[Mischievous Maid Faynie by Laura Jean Libbey]@TWC D-Link bookMischievous Maid Faynie CHAPTER XII 8/8
I left in a week.
I did not resemble my cousin so much at that particular time for the reason that my mustache was shaven off then.
Without that you would be surprised to see what a wide difference there is between us." "It is a great scheme, if you are sure that you can carry it through," said Halloran, breathing hard and eying his companion fixedly. "Trust that to me," replied Kendale, jumping up and walking the floor to and fro excitedly. It was midnight when Halloran left Kendale's apartments.
During those long hours the two plotters had concocted a diabolical scheme, which they meant to carry out ere the morning light dawned. All unconscious of the nefarious plot against his life, Lester Armstrong was up with the sun the next morning, and was down to the office at an early hour transacting the great amount of business that he found upon his hands, contingent upon being the head of the firm of which he had for so many years been but an humble cashier. Despite the sudden wealth which had come to him, all that day he felt a strange depression of the heart, a strong impression of impending evil, which he could not shake off.
Even those about him noticed what a gloomy look there was in his eyes. He was the last one to leave the great building that night, and as he stepped out upon the sidewalk, he muttered to himself: "I wonder what is about to happen to me, my heart feels so heavy, so depressed.".
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