Out with Garibaldi

our away. On his return he saw a cab standing at the door. As he approached, Beppo c

r," he said, as he joined

as placed there to prevent any one listening at the keyhole; after such an insult as that he could not remain any longer in the house. I said that he was at liberty to leave instantly, as his wages had been paid only three days ago. He made no reply, b

at he had made up his mind to leave before you did, and he was glad that the fact of Mary being at the door gave him a pretext for his sudden departure. In the first place, he could conduct the affair better than any one else could do, as he knows your face and figure so well. Then, too, he would naturally wish to get the credit of the matter himself, aft

he other drive at once to some place where Beppo is waiting. As likely as not he will go via Calais. If you go that way, so much the better; if not, he will only have to post himself at the station at Paris. It is likely enough that during the last day

could the

nough for that; possibly he may

n he was at home at Christmas, usually stood. "You are right," he said; "it has gone." Then

; you know where it hangs.

other," he said, when

en yesterday, and a dozen copies made of it; so that, even if you give the

consider it possible that we may have changed our plans about where we shall hide the money. It is not as if they wanted to put me out of the way, you know; you and the signora agreed that that is certainly the last thing they would do, because there would be a tremendous row about it, and they would gain no advantage by it; so

to travel by diligence from Dole to Geneva, thence to Chambery, and again by the same method over the Alps t

o make your mind easy, I will promise you that at Marseilles, if I have to stop there a night, I will k

ng over the Alps. Of course, the diligence stops sometimes and the people get out, and the

ousand pounds, and the temptation of trying to get it may be too much for him. He will know now that I shall be on my guard, and that, even if I have the money on my person, his chance of getting it is small indeed. I

hotographs?" Mrs

't say anything more about it, mother; I am not in the least nervous, and with a brace of loaded pistols in my pocket an

to the terminus of the railway to Marseilles, breakfasted there, and sat in the waiting-room reading till the door on to the platform opened, and an official shouted, "Passengers for Melun, Sens, Dijon, Macon, Lyons, and Marseilles." There was a general movement among those in the waiting-room. Frank f

not a pleasant prospect to be for eighteen hours wedged in so tightly that he could scarcely move. Then he wondered whether any of the men who might be following were also in the train. He had quite come to the conclusion that his mother and grandmother had frightened themselves most unnecessarily; but he admitted that this was natural enough, after the losses they had had. At Dijon several passengers got out,

find, on returning to his carriage, that all the passengers with two exceptions had left it. These had got in at Macon, and were evidently men of good circumstances and intimate with each other; he had no su

r; it is a nuisance to keep on expecting something to take place when as likely as not nothing will happen at all." He ex

the window as if intending to enter, but after gl

T FELL BACK A

here was plenty of room for him. Perhaps he had made a mistak

ong to the door and another joined him. Frank without moving cocked the pistol in his right-hand pocket, and took a firm hold of the butt with his finger on the trigger. The door opened noiselessly, and the second man thrust in an arm holding a pistol; so it remained for half a minute. Frank was convinced that there was no intention of shooting if it could be avoided, and remained perfectly still; then the a

" Frank muttered to himself; "I don't

andle, and then drew up the window again. His foot struck against something as he backed to his seat in the corner. As he still

and then, still keeping an eye on the door opposite, moved a step forward and picked up a large handkerchief, ste

a beastly row over the business, and this han

sat down in his corner again. He felt confident that the attack would not be renewed, now he was found to be on the watch and armed. It was probable that the two men were alone, and the one remaining would hardly venture single-handed to tak

had been opened by a guard, and had been slammed to. Of course, the man's body will be found on the line in the morning, and I expect there will be some fuss over it; but I hope we shall all be out of the train and scattered through the town before any inquiries are set on foot. If they

sed his eyes and listened as the train stopped. As soon as it did so, he heard a voice from the next carria

guard said. "Nonsense; you

id indignantly. "It seemed to me

There is only one passenger there, an Englishman. He wa

s he is

re the guard opened the door

cket?" he asked drowsily. "Wh

e," and he closed the door, and said angrily to the man who had called him: "It is as

r the train m

for some time afterwards. I hit him in the body, somewhere near the heart, I fancy; I did not feel sure of hitting him if I fired at his head, for the carriage was shaking about a good deal. It will probably be thought at first that he has either fallen or jumped out of his carriage. I suppose, when he is found, he will be carried to the nearest station, and put in somewhere till a doctor and some functionaries come, and an inquiry is held; and as he probably has been badly cut about the head and face,

e was not detained more than two or three minutes there, took a fiacre and drove to the H?tel de Marseilles, which his Bradshaw told him was close to the steamboat offices. After going upstairs and having a wash, he went down again, carefully locking the door after him and putting the

having done this, he went on deck again and watched the passengers arriving. They were principally Italians; but among them he could not recognise the face of the agent who had levelled a pistol at him. Both men had, indeed, worn black handkerchiefs tied across their faces below their eyes and covering their chins, and

Frank gathered from their talk, just returned from Brazil; the sixth was an old man, and the seventh a traveller for a firm of silk or velvet manufacturers in Genoa. The three friends talked gaily on all sorts of subjects; but nothing that Frank gathered, either from their conversation on deck or at dinner, gave any clue as to their occupation. They had evidently met at Marseilles for

santer here, monsieur,

ian; "it was miserable weather there,

, "I took you to be English. Allow me to cong

of English parents; but I first saw light

and they chatted t

ng to Genoa

had by this time quite come to a conclusion on

another. That this young Englishman should be going upon such an expedit

, signor?" one of the

am going to visit an old friend of my father's; he is li

simultaneous excla

ng out his hand; "we are comrades. Though how a young Engli

as warmly with Frank;

now going to see, in the siege of Rome, so also did my grandfather; and both

s murdered while searching in Naples fo

going to the Villa Spinola, and why, young as I am, I am as

st that we should say no more on the subject at present. It is certain that the general's presence at Genoa is causing uneasiness both at Rome and Naples. Rumours that he intends to carry out some daring enterprise have appeared in newspapers, and no doubt Neapo

en followed, under the idea, perhaps, that I am carrying important papers or documents from the general's friends there. An attempt was made last night to enter the carriage, in which I was alone, by two men, one of whom was armed with a pistol, and the other

eard a gunshot. When we reached Valence he called the guard, who said that he must have been dreaming, for there was only a young Englishman in the next carriage, and he knew that when it left the last sta

hey had black handkerchiefs tied over their faces up to the eyes, and a

st be careful to-night, for if the fellow is on board he is likely to make another attempt;

es

a bad night indeed, while we slept without waking, exc

ld not thi

at will do just as well. It will be impossible then to open the door; and if any one tries to do so, I shall be on my feet in a moment. I shall sl

e so kind an offer, for I doubt greatl

s sitting facing us at the table, it may be that little fellow who looks like the agent of a commercial house, and it may be one of the two men who say they come from South America; there is no telling.

he could keep his eyes open no longer. After allowing him time to get into his berth, Rubini came in, took off his coat

bini?" for by this time they called

s that he cannot do so, you may be sure that he will move off at

sharp challenge, "Who goes there?" It was pitch dark, an

deed, I should not care about going outside the door, for it is pitch dark, and he might at the present moment be crouching outside in readiness to stab you as you came out. However, he is more

e awoke it was daylight. Looking at the watch, he found t

ime to get up; we must turn out at once. We can't be far from Genoa now; we are due there at eight

st, and the town of Genoa climbing up the hill, with its churches, campaniles, and its s

nd take it while it is hot. We shall have the custom-ho

d butter, Frank went up again. He then, at the advice of Rubini,

the captain say that the wharves are so full that he may not

e in particular when y

oa, and have friends

ur time to-day? I should not ask

," Rubini said in some surprise. "At w

at it is a couple of hours before dusk. I will tell you what

ds," Rubini said, "take our things there and spend an hour

ave explained my reason for troubling

anything to declare?" the official asked Frank,

contains only clothes and a brace of pistols. I

; but why should an

e in English; "and there are parts of the country where, after da

bout you than to make a show of resistance which would end in getting your throat cut." He glanced at the pistols, named the amount of duty chargeable; and when this was pa