"
"Well, mine has gone," said Leroy quietly. "I remember now; it was in
that affair in the park."
"What?" exclaimed Jasper, in tones of the deepest sympathy. "Not that
valuable repeater, surely?"
"Yes," said Adrien. "I must get another one."
Jasper smiled, as his fingers touched furtively the watch and chain in
question.
"Did you find your papers?" inquired Adrien, as they rolled through the
streets. "Jackson told me you lost them coming out of the theatre one
night."
"No," answered Vermont, a flush of annoyance crossing his brow. "I have
not. But it's of no consequence; Jackson need not have bothered you
about such a trifle. Merely accounts. I dropped them somewhere between
the stage and Ada's motor, and I suppose I must look upon them as gone
for ever."
"I hope not," said Adrien sympathetically.
"They are of no consequence," said Vermont again, as they reached Jermyn
Court.
Nevertheless, Mr. Vermont would have given many pounds of his
dearly-beloved money to have had those papers safely clutched in his
hand. But at present they were lying on the bosom of a wandering,
homeless girl, and it was well for Jasper that he could not foresee when
she was to cross his path again.
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