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his hands until lie resembled an expert
bartender mixing drinks. This
completed to his entire satisfaction, he
spouted out the pasteboards in a deal
of lightning-like rapidity, while Mme.
Dttvezac and the old judge sat bolt
upright with astonishment. At length
an extra desperate and well executed
bi/ lr fpnm ICirhv checked the old cam
bJfT's stirring exhibition, and. covered
with confusion, he dropped several
cards to the floor'and. in order to hide
his flaming cheeks, stooped and began
to miserably grope for them.
"You see." exclaimed Kirby. "mv
secretary is not so experienced as be
might be. To speak confidentially. J
would have let him go last month if
it weren't that he is the only support
of a wife and eleven children."
"I wish I was in the lower regions."
groaned Buuce sotto voce.
Til see that you get your wish If
you don't sit up here." replied Kirby.
But soon it was Kirby's turn to gain
tbat state of absentmindedness for
which he had censured bis partner, for
in the adjoiuing room Adele had commenced
to sing, and ell his thoughts
promptly weut out to her. his lips
mutely repeating the words of the
well remembered song, while his eyes
grew as dreamy and abstracted as his
mind. At length, when It was his turu
to play, conscious ouly that he was
bo ding a bonk of cards and consequently
Inferring that he must be indu'ging
in his bread and butter game
of poker, be spread his band face up
U \ upon the table.
"Malheur!" exclaimed Mme. Davezac,
aghast at this startling innovatiou.
"He expose bis hand."
"I fear." commented the judge, rising
and pushing back his chair, "tbat
Colonel Moreau finds it difficult to play
I cards and listen to the voice of a beautiful
woman at the same time."
"And you cannot say tbat be have
not good taste," commented Mme. Da eiiac.
"Tiens! We adjourn, then, to
tbe music room. You will come, Colonel
Moreau and monsieur tbe sec retar
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Adele was still singing. Miss Pleydeli
accompanying her, and. drawn by tbe
oft harmony, M. Veaudry and Aaron
at length forsook the balcony and. as
had the others, proceeded to make
their way toward the music room.
Tkidr goal, however, was never attained,
for as they stepped through the
window Into the deserted drawing
room they were met by Poulette. one
of the "French niggers." She carried
a small bundle made of a knotted spotted
handkerchief, and her manner attested
that she was evidently laboring
voder the repressed excitement incident
upon discovering business not intended
for her cognizance. In fact, she
had but completed a victory over old
Croup. who had persistently annoyed
her with his attentions and. when cen
enred for so doing by his ample wife,
had promptly and quite untruthfully
charged Poulette with making bis life
unbearable by her unrequited affection
for his person. Since then Poulette.
smarting under the calnmny, had eager
ty sought some method of sssuag'??
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"Mlche Aaron." she whispered, plucking
Mr. Randall's sleeve as he was
boat to pass on?"Mlche Aaron, dat
bla 'k man. Croup, he have a secret
Pat secret It Is with Mlche Moreau."
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" < a rill AT secret?" demanded
yy Aaron, for at the magic i
name "Moreau" his com- ! J
panion and ho were instaut- J '
ly all attention. "What secret?" ue ;1
again peremptorily demanded.
| "I see them speak together sly." said ;
Poulette, nodding her head and screwj
lng up her eyes in a manner that bod j 1
ed 111 for the amative and untruthful !1
Mr. Croup. "I can tell that they did 1
not wish you to see. Then when you
come from dinner Colonel Moreau he i
hand this to Croup behind the door, j;
Croup he keep it iu he breast pocket
until he fall asleep on poarcb just now. j i
! I have look. It is all those camels"? j
"Camels?" dryly echoed Aaron, with 1
I raised eyebrows.
j "Qui. miche." confidently nodded ]
Poulette. evidently no whit amazed at
: the idea of the spotted handker hief i
being able to accommodate such ani- i
mals. "All those camels the colonel ;
^en'eman wenr when he is come, wear i
them on his fob chain." And she i
opened the spotted handkerchief.
"Cameos. M. Aaron!" exclaimed Ana- |
roie. an exultant ugut ieapmg iu ma
eyes. "See. there they are. Now I
know. You saw Colonel Moreau when 1
he started for that meeting this morn- 1
ing. You saw him when Tom Itaudall i
has meeting this morning. You saw I'
him when Torn Randall has give blm j
that pistol of his father's to go and 1
kill?who? But one man?Cameo Kir- j:
by!" he cried, leveling his arm at the j i
startled Aaron. '
And. as if further proof were need- |
ed, evidence which proved beyond a
doubt the sinister identity of the unwelcome
guest. Croup entered with a
note, which he banded to M. Veaudry. i
"Man on horseback ride all de way i
from de city wif it," he explained.
Hastily scanning it. the young creole :
handed it in silence to Mr. Randall,
and the latter read:
I have one more clew to run down, but
I stih.ll follow this within the hour. 1 ,
hear a rumor that Colonel Moreau took
the journey with you this morning. If
this is true, secure his portmanteau, and
if he is still at the plantation do not allow
him to quit the place till 1 come..
Use any means to prevent his leaving.
Do not hesitate at force. Colonel Moreau
was murdered this morning by Cameo
Kirby. TOM RANDALL.
Aaron gravely returned the letter to ,
bis companion. and for a long moment J
the two men looked at each other lu .
alienee. Then M. Veaudry quietly
placed the paper lu his pocket, turned ,
on his heel and strode from the room. ,
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last they had arrived at a complete understanding
regarding the identity and
disposition of the troublesome guest
who boldly masqueraded under the
name of Colonel Moreau. That no '
words had beeu necessary testified to '
the sinister character of the resolve |
upon which they had mutely determined.
From the balcony Larkin Buuce.
chewing impatiently ou his cheroot,
waited for Adele to leave the drawing
room. It was Imperative that he
should have a final word with Kirby.
Escapiug from the music r<K)in before
the others, he had been iu time to
catch a glimpse of Aaron Randall's
face as the latter followed M. Veaudry,
and the sight had not been a comforting
one, the old gambler feeling assured
that something untoward had happened.
It would not have surprised
him if their respective identities had
at last been discovered.
"I knowed we'd get it if we stayed,"
he commented gloomily. "I wonder if
this means It's come." glowering at
Aaron's retreating back.
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card table negligently toying with the
pasteboards and frittering away the
tiiue with Adele as if secure in the
peace and bap;dress ??f his own home.
Such indifference was maddening, inexplicable.
and tlie old gambler, with
a tiifal imprecation. decided that the
moment Adele had gone he v.-ouM conrev
a last warning to his partner, ai 1
If it was still unheeded he would then
think of his own safety and. however
difficult it w. uld prove, leave Kirby
to the fare he deserved.
Meanwhile that gentleman was
ly pursuing his dial- cr te with \d?Ie.
"You ask tue if ! am wrry I did not
go." he was saying. "Miss Handall,
what is a man w' ! acts against all
the reason he k>:"
'Sometimes he is a hero." she replied.
steadily me< ting ? is eyes.
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"And sometimes fit's ;i ion:, uv ;xuued
grimly. "Tbii gs come so suddenly
sometimes y. a c.-.ji lmrdlv get
your breath tjuiek em v.-e I; to tclmvbat
to do. Yet." lie musingly. "you
do know aii the time, underneatu,
what you ought to do. For instance,
I know that I ought not to be here
now. I haven't any right. And. then.
I ought to l>e hunting the nmn who
stole a silver mounted pi*loi at the
oaks this morning."
"But you can't do that." she expostulated.
nodding wisely. "Your friends
would"?
"Miss Randall. I've got only one
friend in the world, and lie's out there
an the balcony swearing cuss words at
me because | don't go."
She turned away, evincing sudden
and vita? interest in a book she had
read twice over and knew by heart.
"Do you think you have a right to
say that you have only one friend':"
Bbe asked gently.
"I?I hadn't thought of you as a
frieud. Miss Randall."
"Why? How do you think of me?"
suddenly facing him. her eyes half
timid, half daring, demanding a sincere
answer.
"Why?just as you. Miss Adele?and
I ought not to think of you at all."
"Do you mean because this unjust
charge is hanging over you? Do you
think I care for that? Is there any
other reason?"
He Dodded. permitting the cards to
fall from bis band one by one to the
table. "Yes: there is another teaaon.
rou remember what Mercutlo said or
bis wound?' 'Tis neither as deep as a
well nor as wide as a church door, but
'twill serve. Ask for me tomorrow;
you shall find me a grave man.' The
tad prince ought not to stay too long,
you know."
She seated herself at the table and
scrutinized him with grave, troubled
eyes, her chin reposing daintily nu the
crux of arched bands. "You must
make it clearer to me thaD that. What
are you afraid of ray finding out''"
He shrugged and smiled. "Life
makes some pretty queer shuffles. Miss
Randall, and you can't fool much with
the deck yourself," he said, somewhat
irrelevantly, picking up the cards and
unconsciously beginning to riffle them.
"If you don't play the game square
It's only a question of time till you get
"aught, and then nobody will play with
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the hand I bold. All I know is I've
got to play the cards according to rule.
Sometimes I've found that mighty,
hard. I keep wishing and wishing
there'd be a different hand dealt, but
wishing won't change it It was the
shuffle that settled it long ago."
"I don't think, sir, that you've said
anything that concerns you and me
very much," she commented, glancing
up shyly.
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livor v;(?ai:jl< >ai. and. nor bniTny much |
piei!- :ii w'.at I was thimcing about. j
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cariis tt had been used?well, j
I y. i contemplated tbem a
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y <i. They dropped into the wa- I
:?r m :. I.;. .1 littie shower. And i
J then u cur < :;< thint: happened. Those i
i shal I..." o.<i . -ivlng cstrds flonted along- '
side a 10 ci*..>h all in blooui that some- i
| body had evidently planted too near !
' a caving back upstream. It seemed
! ns if they kind of hoped to go along
with it on its Journey, but it didn't
look right. The rosebush was too
pretty for laid companions like that.
And then, one by one. those shabby j
playing cards, lying on their backs in
the water, began to sink under and i
drown. Then along came an eddy and I
caught that pretty rosebush and swung '
it out into the current, and away it
went down the stream, happy and
proud in just a glory of sunshine and
sparkle. It served those old playing
cards right. Tliey ought to have been
drowned for trying to keep company
so high above them. That's what I ?
thought looking dowu from the boat's |
rail."
Without conscious effort or any attempt
at elocution Kirby had told the
,! little allegory with simple feeling and
' elnc-rity. his manner growing more
abstracted until at the conclusion it
j seemed ns if he were speaking to his
inner self, taking counsel with all that
, was best in him. Silence ensued, while
Adele looked dreamily away, and he
I continued to stare at the cards, but
I seeing them not.
"Does a man always stop to think
j whether he has a right or not?' she
i j ventured at length, speaking so low
that he strained forward to catch the
words.
"Doesn't a woman always want him
to?" lie gravely returned.
"Ah. but there is something a wo,
man wants a man to do more than
that?she wants him not to give up
anything till?he is beaten." she whls
i pered.
"Suppose he is the kind of man that j
ought to be beaten?' I
She arose, throwing the scarf about
her shoulders, and walked meditatively |
to the door. "But
mightn't it be perhaps?perhaps
with one woman," she whispered, "he
couldn't be beaten even then?"
Astonished at her own daring, she
gave a little gasp, then incontinently
fled, while Klrb.v stood staring after
her. fearing to Interpret her words. He
turned with a start as Bunce strode
through the balcony v'r.d^w.
(To be continued next week.)
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