The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-10-27

bered having actually seen on the per
son Of Foxham, and 1t was from the
touch Of these contaminated remnants
that he reoiled in disgust.
"Open' the other portmanteau." be
directed, flushed now and anxious
eyed.
The hotel servant obeyed. Another
neat square Of brown velvet was
whisked away, and piles Of shirts were
revealed, but save for a deceitful top
layer they were not Loveland's shirts.
They might have been bought ready
made in the Edgemere road probably
had been-by Foxham. There was I'M
derclothing also, but not the pale pink,
blue and hellotrope silk variety affect
ed by Foxham's master.
Now the hatbox," Loveland went
on, almost sure that he was talking in
his sleep. dsE Hi
There were hats In the hatbox--Fox-
hams hats, perhaps, certainly not Lord
Love,and's. And in the boot box,
which came next, were boots which
even Foxham would have found it diff
fcult to give away.
4 Only the custom house officials coed
nature and haste and Loveland's com
plete absence Of mind on the dock had
delayed discovery until this moment,
but now that the secret was out there
seemed nothing to do If not to rage
helpIessly.
Loveland spluttered q few colorful
words, but was still too bewildered by
the catastrophe to become volcanic.
The eruption would follow later.
what shall l do with the things,
STRIP the valet wanted to know.
do with themi" repeated Loveland,
exasperated by the creatures calm
ness. pitch 'em into the fire, get rid
of them anyhow, out Of my sight, and
be quick about it. I've been robbed by
my own man.
No wonder Foxham had not asked
for wages in arrears. No wonder be
suddenly developed a defunct grand.
father with an eccentric will. From
the moment he heard Of the proposed
trip to America he must have been
quietly planning this coup, a coup
worth making for the sake of the
brand new wardrobe, to say nothing Of
the jewelry. And, hot with rage, Love.
land ran over In his mind the contents
OF that missing jewel box. the pearl
studs which Lady Kitty Manning had
given him on his last birthday, each
one Of the three worth ESQ if-it was
worth shilling. How he wished he
had sold the things, as he had been
tempted to do and would have done II
they had not been the gift of a pretty
woman! The diamond and enamel
sleeve links, too, ard the sapphire but
tons-a hundred pounds more In Fox
hams pocket; then the cravat pins in
two long rows on a white velvet back
ground. Loveland could see them as
he had seen them last-a cherished col.
lection representing moi. only so many
golden soyereigns. but so many queens
Of beauty, the charming giyers.
What rogue TO send his master of
to strange country stripped practi-
cally naked. and how the master long
ed to have the rogue within kicking
distance instead Of safe across the sea
How was b. to fight on the fitting
ground Of society and bear away a
millionairess wheii his sole possessions
consisted Of what he stood up in and
the contents OF a suit case and cabin
trunk?
Luckily Foxham had not been able
10 annex his masters letter of credit.
but Val had uses for the hundred and
fifty pounds other than buying a new
outfit. How he wished now that he had
not played bridge quite so often On
board ship, emptying his pockets Of
spare cash. The scrape be was in wa,
as hard to win out OF as a black Lon
don fog, and while cropping for lighl
a mild question from the hotel vale
did not sweeten his temper.
Am ] really to carry all these thing
away. sIrY'
"oh. go to the devil and take then
with your
The servant bolted toward safet,
with leaning tower Of Foxham's gar
ments on bis arm. II was nobody:
business how be meant TO dispose Of
them. and a second later he would
have passed the danger line had not {
page boy selected that Identical instant
10 knock at Lord Loycland's door.
Man and youth collidcd. The tor
heavy pile OF clothing crumbled into
ruin. Foxham's loathed shirts ant
waistcoats blotting out the threshold
What the valet said long habits o.
servitude rendered inaudlble. but what
Loveland said might have been heard
at the end Of the corridor And there
were listeners ncarcr-MaJor Cadwal
lader Hunter and a companion WHIT
Represented" one Of New york's lead
ing newspapers.
Major cadwallader Hunter had beer
somewhat doubtful OF his wisdom II
paying this unlimited call. He hat
limited that he might drop In at III,
hotel TO see how Lord Loveland 60
on and had not been encouraged TO d.
90. But Tony Kidd Of the New Yorl
Light was a pretty good excuse fol