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and the man who had followed them

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and the man who had followed them
drew nearer.
The watcher scarcely hesitated
moment before he also thrust open the
door and went in They were imme-
diateIy in front Of him, and We're evil
IDENTIFY bargaining with woman VINO
kept the place; their backs were turn
ed toward the door, and they did not
see him. Noiselessly he slipped into
one of the boxes near the door and
sat down. He heard shutting OF
feet as they, also, entered another box,
and then the proprietress of the shop
came towards him.
He gave an order in a low tone and
asked if he could have bed. Yes.
there were beds in plenty, the woman
assured him; and he asked for as
large room as could be had. Then,
after she had left him, he sat with his
head pressed close against the wood
en- partition, listening for the sound of
voices. Locating them at last. he
judged that the old man and the girl
were two boxes away from him. on
the same side of the shop: he waited
patiently until the food that he had
ordered was brought and until he
knew that the other visitors had also
been served; then when the woman
had again left the place, he crept
quietly out of his box carrying his meal
with him. and slipped into the next.
Then, leaving his meal untasted. he
leaned his head against that other
partition and listened eagerly.
"Hawley Park, in the county of Sur
rev." the old man was saying. 'You
see by this map, my child, that we are
now in the county of Hampshire; Sur
rey adjoins it. We are AS you know,
too poor to ride; we must walk. 1t is
strange and wonderful that you, who
will ride in your carriage in SO short
time and will have more money than
you know how to spend, should now
have to tramp the roads like beg
gar But all that is coming to you will
seem the sweeter by contrast"
Eyes, it will not be long now" said
the girl, with a sigh. 81 want to
think, now, that we are at last in
England, over all that has happened;
want to be quite sure tha. what we
are going to do--you and lis for the
best. In the first place, am to hold
the name by which l have been known
on our journey; | am to forgetthat
hold any other name" =
The listener on the other side Of the
partition held his breath to hear what
was said. Yet it was only the mys-
terry of the thing that touched him at
the moment; he had no deeper inter
est in it than that.
Since you have called me Father
during all these weeks, it is well that
you should take my name and use it."
said the old man, gently. 'Enoch
Flame never had kith nor kin of his
own; you have crept into my heart,
child. more than any daughter of my
own could have done. So the name is
yours to use as you will. Forget for
time that you ever had another"
But | must keep my first name-it
was my mothers" said the girl, softly.
We'll forget Grace Yarwood for lit
tie time; for the present I'll be Grace
Flame-and your daughter
"Your own father having disap-
peared and left you to me, or to the
world, as might have happened" said
the old man. II always feared that,
Grace; always thought that he would
seize an opportunity to get away and
leave YOU"
you mustn't blame him" said
Grace. He wasn't responsible, and
the world had not treated him we'll
In some better time, when he isis
we'll again. he will remember and will
try to find me. l wonder if he is still
in Nevada? 2"
The listener suddenly stirred and
seemed to catch his breath: then he,
laughed softly to himself and settled
again to listen.
How should he leave it," asked
Enoch Flame. "Your father has but
one hope in life, my dear--to get suffi-
cient opium to steal away his brains
and his memories. He need not trav-
ell half over the world for that Come,
let us think of something else. You're
young, and you should look forward to
the life that lies before YOU"
Ito BE continued.l