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THL; MYSTERIOUS CIPHER; OR, The Hermit of Kelly's Bluff. CHAPTER vnz (CONTINUED.) I "But they say you threw it in the river, Regina." I did; but what else could I do, I had o money to get it buried; the company was paving town without me, and I thought the jt a better place than to leave it there where dIed. What could have I done else, sir ?" Cavendish looked at his companion, doubtful er to coni miserate her ignorance, or condemn r neai'tlessness. Why didn't you call upon the people of the and tell your trouble to them ? They 0t*ld have had it buried at the city's expense." "I knew nothing about that. I was frightened at being left behind. I was sorry for the baby, I hadn't time to think. Besides, the people in » J~e house shunned me because I was a circus rider, m- I>5 1 didn't waut t,° 8° 10 them with my trouble, w a, a reason f°r wanting to get away from them .*•. fast as I could, too." S| What was your reason T "I was afraid to stay!" w alWhy were you afraid 1 Was there anything to "arm you 7" The girl nodded. Yes," she said; but I can't tell you what it o3?- It hasn't anything to do with the baby's ytag, and I dare not tell you." r There were signs of alarm in her manner which ^yendish could not but notice. Regina," he said, I think you had better teli everything. I won't betray your confidence, \n may that your life depends upon the trust repose in me." j I can't! I can't! I promised I wouldn't 1 If ^gan to tell you that, there are other things yoa -Ould know, too!" f, But, child, your life may be saved if you will ll" e ^y life would surely be lost if I told," the girl rejoined. 1, suspicion that the words bore some reference the father of her child crossed Cavendish's mind, he said: you refuse to tell me because yeu stand in jtr °f your husband ?" tiri husband f' the girl repeated, with a sur- prised look. "I have no husband." Of your child's father, then pi^gina's surprised look changed to one of per- "The baby's father died before its mother did," "ke said. "What!" exclaimed Cavendish. "You told me were the child's mother." Never! I told you the baby was mine, t so it was, because the mother gave it to me, and ^5*e me promise I would never part with it as long i lived. I never said I was its mother. I am a child myself." j^Wendish's astonishment was manifested in his Ob." Verilv." he said to himself. this puts the case *ba fferenfc footing. Mothers have tfeen known to «^nd°n children whose existence was a burden or reproach to them, but I doubt if a child like this, vttg assumed such a responsibility, would free erself from it by murder." w Regina," he said aloud, you must indeed tell something more about this affair, or I really can nothing for you. If you have reason to fear any *onf°D or anything, that person of thing may have 0 connection with your present situation, even Ottgh you do not suspect it." tic: I tell you, sir, that can't be so. Jeannot fell < thi t^ree days ago, before I knew there was any- ^g in Dubuque for me to be afraid of. I only it the night the baby died, and when I hur- home he was dead." is it you were afraid of 7" asked Caven- h. j » jy That's what I can't tell you without telling fything else. I promised Jeannot's mother, the gjSht she died, I would never speak of it to any one. l told me that if I never told, no harm would to to Jeann°t and me so when she died I took nding, and everything would have gone well if ^hadn't come here." «,Then you didn't always ride 2" not always." too Did your father and mother travel with a circiw, ?" i "Yes" Ever since I can remember." ft Are they dead ?" «, ee them ?" Ii "Father had an accident, and was brought home &{uL.0De day; and mother fell sick a little while < died, too." oj cavendish mused. • then the baby died," he said. es." I kind of an accident was it that killed „ father 7" JB '1l I don't know. He was brought home all bloody, blt> said he must, have fallen from som £ i • ^Ce and cut his head." 1 What was your father's name ?' I ^H?»was cailed Signor Ortini, the Champion "'IIQer.' "Was that his true name Y e girl was silent, and a trace of her old wild Cave^aB visible in the look she bent upon Seated 0rtini your fat,her's real name?" he 1IItWbat difference does that make with me ?" she of You have come to befriend me, not to talk thinty family. It makes me wild and unruly tc Jpk of them." l4! ask you these things for your own gocd, th gina. But if you don't want to tell me about aboiTme' suppose you tell me instead something ^uh Person who made you afraid to stay in tov,„.Ur|ue- I think you said there was a person in vvh° alarmed you." J I didn't say any such thing," she bluntly replied, '■'S then stopped short. be ,avendisli felt that his singular client could not fej^ed to speak against her will. He therefore So a d stratagem in order to make discoveries, "peaking at random, he said: Hjj saw a fellow in town to-day of whom a girl be afraid. He was tall, dark, with heavy and moustache. He had a way, too, of look- out from under his eyebrows which was any- the hut pleasant, and when he spoke or smiled, j Was an evil look about his mouth. He wore V °lothing and extremely white linen, and when t talked I noticed he limped a little." ^aVCu dish had unconsciousIy described the man fcloffV had that moming seen driven from Kelly's the y .old Dorwin's dog—the same man tvhom, evening before, Judge Fielding had entertained an honoured guest. stihf• stopped when he had half completed his des- barK,for tbe ^rl was inking in every word. ,^g forward, she clasped his arm and exclaimed 0n,. as his name Oliver Blackburn 2 Say, was it Blackburn?" eiao I at do you about Oliver Blackburn V plated Cavendish, now surprised in his turn. t>5ta^?Wert^ie girl cried, shaking her com- mon's arm with her old impatient, passionate tih er. Was it Oliver Blackburn? I have a g t to know." What right?" right of the harm he would do me, if he ojd, she replied. *twe covered her face with her hands for a mo- Then, looking up, she exclaimed: \^He is the only creature on earth whom I fear. lwen am angry I am a match for any ene else; 8tr the sight of that man takes away all my ngth, and makes me as weak as a baby. 'Twas him ma.de me fall the other night while riding, ^in ^ndridge said 'twas because I was made weak So» £ care the child. And it's always been d she went on, in excited, rapid tones. Nothing sj to scare me when I was a wee, wee thing but Hj.™ °f him or the sound of his voice. It's some- Hfee cannot help, and my poor mother was just hi8 She used to shudder at the very sound of and Ive heard her pray time and time t be protected from him." m Who did she ask to protect her?" too could she ask but God ? For father feared did they fear him 1" 0w f ^rl suddenly became conscious that in ber Weart jFn 8he bad 1,66,1 r0vealing what she was SWT ,to keeP secret. Turning sharply around, ■^c'aimed: Yo« hat has that got to do with my being here? *ha*PT0lnised to help me out of Prison, and that's you t0 do' without trying to find out ss that don't concern you." (To be continued.)

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