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OIIAPTKIt III.-(Contlnuc.)
To-morrow enrc iitnl Mr. Wester
field's fnltlifiil .Tames jUHtilled her confi
dence in lilm.
She drew her chnlr near to him when
lie called her by her Christian name for
Uie llr.it time.
"When Westerfield was courting me,"
nlie said, "his brother was n bachelor. A
lady If one can call such n creature a
lady! waH living under IiIh protection.
He told Westerlleld he wan rery fond of
her, and he hated the Idea of getting
married. 'If your wlfe'H first child turns
out to be a soil,' he said, 'there's an heir
to the title and cstnteH, and I tuny go on
as I nm now.' We were married n month
afterward and when tny first child was
Vorn it was a girl. 1 leave you to Judge
ft'hut the disappointment was. My lord
ran the risk of waiting another year, and
a year afterward, rather than be married.
Through all that time, I had no other child
r prospect of a child. Ills lordship was
fairly driven Into taking n wife. Ah, how
I luito herl Their first child was a boy
l big, bouncing, healthy brute of a hoy.
And six mouths afterward, my poor little
fellow was bom. Only think of It. And
Jell me, Jemmy, don't I deserve to be n
bnnpy woman, nfter suffering such n
dreadful disappointment ns that? Is It
rue that you're going back to America?"
"Quite true."
"Take mo back with you."
"With a couple of children?"
"No. Only with one. I enn dispose of
ttlie other In Knglnnd. Wait a little be
tfore you say no. Do you want money?"
"You couldn't help me, If I did."
"Marry me, mid I can help you to n
(fortune."
He eyed her attentively, nnd saw Mint
who was in earnest. "What do you call
a fortune?" he asked.
"Klve thousand pounds," she answered.
"Where's the proof of It?" ho suld,
tteriily.
She produced her husband's letter. He
listened with the closest attention while
iilic read. The uiiestlon of stenlliur the
"illuiiioiids did not trouble either of them.
'It was a settled question, by tacit con-
-neut, on both sides.
They looked at each other. They were
made for each other, and they both felt
it. At the same time, James kept his
own Interests steadily In view. He stnted
the obvious objection to the cipher. Kx
per'.a had already tried to Interpret the
Igns, and hud failed.
"Quite true," she added, "but other peo
ple may succeed."
GIIAPTKIl IV.
An ndvertlsemeut In the newspapers,
.addressed to persons skilled In the Inter
iliretatlou of ciphers, now represented
Mrs. WesterJIeld's only chance of discov
ering where the diamonds were hidden.
The first answer that she received itiudo
iiim amends for previous disappointment.
It offered references to gentlemen, whose
nninoK were in themselves
guarantee. She verified the
utverlhclcss, nnd paid a visit to her cor
resixindent on the same day.
31 U ihtsoiiiiI appearance was not In his
envoi he was old and dirty, Infirm nnd
poor. Ills mean room was littered with
nliMiliy books. When Mrs. WeHterlleld
jitleinjitcd to cuter Into explanations he
vtiftcly Interrupted her. "Show me your
dirtier," he suld; "I don't promise to study
Jt uuI.'hs I find It worth my while,"
.Mr. Westerlleld was alarmed. "Do
take Syd Into training ns a pupil teacher.
"I'll force the child on." Mlm Wlgger
promised, "till she can earn her board mid
lodging by taking my lowest class. When
she gets older she will replace my regu
lar governess, aud I shnll save the sal
ary." As the hour of eight drew near on Wed
nesday evening, Mrs. Wcsterfield's anx
iety forced her to find relief In action of
1 some kind. She opened the door of her
I sitting room, and listened on the stairs.
It still wanted a few minutes to eight
' o'clock when there wns a ring at the
J house bell. She ran down to open t ho
door, The servant happened to be In the
hull nnd nnswered the bell. 'I he tier)
moment the door was suddenly closed
again.
"Anybody there?" Mrs. Westerfield
asked.
"No, ma'am."
This seemed strange. Had the old
wretch deceived her, nfter all? "Look In
the letter box," she culled out. The ser
vant obeyed, and found n letter. Mrs.
Westerlleld tore It open, standing on the
stairs. It contained half n sheet of com
mon note paper. The Interpretation of
the cipher wus written on it in these
words:
"Remember, No. 12, Purbcck Road, St.
John's Wood. Oo to the summer house
in the back garden. Count to the fourth
plank In the floor, reckoning from the side
wall on the right as you enter the summer
house. Pry up the plunk. Look under the
mold nnd rubbish. Find the dlnmuuds."
Mrs. Mnrshfield was on the point of
sending for a cab nnd driving to his lodg
ings, when James came in, eager to know
if the interpretation had arrived.
Keeping her suspicions to herself, she
merely Informed him Mint the Interpreta
tion was In her hands, "Put a chisel In
your pocket when we go to church to
morrow morning," wus the one hint she
gave him.
At eleven o'clock the next morning they
were united In the bonds of wedlock. On
leaving the church door, the married pair
begun their honeymoon by driving to St.
John's Wood.
A dirty printed notice In n broken win
dow announced that the house was to let;
and n sour-tempered woman Informed
them tliat they were free to look ut the
rooms.
The bride wns In the best of humor. She
set the bridegroom the example of kee
ing up appearances by examining the di
lapidated house first. This done, she said
sweetly 'to the person In charge: "May
we louk at the garden?"
"The woman made n strange answer to
Mils request. "That's curious," she said.
James Interfered for the first time.
"What's curious?" he usked, roughly.
"Among nil the Idle people who have
come here, nt otic time or another, to seo
this house," the woman said, "only two
have wanted to look nt the garden."
James turned on his heel and mndc
n MinVini,flror tlu "" bouse, leaving it to his
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"I am one of the persons, of course,"
she said. "Who is the other?"
"An old mail came on Monday."
The bride's pleasant smile vanished.
"What Bort of person wus he?" she
asked.
The sour-tempered woman becniut
sourer than ever. "Oh, how can I telll'
A brute! There!"
"A brute!" The very words which the
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money?" she asked
"I mean that I don't wnste my time on
ty ciphers Invented by fools."
She laid the slip of paper on his desk.
"Wuste your time on that," she said
atlrlcally, "and see how you like It!"
He eMiuilued it first with his bleared
rvd-rliiiiucd ejei then with a magnifying
glass. The only expression of opinion Mint
t'senped him was Indicated by his actions.
He shut up his book, and gloated over the
nlgns nnd characters before him. On a
mid 'mi he looked at Mrs. WeHterlleld.
"IIiiw did you come by this?" he asked.
"That's no business of yours."
"In other words jou have reasons of
your own for not uiiswerlug my ques
tion?" "Yes."
Drawing his own Inferences from that
reply, he showed his three last-left yellow
teeth lu a horrid grin.
".Shall you be long In finding out what
it menus?" she asked.
"Days iimy pass before I can find the
clew;
me n week
The week passed. Repeating her visit,
Mrs. Westerfield found him still seated at
tils desk, still surrounded by liU books,
mill cureless of the polite attentions that
lie owed to a lady.
"Well?" she usked, "have you eurued
your money?"
"1 huve found the clew."
"What is It?" she burst out. "Tell mo
the substance, I can't wait to read,"
He went on Impenetrably with what he
had to say. "Hut there are some minor
combinations which I have still to dlscov-
rr tn my ou n satisfaction. My work must
lie well done or not done at all. This Is
Hut unlay, eleventh of Mie month. We will
nay the evening of Wednesday next,"
Mrs, Westerfield Hiitllciently controlled
herself to he able to review her engage
ments for the coming week. On Thurs-
ilny. the day exacted by the marrlogo II-
cense would expire, and the wedding
Midgut take place. On Friday, the express
train conveyed passengers to Liverpool,
to lx lu time for the departure of the
ittenmer for New York on Saturday morn
lug. Having made these calculations, she
usked, with sulky submission, It she wns
expected to cull again on the Wednesday
tculug.
"No. Leave me your name nnd address.
1 will send jou the cipher, Interpreted, at
olcht o'clock."
While waiting to hear from the expert,
Mrs, Westerlleld made her arrangements
for the di'M'rtlon of poor little Syd,
The person on whose assistance sho
could rely was an unmarried elder sister,
illstluguUhcrt as proprietor of a cheap
girls' Hihool In one of the suburbs of Lon
don. This lady known to local fume as
Ml Wlgger had ulready proposed to
he.:
serious misgivings, she, too, turned
steps lu the direction of the garden.
James had already followed her instruc
tions nnd used his chisel. The plank !u;r
loose on the floor. With both his big hnmli
he rapidly cleared away the mold and the
rubbish. In n few minutes the hiding place
was laid bare.
They looked Into It. They looked at
eoch other. There was the empty hole,
telling Its own story. The diamonds
were gone.
CIIAPTKR V.
Mm. Hellbrldge eyed her husbnnd, prr
pared for n furious outbtenk of rage. lie
stood silent, staring stupidly straight be
fore him. The shock that hud fallen on
his dull brain had stunned It. She took
his arm and led him out to the cab that
was waiting at the door.
The driver, helping him to get In, to.
Meed a piece of paper lying on the front
sent. He was about to throw it uw-iiv
I won't attempt it unless you give when Mrs. Itellbridge took It out of Ills
hand, "It isn't print," slie said, "It's
writing." A closer examination showed
that the writing was addressed to hcrsdf.
Tills was what she read: "Don't trouble
yourself, madam, about the diamonds.
You have made a inlstuke you have em
ployed the wrong man."
Those words and no more. Knough,
surely, to Justify the conclusion that he
had stolen the diamonds, Wns It worth
while to drive to his lodgings? Tfiey
tried the experiment. The expert liad
gone away on business nobody knew
where,
The newspaper came as usual on Friday
morning. To Mrs. Hellbrldge's nuvue
ment It set the question of the thef. at
rest, on the highest authority. An article
appeared In a conspicuous position, fitus
expressed:
"Another of the many proofs that futh
Is stranger than fiction has just occurred
nt Liverpool. A highly respeetcd tirm of
ship owners in that city receiver, a
strange letter ut the beginning of the
present week. Promising that hu hud
some remarkable circumstances to i.miii
inunlcnte, the writer of the letter enletvd
abruptly on the nurratlve which follows,
A friend of his connected with literature
had, It appeared, noticed u lady's viiltlug
card left ou his desk, nnd hud Unit re
minded by it of a criminal case which had
excited considerable public Interest at the
time the trial of Captain WestertleM for
willfully casting nway a thlp unMtr his
command. Never hurlug hcanl at the
trial, the writer, at his friend's sub titlou,
consulted a file of newspapers ll irered
the report und became uwnre far i) first
time that a collection of lUailL i ill
monds, consigned to the Llverpy I tlrti,
was mlkslug from the wreck. vessel.
rhon she had been boarded by the salvage
party, and had not been found since.
Invents which It was Impossible for him
to mention bad revealed to his knowledge
a hiding plncc In which these some dia
mondsin all probability were concealed. I
Tills circumstance had left him no alter
native, as an honest man, but to be be
forehand with the persons, who contem
plated stealing the precious stones. He
had accordingly taken them under his
protection until they were Identified and
claimed by the rightful owners. In now
appealing to these gentlemen, be stipu
lated that the claim should be set forth
In writing, nddressed to him under initials
nt a postnfllce in Loudon. If the lost prop
erty wus Identified to his satisfaction he
would meet nt n specified place, nnd on a
certain day and hour a person accredited
by the firm, nnd would personally restore
the diamonds, without claiming a reward.
Tlie conditions being complied with, this
remarkable Interview took place; the writ
er of the letter, described ns nn Infirm old
man very poorly dressed, fulfilled his en
gagement, took his receipt, and walked
away without even wnltlng to be thanked.
It Is only an act of Justice to add that the
diamonds were afterward counted, and
not one of them wns missing."
Miserable, deservedly miserable, mar
ried pair! The stolen fortune, on which
they had counted, had slipped through
their fingers. The berths In the 'steamer
for New York had been taken and paid
for. James hnd married a woman, with
nothing besides herself to bestow on blm,
except au Incumbrance In the shape of n
boy.
Hy a refinement of cruelty, not one word
had been said to prepare little Syd for the
dreary change that was now close at hand
lu her young life. The poor child hnd seen
the preparations for departure, nnd tried
to imitate her mother in packing up. She
had collected her few morsels of darned
and ragged clothing, nnd had gone up
stairs to put them Into one of the dilapi
dated old trunks In the great playground,
when the servant wns sent to bring her
buck to the sitting room. There, enthron
ed lu nn easy chair, sat a strange lady;
and there, hiding behind the chair in un
disguised dislike of the visitor, was her
little brother Roderick. Syd looked timid
ly at her mother and her mother said:
"Here is your mint."
"Mnke your courtesy, chlhL," snM Miss
Wlgger. Nature had so toned her voice
as to mnke it worthy of the terrors of her
face. Hut for her petticoats, It would
have been certainly taken for the voice of
u man.
The child obeyed, trembling.
""ion are to go away with me," the
school mistress proceeded, "nnd to be
taught to make yourself useful under my
roof."
Syd seemed to be Incnpable of under
standing the fate Mint was In 'store for
her. She sheltered herself behind her
merciless mother. "I'm going away with
you, niuinnin," she suld "with you and
Rick."
Her mother took her by the shoulders
nnd pushed her across tho room to her
uunt.
"You belong Jo me," said Miss Wlgger,'
"and I linve come to take you nway." At
those dreadful words, terror shook little
Syd from head to foot. She fell on her
knees with a cry of misery that might
have melted the heart of a savnge. "Oh,
mniiima, mamma, don't leave me behind!
What have I done to deservo It? Oh,
pray, pray, pray have some pity on mo!"
Her mother was ns selfish and ns cruel
n woman ns ever lived. Hut even her
hnrd heart felt faintly the Influence of the
most Intimate and most sacred of nil hu
man relationships. Her florid cheeks
turned pule. She hesitated.
Miss Wlgger marked that moment of
maternal Indecision and saw that It was
.'line to assert her experience ,as nn In
structress of youth.
"Lenve it to me," she said to her sister.
"You never did know, nnd you never will
know, how to manage children."
She ndvnnced. The child threw herself
shrieking on the floor. SIlss Wlgger's long
arms caught her up held her shook her.
"He quiet, you Imp!" It was needless to
tell her to be quiet. Syd's little curly
head sunk on the school mistress' shoul
der. She was curried into exile without
u word or n cry she had fainted.
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the pocket of his overcoat. lie opened it
and pointed to the advertisement.
"A young lady wishes to be employed
In the education of a little girl. Possess
ing but few accomplishments, nnd hnvlnf
been only a junior teacher nt a school, shi
offers her services on trial, leaving it ti
her employer to pay whatever salary sh
may be considered to'deserve,"
"Most Impertinent!" said Miss Wlgger
Mr. Llnley looked astonished.
"I say, most Impertinent!" Miss Wlggei
repented. "One of my teachers has issued
nn advertisement, nnd has referred to mj
address, without first consulting me
Hnvo I mnilg myself understood, sir?'
She looked nt the carrlngc when she call
cd him "sir."
Hut just here the door was opened; t
young Indy entered the room.
Wns this the writer of the advertise
ment? He felt sure of It, for no better
reuson than this: The moment be looked
nt her she Interested him, .
"wunt do you mean by coming here 7 '
Miss Wlgger Inquired.
"I wish to'know," she said, "If this gen
Memnn desires to see me, on the subject of
my advertisement?"
"Your advertisement?" Miss Wlgger re
peated. "Miss Westerfield, how dure you
beg for employment In u newspaper, with-.
out asking tny lenve?"
"I only waited, to tell yon whnt I hnd
done, till I knew whether my advertise
ment would be nnswered or not."
She spoke ns calmly as before, still sub-1
mining to the insolent authority of the
school mistress with a steady fortitude,
very remarkable In any girl nnd espe
cially In a girl whose face revealed a
sensitive nature. Llnley approached her,
and said bis few kind words before Miss
Wlgger could assert herself for the third ,
time. j
"I am nfrald I have taken a liberty In ,
answering you personally, when I ought
to have unswered byieUer. My only ex-'
cuse Is that I have no time to arrange for
nu interview, In London, by correspon
dence. I live in Scotland, nnd I am oblig-!
ed to return by the mail to-night." i
He paused. She was looking at him.
Did she understand him?
She understood him only tco well. For
the first time, poor soul, In the miserable
years of her school life, she saw eyes
that rested on her with the sympathy that
Is too truly felt to be littered In words.
Her head sank; her wasted figure trem
bled; u few tenrs dropped slowly on the
bosom of her shabby dress. She tried,
desperately tried, to control herself. "I
beg your pardon, sir," wns all she could
say
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(To be continued.)
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OIIAPTKIt VI.
Time's march moves slowly where
weary lives languish in dull places. Dat
ing from one iiukept nnd unacknowledged
birthday to nn6ther, Sydney Westertield
had attulued tlie sixth year of her mar
tyrdom ut school. Iu that long interval
no news of her mother, her brother, or her
stepfather had reached Kngland. Roder
ick Wcsterfield's daughter was, In tho sad
dest sense of the word, alone iu tho world.
The bauds of the ugly old clock In the
school room .were npproachlug the time
when the studies lu the morning would
come to nn end. Wenrlly waiting for their
release, the scholars saw an event happen
which wns a novelty In their domestic ex
perience. The mnld-of-all-work put her
head In ut the door, and Interrupted Miss
Wlgger conducting the education of the
first class, ,
"If you please, miss, there's a gentle
mnii In the drawing room," she said. "And
here's his card."
ltelug a mortal creature, the school mis
tress was .accessible to the promptings
of curiosity. She snatched the card out
of the girl's blind.
Mr. Herbert Llnley, Mount Morvcn,
Perthshire. "I don't know this person,"
Miss Wlgger declared. "You wretch, have
you let a thief Into the house?"
"A gentleman, If ever I see one yet,"
the servant retorted.
Miss Wlgger referred to the card again,
nnd discovered (faintly truced Iu pencil)
these words: "To see Miss S. W."
The school mistresi Instantly looked at
Miss Westprlleld. Miss Westerfield rose
from her place at the head of her class.
At a loss to understand the audacity of
her teacher In rising before the class was
dismissed, Miss Wlgger began by assert
ing her authority. She did In two 'words;
"Sit down!"
"I wish to explain, ma'am.
"Sydney Westerfield, you arc setting
the worst possible example to your class,
I shall see this man myself, Will you sit
down?"
I'ule already, Sydney turned paler still.
She obeyed the word of command to tho
high delight of the girls of her class.
Miss Wlgger entered her drawiug room.
With the slightest possible inclination of
her head, die eyed the stranger through
her green spectacles, The servant's esti
mate of him was beyond dispute. Mr.
Herbert Llnley's good breeding was even
tapable of suppressing all outward expres
lion of the dismay that he felt ou finding
Mtiuelf face to face with the formidable
person who hud received him.
"Whnt Is your business, if you please?"
Uiu Wlgger began.
Suld Tickets on Him.
It Im good to bo a celebrity, und It it
Homctliuus profitable merely to recog
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was ut the Oiunhn exposition, wiys tho
New York Times, ho ami President Cul
lawny of the New York Central
chanced to go Into u booth ou the Mid
way I'lulsaiice.
It wuh a tame entertainment nnd
there wuh only n meagro attendance
when Mr. Depow nnd Mr. Cnllawny en
tered. Their stay would bnvo becu
very brief except for the fact that they
hud Bi-urcoly taken their Heats beforo
there began a sternly inpouring of peo
ple, which continued until the small au
ditorium was crowded.
Taking this extraordinary Increase of
spectators as au Indication that some
thing of nu Interesting nature was
iibout to be disclosed, the two New
Yorkers concluded to sit it out. Half
nu hour's waiting failed to reward their
patient expectancy, however, aud Mr.
Callaway suggested that they move on.
Just then ox-Seeretary of Agriculture
J. Sterling Morton pushed his way
through tho crowd, and extending his
bund to Mr. Depow exclaimed:
"Well, Doctor Depew, so you are real
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"Why, tho 'barker' for this show Is
standing outside nnd Inviting the crowd
to 'step up lively' aud pay ten couts for
the prlvllego of seeing tho 'great nnd
only Clinuncey M. Depew.' "
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QU'atlon of l'r'ce.
"That womnn tried to bent me down
on tho price of quinine."
"What did she say?" ,
"Sho snld I ought to mnke It 10 cents
cheaper because she bad to pay her lit
tlo boy to tako it."
No Argument,
"I beg your pardon!" said the patient
in a haughty way; "It Isu't for a young
physician llko you to disagree with nn
old aud experienced Invalid llko me!"
And he went out to look for another
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