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THE FACE OF ROSENFEL. Q15 able cur,’ he said. Yes, gentlemen, he called me a cur. So I was, too. You couldn’t blame him for that. He was right. But it enraged me to hear him sayit. I knew I was, but he made meso. Qh, to have strangled him then and there! ‘Then he said, ‘you go home and come again when I have thought about it.’ That is what I did—just what he told me; always his slave and his tool! Then when I came again he says, with that devilish smile of his: ‘It is all right, Dye, my boy; we must write a letter from that Hapgood woman. She’d be likely to believe in her. We must get her out of town to some lonely place—the Somerset road will do. I have thought it all out.” * What for? what for, old Jew? ‘Because it is necessary. ‘l'hat’s enough. Let us bring her to the sea road Tuesday night. Iwill be in a sleigh, you on foot. She will wait by the side of the road. You will walk past. If all is well you will give me the word as you see me driving by. If all is not well, you will not give me the word, and I will go up the road a piece, and turn and come back, till you say to me, go on.’ ‘ Yes, yes, all very well, devilish Jew, but what for? whatfor?’? ‘ Are you insane that you ques-_ tion me? Youdoyour part. Leavemetomine! ‘ Well, well, my sweet Felix, I have done much for you. No doubt my love for you is very great, but am I a monster? Am I utterly without soul. Has your tyrranous heel crushed out every spark of themanin me? Will I deliver up an innocent girl who trusts me? Noga thousand times, no, old Jew.’ ‘Are you going dait? Don’t you know what my power is? Have you forgotten Dale and therest?? ‘Iforgetnothing. Believe me, yet, my mem- ory is very, very good. Ah, proud Jew, some day that memory may cost you something. But now you shall ‘comic r’ : ‘ a m3 eT a Le, ee * 7 : Fr ee | ‘ Dd th ASS) ee < r ? toh Pe eps” 2 . eet 3 ache ty Ad 4 } ie SF Te. “ v¥ Dkry Pike, Pip CN oe Pith TA fc Dia ede ioe Py v & X " Prey rs ‘ Ay “ +h eney ip HPL wii Stamped ete pegelided ae CS ey. ts aN. . - ~ é ~~ = a +. ; ee : , a an ip ae Pye sal re, OF) Fee ly EMG LR Rae Fe Oe Se dw ie la, » ° Bap een ‘ fama” 4 , ,’ co hae af “ ‘ ey 3 cies , ane yt a, wm Shad g See Cie ead ee eal ie ered * - v8 i - es a of 7 * BY mba on katy ° ral ts ff = ota eee: eae RAGE aH Pl ” > . hd en PK : mr Rt» San, oe vw a eB Figt oR, » as is Pr ee he te Nm he ge sf Abn pds oe! on ae ‘fe S PP ent gin 900 = ¥ 7 . ey Ss a - — ¢ “ ' Koen aa r ad. es Asie pag