k
solemnity. "He has had his claws clipped and has been taken into custody
by that sly little mischief-maker, Mademoiselle Louise Aubin."

"Good Lord!" cried Reggie. "Miss Maynard's maid?"

"Yes; she is a very astute young lady, and the only actor in our drama
whose actions have been not quite clear to me, except that she was a
bone of contention between Pierre Legros and Levison, and also figured
as one of Nugent's puppets. Be that as it may, she contrived to get hold
of Lowch, who, as you know, is a widower, as he was hanging about
outside the police-station ready to get summoned on the two later
inquests. She set her cap at him so effectually that he gave the coroner
no trouble, and proposed to her the same evening."

"It must have been her figure that fetched him," said Reggie, with the
air of a connoisseur. "She's great on _corsage_."

"And the figures in old Lowch's pass-book fetched her, I expect," roared
Montague Maynard, rising. "Come, let's go and cool off on the lawn. It
is time some one put a stopper on old Sally Dymmock. She's worrying the
love-birds, and demoralizing that girl of yours, Mallory."

THE END

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