| Show THEMAN WiTH A TllllIll By W Q HUDSON Barclay North Copyright Ism by Cassell Publishing Corncom 1any and published by special arrangernentneit with them CHAPTER VI WEAVING A TBEOKr OATIICRT BUD NOW I WAXT TO REASON AND REASON ALOUD Dorison was wandering about the office of his hotel in an aimless manner inoxj pressibly bored by his compulsory inaction When he saw Cathcart his face lighted up and ho greeted the old man effusively How lone am I to remain a prisoner beret ho asked No longer replied Cathcart The shadow has been removed and you are freo to come and go at your wilL Come and dine with mo I want to talk over the events of the day with you As much pleased as if he had been released re-leased from actual imprisonment Doricpn accompanied the old detective to a quiet restaurant in University place where they could secure themselves against interrup tion While they dined Cathcart detailed to the young man the occurrences or the dayThe The recital consumed the time of the dinner din-ner When the coffee and cigars were broght Cathcart said Iow I want to reason and reason aloud If you discover a tlaw in my argument put your finger upon it at once else do not interrupt in-terrupt mo Now to begin A woman named Farish who has a daughter living in Sixteenth street for twenty years in the same house whichshe owns having no occupation and subsisting on her money suddenly changes her mode of life and under the assumed name of Madame De lamour rents the parlor floor of a house in Bleecker street and opens a costumers business Inference A change has taken pla e in her financial affairs necessitating the Gaming of an income after twenty years of comparative independence The business is opened one day and on the night of the next day the daughter is found dead stabbed in the neck in such a I manner as to sever the carotid artery On the same night in her own house in Sixteenth Six-teenth street Mrs Farish alias Madame Balfour is found dead under similar circumstances I cir-cumstances stabbed in such a manner as to sever the carotid artery Inlerence The two murders were committed by the same hand the methods of taking life is the same the murdered women bore the relation of mother and daughter To suppose that these two I bearing to each other the relation they did were killed by different uersons for different differ-ent reasons is to admit the existence of a coincidence without parallel in the history of crime Inference second The murder was committed by a man who has some knowledge know-ledge of anatomy and some surgical skill as is argued by the precision with whiah those arteries were ii iid and cut A young man whose attention is attracted at-tracted to the possibility of wrong doing in the Bleecker street house forces his way Into the room occupied as a costumers place and finds in the fingers of the murdered mur-dered girl a torn scrap of paper and on the floor near by another torn scrap both covered cov-ered by writing in the same hand the scraps suggesting that they were torn from letters wrested from the hands of the girl The police discovered that the dress of Mrs Parish is violently torn in the breast with all the appearance of something having having been dragged from it Valuables and money on the person are not taken Inference The murderer desired to I possess himself of certain documents or papers held by the murdered woman hence the motive of the crime This young man also discovers the portrait I por-trait and ring of Reuben Dorison in the I room and determines the writing on the I torn scraps of paper to be in tho hand of Reuben Dorison Inference In some way Reuben Dori son dead eight years was connected with the woman Farish and her daughter Query how Not at present clear or ascertainable as-certainable Inquiry elicited these two facts The two women live quiet regular and proper lived are constant in attendance upon church and their duties they have no inmate in-mate friendsfew callers and no social relations rela-tions at stated intervals a young mantall slim with brown hair whose visits leave the mother sad and tho daughter in tears calls upon them by her own admission the mother in her younger days hud passed through a period to Influence her afterlife on two occasions she Is known to be in great distress once eight years ago when sho refused to explain ex-plain the cause but immediately dresses in mourning and the daughter withdraws from all association with young people the other three years ago when seeking her minister for advice the mother thinks better bet-ter of it and says she will meet this trouble she has met her other as hal troubles alone Reuben Dorison died eight years ago coincidental co-incidental with the appearance of Mrs Farish in mourning Inquiry also cUe its that when the ministers wife Is in the of Mrs Farisb hea presence condemning a woman for irregularity of life Mrs Farish cries cut in protest saying that the condemnation con-demnation of the woman rings in her ears as a condemnation of herself Inference There was something a 1 fault I misfortune or a crime in the life of tho mother with which the caller at stated Intervals and presumably Reuben Dorison is connected anhe Irquiry also elicits the fact that the daughter who has no association with i young people is seen on three different occasions oc-casions walking in Union square evidently greatly toubled with a young man all and slim of fast appearance dressed in extreme ex-treme fashion Inference The caller at stated intervals inter-vals and the walker in Union square ara one and the same Near tho body of the mother was found a mans glove the form of which shows i it was worn by a man with a large hand prominent knuckles and joints whose thumb was disproportionately long This glove was cut and made to fit only the I hand that wore it an indication that the i wearer was a man exceedingly particular as to his personal appearance and nice as to his apparel Inference First as the walker In Union square was noticeable because of his fine dress and as the wearer of the glovo was as it indicates careful a to his appearance i ap-pearance the wearer of the glove the walker in Union square and the caller at stated intervals were one and the same Second as the glove was found close to the body of the mother after her death and as one caller on the family was the mold ent j I of a month this wearer of the glove was I the murderer of the mother Third i of the mother then of the daughter Ont more point Inasmuch as after the two women engaged in the costumin business busi-ness It was the habit of the mother to return re-turn home before the daughter and the daughter to return at 6 and as the servant left Mrs Pariah alone at 8 there is reason I to believe that the daughter was murdered hat and the mother after Now as to a theory Mrs Farish had I I been connected with some event tho secret of which she jealously guarded in her early life which was criminal She had I documests relating to this event possession posses-sion of which she shared with her daughter daugh-ter These documents either implicated a young man who called upon her at stated intervals or which bong in nis hands would prove of such value that to possess them bo could bring himself to commit murder With these events Ruben Doii son is associated since the only glimpse of any part of them we have obtained shown his handwriting Tho young man for years persecuted the two women to obtain the papers being always refused and placated pla-cated with gifts of money to such an extent thut in time the indepenaence of Mrs Far ish was was so impaired that she was com pelled to resume a business she had many years before been engaged in He had be i come desperate in finding that he could neither obtain tho documents nor any more money the latter fact being made clear to him when he learns that Mrs Farish has gone into business Believing these documents to be in the possession of the young woman he visited the Bleecker street apartment and finding no other way to obtain them murders her and seizes them He finds however that he has not all and he goes to the Sixteenth street house to see the mother He demands de-mands and is refused them He takes tnem by force and ho now knows that Mrs Far ish will unerringly attribute the murder mur-der of tho daughter to him and as a matter of selfpreservation he kills the mother We have the motive for the deed The criminal is a tall slim man with brown hair who drcses in extreme fashion who Is dissipated and who can bo recognized by a largo band with prominent joints and knuckles and whose thumb is so dispro portionately large and long a to be almost a deformity He is a surgeon or has studied surgery To find that man is to find the murderer and in my judgment is to find the secret of that unfinished letter of your fathers The old detective looked into tho face of Dorison for the first time since he had begun be-gun to reason Upon it was expressed excitement ex-citement and admiration Dorisons eyes burned brightly his lips were parted high color was in his cheeks and he breathed heavily Something of tie fever of the chase was upon him It is wonderful It is wonderful he breathed out rather than articulated It is profound subtle reasoning and all I such meager and Insufficient facts It is reasoned out to 1 conclusion No said the old detective it is only the first theory and may be utterly overturned over-turned by the first real substantial fact hit upon i cannot believe it protested Dorison Your conclusions are too strong But uiy promises may be weak persisted per-sisted Cathcart Dont lean too heavily upon a theory The value of ono is only that it gives you a basis from which to I work The danger of a theory is that you I cling to it refusing in its interest to recognize recog-nize the plain facts under your nose The difference between a shrewd detective and I a dull one is this The latter becomes a slave to his theory and it controls him the I former treats it with suspicion and abandons aband-ons it whenever facts justify such abandonment aband-onment But even working on the lines of f BU erroneous theory you are mora apt to hit upon the true facts tnan when you are working wild without plan or purpose There is always some truth in every theory The trouble with this theory of mine is that it is too natural and plausible I always distrust dis-trust that which seems natural in the beginning be-ginning of a dark case Dorison was plainly disappointed and puzzled at the manner in which the old detective de-tective treated his own theory He did not speak for some moments and then he suddenly ejaculated I I had so little confidence in a theory I that I bad spent so much pain and labor in I building up I would not work on it Yes calmly replied tho old detective I That is just what an inexperienced man like you would do But that is what r neither you nor myself will Wo will go to work on it and your work will begin I very soon Dorison looked up interested I My plans continued Cathcart have been materially changed by the events of today especially as to your work It is i my belief ihat the owner of that glove is to be found in the place frequented by young men of fashion And it is in those places 1 want you to look for him That I presume I can do without especial I es-pecial shrewdness l I do not intend to give you my reasons for the plans I have formed Reasons I I always keep to myself But for reasons of my own I want to be informed upon the ways of the young men of the day and the young men themselves To do this you must know tnem associate with them and to a certain extent be ono of them Hence I want to set you on foot as soon as possible as a young man of fashion about town Your business you are to keep closely to yourself never lisping it to any one ana you will not be required to do any work which will betray it You have been I a man of fashion once you can easily resume re-sume the role But when all this is done whatam I to do 1 Continuously extend the circle of your acquaintance and become familiar wi thin fashionable haunts of all kinds and obta th-in invitations if possible to visit peoples homes In the meantime watch peoples hands In short so that you may not think you are on a fools errand I will tel you that I want you to be eyes and ears for me in places where I cannot go myself without arousing suspicion They parted witn this CHAPTER Vii SETTING UP A MAN 01 1JsmoS tI1I I I ThiI an iir CAinCART TOOK IT AND MOO THE GLASS HANDED IT TO DOHISOX Within a week after this conversation I Dorison was in occupation of a comfortable suite of apartments in Twentyninth i street t Through the agency of old Mr Nettle man he had gathered a stock of such fash ionable clothing as he had not had since he days prior to his fatners death He was in enjoyment of an income over and abovo his salary of 200 a month with which to support his pretensions supplied by Mr Nettloman Also he was connected nominally with a mercantile mercan-tile house in tho lower part of the city and this also through Mr Nettleman who had I taken a friend into his confidence md given Dorison a standing other than that of j a mere idler of the town And In addition he had brought the young man into pleasant pleas-ant relations with several young men sons of his friends All thiswas in pursuance of the suggcs gcstions f Cathcartand although he did not inform Dorison as to his reasons he did his 1 cousin The reasons were not so much that Dorison could aid in the capture of the t murderer that as he saw that any explanation ex-planation of Reuben Dorisons strange letter j was to be obtained in the circle into which he had moved And he hoped in-to edge tho younger Dorison into it with out wihout his identity being known CathcBit had a theory as to Reuben Dorisons connection with the Parishes which he kept closely to himself In what direction it tended may be imagined from this brief exchange with his couisin Net tlemau one evening when they were together to-gether What was Reuben Dorisons private life Cousin Nettleman U he asked sud denly Was he given to intrigues with women Mr Nettleman was indignant and in arms at once No sir ho replied emphatically No purer man in his private life ever IP red Of that I am certain His home life was perfectly happy Are you saytng that because you think you must be loyal to the memory of your dead friend or because you believe it1 I say it because it is true From the moment ho married his wife he was a de devoted husband and a pure man His wife died how many years ag 01 She died the first year he moved into Twaatvthird street In 1851 Ah twentyeight years ago I W Whatever thought he was exceedingly busy in these days leaving Dorison much to himself About two weeks after the young man had entered upon his second career as a man of fashion as Cathcart calle it tho old detective made his appear annie atDorisons rooms It was early In the morning before the young man was out of bed Ho pushed himself into the sleeping room and sat himself upon the bed as he talked I have found out who transferred by deed that house in Sixteenth street to Mrs Far sh he said without preface After a search which carried me to Buffalo I Buflo found d that the man had been dead a year I havo made diligent search for Mr Farish and have not found a person who over heard d ef him I have however i lotted up a er eat many trifles which will t time no doubt be of value I have been hoping to find a starting place for you I thought you had abandoned me to my fate us 1 fashionable rounder said the young man lightly No replied Cathcart seriously But I want to mako a systematic study of hands Of what said Dorison perplexed by the seeming irrelevancy of the remark A study of the hands of the joung men of your acquaintance You must as I have indicated before look high and low for such a hand as I have described to you And finding such a hand arrest the body to which it is attached I suppose No J inform me Find his name occupation occu-pation and surroundidgs Ah an easy matter surely when youve caught your bird Hero continued the detective taking out a wellfilled wallet and extracting a paper from i is a complete list of all places < whore they make gloves to order I You must visit each place and order gloves for yourself and while doing so get up 1 talk on the peculiarity of hands that glove makers meet with and perhaps you may stumble upon the maker of the glove I I have told you about That ought to be easy I Now dont go too fast laid Cathoart warningly I is by no means ac easy as you thinkthat is to do it without arousing arous-ing suopioion People do not like detectives I detec-tives except in books and if you give them reason to suspect i ou to be one you will find the bars up against you Again you are liable to direct the attention of the pol ice to yourself and I particularly desire I to avoid that Now one word more and 1 Im off I want you to meet me at police headquarters at eleven precisely this morning I morn-ing Not before that hour because I dont want those fellows to get at you as they wil l be sure to do not after that hour for I I dont want to wait a moment With this he was gone Dorison consulted con-sulted his watch and found he would have barely time to aress and breakfast So ho hurried into his bath At eleven as he turned into Mulberry street from Bleecker he saw Catbcart ap proaching from H uston They met at the < foot of the steps of the police headquarters head-quarters One moment before we enter said Cathcart Answer no leading question except by evasion I want you here to make a study of that glove I you have tho < slitrh est aptitude for this business I from a close examination of the glove you can gain an intelligent knowledge of the character of the hand you are to seek And let me tell you there is as much character in a hand as in a face Impres3 it on yoU memory burn i in and when you have fastened on your mind turn to me and say No I never saw this glove I do not recognize it Do you understand Assuring the old man that ho did Dorison followed him into the building and into the office of the detective we have twice met before in the course of our narrative The detective himself was seated in his The chair his feet stretched out his hands in his pockets his chin on his ureast and his face wearing a gloomy perplexed expression As he perceived his visitor he brightened up and rose to greet Cathcart Ah he said I am glad you have come I was this moment desiring to see you Have you anything new I I have something to say to you replied Cathcart gravely But first I want my friend Dndley to see that glove we found The detective who had not greeted Dorison though ho had recognized him now addressed binLd a salutation to him and bending over his desk moved a newspaper revealing the glove under a glass still on the little fan on which it had been placed Cathcart took i and moving tho glass handed it to Dorison who carried it to tho light He expended five minutes in its ex ami nation Turning he handed it back to Cathcart with the words the old detective bade him utter Another disappointment quietly remarked re-marked the old man as he turned to go He was detained by the captain I thought you had something to say tome to-me he said Yes replied Cathcart Excuse me Mr Dudley Taking this aa an intimation to remove himself as far as possible Dorison took a seat near the door Catacart and the cap tain talked in whispers What is it 1 asked tho captain What did you bring him here for A bare chance replied Cathcart he talked to me of a man with a long thumb and I brought him here to see i he could recognize it He does not know the mean ing i of his visit Tho captain closely examined the face of Cathcart as he was thus glibly lyinc but i was inscrutable Now what have you to tell me asked the captain Only as to what I have been at work on Nothing as to what I have found for it is nothing From her minister I havo found there was some strange or wrong event in Mrs Parishs life but what I cannot even guess at I have found out who deeded the house to her only to find him dead In short I have been looking into her short without result No one knows where she came from or what she was prior to turning up in Sixteenth street twenty years ago Your experience is not unlike my own You are discouraged then 1 No I I were at the beginning of my career say thirtyfive years agoI should throw up my hands As it is I feel as though the real search has only begun > be-gun gunOh gs said the captain with his peculiar smile what is your plan P To tramp around until I knock against something that will give me a suggestion Wel said the captain after a moments mo-ments hesitation here is one thing Mrs Farish had a son who was wild and unmanageable eable and left home manageable when he was eighteen to go Into the West He gave his mother much trouble Ah where did you get that I By accident An old carpenter who used to do odd jobs for Mrs Parish blew in here a day or two after the murder with that single bit of information e Name and address demanded Ca took cart pulling out his memorandum be to-ok The captain gave i and it was duly entered I en-tered It is not much said Cathcart as he put I up his book I havo heard of the son I put the minister believed him dead from the way the mother referred to him What else have you heard 3 Nothing returned the captain i I have been traveling over the same ground you have and with a like result But as a matter of fact 1 have not been able to devote my whole time to he case A series JOf most skillful burglaries have been going on for some time and we are unable to get trace of them The commissioners are making my life miserable and I am nearly wild over it They are skillful and audacious auda-cious They are hands now to New York > The methods they employ show that they are not the old cracksmen And tho old fellows ilo not know tqeni any better than we do I have half the thieves in town > looking for them from curiosity Ah said Cathcart much interested What are the peculiarities of their work There Is no pickng of locks no lifting of windows all entrances are made through front doors to which they have keys intl i mete acquaintance with the location ntlof valuables and of the interior of the houses They take money jewelry and small plate i it is silver and nothing elRo In three instances they have passed over negotiable securities refusing to take them Accomplices from the inside That was mj first thought but I have abandoned it Hero are two strange things They scatter their work Night before last they entered a house in Sixtyi bird street near Madison avenue last night in I Fifteenth street near Sixth avenue and so it goes Every house has a sick person in it it never falls Ah hal said Cathcart thero is your point Follow that up Those things dont noint I happen Confine yourself to that 6 I wish you would work with us in that I murder affair I will give you assistance Devote your self to these robberies I will follow the murderer up until I know something I You cannot divide yourself on two such I important cases and succeed in either I you want reports from me every morning j 1 will give you something you can show asr imM icatins your progress Trust me r The captain wrung Cathcarts hand I That was the very proposition I was going to make You have removed half the load l 1 from my shoulders I you want men send to me for them leave the case to you Discreet and skillful shadows will be all I want S and for them any hour of the day or night T hey parted at the door Dorison followed the old detective into the street when ho said You have those torn scraps of paper safe safeYes Yes replied Dorison Hold fast to them Put them in a safe place The time may come when they will be of the utmost value On the corner of Broadway and Bleeckor street Cathcart halted and said My visit has turned out better than I could have expected The captain has given the case into my bands Now Ive pot it it is a question of time only interference now by blunderers I know the man and how to catch him with proof1 You know the man said Dorison surprised sur-prised Yes I know the man That is to say The old detective stopped suddenly and L attentively < regarded a man passing on tho other side of the street Without E word L ho slipped across leaving Dorison so astounded he could nothing but stare at tent ten-t as he nimbly followed the man who bad I attracted his attention CHAPTER VII AN DV NTURI H m 1 54 nl THE YOUNG LADY RISING TLRNED TO DomSON I have seen politer gentlemen lre marked Dorison to himself when he recovered re-covered from his astonishment He stood for a moment upon the corner Well he muttered he has given me instructions as to one piece of work and I will go at it at onco Reaching Eighth street ho crossed to the other side of Broadway on which a glove maker was but his steps were checked by an omnibus which stopped immediately In I his way to permit a young girl to descend a young girl of perhays nineteen summers sum-mers whose bright pretty faco surmounted sur-mounted by a wreath of golden curls at curs at tracted his admiring toation She turned to the sidewalk to which he wan crossing ithout seeing a pair of horses ramdly driven down the street Before Dorison could sound a warning the girl was knocked down by ono of the horses and but for a mighty leap upon his part which enabled him to reach her in i time to drag her from under the wheels nearly upon her she would have been run over He lifted her to her feet quickly I Perceiving she was either injured or faint ing from fright he boro her in his arms to the sidewalk a policeman who had run to the girls assistance stopping tho vehicles to make way for him As he reacned tho curbftone with his burden a young man stepped up to him and with no little insolence said Ill relieve you of your charge attempting I at-tempting at the same time to take the girl 1 Dorison from a rapid survey of the young man wai not impressed favorably and said curtly I do not recognize your right Then Ill make you angrily returned the young man This lady I know i I am her friend Standjbaok now said the policeman your right will be recognized when the lady can tell who her friends are To Dorison Is she hurt Carry her to that drug store pointing to one nearby near-by At this moment the occupant of tho carriage car-riage came hurrying up Is sho injured he asked Bring her to this drug store I am a physician By I Fassett cried the young man who had interfered with an oath and who ww was following you manufacture your patients pa-tients You ought to have your neck broken for driving like that Be quiet Harry for heavens sake I implored i the physician During this brief interchange Dorison accompanied by the policeman who was assisting in bearing the young lady had reached the drug store and placed her in I a chair The other two followed and the physician i physi-cian bending over the girl said I is a faint Calling for remedies he soon re stored the young lady to consciousness Opening her eyes she looked about in I a dazed manner for a moment as i she could not collect her senses Where am I she asked bewildered bewidqred edhe What has happened Recognizing the I physician she said Oh is it you doctor doc-tor How came I hare Are you injured Miss Eunice Tel me I was I who knocked you down1 Yes bitterly laughed the young man with his fine fast span he knocked you down Tho girl looked up and Dorison was certain cer-tain ho caught an expression of dislike and contempt as it flitted over her face during the moment her eyes rested upon tho I speaker For the first time Dorisou seriously ously regarded the young man and observed i ob-served that his face bore the unmistakable evidence of rapidity of life and that he was no stranger to tho brandy bottle Yet the faco would have been called handsome by most people the flush attributed by I Dorison to alcohol by many would have been taken as an evidence of youth audI aud-I health 1 and his air and manner ca led dashing dash-ing nd engaging His fine clothes were extreme in cut and loud in colors The sum of Dorisons rapid conclusions was that tho man was a low bred cad The physician repeated his question No replied the girl I am not hurt But what does it all mean The policeman replied to her question It means that after you g t out of the Fifth avenue stage opposite here you were knocked down by a team and youd a bin run over but for the spryness of thin gentleman gen-tleman Indicating Dorison with a nod who leaped forward pulled you from under the wheels and brought you to the sidewalk The girl lifted her violet eyes to Dori son with a most grateful expression and blushing as she spoke said simply I thank you sir I I thank my good fortune I was so near to be of service replied Dorison a little embarrassed under such grateful eyes None but the bravesneered the young man Be quiet said the policeman so savagely sav-agely the utterorof the sneer found it convenient con-venient to walk away a short distance Tho physician began to question her as to possible injuries To all inquiries the young lady made such replies as indicated serious damage had been done although she was evidently much shocked I do not think the young lady has sustained sus-tained any injuries beyond a few bruises said Dorison She was struck by the shoulder of the horse nearest her I am certain nothing else touched her not even a horses hoof Then said the nhysician 41 am thankful thank-ful t be able to say that a slight stimulant Is all that will be required to enable her to return home1 This was administered and the dirt and dust having been brushed from her clothes the physician bald I hope Miss Eustace you will permit me to make slight reparation for my blundering carelessness by driving you home My ex i I use for rapid driving is that I was hastily summoned to a very sick man Then do not let rno detain you another moment doctor hastily replied the young lady I am wholly recovered and I thinks I WE think-s silly to faint I will accompany Miss Eustace home said the young man perceiving an opportunity oppor-tunity and striving to utilize it No sir it Is unnecessary replied the young lady with such coldness and haughtiness i haugh-tiness as to mako a repetition of the proffer impossible To tho officer she said Will you do me tho favor to call a cab To the phytician Doctor you must go to your patient I insist upon i I will forgive you for knocking men me-n if you will go at once and I never will If you dont Go I am not injured at allThe The doctor departed with apologies as the officer entered having caught I cab at the door The young lady rising turned to Don son and with color again flushing her cheeks said Sir i I have not expressed gratitude to you for your service it is not because I nm insensible of its value Indeed 1 thank you very much With this to which Dorison responded with a low bow she walked off with the officer ing who returned a moment later say The young lady desires to know your name and address so that her father may cal upon you Dorison had regained his selfpossession selp fully and he replied Say to the young lady with my compli mea ats please that while I shall esteem it me-a aa honor to be visited by her father his thanks are unnecessarv since I am grate ful for having been able to render service to his daughter My name is James Dud ley my address Is number Twenty ninth street I Is doubtful whether the officer ofcer rested po re-sted any mo e of this rather grandiloquent grandilo-quent speech than tho address Dorison turning saw the ardin young stranger regarding him with an insolent stranger I made him angry and ail the more so because ho was conscious that his speech a little too pompous pom-pous to be in good taste had given reason for tho sneer So ho rushed forthwith into another error errorMy My name is James Ddley What is I yours P yoursReally said the young man with studied insolence your information is i highly important but I am not bartering on such terms An angry reply leaped to Doriaons tongue but perceiving tho absurdity of a quarrel upon such insufficient grounds he walked out of the store It was some time before he cooled for he fell ho had made himself ridiculous In 1diculous deed it was not until he recognized the huraoa of tho situation that he desired to punish the young man for having himself beth en absurd that he could laugh It off By be-th is time he found he had passed the store he wished to call at and retraced his steps Although ho endeavored to bend his mind to the business he had in hand he was not able to banish that charming face especially those upturned eyes Per haps his faiure to elicit any information and he visited the whole list was due to that haunting face and to the memory of the pressure of that soft yielding form in i his arms as he bore it to the sidewalk Tired out at tho end disgusted with hia failure and blaming himself for having done his work badly ho returned to his apartments to prepare himself for his evenings work Indeed he had barely completed his dressing when a card was presented bearing the words Herbert Clavering Eustace As he directed his caller to be shown up he was conscious of a feeling of elation reason for which ho could not satisfactorily ctoriy give to himself ve However himsel little time was given for selfoxsminatiou Belfexaminatou for in 3 moment Mr Eustace was ushered Into the room His caller was a tall slim gentleman genteman whoso sixty winters bore lightly upon him i I gentleman of elegant and courtly bearing whoso head was covered with snow white hair while a mustache as white rent wbie whie swept across his face and lost itself in sof tsilken Bofsiken white whiskers With perfect breeding perect ho stated the purpose of his call to be wholly that of thanking Mr Dudley for the inestimable service rendered his daugh ter and not only he said did he convey the thanks of the other members of the family but of the young lady herself who she was quite certain at the time of the accident had not shown proper apprecia tion of what she had been saved from by Mr Dudleys quick wit and ready hand All of this overwhelmed Dorison wno was really a modest fellow and he felt that shamefacedness at being so much thanked manly men ever do By a strong effort tie pulled his wits efort puled together and met the courtesy in well bred I wel manner avoid ing the error of treating service the ben ic Il arios regarded Important as trivial as ill bred people are so apt to do This in turn impressed Mr Eustace They glided into i a general chat of a few moments when the caller arose and again renewing his distinguished considerations eden the hope the day was not far distant svh ed-en the young lady might thank him In YOUnl person Out in such general terms and In such tone that Dorison instantly felt that he would bo B consummate fool if ho were to take the expression to be anything more than a polite courtesy He accompanied Mr Eustace to the door and in doing so passed into another doing light lght giving Mr Eustaee for the first time a fair opportunity to observe his face Good heavens exclaimed tho old gen tleman startled out of his teman started propriety What a marvelous resemblance Sir ire a i-re you related in any way to Reuben Doriaon 1 Too well disciplined In this direction toe b to-e taken aback Dorison replied The gentleman is unknown to me Ho Is dead these eight years He was a dear friend of mine Your resemblance to him at the age you are now is some thing wonderful Indeed intervening years pass away and as I talk with you i Ice seem to talk with him You have his vol I-ce his bearing his very tricks of manner even your smile is his Upon my word it is wonderful I required all the self control Dorison could summon to prevent a betrayal of himself in this outburst Murmuring something about strong resemblances be ing not uncommon in this world he bowed his visitor out He waited long enough to permit Mr I Eustace to depart from the street and sv cutout cut-out troubled and worried TO BE CONTINUED |
