The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1902-12-11

rate ! greeted the prospect OF Le-
gioAsc'a cooperation with exclamation
II woald be hard II between ns @s
could not find Hayle and bring him 90
the justice he 40 richly deserved.
Nov. let US get out Of this" said.
"i must obtain something TO eat u
perish In the attempt. I am nigh
starving. A basin OF soup, roll and
a cup Of coffee are all taat have had
to-day"
'You shall dine at once" he an
Ewercd. "and here. There Ia an excel
lent little restaurant further down
che street. and one OF my men shall
40 thers and tell theED to bring you
up a meal. After that you shall go
home and change your costume. and
then we will arrange what shall be
done about the travelling"
This programme was carried out TO
the letter. We made a good meal. as
least knew that did, and when II
was eaten. cab WAS procured. and In
company with LegiosHe said good.by
to the house In which had spent no
short q time, yet In which had been
so miserable.
Il shall never know how to repay
you for your kindness said 10 my
companion as we drove down the
street. Had Il not been for Sou and
your mea should now be starving In
that wrctehed place. I'll certainly for
give Hayle n he is ever successful
enough to take the In again by Gns Of
his rascally tricka."
"Yun must not let him do that, )" re-
..-.-d th= Erenehman shaking hi@
head. "our regulations ARE at stake"
When reached my own apartments
the concierge was much relieved to see
me. She had been told that ! was
dead. porbapa murdered, and Ls-
CLOSES visit 10 tind me had not helped
to reassure her. a packet of letters
and kilograms were handed 20 me,
which carried up 10 my room 10 read
them while ] WAS changing my attire.
Never before had been so glad 10 get
ost Of n dress suit.
l had just finished my toilette and
was In the act Of recommending the pack
ing Of the bag intended taking with
me. when there was tap az the door
opened H. 60 End the concierge
there.
There Is a lady In the parlor TO see
monsieur" she said. "She has o maid
with her"
~ lady 90 see mc7" / asked, In
c-edulously. who on earth can she
be2"
The concierge shook her head. In
my own mind had arrived at the con
clusion that It vaN Mile. neaumMrals,
and that Aayie had sent her 20 dis.
cover, II possible. whether / had es-
capped from my confinement or not.
On finding out that had. she would
telegraph to him, and once more he
would be placed on his guard. Al first
felt almost inclined not TO ace her.
but on second thought raw the folly
of this proceeding. ! accordingly en-
tered the room where the lady was
awaiting me. The light was not very
good, but II was sufficient for me To
see two figures standing by the win
dow.
$40 whom am ] indebted for the
honor OF this visit, mademoisellex 90 !
began.
Don't you know me, Mr. Fairfax9''
the taller Of them answered. you
forget your friends very quickly"
"Miss Kitwater7" cried. what does
this meang"
At Is q long story she answered.
'but feel sure that you viii have
time to hear Il now. / am IN terrible
trouble"
answered, and then glanced at her
maid as IL 20 inquire whether Il we're
safe TO speak before her. She inter
prcted the look correctly and nodded
her head
"YeE. Mr.. Fairfax" she said. ''yOu
can say what you please before Nelly"
Then am ! right In interpreting
your trouble as being connected with
your uncle?'' l asked.
Yes, that Is Il, she answered. "You
have guessed correctly. Do you know
that he asd Mr. Codd have disap-
peared|'
Disappeared" I repeated. "Have
you any idea where they hare disAp.
peAred TOT"
No, but can hazard a very shrewd
guess" she replied. II believe they
have crossed to Paris 10 search Of
Mr.. Hayle. Since last sunday my
uncle has been more depressed than
ever, while the paroxysms Of rage, TO
which he Ia so subject. have been even
more frequsat than ever. II the truth
must be told. fear his troubles have
turned his brain. for he talss 20 him
self in such q queer way. and asks
every few minutes II have received
news from you, so that I cannot help
thinking his mind Ia not what II should
be. You must understand that ON
Saturday last, thinking IL might pos-
sibly be required for the case. drew
a large sum Of money from the bank:
more than eIg0, IN fact. ! securely
locked II up In my writing table. and
thought no one knew anything about
IL. Yesterday my uncle md Mr.. Codd
went for a walk, and did not return.
though l watched for them several
hours. While I was thus waiting l
opened the drawer in the writing
table 10 procure something wanted.
and discovered that Tho money was
missing. Only one construction could
be placed upon IL. Mr.. FAIRFAX. They |
had wearied of their inactive life. aud
had set OF In search Of Hayle,"
''They are aware of hia address Ia /
Paris, are they motif"
''Yes, my naele repeated Il from
morning until night" she answered. |
ain point Of fact he did little elise.
OH 1t 10 terrifying me beyond meas
ure 10 think what may hrrpen should |
they meet"
@Yon need not fear that. replied. !
''Aayle has tired of Paris and has
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