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fined creature had no companion, NJ
bonnie or. chaperon. No! she was
quite alone. Three times, while hi
watched her, she had attempted tc
cross the street, and three times sht
returned baf1ed. Glynn could moi
lose such a chance; advancing to he'
side, he raised his hat and said, with
grave politeness:
There is an unusual crowd; will
you allow me to see you safely E
the other side?"
She raised her wonderful eyes tc
his with a slightly startled, but frank
expression.
YES" she said, simply, in exactly
the low clear tones that might be ex'
pected from her. 81 shall be very
glad"
Keep close to me-" returned
Glynn, and Selling a lull in the traffic,
he piloted her to the pavement in
front Of the Madeleine.
1.-The reason of the strongest is al
ways the best" she said, quoting La
Fontaine aptly in his W language.
Il should never have had resolution
to seize that opportunity"
II think l speak to a country
,womap," remarked Glynn.
Eyes, I consider myself English. J
am very much obliged. Good-morn'
ing" This decidedly, though politely
Glynn felt himself obliged to re-
linquish an eagerly formed intention
of drawing her into conversation. He
could not thrust himself upon a lady:
and he felt strongly: disposed to be-
lieve. that his new acquaintance was
thoroughly a lady, though a knowl.
edge of life in most European capitals
disposed him to suspend his judg'
ment. He followed her at a little dis.
lance as she threaded her way
through the booths which shelter the
fower-sellers and their fragrant
wares, till she reached one where she
was apparently greeted as a regular
customer by its wrinkled owner.
Then with a certain degree of con-
tempt for his own weakness he
turned resolutely away, and walked
down the new Boulevard Malesherbes.
He had not gone far, when his at
tention was attracted by a figure ad.
vancing with a somewhat slouching
gait toward him, a man of scarcely
middle height, but broadly and
strongly built, we'll, though rather
SLOWLY, dressed, his trousers tight
below the knee and loose above, his
cutaway coat, bright-colored necktie
and low-crowned hat had a horsey
aspect; a broad, sun-burnt face, with
well-trimmed, but coarse, red mus
taches and hair, a blunt, resolute
nose, sharp, light eyes, the lids puck
cred as If from trying to look at
strong sunlight, gave him an air Of
intense knowingness; all these
seemed somewhat familiar to Glynn,
as was also a certain expression OF
lazy good-nature, which softened the
ruggedness Of his aspect.
While Glynn vas struggling to an
swer the question with which we
have all puzzled ourselves at one time
or another-"Where have I seen that
face?"-its owner stopped suddenly
before him, exclaiming: "Mr. Glynn!
i'll am not greatly mistaken; l hope
I see you we'll, sir"
The voice and accent, which were
peculiar. neither French, nor English,
nor American, though a little of all,
with an undertone of something that
was none Of the three, brought back
to Glynn, as by magic, certain pas
sages of his life ten years before
a big, crowded, gambling saloon in
the Far West, dim with tobacco
smoke, and hot with gas-lights, reek-
ing with the fumes Of strong drink,
and echoing with the din Of strange
oaths, suddenly rose from out the
caverns Of memory, a confusion OF
conflict, the man before him g~allantly
backing him in a desperate fight to
reach the door. 49,
"Mr. Merrick, I had no idea you
were at this side of the Atlantic!"
Il have been more than once at
this side of the Atlantic since we met
last. You know all good Yankees
hope to go to Paris not only when
they die, but a considerable few times
before that event. I'm right glad to
meet you; and, before going further,
I beg to observe that I have assumed"
Che said "ashumed") another name
since 1 had the pleasure of seeing
you; or, rather, I have reverted to
my original patronymic, which was
a deuced deal too good for the ran
among whom we were temporarily
engulfed, to mouth. Allow me-
with an elegant air he drew forth a
notebook, and presented a card en-.
graved, Captain Lambert, U. S. c.,
27 Rue de L'eveque." "Times have
changed for the better with me, and
I am now established here perma-
nently." , ct
To be Continued.