The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-01-03

linen presently they send him to me to
make new his belongings, to restore
MS possessions. Ha, what n task-to
take him with nothing in the world of
us own and see that he get only good
possessions, good knowledge, good ex-
perlence! l took him to the noun
talhs OF the Tyrol two year, and there
Ills Dody became strong and splendid
while his brain was taking in the
stores 1t was quick, for his brain
mad retained some habits. 1t was not q
Daby's brain. and some small part of
It's Old stores had not been lost. But IL
ahythlng useless or bad remain we
empty 1t out-I and those mountain
WIN their pure air. Now, l say he is
Oil good and the work was good. am
= proud. But l wish to restore all that
was good in his life. Your Keredec is
something Of poet. You may put It
much the old fool! And for that
greatest restoration of all have
brought my boy back to France"
half light had broken upon me as
he talked, pacing the floor, laundering
his paean Of triumph. Only one ex-
PLANTATION, Incredible, but possible, suf-
feed. Anything was possible, thought,
with this dreamer.
by the widest chance" l gasped,
you don't mean that you wanted him
to fall in love-
"Ha, my dear SIR" he laughed, "you
have said it. But you knew it. You
fold him IN 70, ELL
but mean that you-that you had
selected the lady whom you know as
Nine. d'Armand."
Again he shouted, "you have said
It"
Professor Keredec," returned, with
asperity, Il have no idea how you came
to conceive such preposterOus
scheme, but l agree heartily that the
word for it is madness. In the first
place, must tell you that her name is
--Eot even d'Armand."
"My dear sir, know. 1t was the
Is Mrs. Hartman"
"You knew it?" l cried, hopelessly
confused. But Oliver still speaks Of
her as Mme d'Armand"
HE does not know. She has not told
him."
'In the meantime" said sharply,
"there is keen faced young man who
took a room Ia the inn this morning
and who has come to spy upon you, l
believe"
"What is It you say?'
He came to sudden stop.
had not meant to deliver my infor-
nation quite so abruptly, but there
was no help for it now, and l repeated
the statement, giving him terse ac-
count Of my two encounters with the
rattish youth and adding:
"He seemed to be certain that oliver
Saffren' is an assumed name, and he
made a threatening reference to the
laws Of France"
The effect upon Keredec was very
distinct pallor.
"Do you think he came back to the
inn? Is he here nowY
81 do not know"
1--WE must learn. l must know that
LET me go instead" suggested.
| stepped out to the gallery, to dis
/. cover Nine. Brossard emerging from
door on the opposite side Of the
courtyard.
mime. Brossard," said the professor,
"you have a new client today"
"That monsieur who arrived this
morning." l suggested.
"He was an American" said the
hostess, knitting her dark brows, "but
I do not think that he was exactly
monsieur"
SIS he at the inn nOw?
mo, monsieur, but two friends for
whom he engaged apartments have
Just arrived"
"Who are theyT" asked Keredec
quickly.
st is a lady and monsieur from
Paris but not married. They have
taken separate apartments, and she
has a domestic with her-a negress,
Algerian"
"What are their names"
at is not ten minutes that they are
installed. They have not given me
their Names"
"What is she?" demanded Keredec
impatiently. SIS she blond? Is she
brunette? Is she French, English,
SPANISH?
81 think" said Nine. Brossard-"1
think one would call her Spanish, but
she is very fat, not young, and with
a great deal too much rouge"
She stopped with an audible intake
of breath, staring at my friends white
face.
I'M. Saffren and I leave at once" ex-
claimed Keredec. II shall meet him
/ al the road. He will not return to the
y inn. We 60 toto Trouvtlle. See that
no one knows that we have gone until
tomorrow, If possible. I shall leave
fees for the servants with you. Go
I now. prepare your bin and bring it to
me at o..ce. shah write you where
IN send our trunks. Quick! And you,