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CHAPTER xxuu.--(continued.

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coming to the place. Only when he
reached the end of 1t did he look round
for his companion; but Cripps was
gone. His fears had been too much for
him, and, watching his opportunity, he
had fed. There was no time to wait
for him or to look for him; Philip
made his way rapidly In the direction
noticed on the night he found his
brothers. body.
Coming WITHIN sight OF these, he
suddenly stopped and dropped down
behind the shelter OF a ruined boat,
which lay half-buried in the mud. For
at the door of one OF those dilapidated
buildings stood the Shady I'm, as II
on guard.
Probably Mr.. Shadrach Nottidge had
never been SO surprised or terrified In
all his life as he was when a figure
suddenly sprang up before him and he
felt himself caught by the throat with
q grip which threatened to choke him
with the least possible delay. Aud
when he looked into the eyes OF Philip
| Chatter, and remembered how much
cause that gentleman had for wreak.
Ing vengeance upon him, by reason OF
the treachery he had displayed in
handing him over to the police, his
fears were increased a thousandfold.
Now, you sly, sneaking villain
whispered Philip, between his teeth;
you runner and crawler for other
rogues. where's your master?"
The Shady I'm, wholly unable to
speak by reason Of that grip upon his
| throat, family moved his head in the
| direction OF the hut.
"Is the lady you brought here with
him. asked Philip, in the same eau
tious voice.
The Shady I'm contriyed to nod and
| TO screw his head again in the direc-
ton OF the door; Philip, glancing at IL
saw that IL stood some two inches
open. Giving the Shady I'm n final
| squeeze and shake, he flung him away,
so that he fell on his back in the mud,
gently pushed open the door, and
| crept In. The Shady I'm, the instant
that Philip had disappeared into the
| hut, got slowly to his feet and then
| scurried AVA In the darkness toward
the streets.
In a maze of poles and ropes, and
planks, and dusty tattered sails; Gid
ing among these (the shed had evil
IDENTIFY belonged to a boatbuilder, and
| mad long oeen aDanGonedJ ne peered
fast them into the shed itself. where a
faint light glimmered.
AS his eyes became accustomed 10
the twilight of the place he saw that
the light in it came from a %guttering
candle, thrust into the neck OF a bot
| tie, and stood upon a table. Near this
| table. and at the farther end OF the
| room, stood Madge Barnshaw, At the
| side of 1t nearest to where Philip
stood concealed. and with his back
toward the door, stood Ogledon. With
his hands clasped behind his back,
and his head thrust forward towards
| the girl, he seemed to her,
even while he was silent. And yet,
though he seemed to have her at dis
mercy, he had about him a logged air
| of being at bay himself, and desperate.
From the first word Philip heard, as
he stood there In the darkness watch
ing them, It appeared that Madge had
| only just reached the place, and was
| still ignorant OF the full extent OF her
own danger.
"you sent for me In desperate haste,
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about Dandy Chater-to tell me the
| truth about him"
Eyes. I'll tell you all the truth about
| Dandy Chatter, ne said. sneeringly.
az have taken a long journey, in the
| full hope that you might help him
| that you might show me a way to
prove his innocence and set him free"
she said. In the same earnest. plead
ing voice. IF you can do that, II you
will help him. l will bless you from the
depths of my grateful heart; | will be-
lieve that you are true and kind and
generous. and | will beg you to forget
any harsh thing I may have ever said
to you"
He moved nearer to the table and
leant his hands upon It. and looked at
her across the pickering candle light.
~ have read somewhere" he said
slowly, "in some book made for babes
and stockings. that the love OF . wo-
man will make an angel OF q man, anu
raise him up, and exalt him. It's a lie;
no such thing ever happened. So far
as have loved, the love OF q woman is
q thing wherein are bound up hatred
and bitterness and murder. and every
hateful thing that belongs to the dark.
ness. They talk Of a woman scorned;
what think you of q man scorned?
/ What think you OF a man who. eating
his heart out for one smile. onA word
Of tenderness. from a mere slip OF q
girl. is met by looks which show him
only disgust and repugnance? You
thought 1t a hne thing to Ming aside
the love OF . man like myself. and
take up with q mere boy-didn't your
II never flung aside your love- 70
piled the girl, scornfully. Il told you.
from the FIRST, tina. I could not care for
you-that l loved some a else. Had
you been . gentlsman-even : man
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"A gentleman" he sneersd. ''What