The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-29
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Mystery.
BY MRS. ALEXANDER.

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composed and smiling, without an,
trace of the nervous dread which sh
had evinced at their meeting.
Il 4 am in strange land here, sait
Deering, when they had exchanged
greetings, SO claim your protec
ton; you must be my guide, philoso
pher and friend" He drew a chat
forward as he spoke, and Elsie sa
down. Are you a frequent attend
| ant at these soirees, Glynn?" b,
asked, after having bestowed a noe
on his countryman. You are Ger
tainly fonder of innocent amusementi
here than in London!"
1t appears that Paris produces tht
same effect upon us BOTH" returned
Glynn coolly
i Monsieur Glynn,t said Madame
Davilliers, sailing up, will you come
and speak to my old friend, M. L.
Colonel Dubois? He is most inter.
esting person! He fought at Water.
loo in the first year of his service
and is all the fonder of your nation
because they were gallant foes.
So Glynn was carried off, to his
great annoyance, just as Deering took
a seat beside Elsie, and seemed to
settle himself for a long talk.
M. LIE Colonel Dubois did not find
the most attentive listener in Glynn,
and was not sorry when the host
] came to pay his compliments to the
octogenarian, and permitted his Eng
lish guest to escape. .Glynn strolled
into the next room, and found Miss
Lambert still conversing with Deer
ing. with an air of interest, too, that
surprised him. He did not attempt
to interrupt them, but stood watching
an opportunity of begging Madame
Cavaliers to ask Miss Lambert for
another song. From his position
near the portierres between the two
rooms he could see the door leading
| to the vestibule. While he looked it
opened, and Lambert came in-Lam-
bert in gorgeous colored waistcoat
and bright necktie, for evening
dress was not indispensable at Mad
anne Davilliers' receptions. There
was joyous twinkle in his eye, an IT.
| repressible air of success in his bear
/ ing. He saluted madame with much
warmth. and then looked round the
room as If seeking his Jewel Sud-
denly an extraordinary change passed
over his face. The laughing, joyous,
humorous look vanished, and was re-
placed by a fierce, startled, angry
glare, like a wild creature suddenly
reused to apprehension and defiance,
as if, through the thin, smooth coat
ing of lately acquired domesticity,
the savage nature OF the untamed
desperate had broken forth all the
| more vehemently for its temporary
slumber. Glynn saw that his eyes
were fixed on Deering, who was smil-
ing and bending forward as he spoke
to Elsie. She did not heed him, for
she had caught sight Of her father,
and Deering, struck by her express
sion, turned to see what had attracted
her. Then his face changed, too, his
jaw closed with look of frigid de-
termination, his steel-blue eyes lit up
with a flash of angry recognition. BY
an involuntary impulse Glynn started
forward to greet Lambert with a
vague intention to assist him in re-
covering his self-control--to aid Ell
sizes father in any way he could.
"Glynn," said Lambert, gripping
his hand hard, "who--who is that
sitting thereby my daugh-
ter?'
HE is Deering of Denham. DO you
object to him?"
mo; why should /? Only / knew
a Deering once-not clean potato,
by any means! This may not be the
same All, Elsie, my child Come
here, keep by me-"
What is the matter, dear? You
| are not like yourself" she exclaimed,
as she came up and passed her arm
through his
'.Not like myself? You are wrong
there" Then, with sort of effort,
he went straight up to Deering. and
said audibly, in English: We have
met before, sir, have we not?"
! Deering, who was considerably the
taller, looked down on him from the
ineffable heights Of his social superb
GRITTY, and replied deliberately:
II have certainly had the pleasure
of your acquaintance, some years
ago.
Then they stood silent. eye to eye
silent, yet exchanging deadly de-
fiance Deering, the most self-pos-
sessed of the two, was the first to
speak:
II fancy we have seen some
changes since we met. Paris is not
a Lad place to anchor in after a wan
dering life, especially when one has
SO charming companion as-Miss
Lambert" adding the name after a
slight pause.
How do you know my laughter"
abruptly.
Your friend, Mr.. Vincent, was
good enough to present me-" said
Deering, calmly, with some emphasis
on the name.
My father seems to have found
another acquaintance said Elsie to
Glynn. 1T is curious"
Glynn scarce knew what to say. 1t
was probably that Deering had known
Lambert by some other name. known
him under more doubtful circum-
stances than even he (Glynn) had.
The idea stung him with a sense OF
angry pain. Deering was the last
man to be trusted with such knowl-