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88 MONSIEUR MERLE, THE WIZARD. CHAPTER X. MONSIEUR MERLE, THE WIZARD. It has all passed so quickly that some of the men_ present have hardly been able to learn what the ex- citement is about before Gypsy vanishes up the stairs and Livingstone is led, dazed and subdued, intoa side room, after his unlucky Quixotic encounter with the mirror. The murmur of voices arising proclaims what an intense interest these pilgrims at the Denver cara- vansary take in the matter. As for Bob, that worthy chuckles as though he believes it the best joke of the season. He has felt very vindictive toward the Virginian, but what he has just seen tells him that Guy Livingstone has re- ceived a terrible lesson, and Bob is inclined to call it quits. He figures up on his fingers the multitude of disasters that have come upon that party. First, the stinging lashing received at the hands of a little woman who can defend herself, and this, in iteslf, is enough to demoralize even a bolder man than the Virginia beau. | Second, the catastrophe with the mirror, in which he came out so badly—he will doubtless have a sore head from that battle royal for at least a day or two. Then again there are the pecuniary damages due EOPMICG OOO KS.6© im