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AUSTIN WEEKLY STATESMAN. THURSDAY AUGUST 8 1889
ANOTHER'S CRIMEA
FROM THE DIARY OP
BY JULIAN
AUTHOR OF
Tha Great Bank Robbery" "An American Penman" Etc.
Copyrighted by O. M. Dunham and published through specir.l arrangement "j
the American Press Association with Casscll & Co.
Mew York and London.
CHAPTER XIX.
CARRIAGE.
L'DGE KETEI
LE and his young
wife took up
their abode in a
house not far
from the hoiiIIi-
ern boundary of
Central Purs:
taking Mrs. No-
Ion to lire with
them. The wed-
ding aroused con-
siderable interest
in New York
city the beauty
and accomplishments of the bride being
almost as well known as the forensic
and judicial ability of her husband. Tin
newly married couple did not entertain
however owing to the recent domestio
misfortunes which had overtaken Mrs.
Ketelle's family; they received a few
friends very quietly and informally and
made scarcely any calls. The judge bad
not been on the bench for some years
previous to his marriage; but he had a
large and important pratice as a barris-
ter and he now devoted himself td this
with more assiduity than ever. Report
had It that he and his wife were very
happy together and though some people
admired the judge's Intrepidity in ven-
turing to appropriate a lady so beautiful
and so much his junior there was noth-
ing in their relations to indicate that his
choice had not been as prudent as it cer-
tainly was enviable.
The wedding hod taken place about
the first of October on the return of the
Nolens and Judge Ketelle from the sea-
side; and after a short honeymoon they
settled in their new dwelling early in
November. The judge attended to busi-
ness down town every day; his wife
spent her mornings at homo and in the
afternoons was fond of driving out in
the park In her brougham occasionally
accompanied by her mother but more
often alone. The weather was cold but
very fine and the hue of the autumn
leaves was unusually beautiful. Dut
those who happened to see the face of
the young wife at the window of her
brougham forgot all about the autumnal
foliage and had their thoughts Oiled
with the memory of another kind of
loveliness.
One afternoon while passing the chil-
dren's play ground Mrs. Ketelle caused
the coachman to stop his horses in order
that she might watch the little creatures
at their games for nothing pleased her
more than tho spectacle of children hav-
ing a good time.
After remaining a few minutes she
was about to give the order to move on
when her attention was attracted to a
gentleman who was standing with his
back partly turned towards her in a foot-
bath that here approached the carriage
way. Ho was tall and well made.; ho
-wore a thin cape ulster of dark tweed
. and a black felt hat with a curved brim
a sort of fashionable modification of
the picturesque Tyrolese headgear. Of
his face she could see only the outline of
the check and brow; ho had a mustache
and a short closely cut beard.
Why was it that tho sight of this man
produced so strange and powerful an
impression upon her? She asked herself
this question but could give no satisfac-
tory answer. Surely he was not an ac-
quaintance of hers! And yet there was
something about him that not only ar-
rested her gaze but sent a thrill to her
heart as If particles of Ice and fire were
being driven through it. Her hands bo-
came cold and her teeth chattered and
yet her cheeks were burning and drops
stood on her forehead.
The gentleman turned slowly to re-
lume his walk. As his face came more
fully into view Mrs. Ketello caught her
"breath with a sharp sound and her fin-
gers grasped the frame of the door con-
vulsively. She could not cry out; her
lips were parched and her tongue dry.
Dut her wholo soul went out to him
through her eyes. Was it a dream? Was
he a phantom? Could she be deceived by
some marvelous resemblance? Oh would
he pass on without seeing her and vanish
forever!
He had in fact walked on several
paces and In another minute ho would
be out of reach. But either accident or
one of thoso mysterious mental impres-
sions which many persons have experi-
enced in some epoch of their lives caused
him suddenly to pause turn about and
look directly at tho face in the carriage
window. Their eyes met for a moment;
then the woman covered her face with
her hands and sank back in her seat
with a breathless cry of terror bewilder-
ment and intolerable joy.
The gentleman who also seemed pale
and agitated came over to the road and
laid bis hand on the carriage door.
"Drive on!" he said to the coachman
and with the words he enteral the car-
riage and closed the door utter him.
Then he pulled down the shades over the
windows. The coachman spoke to his
horses and they moved on.
ibis episode baa taken place in a
short space of time and with very little
visible manifestation of feeling on either
tide. Nevertheless it had not entirely
escaped observation. Two men had
been sauntering along tho path sido by
side apparently whiling away tho hour
or two that separated them from dinner
One of them was a tall slender graceful
fellow with sharp but well molded feat-
ures black hair and mustache and a
pair of restless block eyes no was
dressed quietly In dark colors and yet
there was a certain jauntiness in his ap
IN A
INSPECTOR BYRNES.
HAWTHORNE
peorance that suggested' the sporting
man or the sharper. His companion
was a considerably older man and his J
face was of a much coarser cast; his
clothes were new but fitted him ill and
he wore a flashy necktie and watch
chain nis small gray eyes had noted
the littlo occurrence above described
and as the carriage rolled away he
nudged his friend with his elbow.
"Well what now?" said the latter.
"Did you see that?'
"What?"
"Well your wits are wool gathering
it seems. Did you see that fellow get
Into that carriage?"
"What carriage?"
"That carriage that was standing here
just now with the lady in it Why
what's got into you Home? Don't you
know who she was?'
"No I don't. How should ir
"Well you might find it money In
your pocket some day that's alL Swell
women like that don't drive out alone in
the park for. nothing I reckon! And
may be rather than have their husbands
know what they're after they might see
their way to paying an obliging person
a consideration to keep his mouth shut."
"Oh stuff! That business is played
out. The swells are on to it and the
first word that's said they ring the bell
for the police. I don't want any of that
in mine thank youl And if ycu want
any one to believe you know all tlrt ladies
that drive in the park in thrir own
broughams you must find some greener
hand than I am."
"I know who she was just the same"
retorted tho other. "She's the girl that
married that fellow Ketelle a month
ago."
"She? the sister of that" He stop-
ped. "The Bister of Jerrold NolenI You re-
member him if I ain't mistaken" said
the short man with a chuckle.
"Yes I remember him; and when the
accounts are evened up I'll remember
you too Jock Grush and don't you for-
got it!" exclaimed the black haired man
with a sullen fierceness. The fellow he
had called Grush laughed but made no
reply. "So that was his sister was it?"
the other went on muttering to himself;
"and she 8 married to the judge a month
ago and taking fellows to drive in her
brougham!" He twisted the ends of his
mustache and switched the toe of his
boot as he sauntered along with the
light cane he carried.
Let us follow Mrs. Ketelle's carriage.
After the first few minutes of speech
less and wild emotion were passed Pau-
lino relinquished her brother's hand and
shrank away from him to her side of the
carriage. A reaction of feeling had
come over her. She felt a sort of indig
nation that she should have been all
these months grieving for a calamity
that had never happened.
"Why did you never let us know that
you were alive?" she demanded.
"I put it off from day to day he said.
"1 had not decided at first what to do.
thought of coming home; then 1
thought that since I had been reported
dead it was better to let it be believed so
for a time until the truth about the rob-
bery should be discovered. Resides I
knew that detectives would hq after me
and I feared that a letter au dressed to
you or to the judge might betray me.
At last when I found something to do I
decided to wait until I was certain of
success before communicating with you.
And finally circumstances led to my
coming back here unexpectedly myself."
"Dut Valentine might have written if
you could not."
"Valentine! Why Pauline don t you
know don't you see it was Valentine
who was drowned!"
"Valentino! Oh God forgive me! how
I have wronged him!" She turned aside
and resttd her face against the side of
the carriage and sobbed for a few mo
ments passionately. But she was neve)
one to be long mastered by emotion. She
forced back her tears and said: "Tell
me tell me all!"
"The whole affair came about by an
accident without any prearrangement
at alL Vhcn I went down to the pier
of tho st'jamship Val had suggested my
making one or two alterations In my
dress and appearance so that if any one
were on the lookout for mo I should pass
for Valentino. Afterwards on the
steamer we found that people were giv-
ing us each other s names and we let It
bo so. We occupied the same- state room
and I used his things 1 had brought
very little of my own with me.
"On the voyage he told me all his pri-
vate history; I afterwards thought that
if he had been consciously training rue
to personate him he could not have done
it more effectually. Then came the day
of the hurricane. We were close to-
gether all the time until within a few
minutes of the time the wind changed.
We were in the cabin; there was a lan-
tern buring but it was almost quite
dark. Val left me and went to our room.
I could see him there; he seemed to be
writing on something that he held up
before him. Afterwards he went towards
the steward's room holding on by the
iron illars of the cabin as he went. That
was tho last I saw of him. He must
have gone on deck for what I can't im-
agineand been swept overboard. No
ono knew anything of it until the next
morning."
"Now I know now I know!" mur-
mured Pauline pressing her hands over
her heart. '"It was he he did not for-
get I might have known it!"
"Whattnight you have known?"' asked
brother.
"Nothing; go on. When you found
th&t he was dead what then?"
"We had agreed before to go to Mex-
ico. He had letters and papers. I took
them and went traveling as Valentine
Martin. I saw that in that way I should
got a standing in the place w hich I could
not have obtained for myself and that
the report of my death would throw off
the police. I was cordially received in
Mexico and put in the way of doing
some valuable business. Everything
prospered with me as it had never done
befora The story is too long to tell fully
now; but In the midst of my success an
extraordinary thing occurred; an Eng-
lish agent of the Martin estate came over
and told me supposing me to be Valen-
tinethat by my brother's death I was
the heir. I did not wish to enter into
explanations so I simply told him that
I did not want the estate and that it
might go to the next of kin. I had for-
gotten that Val had a wife though of
course I knew all about her. She had
ruined his life In more ways than one
and was no better than she should be;
but if his death were known she would
be entitled to a share of the estate. It
seems she had got wind of the English
agent's business and had followed him
from New Zealand. I had a curious in-
terview with her; she charged me fin-
ally with having made away with her
husband in order by personating him to
get his property and treating my asser-
tion that I was not going to touch the
property as mere buncombe. But the
next day I got a letter from her in which
she actually offered in case I would
make common cause with her to go to
England prove her marriage to Valen-
tine get the estate and then divide with
met"
"Poor Valentine!" murmured Pauline
with a trembling lip.
"When 1 refused she declared war
and said she would expose me as on im-
postor and probable murderer. She
learned that I was manager and part
owner of a valuable mine that I had dis-
covered near Pachuca. The other owners
were two high officers of the govern-
ment. She went to them with her story
They told me wbat she had said. I had
already made up my mind what to do; I
gave them the whole history of what had
happened since Valentine and I had left
New York; I told them what he had told
me about his wife and then I showed
them the letter she had just written me
I knew I was risking everything in mak-
ing a clean breast of it but the fact was
I was tired of living under a name that
did not belong to me and I wanted to
put an end to it at all hazards."
"I am glad of that!" said Pauline.
"They were rather upset by the story
and for a while I thought the affair
would go against ma But I suspect they
considered me too useful a man to lose
I was making a great deal of money for
them and doing all the work and then
the woman's letter tipped the beam.
They said finally that they would accept
me for what I was if I could give them
satisfactory proof that I was what I de-
clared myself to be. Let me show let-
ters or vouchers from reputable persons
in New York bearing out my account of
myself and they would accept me as a
full equivalent for what I had pretended
to be. I had a power of attorney that
Val had given me on the steamer but of
course I could not tell them what had
lod to my leaving New York. I could
not ask any one here for a certificate of
good character until my name had been
cleared of the charge again it But it
wouldn't do to hesitate so j aid on the
spur of the moment that I would go to
New York get the evidence they re-
quired and return to them with it. So
here I am; but I overheard some conver-
sation coming down on the boat between
the English agent and a New York de-
tective which made it seem probable
that my affairs will be investigated
whether I like it or not and that mean-
while the true story of how the robbery
was committed has not been revealed
yet. How is it?"
The answer to this question led to a
long conversation in the course if which
Percy learned all that had happened dur-
ing his absence including Pauline's mar-
riage. The search for the thief for whose
crime he had suffered had as yet met with
no success but it was still being carried
on. After discussing the matter it was
decided that Percy's presence in the city
should for the moment be kept a secret
from every one even from his mother
and Judge Ketello. He should jnceal
himself in lodgings in the uprtpr part of
the town where Pauline could visit him
from time to time and report the pro-
gress of affairs and learn if possible
from Inspector Byrne3 what were 4 he
object and result of the English agent
Clifton's mission to New York. There
might be difficulties in the way but the
brother and sister were young and be-
lieved that the longest lane has a turn-
ing. It was late when Pauline drove up to
the door of her house and alighting
walked up the steps of the porch. Her
mind was full of her brother and 6he did
not notice the tall man witli the black
mustache who stood on tli9 corner of the
street tapping his boot with his cane.
CHAPTER XX
A CHECK.
AVINQ seen the
lady into the
house the man
with the black
mustachios
turned on his heel
and sauntered
away.
Black Horace
(as he was known
to his intimates)
was not born to
a criminal career
and his present
position and char-
result partly of innate
acter were the
evil and partly
f circumstances. He
had received an excellent education and
had graduated from the New York Med
ical school in good standing. Up to that
time beyond a tendency to loose com-
pany and ir.-egular habits he had devel
oped no noticeably bad tendencies. The
chances were that he would outgrow his
youthful follies and twcuuie a uaefui
member of s -iety.
Almost immediately upon his gradua-
tion however his destiny took a sinister
turn. At a parting supper with his com-
rades he got into a quarrel with one of
them ending in a scuffle in which blows
were exchanged. The quarrel was
patched up and the two antagonists
shook hands and drank together but
Horace secretly bore a grudge and was
determined to "get even." At the end
of the evening his late antagonist being
somewhat the worse for liquor Horace
volunteered to see him home. They
walked off together Horace revolving in
his mind the scheme of some practical
joke.
That night Horace's companion was
found insensible on his doorstep with the
mark of a blow from a slungshot behind
his ear. He never entirely recovered
consciousness and died the next day
after uttering the name of Horace Dupee.
Horace was arrested on a charge of
murder and in default of bail was
thrown Into prison. After a long series
of delays extending over a year he was
brought to trial and acquitted. The evi-
dence though amounting to a strong
probability was not conclusive and the
jury gave him the benefit of the doubt.
He went forth nominally a free man but
his social and professional career were
blasted ere they had fairly begun. The
shadow of the mark of Cain if not the
mark itself was upon him.
He might have changed his name and
and achieved success in another country.
But half from sullen obstinacy half
from lack of business energy he did not
do this. Instead he drifted into bad so-
ciety and soon found himself In harmony
with it The class of society in which he
had formerly moved ceased to know him.
The police began to take an interest in
him but he was shrewd and cautious
enough to avoid falling into their hands.
Some of his escapes were very narrow
but up the present time his photograph
had not appeared In the rogue's gallery.
In such a case however detection is sure
to come sooner or later. Some oversight
Is committed some "pal" turns state's
evidence or some fatality occurs.
Since the time of his downfall Horace
Dupee had wandered from place to place
and lived in most states of the Union.
But again and again he returned to New
York though he knew that he ran greater
risks there than elsewhere. At the time
we come up with him he had been absent
from the city for nearly a year. It was
on the day after his arrival that his com
panion Grush had called his attention
to Mrs. Ketelle.
She was the sister of the man of whose
murder he had been accused. This fact
was sufficient to inspire him with ani
mosity against her. He had never seen
her befora The only member of the
family with whom he had ever come in
personal contact was Jerrold Nolen. But
he owed them all a grudge. If it had
not been for them he might have had a
successful career. He was prepared
therefore to do her whatever ill turn
came in his way. It was an additional
motive that the ill turn to her could be
made of advantage to himself. Grush
had suggested this and though he had
turned aside the suggestion he considered
it none the less. There was no need of
getting Grush into the affair. In secret
councils was safety. Besides Grush had
no claims upon him quite the contrary;
he too was associated with whatever
was disastrous in his Ufa He made up
his mind to carry out his purpose with-
out saying anything to Grush about it
Several days passed. One afternoon
Mrs. Ketelle left her house and took a
Fourth avenue car uptown. She left it
in the neighborhood of Harlem walked
across town a couple of blocks and en-
tered the door of a small flat that formed
part of an unfinished block on a side
street She remained there for upwards
of an hour. Twilight was beginning to
fall when she came out
She had not walked far when she
heard a 6tep behind her and a voice
said "Good evening Mrs. Ketelle How
is the judge today?"
She turned and saw at her side a well
dressed man of dark complexion who
fixed his eyes upon her in a manner she
did not like. But his knowledge of her
name and of her husband led her to sup-
pose that she must have met him some-
where and forgotten him. "You must
excuse me. sir" she said "but you have
the advantage of ma"
"Indeed I believe you are right" he
answered with a short laugh. "The ad-
vantage is all on mv sida But tell dir.
Mrs. Ketelle how does married Ule surt
you? Does the judge come up to your
expectations? For my part I should
think twice before marrying a woman so
much younger than myself. By the time
you are coming into full bloom the judge
will be in the sere and yellow leaf.
But I suppose you know how to manage
him. He hasn't betrayed any symptoms
of the green eyed monster yet has he?"
This speech produced such astonish-
ment in Pauline that she could not find
words to interrupt It But when the
speaker paused she stood still and looked
him curiously in the face.
"You don't 6eem to be intoxicated"
she said at length. "You ma be crazy.
Whatever you are I advise you to go.
I do not want you."
"No I suppose not" he replied re-
turning her glance insolently. "I am
not the lucky man. The judge has no
cause to be jealous of ma But on the
other hand I may be of some use to him.
Of course it will be a pity to spoil your
little game. You have managed it all
so nicely even to providing him with
lodgings; and he is such a fine looking
young fellow and it is all so lovely and
romantic. But you see I have a high
regard for the judge and I can't bear to
see him made a fool of. These billings
gad cooings in the park and assignations
in flats they must bo stopped. Society
won't stand it And the best way to
stop it that I can think of is to tell
Judge Ketelle."
Pauline listened to all this attentively
at first with a dreadful fear that this
unknown man had become acquainted
with the fact that her brother had re-
turned to New York. But as lie went
on sho perceived that he supposed Percy
to be her lover; and then his obiect be-
came cieur. A Ueep Kvuu oveiapieaa
her face. That she should be tnought
capable even by a wretch who did not
know her of an illicit intrigue filled
her with horror and anger. But under-
neath this feeling there was another and
a more powerful one. It was a feeling
of relief and joy that her brother was
safe at least that 6he could save him by
the sacrifice (so far as this man was con-
cerned) of her reputation as a pure
woman. By letting him continue to
Euppose that it was an ordinary intrigue
in which she was engaged and paying
him for his 6ilence for she divined that
it was for that purpose he had accosted
her she could keep Percy's secret until
the time arrived when it might safely
be divulged. The sacrifice was perhaps
as arduous a one as an honest woman
could be called upon to make but there
was no hesitation in her mind as to
whether or not she should make it
"I have heard that there were such
persons as you but I never saw one be-
fore" she said. "You are a blackmailer
are you not?"
There was something in her tone that
touched a sore spot in him callous and
degraded though he had become. To
see her beautiful face and angry eyes
gazing straight into his and to feel that
her contempt for him was far too great
for her to make any attempt to express
it in words was an experience that even
he found trying. He remembered with
a pang of hopeless rage that he might
have so Jived as to have the right to
meet this lovely woman on terms of
social equality and to win her respect
and perhaps her regard. As it was it
was impossible for one human being to
despise another more than she despised
him. And yet what right had she to
despise him if she were herself repre-
hensible before society? The thought
hardened him again.
"I see you are up to business as well a?
to some other things" he said. "I have
my living to make; you are paid for by
your husband and amuse yourself by de-
ceiving him If he divorces you vnu
may find out what it is to make youi
own way in the world; as long as your
good looks last no doubt it will be easy;
but after that you may be ready to take
a few lessons from ma But meantime
I intend to bleed you for what I want
As soon as you get tired of paying me I
shall go to the judge and you will go
to the devil . Is that plain?"
"Yes I understand you. You will
certainly earn your money" she re-
marked with a smile that mode him
grind his teeth. "Well then I will pay
you for your silenea Now as to the
amount Have you thought about that?"
"You will hand over five hudred dol-
lars this evening. I will let you know
when I want any more."
"No" she said decisively "I will not
give you five hundred dollars. That is
absurd."
"Either that or your husband knows
all about your performances before he
goes to bed to-night"
"Very welL But recollect that by be-
traying me to him you will free me from
every restraint and scruple I suppose
you don't need to be told that I am not
kindly disposed toward you. The pleas
t . . r a
ure of destroying you would compensate
me for the loss of social position you
speak of. While you are with my hus-
band I shall be with Inspector Byrnes.
I promise you faithfully that you shall
suffer the utmost penalty of the law and
after the law has done with you I will
take you in hand myself. When that
time comes you will wish that the law
had kept you longer. You will never
draw a breath that is not free from pain
and terror as long as you live. Look at
me sir. Don't you think I mean what I
say?"
The quietness of anger at white heat
was in her eyes and voice and it scared
the man somewhat as it would have
scared a much more doughty rascal lie
forced a laugh and struck his boot with
his cane. After a moment she turned
and resumed her walk up the street
He remained where he was until she
was half a block distant Then he has
tened after her and overtook her
"Look here Mrs. Ketelle" he said
"business is business. I'm not a fooL
Tell me what you can do and I'll give
you my answer
She replied at once continuing her
walking but keeping her eyes upon him
as she spoke. "I am allowed by my
husband fifty dollars a week pocket
money. I will pay you twenty dollars a
week until in my opinion you have had
enough. I will pay you your first
month s wages in advance eighty dol
lars. You must be careful not to apply
for more until the month is out Those
are my terms."
"They won't do!" said he blusteringly
"You'll pay me two hundred now and
fifty a week or it's no deal! Come
now!'
"If you address me again except to
accept my proposition I will have you
arrested come what may!" The color
rushed to her face and her eyes flashed.
She was losing her temper and she was
evidently in earnest
He was silent a moment and then
shrugged his shoulders. "All right I'll
take it he said. "Hand over the money.
"I do not carry that amount in my
purse she returned quietly.
"How am I to get it then?"
"You will come to my house like any
other person to whom things are paid.
Did you think I was going to make
appointments to meet you at the street
corners or in liquor saloons? My hus
band will pay you."
"Your husband! Look here Mrs. Ke-
telle you are a smart woman; but if you
think you can play any game on me
you are mistaken. You have more at
stake than I have. Don't try to bluff me!"
"If I have the most at stake why do
you feel uneasyr You will receive youi
money in that way or not at all. It is
just as you choose.
They had now reached the corner ol
the avenue; Pauline signaled the down
town car that was approaching and got
in. J he man ronowea ner. fehe handed
the conductor a double fare remarking
"I am paying tor tnat person
No conversation passed while they
were in the car. Dupee was ill at ease.
but he could not see but that he had the
. Among Errors Ruinous to Health. -
fone of the most mischievous and most com?
mon is the Indiscriminate and too frequent use
of purgatives. Such medicines U well chosen
and seasonably resorted to. are certainly use-
Jul but many persons select the worst fir from .
one to the other and employ them when there
is no occasion or their utility has ceased. To
establish on a permanent basis a regular con-
dition of the bowels the finest alterative is
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best of the situation. bfie could not
afford to betray him. On the other
hand what if Judge Ketelle should hap-
pen to know him by sight? No; he was
certain they had never met; the judge
had taken no part in his trial either as
witness or jurist. Besides again was it
not her interest to protect him?
The car rtopped and they got out and
walked across to her house. The door
was opened to her ring and they entered.
"Is Judge Ketelle in?" she asked the
servant.
"Yes. madam. Ho has just gone into
the library."
"Sit down here" she said to Dupee
addressing him as if he were a trades-
man's clerk who had called for his bill.
"I will let you know when it is ready." '
She passed through a door on the right
leaving him thera Presently he heard
her voice und another the judge's in
conversation. Then she opened another
door further up the hall and called to
him "Come this way please."
He went forwurd and found himself
in the library. The judge was seated at
a writing table on which stood a stu-
dent's lamp. lie was in the act of tak-
ing his check liook from a drawer.
"What amount did you say my dear?"
he inquired suspending his pen over the
inkstand.
'Eighty dollars" sho replied.
The judge began to write "What
name?" ho inquired looking up at Du-
pee who stood somewhat in the shadow.
"What is your name?" Mrs. Ketelle re-
peated. Dupee now fancied he knew why she
had brought him to the house. In the
first place the check could be traced;
then tho judge could be called to prove
that it had been paid to him; and finally
sho had hoped to surprise him into be-
traying his name. But he had gone too
far to go back; Jind as for the name that
was easily managed. It was partly from
a malicious motive that he answered:
"My name is John Grush."
"John Grush." echoed the judge writ-
ing it down. He signed the check and
extended it toward Dupee. "Have you
receipted the bill?" he asked. 1
Dupee looked at Mrs. Ketella "I did
not get a bill" she said. "The check is
Itself a receipt is it not?" i
"Yes yes to be sure" rejoined her
husband. "Well that's all right theflj
that's all!"
"You may go" said Mrs. Ketelle
glancing at Dupee as if he were a piece
of f urnitura When she heard the street
door close she went round to her hus-
band and kissed him. "You are very
good" she said. 1
"What to give you eighty dollars
without asking you what you had
bought?" he returned laughing. '
"Yes; but you 6hall know some time."
"My dearest I am not curious; I only
want you to love me. Do you know"
hs added "I can't get it out of my head
that I have met that fellow that clerk
who was here just now that I have seen
him somewhere before and under odd
circumstances too." i
"Where?" said she startled and deeply
interested. 1
"Hum! I can't fix itt Maybe I shall
remember later. But it's no consequence
after all. Now one more kiss and I'll
go and get ready for dinner."
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