The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-11-09
THE MALACHITE EARRING
 BY M T. L. ADDS
CHAPTER " (Continued) NuIa h;r,ao sAnrio-nV

Mile, Aimee DAur12ny. Arnold was acute1y sensible of the 1 difficulty of effecting sudden transl- ton from the role of persecutor, for which he seemed to have been cast, to that a knight-erra You will not believe me-" he be- gan, in English, ''but I acted upon an impulse in coming. The lace was my only excuse. and I used 1t, I wanted to know the mening of what hap pened at the border and-I also
 wanted to help you"'
 gro help me, monsieur? May l ask why you thought I required help?''
 Her tone of unaffected astonishment | caused him a misgiving. ITO offer my service" he said. But, Mon DieuI What services monsieur?" with an impatient move
 ment.
 "Mademoiselle, I know that you were followed from the morgue, and saw you leaving the Palais! l know that you are interested in the | fate of a man who was politically compromised. One may very well be 1 innocent, and yet"
 l She interrupted him. Pray be explicit, monsieur!' 1T express myself badly, know. But I wanted to say that if l can aid
 you-in any way you wish-to leave l Paris, to escape any annoyance which might arise from your-acquaintanc | with this man, I should be very hap | py to do so."
 There was short silence, Angelique | retreated to her former post at the door. Mile. d'Aurigny spoke in less l hostile tone.
 If I do not understand all this monsieur. What can you hope to gain by tiff it is not a trick? Ii l would not surprise me f after all l the police had some hand in your visit. and that you are sent to per | suade me to leave Paris. 1 Arnold took up his hat with an air | of finality His patience was exhaust 1 ed, and his pride deeply wounded. He | had tameiy submmitted to a series | of the most insolent speeches from a 1 girl who did not even pretend to be- 1 lieve anything he said, and although ! the impression she had made upon l him was deeper even than he knew,
 he was so angry at the moment that he almost wished never to see her
 again.
 Madamoiselle's beautiful eyes open-
 ed widely as she realized that he in l tended to take his departure. | "One moment, monsieur!' she beg ged, Do you not really know why | I went to the Palais?'' | Arnold stopped, immediately dis | armed by her change of tone. "I presume you were conducted | there to be questioned, mademoisel1e "No, no! I hurried there from the
 morgue, to identify that man." "To identify him ?" repeated Arnold 1 He was for a moment taken back by | this statemnt, which upset all his pre- conceived ideas, and Dr. Albrecht's | conversation with Polozzi was recalled | to him. He thought for moment o1
 asking Mile. d'Aurfgny if she knew | that Morin had previously been iden- tified, but he did not wish to dis play too much know1edge@ about the affair, as he knew that to do so would
 reawaken Mile. d'Aurigny's suspic- | ions. He determined to mention the | case again to Dr. Albrecht, and close 1 ly note his demeanor. But Mile. | d'Aurigny. was speaking. | "Yes, monsieur. Some one follow | ed me, it is true, and my destination probably surprised him. Andre Morin
 was my half-brother and I was able to identify him by the little 1ocket | which contained a picture of myself | as child, and also his watch, which | belonged to his father. But did you 1 hear all this at the Pa1ais?"
 "Madm oiselle, I am far from being
 in the confidence of any one at the
 Palais. Pray believe mel"