The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-01

from him 10 any purpose--f wish. with
ell my heart. the responsibility was of
my shoulders; but he n obsttnate--or, let
me RATHER say, resoluts-aad he wen {
rake II on 'Mernman. leeve detaiiA 10
you DO wfNt you think fight for my In
sonally withdrawn from the business un-
terests; and consider ma as havins per-
I'll II In al over Those were Sir Perci-
walls woryis O fortnight ago. and all can
get him to do now In 10 repeat them.
am not a hard man, Mr.. Gilmore. ns you
know. Personally ard privately, I 40 as
sure you. 1 should like 70 sporge out that
note OF mine At this very moment. But
IL Sir Percival won't 60 into the matter,
II Sir Percival will blindly leave all his
interests In my sole care what course can
I possibly take except the courrs Of as
serting thcm? My hands are bound--don' I
you see. my dear sir7--my hands are
bound"
You maintain your note on the clause.
then. TO the letter." ! said.
"Yes-deuce take Il! have no other al
tentative" He walked TO the nre-rlac
and warmed himself humming the fag-
END Of a tune in a rich convivlal bass
voice. What does your side sayf" he
went on; now pray tell me--what does
your side sayY''
/ was ashamed TO tell him. attemp-
ted to gain time-nay, did worse My
legal instincts got the better OF me; and
! even tried 10 bargain.
Twenty thousand pounds Il rather a
large sum to be given up by the lady's s
friends at two days notice" I said.
Very true" replied Mr.. Merriman,
looking down thouxhtfully At his boots.
Properly put, sir--most properly putt
"a compromise. recognising the inter
ests OF the lsdy's family as well as the
interests Of the husband rraight not per-
haps. have frightened my client quite 80
much" went on. Come. come! this
contingency resolves itself into matter
Of bargaining after all. What Is the least
you will take7'
THE least we will take" sold Dir. Mer-
rtmsn, is nineteen thousand nine hun
dred and ninety nine pounds nineteen
shillings ad elcven-pence three farthings.
Ifa! hal hal EXCUSE me. Mr.. Gilmore.
must have my little Joke"
Little enough" remarked. The
Joke is just worth the odd farthing II was
made for"
Mr.. Merriman was delighted. He laugh
ed over my retort till the room rang
again. l was not halt 20 sood-humored;
on my side; I came back to business, AND
closed the interview.
This is Friday" I said. Give us I'LL
Tuesday next for our hnsl answer"
by all msaans." replied Mr.. Merriman.
took up his hat to go; and then address
ed me again. BY the way" he said your
client. in Cumberland have not heard
anything more Of the woman who wrote
the anonymous letter. have they
Nothing more" answered. Have you
found no trace OF herr
Not vet" said my legal friend. But
we don't despair. Sir Percival has his
suspicious that Somebody is keeping hsr
In hiding: and we are having that Some
body watched"
You mean the old woman who was
with her in Cumberland" said.
quite another party. sir" answered
Mr. Merrirnan. I'VE don't happen 10 have
laid hands on the old woman yet. our
Somebody Is q man. We have got him
close under our eye here in London; ana
we strongly suspect he had something 10
do with helping her In the hrst instance
to escape from the asylum. Sir Percival
wanted TO question him at once; but !
said. NO. Questioning him will only put
him on his guard: watch him. and walt.
We shall zee what happens. A dangerous
woman to be AT large Mr.. Gilmore; no.
body knows what she may do next. wish
YOU good morning. sir. On Tuesday next
shall hope for the pleasure OF hearing
from you" He smiled amiably and went
out.
(To be continued)