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"The whole affair came about by an accident, without any prearrangement at alL When I went down to the pier of the steamship, Val had suggested my making one or two alterations in mr dress and appearance, so that if any one were on the lookcus for me I should pass for Valentine. Afterwards, on the steamer, we found that people were giv? ing us each other's names, and we let it be so. We occupied the same state room and I used his tilings-I 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 ms to personate him he could not have done it more effectually. Then came the day of the hurricane. We w^re close to? gether all the time until within a few minutes of the time the wind changed. Wo 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 tobe renting on something that he held up before him. Afterwards he went towards the steward's room, holding on by the iron pillars of tho cabin as he went. That was the last I saw of him. Ile must - have gone on deck-for what I can't im? agine-and been swept overboard. No one 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!" . "What might you have known?*' asked her brother. "Nothing; go on. When you found that he was dead what then?" "We had agreed liefere 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 1 should get a standing in the place w hich I could i not have obtained for mvself, 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 mo, as it had never done before. 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 he Valen? tine-that by my brothers deal li I was the heir. I did not wish to enter into j explanations, so I simply told him that j I did not want the estate, and that it ; might go to the 2iext of kin. I had for- ; gotten that Val had a-wife, though, of course, I knew all aix>ut her. She had : ruined his life in more ways than one, j and was no better than she should be; ? but if Ins death were known she would j be entitled to a share of the estate. It seems alic had go: wind of the English agent's business, and had followed him j 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 tc j 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 me!" j "Poor Valentine!" murmured Pauline, j with a trembling lip. "When I refused she declared war, . and said ?he would expose mc as an im? postor and probable murderer. She learned that I was maiia?er and part j owner of a valuable mine that I had dis? covered near Pach uca. The other owners were two high omcers of the govern? ment. She went to them with her story. They told me That she had said. I had already made ap m-y mind what to do; I : gave them th? whole histor}* of what had happened since Valentine and 1 had ieft Nev.- 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 , nut an end to it at all hazards." "I ara glad of tbatP said F'auline. "They were rather upset by the story, and for a while I thought the affair would go against mo. But I suspect they j considered me too useful a man to lose. I was making a great deal of money for them and doing ail the work, and .then the woman's letter tipped the benin. 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- ; dared myself to be. Ix?t me snow let- - ter? or vouchers from reputable pe rsons in New York bearing out my account of myself and they would accept me as a full equivalent for what ? had pretended to i>c. I had a power of attorney that Val liad given nie on the steamer, but of course I could not tell them what had led to tay leaving New Y?rk, I could not ask any one h<-re for a certificate <-f goo'l character until my name had been cleared of tho charge against it. B.it it wouldn't do to hesitate, so i said, on thu spur of the moment, that I would go to Iwew York, get thc evidence they re? quired and return to them with it So here I am; hut I overheard some conver? sation coming down on tho boat Let "n ttie English agent and a New York de? tective v inci: made it seem probable that my affairs wiil be investigated whether I like it or t ot, and that mean? while the true story of how tho robbery was committed has not been revealed yet. How i? it?" The answer to tins question led to a long conversation, ia thecoursoof which Percy learned all that, had happened dur? ing his absence, including Pauline's mar? riage. The search for the thief forwbosa crime he had suffered had as yet mot with no success, but it was stUT being carried on. After discussing the matter, it was decided that Percy's presence in the city should, for Ute moment, be kept a secret from every one, even from his mother and Judge Ketello. ?Te should conceal himself in lodging'; in tho upper part of the town, where iiiuiino . mid visit him from time to time, and report the pro? gress of affairs, and iearn, if possible, from Inspector Byrnes, what were tho object and result of tho English agent Clifton's mission to New York, There r?ght be difficulties in the- way, but t,he brother and sister were young and be? lieved that the longest lane has a turn ?t was lato when Pauline drove -ap to the door of lier house, and, alighting, walked up tho steps of tho porch. Her mind was full of her brother, and she did j not notice tho tall man with the black mustache who stood on the corner of the street tapping his boot with his cane. CHAPTER XX. A CHECK. AVING seen the lady into the house, the man > with the black mustachios J turned on his heel and saun tered away. Black Horace (as he was known j to his intimates) ! was not born to a criminal career, and his present i position and char- j 1 acter were the result partly of innate ? . evil and partly of circumstances. He ; i had received an excellent education and j ! had graduated from the New York Med- j ; ical schco.1 in good standing. Up to that | j time, beyond a tendency to loose com ! pany and irregular habits, he had devel '? oped no noticeably bad tendencies. The : chances were that he would outgrow his i youthful follies and become a useful I member of society. i Almost immediately upon his gradua \ tion, however, his destiny took a sinister ? turn. At a parting supper with kiscoro j rades he got into a quarrel with one of ! them, ending in a scuiae in which blows ? were exchanged. The quarrel was ! patched up and tho two antagonists ! shook hands and drank together, but ! Horace secretly bore a grudge and.wa? \ j determined to "get even." At. the- end j of the evening, his late antagonist being . j somewhat the worse for liquor, Horace : I volunteered to see him home. They j : walked off together, Horace revolving in j ! his mind tho scheme of som? practical j ! joke. That night Horace's companion was ? found insensible on his doorstep with the j j mark" of a blow from a slungshot behind j his ear. He never entirely recovered | I consciousness, and died tho next day j ; after uttering thc name of Horace Dupee. j Horace was arrested on a charge of ! ! murder, and in default of bail was j thrown into prison. After a long series I of delays extending over a year, ho was i brougjit to trial and acquitted. The evi- ; dence, though amounting to a strong probability, was not conclusive, and the j i jury gave him the benefit of tho doubt, j He went forth nominally a free man, but j his social and professional career were ! blasted ere they had fairly begun. The j shadow of the mark of Cain, if not tho j : mark itself, was upon him. i I He might have changed his namo and and achieved success ia another country, i But half from sullen obstinacy, half ? from lack of business energy, bc did not j do this. Instead, he drifted into bad so- j ciety and soon found himself in harmony ; with it. The class of society in which ho ] had formerly moved ceased to know lum. ; The police began to take a :i interest in 1 him, but he was shrewd and cautious ! enough to avoid falling into their hands. < Some cf his escapes were very narrow, ! but up th e present time his photograph ! had not appeared in the rogue's gallery, j Li such a case, however, detection is sure ; to come sooner er later. Some oversight j is committed, some "pal" tums state's ; evidence, or some fatality occurs. Since the time of ins downfall Horace ! Dupee Lad wandered from place.to place ; and lived in most states of tho Union. | But again and again he returned to New i York, though ije knew thal he ran greater j risks there than elsewhere. At the time we come up with him lie had been absent j from the city for nearly a year. It was ! on the day after his arrival that his com- ! paniorr, Crush, had called his attention i to Mrs. Ketelle. i She was thc sister of the man of whose murder ho had been accused. Tins fact ! was sufficient to inspire him with ani- ? mosity against her. Ile had never seen : her before. The only member of the \ family with whom he had ever come in | personal contact was Jerrold Nolen. But i he owed them all a grudge. If it had j. not been for them he might have had a ? successful career. Ile was prepared, ! therefore, to do her whatever iii turn caine in Iiis way. Ii was an additional j motive that the ill tum to .her could be ! made of advantage to himself. Crush I had suggested tin's, and -.hough he had j turned aside the suggestion he considered \ it none the less. There, was no need of j letting (irtish into the affair. In secret j councils was safety. Besides Crush had j no claims u?>on him-quite the contrary; j he, too, was associated with whatever was disastrous in his life. Ile made up ! his minti to carry out his purpose \\itli out saying anything to Grush abc^it it. Several days passed. Ono afternoon i Mrs. Ketelle left her house and took a Fourth avenue car uptown. She left rt ! in the neighborhood of Harlem, walked across town a cot ..pie of blocks and en tered tho door of asmall Hat that i'cr;ved ! part of an unfinished block on a,side street. She remained there for upwards of >n hour. Twilight was beginning to j ?all when she came out. She had not walked far when she j heard a step behind her, and a voice j said, "Coo-J irvviimg, Mrs. Ivetc?le, How is the judge today?" I Sile turned and saw at her si a well ; dressed ;>r:i ol' dark complexion, who ? fixed his eyes upon her i:i a manner shu di I not like. Bul his knowledge of her J name and of h< r husband led her to sup- ? >>-.?. that sho must have met him some? where anet forgotten him. "Yon must ; ex cn ;'> me. .- ir," she said, "but voa have ! the advantage of me." "Indeed, I believe you are right," he j answered, with a short laugh. "Tho ad- | vantage is all cn my side. But teil me, j Mrs. Kctrile, how does married iii'.' ..nit ; you? Docs thc judge come up io your ! exp! elations? For my ^?art 1 should ; think twice before marryingawoman so I much younger than myself. By the time ; you arecoming into fui! bloom the judge ; will bc in tho Ecre and yellow leaf. ! But I suppose 30U know how '<> manage him. He hasn't betrayed any symptoms of tho green eyed monster yet, has he?" 'luis speech produced such astonish- ? ment in Pauline that sho could not lind 1 words to interrupt it. But when the speaker paused shestood still and looked hun curiously in tiie face. "?You don't fitv:ii to be intoxicated," site'said, at-length. "Yon may he.crazy. ; Whatever you are, I adviso you to g >. ' I do ";oi, wane you." "No, I suppose not,*' ho replied, re? turning lier glance insolently. "I am j not tho lucky man. Tho judge has no j cause to be jealous of me. But, on tko ? Other hand, I may bo of som^"" .. io him. ! Of course, it wi!? to a pity to your ' little ;amc. Youjiive managed itali so nicely ^^frn to providing him with ? f?dg?-gi; atx? he is such a f?no looking! young feilow, iiad i;^^ ?p :vr'?7?2d j romantic. But, jou gg?~ T J,?yg ? high 1 regard for the judge, and I ean't bear ? see him made a fool of. These billing and cooing* in the park and assignation in flats-they must be ?topped. Societ won't stand it. And the best way t stop it that I can think of is to te Judge Ketelle." Pauline listened to all this attentively at first with a dreadful fear that thi unknown man had become acquaintc with tho fact that her brother had rc turned to New York. . But as he wen on she perceived that ke supposed Perc to be her lover; and then his object bc came clear. A deep blush oversprea? her face. That she should bo though capable, even by a wretch who did no know her, of an illicit intrigue, fil lei her with horror and anger. But under neath this feeling there was another ant a moro powerful ono. It was a feelin: of relief arid * joy that her brother wa safe, at least that she could- save* him h the sacrifice (so far as this man- was con ccmed) of her reputation as a pur woman. By letting him continue t< suppose that it was an ordinary intrigU' in which she was engaged, and paying him for his silence-for she divined tha it was for that purpose he had accost?e her-she could keep Percy's secret unti the time arrived when it might safeh be divulged. Thc sacrifice was perhapi as arduous a one as an honest womal could bo called upon to make; but then was no hesitation in her mind as t< whether or not she should make it. "I have heard that there were sucl persons as you, but I never saw ono be fore," she said. "You are a blackmailer are you not?" There was something in her tone thai touched a sore spot in him, callous ant degraded though he had become. Tc see her beautiful face and angry eye? gazing straight into his, and to feel thal her contempt for liim was far too great for her to make any attempt to express it in words, was an ex?>erience that ever he found trying. He remembered, with a pang of hopeless rage, that he might have so lived as to have tho right tc meet this lovely woman on terms o? social equality, and to win her respect and perhaps her regard. As it was, it was impossible for one human lieing to despise another moro than she despised him. And yet what right had she to despise him if she wer i herself repre? hensible before society? Tho thought hardened him again. '.I seo you are up to business as well as 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, you may find out what it is to make your own way in tho world; as long as your good locks last no doubt it will be easy; Gui after that you may bo ready to take a few lessons from me. 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 devii. Is that plain?" "Y'es, I understand you. You will certainly earn your money," she re? marked, with a smile that made him grind his teeth. ""Well, then, 1 will pay you for your silence. 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 nc*, give vou five hundred dollars. That is absurd." "Either that, or your husband knows all about your performances before he goes lo bcd to-night." "Very weil. 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? ure of destroying you would compensate me for tho 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 thc 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. lx>ok tit me, sir. Don't von think I mean what I say?' The quietness of anger at white heat was in her eves and voice, and it scared the man somewhat, as it would have scared a much moro doughty rascal. Ho forced a laugh and struck his boot with his cjmc. Af^er a moment she turned and resumed her walk up the street. Ile remained where he was until she was half a block distant. Then he i las ten ed after her and overtook,he.-:. "Look herc;. Mn. Ketelle," ho said, "business is business. I'm net a fool. Tell me what you can do, and I'll gi .'e you my answer.*" She r"plvK? ?\i O?.OO, continuing her walking, hut; keeping her eyes upon him ?us sro spoke. "I am allowed by my h-\?sbar?c fifty dellars 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 l>e careful not to apply for more until tho mouth is out. Those are my terms." "T?tey won't do!" said he, blusteringly. "You'll pay me two hundred now and fifty a week, or it's no deal! Come, nov.'!" "If you address me again, except to accept my proposition, I will have VDU arrested, come what may!" Tho color rushed to her face and her eyes flashed. She was losing her temper, and : ho was evidently in earnest. Flo was silent a moment, and then shrugged his shoulders. "Ail right. I'll tah-. . it," lu-.-.aid. "Hand < wer the money." "Ido not carry that amount in my purse." she returned quietly. "Jh.w am I !e get i:. th? n?" "You v.-hl i-otr.o to my house like any other pers'.'?: to wh?>m things are paid. Did yon think I was g<?ing n> make appointment s t< meet you at flit: stree' corners, or in liquor saloons? My hus? band will pay you." "Yourhusband! Dook herc 'ii-, ive- ! teile. you are a smart woman; out if vou : think you eau play any puno on me, you are mi taken. Y?-;: ha vu more ai stake than 1 lia ve. Don't irv to Muff mc!" "If 1 have tho :?:.>?>! :M blake, why do ! you fe? 1 uneasy? \ < \? will receive your money in tlint way. or not al rill, it is I just as von ch< >< ?se." They had now roa"?;e?! ..':?? ? -i :i?r of ' liv avenue; Pauline signaIrd ?h . down ; town ear that v.;;s; ppreaching. :::: I got I in. The man followed her. fche handed j thr? condiK tor :i double faro, r- marking, j "I am pa} ing for that person." ? No cen vers?t ton. pas.-*"1 ?hile they I were in thc ?*r. Lu pee waa id. ul. ^fs? j !,e could not ^0 rut iW.it. ho ' v? ti I \ bes? oi tho situativ<-. ?lie could not j afford, tc betray him. On tho otls**r j .;.?tttd, what if Judge Ketelle should hap- \ pen to know him by sight? No; he was certain they had never met; tho judge hud taken no part in his trial, either as witness OJ jurist. Besides, again, was it ; uof her interest to protect lum? ! Tho car stopped, did they got out anc walked across to her house. Tho dooi ? was opened to her ring, and they entered. "Is Judge Ketelle in?" she asked thc servant. "Yes, madam. Ile has just gone inte 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." Sho passed through a door on the right, leaving him there. Presently he heard her voico and another-the judge's-in conversation. Then she opened another door further up tho ball and called tc him, "Come this way, please," Ile went forward, and found himself in the library. The. judge was seated at .a writingtable- on which stood a stu? dent's lamp. Ile was in the act of tak? ing his check book froma drawer. "What amount did you say, my dear?" ho inquired, suspending his pen over the inkstand. "Eighty dollars." sho replied. Tho judge began to write. "T-That name?" he inquired, looking up at Du? pee, who stood somewhat in the shadow. "\Vhat is your name?" Mrs. Ketelle re? peated. Dupee now fancied ho knew why sho had brought lum to tho house. In the first place, the check' coiild bc traced; then the judge could be called to provo that it had been paid to him; and, finally, she had hoped to surprise him into be? traying his name. But ho had gone too far to go back; and as for the name, that was easily managed. It was partly from a malicious motive that he answered: "My narno is John Crush." "John Crush," echoed the judge, writ h:^ V: &c*vn. He signed the check and extended it toward Dupee. "Have you receipted the bill?*' he asked. Dupee looked at Mrs. Ketelle. "I did not get a bill," she said. "The check is itself a receipt, is it not?" "Yes, yes. to be sure," rejoined her husband. ''"Well, that's all right, then; that's ail!" "You may go," said Mrs. Keteile, glancing at Dupee os if lie were a p:ec3 of furniture. When she heard the street door close, she went round to her hus? band and kissed him, "You are very good," she said. "What-to .give you eighty .dollars without asking you what you \i?? bought?" he returned, laughing. "Yes; but you shall know some time." "My dearest, I am not curious; I only want you to love me. Do you know," h.? added, "I can't get it out of my hoad 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." "Where?" said she, startled and deeply interested. "Hum! I can't fix it! Maybe I shall remember later. But it's no consequence, after all. Now one moro kiss, and I'll go aad get ready for dinner." CHAPTER XXL ?T HEAX>QUARTEI?S. m ^ HE next m ern? ?S \ ing, while:!lie ^ I j [ judge and F:m /jgigt jj lino were si&lng 9? ? r ' ovor their bpsak /sS^^'esT FT \ fnst- he said: "By ^y^fi^lll i B tbe vvay? my-dar rWjW?^lj^t? - % nnS? you remem 4ml* i ill ??*tcr da?thiit m %]fk >il Eg " * tbat person-the ?ffreri'lB iii l)Iack haired .fB? reminded me of some ono?" Pauline, who had been sitting in a listless and pensive i>osturo, instantly brightened up and expectation sparkled in her eyes. "Yes, 1 remember! Have you thought who it is?" "It occurred to me last night, or early this morning, while I was lying awake. Tho narnu he gave yesterday evening John.-something" "John Crush." "John Crush-r?s; that was not the' nanto of the person I. atn thinking of. I don't mean to :u.,p!y that his name may not havo been John Crush. But he cer? tainly, bears a.remarkable resemblance to another man whom you, I think, never saw, but whose name will be famil? iar to you." "Who? tell me!" The judge was a little surprised nt her impatience. "Mind you. it's on ly a fancy <jf mme," ho said. "Perhaps 1 shouldn't i have mentioned it; but il had such an ' odd relation to a matter very near tu : you. Of course, however, it is impossi- j bio that the person who was hore last : * i night can be tue man 1 refer to." . j "I mt who ?> i tl'" "Hu reminded mo of Horace Dupee," said tho judge. ,:0i course you know j whom I uic^.?i. I was not personally cn- i g/lged in the trial, but 1 dropped into tho court one day, and wa:ched tho pro? ceedings for li;1.If an hour. That was the only occasion cai which 1 ever saw Du? pee. Ho was a striking lookimr .fellow, ! and 1 retained an unusually .distinct ! memory ot' Iiis features. This ma&Grush I looks a good deal older than Dupee did I -though, to be sure, it was several years ago. "Will you have sonto moro coffee, j dear?" asked Pauline. "No more, thank you. I'll go and j smoke :i cigar, and then- Hoy is your ! mother feeling tins morning?" I "About tint same. 1 have an iil?? ic might bo good for her to get unto break- j inst in the mornings. I think fhecould, ? it' she tried. Perhaps a stimules of some : sort would benefit l:#rr-some great piece j ol' news, for instance." "i'os^iLly. But I hardly think there ! i.; any "news that would be likely to in- ] t<*r< ? t. your motlier, yin.1 I tard ly ever so j much as looks m n newspaper." "j dont mea a tn wsoj' thal kind. But ? if. for instance, sae should hear that the i thief who committed tho robbery of 'A?iiej) Percy w: i s accused was caught ! and convicted; or (it' it were possible) j that Percy himself is not dead, but had : iu some strange way escaped!" "Ah, yes; such nev. s would give her fresh life.no doubt. But we must not let our imagination ta ko so wide a range.'1 "ll is nut impassible. Why may not ? J' rey be alive? Noone has been his dead body. Why 'nay he. not return some-I day? Mea have often returned wiso were : thought to bo l"st for years and years." ! "Why. my dear, do not let your mind run on such thoughts! You ar^excited ? already, Wc iu?*t [ ...y" o>.-ee Percy Alts; pause Paul;-.- rr?J. . ii he weret'> c?t"ve ' .Lao you think he uouM bs ai ested that old charge?" "Speaking from the legal point of view. I ??npjtose he would be." "But suppose hewer?' to eenie back - supp:>se l!?< ?vere m New York now-- ! would ? he unsafe tor him ce i-f:an er to .ha v*? known? Would Le have tA I kttp m uiuiag until h.Li innocence could * s. bo proven?" "My dearest wife," replied the judge, gently, "the law cannot be aifected bj sentiment. If it were so, it would cease to be the law. I do not say that, ic ceasing to be the law, it might not, ir certain instances, become something bet ter and-higher. Only -ia certain . in? stances, mind you! As *o Percy's case, there is-no reason to suppose that-hi would be treali<d with any special sever? ity. Quite the contrary, lt is uhnoal certain . that the original , prosecutor would not appear; and the government would scarcely take- up trite matter. No; Percy would Ix? arrested and certain for? malities gime throng!: ? w.;>h.-.pud-but, bless my soul, l am talking as if the ]XH>I boy were still HI this world! (iod -felpas him! Ile is far Uwcud the reach* o? worldly just iee or injustice now!" With these words the good judge* got np. and after kissing his wife's hand fn a chivalrous fashion of his. he went into the library to smoke his cigar. Pauline loved her husband, but she was glad to l>e alone at that moment. She was wrought up to a high; pitch of excitement, and felt the necessity of dealing with her thoughts and emotions in private. "She-vrent-up to ?her boudoir and locked herself in. Since the occurrence of the day before she had more than once been on the point of revealing the whoie matter to lier husband. Kati it concerned herself alone, she would 'have done so at the outset But the secret was Percy's in tiie first plaec. and she could not tell how she had been blackmailed without revealing his presence -in the City. No doubt the judge would keep the secret, for her sake, if for no other reason: knit she hail reflected that it could do no good to Percy to have him know it; and if Percy's presence should happen to he discovered in any other way it might prove awkward for the judge to have been found in the position of sheltering a fugitive from justice. On the other hand, she could not tell Percy of the insult that hail been put upon her. because he would undoubtedly sacrifice everything to inflict summary punish? ment v pon the blackmailer. She had therefore decided tc pay the latter a sum of money, giving him to understand that no more would be forthcoming! for .la? mont!:; and itt the course of - thats.a^or-ah she intended to turn all her energies to tiie task of clearing Percy, by some means or other, of tho old charge which 60 hampered and obstructed. him. She would then l>e free to deal with thc black? mailer at her leisure, and she intended to punish him io the full extent of the law. But the revelation of the blackmailer's identity changed the whole aspect of the case. To Pauline it had been totally un? expected; and yet in looking back she could fancy that she had knownJhim in? tuitively from the first. Be that as; it might, it was a triumph mero complete than ehe had ever dared to anticipate. Dunce was tho man who liad murdered her brother Jerrold; he (as she believed) was tho man who had cast a nearly fata! shadow over the career of Percy; and he, again, delivered himself, bound hand and foot, into her power by perpetrating upon her the crime of blackmail. She had him securely, for though he had given a false name the judge would bo able to identity him as the recipient of the check, and tho caso against him would thus be proved, lie would be ar? rested on that charge, and then it would go hard, but tho whole truth should come out. She regarded Percy as being as good as free, and was strongly impelled co go and tell him the story at once; but, on second thought, she decided to wait until the probability had been , made a certainty, and then bring him news in which liiere should be no element of con? jecture. Sho wished, moreover, to en? joy the pleasure of managing the affair herself, without either her husband's or her brother's help. Having determined in her own mind her plan of proceedings, she waited until her husband had started on his daily trip to his oifice. and then she put on her cloak and bonnet and went out herself. lt was a fine, clear forenoon. It was not the first limo soe had visited police headquarters, and she knew the way thither. The squalid denizens of Bleecker and Mulberry st reels stared at the hand? some lady as she p:ussed by, but she was too much preoccupied by the matter in hand to notice their observation. She mounted the steps of the big white faced building with a light heart, and asked tc be admitted to see Inspector Byrnes. She hud just put the question to the sergeant when the inspector came out, in hat and overcoat. Ile recognized her ?tnmediately, and lifted his hat with a MUI IC " You are going out," she said. "When .*a;i i pee you?" "I am not going out." was los reply. "I am going to ask you to come into my Dil iee and have a talk. If you had not rome here I might have called on you today. Come in.'* And he.cc-ndvctoi her to.tjhe. inner vcr.*c.. "No.-.-, then." he .?-a id. when they were waled, "what.is the news?" "It is yen who should Ita ve news for nie," tho "'-tuvacd. .--miling. "I'm sure you have had time to lin.! eat a dozen such mysteries as the one I asked 3"og about." The inspec^ir were ar* nm^'edo?ok. l*When you want to bamboozle an ole. hand like me." he : .lid. "you must first of ai! learn to command yc.ur face. You ruu?.t not U?>? happy if you expect me to believe thai you are miserable. If you have lost :i brother, you mu>t not look as "J" \ eu had found ono!" Pauline blushed and got :i little fright ?ned. "it was not my brother that 1 asked voa lo lind. Inspector Byrnes,"1 she said. "No. the brothel was to be thrown ht. i suppose'. This is line weather we are having ju>t now, Mrs, rv cte Ile.** 'e.- add rd. in another tone? "Capital for exer? cise!" " I beg -. i -ur pardon:" Holaughed. "You live up near the park," he said. "Would it be too far tor you to walk up to One Hundred and Twenty fifth street, or that neighbor? hood.-" "To One Hundred and Twenty-fifth j street?" "By the way, that remind? me of I something: perhaps you may be able to ; enlighten me. There is an Lnglisli friend ol mine in town, a gentleman by ? the name ot ( 'litton Ho is overhere to j leek after the interests et a valuably ' English estate. I; SCLI"- l!.ui the herod- j itary DW?* , oi t;.,., estate lately di*- ? ce:u?cil. it ^Z?'~-~.? necessary to find *'V' "? fi "? .b??u*,w?*s. U v as ; ii'n.:?w'i that he had gone to New ?ca- j land, but upon investigation there-it ap- j neared that he had left on a visit to this j country. Finally news cf him was re- j ceived from Medica Does tito story in- j terest you?" "Lei me hear," she said. "Wtll. in Mexico.a man answering to ; his name was found: but cn being told | cf his inheritance, he declared that he ! wculd lia vt? nothing to do with it. That ; seemed odd; for people are not in the habit of throwing away three-quarters of a million of money. Just then a person appeared on t-he-ccene "zdio affirmed that this man was not the person he repre? sented himself to be at all, but an im? postor. That seemed possible in one way; jn the other way, an impostor would be the last man in the world whom one ' would expect to let a great property slip between his fingers. My English friend was puzzled; but he knew that this mys? terious gentleman had lately been in j New York, and it occurred to bim that it might be a good pian to come on here and see if he could lea?n -anything more ?about him. .>i?*pwj tt-so happen? that I have sn ae ifaaintance in Mexico who makes-a point of knowing what goes -cn there,-arid whenever he hears of anything that lie thinks might interest me he drops me a line, or sends a telegram, if there is any hurry. Ile had heard al>out this affair I speak of, and also that the mysterious gentleman had had an interview with some government officials, and immedi? ately afterwards liad left.Mexico en route for the United States. He telegraphed this-information, together with the al? leged name of the mysterious gentleman. It was a name I had heard before, and V had even met the.gen^eman himself. So, when the steamer was announced, I took half an hour and went down to the wharf ? to say good day to him. And then. Mrs. Xetelle, a curious thing happened." He paused and fixed his eyes on her. She-s?t l>efore him with her hands tight? ly clasped in her lap, her hps compressed and her eyes dark with emotion. "The gentleman, whom I saw," con? tinued the- inspector, "was not the one named in the telegram, but it was an in? timate friend'Of'b's, whom I had also met before. He had, however, been . re? ported dead. But seeing him alive and well, though somewhat changed^ in ap? pearance, I came to the conclusion that perhaps a mistake had been made, and that it was the friend who had died" But Pauline coal i restrain herself no longer. She lifted her hands slightly and let them fall again. "He was a dear friend of raine," she said, while the tears came into -her <=yes; "he was a good friend io Percy. I see you know all, inspector; you seem to know everything! What aro you going to do with him:'' CHAPTER XXIL JOHN CRUSH. HAT am T going to do with him?" the inspector re? peated. "Why. I nave- been under the impression that : he was al? ready in the best of hands and would need no at? tention from me!" "Ah, don't laugh at me! If you mean harm 'A t o* h i m. : let me ~<tf Js " know it. .It was by my advice that he kept in hiding. .If he were arrested here it would ruin ins position in Mexico, even if he were re? leased again immediately." "New, Mrs, Ketelle, let us understand each other," said the inspector, becoming agrave and business like, "You asked me. a year ago, to clear the memory of your brother, whom you believed to be dead, of the stain that had been put upon it, by discovering and punishing the real perpetrator of the crime he was accused of. I told you that I would do what ? could, and I have kept my word. By and by you discover that your brother is not dead after alh.srtd is in New York. Don't you think it would have been a kind and courteous act on your pail to have come to me and.told me of it'r" "He is my brother.".was her reply. "I could think of nothing. Indore his wel? fare. I have told noone feat he is here, or that he is alive-not even my mother nor my husband. I know that you arc an officer of the law, and that when you saw your duty you would have r.o choice, btit to execute it. I hoped that the real criminal would be found, and so all tum out right." "I don't know as I ought to expect you to care more for the law than you do for your brother." remarked the detective, stroking, h.is chin; "and perhaps I should feel complimented -that you expected the real criminal, as you cai- him, to bo tracked and captured out of hand.. iB&Z America is a large place, and the po poliee have a number of things to look after; and. as you know, it is one thing to suspect a man, and another to convict him As to Mr. Percy Nolon, I will only say, at present, that I have thought it sufficient lo keep one eye on him; his ar? rest is not necessary at this stage cf th? proceo? i i ngs. " "I thank yon. Inspector Byrnes." Pau? line said, "whether yuuconsidered /ne irv your action or. not. But lutve you heard nothing of-of Horace Dupee?" The inspector raised les head and con? templated her gm eely. "So yon continue to-think ic v.as Hor? ace Dupee,;vhostole the moneyr" bc said "Uh. 1 am sure uf it!" "But would you go on the stand today and swear to it?" "1 could not do that." she replied re? luctantly, "i have not the evidence; 1 only feel that it was he." "Theil, if you had tho evidence, it would Ire all rights* "Yes. indica. I hive yon found any? thing';"' she asked eagerly. " vv'ell, that depends on what one con? siders anything." He oponed a drawer and took out some papers, "There seems to he reason' to think that Horace Dupee was in New York at the time thc robbery was cou*'.tutted." "Ah. ! knew it!" "lt also appears that immediately after the robbery, he left New York and went ,w.Sau r'rancisco." "Yii .j.es, I knew ii! lie (led lo escape arrest!" "Shortly a:\o.v. h is arrival therj?," con? tinue?! tho iuspector, impassively, *'a thousand dollar bank note was presr-^ted to be ca-he?i there, v- hich was issued by a hanajng institution here is New Y.-rk. and. as it happened, by the ?ame insti? tution where Mrs. Tunstall kept ! er ac? count." "Then il is p-ovcrJJ Ho .? the rasni ' exclaimed ranime, tr him pliantly. "No. il tr? n. : proved.'" returned the .votive, shaking bis head, "lt takes more than that to make a conviction. WP do net know that the note was pre prated by Horace Dupee, and even if we did it .vivnlo su+: be possible that he had received..Jt from some one else. No. Mrs. KeteUe...we cannot arrest Dupee on that evidents, lt we could lind any text for arresting hun. either on this ehargpo.r.wn any other, then it might be posible to complete our evidence as to this. But the power to do that is unfor? tunately wanting." "Do I understand you that if arv one .brought a charge against him on another fatter you could obtain a conviction 025 ? "I dori": promise we wonld do it;-J. ; only say it might be possible. But at ; any rate I think it would do no harm if I you wonhi tell me all about your inter* j views rnth Dtipee and-what came of it.* Pauline gazed at'ths'-mspector ina?* i tonishment. j "You know about that tooT'?tares* . claimed at length. ! "Why not? What is there so wonder? ! ful in tli3t?" he returned, composedly, j "I suppose nothing seems wonderful to you," replied she; "but I confess I had expected to surprise you in regard to that! Well, then, if you know that, j have seen him. F suppose that you know aili that passed- between us, also?" "Noi no," rejoined tlie inspector, laugh? mg, **my knowledge - stops at the fact of tho interview. What you said to each other yoi* wiil have teteii -me it- you wish me to know it." "It was in order to tell you that I came here," said Pauline; and she went on to give an account of the whole affair, the . inspector listening to her with close at? tention. Her narrative was clear and I precise. I "Do you think that he was aware that you were the sister of Jerrold and Percy Notes?" he asked, after she had finished. "He must lia ve known it. I was mar? ried only a short time- ago, and my maiden namo was in the papers." "Does it not seem odd that he should have made this attempt upon a woman whose brother he had murdered? Mur? derers are usually more careful, if noth? ing else. I think we shall find. Mrs. Ke? telle, that he is innocent of that crime? As regards the robbery I say nothing; but 1 have never thought it likely that a fellow like Dupee would commit a mur? der so peculiarly .-old blooded and cos? paratively unprovoked as that would I have been. But if he was wrongly charged with it it is quite conceivab?o that h?> may have embraced this oppor? tunity to reveoge himself upon a member of the family that brought him to ruin.'* "You may be right." "I believe it will turn out so. Bat there is another point suggested by your story. U is quite certain tliat he did not. your brother, for if he had he would not have attempted to blackmail you on his account-or, at any rate, not on tlie ground that he put forward." "Yes, there can be no doubt about : that," Paulino assented. "Then don't you see it has a bearing on the robbery? Your theory lias been that ho committed the robbery partly, at least, in order to have your brother ar? rested for it. But as he did not know your brother by eight that theory will not stand. If we consider him to hare been the thief, his involving your brother in the scrape must have been merely a coincidence. Your brother happened to be talking to the lady, and his overcoat pocket happened to be the one in which the purse could most conveniently ba dropped. If Mrs. Tunstall's husband, instead of your brother, had been in your brother's place, the evidence, so far aa the purse was concerned, would have pointed at him." "That is logical-I cannot deny ft," said Pauline. "But it does not show his innocence of the robbery; it only shows that he had not the motive for commit? ting imbat I supposed he had;, it was not revenge-it was vulgar pocket picking!" "Well, that is as it maybe. But let me refer to another point in your story. You said that the name he gave to your husband was Grush-John Grush?" " Yes, but of course it was an assumed name." "No doubt; but it is curious that he should have assumed that particular name instead of another." " Why not that as well as any?" "Because-it is the name of another man-a real man, t-hat;isra fellow who has been a companion and intimate of Dupee's for some years past. John Grush went with Dupee to California and re? turned with him. It was he who pointed you out to Dupee in the park, the day you first saw your brother. It was bn who suggested to Dupee that it might bo ?r. profitable joh to blackmail you." "How did you*learn all that. Inspector : Byrne??** "X might tell you that 1 learned it by detective, intuition, or some other sort of witchcraft But the simple truth is that John Grush told, me.'*" ? "He told .you? He-, is one of jour men, then?" "Not at all! But be. lias done me good service on this occasion, reverthcless.** "But * * * :i don't th ink 1 under? stand ?" "it is sucli a tiling as Trappers??every day. John Grush was arrested hist nighf for attempting to take a man's watch in an elevated train. It Ls not the first time we have had dealings with him. and . when he was brought in he realized that he would probably be sent up for a long terru. So lie resolved to got eve? with a man who had 'gone back on him,' as he expressed it? a nd that, ma,a was Horacs Dupee." "T?i-ey liad quarreled? ' "Precisely. And thv quarrel w*s about you. When Ci t ush proposed blackmailing voa, Dupee had ,pooh poohed k; but he did so only in order to have all the profits to himself. Having got rid of Grush. as he supposed, lie fol? lowed you about, and traced you to yo-?r brother's lodgings in Harlem. What he j did there you know. But Grush h>ui ! distrusted him, and found out-th-e double game he was playing. Ko b*>re him a I grudge for st; .:ad early this morning ! he sent word io me that he h;id sonic ! ihir,*; to communicate. I wont-dowe : stairs and saw bim in his cell. He told j me of Dupee's bad faith, and said that I ; would find that Dupee had actually re i ceived money Iron: you. 1 acted as if I ! paced no credit in his accusation, and upon that .he went on end declared ?thst Duj>ce bad, a year ago. committed a rofe . bery for winer an innocent man was ar? ! rested. Yes. Mrs. Ketella, it was the j Tunstall robbery that he mentioned. I asked him how he knew and he said that he was intimate with Dupee at the time, and that when Percy Nolon wa? I arrested I Hi pee had laughed and re ; marked that it was a good job; liewa? : glad to have done a ?olen an ill turn, j and that he -loped Noten might rot in j jail w hile he was spending.?he money ? Nolen was'imprisoned tor." "Oh. the villain!" murmured Pauling j with dilating eye*. j "1 told Giaish." continued the inspector, .\hat 1 believed, if Dupee had had any ?:i;;g to do with the robbery, that Grush? j ha-, .been equally guilty. He denied it ? at ?irsu but finally admitted that he had discos :*d the fact that Mrs. Tunstalf : was in the habit of going^ aboiit t?*r? j cv ii h large sinus of monuv m lier pocket, '. and upon my pushing him srilirfurther ; he added that he ha?* pointed, wer out t? Dupee on the moiling of thr-c. rime, and had waited ^tside the jeweler's shop wh'ie Dupe j v.-3s doing efco work inside. ; Accord!" ? t0 his, accotKit. Dupr . had ! acte'", s' rarely with him cn this occar. . ,n \g$?'!!.* be.>:?d re;used togi^ehim^-. ' r*y f?W: of t&e Thunder, but Grush bz& ? ^ '5KTit;r*D os joratTH vxar -