MR.

SHELDON ON THE WATCH.
Mr.Sheldon had occasion to see Captain Paget early the following day, and questioned him closely about his _protege's_ movements.

He had found Valentine a very useful tool in sundry intricate transactions of the commercial kind, and he expected his tools to be ready for his service.

He was therefore considerably annoyed by Valentine's abrupt departure.
"I think young Hawkehurst might have told me he was going out of town," he said.

"What the deuce has taken him off in such a hurry ?" "He is going to see some mysterious old aunt at Dorking, from whom he seems to expect money," the Captain answered carelessly.