragh in order that be might neve
appear against them.
Gle was sunk an the harbor OF So
willie. but fortune allowed him TO breal
loose from the bag and reach steam
or Just leaving for a Mediterranean
port. lie lowered between life ant
death. and was put ashore At Naples
whore nc recovered his bodily health
but never his mind until an accldeH
In the streets laid h!m up FOR good.
1T was / who picked him mp aa'
had him taken care Of Tor weeks Ia
fingered. Hls memory returned In ful
and knowing that his time had com,
he told me the wonderful story OF h.
J life
b Before Darraeh died he gave mo Al
the information he possessed concern
ing the duplicate Of his system, and
J legal document by means OF which
could claim Il when found. My hun
, has since been widespread. for the doc
unient was on the person OF one VII
little knew what treasure he carried
; At last | have traced IL here TO Parli
e and this night YOU shall go with me
secure IL. despite the count and sue
( Russian assistance as he may hgur
on. Is that bargain. my boy?'
? III It's good enough for the Jonese
{ It's good enough for me, said Mel
G rick, promptly.
To BE Continued.
T.