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38 BONNY JEAN. CHAPTER VIL. ‘“STRUNG UP.” For a moment Philip Randall stood erect and fearless before the sinister gaze of Gabriel Black. The villain’s snaky eyes were bent upon the young man’s handsome face with a look of unutterable hatred. He drew nearer, and dropped one hand upon Philip’s shoulder. ~ * Aands off!” cried Philip, contemptuously ; ‘‘don’t dare to touch me, Gabriel Black. I’d sooner encounter any other reptile that lives than you !” Black’s yellow face flushed angrily. ‘“Now,” continued Philip, quietly, ‘‘I have a question to ask you, and I demand an answer. What did you mean just now when you asserted that Jean Conway is your wife?” A glare of triumph lighted up the villain’s face. ‘‘ Because she zs/” he answered, doggedly. ‘‘ Do you doubt it? If so, read that.” _ He flourished the marriage certificate before Philip’s face. He saw at once the import of the document, and grew deadly pale. ‘‘How dol know but that this is a forgery?” he asked, quietly. ‘‘I do not trust such creatures as you, Gabriel Black, now that I have found out your real character.” Black laughed derisively. ‘Don't, eh? he cried. ‘‘ Well, look at that, then.” He unfolded a second paper, and, keeping his grasp tight upon it, allowed Philip to glance it over. It was the fatal con- tract signed by David Conway upon his death-bed. Philip trembled like a leaf as he realized the truth. | ‘« Black,.” he said, striving hard to be calm, ‘‘I believe that there is some deception and fraud here. Mr. Conway, on his =) Eomichooks.co