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150 was private or hired, but he "guessed" it wasn't a livery hack, "cause the harness jingled."

The other and brighter messenger said the man was young, denied the soft felt hat and pronounced the carriage a hired one.

Richard hurried through his dinner, possessed of an unusual feeling of happiness, and went for Dido Morgan to spend their last evening in their peculiar search for Maggie's sister.

To-morrow Penelope would be home, and he had learned something. If ever so little, still it was something, and now that he had made such a successful start he began to feel hopeful of a final success. He knew now where the dress had been made and he knew a man had called for it. He had engaged the two messenger boys, and with them he intended to search the town over for the man