The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-12-02
By
HAROLD
MAC CIR ATn
Copyright. 1908. by the Bo5bs-
Merrill Co

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NTcrrfbpw handled his l-o,.. cI,,r,sir,.
If is eyer fins who, ono il. in a b,,rr,.
rinaIIv ba throw. ba,l, tro lid. r,.Ii,,r,
that in another moment mo ,,rs+ b,,.o
spouted Italian or French ont Of nura
naoir si,,rj,. f., foil tI,i,. fool f,,,,o,.+.,.
what he thnrrat Of him
"Obo monsieur in - bu,,.,.,., ,,oo,,ad
the INSPECTOR .Notbiutr rotbfnor, IIn
took on two boxes Of ,i.r,rs
| "Nhy fine devil didu't Won foil mo
YOU had ihcm%" UtlIard demanded
wl?llbfuliy. 70 find tl;a vornnn bv This
Stroke of Iuck and tbnn ia Iosa tba,p
iagain fer two boxes of clears, If was
luYddaniu.r
The INSPECTOR went tbrouoh NIcrri-
hcw's possessions with urampdifated
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md shook bi,. b,,d ,rbis ono i,,,,,o,+,,.
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sncecbes Tie is tba law norsonifiod
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UiIlard strained his eves Inf CIV.
neither Kitty nor tho vaiInd lady or.ir
DouhtInss tbav woro already on 4bo
train Had \Ior,ibov. hoon an ola
Traveller br wnuIJ bave loft him, to cot
to NIouta C,,rIo tbo host ,,.n,. l,o ,,.,,,I,.
hut NIerribnw was nc boI,,loss nc .
.biId and bc h,dn,, tho hn,rt - do.,rt
hin, ,borob bo do,or,.,,1 - 10 ,,a,.o.,
I'D
Dirr-dinr, wont +bo hol1 U-,oo
wbpn, wort tbn wb;s+,o Tho +rot,,
Tor 7ionte Carlo WAS GraWinr 0ut ard
they were being left bohi,sL. HiIard
swore and Mcrrihcw went white with
impotent anger. If only he could hit
something, The inspector smiled and
went on with his deadly work. When
he was certain that they could NOT nos
siby catch the train he handed the
cigars to their owner and pointed to
a sign the other side Of the barricade.
What shall | do now. Jack" Nerri-
hew asked
Il refuse to helm Won Find ont vour-
self"
So Mcrrihew. hopeless and subdued.
went into the room designated. saw
the cigars taken out and weighed took
the bill and presented it with a hun
bred lire note at the little window in
the off room.
Procuring his change he found HI
lard sitting disconsolately on the bar
ricade
Il hope You are perfectly satisfied"
said Hilard. with an amiability which
wouldn't have passed muster any
where.
"Oh I'm satisfied" answered Nlerri,
hem He stuffed his pockets with eli
CARS. slammed the boxes into the case
and locked them up.
II warned YOU about tobacco"
Il know it"
You should have told NE"
Il know that too. but | didn't want
you to lecture me-
"A lecture would have been better
than waiting here i'm this barn for
three hours"
"Tmec hours?" despondently.
oh there's restaurant. but it's not
much better than this IFS liabilities
and greasy plates"
And by the time they had found the
RiStor1ntn lorna oh; rniyn,oLl o,l
uninvitng they were laughing.
"Only ! wish | knew where they
were going" was Hillafd's regret
They" said Merrihew.
eyes. The woman with Kitty is the
woman I'm going to find if | stay in
Europe ten years. And when | find
her I'm going to marry her"