St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-10-05
Harrington
Copyright, 1903 by the Mcclure Company
- Copyright 1907. 1908. by the Ridg~ay Company

with this dreamer.
by the widest chance" / 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
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 Keredecs" returned, with
asperity. Il have no idea how you came
to conceive such prepOsterous
scheme but / agree heartily that the
word for it is madness In the first
place. / must tell you that her name is
not even d'Armand."
MY dear sir. | know. 1t was the
mistake of that absurd Amedee. She
is Mrs Hartman"
You knew it?' l 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 | said sharply,
there is a keen faced young man who
took a room in 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 1 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 a very
distinct pallor.
do you think he came back to the
inn? Is he here now?'
81 do not know"
1--WE must learn. / must know that
at oncer' And he went to the door.
LET me go instead / suggested.
/ stepped out to the gallery. to dis
cover Nine. Brossard emerging from
a door on the opposite side of the
courtyard.
mime. Brossard," said the professor.
''you have new client today"
'"That monsieur who arrived this
morning" suggested.
''He was an American" said the
hostess, knitting her dark brOws, "but
/ do not think that he was exactly a
monsieur"
rs he at the inn now?"
mo, monsieur. but two friends for
whom he engaged apartments have
just arrived"
"Who are they?' asked Keredec
quickly.
sit is lady and a 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?
cit is not ten minutes that they are
installed. They have not given me
their Names
what is she?' demanded Keredec
lmpatiently. lis she blond? Is she
brunette? Is she French, English,
Spanish?'
Il think" said Nine Brossard-'T
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.
IN. Saffren and l leave at once" ex-
claimed Keredec 81 shall meet him
on the road. He will not return to the
inn. We go toto Trouville. See that
no one knows that we have gone until
tomorrow, if possible. / shall leave
fees for the servants with you. Go
now. prepare your bill and bring it to
me at once. l shall write you where
to send our trunks Quick. And you,
my friend" he turned to me-''my
friend, will you help us? For we need
it!'
Anything in the world"'
$50 to Pere Baudry. Have him
put the least tired of his three horses
to his lightest cart and wait in the
road beyond the cottage. Stand in the
road yourself while that is being done.
Oliver will come that way. Detain
him. 1 will join you there"
l strobe to the door and out to the
gallery. l was halfway down the
steps before / saw that Oliver Saffren
was already in the courtyard, coming
toward me from the archway with
light and buoyant step.
He looked up. waving his hat to me,
his face lighted with happiness most
remarkable and brighter even than the
strong midsummer sunshine flaming
over him. Dressed in white as he was
and with the air OF victory he wore.
he might have been at that moment
figure from some marble triumph.
youthful. conquering, crowned with
the laurel
But entering from the road, upon
the tran OF Sanren and still In the
shadow Of the archway, was startled
to see the discordant fneries and