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CHAPTER Ix.-(continued.)

has been advertised for all over the
| globe" she replied. Who is the man
of whom you speak2"
| Let me think; what was his name?
Ali remember; he calls himself
Owen Jaggard. Queer name-queer
| fellow" said Roger Hawley.
Very queer name; but it does not
| interest me-" she replied, coldly. 81
| never heard Of the man, nor met him
in my life"
II felt sure of that" he said, with a
smile. perhaps he made mistake
between you and the other Miss Grace
Yarwood."
Probably" she replied, coldly
There was silence between them for a
| moment or two, while the man fidgeted
with his mustache and the woman beat
a restless foot upon the carpet. The
silence helped Roger Hawley in an
unexpected way, for it drove the wom-
an into condition of frenzy. She
turned suddenly upon him and fiared
out at him in a manner that might
have fitted her old life. but certainly
| did not fit her new one.
Why are you plotting against me?"
she demanded, tiercely. Il know what
you've lost, and know why you have
every reason to hate me; but why are
you meeting this man Jaggard in Sc
cret-and plotting with him against
me-and finding out things about my
past life from him p
II thought you said you did not know
him." he answered, coolly.
"I--of course don't know him. :, she
stammered. Only he has been telling
you things about mel mean about
Grace Yarwood-and you meet him at
night"
How do you know that?" he asked,
as coolly as ever.
II don't know it; but you told me
yourself that you had seen the man."
she retorted. Let me warn you of
this: that neither you nor anyone else
can do any good by casting doubts
upon me or upon my life have es.
tablished my claim as Grace Yarwoed,
and there is no disputing my position.
Do you understand that?"
For the first time an extraordinary
suspicion 1eapt into the mind of Roger
Hawley What if, by any chance, this
was the imposter, and the other--the
fair-haired, blue eyed, innocent-looking
girl-the real Grace Yarwood? If this
black-eyed vixen was SO sure of her
right, why should she fight so fiercely
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threatened? Roger Hawley rather
complimented himself in that moment
on the fact that he had in sense
/ hedged a little and knew each Grace
Yarwood, and could judge in a manner
between them. 1t was obvious, too.
that what Owen Jaggard had said was
true, and that that gentleman did know
the Grace Yarwood who was in pos
session. Roger Hawley determined
that he would at least show this wonl-
an that he held a power over her; his
next words were in the form Of a veil
ed threat.
'.I'm sorry if have troubled you at
all, Miss Yarwood," he said, courteous.
lly. II hope some day you will under
stand that I was working solely for
your benefit. There's no more to be
said, Of course, and my warning seems
to have been a little superauous. How
ever, as don't want mischievous
tale to get about, I'll take care that
the man Owen Jaggard is watched. |
owe IL as much to you as to my for
tunate brother that I should do that.
TIL keep an eye on the fellow myself;
I'll keep him with me.
Where? 4" she asked, quickly.
AT the place where am staying, :
he replied, watching her It's cheap
| place, which suits my very limited
means, and vet It Is pleasantly situat-
ed. Good morning, Miss Yarwood; |
am happy In any case to havs made
your acquaintance :
Long after he had gone Joyce Bland
sat brooding. IN her own excited inn
agination she saw these two men the
one Who had been ousted from his po-
sition and who had SO much to gain by
discovering the fraud; the other who
knew what that fraud was. and who
wanted probably to share IN the spoils
she saw them both together, plotting
and scheming together for different
reasons. She recognized that that
mere casual visit to the lawyer ii, Lon
don and the production Of the papers
had been nothing: there was no fight
Fin that The fight was ginning now
WITH the real Grace Yarwood. and