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nuiL.li, :ni.iHl'iHni.iriw.i),'ln.n '' nn 'utHii'. i i" t . HIT : "jl cge(able Preparation for As nilating BieFoodandBegula z ihe Stoaachs and Bowels of m "lV . romolesDigcstion.Cheerful ness and Rest.Contains neither ')pium.Morpliine norIineraL NotNarcotic. Si m japcafOUtrSAMJZLPITCHtt PtinyJu Seed'' ythcSmna RxMUSaUt yinise Srrti tfpemwtt - Jit CarbonajK-Sidai Clarified Sugar Aperfecl Remedy forConstipa Tion, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Fevensh ness and Loss OF Sleep. Facsimile Signature oF NEW YORK. CHAPTER XII. FIFTY-FOUR West Houston street, just threa fcJoeks south of Wash ington square, was a narrow four story and basement build ing of gray brick with battered brown stone trimmings, at one time perhaps a fashionable residence, but with its last vestige of glory long since depart ed. In the basement was a squalid cobbler's shop, and the restaurant oc cupied the first floor. Dirty lace cur tains hung at the windows, screening the interior from the street, but when I mounted the step to the door and en tered I -found the place typical of Its class. I sat down at one of the little square tables and ordered a bottle of wine. It was M. Jourdain himself who brought it a little fat man, with trou sers very tight and a waistcoat very dazzling. TBe night trade bad not yet begun in earnest, so he was for the mo ment at leisure, and be consented to drink a glass of wine with me. I bad ordered the "superleur." "You have lodging3 to let, I suppose, on the floors above?" I questioned. He squinted at me through his glass, trying with French shrewdness to read me before answering. "Why, yes, we have lodgings. Still, a man of monsieur's habit would scarce ly wish" "The habit does not always gauge the purse," I pointed out. "That is true." he smiled, sipping his wine. ".Uouoleur then wishes a lodg ing?" , "I should like to look at yours." ' "You understand, monsieur," he ex plained, "that this is a good quarter, and our rooms are not at all the ordi nal rooms. Ob. no; they are quite su perior to that. They are in great de mand. We have only one vacant at this moment. In fact, I am not certain that it is jt at liberty. I will call my wife." She was summoned from behind the counter, where she presided at the money drawer, and presented to me as Mme. Jourdain. I filled a glass for her. "Monsieur, here, is seeking a lodg ing," he began. "Is the one on the second floor back at our disposal yet, Celle?" Ills wife pondered the question a moment, looking at me with sharp lit tle eyes. "I do not know," she said at last. We shall have to ask M. Bethune. He said he might again have need of it. He has paid for it until the loth." My heart leaped at the name. I saw that I must take the bull by the horns assume a bold front for if they waited to consult my pursuer I should never gain the information I was seeking. "It was through M. Bethune that I secured your address," I said boldly. He was taken 111 this morning. His heart, you know," and I tapped my' chest. They nodded, looking at me, never theless, with eyes narrow with sus picion. "Yes, monsieur, we know," said Jourdain, The authorities at the hos pital at once notified ua." nt la not the first attack.. I assert ed, wttb a temerttj bor of necessity. HI i EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER- . g Y AMystery f DDB of Two f S - Continents S I Holladay I ? STEVENSON f JsUjftB otDcratWt two a m m For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of CAST tV j Jr In rtf Use For Over Thirty Years tiph THB eefrntun ownutv. n york orrr. ous as mis." They nodded sympathetically. Plain ly they had been considerably Impress ed by their lodger. "So," I continued brazenly, "he knows at last that his condition Is very bad, and he wishes to remain at the hospital for some days until he has quite recovered. In the meantime I am to have the second floor back, which was occupied by the ladles." I spoke the last word with seeming nonchalance, without the quiver of a lash, though I was Inwardly a-quake, for I was risking everything upon It. Then In an Instant I breathed more freely. I saw that I bad hit the mark and that their suspicions were gradual ly growing less. "They, of course, are not coming back," I added, "at least not for a long time. So he has no further use for the room. This Is the fourteenth. I can take possession tomorrow." They exchanged a glance, and Mme. Jourdain arose. "Very well, monsieur," she said. "Will you have the kindness to come and look at the room?" ' I followed her up the stair, giddy at my good fortune. She opened a door and lighted a gas Jet against the wall. "I am sure you will like the apart ment, monsiuer," she said. . "You see. It Is a very large one and most com fortable." It was indeed of good size and well furnished. The bed was in a kind of alcove, and beyond it was a bath un looked for luxury! One thing, however, struck me as peculiar. The windows were closed by heavy shutters, which were barred upon the Inside, and the bars were secured in place by pad locks. "I shall want to open the windows," I remarked. "Do you always keep them barred?" She hesitated a moment, looking a little embarrassed. "You see, monsieur, it Is this way," she explained at last. "M. Bethune himself had the locks put on, for he feared that his poor sister would throw herself down Into the courtyard, which Is paved with stone and where she would certainly have been killed. She was very bad some days, poor dear. T was most glad when they took her away, for the thought of her made me nervous. I will in the morning open the windows and air the .room well for you." "That will do nicely," I assented as carelessly as I could. I knew that I had chanced upon a new development; though I could not In the least guess Its bearing." "What do you ask for the apartment?" "Ten dollars the week, monsieur," she answered, eying me narrowly. I knew It was not worth so much nful, remembering my character, re pressed my first inclination to close the bargain. "That Is a good deal," I said hesitat ingly. "Haven't you a cheaper room, Mme. Jourdain?" "This Is the only one we have now vacant, monsieur," she assured me. I turned back toward the door with a little sigh. "I fear I can't take it," I said. "Monsieur does not understand," she protested. "That price, of course. In cludes breakfast." "And dinner?" " She hesitated, eying me again. "For fl additional It shall Include dinner." "Done, madame!" I cried. "I pay you for a week in advance." And I suited the action to the word. 'Only,' I added, "be sure to air the room well tomorrow. It seems very close. Still, Bethune was right to make sure that his sister could not harm herself." "Yes," she nodded, placing the money carefully In an old purse, with the true miserly light in her eyes. "Yes; she broke down most sudden. It was the departure of her mother, you know, monsieur." I nodded thoughtfully. "When they first came, six " weeks ago, she was quite well. Then her mother a position of some sort se cured and went away. She never left her room after that, Just sat there and cried or rattled at the doors and win dows. Her brother was heartbroken about her. No one else would he permit to attend her. But I hope that she. Is well now, poor child, for she is again with her mother." "Her mother came after her?" I asked. . "Oh, yes; ten days ago, and together they drove away. By this time they are again In the good France." I pretended to be inspecting a ward robe, for I felt sure my face would be tray me. At a flash I saw the whole story. . There was nothing niore Mme. Jourdain could tell me. "' "Yes," I repeated, steadying my voice, "the good France." . ' "M. Bethune has himself been absent for a week," she added, "on affairs of business. He wap not certain that he would return,' but he paid us to the 15th." - ... I! nodded. "Yes tomorrow I will take possession then." - k ' "Very well, monsieur," she assented. "I will have it In readiness." . For an Instant I hesitated. Should I use the photograph? Was It necessary? How explain my possession of it? 5 Did I not already know all that Mme. Jour dain could tell me? I turned to the stair. ; "Then I must be going," I said. "I have some business affairs to arrange," andwe went down together. The place was filling with a motley crowd of diners, but I paused only to exchange a nod with M. Jourdain and then hurried away. The fugitives had taken the French line, of course, and I hastened on to the foot of Morton street, where the French line pier Is. A ship was being loaded for the voy age out, and the pier was still open. A clerk directed me to the sailing sched ule, and a glance at it confirmed my guess. At 10 o'clock on the morning of Thursday, April 3, La Savoie had sail ed for Havre. "May I see La Savoie's passenger list?" I asked. "Certainly, sir," and he produced it. I did not. of course, expect to find Miss Holladay entered upon it; yet I felt that a study of it might be repaid, and I was not mistaken. A Mrs. G. R. Folsom and two daughters had occu pied the cabine de luxe, 436, 438, 44a On the company's list which had been given me I saw bracketed after the name of the youngest daughter the sin gle word "invalide." "La Lorraine sails day after tomor row, I believe?" I asked. "Yes, sir." "And Is she full?" "No, sir; It Is a little early In the sea son yet." And he got down the list of staterooms, showing me which were vacant. I selected an outside double one and deposited half the fare in order (To ! Continued.) Invaluable for Rheumatism. 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