The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-12-16
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Copyright. 1905, By the Mcclure Company
& Copyright 1907 1908. by Cine RIdR~ny Company

poSSeSSlnnS. good knowledge GOOD ey-
perlencr. ! took him to the noun
tains Of the Tyroi two year, and there
MS body became strong and splendid
while his brain was taking in the
stores. 1t was quick. for bis brain
had retained some habits II was not q
baby's brain, and some small part OF
Its old stores had not been lost. But if
anything useless or bad remain we
empty ii out and those mountain
with their pure air. Now, say he iS
all good and the work was good. am
proud. But wish to restore all that
was good in his life. Your Keredec is
something Of Il poet. You may put It
much the old fool! And for that
greatest restoration Of all 7 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" / gasped,
you don't mean that you wanted him
to fall i'm love-
"Ha, my dear SIR" he laughed, you
have said it! But you knew 1t. You
told him to come to me and tell me-"
"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, II have no idea how you came
to conceive such preposterous
scheme, but agree heartily that the
word for It IL madness. In the first
place. ! must tell you that her name 1s
not even d'Armand."
my dear STR. L know. IL was the
mistake OF that absurd Amedee. She
In Mrs. Hartman"
You knew itT' / cried, hopelessly
confused. But Oliver still speaks Of
her as Mime. d'Armand."
HE does not know. She has not told
him."
I'm the meantime" I said sharply,
there is keen faced young man who
took room In the inn this morning
and who has come to spy upon you. L
believe"
What is it you sayT'
He came to a sudden stop.
had not meant to deliver my 1nfor-
nation quite 80 abruptly, but there
was no help for 1t now, and repeated
the statement. giving him N terse &C.
count OF my two encounters with the
rattish youth and adding:
He seemed to be certain that oliver
Saffren' In an assumed name, and he
made a threatening reference to the
laws OF France"
The effect upon Keredec was a very
distinct pallor.
do you think he came back to the
inn? Is he here nowY'
81 do not know"
1--WE must learn. | must know that
mt oncev' And he went to the door.
LET me 20 instead" | suggested.
I stepped out to the gallery. to dis
cover Mime. Brossard emerging from
On door OH the opposite side OF the
courtyard.
Mime. Brossard." said the professor.
"you have q new client today"
'That monsieur who arrived this
morning." suggested.
"He was an American" said the
hostess. knitting her dark brows. but
I do not think that he was exactly o.
monsieur"
'ls he nc the inn now%
hwrN NwSn
whom he engaged apartments have
just arrived"
WHO are theyT' asked Keredec
quickly.
.It is a lady and a monsieur from
Paris. but not married. They have
taken separate apartments, and she
has domestic with her-a negress.
Algerian"
what are their names"
"It il not ten minutes that they are
installed. They have not given me
their names"
What in she?" demanded Keredec
impatiently. lis she blond? Is she
brunette: Is she French. English.
Spnnish?''
II think" said Nine. Brossard-''l
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 ut my friends white
face.
I'M. SaffreD and | leave at once" ez-
claimed Keretlec. II shall meet him
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