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•I.XU2J AXiiiUM a uuuixli-LAJN AJND JN Hi VY W. XT' THE PARMENTER MILLIONS l ... A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure. . . >| (CoDjrliht, uoj, by Arthur W. Marchraout) „ By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT. Author of "By Right of Sword," "When I Woo Cur,” Eto., Eta. Synopsis of Provioua Inatallmant. As "Motile O’llrlcn." a maid, Olive Is cm- plnyed by Mrs. Merrldew at Sllverbeaeh. The girl soon mokes herself a general fa- ‘ vorlte with the other servants. Lawyer Casement prepares to cause the arrest of the Hartmans and others of Merrldew'a gang, .■ f. OilVo dropped another curtsey, and 'the ordeal tvos over. Mrs. Cooper took her Into her room and carefully Bhut the door. “You heard what I said about -your work and your character; I know It wasn't strictly true, and yon know It. too. But you needn't tell any one 'Oise, and I shan't. Tho mistress Is a rare tartar, so ,be on your guard when you meet her. .But she-won't seo much of you. I can' see you will do. and I’ve taken a fancy to you. I wish all the rest shaped os well as you.” With that Olive was dismissed to her work, and set herself to do It so thor oughly and with such unruffled cheer fulness and willingness to help the rest that every one quickly grew to .like her. . She had stipulated. before coming that she should have a room to herself, and as she was- always up first in the house and was. willing t9 get things ready for the rest of tho servants be fore they came down, she was allowed to go to bed proportionately, early. It was then that her real task be gan In earnest. She had brought with per a long black cloak with a hood so fashioned that she coaid at need entire ly conceal even her face; and hidden lU'thls she could move freely about the house when she wai supposed to bo in bed. She had another advantage. Her po. sltlon as between-mald enabled her, pven In the daytime, to be In any part of the manor without rousing suspi cion. She used tills freedom to make herself thoroughly familiar with every .change that had been made In the ar rangement of the furniture, and for tfia first night or two her roamings were more to get accustomed to tho work of spying and to enable herself to move about silently and secretly and without knocking against chairs and tables and any other furniture. While about her work In the daytime, moreover, she contrived to arrange many little hiding places—little refuges to which she could fly at need, or where she could conceal herself In order to overhear conversations between mother and son when the latter arrived. In all this her knowledge of the se cret passages of the house were of the greatest advantage to her, and she found means and opportunity to render them all easy of access . In case of emergency. Three days after Her arrival she had a great stroke of luck. In Mrs. Merrl- dew's bed room she picked up a bunch • Of keys. A* these would prove of the utmost advantage In the secret searches 'sho Intended to make, she hod po hesl. ration in keeping them, and placed them afterwards In secure biding. A considerable stir followed the toss. But ns Mrs. Merrldew had been out walking that day, she could not be pos itive that she had dropped them In doors. The house was ransacked from roof to garret, and no ono was more zealous In the search than Olive her self. Even tho servants' boxes wero ordered to be searched, with the result that .two of them refused and left on the spot. Mrs. Merrldew Immediately read thd'Refusal as proof of guilt, and thus suspicion never fell on Olive . AS the keys were not found, the lock smith had to be sent for to fit new ones; and Olive took advantage of this to obBerve exactly which locks she could now open. Soon her opportunity came. A tele gram arrived from Merrldew that he was coming down to the Manor; and Olive was Immediately set to get. his foom ready. Mrs. Merrldew occupied the roohis which had been Olive's, and the son those which her father had al ways used. Between the two suites was an ante-room In which was ona of .the old secret panels with a recess be hind It. This might have been specially constructed for Olive's very purpose, as It was possible for any one conedded within It to overhear all that passed In Mrs. Merrtdew's sitting room. Merrldew arrived after the time when Olive was believed to have gone to bed. and he went straight to his mother’s room. Olive was watching for him. and ns he passed the spot where she was concealed she caught a glimpse of his face and observed that he was grently agitated. The moment he had gone Into the room she slipped Into the recess to lls- ten. Then she learned that the arre*t« had taken place In London; that the utmoit consternation had been caused, and that Merrldew had come down to Silver- beech lest his identity as Mawford Should be discovered. What was of still greater importance, he had brought the stolen papers with him; and he now urged his mother to hide them In Home place of secrecy and security. Baron Felskov, to whom they were to have been delivered, had left England for a time, and until his re turn they could not be handed over to any one. The Interview between the two was very heated. Mrs. Merrldew, It came out, had Insisted upon her son giving up all connection with hts old associ ate. "Wo have all this, Hilbert," she declared angrily. "Why. then, get Into such a mess ns this other thing threat ens to he?" •Tve told you beforo that they can’t be shaken off In such a way, mother. You knpw what they are. They’d tear us both to pieces If they got wind of tilts affair here. Besides, this matter of tho secret treaty was virtually settled on . before wo wero certain of all this 1’armenter business, but I am going to cut the painter after thlB." “I will hnvo nothing to do with It. Gilbert,” salil Mrs. Merrldew, firmly. "And I won't have anything hidden here. Understand that!" "Well, you must; and that's the long and short of It," ho retorted, doggedly: and a long and angry quarrel followed. In which ho gained his way In the and. And as soon os that waa settled, he flung out of the room In a rage. Where would Bho put them? Olive strained her ears In tho effort to fol low her movements about tho room. Sho heard tho rattle of keys and un locking of drawers and tho rustle of Mrs. Merrtdew's stlk dress, as shu moved from place to place ns If In In decision. Presently the door was opened. Olivo slipped from her hiding place and saw Mrs. Merrldew go slowly down the broad staircase. She paused for a mo ment by the library; and at that mo ment Olive saw that sho held a small packet In her bond. She did not enter tho library, however, blit croseed the hall and unlocked a heavy door Into the corridor which led to a disused wing of the house. Trusting to the concealment of her cloak and tho noiseless tread of her felt shoes,. Olive stole after her. It was tho first real test of her ability asji spy; and the importance of ascertaining tho hiding place of the papers was so crit ical that she'could not hesitate. She wnp strtvlhg now for Jack'aa welt os for herself: His safety ns much os her own depended upon her skill and nerve. Without a thought that eager eyes were watching her every movement, Mrs. Merrldew went right along the corridor nnd entered the room at tho end. She stood a feW seconds at the threshold holding the lamp she was carrying high abovo her head. She was looking for a hiding place for the papers. Then sho crossed the room to one of tho high windows; pulled open ono of the shutters, reached up, and htd the paper In the fold of the upper part. Sho pushed back the shutter, held tho lamp up to assure herself that the ahuttei fitted completely back Into Its recess GRAND Friday and Saturday Next—Mat. Sat. 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She must be sure that he would not come that night. From this corridor one of the secret stairways led to the floor above to a room that was also disused, and from there up to the floor where the serv ants’ quarters were situated, and a soon ax-Mrs. Merrldew had gone Olive opened this panel and waited unttl the man would have made hts rounds. Jt was a prudent precaution. She had been watting about half an hour whon tho door at the end was unlocked noisily. She htd herself and closed the panel, and heard the voices of two men the butler's and one she did not know as they looked Into the different rooms and slammed and looked all the doors behind thorn. Then all was quiet. She still watted, h.owever, until the household should have retired, and then stole out, nnd, almost feeling her way In the darkness, crept to the hiding place, took out the paper and rushed away with It up the secret stair to her own room. Her heart was beating fast with the excitement of the adventure, and she sat down on her bed to rest n moment. She had provided herself with a small electric lamp, and, getting It from her box, she turned tho light on the paper and examined It with Intense curiosity, carefully shielding the light under tho bedclothes so that It could not be seen. The packet was Inclosed In a strong envelope, and there was an Indorse ment on this In cipher which, of course, she could not understand. It waa se. curley fastened with green tapo and scaled. But sealing had been carelessly done, nnd the wax adhered to the tape and not to the envelope. In a flash an Idea occurred to her. To take out. the contents and replace them with a dummy of the same size nnd shape, and then replace the packet where she hod found it. This might possibly prevent her act from being discovered, and would certainly post pone it. Carefully she studied the packet, flx. Inn every knot In her memory. For a long tuna the seal baffled heY, until she saw she must take the risk of cutting the tape and retying It. She was In the act of doing this when she caught her breath. Some one knocked at her door. Silently and quickly ehe threw off her clothes, got into bed and thrust the precious packet under her pillow. • Thon she walled for the knock to be repeated, wondering anxiously and nervously what' the meaning of such an Interruption - could be. > The knock was repeated; this tlmo a little more loudly. CHARTER XUI. Jack. Olive did not reply to the second knock. No one had any right to come and disturb her, and she would not take any notice unless compelled. But a third knock and then a fourth came, each more Insistent than the preceding, and she thought it best to wake up. She made a good noise on tho bed as if rousing herself, and then called: "Is anny wan there disturbing a creature's beauty shleepr 1 "Mollle! Molllel" was called In a low voice. "Who Is It wants Motile at this un earthly hour?" und she yawned loudly. “It’s mo, Annie." This was one of tho maids. 'Tve got that tooth bad again and you said you would give me some of the stuff you hove." "Ah. bad cess to your tooth to get achin' at this ungentlemanly toime. May the dlvtl fly away wld It. But I’ll get It for ye." She got out of bed, struck several matches In lighting her candle, found what was wanted, and gave It to the girl. "Poor colleen. That’ll slnd It to the dlvll, its maether. Take It wld ye and give it me In the mornln*;" and with another huge yawn she sent the girl away. Then she returned to her task. She worked at the packet for some two hours, until she was satisfied that the deception was not likely to bo perceived before the envelope was opened and the blank contents found. Continued In Tomorrow's Georgian. 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