The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10

I q white face of, Laura yane. as he had seen it on the slopes of the Stonewold Hifls. with love in the dark eyes. and sorrow on the trembling lips. When John Shii reached the Care du Nord. he drove straight to his rooms. had a cold bath and some breakfast and then quietly thought out some means of inducing Leonore Jackson to tell him all that she knew about the Tankerlanes.
 His feverish madness of the night before had vanished andt left in Its place an almost unnatural calm His mind was clear and for the time be- ing, devoid of emotion. From the wronged lover, hot with rage and dis tracted with the violence ol ms .se,- ings. he had passed Into the calculat- ing schooner, the mali of business. who has something definite to do. and who has to think out the best way of doing if. e
 He smoked for haIf an hour after breakfast. and then wrote two notes. The first was addressed to Monsieur F'lamieu. 3s Rue d'or. and ran as fol Iows:---
 Dear Sir-I should be glad if you would make inquiries at all the hotels in Paris, and find out where MT. and Mrs. Tankerlane have been stayiDR They left about two months ago. <
 The second was to Leonore Jackson. and was equally brief and to the poiny
 Dear Miss Jackson--I should like to call on you this afternoon at thres o'clock. Please let me know by bearer if you can. see me.-Yours sincerely. John Shtl.'
 He sealed up the envelopes, wrote the word urgent" on both of them. and rang the bell. -
 Deliver these notes at once" Hughes" he said. when ono of his servants appeared. And wait for an answer at Mademoiselle Jackson's house.
 In an hours time the man returned with note. Shif tore 1t open, read the contents and smiled Leonore Jackson had consented to see him.
 At three o'clock to the minute he was shown into the large salon. 1t was empty, and he walked round the rovm, trying to form some opinion oe the character of the woman who owned them John Shil was actuated by ne idle curiosity when he took careful note of his surroundings. He was planning a campaign, and even the smallest item of information about his adversary was likely to be of service to him.
 Leonore Jackson kept him waiting for twenty minutes. and at the end Of that time, he had formed a rough es- tinate of her character. She war, without doubt, a woman of taste, witn A leaning towards the sentimental in art and literature. She was vain. not with the vanity of q beautiful and Tool ish woman, but with the quiet strength of A. proud and self-reliant mind, eon- scious of it's own value. On one of the tables lay a handsome quarto volume bound In morocco. by Riviere- On it's ua xes were the signatures of the greatest Frenchmen of the day. and each of the writers had signed his name to a few words of eulosy. 4 humble woman would have kept such a book in her. private botdoir. But it occupied a conspicuous place in Leon ore's salon. It was placed where visi- tors could not help seeing It. and with its binding of green and scarlet ana gold It would have been conspicuous in any room.
 Lastlx John shii came to the con- ciusion that Leonore, like most actresses was fond of admir- ation and the good opinio" | of other people occupied very hign place in her estimate of what is re- ally worth having. The room was Ill., I eraily strewn with tributes of admira- ton from men who appeared to wor- l eI.fn her genius Princes, statesmen, aufhors. artists. musicians, even phil- osophsrs and divfnes. had yied with each other in presenting her with cost liy trifies It, was clear that she was a woman of importance. and she did not hide the fact from the world
 As John Shil was examining curi- ous Louis XIV snuffbox. presented, as l the inscription on the lid tertifled. by i no less a person than the President of the Republic himself Leonore entered the room.
 yes" she exclaimed geiiy, as she came towards him, ."is 1t not <beautiful? Of course don't take snun but it does | for anything"
 John shii laid down the box and held out his hand.
 Lucky woman he said with a smile you seem to have all the world i at your feet"
 She took his outstretched hand and l laughed.