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It see it before, and by a queer twist of ht of Mrs Carstairs as he took up the mysterious little parcel and turned it about in his hands

Yet his throbbing brain would not allow him to feel certain as really inside the packet, and with a sudden access of nervous irritation he broke the seal which held its contents apapers

And as he realized what it was that the paper had hidden he uttered an exclamation in which surprise and dismay and relief were oddly blended

In his hand he held a box containing a hypodere and a supply of morphia, and now he remembered how Mrs Carstairs had told him of her purchase of the sa alone She had given him the packet without apparent reluctance, and as his oords, "I shan't be te back to his memory he sns and omens I should take this as an unered the syringe thoughtfully "And upon n In any case"--all the pent-up bitterness of his soul found vent in the words--"in future what I do can have no interest for Iris Cheniston!"

As if the sound of the na touch to his reckless cynicisesture he struck a -table; and as the little yellow flahten the encolooy in striking contrast with his previous lethargy

When all was ready there cae in his hand, his arnant ht But now her eyes had no power to move him from his purpose Rather they maddened him with their steadfast radiance, and with avision and turned the key, recklessly, in the door which led to the Paradise of Fools

Nearly an hour later the telephone bell rang, sharply, insistently in the hall It went on ringing, again and again, a curiously vital sound in the quiet house; but Anstice did not hear it, and at length the ringing ceased