Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-03-02

seemed only nodded for laughter and
kisses, stirred his heart strangely and
made him long to comfort and reassure
her. 1T is me who should do zat-Mere
Margot and for you have suffered YER
much at our hands, and all for a kind.
ness Eat / bitterly regret Forgive it.
monsieur, l beg you, and be generous
leave US"
Leave you with this" he was be-
ginning, but Mere Margot thrust herself
forward, her sharp eyes CHANGING in
quisitively from one to the other, while
one fat hand began to creep greedily
nearer the notes.
Eth, Ell, what is it you two are say
ing" she broke out. "In truth You must
have got intimate enough. if you carry
on your plots in a foreign language, the
better to defy me- Well, well, / wash
my hands of it, and of you-you worth
less, ungrateful one, who would even de-
prlve your protectors. if You could, of the
miserable compensation for their in
juries which"
"MademOiselle Richard" said GARNER
hurriedly, Il can't 60 and leave you with
this woman-you must not ask me-
After all, it was | who got you into this
scrape, and good-for nothing gambler as
may be-you've heard your chaplain's
description of my character. though it
isn't all true. | swear it isn't" he cried
suddenly, as he saw her flush a little
and the lines of pain deepened on her
young face. But she controlled herself
and stopped him, with the same quiet
dignity as before
! "Please--is it necessary to go into zat ?
/ What Won NAV no Ctr+oi1a ,o,o ho. ,,.-s
ing to do viz us or zis adventure. re
fault is mine and mine only. | am a
vilful girl and l should sank you-I see
1T now-for not sinking me even worse,
and for treating me viz kindness and
generosity zat ozzers have not showed
Monsieur, l entreat you not to undo it
! by staying here now, when, after What
has been said, ever moment You remain
in zis house cannot fail to iniure me
more in re eyes of zose who sink badly
enough of me already. If you have any
Kindness for me still, go-pray go! 1t
is re only sing l ask you"
GARNER went. Something within him
told him he would be showing her a
truer respect by taking her at her word
than by remaining; but, as he left the
house and heard the heavy outer door
close behind him with bang, something
arrested his attention 1t was the bell
pull at which he had tugged so repeated
ly and vainly the previous night. There
| 1t hung, a slender brass chain with a
| plain ring handle at the end of it, but
attached to one link of the former, and
| firmly knotted into it, was a loop of
stout pink cord, with a second knot in
the center, still holding a fragment of
torn white paper.
GARNER took it in his hand and ex-
amined it critically.
That is the bit torn out of the note
which the old woman showed me-" he
| said to himself. "And it looks as if she
was speaking the truth when she said
she tied it there and found it in the same
place when she returned; but it was not
there last night. The moonlight was as
bright as day. and neither that child nor
| could have failed to see it. Some one
| must have taken it off before we came
up and replaced it after we had gone
away. Who has played us such trick ?"
A very light sound, something like a
smotbeTed laugh caused GARNER to wheel
round, to see a we'll dressed man stand
ing there, Enthusiastically English in ap-
pearance, whose face had something ia
miiar and suggestive in it. The mouth,
however, was curved with a sneering
smile, SO unpleasant that GARNER drew
back haughtily, even as he asked
did you speak to me, sir?"
II did not" answered the stranger, the
smile little broader "At the same
time, if you have quite done examining
that bell handle l should like to be per
mitted to ring it,
ITO ring-you want to go int" STAN
mered GARNER. Having only thought of
the man as casual passer-by, the idea
took him by surprise and the words es-
capped him involuntarily, though he
would willingly have taken them back
the next moment.
IF you will permit me-" said the
stranger airily, but with the sneer rather
more pronounced than before; and Gar
nier could do nothing but fall back and
pass on his way. How could he tell that
the man might not be one of poor Bebe's
few friends? And though a sudden, self
ish hope that she might not care 10 re-
ceiye him that day was strong in his
heart, it was not dignified to linger near
to see if that hope was fulfilled.
He had nearly reached the bottom of
and held him. That strange, familiar
something" in the strangers face, max
ing him think ne had known or ought to
know it. flashed upon him once more, and
with it the explanation Of the mystery.
1t was a likeness, so strong a likeness,
that, but for the difference in clothes,
they might be the same man, to his old
school fellow Sam Jackson-Sam Jack
son, the present English chaplain at
Caeni The two men might be brothers
it was brother of Jackson whom Bebe
had accused of avoiding her on the race
course the day previous-the same broth
er who had reported her visit to the
hotel to the chaplain. On the instinct of
the moment he turned swiftly round, but
at the same moment the duh clang of a
closing door smote on his ear and he saw
that the street was empty.
The man had been admitted. GARNER
waited about for some minutes, but the
other did not reappesr
"But nv child. what Won ask ia i'm.