The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-13
Or the t arnaenter Millions
By ARTHURW. NARCHMONT.
Author Of By Right Of Swod" When Was Czar" Etc.

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a word. aud then, half laughing and
halflin tears. she exclaimed: "Oh. Jack,
you dear great stupid, do you mean
you don't know mcT
Olives! Ny darling!"
For q time which wsa Just sheer.
ecstasy to them. both, no more was
said. No words were needed. He held
her strained close to his heart and,
showered kisses upon her lips and
cheeks and brow and eyes--any spot
that was large enough to take kiss;
and she chung to him trembling in
silent rapture, her face upturned as
tears of delight welled slowly from,
her Dyes and great passionate sobs of
emotion convulsed her.
At length with smile she drew
away. "Arrah. be aisy now, wild We.
sy ways. Sure It's Mollie O'Erien you'd
be afther train In this way. Isn't 1t
ashamed Of yesilf. we are, kissin'
strange girls loike this, whin all the
tonne your own colleen has been brak-
In her heart for a sight o. your dear
face an the feel of 1t, too" and again
she kissed him, and laid her head on
his breast with a happy sigh.
Now. we must be sensible she said
next. 20 Jack! what, do you mean
by coming here and making me so
weak az all this?"
my head is still in the Clouds" he
laughed. I'm just amazed. Why. they
told me you we're dead Olive"
II know. heard them. They think
II, too. But come further away from
the drive. or some one may hear u.s."
and clinging close to his side as they
walked, she led him to a spot where
they could talk freely.
Now, my dearest, I can't stay more
than n few minutes, and you must Just
let me tell you all I can cram into
the time without interruptIng to ask
any questions or scold or anything.
First. you are cleared about that rob-
berry OF the papers. Merridew was
mixed UP in 1t, and he brought them
here; ] found them. and Mr. Easement
not do anything. Those arrests IN
London-that OF the girl you recog-
nized among the others--were my do
ing; 1 can't stop to tell you how I
found out everything. but Mr.. Case
ment will tell you now" and in the
same brief manner she told him of
Merridew's conduct; that he believed
he had murdered her, and that after
her escape she had come to Silver
beech as a servant, but really as n
spy.
He listened, GREATNESS with inter-
est, astonishment and rage, and at
first was for going straight back to
tho manor TO. avefitsout with Merri,
dew. But olive declared that this
would ruin everything and In the end
lcalmed him, and succeeded in winning
him round to. promise that he would
do nothing to Interfere with her plans
1x,,x h. faf
firm insistence prevailed in the end.
No one had q suspicion that she was
other than just MollIe the Irish girl,
she told him. and the fact that even he
himself had been mistaken was the
proof that she was in no danger. Be-
sides. both he and Mr.. Easement now
.kncwstYhere she was. and even IL she
weress discovered by Merridew they
would be able to come to her help.
This was the argument which won
him round, and when they parted he
had promised her faithfully that no
act of his should betray the fact that
he knew her to be even alive.
But why couldn't you have told me
that?" he asked. sit has been ter
rible time"
because I could not warn you
against Mrs. Taunton, Jack. She would
have guessed your secret In mo
,ment even If you had not told her"
"By Jove, never thought of that
OF course Two seen her often and have
spoken freely Of 1t all"
Don't see her again. She'll notice
the difference instantly. You had bet
ter not go back to London"
What devil of woman! I won't
&c near again. he said quickly.
Yes. but you must have an excuse
or she'll suspect. Talk 1t oil over with
Mr.. Easement"
'He's deep. too. Never let on word
a couple of letters for you and asked
what thought he had better do with
Them
'They must be from Selma Hammond,
Jack. Tell him to open them, and IL
they are, to get the girl somewhere
within reach. She may be necessary.
And now, dearest, I must go or I shall
be missed
It took some minutes before Jack
could tear himself away, and then
Olive returned to the house, hoping to
get In unseen.
But Dawleigh's Jealousy had been
aroused. lie had caught a glimpse OF
Olive in the drive, and just as she Slip
ped into side door he met her and
wanted to know where she had been.
limiting In his anger that sho had been
meeting some other man.
Olive let him talk as long as he
would. in order to see what his sus-
gpicions really were. and whether he
had an idea that 1t was Jack whom she
had seen. Satisfied on this point, she
let him SEQ another side OF her char
acter. She first forced few tears and
then flew into q passion. A flood OF
angry inyective poured in torrent
from her lips, all In her richest brogue,
and with q threat that she would never
speak to such a spalpeen again, she ap-
peared to break down and burst into
tears rs she pushed him one side and
went UP to bed.
Eager though she was to learn what
the Merridews said to one another
about Jacks visit. she did not leave
her room again that night. She was
too agitated to do her work coolly,
and she dared not run any risks. s3
IS Catching sight Of the present which
jDawleigh had brought her from Lon
den, she picked up the newspaper in
which 1t had been concealed and was
tossing 1t aside when a heading caught
her attention,.nnd she began to read It.
It was the report Of the discovery Of a
great forgery and In writing It up