Having decided that these matters should not be made public, nothing
could be done with Louis Hamblin, and Mr. Rider, much against his
inclination, was obliged to forego making the arrest on the Fall River
boat.
Mrs. Montague hastened her preparations and left her elegant home on West
Forty-ninth street in season to meet her nephew a little after the hour
appointed in the morning. Mr. Corbin previous to this handed her the
first payment of her annuity, and obtained an address to which it was to
be sent in the future, and thus the two accomplished sharpers disappeared
from New York society, which knew them no more.
The next evening Ray and Mona were talking over their plans for the
future, in the cozy library in Mr. Graves' house, when the young girl
remarked:
"Ray, would you not like to read the story that my father concealed in
the royal mirror?"
"Yes, dear, if you wish me," her lover replied.
Mona excused herself and went to get it. When she returned she brought
the ancient keepsake with her.
She explained how the secret drawer operated, showed him the two rings
and the letters, then putting Mr. Dinsmore's confession into his hands,
bade him read it; and this is what his eager eyes perused:
"MY DEAR MONA:--You who have been the darling of my heart, the pride of
my life; you have just left me, to go to your caller, after having probed
my heart to its very core.
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