Ladysmith news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-07

and his tone was cold and maSterfuI.
Billery obeyed his injunction and went
slowly up the stairs. Truscott or
dered coffee and had cold fowl set
upon the table, and by the time his
preparations were completed Billery
returned. He drank his coffee with
a zest, though he was still too much
ashamed to face his companions eyes,
and he left the cold fowl untouched.
Truscott spoke more to put him at
his ease than for any other reason.
81 had visitor here this afternoon.
No less a person than the nephew of
the man whose body you identified
this morning"
(Which of 'em?" asked Billery.
alexis or Aloysius?"
"Aloysius Brangwyn was the man
who called" said Truscott. That's
his card He lives in Paris"
81 know" said Billery. "Rue de
Bruxelles. What brought the saturn
inc beast here?"
He wants house not far removed
from London. He thinks this place
will suit him. He seems inclined to
take it."
did you tell him about the dis
covery?" Billery was so far reused
that he had forgotten his disgrace.
He questioned eagerly.
II thought he ought to know. He
promised not to make any movement
until the news was published"
How did he take it," Billery asked.
We'll, he said he had always looked
forward to it sooner or later. He said
he felt certain that his great uncle
had met with foul play. He talked in
a queer, raised kind of way, and he
said that the discovery was the first
link in chain which would drag the
blood-guilty to the gallows."
YES" said Billery. II know his
style. Was he-did he look scared?"
mo. Whatever else he was, he
wasn't scared. Why should he look
scared?"
''He was the only man to profit by
the old gentleman's disappearance"
why, mani" cried Truscott. you
can't suggest that he had any hand in
it! Don't you remember that he was
living in Paris at the time land came
straight over when the news was
wired to him."
yes, [ remember that. But
But what?"
'Truscott," said Billery, what are
you going to pay me for to-day's
work."
Its special work." Truscott an
swered, looking keenly at him as if in
search of a reason for his sudden
change of theme. 1--WE no doubt it
will excite a good deal of interest. I'll
give you ten guineas now, and if it
pans out properly we'll talk about it."
''Ten guineas," said Billery, musing-
ly. Ten guineas. Yes, that will do
it. But if | happen to want another,
and if I wire to you from Paris for it,
will you let me have it?'
What do you want in PARISH"
"Reggy," said Billery, I'm on the
trail Of big thing. I'm going to forge
another link in the chain Aloysius
Brangwyn was talking about. No, you
needn't look at me like that. I'm not
seeing things through decanter. Let
me have the cheque now, please. I've
a good deal to do in the meantime,
and | must be in Paris tomorrow
night"
Give me the old understanding"
said Truscott. "One month from now"
"One month from now" Billery ech-
oed. mot one drop of the internal
stuff shall pass my lips till the fif-
teenth Of August. There's my hand"
Good. 1 trust you. You can have
cash if you like"
An hour later, whilst Aloysius
Brangwyn was yawning fiercely in the
gaiety stalls and the house round him
reeked with laughter, Hamilton Bill
1ery was paying off the driver of a
hanson at the head of a dilapidated
street of houses near the river in the
far east of London. And the thoughts
Of the two men met at the same point
Of interest.
Ito Be Continued.)