Thrice Lost, Thrice Won — page 15: what you’re looking at

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. you’|l excuse my dullness, Mr. Fisher, if I say T ee *t \sec ee ie ae es nul PVE 7F ard 7 ww ‘ J »” iv. ae f r 4 © ca rae. a? i. “| Yee ‘ * : , be EVE RAAT | > WTA Df ne ea) eae, Wad ee a a rey Pes at RN, ot ae ST % ; ’ : fi 4 | ye ' ; “. ‘ : f « ey. ” } J ' ‘ ref : vip « : » f tite Au ! » * : wy rte! } 1 ah. 4 ‘ f if he Be asf va vv) Vaae “ A Wie ; ; 4 ty Tq f ‘ ’ vi « ." ’ ‘ J hy, 7 < » Pas ~ 4“ J Me girl could or Lindt tell me; but I aaa’ she. th 10uE aa t he | deserted her. She wore his ‘wedding-ring, she sk ved me marriage certificate—but she never looked to | see his wife he cannot find—her sister he does, and learns. Bstella is nae sieur the Count offers immense rewards for his heiress: he read for yourself.” _ a tle Estella won’t marry me—you’ll be be sa ont an Ke ri i Y ms 3 rf i Se nf fu eg me i Raysten Dane Ne Hai 7 yey div = z } te OWEN i 5, s fac this world again. ‘No letter, no message ever came Pies > ¢ reaps believing herself betrayed and deserted. And : yet i if see el mp 4 See gilt ition “a ME was not so; after sixteen years our ¥F rench noble t turns up an bie “How eh he discover he has one?” rell. ake geparation-t6 own his marriage, ‘to cain & fi wife. His — i dead and buried, and her daughter and living image li ves and bears her name. He is immensely rich—he has i his” 8 an- a cient title—he burns to behold his daughter, and ee “h her — we as his heiress. But Helen ae neither r inate nor Y ey 0 oe i po have little ean to my ee ciao s oats T ii at x “Mr. Fisher what you have told me; if he is ready | to resigns the girl he has adopted and reared: from infancy, 7 good; if not—you must seek her and find her for yourself, ee : without any clew from me’ She keeps her word—this — haughty Helen Mallory; Ker letter came two days ago. Mc is ready to pay any sum I may demand. Here is the lettor— “ The old man took the et Ge Frorn the table’ ddd? passed i to the captain of the Raven. Roysten Darrell read it ear co fully from beginning to end. RC cite An ae _ “A very nice letter and a very good turn-up for yo Li VE clearly how all this is to benefit me!” “f “In the easiest way imaginable—as the. girls: . Look here, Roysten—you marry her before she knov pp fall thing of her good fortune. When this wealthy F Fr knows punt finds his daughter, he finds his daughter’s husban anc also What — belongs to your wife belongs to you; you celal in be and you—share that fortune with me.” He Ae iy ” * “Exactly!” replied Captain Darrell, coolly oC oe a e lion’s share, too, I take it. A very charming s she ome a, d Mr. Fisher, but not altogether practicable. Ae In the first p. : v a 4 yee ee. ow UI ry a 4 ae - A} girls can be as determined as the dey when t rey che iy In the second place, supposing you ¢ : el h her oO me iy me, she won’t live with me an hour after pi she. fi ( nde her rich father, / fo boom Saas | ; 7 ah tlc