The American Marquis by Nick Carter — page 76: what you’re looking at

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72 erates t THE AMERICAN MARQUIS. chief on the bureau. When he took it up again, he noticed _ that it was differently marked from his. His had been marked in silk by Grace’s dainty fingers. Looking at it more closely to see what initials they were, he uttered a cry, and angrily threw it from him. _ “IT thought I had laid that away so that I should not see it again until I was ava a he initials were G. : He walked up et Ne down his room until he had ina measure overcome the feelings which the unfortunate in- | itials had aroused, and then opened his trunk, took out a . small tin box, and ‘unlocked it. «<T intended to put that in here, and thought I had.” He opened the box. There, carefully folded up, lay a handkerchief. Clinton had evidently made a mistake. “Is there a fate in it that will not let me forget?’ he Ss ) asked himself, sadly. He took out the handkerchief, carelessly shook it out, and - glanced mechanically at the initials. << What!” He looked at the other handkerchief. “* Heavens!” He passed his hand across his forehead. Looked again. ‘“‘Howcame I by twosuch?” . aon he examined them. There could be no mis- take The initials were the same. CHAPTER XXII. WHAT ‘‘G. A.” STOOD FOR. ‘¢What couldit mean? What did it mean?” These two questions Clinton asked himself over and over, and still could find no answer. _ The perspiration stood in beads on his forehead. Was it a message from Heaven—a reminder of his duty? Was it a trick to mislead him? Was he known and watched? _. Had he deceived himself in supposing that Clinton Hast- comicbooks.com