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on. monsieur" she murmured.
CHAPTER XIII.

THE story" began the detective, lis
of a young lady, a countrywoman OF
yours 1t was years ago that this thing
happened She was quite handsome, very
young. very romantic and foolish. When
she was eighteen years of age she met
an American. He also was young, hand
some but dissoute and entirely unwor-
thy of her love-" f&
Nine. Colbert-Remplin inclined cher
head almost imperceptibly. She was list
ening to the history of her own life. How
had this man brought to light the secrets
of the past which had, years ago, as she
believed, been hidden by the lapse of
time"
Yielding to the Americans importu-
mites, this young lady contracted with
him a secret marriage. The result of
their union was child-a boy. The
marriage was concealed successfully
from the young woman's parents. By
the cOnnivance of a friend and a pre-
tended visit to the country, its conse-
quenCes were also kept secret. Shortly
after the birth of her child the young
woman returned to Paris, where she at
ILuNtNA INC dLIthLlOI1 VI Il VEL LANh jain
err who. ignorant of her past history,
sought to make her his wife. 1t was
more than probable that the lady would
not have yielded to the temptation which
was thrust before her but for two things,
first the discovery that her husband was
worthless, faithless fellow, second, the
opportunities of her parents, who at that
time sustained some financial reverses. 1t
appears that the banker held her faith
erS obligations for an enormous amount.
\ condition of the marriage was that her
parent should be released. A divorce was
secretly secured from the first husband"
Yes. it was to save my father" muir
INJURED Nine. CoIbert-Remplin.
He went on:
There was a little boy, as l have said,
the fruit of this unhappy young woman's
union with the American. This child
was given out to nurse to take care of.
She was the wife of loutish, Industrious
peasant, and of a peasant family herself,
but she was beautiful for all that, as
some of those women are. The American
fell in love with her. He was called
away to the United States and was absent
three years. In his absence something
had happened"
What had happened?" murmured the
woman beside him.
The child entrusted to the woman's
care had died. On the Americans re-
turn to France, she presented her own
child in it's place. Her husband was
dead. There was no one to contradict
her"
\ great sigh went up from the heart of
Nine. Colbert Remplin.
oh ~ she cried can this be true?
My son is dead. How have you learned
JhiS:"
Madame La Seur, who has blackmail-
with a fatal accident Unable to see you
she sent you in her last moments a full
confession of the imposition she had so
long practiced upon you and implored
Your forgiveness. This was taken by her
messenger to the gate where you usually
received her, and was promptly seized by
enc OF my men. Here is the confession,
from which you will learn that Philip
0raham whom you firmly believed to be
your own son. is in reality the son of
Tile peasant woman. who was the nurse
81 Your own child, and whom Henry Ora
ham married.
but the extraordinary resemblance
An | see it all now. Henry Graham
was MS father 1t was easy to deceive
Doth him and me-"
Exactly. and others have been equally
deceived. Though Madame La Seur, and
1o1 Yourself, was the mother of the boy,
!eJ denry Graham was his father. His
'"elaI characteristics and peculiarities
are wonderfully reproduced in the person
" MS son. There is but little remaining