New-York tribune., 1906-08-12

against my marriage. which you seemed not to
desire. will very likely come true
So now l have your authority to spend the one
hundred pOundS?" he asked
OF coursel Ten times muChl'
Blessed is she who has not seen, and yet has be-
Eeved!" -,
She put out her hand. He took it, and bent some
'Good-by, Miss Mordaunt"
Not for long-an hour-two?"
81 am glad to have pleased you. ! shall always
remember how the brunette type OF angels look
when they thank Providence.
1t is not fair to fatter when one is highly happy
and deeply thankful, for then one hears everything
as music. Tell me of it some other time when
shall have a sharper answer ready. But stay
one word. 1t is of these certificates that Mr.. van
Hupfeldt, too, must somehow have learned Does
the girl say that anyone else knows of them?@
A man named Strauss knows of them
At that name her eyelids fell if her modesty
had been hurt. Does not Mr. van Hupfeldt know
of them9" she asked with face averted
" cannot tell you-yet," he answered turning
a little from her lest she caught the grim smile on
his lips. Why do you think that he may know"
Because some days ago he wrote me note-it
is this 1t can refer only to these certificates.
She handed to David his own note" 1t is
pretty certain thing that your sister was a duly
welded wife and David looking at IT. asked
with something Of flush. Did Mr. van Hupfeldt
say that it was he who sent you this? l see that
it has no signature
Yes. it was he" said Violet
"Ah!' murmured David and said no more.
9 If it was these certificates which he had in his
mind when he wrote that note, said she, then
he too, we'll you. must have chance of SeCur-
ing them from the girl. So you had better be
full that he is not beforehand with you
David looked squarely at her I" AS long you
obtain them, what does it matter from whom they
Gomez"
''Of course" she replied, with her eyes on the
ground l shall owe much gratitude to the person
who hands them to me"
He took step forward. whispering, Must be
the winner9"
He received no answer from her: only wave of
blood, blush that flooded her being from her toes
to the roots of her hair all of a sudden, suffused
Violet. while he stood awaiting her reply. He put
out his hand with fine self-contrOl. Well. |
must try" he cried lightly. She just touched his
fingers with hers, and the next moment he
striding from her.
His cab was waiting outside Calling. Quick
you can" to the driver, he sprang in. and they
started briSkly away. He was well content in
and hutterng little somewhere inside He had
tasted the sweet poison of honey dew.
As for doubt, he had none at the moment Jenny
he had left safe with Mrs Grover, and he
that she had the certificates with her. But
when he reached the middle of Oxford-st.. he
that which made him start-van HuPfeldt in a
landau driving eastward. and. sitting beside the
cOachman, the valet Neil What Spurred David'S
interest the pace at which the landau's horses
racing through the traffic, and also the face
of the man in the carriage, so gaunt and wild lean
knees. to press the carriage faster forward by
the strain of his soul.
At once a host of speculations crowded upon
DavldS mind. Now, for the first time. it occurred
to him that Neil may have ShadOwed him and the
girl to the flat, that Hupfeldt might have the
daring TO be on the way to the flat to win Jenny
from him. he felt that he could hardly prevail
against Hupfeldt with Jenny van Hupfeldt
being rich, and the two high-Steppers in the landau
were fast leaving the cab horse behind. An eager
ness to be quickly at his flat arose III David SO
without stopping his cab. ne stood out near the
splash-board and cried to his amazed driver:
say! You come inside. and let me drive