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. JACOBI'S closed his shield: and I want you.” “This matter has gone too far,” Ja- “T am a detective, cobi cried. ‘Mr. Bickel, L assure you—” ; “Let me talk,” Hart interrupted. “Can't you see their game?” Dr. Zabriskie fumbled in his pocket, and drew out the check which the res- taurant owner had presented to the in- jured man; and his hand trembled as he grimly held it out toward the detec- tive. “Take it—we are leaving town ‘by - the first train.” Hart took the piece of paper. “When you leave town you come with me,’ he announced firmly. ‘‘ Will you prosecute them, Mr. Jacobi?” “I cannot see—” “Why, you didn’t run over this man,” the other said impatiently. “It was a dummy, which he dragged into the bushes when he saw you stop, and then lay down in the road himself. There were no highwaymen waiting for you, either. It was all in the game, and they knew that you’d fall for it. Any one in the same position would nat- ~ urally do so.” A light of understanding broke over Jacobi’s face. “T can’t believe it.” “ But I can; and this Dr. Zabriskié is no more a doctor than I am. He was the other man in the affair, Will you pros- ecute now?” A smile of relief broke over Jacobi’s countenance as he replied: ‘“ No; I am too delighted to know that I have not injured a man who was supposedly the cause of saving my life. No, I'll not prosecute, now that I have the check back.” JUGGERNAUT. 249 Hart gave vent to a grunt of disgust. “Well, I'll be darned!’ he muttered. Then he turned to the two men. “Come on now, and we'll see that you get out of town. Pay your bill—” “We did that a few moments ago,” Bickel said, as he shot a furtive glance at the man he had attempted to defraud. “Then, come on—we’ll take you to the station,” Hart added. The four men descended to the wait- ing auto; and Harris’s surprise was noticeable, as he saw them enter the machine. . : “To the station,” Jacobi ordered. Not a word was spoken during the ‘short ride; and there was no parting greeting as the two strangers clambered out at the railroad-depot and stood on the platform, awaiting the train. “You ought to send them up,” Hart declared, as he lingered beside the car. “ By Jove; how about the hundred you thought you were paying to a doctor. I'll get that, too.” But Jacobi detained him. “No; let them keep it. It’s worth that to have my mind relieved—to know my machine. did not break four or five of a man’s ribs.” A heavy train was rumbling into the station, and Hart started toward it with the pair in front of him. “Til see them to New York, anyway. Good day, sir.” Harris turned to his employer. “What does it mean, sir?” Jacobi smiled grimly. “Nothing much, except that you didn’t run over that man Bickel. Re- lieve your mind on that score. Take me home now, and Ill tell you all about it on the way to New York this after- noon.” FAITHFULNESS. THEY vowed eternal constancy— The youth and maiden shy ; Through time and through eternity Their love should never die. But fate, in life’s uncertain whirl, Played havoc with their plan— . He’s married to another girl, She to another man. 1O@OOLK (C@