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246 BLACK SHEEP.in which she was fortunately alone,in anhystericalagony of tears.Routh did not comehome that night;he sent amessage that business detained him in the City,and thathe wishedhis letters and some clothes sentto him in the morning." This is well," said Hamet; "he is makinghis preparations, and he does not wish to see mebefore he must.The night can hardly pass withoutmy hearing or seeing George."Late that evening Harriet posted the letterwhich Mrs. Ireton P. Bembridge had written.But the evening and the night passed, and GeorgeDallas didnot come or send. Tlie hours were fullofthe agonyof suspensefor Harriet. They-broughtanother kind of suffering to Mr. Felton and hisnephew.At eight o'clock that evening George Dallas,alias Paul Ward, as the police phrase had it, yvasarrested at Mr.Felton's lodgings,chargedwith themurder ofMr. Felton's son. George's agent haddone his work well, and the notes changed atAmsterdam, which the old bookseller's death had