John Thaddeus MacKay

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ...and say to Mrs. Mackay that I want to see her at once." When Adelgisa arrived, Mr. Weaver Warp carefully closed the door behind her. "Will you take £2,000," said the attorney, "and be thankful? He will give £3,000, and I must have something for my trouble." Two thousand pounds was a dazzling sum to Adelgisa, but she thought a thousand to the lawyer was much more than his share. So she objected. "Very well, then, say £2,500, and I must be content with the balance, as the game is so soon run to earth." "Very well," she said. "And now, my beauty, give me a kiss, for I've a great fancy to make you Mrs. Warp, in name." "You nasty little fellow; make me Mrs. Warp, indeed! But there's a kiss. When shall I get the money? I want to go to Paris." "Yes, you'd better get out of London. I've a great mind to go to Paris with you." And so it was agreed between them. The next day Ross King paid his money and got his receipt, which he carefully lodged in his private safe at his bankers. The little Jew gave a jump of joy as the ironmaster retired. "That's a good week's work," he said; "five thousand five hundred pounds! What fools these Christians are!" That night "Mr. and Mrs. Levison" left for Paris. CHAPTER XIV. "Woman at best's a contradiction still."--Pope's Moral Essays. Thaddeus had been at his new duties for some months, liking them well, when he received a letter from Radley Prior. A tall, thin curate of St. Paul's, at Brighton, had been to St. Saviour's, at Brixton, and had told Mrs. Prior, in the quiet moments after luncheon, of the sudden disappearance of a dashing-looking woman who had attended St. Paul's, of the story retailed from t...