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"I regret to say, madam, that it was by a policeman," added the reporter

"And thither a police you, if you do not instantly vacate these pree

"Thank you for your courtesy," answered the reporter, shutting his book with a snap like that of a steel trap "I have now about all the points I wish to get here I understand that Mr Patrick M'Cabe is no longer under any obligations to you, and fro"

"Yes, go to that unsullied source of truth, who and disobedience Go to perdition, also, if you please; but take yourself out ofdesperate from the unexpected complications of the case Then he summoned one of his clerks, and said in a tone of authority, "Take this lady to my residence, and leave her in the care of Mrs Arnot"

Mrs Haldane rose unsteadily, and tottered toward the door

"No," said she bitterly; "I o to your house"

"Then assist the lady to her carriage;" and Mr Arnot turned the key of his private office with muttered imprecations upon the whole wretched affair

"Whither shall I tell the man to drive?" asked the clerk, after Mrs Haldane had sunk back exhausted on the seat

The lady put her hand to her brow, and tried to collect her distracted thoughts, and, after a e containing Mrs Haldane stopped at last before the gloo, the upper part of which was used as a court-room and offices for city and county officials, while in the basement were constructed the cells of the prison It required a desperate effort on the part of the timid and delicate lady, who for years had alht and approach a place that to her abounded in many and indefinite horrors She was too preoccupied to observe that another carriage had drawn up to the entrance, and the first intimation that she had of Mrs Arnot's presence occurred when that lady took her hand in the shadow of the porch, and said: "Mrs Haldane, I areatly surprised to see you here; but you can rely upon hout this trial I shall do all in my power to--"

After the first violent start caused by her disturbed nervous condition, Mrs Haldane asked, in a reproachful and almost passionate tone: "Why did you not prevent--" and then she hesitated, as if she could not bring herself to utter the concluding words