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•■. After, tfifi"pi^utfonarv measure, Van FTewter went I awayT Some" notion of the unwortfiinessof his j suspicion probably crossed his mind soon after, for j in' thsegurse of the afternoon he telegraphed from BlGotffsht'iry-sqviare that the examination he had otden-d not be pursued. This direction, he countermanded on the morrow, after having slept upon the matter; and the search was recommenced. I may, as well state at once, to set further doubt at rest, that it remained entirely without success. Before Van Flewker's departure, Kleckser, too uneasy as to his friend's possible fate to remain at his desk, as to his friend's possible fate to remain at his desk, had asked and obtained from his principal leave of absence for the remainder of the day. Knowing the time when Raymond must have taken the Richmond omnibus, he sought out the conductor, and by his aid traced his friend to Richmond-bridge. Thence he knew the missing man must have proceeded to Van Flewker's cottage, but here all clue to his sub- sequent proceedings ceased. In vain the German wandered along the bank of the river in vain he enquired of boatmen and those whose occupations lay by the waterside. From none could he obtain "the slightest hint in any way tending to clear up the mystery and it was with a sadder and more gloomy h^art than ever that he bent his way towards, the cottage in .the northern suburb, lAte in the evening, to report his ill success. CHAPTER XXV. DOG-MATIC. A MKi.ANCHoi.v group gathered together in the pleasant little parlour of Mrs. White's cottage to con- sider what should be done. Ruth and her mother had exhausted every probable and improbable conjecture as to the cause ot Raymond's absence, and were fast settling down into a kind of dull dismay. The despondency to which the hard teachings of life frequently render age so prompt had seized upon Mrs. White from the time when they began to wonder why Raymond did not arrive, and had strengthened hourly until, it had.grown into a conviction of the worst. Hope was a s urdier and more vigorous plant in the breast of her daughter, and Ruth as yet re- fused to believe that all might not still be well. It was notable, as a proof of the entire faith both entertained in the.strength of Raymond's principles, that the idea of his voluntary absence never crossed their minds for an instant. The sun might sooner vanish from its place in the firmament than Ray- mond be guilty of anything dishonourable or wrong. Kleckser's belief in White's honour, though power- ful, was necessarily not so strong as that of his relations. Partly this arose from his lesser intimacy with his friend it was partly owing to his greater knowledge of the world, and of the temptations to which fallible human,nature often yields. His fears, however, in this direction, went no further than that Raymond might possibly have fallen into dissipation. Kleckser would have scouted with as much cindigna- tion as the mother, the notion of his friend having been guilty in the manner charitably hinted by M. Parlandet., There sat the three, in sad and moody silence pondering. Little Chrissy, after torturing Mrs. White and Ruth with querulous inquiries after Unky Yay, had cried herself asleep, in the firm expectation, so far as tender childhood ever does look forward, of seeing him upon the morrow. Bleeding as their own hearts were, these kindly souls had left the child in this belief. Why spoil her happy dream ? they had thought. She will awaken to the mournful reality soon -enough. < t I am at de end of my vits, tear lady," Kleckser had just replied to a question of the mother, put for the twentieth time; in the desolateieonfusion of her woe. VI ton't know vhat to tink, nor vhat to say. De whole affair seems to me like von great ugly tream, ;from vhich ve shall vake up presently on a sudden. I keep looking at te toor and exbeçting de poor tear fellow to valk in every minute, and shake us heartily py de hand. It isn't, it can't pe true The faintest possible shadow of a smile flitted across Mrs. White's face at his vehemence. "Alas! my young friend," she returned mournfully, "when you come to my years you will learn how many sad things both are and can be in this" world of trial. What will you say if I tell you that I have foreseen and feared some such terrible event as this for weeks? And my forboding has come true, as I have known it would and must." An ejaculation, of wonder broke simultaneously from buth the listeners. chap 25 Strange as what I say may seem," continued Mrs. White, it is not less true. Weeks ago my boy acquainted me. that he was in possession of a secret affect- ing the reputation of a very evil man. I cautioned him then to use every care not to place himself in that bad man's power; but my heart sank within me, for I feared his honest frankness would be no match for the other's guile. So the event has proved. It is in this direction we must seek. Prav Heaven we may not find our search crowned with a lamentable end." "Dere is only von man of all Vice's acquaintance to whom you can possibly refer, tear lady, and dat is M. Farlandet," observed Kleckser. "Am I right? Yes. Vell, den, believe me ven I assure you dat it is berfectly imbosslble he can have peen in any vay con- cerned in Vite's tisappearance." My dear Mr. Kleckser," returned Mrs. White, I cannot of course tell how my poor boy's dis- appearance has been managed, or what part this mato has taken in the deed. That he was thelitistigatbr I am thoroughly convinced. His artifice will oat'ira'ly have led him to employ means at which we cannot even guess. Yet I will stake my life the guiding mind, if not the acting hand, in whatever may have happened has been his." fC Tear madam," said Kleckser, I am not tisposed to tink too veil of Far!. I pelieve him to be pad, corrupt, and cruel; put I assure you he vould. not tare to act such a part as you fear. Anyting mean, sneaking, or underhand 1 couid pelieve of him noting pold or taring, even in crime. • But are then* not means wa might employ to j solve the mystery ?" inquired Ruth. '• The police— why not try them ? .Their practised skill in detect-j ing wrong-doers would ziurely find the clue to what- ever has taken place." De ■ bolice!" ejaculated Kleckser, with intense I contempt. "Pardoning. Miss Ruth; put if we call in de bolice, dey vill only listen to all ve have to say, f go and look at de Richmond omnipus, df-n at M. van Flewker's cottage, den into de river; come pack and tell us dey can't find anyting out, and pring in a pig j pill of expenses for making dat tiscovery." f But couldn't we write to the Commissioners, or I somebody, stating when Raymond was last seen, and that nothing had been heard of him since ? Surely it I must be somebody's business to attend to these I things," persisted Ruth. chap 25 t Wrong again, tear Miss Ruth," replied remorseless Kleckser. "Vø cau. write to do Commissioner. m you ,t" );;1 suggest. VeR vhat vill pe de result ? In about r veek or two a rebly vill come, dat .Sergeant Bawke has peen tirected to acknowletge de'receipt of your communication, and dat if anyting is heard of de missing barty information vill pe forwarted in tue course, vhich means dat you're not to pe troublesome and exbect ever to hear anyting more from dat quarter." chap 25 But we can advertise, and offer a reward, can we not?" "V ell, yes, but I ton't pelieve dere's de slightest chance of ever getting an answer." But surely something might be done!" cried Ruth, in utter despair. It is terrible, that here, close by this great metropolis, a man should suddenly vanish from his family circle without a trace, and it is no- body's businf ss to try and discover the cauee." "My tear lady," returned Kleckser, with an air of immense superiority. if von tousind bounds had suttenly tisappeared mitout leaving a trace behind of deir vhereabouts, de bolice vould be called in, and vould take de greatest interest in de search. Dis case, you see, is altogeder tifferent. Noting is miss- ing put a tpar good young fellow, who toes his tuty like a honest, man in every phase of life. So it's only de pusiueas of his relatives and friends vhen he un- accountaply tisappears. Nopody's pusiness, tear Miss Ruth, is de secret, of, half de vickedness and misery dat happen in de world." but what we can do ? Is there nothing—nothing whatever than you can advise ?" asked poor Ruth. ■ It may hard to say, teturned Kleckser, put, I shou'ri at. vise for de present dat ve to noting at all :V'tii!<r abbartnt, at, least—no bolice. no atver- I tivrr>> ?its, lItI openly offered rtivard. If Mrs. Vhite's i;r,, andlLi.,Pariantiet has peen in »ny \j", cmseof Raymond's sutten disapp* arance, V" a very artful and vi!y enemy to fight, and mosi him with his own.ve«pons, and in his own vay. i.tt us ao>v pt bis view; feign dat ve pelieve Raymond to h<ve p»-eu temporarily led astray, and hope dat he vill s on return. Meantime, I shall again inorm' narrnvlv into de vay Pari parsed last night; Vitt-tier he had any visitors, who dey vere, and vhat passed. Wadded is no true housekeeber if he can't, j tiow nv.ne light upon dese points. Of von ting I feel be: fectly assured. De more I tink over de case, de more strongly to I feel con- vinced dat some great teception has been bractised upon iia, 'vit,oi;d. vhich has taken him away from town. Re is not in London still, vherever he mav pe. Qf dat I am as certain as of my life. No power on earth cnnld else keep him avay,.from home. Furder,. if Parjandet is/ie teceiver, ve haIl find him out. So cheer up,.tear Mrs. Vhite and Miss Ruth! Ve shall vork together in dis indicate search mit loving hearts and vi!]in«r hands—you for your son and proder, I for my friend and it vill take more dan de cunning of M. i at ia-adt t to peat such odds." They. tWakud the honest fellow warmly for his'aid j. and eh< ering ,worcls..Insensibly to themselves, he had r.ii.<pd the spirits of both by his ,reso!ute and en- couragmg tone. Mrs. White felt a ray of hope again glide into her despairing heart, M she snook hands at parrit g with bastardy coadjutor. Ruth forgot his -comical ;acce.ut arid quaint expressions, as her eyes met his with a. of. ferv»nt gratitude for the timely consolatiqn, that, sfnt, a, thrill of exultation through the German's heart. ,v As,,the cott^e dpor, closed, behind, the Gerihan, h;e .seemed,,to tread on ,air., nation li ;yp -a tinge of romam-p, and it,, was impossible for htm to depart without turning to take a parting glance at the walls enc^iiig^s divinity. It Was'nearly Mid- night. All the inhabitants in that quiet suburb^had long since gone to rest, and perfect silence prevaiiefd in the little gardeo'before the cottage. You might have fancied yourself fifty miles away frojn the iioar and tUrnioil of Bibylon, whose distant lights still flam! heneath the sky. Tresently a murmur came though the window of the little parlour he had just left'—the murmur of a voice speaking in low, con- though the window of the little parlour he had just left'—the murmur of a voice speaking in low, con- tinuous, and revereut tones. Ho stole on tiptoe to the wall aiid listened. Through the casement pene- trated the earnest voicfe- of the mother, bending before the Throne of Grace, in- solemn and touchipg supplication for *h6r abseht son. Kleckser was not rehgious, yet his hand Stole involuntarily upwards to remove his hat, until the prayer of the widow and the fatherless was done. WheH the absence of: light from the parlour window toid the watcher that the inmates of the cottage had retired, Kleckser' turned to tr^wi^e the short path leading to the garden gate. But an enemy opposed his progress. Pis/to the dog, shut out, by accident., and furioiss at the luiachauee, his white spikfs bristling with imhgt.itfiou in the-moonlight, snarled vertgtance upon rho Kle<"kf^r the average share of pluck which tad.s Tai h' lot. of most; men when.the adversary i3 ii.uiiau, r..ut ho iKtu a -rooted objection to eJii-oviucer- fo Lie kr\"W fjorn painful ft.xfj^rience 111 tr fi hitc hard, and entertained a wimie- rtheh'^noisot-hydrophobia. A death from tins in-i itad happened within his own knowledge, tjct of do j amity- keeping a dog ly sn)h<:iei;t je.son for lis dropping iheir acquaint-unee- nor.h'j)»; hilt inclination towards Ruth 1I,ld nid.ire j hnn in this instance to violate his oiui!i;u\ r .ic. ah tlit; instinct of his species, the philosopher Ji.ifl linrke.! rhe dislike of Kleckser, and r^jtaid if- by a sews Of w, Ili the d-slike teii- told. Not salaried- witn constantly administering to Uvnnau strong- (!,)ses ,i bark. li,-k lud sniffed abour. t:is calces aud abound his chair, growling ominously rhe while, in .a manner h ghjy <ii»trHi«t>'ig to Kleckser's nerves. { Upon one or two ocoasioms, indee.1, when Kuth's h^ck ^had hef'n turned, I am bound to voniesfiL. that- JvitfCkser hud ,be") moved I to bestow a retaliatory' kick .upon the philosophic ribs. ■'Vou may fancy Plato.'s triumph, itiere^ore, when he-had his enemy alone in the garden at mirlnight, A baleful gleam of exultation.seeiued to -Kleckser's ter- riiied vision to shoot from the animal's e-,ts, as he gnashed his sharp white teeth in expectation of rhe coming feast. The awkwarkni-s-> of the position con- sisted in Plato being posted, savagely growling, at the gate which Kleckser must neceBsarjly pass to leave tile garden. What was to be d. '11M? Dire are times," thought, Kleckaer, vhen vou must tisguise one's sendiments, and dis is von. Here goes. Good tog, Rtato he muttered, cautiously ad- vancing on tiptoe, while the philosopher's upper lip drew up in an instant, exposing a formidable row of pointed incisors. "Good tog! Tit they shut him ■ out, boor fellow! Never mind, Blato Iftt a fioe night, and you can sleep comfortaply I de Mik tree. You ton't mind my going out, old poyf 7* isn't as if I were a purglar vaating to gab ÍIIt ,oft know. Good tog!" Hoy nfttx) ufu v««vvw« w simply growled. Hang de prute exclaimed Kleckser in greater dismay than ever. I can't stop here all de night! Blato, my tear fellow, pe reasonaple. You know met ton't you ? Your old friend Kleckser "—the hypocrits -11 who likes you so much-at a distance," he added, aside. Quoth Plato: "Arrh!-arrrrh!-arrrrrrh!" Te teuce! vhat is to pe done ?" cried Kleckser. I know. I'll take off his attention, and make a run for it. Once outside de gate, I ton't care. Hfi I Blato, poy vhat's that ? Look, under de fence. Ssss I cats cats At her, Blato, at her But Plato was not to be tempted by this mild artifice. He turned a deaf ear to the voice of the charmer, and repeated his former observation in more menac- ing tones. "Dia is not to pear!" cried the captive. ,-I shall' charge de enemy and rout him. Animals, I have read, quail before the eye of man, and slink tiscom* fited avay. Let us see vhether dis prute vill quail peforlt me. Hallo, Blato, brute Get out of de vay, and let de lad of de creation bass out of de gate." Accompanying this demand with a dignified march upon Plato's position, Kleckser was hugging himself in the belief that the inferior was about to be cowed by the superior animal. His hand was already stretched out in anticipation to unlatch the gate, when Plato, gathering himself up for a spring, rushed with a savage bark upon t.he foe. A yell of alarm, followed by a shriek denoting personal anguish, escaped, from the lord of creation, as, with Plato hanging to his skirts, and shaMi g tliem with much vehemence and energy, lie rushed round the gravel path kurrounding the little bed that formed the centre of the garden, until, arriving near the door, ha managed to escape the enemy's gripe, and scale the trelliswork against the house. Clinging to this post of vantage, some four feet above the ground, Kleckser securely defied the efforts of Plato, jumping up with his mouth full of coat-tail to reach him. Ach, Himmel ejaculated the German, when he had ascertained that he was out of present danger. A'hw, a tog I ton't pelieve he's a tog at all, but a very fiend. Here's a bosition tor a respectable foreign corresbondent in de service of Fabian van Flewker and Company Hanging to the trellis of a house at twelve o'clock at night, init a savage prute vatching at de pottom of it to eat him. Vhat a horriple bosition. "hat shall I to ? Vh:tt shall I to ?" To Kleckser's intense satisfaction, the steady.tramp of a pair of )lpavy boots crunching the gravel foot- path came at this moment upon his ear. Dank Heaven he exclaimed. Here is reseu. at last. Hi! friend, whoever you are, come here and help a tistressed vayfarer!" chap 25 Up came rescue "in the shape of a policeman, who leant across the gatp, and turned his bull's-eye on th# scene. Hullo young feller, what are you doin' hup there? No good, o' course; but the dog's got yef pretty fast auyho.w. ^Valuable hanimal that. 1 Gdt down d'rectly, arid come along o'me." Get town!" roared Kleckser. 11 Not if I ktiow it, vhile, dat treatful peast is at de pottom. Look ho" he's torn my coat alreaty, and pitten my leg. I shall have de-vat you call him ?}—de Hltwlnf;, [hv -dro- phobia], I knpw; and I shall tie. TutfirSt revenge myself upon dat frightful prute. Call off te tog, bolicoman, dis instant, or I shall reboh; you at de station." Gammon returned X 99. That game won't do, my thaver. Get down, I say and don't give any more trouble." "Look here, boKceman; I'll tell you how de whole. ting happened," commenced Kleckser. 11 oti, bother tellings," returned the incredulous guardian of the night. You can pitch yer yarn to the inspector. Come down, I say; or do you watit me to fetch yer ?" It is difficult to decide whether Kleckser's indiguit- tibn at being taken for a thief might not eventually hav overcome his dread of Plato, if the noise of the altercation had not attracted the notice of theinmatei of the h mse. Holts and bars were withdrawn, an,i Sarah's Wiltshire accent was presently audibly inquiring who was making all this noise at that tim. o' night. Dere's de servant! exclaimed Kleckser, joyfully. "Now, Mr. Boliceman, you'll soon see whether I'm to po insulted vid impunity. Sarah Sarah come out, and fetch avay de tog he shouted. Thus adjured, Sarah unclosed the door, and, step- ping into the garden, beheld Kleckser still clinging desperately to the trellis, Plato beneath, licking bUt lips and keeping guard, while the policeman at the s:ate looked stolidly on. The briefest possible ex- planation sufficed. Sarah applied her invariable argument to the philosopher's r bs, and the philoso" plIPr retreated, growling and-snapping at the broom, into the washhouse. The policeman, satisfied, coti-, tentedly resumed his way, and Kleckser, released from his ulJpeasant position, bent his course towards home, stopping at intervals to rub his bitten leg and utter imprecations on Plato, and vainly endeavouring to recollect a paragraph he had lately read, which announced a certain, speedy, and painless remedy tor hydrophobia.