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Continued from Cato could not help thinking of ot the theold theold old proverb pro Unit t circumstances alter else else- but after this hili quoting of oC his own words t him ho lie could coul not rl risk k the tho danger an er of U t suspicion b by opposing 5 ing his wife's wishes any further so so although at his wits' wits end to know knoon S how un under tinder cr the sun nun ho should extricate I himself from the ho lie ha had otten mess s gotten II himself Imel In Into to he gave o In with the best grace lie iio coul could c. c Of OC course my mr Il dear ar I shall hall bo be only too loo 11 delighted ell Jh How are you goingS coins LusterS Luster Duster I I S Tho sergeant t Is la going coins with me inc an announced announced an an- Mrs l Buster with resolution much to the satisfaction of ot Cato who did not ilot quite understand tho the situation 1 find alaI Imagined that ho wax was to have a l 1 companion In miser misery S This said Mrs sailed over to tot t the tho door loor opened It and called J The Tho old clerk clerIc had Just entered the ther r outer office and amI still was muffled up u In his out out door garments He ITO came carno forward find and reified respect respect- rit fully Yes maam maan Please c call 11 up two hansom cabs i. comman ell Mrs l Buster Busier and then s she hc 4 turned a away wa mil and walked P 11 across the tue room to the tue mirror where sho was r Joined b by Mrs Dove l Buster Immediately darted darte to tn the door and putting his head out exclaimed cautiously R lust Hist Pods l lYes I u Yes sir t f ald sail the clerk turning as ashe he lie was as about to go for the cats cabs Dont post lOst O t those thos letters to Cre- Cre gone sir ci- ci Oil Oh Lord groaned Buster Inwardly Inward Inward- ly h. drawing back his head hea and shutting the door As ho lie turned he lie came caine face to face i with wHIr Dove e who O observing observing- 8 r that the tho ladles were Lus busy arranging arranging- their hats before the tIle mirror had taken all advantage j. j of or tho the fact to try and obtain a n. few eon words In private with his partner 5 fluster Heros Hero's a go go lie he said Bald In Ina L' L a n low tone Yes Its It's a Q go JO to Nottingham ham replied re reo re- re plied piled Buster Busier In the tue same fashion t What bat on oarth arth shall shan we do there thero We e Arabella has cornero cornered roe me You must go alone alone- I cant can't accompany S you ou What whispered Cato ruefully absolutely turning turri pale palo at nt the shock hock 1 Oil OJ I say sar im i'm Im I'm not to be lie expressed cx ex pressed to Nottingham What's to lo be bedone i done You got ot me Inc into this scrape Well cH I r like lIko that returned Buster Bus lius- 4 ter with a n. shake c of oC his head d. emphatically em cm- It t In th the n negative at I t find you jou in It yesterday Over head arid and ears ear In it It with Zulu I r cant can't go wandering about the midland mid mill laud land counties all night protested Dove Do r r ats at's to be he done I r I y feel III like o a drowning man It really was a n. hard position posit to be i. i placed In and Euster Buster felt Celt that to a certain r taut tain degree legree he was responsible for or it lie reflected a n moment and then said f I I r have It Coul Couldn't nt you get rid of or her lier at the station and slip out leaS lea'S leaving lea leav S lug IllS the train to lo start without you At u this suggestion Cato's disconsolate late lutu face race brightened up a little Splendid ld Ill I'll tr try it It he whispered At t this moment Po d appeared with the announcement that th the cabs were at t the door Both ladies turned away from the mirror i Give GI me your our arm ann sergeant com corn commanded Mrs Buster Dusler 4 She Shu did not propose to leave an any loop hole for tor escape Jo Josephine c could not lj help lp but notice lifer her luban g worried o expression Tre son but hut hutA A 1 tho 1 0 a tl it It to ills his disinclination Uon t S 'S tu to KOI KO and bor sor i I ith liIs aria I l. l Ll al it affectionately t I Dont feel HO Ioa l Cato dear she sie 5 murmured h I r wont won't leave o you till tuii I seo see the train off oU You shall hall see the last S very elT glimpse of mc me Cato shuddered as he realized how thIs tills would woul cut oft off every chanco chance of or escape hut but nevertheless he lie tried to up UI a smile As s they followed followell Mr an and amid Mrs l Buster Duster Bus Dus- ter out of the office poor Cato's thoughts were an anything but pleasant ones olles Ho lie lieas was as in lu for tor It now There was waR no way a out of oC It What a nl night hl lie would pass pas Emphatically it was a case where man proposes but woman disposes I I t I TE Viii HI Cato Start Shirt fur for There woo was no happier man in all the length th and Lrea breadth th of or England than f c Captain Jack Derringer when he lie j alighted from the time train at Charing J Cross station late In the time afternoon of or if the same day on Which Dove 0 and amid Bust Buster Bus Bus- ter tel had made that unfortunate t arrangement arrange arrange- I ment macat for fOl a supper at The Time young oung officer ha had landed that I morning at Southampton and had hurried hur hur- nod ried at once to London eager cager to see the tho sister from whom he lie had parted so 80 many years cars before His Ills leave c had come com to him rather unexpectedly and ho had not written t. t Josephine before sailing Balling preferring to surprise her hor Now at last lait he he was waa In dear old S. S England and how pleasant It was after f the tho heat and ct eternal sunshine of or In India l to breathe once again the chilly smoky c air all of or the great metropolis He walked slowly 11 down tho the station marking with Inward delight ever every evory p de Ile detail de- de tail tall of the tho English Jh life once so I I r to JJ him 1111 I r f S. S H lie IIo stopped a n porter who was com com- h big r toward him and gave him an order or- or orI i der de- deto to call a u cabA cab A hansom sir Ir or a l four wheeler cell the tho porter r S How delightful were Mere those familiar words A cab It was was tour four years cars r since he had 1111 ridden en In one No So No my friend he answered bo be- z Get me zoo a 11 tour four As I 1 have ha my may IU luggage here It will bo be more morer r rt convenient By the way 1 you OU will find findS S mo mao In tn time the bat All right sir responded the porter r I away on his errand and andr r cheered b by a very liberal tip t DerInger strolled down the platform LJ k repeating to himself over and amid over oer again j I. I S S Homo home again after four tOUl years ears In ruN In- In N dla dia lt c t 1 Ho to was a a. remarkably good looking young fellow with long Ions sweeping mus titus and an unmistakable military v bearing i i KG o glanced d about him hint with t ft tion tiomi and realized with plea pleasure ur how r conservative his native natho land was Noth othIn oth- oth In ing seemed scorned changed since ince he had left lert that cr very station four our years cars before Ho lIe entered the lunch funch bar He lie thou thought ht J.- J. v he lie could recollect the ver very girl behind tho time counter He lie was waH not even en sure G that tha t th the sandwiches and cakes under their glass hind had been changed but this was as probably going too far Keeling Feeling very cry much as if It ho were verc l' l greeting un old acquaintance ho went 5 up to the rather pretty young oung woman S who Iho presided over oyer tho the barMy bar Lar S t- t My IY dear can you give e me a glass r of ale alo he asked JOU with that mixture of or familiarity and amid respect with which L En Englishmen arc are wont to address barmaids bar- bar maids r The girl laid down own tho the cheap nove novel no she was reading Yes 81 sir If ft you please site alio ro- ro ll i ith ir IY markel markcI cm cot cn to the laz lazy utterance and still r more lazy action of ot tho the native nl servants In India All 11 a matter of climatic In- In of or cour course e but still Derringer to was all enchanted r Can yo ou u oblige mo mc with a match to i light my cigar ho he asked showing R to the barmaids barmaid's surprise the delight he ito felt But here he lie was waa doomed to bringing hll himself up with whit a round turn against the blank wall of or I- I In English n h rul rules ruleR 8 and regulations o il matches sir ell responded the girl politely but still firm firmly Smoking I Is not allowed In fn this room Its It's against the tho company's rules Then Derringer er remembered where he be was but he tie remembered also how gold or f silver sliver fn Indeed eed would overcome the dear ul old prejudices There was YI 1 never an nn English rule that could not I be evaded evade 1 by the magic of ot half a a crown I I So handing the barmaid that coin y po S S I wh which lell she received with no protest h he u d for 01 u tL piece of or paper with wit I which to light lii iii cigar ir at one of or th the lamps S. S He lie drew out fromn Crom his isis I a letter twisted it up held It In lit th the flame name of the th lamp and so lit I iii hll 1 cigar Then en tin throwing owing the letter lotter on the floor lour i I ho lie stamped slumped out the blaze j Glass Glais J o of ale sir said the barmaid with a wonderful disregard of this In in- in of oC the time rule of or the time compan com coin pan pany Three ponce police It is sir Derringer hang flung a sovereign half I down n upon tho the counter how v long Ions I Iwas It was lon since he had bad heard this Cockney accent l. l Glass of or halo he lie repeated Joyously Hals iipp's halo There's Theres t tin tA shillings Pray Irav keep the time chan change o and th Hs Ibis sir exclaimed tho time girl Irl half hair puzzled but bul wholly pleased Heres a good husband to you ou m mj my dear leap said Derringer raising the glass to his IsIs lips But l' l got sot an nn sir replied tho the girl lau laughing In spite of oC her her- sd self IoU t. t It waR is rare that sun slin lIno c.-lIno naros so o original and be it said 1111 at at tho time same sam time so profitable a customer ct ns aE this There heres here's a second one ai au II for Cor a lan c change o. o responded tho the officer draining his glass And then he lie fell rehl into of a sort son reverie thinking what glint a hl hh his arrival I would woOls lIe be to his sister slater Josephine He hoped ho his would not fInd her changed after so long an au absence But Dut marriage hoes does not make malce such a difference in wo wo- mono men It is liable to make moro Jn In men but then that Is natural of ot course He Hc began to wonder what hat sort of oC a n. fellow her husband was tas Dove Do was hlll his name What hat an nit name Sho Site hail had said 1 In her letter that he ho was wasa a l lawyer havyer Well Velh ell he never nc thought that Josie would have havo married a I lawyor a I. I when with pardonable pride iride In his profession proCession and In iii his sister she might have havo had her pick of ot tho the arm army list Hat Xo Now If she sho had married ll a doctor In Instead instead in- in stead of oC a lawyer he might o ha Joined the How sighted short-sighted girls wert I Ills l reflections were interrupted by 11 the time entrance of the porter who announced announced an an- that time the wheeler tour was wab read ready Where here shall I toll the time driver ri to tal take e I you OU sir ho concluded A Ay 3 where That was onas the question Of course Jack Derringer wanted to togo togo go 0 to hl his sisters sister's residence e. e But what was WaR her a address He lIe had bad entirely forgotten forgotten for for- 01 gotten Jotten the street and aims number It wason was wn wason on her ller last letter Where here under the sun had ho put It if It had hod certainly been heen in his pocket et But Dut hunt an lR he would he lie could not find timid it Oh Ohm could ho lie have lighted hi lila his j cigar cisar with wiLls It If He Ic limited around and amid finally discovered discovered dis dis- i i covered and amid picked up the time half con letter Yes that was It It I en ended ed with Your affectionate sister But Dut the tho a address ress was burned off oCt Now really this was most provokIng ing to eay cay the least How un under er the sun was he going to be Je able to discover her Oh Oil j yes es ei there was one way ay He turned to the time bar an and asked the tho girl if she could oblige him with a directory or but only to meet with the tIme disappointing response that the they did not keep ep one Then the porter who ha had been waitIng waiting wait wait- Ing of course in imi hope hopes of ot a further fee spoke up UI ant and atHI came caine to hii his rescue YouJI find one at the newspaper shop sir Ir In the tho next street he said Derringer er thanked him and aull natural naturally al ally the tho inevitable douceur was ts-is forth forth- con tho the size of or which however howe caused the time to open hl his oyes and to make malee up his lila mind that this o n man Was wais either a It pi prince luce or or a Q foo fool or un nn 1 3 b t IIo no Bj T of Ct Ui TB 0 but hut simply an ait joed t tO tOI J return turn to his native land and therefore rather in his effusiveness effusive effusive- ness Theres Theros a good fellow he be ex exclaimed cx- cx claimed cordially Take mo me there at al once As s he the tIme obsequious porter to the thc door of time the bar which connected with the tho street he lie thought to himself Dove Do Dove Do There cannot be Le man many Doves Dovel in n London I shall look down time the list of oC Doves DO in the tho directory director and amid eaMIl easily pick out my brother in I hope the thc human Dove does not riot take talce after tho the prolific bird or I r shall shaH be hunting Doves all day ay long But anxious as Captain Derringer was to find his sister he lie was not destined to consult the time directory in iii search of her residence qui Quito quite to as soon soomi as he lie had Ima Imagined lne I For or Just as lie ho re reached chell the time dor dol his exit was harre b by the time precipitous en trance of or a remarkably handsome young oung woman dress dres dressed ed d In the very height h perhaps a little beyond the height ht of or the fashion Now Kow Jack Derringer was exceedingly exceedIng susceptible and always had an eye for tor a pretty woman Moreover er after tIme the years ears he had spent In India seeing only the eyed dark natives and tho time Europeans faded i by the enervating Influences of oC the time climate this robust lobust eyed bright rosy cheeked woman came caine upon him hint almost as IlS a revelation ll By Jove jovel What a splendid girl Irl he lie thought and ho lie motioned the porter to wait walt a moment In order that he lie might feast his eyes a n little longer upon his entrancing vision Scarcely l had bad ho hu paused when the tho entrancing vision turned turne to him and ad ressell him C Can n you tell me sir 1311 site she said In a I pleasant enough voice olce but with a aman man manner n ner cr r that sho showed shod d she was as accustomed to t o take car care caro of ot herself Can Cami you tell me sir f if the five o'clock train stops at I want to go to Barnet Derringer removed his hat lint an and bowed most politely with that exaggeration of or courtesy courtes that we men I mean generally show to the one when of or the feminine gender of or course who least deserves It Would you jou accept a share sharo of m my cab he asked blandly Zulu Zulu for for the stunning young woman was V. our old oM friend the Queen of ot the All drew Au-drew drew her superb figure up to its ful rul extent and fixed upon the au auda auda- clous cious young man a stony glare Iare Sir Ir what wha do you ou take me for tor she demanded In her most dignified man man- tier nero An And then |