Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-04-23


"All quite true. madame" answered
Julie. with a shrug. Il am older now
and have more sense; besides. l am
no longer sought after as was"
And So" said madame. with irony,
you are now no doubt willing to re-
turn to your husband"
II have been considering it. madame.
One must have Il harbor in ones old
age
l glanced at Rogers and was aston
ished to see that he was regarding the
woman with a%ffectionate admiration.
II have hesitated." she added. "only
because of madame. Where would
madame get another maid such as II"
I'VE will discuss it," said the yelled
lady, when we are alone. And now
perhaps, you will be so good as to tell
us of your previous visit here"
"One day on the boat as l was look
ing down at the passengers Of the
third class shat | perceived Georges
NJ. Demonstrating about. | was bou-
'SNS AoCC""adt f't Aoi upset "ACu
Amusement. and then he looked up and
Il eyes met. and he came beneath
me and commanded that l meet him
that evening. 1t was then that l learn
ed his plan. 1t was to secure those
letters for himself and to dispose Of
them"
TO whom?" asked Godfrey.
ITO the person that would pay the
greatest price for them. most certainly.
They were to- be offered first to ma
dame at 10000 francs each. Should
she refuse they were then to be Of
fered to NJ. lie Duc-he would surely
desire to possess Them.
The yelled lady shivered a little.
THAT night" continued Julie, II de-
cided that at the first moment / would
hasten to this house; 1 would explain
the matter to NJ. Eantine: | would per-
suade him to restore to me the letters
with which I would fly to madame. I
knew also that ! could rely upon her
gratitude.
1T was not until evening that l found
an opportunity to leave madame. I
FASTENED here; | rang the bell. but |
confess | should have failed. l should
not have secured an entrance if it had
not been that it was my husband who
opened the door to me. NJ. Vantine
himself came into the hall. and | ran
to him and begged that be hear me.
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this room"
She paused again. and a little shiver
Of expectancy ran through me. Atlast
we were to learn how Philip Vantine
had met his death.
81 sat down." continued Julie. IT
told him the story from the very be-
ginning. He listened with much in
terest, but when | proposed that he
should restore to me the letters he hes
itated. He walked up and down the
room. trying to decide, then he took
me through that door into the room
beyond. The cabinet was standing in
the center Of the floor. and all the
lights were blazing.
Il went to the cabinet and pressed on
the three springs. as had seen ma
dame do. The little handle at the
side fell out. but suddenly he stopped
me.
Those letters do not belong to you.'
he said. They belong to your mis-
tress. cannot permit that you take
them away. for. after all, l do not
know you. You may intend to make
some bad use of them
He brought me back into this room.
/ could have cried with rage!
Return to your Mistress he said.
and inform her that ! shall be most
happy to .eturn the letters to her. But
it must be in her own hands that l
place them
Il saw that it was Of no use to ar
que further. He vas Of adamant.
So | left the house. he himself opening
the door for me. And that is all that
I know. madame"
"Of course" Godfrey suggested gent
ly. las 500 as you reached home you
related to your mistress what had &C.
curred?"
Julie grew a little crimson.
mo. monsieur" she said. II told her
nothing. 1 feared that without the
letters she would misunderstood my
motives"
And then. of course. without the
letters, there would be no reward"
Godfrey supplemented.
The yelled lady rose. Julie resumed
her veil. shooting at Godfrey a glance