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about him. I should not like to trust such
a,one.”

‘Good morning, doctor,” said Deaton.
The two gentlemen bowed formally and
parted.

If the doctor did not send the letter,
from whom could it have come? This was
the question that Bunting asked himself
immediately. But no satisfactory answer -
_came. He was puzzled and uncomfortable.
Moreover, the result of the doctor's errand
to New York—which had proved any thing
but a fool’s errand—was something that he
could not understand.

‘“‘T wonder if I hadn’t better call on
Wilde & Lyon?” said he to himself, at
length. ‘Perhaps the letter was no trick,
after all.” :

Bunting held a long argument, mentally,
on the subject, in which all the pros and
cons were fully discussed. Finally, he de-
cided to call at the place referred to in his
letter, and did so immediately on reaching
this decision. Still, fearing that.the letter