The sun., 1910-01-09

my adventure at the auction and in the
ballroom. and his niece. who lives with
him, and regret 10 say closely resembles
Mrs. Farling, is known as Miss Eunice
WRllingood.-
1T is Thames muttered Farling from
out his set Jaw. Strange fatality that
he also should have learned that Dranord
came here with his booty. There. there.
Dorothy don { take il so much TO heart"
But Mrs. Farling kept softly weeping
as one without hope as she mlpmured her
, sisters name.
Explanations are in order; in fact they
! are essential to joint action said Far ling
briskly. Know. then, MIR. Sninen, that
Robert Thnres, and ! were engaged in
business together - importing jewellers,
J ! in London and he in Johannesburg.
A year ago | had supreme happiness
and deep distress come to me almost
simultaneously. ] married my dear wife.
the daughter of "a South African planter
named Graeme, then visiting in London:
and my partner defaulted and disappeared
with practically all our assets.
\ set forth In pursuit q him: the more SSns
home by family calamity. Her twin
/ sister had also disappeared, though let
me say at once that at no time until now
I was her name ever associated with that
| villain Thames.
1t would be as tedious as it is un-
/ important for me To recapitulate the
steps whereby l traced Thames to South
/ America, only TO miss him there. learned
/. that he had parted with some OF the most
! valuable jewels by entr'isting them 70
a former employee named Draford, and
at length discovered that Dranord,
whether evndlng him or not, had come
to this country, to this very hotel
FaTling sprttng up TO answer the tele-
phone, insistently ringing.
-It is the restaurant. They ire about
to send up the supper ] ordered for you,
my dear" he explained to his wife. Now
don't say you cannot eat bite, that =
n good girl. You must foster your
strength for my sake. Go to your room
friend Sniffen will ait by while you finish
your little meal"
With a brave effort for self possession
! Mrs. Farling went into the other room.
Even as she did so the waiter entered
after a rap and began deftly to set the
| centre table.
Her heart is transGAcd. Sniffen,
mused Farling. Il never saw the other
! Sister. you know, but from all accounts q
most winning personality warm hearted
! impulsive, easily persuaded to good and
alas. must add. to evil.
only a person who has withstood the
1 OI NDt VAST NCluLo Cdtl dDDEtCIdJe
/ the closeness of the bond between them.
can see her now in my minds eve, as
my wife has often pictured her; OF fine
presence and exquisite features. well
poised, graceful. never making a false
move"
-He is all that. quite an unusual per-
son for so servile posit'on-I beg your
pardon" suddenly stammered. over
whelmed with modification. Il was OBJ
| livious for the moment and most stu
! pidly mixed up what you were saying
with what was thinking
! And truly while Farling had talked had
been watching the reflection in the mirror
opposite of the waiter preparing the viands
at a side table. A fine young fellow,
evidently a Greek or Cypriote. swarthy.
with clinging black curls and the set and
cut to his features Of a Ganymede. Ia-
deed. there was the stately concession OF
god in the way he bent to his task.
Besides, I was such an old fool. there
was something in each sure and graceft:
/ movement which reminded me tantaliz-
| ingly OF some one. No wonder I had
made sucn a break no wonder was hot
with modification. .
| Luckily for my embarrassment, Mrs.
| Farling now returned. quiet and composed.
and took her place at the centre table.
al am sure you ordered a salad. Rupert.
she said. $50 think will try to tempt
my appetite with that. since | must be
good. Won't you try "a bit with me, Mr.
| SniffenP-
| | did not answer Again was alb
sorbed by the reflection In the glass. Az
| first sound OF Mrs. Farling's voice the
young waiter swung around. the salad
bowl in his hand. standing rigid and agape