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! 26 charge is false, I guess I can find enough others to hold her.” “I guess you can,” said the judge, smiling. “She is a wicked creature, and I am glad you have caught her.” “It. took five hundred dollars to do it!” . said Mr. Fairfax, suddenly. “She had papers and information in her possession that I wanted, judge, and the consequence was I had to bribe her to get them.” “And she let you arrest her for five hun- dred dollars!” cried the judge. ‘Why, old Mother Nance must be losing her cunning!” The two detectives winked at each other. “Oh, I swore that I wouldn’t arrest her,” “and I didn’t. I let my friend here have that inestimable honor.” said Fairfax, laughing, There was a laugh throughout the court- room in which even the honorable judge joined, for there was no sympathy due the miserably wicked old woman. “Five hundred dollars is a good sum for a young detective to put up,’ observed the judge, musingly, as he looked at Mr. Fair- Tax. “Tt wasn’t mine,” answered the young man, promptly. “Tt was donated for the pur- pose by a lady, Miss Marion Marlowe.” He turned and looked at the young girl as he spoke, and in an instant every eye in the court-room was upon her. For once in her life Marion did not feel embarrassed at her position. She was fairly thrilling with satisfaction at having made such good use of her money. CHAPTER XIII. A GENERAL EXPLANATION. There was a brief legal discussion, and (here was a brief legal « ; Bob old Mother returned to the prison. Their then both Bennett and Nance cases were too important to be handled by a we;re Police Court. Liz Green was discharged with a repri- laughing answer, MY QUEEN. mand from the judge, and she left the room weeping on the arm of her father. Madame Leopold was so penitent that Marion could not help forgiving her, and | she was as genuinely happy as her teacher over the restoration of the jewels. : “Oh, I am so glad you held thent as you did,” she said to-Mr. Fairfax, as they were going back to the hotel, “for if you had re- turned them at once I should probably never have recovered the ring, and I prize it most of all for my dear mother used to wear it.” “Then my little scheme worked success- fully all around,” was the young man’s “and instead of catching one rascal I have brought two to justice, to say nothing of having gained for one poor girl her freedom.” (7? “Oh, it was grand!” cried Marion, hap- pily ; “I did not think that I ever could glory in another person’s downfall but I do ac- “tually rejoice that old Mother Nance is in custody !’ “Well, she made it expensive for you,” said Mr. Fairfax, gravely; “but, besides clearing Liz Green, I bought poor Maggie's freedom with your five hundred dollars, for | the old hag even had a8 sage birth cer-— tificate in her possession.” “Then she has returned to her parents oe cried Madame Leopold, eagerly. “Unfortunately, no,” was the young man’s “The people who were interested Mag- answer. experienced a bitter disappointment. gie had been stolen beyond a doubt, but in spite of the certificate there is no trace of her parents.” “Well, Marion, brightly, my parents are hers now,” said “and perhaps in time she will be able to find her real ones.” Suddenly Mr. bursting into laughter. Fairfax surprised them by “T can’t help thinking of that day at old Mother house,” he said, roaring. GOMmIGDOOKS:. CO Nance’s