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"Your health, senor." ness except their owners'. I seo thal oro a stranger in this city-no need to surprised, senor. One who is familiar a town does not gaze and stare anc the path of passersby, nor does a nj of Serillo walk on the sunny sido of street in summer. And now, if you not think mo impertinent, I will ask what can be the business of so healt young man with my rival yoncer?" he nodded toward tie house of the far physician. '.A man's business, Uko his name, i own affair, senor," I answered, set toy host down in my mind as ono of t Who disgrace Our art by plying opcnl; patients that they may capturo their vStiU I will tell you. I am also a pl clan, though not yet fully qualified, a seek a place where I may help some dc of repute in his daily practice, and i gain experience and my living with it : '?Ah, is it so? Well, senor, then you look in vain yonder, " and again ho noe toward the physician's house. "Sue . ?he will take no apprentice without th? be large indeed. It ls not the eus toi this city." "Then I must seek a livelihood? Where or otherwise. " "I did not. say so. Now, senor, lei see what you know of medicine, and, y is more important, of human nature, of the first none of us can ever know mi but he who knows tho latter will bo a 1< er of men-or of women-who load men." And without more ado ho put mo m questions, eaoh of them so shrewd going so directly to tho heart of thc n ter in hand that I marveled nt his sag ty. Some of these questions were modi dealing chiefly with thc ailments of w< pn; others were- porterai and dealt rc with their characters. At length ho IshocL i "You will do, senor, " ho said. u 5 aro a young man of parts and prom though; as wa3 to be expected from on< your years, you lack experience. Ther Stuff in you, senor, and you have a ha Which is a good thing, for the blunder; a man with a heart often cai ry him fart than the cunning of tho cynic; also 3 have a will and know how to direct it. I bowed and did my best to hold bi my satisfaction at his words from show! In my face. "Still, " he went on, "all this would 1 cause me to submit to you the offer tha am about to make, for many a prettier 1 low than yourself is, after all, unlucky, a fool at the bottom, or bad tempered a destined to the dogs, as for aught I km you may bo also. But I take my chai - of th"* because you suit mo in anotl waj. Perhaps you may scarcely know yourself, but you have beauty, senor, bet ty of a very rare and singular type, whl half tho ladies of Seville will praise wh they come to know you." "I am much flattered," I said, "b might I ask what all theso complimei may mean? To be brief, what is your < fer?" "To be brief, then, it is this: I am Heed of an assistant who must possess 1 the qualities that I see in you, but mc of all ono which I can only guess you possess-discretion. That assistant wou not be ill paid. This house would bo his disposal, and he would havo apport cities of learning the world such as a given to few. What say you?" "I say this, senor, that I should wish know moro of tho business in which I a expected to assist. Your offers sound t liberal, and I foar that I must earn yo bounty by tho doing of work that hone men might 6hrink from. " "A fair argument, but, as it happen not quito a correct one. Listen. You ha1 been told that yonder physician, to who house you went but now, and these" here he repeated four or five names-"a the greatest of their tribe In Seville. It not so. I am tho greatest and tho riches and I do more business than any two < them. Do you know what my earning have been this day alone? I will tell you Just over 85 gold pesos (about ?63) moi than all tho rv> t of thc profession have tai en together, I will wager. You want 1 know now I earn so much; you wane 1 know also why, if I have earned so mud X am not oontent to rest from my labor Good; I will tell you. I earn lt by minii terlng to the vanities of women and she tering them from the results of their ow folly. Has a lady a sore heart, shp come to mo for comfort and advice. Has sh pimples on her face, she flies to me to eui them. Has she a secret love affair, it ls who hide her indiscretion. I consult th futuro for her, I help her to atone the pasl I doctor her for imaginary ailments, an often enough I euro her of real ones. Hal the secrets of Seville aro in my hands. Dl< I chooso to speak I could set a score of no ble houses to broil and bloodshed. But do not speak. I am paid to keep silent and when I am not paid still I keep si lent for my credit's sako. Hundreds 0 Women think mo their savior; I knov them for my dupes. But, mark you, I di not push this gamo too far. A love philtc -of colored water-I may give at a price but not a poisoned rose. These they mus seek elsewhere. For tho rest, in my wa; I am honest. -1 take tho world as it conics that is t?l, and as women will bo fools : profit by their folly and havo grown rici upon lt "Yes, I havo grown rich, and yet I can not stop. I love tho money that ls power but more than all I love tho way of life Talk of romances and rdvcnturcl Whm romance or adventure is Laif 60 wondcrfu as those that como daily to my notice! And I play a part in every ono of them, and none the less a leading part because ] do not shout and strut upon tho boards. " "If all this is so, why do you 6oek th< help of an unknown lad, a stranger oi Whom you know nothing?" I asked bluntr ?7 "Truly, you lack experience," tho old tuan answered, with a laugh. "Do you, then, Eupposo that I should choose one Who was not a stranger-ono who might have ties within this city with which 1 was unacquainted? And as for knowing nothing of you, young man, do you think that I have followed this strange tradp ol mine for 40 years without learning to Judge at sight? Perhaps I know you bet ter than you know yourself. By the way, the fact that you aro deeply enamored of that maid whom you havo left In England ts a recommendation to me, for whatever follies you may commit you will scnrcely embarrass mc and yourself by suffering your affections to bo seriously entangled. Ah, havo I astonished you?" "How do you know?" I began, then ceased. "How do I know? Why, easily enough. Those boots you wear were mado in Eng land. I have seen many such when I trav eled there. Your accent also, though faint, ls English, ard twice you havo spoken English words when your Castillan failed you. Then for tho muid, ls not that a be trothal ring upon your hand? And when I spoke to you of the ladies of this country JP3 a?k?ii 7?&?jnt^eat^ju overmuch, ss I -> (?orrRi&MT!i83a,gTTflEA\rrHQR>.)^ CT~yiror-agiri'smOT son?' were " you " m : whole. Surely also the lady is fair i lallr Ah, I thought sol I have not! that men and women love their opposit color, no Invariable rule Indeed, but g for a guess." 11 You are very clever, senor." "No, not clever, but trained, as you i be when you have been a year in hands, though perchance you do not int to stop so long in Seville. Perhaps ; came hero with an object an/1 wish to i the time-profitably till it is fulfilled, good guess again, I think. Well, so bc I will risk that-object and attainment often far apart. Do you take my offei "I Incline to do so." "Then you will take it. Now I h something moro to say before we corni terms. I do not want you to play the i of an apothecary's drudge. . You will ure before tho world as my nephew, cc from abroad to learn my trade. You "\ help mo in it indeed, but that is not your duty. Your part will bo to mia the lifo of Seville and to watch th whom I bid you watch, to drop a w here and a hint there, and in a hund ways that I shall show you to draw gi to my mill-and to your own. You m be brilliant and witty or sad and learn as I wish; you must make the most your person and your talents, for those far with my customers. To the hida you must talk of arms, to the lady of lo but you must never commit yourself yond redemption. And, above all, yoe man"-and here his manner changed, ? his foco grew stern and almost fiera "you must never violate my confidence tho confidence of my clients. On this po I will be quito open with you, and I pi you for your own sake to behove who say, however much you may mistrust i rest If you break faith with me, you d you die, not by my hand, but you d That is my price; take it or leavo Should you leave it and go hence and t what you havo heard this day, even th misfortune may overtako you 6udden Do you understand?" "I understand. For my own soko I w respect your confidence." "Young sir, I Uko you better than cv Had you said that you would respect it 1 cause it was a confidence, I should he mistrusted you, for doubtless you feel tl secrets communicated so readily havo claim to be held sacred. Nor have th< but when their violation involves thc s and accidental end of tho violator it another matter. Well, now, do you i cept?" "I accept." "Good. Your baggage, I suppose, is tho inn. I will send porters to dischar your score and bring: it hore. No neetl ? you to go, nephew. Let us stop and drij another glapi? of wine. Tho sooner i grow intimato tho better, nephew." It was thus that I first became acquair ed with Senor Andres de Fonseca, n benefactor, thc strangest man I have cv known. Doubtless any person reading tl: history would think that I, the narraf was sowing a plentiful crop of troubles f myself in having to deal with him, scttii him down as a rogue of tho deepest, sui as sometimes for their own wicked pu poses decoy young men tocrinio and rui But it was not so, and this is thc strange part of tho strange story. All that Andr do Fonseca told mo was true to the vci letter. He was a gontleman of great talent wi had been rendered a little mad by misfo tunes in his early life. As a physician have never met his master, if indeed 1 has one in these times, and as a man verse in vthe world and more especially in tl world of women I havo known nono 1 compare with him. He had traveled fi and seen much, and ho forgot nothlnj In part ho was a quack, but his quackei always had a meaning in it. Ho fleece the foolish indeed and even juggled wit astronomy, making money out of their si perstition, but on the other hand he di many a good act without reward. E would mako a rich lady pay 10 gold pese for thc dyeing of her hair, but often h would nurse some poor girl through h< troublo and ask no charge-yes, and fin her honest employment after it. He wh knew all tho secrets of Seville never mad money out of them by threat of exposun as ho said because lt would not pay to d so, but really because, though ho affecte to bo a selfish knave, at bottom his heal was honest For my own part, I found life with hir both easy and happy, so far as mino coul be quite happy. Soon I learned my roi and played lt welL It was given out tho I was the nephew of tho rich old physlcia; Fonseca, whom he was training to take hi place, and this, together with my own ap pearanco and manners, insured me a wei como in tho best houses of Seville. Here took that share of our business which ou master could not take, for now ho neve mixed among tho fashion of the city Money I was supplied with In abundance so that I could rufllo it with tho best, bu soon it beoamo known that I looked t business as well as to pleasure. Often and often during 6ome gay ball o carnival a lady would glide up to me an( ask beneath her breath if Don Andres di Fonsoca would consont to see her private ly on a matter of some importance, and '. would fix an hour then and there. Had 1 not been for me, such patients would havi been lost to us, since, for tho most part their timidity had kept them away. In tho same fashion when the festiva was endad, and I prepared to wend homo ward, now and again a gallant would sllj his arm in mine and ask my master's hcl? in some affair of lovo or honor or even o; the purse. Then I would lead him 6traighi to tho old Moorish house where Don An dres eat wi 'ting in his velvet robe lik( some spider lu h's web, for the most ol our business .?'as dono nt night, ant straightway thc matter would bc attendee to, to my master's profit and the satisfac tion of all. By degrees lt became known that, though I was so young, yet I had dis cretion, and that nothing which went in at my cars canio out of my lips; that 1 neither brawled nor drank nor gambled to any length, and that, though I was friendly with many fair ladies, there were none who were entitled to know my se crets; also it becamo known that I had somo skill in my art of healing, and it was said among tho ladies of Seville that there lived no man in that city so deft at clearing thc skin of blemishes or chang ing tho color of tho hair as old Fonseca's nephew, and as any ono may know this reputation alono was worth a fortune. Thus it came about that I was moro und more consulted on my own account. In Bhort, things went so well with us that in tho first six months of my practice I add ed by one-third to tho receipts of my mas ter's practice, large as they had been bo fore, besides lightening his labors not a little. It was a strango life, and of tho things that I saw and learned, could they bo writ ten, I might mako a tale indeed, but they havo no part in this history, for lt wus as though the smiles and silence with which mon and women hide their thoughts were done away, and their hearts spoko to us in the accents of truth. Now 6omo fair young maid or wife would como to us with confessions of wickedness that would be thought impossiblo did not her 6tory provo itself-tho secret murder perchance of a spouse, or a lover, or a rival; now somo aged danie who would wi na husband in his teens; now some wealthy low born man or woman who desired to buy an al liance with ono lacking money, but of no ble blood. Such I did not caro to help indeed, but to tho lovesick or the love de luded ? listened with a ready ear, for I had a fellow feeling with them. Indeed 60 deco and earnest was my sympathy that m?ro than once I found tho unhappy fair ready to transfer their affections to my unworthy solf, and ii fact onco things came about so that, had I willed it, I could have married ono of tho loveliest and we?lthi'?t.Tjol?c ladies of Saville Bat 1 Voald none of it who thought of my English Lily by day and night. CHAPTER VIL THE SECOND .MEETING. It may be thought that while I was em ployed thus I had forgotten the Object of niy coming to Spain-namely, to avengo my mother's murder on tho person of Juan de Garcia. But this was not so. So Boon as I was settled in the house of An dros do Fonseca I set myself to roako in quiries as to De Garcia's whereabouts with all possible diligence, but without result. Indeed when I carno to consider thc mat ter coolly it seemed that I had but a slen der chanco of finding him in this city. He had indeed given it out in Yarmouth that ho was bound for Seville, but no ship bear ing tho samo name as his had put in at Cadiz or sailed up tho Guadalquivir, nor was it likely, having committed murder in England, that he would speak the truth as to his destination. Still I searched on. Tho houso whero my mother and grand mother had lived was burned down, and as their modo of lifo had been retired after moro than 20 years of chango few even re membered their existence. Indeed.. ? only discovered one, an old woman whom I found living in extreme poverty, and who once had been my grandmother's servant and knew my mother well, although sho wa9 not in the houso at tho time of her flight to England. From this woman I gathered 6ome information, though, need less to say, I did not tell her that I was tho grandson of her old mistress. It seemed that after my mother fled to England with my father Do Garcia perse cuted my grandmother and his aunt with lawsuits and by other means till at hist sho was reduced to beggary, in which con dition tho villain left her to die. So poor was she indeed that 6he was burled in a public grava After that the old woman, my informant, said she had heard that De Garcia had committed somo crime and been forced to flee thc country. What tho crime was 6ho could not remember, but it had happened about 15 years ago. All this I learned when I had been about throe months in Seville, and though it was of interest it did not advanco mo in my search. Somo four or five nights afterward, as I entered my employer's house, I mot a young woman coming out of the doorway of the patio. She was thickly veiled, and my no tice was drawn to her by her tall and beau tiful figure and because she was weeping so violently that her body shook with her sobs. I was already well accustomed to such sights, for many of those who sought my master's counsel had good causo to weep, and I passed her without remark But when I was como into thc room where ho received his patients I mentioned that I had met such a person and asked if it was any ono whom I knew. 'Ah, nephew," said Fonseca, who al ways called mo thus by now, and indeed began to treat mo with as much affection as though I wcro really of his blood, "a sad case, but you do not know her, and sho is no paying patient. A poor girl of no blo birth who had entered religion and taken her vows, when a gallant appears, meets her secretly in tho convent garden, promises to marry her if she will fly with him, indeed does go through some mum* mary of marriage with her-so she says and the rest of it. Now bo has deserted her, and she is in trouble, and, what is more, should thc priests catch her, likely to learn what it feels like to die by inches in a convent wall. Sho came to me for counsel and brought somo silver ornaments as thc fee. Here they arc. " "You took them?" "Yes, I took them-I always take a fcc-. l ut I gave her back their weight in gold. What is more, I told her where she might hido from the priests till thc hunt is done with. What I did not liko to tell her is that her lover is tho greatest villain who ever trod thc streets of Seville. What was thc good? She will see little more of him." And now I must tell how I met my cousin and my enemy, De Garcia, for tho second timo. Two days after my meeting with the veiled lady it chanced that I was wandering toward midnight through a lonely part of tho old city little frequented by passersby. It was scarcely safo to bo thus alono in such a place and hour, but the business with which I had boen charg ed by my master was ono that must bo carried out unattended; also I had no enemies whom I knew of and was armed with tho veiy 6Word that I hod taken from De Garcia In the lane at Dltchlngham, tho sword that had slain my mother, and which I boro in the hopo that lt might 6ervo to avengo her. In the uso of this weapon I had grown expert enough by now, for overy morning I took lessons in tho art of fence. My business being done, I was walking slowly homeward, and as I went I fell to thinking of thc strangeness of my present life, and of how far it differed from my boyhood in the valley of Waveney, and of many other things. And then I thought of Lily and wondered how hor days pass ed, and if my brother Geoffrey persecuted her to marry him, and whether or no sho would resist his importunities and her fa ther's. And so as I walked musing I carno to a water gate that opened on to tho Guad alquivir, and leaning upon the coping of a low wall I rested thcro idly to consider tho beauty of the night. In truth, lt was a lovely night, for across all these years I remember lt. Let those who havo seen lt say If they know any prospect more beau tiful than tho sight of tho August moon Baining on tho broad waters of tho Guad alquivir and tho clustering habitations of tho ancient city. Now, as I leaned upon tho wall and look ed, I saw a man pass up tho steps beside me and go Into tho shadow of the street. I took no noto of him till presently I heard a murmur of distant voices, and turning my head I discovered that tho man was in conversation with a woman whom ho had mot at tho head of tho path that ran down to the water gate. Doubtless lt was a lov ers' meeting, and slnco such sights aro of interest to all, and moro especially to tho young, I watched the pair. Soon I learned that there was little of tenderness in this tryst, at least on tho part of tho gallant, who drew continually baokward toward mo as though ho would seek tho boat by which doubtloss ho had como, and I mar veled at this, for tho moonlight shono upon the woman's face, and even at that distance I could seo that lt was very fair. Tho man's face I could not see, however, slnco his back was toward mo for tho most part. Moreover, ho woro a largo sombrero that shaded lt. Now they came nearer to me, tho man always drawing backward and tho woman always following till at longth they wcro within earshot. Tho woman was pleading with tho man. "Surely you will not desert mo," sho said, "after marrying mo and all that you havo sworn; you will not have thc heart to desert mc. I abandoned everything for you. I am in great danger. I"-and hero her voice fell so that I could not aitch her words. Then ho spoke: "Fairest, now, as al ways, I adore you. But wo must part awhile. You owe mo much, Isabella. I have rescued you from tho grave; I h?ivo taught you what lt is to live and lova Doubtless with your advantages and charms you will profit by the lesson. Money I cannot give you, for I havo nono to sparc, but I have endowed you with ex perienco that is more valuable by far. This ls our farewell for awhile, and I am broken hearted. Yet " 'Neath fairer skies Shine other eyes, and I"-and again ho spoke so low that I could not catch his words. As ho talked on all my body began to tremolo. Thc secnowas moving Indeed, but lt was not that which stirred mo so deeply-lt was tho man's voice and bear ing that reminded mc-no, it could scarce ly be! "Oh, you will not be so cruel," said tho lady, "to leavo mo, your wife, thus alone and in such sore troublo and danger! Take mo with you, Juan, I beseech you!" And 6ho caught him by tho arm and clung to him. Ho shook her from him somewhat rough ly, and as he did so his wide hat fell to tho ground so that thc moonlight shone upon his face. By heaven, it was he-Juan do Garcia und no other! I could not be mis taken. There was thc deeply carved, cruel face, thc high forebend with tho scar on lt, I tho thin, sneering mouth, tho peaked beard and curling hair. Chunco had given him into my hand, und I would kill him, or ho should kill me. I took three poces and stood beforo him, drawing my sword as I carno. "What, my dove, havo you a bully at hand?" he said. 6tenointr.b.'>?:l:^;2?cJ:f?L I ."Your business,'scii?rf " Aro'y?U'Zieror Co champion beauty in distress?" "I am here, Juan dc Garcia, to avengo a murdered woman. Do you remember a certain river bank away in England, where "I am here, Juan dc Garcia, to avenge a murdered woman." you chanced to mc r ?i lady you had known and to leave her dead? Or, ii you have for gotten, perhaps at least you will remember this, which I carry that it may kill you." And I flashed tho sword that had been his before his eyes. "Mother of Godl It is thc English boy who"-and ho stopped. "It is Thomas Wingfield, who beat and bound you, and who now purposes to fin ish what ho began yonder as he was sworn. Draw, or, Juan do Garcia, I will 6tab you where you stand." Do Garcia heard this speech, that today seems to mo to smack of tho theater, though it was spoken in grimmest earnest, and his face grew like the faco of a trap ped wolf. Yet I saw that he had no mind to fight, not becauso of cowardice, for to do him justice he was no coward, but be causo of superstition. He feared to fight with mo Binco, as I learned afterward, ho believed that he would meet his end at my hand, and it was for this reason chiefly that ho strovo to kill me when first wo met. "Tho duello has its laws, senor," ho said courteously. ''It is not usual to fight thus unscconded and in the presence of a woman. If you believe that you havo any grievance against me-though I know not of what you rave or the name by which you call mc-I will meet you whero aad when you will." And all the whilo ho looked over his shoulder seeking somo way of escape. "You will mcot me now," I answered. "Draw or I strike!" Then he drew, and wo fell to it desper ately enougli till ibo sparks flew indeed, and the rattle of steel upon steel rang down thc quiet street. At first he had somewhat thc better of me, for my bato made mc wild in my play, but soon I set tled to tho work and grew cooler. Slowly I pressed him back, and ever my play grew closer aud better and his becamo wilder. Now Iliad touched h im twee, onco in thc face, and I held him with his back against the wall of thc way that lcd down to thc watergate, and it had come to this that he scarcely strove to thrust at mo at all, but stood on his defense waiting till I should tire. Then, when victory was in my hand, disaster overtook mo, for tho woman, who had been watching bewilder ed, saw time her faithless lover was In dan ger of death and straightway seized mo from bel)ind, at the same time sending up shriek after shriek for help. I shook her from mo quickly enough, but noe beforo Do Garcia, seeing his ad vantage, had dealt me a coward's thrust that took me in tho right shoulder and half crippled mc, so that in my turn I must stand an my defense if I would keep my life in mc. Meanwhile thc shrieks had been heard, and ol a sudden thc watch came running round tho corner whistling for holp. De Garcia saw them, and disen gaging suddenly turned and ran for tho water gate, the lady also vanishing, whith er I do not know. Now tho watch was on me, and their leader came at mo to seize mc, holding a lantern in his hand. I struck it with tho handle of tho sword, so that it fell upon tho roadway, whero it blazed up like a bonfire. Then I turned also'and fled, for I did not wish to be dragged beforo tho magistrates of tho city as a brawler, and in my desire to escape I forgot that De Garcia was escaping also. Away I wont, and three of tho watch after me, but they wero stout and scant of breath, and by tho timo that I had run tbn e f ''.rlongs I distanced them. I halted to g*fc Tuy breath and remembered that I had lost Do Garcia and did not know when I should find him again. So I went homeward, cursing my fortuno and the woman who had clasped mo from behind just as I was about1 to send thc death thrust home, and als-o my lack of skill which had delayed that thrust so long. By now I was at homo and bethought mo that I should dowell to go to Fonscca, my master, and ask his help. On tho mor row I went to my master's chamber, whero ho lay abed, having been s-eizod by a sud den weakness that was the beginning of the illness which ended in death. As I mixed a draft for him he noticed that my shoul der was hurt and asked mc what had hap pened. Thia gavo mo my opportunity, which I was not slow to take. ''Have you patience tollsten to a story," I said, "for I would seek your help?" "Ah," ho answered, "it is tho old case; the physician cannot heal himself. Speak on, nephew." Then I sat down by tho bed and (cid him all, keeping nothing back. "You aro strangely foolish, nephew," ho said at length. "For tho most part, youth fails through rashness, but you err by ovorcaution. By overcaution in your fence you lost your chanco last night, and so by overcaution in hiding this tale from me you have lost a far greater opportuni ty. What, havo you not seen me giv? counsel in many such matters, and^iave you ever known mo to betray the confl denco oven of tho veriest stranger? Why, thon, did you fear for yours?" ''I do not know," I answered, "but I thought that first I would search for my self." "Pride goeth beforo a fall, nephew. Now listen. Had I known this history a month ngo, by now Dc Garcia had perish ed miserably, and not by your hands, but by that of tho law. I havo been acquaint ed with thc man from his childhood and know enough to hang him twice over did I chooso to speak. More, I know your mother, boy, and now I seo that lt waa tho likeness in your face to hers- that haunted mo, for from tho first it was fa miliar. It was I also who bribed tho keep ers of tho holy oflice to let your father loose, though, as it chanced, I never saw him, and arranged his flight. Since then I have had Do Garcia through my hands somo four or Ave times, no VF under thia namo and now under that. Onco even ho carno to me as a client, but thc villainy that he would have worked was too black for mo to touch. This man is tho wicked est whom I have known in Seville, and that is saying much; also ho is tho clever est and tho most revengeful. He lives by vico for vice, and thcro arc many deaths upon his hands. But ho has never pros pered in his evildoing, and today ho is but an adventurer without n name, who lives by blackmail and by ruining women that ho may rob them nt his leisure Give mo thoso books from the strong box yon der, and I will tell you of this Dc Garcia." I did ns ho lindo me. bringing tho heavy parchment volumes, each bound in vellum and written in cipher. "These aro my records," ho Baid, "though nono can read them except my self. Now for tho index. Ah, hero it Isl Glvo mo volume .1 and open it at pngu 201. " I obeyed, laying ibo book on tho bed be foro him, nnd bc began t o read thc crabbed marks ns easily as though they wero good black letter. "Do Gnrcin-Juan. Height, appear ance, family, false names, and so on. This ls it-history. Now listen." Then enmo some two pngrs of closely written matter, expressed in secret iigns that Fonsera translated as ho rei?i It was brief enough, hut such a record ns it con tained I hnvo never ?leard beforo nor since. 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