The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-09

ters always before his eyes these two
words: The Treaty" as did--for my
punishment, He was in happy ignor-
anee still OF that other loss which L.
I. TO whom hla honor should have been
ancreh--had inflicted upon him. He
was satisfied with my story, that
through person employed by med
| person whose name could not yet be
mentioned, even TO hlnl--the necklncn
had been anatchtd from tho thief who
Had stolcnit. lie blamed himself mcr-
,cileBsly for thinking so little OF the
brocade bag WHICH Ihad given him at
parting. for letting nil remembsance
OF my words concerning IL 10 be put
out OF Ills mind by HIS wicked Jcal-9
ousy." as he repentnntly called IL. For
me. he had nothing but praisc and
gratitude for what had done for linn.
| He begged me to forgive him. and his
1 remotse for sncli n small Thing, COM
paratlycly. wrnng my heart
We searched the garden and the
/ whole street, then came back TO search
the little drawins-roOmr Tor Tie second
! time. In vain. 1t jill seem that there
/ was witchcraft IN II. rs said TO
Raoui: but Mt last / persuaded him to
i 30 away. and follow his own track
/ wherever lie had been since gave
I him iiie bag with the diamonds. IT
l was just possible. as 1t was so late.
/ and his ways had led him througli
/ quiet streeA that even after all this
4 time tho little brocade bag might be
/ lying where he had left it--or that
l some honest policeman on liis beat
l might haze picked IL up. Besides,
/ there was the cab In which he had
come part OF the distance to my house.
1 The bag might have fallen on the
! lIoor while lie drove; and there wcro
many honest cabn1cn In Paris. 4 re-
4 minded him. trying to be as cheerful
! as I could.
So he left me. And WAS deadly
/ tired; hut had no thought Of sleep
| no wish for IL. WhcnI had unlocked
the door OF my boudoir. and found
/ Iyor Dundas gone. as | had hoped In
would be, the next hope born in my
1 heart was that he would by+and-by
come back. or send--with news.
Hour after hour OF deadly suspense
/ passed on. however. and lie did not
/ come or make any sign. AT o'clock,
i Marianne who had lifted about all
4 night like q restless ghost made me
/ drink a cup OF hot chocolate, and
actually put me to bed. MY last words
(. to her were: What lis the use? 4
4 can't sleep I.wtll be worse to lie
and toss In u fever. than sit up"
Yet I did sleep, and heavily She
WITH always deny 1t, know, but I'm
surc she must havn slyly slipped \
sleeping powder into the chocolate.
was far too much occupied will, my
ow,, thoughtssas II drank 1t to please
her. to think whether or no there
Z was anything at all peculiar IN tho
taste.
Be that as 1T may. 4 slept; and when
{ walked suddenly. starting out OF
hateful dream (yct scarcely worse
than reallLics). ito my horror II WAS
nearly noon. II
I. 81 was wild with fear lest the sery-
ants, In their stupid but Weil-n)eant
.ish not 4 distnsss y, fts
sent important visitors away. How
ever, when Marianne came flying In
h in answer TO my long peal Of the
electric he'll. she said that no one had
been. There were letters and one tele-
gram, and all the morning papers, as
usual aftersthc tlrst night.of anew
& play. ,75 81
Mn. heart gave spring at the news
.g5thnt there was a telegram, for
& thought it might be from, lyor. saying
he&was onJtle track of the treaty. even ave-.
. It lie hadn't set got NJ OF ". ~
tho message was from Raouli ana no
did not put this In SO many words,
s but said, ~ have not found what was
II lost or learned anything OF
Prom $1vor there was not a line. ana
EI$thought this cruel, He might have
wired. or written Inc q note, even if
there were nothing definite to say.
!. He might uni ss-so me thing had
happened to him.. There was that e
]; think OF; and did think q. y, Win =
& that had not suffered yet all was
q 10 suffer, Is determined to send8n SER
5tvant 10 the Elysee Palace Hotel to
,lsenauire for him, 8and dispatched man
Meanwhile. as there was
to do. after pre- tending to eat
! Bbreakfast Under the watchful eyes OF
:. l!Marianna,I pretended ais to read the
) II news paper notices of the play lsllI
L sach sentence went out OF my head
Il beforo 7 had be gun the nexs, Is.l,' !
,jainSsthe end only that, ccordtn 81 TO al
1.-the critics, Maxine dc Renzie had
ssed herself,'' had been "aston-
y ,shingly great" had done what no
q woman, could doiunless she threw her
1 Whole soul into her &rart." How little
r,lsthey knew where Maxine de Renzie's
I! soul had bcen last night! And-only
III God knew where 81 7 n1iE y + be this
slsnigl,t. 81 Out Of her body, perhaps--the
/ ma way al escape from Raoul'a hats
i red, he had como to know. the truth.
:. or coarse. tho enquiry Mt the hotel
], was notion Ivor loundas, but for the
) name lie had adopted there; vet when
j 5my5 servant came back to me he had
4 ltnothtng TO tell which was consol Ing
= rather "A The other way. The gentle-
0 man had gone out about midnight Il
n|sknew that Il q lready and hadn't re-
y turned since. NJ man had been ia
Il tie bureau Il q a SIX, and 1T had struck
Y him, lie 8admi tied to me on being
catechised that Ills cues lions had beer,
Il answered with a. oertai In reese RYE. as III
8 Elnore5 We're III now,ls of the absent get,-
n stlenlans movements than y WAS COM
4 1 slderee, wise to @tel IL M m 1 S