Penny Dreadfuls, 1896 · page 69 of 280
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TOLD UNDER THE MOON. 61 My eyes have been blind of late—I knew not the enemy could be so bold.”’ ‘‘Now you mean—Josephine. I really must see this woman—surely, she is a marvel—having set her heart on a game, she is ready to risk everything she possesses in order to win.”’ “That is Josephine Armitage to a dot. All the powers of earth cannot move her—only absolute de- feat will crush such a woman. You say you would like to see her ?”’ Ves, PD] ‘Vou have already done so,’’ in a low voice that thrills Bob strangely. ‘“Where—when—I don’t remember. ”’ ‘CAh! she deceived me for seven days, and acted her part to perfection. I shall tell you presently how I found her out before I went to the woods to- day.’ ‘‘She is here—in Hawk’s Nest ?”’ be Messy *CA servant ?”’ “Not at all, but calmly and deliberately acting the part of the aunt I had never seen when I sent for her. The lady you met as Miss Gordon is Josephine Armitage.”’ GCOMIGcdooks (C(O) im