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 Hating made thIs subtle deduction. he poc ketezi the handkerchief and stsftea tg book for the faeto,um who was earet4ksr aud superintendent and whdse wife was flle beusekeegef.
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 .Five. eb aD1 two are sesenf Let's see the payroll. wlil youT'
 Timmins produced an account book ln E hie n we're entered names. dates and amounts Mr. Dexins glanced hazfIif through the list.
 ssNone of sem seem to have V iD their names.r suggested the cherub.
 A Y. sire Timmins' blank look WAS wholly convincing.
 Maybe you never heard of any one whose name began with a V. Tim uInsY'
 .Oh. yes. sir. There was the Nena- bles. sir. as used to visit here. and xolkenberg, who was one of the gar deners"
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 There might be others. sir. if l could lay my tongue to- Don't strain your memory. Tim mtns. II doesut | matter Yet when he had returned to the ye rnnda 10 resume his contemplation Of the yisidly green lawn. over which the tree shadows were now lengthen Ing. he could not rid himself Of the notion that somewhere about this big honse. or which he Nas trying to con vince himself that he was the owner.
  been accounted for Moreover. the peIsau was seman Mir. Deyine moved uneaslly ln his chair Mir neyine indulged m chuckle at his own expense when he found himself seated alone in the big din. ing room. fl single plate laid at the big round table and the eandieiiehf bare y suggesting the dim corners and the eavernous fireplace. II was with q sense of relief that he saw the butler emerge from the gloom. Let's see. what's your namei" he asked of this parsonage. 'Epplngs. sir Soup, sirY' Both re- I ply and question were dismal. SC pulchral in tone.
 "Yes. I'll have some soup Grand. mother dead. Is shef' Reg pardon. sir" Epptnss paused with his hand on the tureen cover. "Grandmethcr deadY" repeated Mfr Devine.
 sShe Is sir" Thought so. Mine is too. But cheer up You'll get over it@ "Mest hextraordinary man. the new master.r .r reported Eppings in the serv. ants, quarters Thinks I'm mourn. Ing for my grandmother when bless ms the old lady's dead and goae these twva9 years-s 4