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a - toascertain many important facts. oe at a ewe ee 28 Joe Phenix’s Combine. ** ‘Yes, a masquerade dress!” she remarked’ ‘then hastened to get out an envelope and shut down the trunk lid. ** Oh, yes,a masquerade dress!” and Mrs. Engle- burt laughed. ‘* That would be very well for Miss Jones, for she doesn’t know any better; but Ido, I guess that you have been an actress, and that dress is a part of your wardrobe, eh?” ‘Well, don’t say anything about it, that’s a dear! will you? You know some people have such a holy horror of actresses!” ‘* Yes, 1am aware of that fact. said you were a music-teacher,” **That is the truth, Iam giving music lessons “now,” ’ ‘* But you have been on the stage?” “Well, I suppose I will have to own up; but ‘you will keep it quiet, won’t you?” and Mignon assumed an imploring tone, ‘*Oh, yes, don’t you worry about that. I know what it is to have a little secret of my -own,” the ladv declared. ‘* But there, I never asked you to sit down,” And Mignon pushed a rocking-chair toward the other. ‘*I am so glad you came in, for Iam such a lonesome creature. If you know any- thing about a stage life, you will understand that we professionals are very fond of baving a good time, and don’t like to be ‘ cooped up like muns,’” Mrs. Engleburt had taken possession of the yea age arg and proceeded to make herself at jome, ‘*Oh, I have been on the boards myself,” Mrs. Engleburt remarked, ‘‘So you cannot tell me anything about the life behind the footlights, And I confess 1 would dearly like to get back there, too, This kind of life that I am leading now ey peta Miron F : , yes, 1 wish I cou oto acting again and Mignon heaved a deepal h. <font “Well, why don’t you? I should think it would pay you much better than teaching mu- ‘sic. ‘* There are reasons why I have to keepa little shady for a while. I am from England, and there are some people there who would dearly like to make trouble for me if they could. ** You see, dear, I got into a little scrape. A gentleman paid me attentions and presented me with some valuable jewelry, and then his people got after him and kicked up such a horrid row that the mean fellow declared that he had never given me the jewels—they were his mother’s, you know—and said that I had got them away from him when he was under the influence of liquor, ‘They didn’t want to bring the case into court on account of the man’s family, but the detectives got after me and made things so un- pleasant that I just cut and run,” , ‘*T am a Londoner myself.” ‘* Well, [am an American born, but I have spent a lot of time in England.” ‘““And you got away with the jewels after Miss Jones all?’ Mrs, Engleburt inquired, very much inter- ested in the story. ‘* Oh, yes, I will show them to you. I had to give up some, but I managed to hold on to about a hundred pounds’ worth. And then Mignon opened her trunk and hunted -out her jewel-case, The stones were fine diamonds, and Mrs, Engle- ‘burt, who declared that she was u good judge -of such matters, expressed much admiration. In getting at the jewel-box a good-sized flask was neste and Mrs. Engleburt remarked in a joking way that her companion bad a strange ind of a cologne-bottle. Mignon laughed and replied: ‘Ob, well, I think you can imagine easily enough what kind of cologne I carry in that ‘flask! Ihave lived long enough in England to ‘get used to brandy and water, and I always neg A supply of good brandy with me. ** Will you have a little taste?” ‘* Well, I don’t mind a few drops, though I _ seldom drink any spirits,” Mrs, Engleburt re- plied, but there was a sparkle in her eyes that ‘belied ber words, __ The brandy was duly sampled, and Mrs. Engleburt’s few drops consisted of a drink big Beta to satisfy anybody but an inveterate Tr. here was a pen of satisfaction in Mignon’s eyes as she smiled upon her new-made friend. She believed she had discovered the weak _ point of the other, The production of the flask was no accident. _ ‘The young actress had met many English- “women in the course of her career and about all of them who were inclined to be fast were more or less addicted to drink, so she had laid a trap _ for Mrs, Engleburt, and succeeded in catching her without any difficulty. This was the begioning of the acquaintance- Ship between the two, and Mignon played her part so well that within a week she had managed Each night before they went to bed the two _ paid their respects to the brandy flask, which idMignon took care to keep well filled with the best liquor that money could buy. Mignon drank sparingly, but the other in- He had refreshments provided for the ladies, der theinfluence of the liquor before she retired and while in that state she had but little control over her tongue. Joe Phenix was kept duly advised of the pro- gress made by Mignon, and at the end of the week, by his orders, Mrs, Engleburt was decoyed to his room inthe tenement-house, under pre- tense that Mignon was going there to see a comic | opera manager who thought of engaging her. Joe Phenix assumed the role of the manager. including wine and brandy, and in the course of an hour Mrs, Engleburt got in such a condition | . ° . < her to his sub-cellar prison, which, how- ! ad been provided with a little more fur- | that ic was an easy matter for the detective to conve ever, niture for the accommodation of the woman than it had held when the English ruffian occu- pied it. Leaving Mignon to guard the captive, Joe Phenix, accompanied by Tony Western, sped away on another mission. Slowly, little by little, the great detective was drawing together the threads of the snare which he had spread to catch the prey he sought, and to his notion success was now only a question of time. CHAPTER XXXIL ENTRAPPED. YouneG Engleburt had put a personal in the newspaper spoken of by the promoter, express- ing his willingness to negotiate. And that nigbt Mr. Brown made bis appear- ance at the Engleburt mansion, and was duly ushered into the library, where Maurice sat. ‘* You have concluded to come to an arrange- | ment, I presume,” Mr. Brown remarked in his soft and oily way. ** Yes, I think so.” ‘*T am glad of it!” the promoter declared as he sunk into the chair to which young Engleburt had waved his hand, ‘Of course, before I pay out any money I should like to satisfy myseif that this document is really what it is represented to be.” “Certainly, of coarse! Very natural under the circumstances! I had an idea that you might like to see the paper and so brought it with me,” Then from his breast pocket Mr. Brown pro- duced a large envelope, and Maurice could plain- ly see that there was an inscription on it in his ather’s handwriting. From the envelope the promoter took a legal- looking paper, but before he bad a chance to open it, Joe Phenix, who had been concealed in a closet in the rear of where Mr, Brown sat, ad- vanced noiselessly into the room, and wrenched the paper from tbe hands of the other, a his trick is mine, I think!” the detective cried, ‘**Am I to be robbed!” cried the promoter, wheeling suddenly around, drawing a revolver as he did so, but he had no chance to use the weapon, for Tony Western, who had been con- cealed bebind a screen at the end of the room, rung forward and passing his bands through the arms of the other held bim helpless. ‘‘ The game is ended and you are trapped last, Dandy Charmer!” Joe Phenix cried. **This is an outrage! What do you mean?” exclaimed the prisoner, very pale. ‘* The end*bas come, and though you escaped me the first time, you will not be so lucky on this occasion,” the detective said, And then he stepped forward and removed the iron-gray wig which ‘‘Mr. Brown” wore, revealing the blonde hair of George Rochester. ‘* Quite a transformation!” the detective re- marked, grimly, ** And when the bleach fades from your hair, and *t assumes its natural hue, and the dye vanishes from your face, I fancy that you will look a deal more like Lysander Somerdyke than you do now.” ‘* You will have difficulty, I think, to prove anything against me,” the prisoner ¢ried, with an angry sneer. “I think not!” Joe Phenix replied, I have nabbed two of your confederates, Cuddlewick, the butler here, and this false Mrs. Engleburt, and both of them have made a clean breast of it, so 1 know that it was you who personated Abrabam Engleburt and married the woman, and through the evidence of the butler I think Iean bring the ceath of Abraham Engleburt home to you. You madea fatal mistake when you tried this will business, for I was with . Engleburt when be burnt the document, and put a blank sheet of paper in the envelope so as to hold a check on his son, When I dis- covered after the death of et ite that the envelope had been taken I reckoned what your game would be,” Somerdyke saw that the game was up and said nothing. He cheated justice though by taking poison before his trial, Mignon pleaded for the false Mrs, Engleburt, who as the lawful wife of the scheming English- man but obeyed his command, and she was al- lowed to escape. Our tale is told, _. The wonderful plot had failed, thanks to Joe at | &S9 Beadle’s Half-Dime Library. BY ALBERT W. AIKEN, 11 The Two Detectives; or, The Fortunes ofa Bowery Girl, 76 Abe Colt, the Crow-Killer. | ZY Sol Ginger, the Giant ia | 288 Joe Buck of Angels and His Boy Pard. 447 New York Nat. A Tale of Tricks and Traps in Gotham, 458 New Bargland Nick; or, The Fortunes of a Foundling, 464 Nimble Vick. the Circus Prince. AYES Taos Ted, toe Arizona Sport. 510 Cool Colorado, the Hall-Breed Detective. | 518 Cool Colorado in New York. RY GEORGE WALDO BROWNE, Roek the Man from Texas. read Rider; or, The Texan Duelist. 99 The Tiger of Taoa; or, Dandy Rock’s Angel, 1156 The Mad Miner; or, Dandy Rock’s Doom. 181 The Golden Mand; or, Dandy Rock to the Reacne, 164 Dandy Rock's Pledge; or, Hunted to Death, 178 Dandy Rock’s Rival; or, The !!aunted Mald of Tacs, BY CAPT. J. F. C. ADAMS, 84 Oregon Sol; or, Nick Whiffles’s Boy Spy. 46 Glass-Eye, the Great Shot of the West. 54 Ned Hazel, the Boy Trapper. 56 Nick Whifles’s Pet; or, In The Valley of Death. 60 The White Indian; or, The Scovt of the Yellowatone, 70 Old Zip’s Cabin; or, The Greenhorn in the Woods. 81 Lightulng Jo, the Terror of the Prairie. 85 Buck Buckram; or, Bess, the Female Trapper, 247 Old Grizzly and Mis Peta; or, The Wild Huntress, 251 Light-house Lige; or, Osceola, the Firebrand, 257 The Loat Munters; or, The Underground Camp, 2838 The Scalp King; or, The Human Thunderbolt, BY JOSEPH E. BADGER, JR. 2 Vellowatone Jack; or, The Tra spat AS Black John, the Road-Agent; or, The Outlaw’s Retreat, 65 Wurricane Bill; or, Mustang Sam and His Pard. 119 Finca! 9 won ag a The King of the Plains. 186 Night-HMawk Kit; or, The Daughter of the Ranch, 144 Dainty Lance the Boy Sport. » 151 Panther Paul; or, Dainty Lance to the Rescue. 160 The Black Glanty; or, Dainty Lance in Jeopardy. 168 Deadly Dash; or, Fighting Fire with Fire. 84 The Boy Trailers 3 or, Dainty Lance on the War-Path. 208 The Boy Pards; or, Dainty Lance Unmasks. 11 Crooked Cale, the Caliban of Celestial City. 10 The Barranca W olf; or, The Beautiful Decoy. 19 The Black Riders or, The Horse-Thieves’ League, 5 Old Double Fiat; or, Ihe Strange Guide The King of the Wooda: or Daniel Boone’s Last Trail, Kit Fox. the Border Boy Detective. Chincapin Dan, the Boy Trailer. Chineapin Dan’s Second Trall. BY LIEUT. A. K. SIMS, 546 Captain Cactus, the Chaparral Cock. 568 The Dandy of Dodge. 576 The Silver Sport. 5838 Saffron Sol, the Man With a Shadow 49 Tom-Cat and Pard; or, The Dead Set at Silver City. 01 Happy Mana, the Dutch -Vidocg. 611 Bildad Barnacle, the Detective Hercules. 622 Texas Tom-Cat’s Triad 681 Tom Cat’s Terrible Task. 688 Tom-Cat’s Triumph; or, Black Ivan’s Great Combine, 646 Cowboy Gid, the Cattle-Range Detective. 657 Warbling William, the Mountain Mountebank. 665 Jolly Jeremiahy the Plains Detective. 676 Signal Sam, the Lookout Scout. BY BUCKSKIN SAM (Major Sam. 8. Hall.) 284 Old Rocky s ** Boyees; or, Benito, the Horse-Broaker, 246 Glunt George; or, The Ang’! of the Range. 275 Arizona Jack ¢ or, Giant George’s Pard,. 297 The Tarantula of Taos 5 or, Giant George’s Revenge, 807 The Strange Pard; or, Little Ben’s Death Hunt. 818 Ker-whoop, Ker-whoo; or, The Tarantula of Taos, 827 Creeping vat, the Caddo}; or, The Red and White Pardes, 282 Frio Fred; or, The Tonkaway’s Trost. Fighting Trio; or, Rattlesnake, the Tonkaway. 849 Wild Wolf; or, Big-Foot Wallace to the Front. B57 The Ranch Raiders; or, The Siege of Fort Pargatory. £64 Snap-Shot, the Boy Kanger. 875 Chiota, the Creek; or, The Three Thunderbolts, 881 Bandera Bill; or. Frio Frank to the Front. 892 Romeo and the Reda; or, The Beleaguered Ranch. phy patti Lariat ¢ or, Pecan Pete’s Big Rampage. e y from Denver. 427 The Three Trailers; or, Old Rocky on the Rampage, 442 Bluff Bill; or, The Lynx of the Leona. ‘ Abb Little Lone Star: or. The Belle of the Cibolo. 684 Cache Carl, the Chico Giant MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORS, 4 The Wild-Horse Hunters, By Capt. Mayne Rela and Frederick Whittaker. 9 Adventures of Baron Munchausen. 12 Gulliver’s Travels. By Dean Swift. 14 Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp. 16 Robinson Orusoe, (27 Illustrations.) 18 Sindbad the Sailor. His Seven Voyages. 22 Re Sea Serpent; or, The Boy Siobina Crusoe, By Juas Lewis. 88 The Ocean Bloodhound; or, The Red Pirates of the Carribees, By 8S, W. 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