There was the letter announcing the visit, but the visitor had not come." "But the existence of that letter bears witness that Miss Meynell believed in the honesty of her lover's intentions." "To be sure it does, poor lass," answered Mr.Mercer pensively.

"She believed in the word of a scoundrel, and she was made to pay dearly for her simplicity.

James Halliday did all he could to find her.

He searched London through, as far as any man can search such a place as London; but it was no use, and for a very good reason, as I said before.

The end of it was, he was obliged to go back to Newhall no wiser than when he started." "And was nothing further ever discovered ?" I asked eagerly, for I felt that this was just one of those family complications from which all manner of legal difficulties might arise.
"Don't be in a hurry, my lad," answered uncle Joe; "wickedness is sure to come to light sooner or later.