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sand pounds and/not paid for them
stared at the paper without seeing
word.
Lucille sat reading a letter which
had come from Marie, saying that
al. was going on well at the Court
and hay ug done hat, arose to leave
thu room.
oh, Lucille" he said, as if struck
b. sudden thought. About
Money!"
re Nodded pleasantly.
Yes. Forgive me for mentioning
50 commonplace a subject; but ii
has u be considered sooner or later,
and perhaps it will be better that
/. should be sooner"
"WelI?' she asked.
Her ralmness and Indifference
made MS task all the more difficult.
lie leaned back and stroked his mus
tlche.
Some people have sent me their
b u.s." he said. 81 suppose they had
bette. be paid?"
Yes. l suppose So" she assented
Ianguidly.
He laughed softly.
""r. Head has left all the money
ar" 1geEents to you" he saiG
Give the bills to me and l VIII
pay them" she answered, with her
hand on the door.
He muttered an inaudibIe curse.
40 you think l mean to trouble
\ you with such matter5?" he said
How little you know me! You
would be bored to death! Fancy
looking over the bills to the extent
Of hree thousand pounds!"
Lac lie felt slightly surprised. She
had paid for everything she had pur-
chased; there was only the hotter
b II that she knew of
why what bills are they?" she
asked
He shrugged his shoulders.
Tinker, taller, candIe-stick-maker,
he replied. Bills soon run up, you
know"
Lucille inclined her head assent
ingly. In a vague way it struck her
as odd that he should have bought
n ngs to the extent of three thou
sand pounds haunted him, and he
with the money he had: but it did
not matter.
IA want" she said.
"A check for three-it had better
be four thousand pounds!" he said
careIessly.
She went to the table and drew
out he. check-book, and handed him
the slip.
Thanks" he said as he laid be-
SIDE his plate. These little things
are best paid out of hand"
"Io'," she said, absentIy, and
left the room
He clutched the check as soon as
she vas gone, with an air of relief,
and half an hour afterward Mr.
Stake was shown up
He received a check from his
Io"dshtp with respectful gratitude.
81, at any time you should want,
snF lord" he began; but the mar
quis waved his hand smilingly.
Thanks, Stake thanks; but l do
not think I shall require the assist
anCe you aIlude to-"
mo, my lord, no." said Mr.. Stake, !
deferentially. THE estate is an
enormous one, I am aware, but some |
ttmes-One never knows. Money
soon fiies-yOur lordship may want
n little loan for past liabilities; men
al of hn
moment. There was a man waiting
outside who, l think. is one who
wants something of your lordsn!p.'
The marquis frowned.
"A man outside" he said cOIdly.
You are quite wrong, Mr.. Stake
owe no man but Yourself anything
to speak Of"
Il, | beg your lordship's pardon
most humbly," said Stake q thought
by the look of him-but beg par.
don, my lord" and he took himself
off
The marquis rang for his man
and got dressed quickly. He must
pay in Lucille's check at once to
meet the one he had given to Stake
and he went down the great stair
case, the walters and fcotmen draw.
ing back against the wall and bow
ing. He had quite forgotten about
the man Stake had mentioned. bur
suddenly he saw a man standing by
the portico cycling the entrance hall
with a sidelong glance. The mar
gus looked at him with a strange
feeling of having seen him before
but he could not remember where
His glance rested upon the saIloW
face and black mustache of the fel
low, then he said to one of the
footmen:
Call a handsome, please"
No sooner were the words out of
his mouth than the strange man
darted forward and beckcned
cab, and then getting in front of
the footman threw open the doors.
The foo-man, thinking it might be
some acquaintance of the marquis,
drew back. and the marquis got into
the cab.
AS he did so, the remembrance of
the man who got into his Eay as
he entered the carriage on. the day
of the wedding flashed upon him,
and he looked at the man keenly.
Where to. my lord?" inquired Mr..
wi