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the money to liquidate his debt--but Gaunt has put him off, on one

pretext or another, until the money has all slipped away I tell you,

Bev, Jasper Gaunt has got hie Danby, and--God kno et ot his claws into hiain--never"

"Then," said Barnabas, "I must see Jasper Gaunt as soon as may be"

"Oh, by all means," nodded the Viscount, "if you have a taste for

snakes, and spiders, and versby will show you

where to find hi!

But look to yourself, for spiders sting and snakes bite, and Jasper

Gaunt does both"

The knuckles of the Gentleman-in-Powder here made themselves heard,

and thereafter the door opened to admit his calves, which were

immediately eclipsed by the Marquis, who appeared to be in a state

of unwonted hurry

"What, have I beat Slingsby, then?" he inquired, glancing round the

room, "he was close behind me in Piccadilly--h curricles As a matter of fact,"

he proceeded to explain, "I rushed round here--that is we both did,

but I've got here first, to tell you that--Oh, dooce take lass "Positively you ht I knew 'em all, but no--da which the Marquis gently led

Barnabas to the , and began to study his cravat with the e, Devenham," he exclaimed suddenly,--"it's new!"

"Gad!" said the Viscount, "now you come to mention it,--so it is!"