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mademoiselle?" she added. turning to

nademoiselle? she added. turning tc
Violet
"Sosnetin,es thsve seen that expires
sion." Violet assented.
"One would imagine" the countesse
continued, that your thoughts were
riveted upon the business of the mo-
ment- You SO seldom relax. Yet you
You have other gifts which plentifully
contradict such a horrible idea.
want to ask you whether you have
any belief in the modern theory that
this embarrassed quality of psychic
power Is given TO some and withheld
from others?"
| ''It seems to me very possible, -
! HargraVe admitted.
! You ought not TO possess il, but
, you do" she said. with a sudden inn
| patience. You saw that number
| before it turned up
Il really believe I did" Hargrave
! confessed. DO YOU think l ought TO
return the money!"
! She laughed gayly.
You men are never serious" she
exclaimed.
She hurried away with the slightest
| Of farewell mods. Violet watched her
| In amazement-
"Wnat a strange woman" she mur-
INJURED. who is she?"5
II believe she comes of i great
/ Hungarian family, but she told me
herself that she had also gypsy blood"
| Hargrave explained. Fedora Fayaldi,
| her name is
| But DO you really believe in what
she was talking about
; They made their way slowly
through the crowded rooms.
( II feel that ! have just learned
enough in life" he confided, Ito alb
solutely disbelieve in nothing. Here S
, Philip Gorse, by Jove, and Pelling-
ham! Wen take them out for 4
drink
| why do you always avoid being
| alone with me?" she complained
II am a faithful disciple of Mrs.
| Gruniy,' he told her. and my repu-
| tation here, this season, at any rate, is
that of a very black sheep. Come
along, you fellows, were going to the
| bar"
/ They all sat together happily while
| Violet told the story of her winnings.
Presently Hargrave was sent for. A
great parsonage had arrived and had
asked for him. He left the place almost
| unnoticed. Violet was still telling the
story OF her lesson at roulette, and
! both men were listening eagerly.
rom the OOOT"dS I1dTSIuNe lOOkGu
back. The recital, apparently, was
| not yet concluded. No one seemed to
have roticed his departure. The ex-
| preston in both the mems faces was
| one Of utter devotion.
| The next mornings conference at
the Hotel de Paris arrived soon at an
impasse. Mr.. Wegges. Trentipo's at
| torney, presented his case a little pom
| derously, but clearly; Trentino him
! self had ventured upon a few words.
To both Hargrave had listened at first
in i.npassive silence. When he spoke,
however. there was a finality about
his words which seemed to make
further discussion Improbable;
II am quite aware he said, that
am the nominal holder of every
share in the o. P. Trust. and of a few
also that do not exist. 1t is not my
intention to part with a single one"
Mr.. Wegges tapped with his pencil
upon the table.
Your own broker, Sir Hargrave,
Mr.. Marston here, has pointed out to
you that the shares are falling every
day. The present price of the dollar
share Is 72 cents. My client Is pre-.
pared to give you par for sixty thou
sand. He is prepared to go farther
than that. II you have bought these
shares, believing they have prospects
Of advancement beyond that my client
will give you an undertaking, which
l guarantee shall be absolutely bind
ing. to return to you at any time you
choose to say the word, the difference
between par and the highest price
that they NAV touch
"A generous suggestion" Hargrave
admitted. Il am not, however,
seller
when you say sew are not seller,