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Serviss had just written and sealed a letter to his sister, wherein he said, "I shall reer here in the reatly," when a knock on the door announced the bell-boy bearing a card

"Dr Britt!" exclai him up, please," and to hi definite about this aroup of people"

The manner in which Britt entered the rooh the door, not stealthily, but carelessly, casually He, too, was tall, with a wide, dark beard curling over very pink and rather pluht black eyes a sardonic sheen played as he loosely shook his host's hand His expression was that of aa joke or recollecting a uid as his lireeted hilad to h Miss Lambert"

"I saw you on the street," replied Britt, without change of expression, "so I looked over the register to find out who you were I'lad to meet up with you I know you very well by reputation, and Weissmann is an old acquaintance of our fa the Lamberts?"

For some reason this directness disturbed Serviss a little "No--oh no! I just drifted in over the divide from the desert, and met Miss Lambert by accident, quite by accident I dropped into Colorow to rest and rinse the desert dust away, before returning East Turn about is fair play--what are you doing here?"

Britt struck his left breast with his thu Whenever you strike a suspicious character out here he's either a 'one-lunger' or a 'remittance man'"

"That's what makes your country worth while"

"I don't know about that, but you'll find a goodWhen you fellows develop an anti-toxin for the consu back to God's country"

"We're hot on its trail," replied Serviss, jocularly

"I know you are I 'read after you,' as they say out here In fact, I've got a little 'far the beasts ive me a hint or two"

"With pleasure," Serviss heartily responded "So you know Weissmann?"

"I used to My father was an attaché of the e old 'Hair and Goggles' to come over; he was a conceited ass at that tiovernor always said; but the governor wanted to do soe"