He is always on guard." Both Patsy and Uncle John were by this time sorely perplexed.

They had a feeling common to both of them, that the subject of this portrait and A.
Jones were two separate and distinct persons; yet the resemblance could not be denied, if they were indeed the same, young Jones had deliberately lied to them, and recalling his various statements and the manner in which they had been made, they promptly acquitted the boy of the charge of falsehood.
"For what was Jack Andrews noted throughout Europe ?" inquired Mr.
Merrick, after silently considering these things.
"Well, he was a highflier, for one thing." answered Le Drieux.

"He was known as a thorough 'sport' and, I am told, a clever gambler.

He had a faculty of making friends, even among the nobility.

The gilded youth of London, Paris and Vienna cultivated his acquaintance, and through them he managed to get into very good society.