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46 LAURA BRAYTON. went in, looked over the register for names, and talked to the clerk about taking board there.” “What were the names of that man and woman?” “T couldn’t find out with certainty without asking questions that might have hurt my chance to find out more by and by. But there were two names in the same handwriting—a crabbed, cramped hand it _ was, too—that I thought answered to them, for they were the only late arrivals. One was ‘Thomas Hig- gins, Key West’; the other, ‘Mrs. May Granville, Florida.’-” | j “They must be watched. Go instantly to that hotel and take board there. Keep there, and report to me every two hours until you see me. Report in writing by a messenger who will call on you.” “Yes, sir—but you forget all about that insurance now.” “Never mind the insurance. It may be that I am playing for a greater stake than that. Goand do as I bid you. Serve me faithfully, and I may yet _ forgive your neglect, which has cost me so much.” The clerk saw that obedience was his best policy just then. So he left the room at once. “Ii she and that villain are both alive, I have more than common odds to deal with,” muttered Sharp, as he stood alone by the table. “They must be blotted out, or the vengeance which I have studied for years will be frustrated.” cS -€omicboo : (E(@)