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For the moment, heedless of their j)resence, he began to pace thi> room in the strenuous concentra- tion of his thoughts. Once he halt- ed in front of the Biuall bust of Kd- gar Allan Poe, whose pedestal still imprisoned the two cuttings of a newspaper whieh formed the bar- rister's first links with the tra- gedy. His itleas suddenly reverted to the j)aragraph describing the ef- forts of the Porto to obtain from the French Government the extra- dition of a fugitive relative of the Sultan. At that instant, too, a tiny clock on the mantelpiece chimed forth the hour of eight. "That settles it," said Brett aloud. "Smith," he vociferated. And Smith appeared. "Pack up sufficient Ix'longings for a short trip to the Continent. Doa't forget a rug and a greatcoat. Have the jjortmanleau on a cab it the J door within three niinuies." "I am sorry, Miss Talbot," lie continued, with his charming smile and a manner as free from i)erx)lc.\- ity as if he was announcing a for- mal visit to his grandmother. "I have just decided to go to Paris at once. The train leaves Vict<jria at 8.15. Lord I'airholmc will take you home, and you will both, I am sure, be able to convince Sir Hubert tha:, to yield too greatly to anxiety just now is to suffer needless pain." He rattled on so i)leasantly that Edith, absorbed by the a;;o;iy of her brother's disapjiearance and possible dit-grace, could not conceal an expre.ssion of blank amazement ttt his levity. brctt instantly became apologc- tio. "Pray forgive my ajijiaieiit flip- pancy, Miss Talbot,' he said. "I am really in earnest. 1 believe that a flying visit to Parifl just now must unquestionably advance us an im- iwrt^nt stage in this inquiry. Let me explain exactly what I mean. Here is a letter from your brother, in handwriting which you and others best qualified to judge de- clare to be undeniably his. It also bears post-marks which would de monstrat.c to a court of law that jt was posted in Paris last night and received here to-day. 15ut it does not follow that it was written 'u Paris ; it might have been written anywhere. Now, acc<jrding to the rwlice, there is no entry in the visi- tors' book at the Grand Hotel which appears to prove that your brother wrote his name therein on Tuesday night. If the handwriting in the Grand Hotel register corresjionds beyond all doubt with that in this letter and envcloix-, then your bro- ther must bo in Paris. If it does not, he is not there. I am conviiice<l that the latter hypothesis is cor- rect, but to make doubly sure I will go and 6ec with my own eyes. There nowâ€" I owed you an explanation, and I have barely time to catch my train. Good-bye. I will wire you in the nr.orning." He placed the mysterious letter in his notebook, gave them a parting smile, and was gone. He managed to catch the 8.1.'5, which started punctually, the sole remnant of railway virtue possessed by the Chatham and Soutli I'^ast- ern line. A restful porter, quicken- ed into active life by a half-crown tip, found him a vacant seat in a first-class smoking carriage, and Brett's hasty glance r^jund the compartment revealed that his tra- velling companions, as far as Do- ver, at any rate, were severely rc- opeetablo Britons bound for the Riviera. The harbor station at Dover wore its unusual aspect of dejected mis- ery. A stiff breeze had brought up n Un. J. v.. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Entirely Cured Him of Itch "I juat w.int to pay A Rood word for Cuticura Sonp and (Jiutnieiit. Four or live years ago I wfts in J'ort Arthur, and I had an attack of (ho itch. It certainly was an inlotcrnble nuisaucc. The itching w.'is prin- cipally at iiiRhta before I went to bed. The thighs were especially aCTucted. "I went to two (lootors about it, and tried more . Uooi-»«. ToBONTO ";*-" ""^ '«'.""'>'• , } ^'^? begiuninK to tWnk the com- plaint was incurable, when 1 was telling uiv troiilile to a barber, and ha 8ai<l that ho would Kuarantco to euro mc. lie told me to take a hot l)ath, use Cuticura Soap, and then apply Cuticura Ointment. I took his advice, and Biiro cnouKh, the itch vanished. '1 had probably been troubled with the itch for two or tlireo montliH before I trir<l Cuticura Soap aud Oiatment, and they completely cured mo of that iiitolerablu nuisance. After ono warm bath with Cuticura Soap and uso of the Cuticura Ointment I was never troubled with the itching aRiiiii. •Anythinf in this testimonial I would bo prepared to swear to in a court o( kw." tSJigned) J. L. llooiior, 26a I'arliamcat Street, Toronto, Jan. 10, 1011. His Sliin Eruption Cured in Ten Days "TIic Cuticura Remedies certainly did work finely, and 1 am thankful tliiit thcro is such a remedy, And that I tritxl it. About thrco iiioiiths ago a terrible itching commoiiced on my body. I could not understand it. It graduallv grow worse an(l covered a largo portion of my tody. Thcro was also a alight eruption of the skin, sort of a rash. SiufTered greatly with the itching and at night tiino had little sleep. I trietl ono or two rcmediea trhich did no good, and then I tried Cuticura .Sonp, Ointment and Ile»olvnijt. In almut ten days I was completely cured." (.Signe<l) T. WilUaua, 115 Pacific Ave., Winnipeg, Jan. 1-t, 1911, You Can Try Cuticura Soap and Ointment Without Cost For more than a generation, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment have ufTon led tbe speediest, suroHt and moat economical treatment for torturing, disfiguring skin •od Bcalp eruptions, from infancy to age. Cuticura Soap and ()intmciit are sold by drug^sts •nil dealers everywhere, but in order that skin-sutTcrers niav prm-a their efbcacv without cost, tho Potter Drug A (lieni. Corp., Dept. 68, lloston, tj. S. A., will send post-free to any adilre.Hit, a liberal sjinxple of each, with a H^-pngu book on skin health. Write for a set to-day, even thougli you have siiiTered loii^ imd f,o|)eli'88ly and have lo.it faith in evcrj'thing, tor, rh Sir. Hooper's letter kIiowh, rvn tho first tme of (^ltic>l^a Hoap ami UiatuiMit may be suindcut to give iuataut ..'!^ -a all elM tuu failwL Mb. T. TViuiaus, Wis-Nirio moderate sea, and the barrister hum'.K'd <^uwn his bag and flung himself into a chair on what a no- vice would regard as the weather side of tlii; charthouse. Ho bore tho discomfort for a few iiiiniites, niid was rewarded for his foresight by positessing tho mont sequestered ii'iok on tleck when the vessel turn- ed licr head seawards and began ono of the shortest, but jierhaps tlic most disagreeable, voyages in the World. Having retained his seat long en<>ugh to establish a iiroprictory right therein, Brett rose and made a short tour of the ship. To dis- tinguish any one on deck was al- most out of the question. The jias- songcrs were hu<ldled up in indefin- able shaties, and there was hardly light suflicient to effect a Htumbling progress over the multitude of liand-bapgagc. So the barrister dived down the com))anion-way and cannoned against a hurley individu- al who had i)ropj)ed himself against " ^'ulkhcad on the main deck sa- loon. something hard in the man's pockets gave Brett a sharp rap, and when they separated with mu- tual apologies, lie laughed silently. "Handcuffs!" he murmured. "Scotland Yard is always prepared for emergencies. 1 will wager a considerable sum tliat as soon as Winters reached headcjuartcrs his story about tho letter caused a tele- gram to be dispatched to Dover. Here's a detective hound for Paris and prepared to manacle Talbot the moment he sees him. What a fear- ful and Wonderful thing is the l-lng- lish police system. A crime, obvi- ously clever in its conception and treatment, can be handled by a sharp policeman wearing regula- tion boots and armed with hand- cuffs. Really. I must have a drink." Clinging to the hand-rails and executing some crude but effective balancing feats, ho reached the din- ing saloon. Near the bar, solemnly digesting a liqueur, stood a man to whom the choppy sea evidently gave no concern. He had the s(|uaro shoul- ders, neat-fitting clothes and closely clipped appearance at the back of the neck which mark the British officer ; but he also stood square on his feet and swayed with uncon.sci- ous ease whether tho vessel pitched or rolled or executed the combined movement. "Now, I wonder," said Brett, "if that is Cajitain Gaultier. He must be. Gaultier, from his name, should be a Jersey man, hence his facility in foreign languages and his employment as a Foreign Office messenger. It's worth trying. I will make the experiment." Ho reached the bar and ordered a whiskey and soda. Turning af- faVily to the stranger, he remarked : "Nasty night, isn't it? I h<ipo wo shan't be much behind time." The stranger gh.need at liim with sharp and inquisitive eyes, but the glance evidently reassured him, for he replied quite pleasantly: 'Oh. no. .-V matter of a few min- utes, iierhaps. They usually man- age to make up any delay after we leave Calais." "That's good," said Brett, "\^- cause I want to bo in Paris at the earliest possible moment." The other man smiled. "Wo are due there at .5.38," ho said. "Rather an early hour for | business, isn't it?" "Well, yes," assented the bar- rister, "under ordinary circum- stance's, but as my only business in Paris is to examine an hotel re- gister and tluMi g(!t Bcmiethinsf t« eat before I return, I do not wish to waste time unnecessarily on the road." Tho other man nodded affably, but gave no siuu of further inter- est. "So," communed Brett, "if it ho Gaultier. he lias nut heard the lat- e^:t ilevelopiiients. I must try a frontal attack." "Does vour name happen to bo G.Tultier?" ho went on. The str-niper aiT''v.ted his linuour glass in the final tilt. "It does." he. siiid ; "but I do not think I have the pleasure of knowing you." "Xo.'' snid Brett, "ynu haven't." "Weill" said the "tlicr ni.-^n. "The fact is." s.iid Br^n. "T heard vrm liad been in Tv<indnn. \ gue.ssCHl from your aone.'vrniu'e lh.it voii inJKht bo a Kinif's Tnest-e'iuT, /Hid it wits iiist uiissiible th;it the. t'niitain ('nuUier in whom I w.ns in- terested n^ight start bnck to tho Continent t.<i-n'L'lit, so 1 put twD mid two t-ncot'^er. don't vou tee, with the rc'iult that th"v n-inVe four, a thin;; which dnes'i't .'ilwnvu Imn- t»en rfi <lp-duction if in niathe'ua- tics." (\antain Gaultier <>ved his oiies- tiouer with some (h-irroo of j^fern susiiieion as he said frmn behind 1 is cig;>r - "Mjn- J notf who loll nre'" "Cnrtninlv" rci)l!e<! Brett. ) 'o di'ojnv loM enr<l. .\f*/>v a noixlr ((loT'" nt. t.hn I1,istp- bon'/l G.TuH'n" eonti'iiip,-! â€" "T •nnnntf). Mr. Prnff_ yClU h.lVO Qy-,rr.« niofirn in nddi'ossinnr ?ne ' "T nni intpfe"*"'' '•> fbe f"'e of a man named Talbot," was tho straightforwatid reply j "and as y«u told the Under-Secretary that you liad seen Talbot crossing to Paris in company witii a lady last Tues day, I hoped that perhajis you would not mind discussing the mat- ter with me." Captain Gaultier was evidently pu/zlcd. Private conversations witli Under-Secretaries of Stato are not, as a rule, public property, and his momentary intention to decline fur- ther con\crsation with this good- lotikiiig and fascinating stranger was checked by remembrance of the fact. "Really, Mr. Brett," he said, "although I do not question tho accuracy of your statement, you will readily understand that I can hardly discuss the matter with you under the circumstances." 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