The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-11-14


Jon want to know. end It's no business
Of mine who he n. because never
| saw him before In my life."
But he absolutely declined to be-
ueve me-
"Oh. oh. madame" he said, smiling
and shaking his finger At me. TT was
. deucedly clever scheme to pretend
to be strangers to one another. It
made your flight look so much more
spontaneous. or course. ! shall not
press you"
won't you please take back this
money!" pleaded. Indeed. you are
under Misrepresentation"
"Will not madame keep 1t and hand
It to monsieur, II she should happen
to encounter himf" asked the secre-
tary, blandly.
Evidently he refused to believe that
was not the wife Of the chevalier-
the very man whom hated more bit
terly than ! had ever dreamed j could
hate anyone. The very mention Of the
hateful word indicating the relation
ship In which he thought we stood
dlled me with loathing. / should have
flung the money into his face. but sud-
denly bells rang. and there was con-
certed rush for the train. The guard
was already signaling to the engine
driver. dashed into a compartment
Just in time; the wheels began to re-
volve. and I sank down into my seat
still clutching the envelope. looked
inside; there were Ave bank notes, OF
the value Of one hundred pounds
apiece. ] thrust them into my hand
bag.
Estelle had packed my suitcase for
me-. and. when I opened 1t, a little
later. what do you suppose found
on top Of everything? Nothing else
than that horrid little Mr.. Spratt's
book on the Code Napoleon, which he
had 30 eloquently presented to me at
the moment OF my departure from
Winnipeg. Poor little Mr.. Spratt!
The sight Of 1t recalled to my mind
wildly Mary Jenner. my best friend,
and the life which now. seemed so in
fnitely far away. And It was only
two weeks before that ] had been
teaching class of overgrown boys
and girls the principles of arithmetici
II they knew of my subsequent ad-
ventures! smiled, and then felt
the moisture In my eyes. thrust the
envelope containing the money into
the cover of Mr.. Spratt's book and
gave myself up to somewhat painful
meditation until I reached Dover.
The night passage was calm and I
slept well until awakened at Calais.
where we re-trained for Paris, reach
Ing there at an unearthly hour in the
morning. Through the kindness of an
old gentleman aboard the train-you
know those old gentlemen who are
bubbling over with altruism toward
tho stranger-I eventually found my
self knocking YEARLY at the doors Of
the Pension Anglais. was assigned
room by the sleepy night clerk and
tumbled into bed without even trou-
bling to undress. When awoke It
was past twelve o'clock, and the noise
and stir of the great city was In fall
swing beneath my windows.
I couldn't bring myself to the per
Torrance OF my mission for a couple
Of days. inspected the cathedral.
the Louvre. the shops: reveled in my
surroundings. Indeed. the fascination
of the French capital 30 overwhelmed
me that doubt whether should ever
have brought myself to carry ont my
purpose OF visiting the banker but for
serious incident which suddenly
recalled me to a sense of duty.
was In the Louvre for the third or
fourth time, revealing in the beauty of
the sculpture there. ! had paused be-
fore statue of Praxiteles, an ex-
quisite piece of work depicting The
ideal Of beauty, the Greek Hermes.
fell into train of speculation. Were
the modern Greeks, thought, Of the
same physical type? unused: had
ever seen a Greek? There must be
Greeks in Winnipeg, but And
suddenly felt a pair of eyes regard
ing me from across the gallery. I
looked up with start. to see man In
SLOUGH hat, attired like a guide. and
yet evidently not one, since he lacked
the official badge. regarding me with
intense penetration.
II was the Greek Zeuxis, the hanger
on of villainous scoundrelly Leopold
Magniff!
But was TT Was not I, rather. the
victim of an overweighted imagina-
ton? As stared at him in conster-
nation he moved with stealthy, Gid
ing steps into another chamber. When
I had recovered my self-possession
and followed him. he was nowhere to
be seen.
The shock Of this incident recalled |
me to the duty that lay before me. II
indeed I were under espionage, II was
my task to obtain my bonds with the |
least possible delay. should never
feel satisfied until I had disposed of |
them and taken the train and boat |
back to England. For the first time |
I regretted Estelle's absence. My
loneliness was appalling; / felt as
though some dsrk, ominous cloud
Of danger hung over me.
Early the next morning sought |
admission to Leopold Magniff. senior,