The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22

uue-sucn clothes being the mourn
ing she had worn, and was wearing,
for Jacob. .Ayerse as she was to using
Goliath's money. she thought he WOULD
hardly grudge her these garments of
woe for his father. Besides, as man
ageress of the shop, she deserved some
salary
Why are you taking the Dante?'
asked Eustace. when they set out for
Waterloo station.
1T may be useful to read the riddle"
said Hagar
Have you solved it?'
L don't know; am not sure" she
said, meditatively. II tried by count
ing the lines on that page up and down.
You nderstand-twenty-se twelve.
thirty-eight; but the lines I lighted on
gave me no clew."
You didn't understand them?"
Yes. L did" replied Hagar, coolIy
Il got a secondhand copy of a transla-
ton from the old bookseller in Carby's
Crescent, and by counting the lines to
correspond with those in the Florentine
edition 1 arrived at the sense"
And none of them point to the solu-
ton of the problem
Not one. Then 1 tried by pages.
L counted twenty-seven pages, but
could find no clew; 1 reckoned twelve
pages; also thirty-eight; still the same
Cou4t. AACll lOOh the IWeAIln, the
twenty seventh. and the thirty ight n
page by numbers, but found nothing.
The riddle is hard to read"
Impossible, 1 should say" said
Eustace. In despair.
No; think 1 have found out the
meaning"
How? how? Tell me quickr
Not now. 1 found a word. but Ii
seems nonsense. as L could not find 1T
In the Italian dictionary which I bor-
rowed"
What is the word?"
I'll tell you when have seen the
house"
In vain Eustace tried to move her
from this determination. Hagar was
stubborn when she took an idea into
her strong brain: so she simply de-
clined to explain until she arrived at
Woking-at the house of Uncle Ben.
Weak himself, Eustace could not un-
derstand how she could hold out so
long against his persuasiOns. Finally
he decided in his own mind that she
did not care about him. In this he
was wrong. Hagar liked him-loved
him; but she deemed ii her duty to
teach him patience quality he
lacked sadly. Hence her closed mouth.
When they arrived at Working, Eus-
tace led the way toward his late uncles
house, which was some distance out of
the town. He addressed Hagar, after a
long silence, when they were crossing
piece OF waste land and saw the cot
tage in the distance.
IF you find this money for me-" he
said, abruptly. what service am 1 to
do for you In return?"
II have thought OF that" replied
Hagar. promptly. Find Goliath
otherwise James Dix"
is he?" asked Lorn. flushing
Some one you are fond Off"
list.Some one / hate with all my soulr'
she flashed out; but he IS the son OF
my late master and heir to the pawn
shop. I look after IT only because he
| is absent, and on the day he returns
j shall walk out of 1t and never set
/ eyes on it or him again
why don't you advertiser"
81 have done so for months: so has
Vark the lawyer, but Jimmy Dix never
replies. He was with my tribe in the
] New Forest. and 1T was because hated
him that left the Romany. Since then
he has gone away. and I don't know
where he is. Find him If you wish tc
THANK me. and let me get away from
the pawnshop."
Very good" replied Eustace, quietly
II shall find him. In the meantime
here is the hermitage of my late uncle.
1t was bare little cottage, small
! and shabby, set at the end OF a square
of ground fenced in from the barrier
moor. Within the quadrangle there
were fruit trees-cherry. apple. plum
and pear; also a large fig tree in the
center OF the unshaven lawn facing the
house. All was desolate and neglected