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At the annual meeting of the Grand
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imeummemieammeiming •
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Steciallst • in Crown and 13ridge
Work.
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na • Dental • Surgeons of Ontario. Honor
graduate of 'University, of Toronto
• Dental Department. Graduate of the
Chicago College ofa Dental Surgery
Chicago. ' • •
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Hayfield, every Monday from 10 a, ns.
to 6 p. ••
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you tind out *Mit 1 Wee lionni, bfil
now I begin to see it isnl necessary
to do that." s
"It isn't a bit," laughed Elspeth,
"ifayou really don't mind My !saying
so."
"Mind? Why, now that I know you
are such a stanch alley of here, It
Will simply be paradise to have a
chance of talking about her. Do tell
me; -duce wenn. come down Bo quickly
to 'bed rock,' as the Americans say,.
how elid you find out that was in
love with Lady Hilary Lambed?" '
"Shall I tell all the truth?"
"Why, of course." .
At this encouragement Elspeth pro-
ceeded to give Captain Oxford a short
^: sketch of the ieurney; how she had
• heard his name mentioned by Mr.
Kenrith; how Lady Lambert;',had not
seemedpleeped with the_aews that he
was staying at . Lochrain Hydro, and
how she (Elspeth) had fancied' from
the look on Lady Hilary's. face that
her emotion ' was very different.
"I didn't try to listen," the girl •
.
apologized, "but I could't help being
interested, because .it seemed such a
romance, and .Lady Hilary is such an
ideal heroine for a love story."
. 'Bless her, I should think she was !"
exclaimed the young man. "The only
• heroine' possible for a love story of
mine, even if I were banished to some
• far country, and knew that I 'could •
• never see her again. She knows I
' love her, .of course, and I do think
she likes me a little; but I am afraid
she will never against her mother's
".I *Int to, bail You for la friend. .Vay washes, and metal me. Perhaps L
• • •
. :think of you so?"
oughtn t even to wish it,. for she is
so lovely, she could have , anybody,
she was destined to look forward with°
and Pm.," poor man, heavily handi-
morenthan ordinary interest to the
events that awaited her on the other capped in many. ways. But I can't
side of the door, , , • rise to such heights of unselfishness,"
What would he be lace, this young in sure she would hate you to
rise to that," said Elspeth, absolutely
man who • loved Lady Hilary Lam-
bert. and was loved by her fri rethrh;. on Captain Oxford's side. now.
"Do tell me why you think so -or
who had liegun UN as- a foundling,
and made a lamer for himself in the dogou only say it to be kindr''
' think ,so, because of something
army ;• Who had won John Xenrith's
that happened this morning," And.
friendship and loyal admiretion; who
was labelled "dangerous" by . Lady then she told hito how Lady Hilary
had 'been as one struck with a blow,
Lannaart, and bitterly anislined .by .
on hearing from the gossip of Lady
James Grant? •
Ardcliffe that he had been dangerous-
Thia was the thought in her Mind.
ly Wounded, She told also how she
as she tapped at the door of Mr. Ken-
rith's sitting roonanaonatheaseeond had marla-
ed solifethheearerdal=lis. health' ivilen
time that day.
Mr. Grant.
Peen almost worthy of the Under.
ground Syndicate -if only it had Come
off a little more ouccessfully.
Elspeth looked: blank. "What is
the Underground Syndicater' she
Raked.
"You've never heard of the Tinder -
ground SYndieate? Well, I can't ten
You precisely what it is, or even *he-
ther it exists. And if it does, that
probably isn't its own name for it-
aelf."
"It soutla rather vague -but very
mysterious, said Elspeth.
there is ;moll an association as
the Underground Syndicate, it is very
mysterious -so mysterious that it has
puzzled England in general. and Scot.
laud Yard in particular, for years.
It's suppbsed,. you know, to be an
assoeiation banded together to corn.
mit crimes for important clients who
don't wish to • cvninnit them them-
selves, • Several 'foams murders have
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, been ni the rctom little Ware.'
, Lady Hilary, he worships you. I do' "vbertl4rnallautphobn. Itret mw-yhoittrry!
Th
trig soneething7-
wait:lir:y:104 take the liberty Of say*
"Say it, quiekly. It won't he called evidence), was that the servant
one pieee of evidence in favor of the
trick theory (if indeed it 'could bar
who had brought her meals had/wenn
"It'sNonly that I do hope nobody rather ,4 peculiar expression When fige
will persuade you' to give him up, civilly asked after her health in tree
Incense such 4 love can come but
once in life,' it seems to nt ,e gaud" morning. He had looked, elle though.
"Hush! Here conies that M. Trow. as if he had expeet4d to bear tarot
bridge," whispered Lady Hilary. "Oh, she had pained a bad night, and irpo.,
he is most oppressive. I wish Lady peered somewhat disappointed whew
Ardcliffe hadn't introduced him to, .she had announced herself to be '
mother. I'm afro.td I'M going to have the best of ,health and spirits.,
trouble with him." Her voice champ
gin'lleudt tthbeeP4ifepNyveenif s she the ell had
ci altna.tinlinglhafrit "
ed. suddenly, as. Trowbridge, strolling
easily have known no more than that
towards them,. came within hearing
the tower was said to be haunted.
Dean, if distance. "It will be geed of you, Miss
yell will eepy, out the poem • Persons in that c.ass of life were,.
for me. Ao it's a Yawns' out of the. r istu.PwPo°used .tobavbe%f:enxid aheriorm% 10142.40...
hotel library, I" -she stopped, for
her purpose was served. Trowbridge CmlaereaotiwO:inkor ntehwe lerevraeritatsr; hall'11
.had paused close beside thenaint4ann4d, gkhnooslvtle,dgi:edrhr4epcesivtIbneg amvainaitkfor:wm ne-
the must have heard all that she
the -
ed him to hear,
story of the tower, whatever it might
"I will do it gladly this evening,"
."Lady Hilary and were just hair, •
time belongs to Mr, Trowbridge." ' -
said Elspeth. "For the next hour, in y • eo,uladn dnowto.ysic hutiipelmdmr:bo4tNe‘0,:t:hrzoeirhtet.e7 wabiuprlottl stttip ehzo
fiVelr; .t,Ctc:Taa
, a rattling „good argument." said
he. "I wee. on the point of -convinc- j dinner or took away. the tray; in&
ing her that I was right and She was when he. had gene with his polite f`re
.wrong, so I will give up half •my good night's rest to you, -Miss," she
share of you for to -day to her. Copy knew that .she was alone.
out the poem she wants, Miss. Dean, 'Realizing all too keenly ann. wage.;
and when you have finished, come to She had undergone lad night, flee
my sitting' mom, please. ;I'll be there 'nerves began to jump, but she tot&
by that time," . • • herself to task sternly, .This sort of'
Elspeth moved' away ebeclientlY, thing would never . de. Either:: alien
The book- really; was a _volume .of 'Ana home the victim to moral
verses by a .niinOr. poet, and therigh cowardice, trick or. no trick, and flak
Lady Hilary had probably selected a to giarelanainth-ma-fentiialininiehania
nage, at 'random, the girl copied it • in • efoigrhtthitee,eetvesnoialreit; :Woerreeinsoe mshoare.:tatisttharat
her -own room, *lib her own machine.
In half an hour she went deiviiagain, he, firm enough' not to be frightened>,
and this- time , Lady. Hilary and Trow- • for it was impossible that she could
bridge had oboth , vanished from the ." lie wakeful andatrembling with name -
hall. Elspeth had brought' the typed • lest terrors night after "night, sind,
poem, arid the beelt; in case she still be able te, dojusticeher Weak
Should 'meet Lady Hilary, but •not - • •", -
-seeing her . she took them on to. gr. I Be well did She...succeed in getting-
Trewbridge's sitting : room, He -him. the Upper hand of her nerves, that.
self stood just .outside the' halt open by ,10 o'clock 'ehe was actually eahrs,-..:
door, speaking' with the handsome
vionian Elspeth had:heard spoken of
as .Countess-Radepolskoi, but as the
girl approached, • with as light shrug
'of -the shoulder the Countess left him..
nne • • careful, . that's Elspeth
thought she heard -her say; and Trow -
bridge's expression was not quite se
pleasant- as. . had been., though he
forced' a smile to greet the steno- How long. she . slept, she did not
'grapher. . • know; but she waited with, a start taa.
• ."Fine lookine, woman, • that," he ; •find the roOrn filled with., a soft .
said,. as, he Ushered Elspeth into the . which at first she mistook for. ,thro*.
rOem.""Couritese RadepolskOi,, I mean.. • She had the.sensation that 'something'
She and -I only met. here.'a short time had waked her, 1. some sound perhaps; .
ago,.but She's mighty kind about giv- ,., but it so,' if had ceased and the 'roam
ing me good advice, and was just was es-atill,;,es if. it had been a•viralt.•
telling .me .I ought to be careful and She realized after a moment that the •
: not •overwOrk: myself. Yeti wouldn't j light was the light' of the moon,. not •
think I was delicate,' would you? But : of morning, and she wondered hew
• I'm supposed' to be here' for the tonid many. hours Of :Sweet uneonsciousnesw
air to pick inc -after a threatened she had had...Were they few orrartejl- ,
breakdown. ••We Americans' are so In any ease; it Was delicious la. know. ,
apt to keep the -candle burning tit'• • that there Must be Several more leftt
bothende,-7-you-k-noW.".: beforeLshe.need..tliiiik:Cfr.getting..up.
. Elspeth . answered that .she. wrrnid....fboergianwahinieewinda7bliiirfurkl.;,Ttahtuesb.slietvirefaemyr. •
not have dreamed he was 'mit of
,healthi. but .she Was. thinking "I don't: dreaMing?and waking, her:•eYes ,half
believe.theCountees. vies talking about closed.„ When a hoard Creaked, as 4 ,
-overwork. •. had been anything under the pressure •of : foot.
as einiple as that., he wouldn't have . Elspeth knew the .Very air
'Minded whether I overheard or mit, . thought.. sheakiiew it, ;for paSsine
Buthe did •mind, for some reason, or to ' and Irrafier ,foot had mated then •
other, and went •out of his Way to 'Same' disagreeable stpleak, and ali&
aceouat. for her words: Perhaps had • tried to avoid the:, place. Trz et- •
afraid -'I: might -tell LadY. Hilary :that second she had . bounded from .Ixer
there's soinething : between:: 'him and bed, and out of the alcove into the- :
the Countess." . . • • • '-, ,„ .big. -moonlit. room. • • • •
"You ;Ought to • see: her jewels," rT:It: was More by 'impulse than • dell -
Trowbridge went,. On; •-as Elspeth ar-, :•'.hdie:olioteri,ni.tristhiaonaatahidat, 4.iiiihaet•rahairohe imida•ote,o;'. •.,
ranged her typewriter and paper on
the table.. "She's rolling in money, 4,,...;;the• sound, ,for hardly,•.d'd she ext,e0;
..ohoe;olireVye',!rouVgjeloil.y.ztng7orBy•',8:„„trtth";wfO4.•;aoimhee'r7tO See any f0.17.11 Peya-A1.1041P.,81:1e
of -po.,:eldfashiqued.
urea telling me that Mr. Kenrith•-hae one of She already ItneW. •
bought; a jewel -a. But there was more to gee. By tire.
whieh was once her, family: I don't fireplace , hovered the pale' apPearrinee
wcarheen. much about iabbeudyt .sduicithm•otilhidnze it is to toindelinooasne,a ,diiriesssef eineitmtetalliilana wdluer:
give away to Some, friend, But she ie .the stream of' moonlight, vinten
keen to . know if he'S got it here,': for . fell full upon it. Only ,for a breathing.
it seems,•• though it was in her late 'space 'did Elspeth,'s eyes, and . taia:
husband's family for many genera- eyes .of this apparitien Meet and hold:. •
dens, it passed from them. before her. :eaely other, for, without a'
marriage,:and she's never•seervit.•71f • .laeeiningly withOut.a Motion, save onic
you heat him One* of • it, yen: Might... gliding,
• let me know,. de,: she feels delicate vanished :froin- sight, as • if the %she;
Step f backward, the tall_ferrni.
about' asking,: and; anyhow, she 'hes,' dows•-•;-no' more ethereal- than itself -7-
'1'11 'met him yet... 'But now to •work. had swallowed it up. . ' ' • - •
can
te mir'luwetilgatts tperftbuogfhthaee: .we .!.. Stiff and straight the • -.girl.. :stood/
staring at the spot *here it hadbeen-A
By this time Elspeth was sitting at Then; when she recovered froni
.the table,' and he flung hiniself dcwn first .shoolt;':•half terror, half anaaie-•
.in 4 big easy chair . within coinfert- • .ment,. she went, Unsteadily and • shiv-7
able distance .for dictation.. 'He had ,.ering; as if with cold • and ' weakness,,
begun. •the, first letter, by giving the across to the table .to light lainp and
and.getting as far as "Dear Sir," 4candles. All the •while she. could see
•when suddenly he 'spied •On• the tablethe white face in its halo. of
'light, aa plainly as if , it had .beern
near Elspeth's • eltow the book whT.i.icih.s„
Lady Hilary. had given her., photographed • upon . her brain; the ' •
pages, and. at sight of it"Trowbridgen
folded . paper was visible between the bil rnien iforehead, i the s morestraightabar rory eathan the
the rest,. those terribly brilliant- eyes..
face lit up with interest... • • . •
:Her own breathing frightened 'her, -
see,- if you don't object, what is the
-"Oh, just a minuta," he said. "Let's
and. the knock, knock of her heart
1§Vely Lady Hilary's taste in poetry," . against her. side, 'until she had gat
*>- Elspeth did not object, because the a light.• Then it Was more. horrifying
thought flashed through her mind that to -And the room empty, save for her -
Mr. Trowbridge perhaps Suspected Self,. than it would, have been :to are '
that something more than the ',tam . the man Where he had stood before., .
was written on the paper, therefore If he were a man .Of 'flesh- and blocalk
it might be well frit hint find there -be -*mid have been there still. - she -
was nothing •besides. • Accordingly she said, for the door was shut and lock,- •
was silent; but abe. watched' Trow- ed; and It .would be impossible to en --
bridge, to see what- he would do,. and ter a escape through a window, It
as he reached to take the boOlt„'Which 'must be, the. girl thought, that at
lay at some distance from his hand, •• ghost had come to prove to .an
un -
his wrist was exposed for •an loch. or believer that such things were.. And
two beyond the OM and Elspeth saw yet -and yet -she did not feel as it
a very odd 'thing,' Just above the . she had seen a ghost. Besides; why
Wrist bone, he wore a bracelet -not 'should a ghost have seemed startled'
the padlocked bangle which Some men at sight of herP'Surely there had been.
affed, to suggest a love -secret,- but . a a look of ap.prehension and alarm Ow
flat band of gold set with pearls and . that, pale face,- with its fre.me of dark
turquoises, and fitting so 'closely that beard,. as the brilliant eyes had Nona
it pinched . the. skin as far .down as hers. And then, 'there Was. another
the hand into little folds. 'Above this question. Why should a ghost 'look
bracelet the arm was covered with like Captain Oxford, disguised in se
White kid,' like a wornan's 'glove, .and dark wig and beard? •
the junction between this and' the Elspeth hated to ask herself this',
-fleali was masked- by the band of gold. for she wished to believe ' Captain Ox- •
For the fraction of a seeopd fbrd all that was noble; and yet them "
peth ,forgot herself, and stared. Whe. was a kind of relief in the thought 4
ther Trowbridge- noticed the direction -that the strange visitant might hon. •
of her eyes, or whether. he •merely been he; bent *upon some inyeteriettsu
remembered after an instant of self. errand to the haunted tower. • •
forgetfidness that he had been in. There '. were secret. entrances to
discreet, • the effect will( the same. rooms in some old houses--seeret
en -
Flushing darkly, he drew back his trances so skilfully hidden. that none
arai, and the bracelet and what was save the initiated would dream.. eV
above it were once more completely their existence; Elspeth knew thin:
hidden by his sleeve. • very well from hearsay. But what
business could Captain Oxford or any
other man, have in the tower? Moo -
ever it had been, ghost or himituntliurt
sudden revelation of her presence•ht
the room' had been unweleorne, twin
the apparition *had hastened; to avoidt1.
her by vanishing in some way, there,
fore she might assure herself that' the-.
visit had not been connected with,
her. The trick theory was squatty -
negatived by the, eVident apprehew
Sion On the white face, if a man. h.1144
POMO into the room to play glioste.araff
frighten a girl out of quarters. sacred*
to his own purposes,be would hats:,
stopped „long enoughto eomplete his‘
Work thoroughly, and he would riave
attempted to look appalling, rathree,
than .appalled.
All these reasonings Teetered Elspeth
to a liemblanee of ealmtiess. She tea&
catidle in each 'hand, and madtP
thorough an examination as she.lineliv,
how, of the wall on the right: of the"
areplade, into *Well the. figure hod
zeenattit.litoo vBart8isho:oxbuirtimaaustarri:r sho-
'
It sounds rather rogue, but very toe-
. • Orions," said- Etspeth•
been set down to the account of the
Underground •Syndicate, „ but though
there eve been clues, and . traces,
• there have never been enough to help
the pollee to make arrests, or even
actually suspect any one person. They
have, as it were heard stirrings be-
hind veil, but the veil has never
been -lifted. Now, if I were a very
rich men With millions to leave to
relatives, or if I were in any one's
way, I should say to myself -because
of certain things that have ,happened -
'Aha, the 'Underground Syndicate has
put a black mark against my name.'
But-there-is-absolutely-rio
cent Lady Lambart-who would be
the 'better off for My -death; and poor
Lady , Lambert, even if she were pre-
pared to go to such lengths to wipe
out a would-be son-in-law, couldn't
afford to, pay. the Syndicate's prices.
They charge thousands, so •the story
goes. And they are very rich -accord-
ing to the. same stories -for they of-
ten bring off big coups on their own
account, such as relieving people of
their jeWels. I often r warn Kenrith
that he had better :look out.. •
soundt-too extraordinary,".eaiC
John Xenrith himself open it, and . aYou really do seem to have been.
. • • • • sent here by Prqvidence, Miss Dean,"
conceited though it might have been said Captain Oxford, • half laughing,
in a mere typeivriter-that .he was half serious. "Of course, you guessed
present for her sake, to introduce her why / asked that I might 'have non
to Captain Oxford and put her at her.
ease. _ to.,wyroiute.hleotpt:drs •tfhoait.nsase?" I had aean
His first words confirmed the inn Lady Hilary, you Might. get me to
pression. "I ran in 'before keeping a talk about her, and that is. just what,
golf engagement, to see if you were hes happened..? ,
here, as: I heard .you were coming:1 !‘you haVe guessed right.. I thought
he explained, "My friend, Captain youanvould...- -And I nhanildn't 'wonder
night, With :ease ly poacher, ln
Lady nemaart very much, bid he is
somehow she had theti
ot xfo a-metawitha'arraugy-adventera. genaith nu -woad, too. He admires El
or @erne one • of diet ilk, it's supposed, a ainat her where. I am- concerned.
and was shot in the arm -of cour
the -arm thathad been hurt: bef
That's usually so, isn't 'it?He won, •
beable. to help himself much for a
day or two, •though it's the left arm,•
for he has Nit a good deal of blood
and is rather weak., I think you had
better not let him dictate many let-
ters this afternoon; say three or four
at most; and I'm sure he'll listen to•
your advice, and rest .afterward,
though he doesn't like playing in-
valid. . Now come and be introduced, would 'perhaps not mind so much.. As
See, there he on the Sofa over ita•Ir -hi- sure she would have thank.
there, •
ea,„ erday , that
g'ap`*-
prov of _me as an acquaint. -
mace for a women with a Marriage-
able daughter, though if he weren't
rather' unworldly in some Ways, de-
spite his shrewdness in others,' he
might have guessed how it Would be
with her. He has too much money
himself to care about whether others
have it or not, or even think of it;
but Lady Lambert has very little,
unfortunately for me, otherwise she
Kenrith led Elspeth across the large
room toward a comfortable sofa, piled
With cushions among which mild be
.seen the back of a man's head -a
well -shaped head, thickly covered
with close -cropped, rippling bronze
hair. In another moment -Sher saw,
the face, which turned toward' her as
she approached,,at•Kenrith's side, and
as the handsome eyes and .lips smiled
faintly in greeting, the girl gave a
slight start of surprise.
"Why," she asked herself eagerly,
-"where have' 1. seen •him, or someone
• exactly like him, only a shorttime
ago!'" •
CHAPTED V.
A second glance at Captain Oxford
assured Elspeth that, despite the
haunting likeness to some other face,
she had certainly never seen him be -
'fore. He was not a young man to be
easily forgotten, and the girl did not
wonder that he had attracted Lady
Hilary. Not only was he remark-
ably good to look ,at, but it seemed
to her that, with such eyes -bronze,
like his hair, and only a. few 'shades
darker than his sunburned skin -he
must be honest and sincere. If there
were a mystery about his adventure
of lastnight, she told herself t:•;at
it could be nothing of which he need
feel ashamed.
When Elspeth had been made ac-
quainted with .Captain Oxford, Ken-
rith left them elope, and went off to
play golf -perhaps,' the girlthought
grudgingly, with Lady Lambert'.
She wrote two or three short let-
ters, which she would not have -judg-
ed to be very ' important, and then
came a pause. "Don't you think you
ought to restnow?" she asked,' re-
membering Mr. Kenrith's instructions.
"Yes." the young man answered.
"I'm not going to ask you to do afta
more letters to -clay. But"- he.hesi-
tated, and Elspeth took up the sen-
tence where it broke off, innuirini if
there were anything further that she
eotild do for him.
"Yes, there is something," he said
"I -my friend, Mr. Kenrith, told me
you traveled up in the same carriage
with him yesterday, and -with Lady'
Lambert and her daughter,"
'Elspeth's eyes brightened, she knew
what would please him now, and did
not see any wrong in doing it. "Oh,
yea", she „answered, "it was so crowd-
ed, they put me in first-class, and
Lady Hilary Lambert was Ean sweet
about it. I never ,saw eueli a lovely
nen as she is, and X am sure she is
.as nice as she is beautiful."
Captain Oxford's face lighted up,
and he smiled, showing his white
teeth. "You are very quick in form-
ing your impressions, evidently," he
said. "But I believe in the kind Of
admiration that begins at flmt sight,"
"Se do 1, and love, too," said
Els-
pet.h. "If I were 4 man / should have
fallen In iota with Lady Hilary Lana
ed Heaven devoutly if 1 hada been
killed last night out Of her daughter's
way forever, instead of just
and laid up for a day' or two,' • ,
• Elspeth shuddered. "It doesn't Mat-
ter so much to you about What ahe
bele," said the girl. "But do you
really think that it was a poacher who-
shofayou by mistake for a keeper?"'
no. I'M certain it was not," he
answered. .•
"Mr...Gretnaand, r supposta Mr.-.
McGowan are certain it was."
"I haven't . told them everything.
I have my own reasons for not doing
BO," said Captain Oxford, thoughtful-
ly.. His face cheated to sternness es
he spoke,. and Elspeth wondered if -
she eould have been mistakenafter
all in fancying •him absolutely frank
and open. Suddenly he looked like
a man who,eould keep a secret well,
and might have secrets of his own.
The words that Kenrith had said be-
fore going out darted back into Eli-
peth's brain,' "He lost 4 good deal of
blood." Whet of the ruby drops that ,
had fallen through the crack in her.
ceiling, from that mysterious place
above, inhabited by no one save
glioste--the ruby drops that had stain-
ed the face of the' boy in the sketeh!
' But at the thought of that sketch,
something which had been puzzling
Elspeth was made clear. The like-
ness -which had so bewildered her
was between; Captain Oxford and the
boy in the portrait. '
It was not so noticeable now, for
the young man was looking grave to
sombreness, while the face of the boy
was bright and sniffing still Elspeth
could see it, and it was marked en -
;nigh to seem rather odd. But, after
all, what could it mean? The boy,
who was by this time either an old
man, or dead, had been one of the
same type with Captain Oxford, per-
haps net an extraordinary one, al-
though she had not happened to see
any others. Save these two. She was
half -inclined to ' speak of the penal -
led portrait she had found, but she
did not wish to be called upon at
present for an explanation of the
pink stain, as she probably would be,
Oaford,
if she showed the sketch to Captain
As she mentally compared the real
features with the pictured features,
the young man spoke again, "Natur-
ally, Mr, MeGowan would prefer to
Borne poacher, bile straying about
think that I had been attacked by
in lonely Wades, Where I had no busi-
ness to be after dark. Any other
idea -any Mere' sensational idea -
Would be bad for the hotel." .
"Whyr: asked Elspeth.
"He wouldn't like to have it said
that there were thieves and murderers
lurking about. That sort of thing
would probably keen a great Many
guests away from the Hydro. The
'sort of people who come here don't
want adventures."
who attacked you?" the girl imPtd-
"13ut do you think it was a thief
bart at first eight. As it is, I *Mild I I
eive.iy asked. ,
do ailythitig could to please or help, Captain Oxford laughed. "I've notla
hen, and I told her SO this Morning. ins Werth stealing, and everybody
"Wli at P 'You've been talitiNt 1'6* 'Who knOws me, knows that. Other.
trY and blittin 11.61.t WithAnt.
gether this mornitigi Wail going to wise, the whole have
• tion't ;believe thereis such a
syndicate really,. do 'you?" .
• "No, I donannareplied Captain Ox-
ford. -"As you sayaitienoo fantastic.
People will get up any theory teac-
count for crimes which remain mys-
teries; arid 'I believe that rather a
*emotional morning paper is respons-
ible for stiagesting the idea that there '
was a syndicate. After a murder that
-
baffled the Police last' year, the editor
published a series of extraordinary
anonymous letters that served the Ob-
ject of sellingthe issues in which •
they appeared, if no other." .
At•this moment, the resident doctor
appeared to see."7.Folr his patient was
getting on, -and Elspeth was banished
from the room. It was now her hour
:of freedom, and she was glad of it,
for she had much to think of. She
went to her TOOM, %vbere tea Was sent
.to her, andrested luxuriously on the
old-fashioned sofa. What a wonder-
ful day it had been, she thought. More
he'd happened in it, than happened
in Weeks in -her old London life, where
one day told another, and she forgot
whether it was Monday or Saturday.
She seemed t� have been plunged in-
;ta the midst Of many lives, and to
have some influence, large or small,
upon each one. It was almost as if
she, an insignificant young girl, a
paid employe of the. hotel, were watch- '
ing the .performance of a play in a
theatre to •which she alone had the
right of entrance: '
She tried hard to join all the dif-
Went loose threads, whiph she Nit
vaMiely ought somehow to match to-
gether, but she could not find the
way; and at last the effort culminated
in • an ' absurd jumble which was a
dream.
' Sleep did her good, although her
rian was short, and she awoke with it
•
start, fearing that obi had missed her
next appointment; But it was only
half -past live, and len minutes later,
with smooth hair and bright eyes,
• she was in Mr. McGowan's room. He
, was there, and ,had kind things to
say • concerning the reports he, had re-
ceived of her work during the day.
This was encouraging, and the girl
felt very happy as she went to begin
her hour of work with 'Mr. Trow-
bridge. She did not like him much,
but she fancied that he could be very,
amusing and, whatever "else it might
he, she was sure that her time in
his society Would not be dull.
In the great hall, through which
she had to pass on her way to Mr.
Trowbridge's sitting room, she saw,
him deep in talk with Lady Hilary. He
was leaning far forward in his chair,
his elbows on his knees, lost to every-
thing but his interest in the beautiful
girl.who listened with an indifference
which she did not try to hide; His
back was turned towards Elspeth,
but Lady Hilary saw her, and with a
word to Trowbridge, WM.& Elspeth
did not heat, sprang op and gave
the young stenographer a look which
said "Came to me."" . .
The two girls met half Way across
the hall, and Lady Hilary handed
Elspeth a book. "A pretence," she
said hurriedly. "Open it anywhere,
and -we will.seem to be talking about
it Now; have yotr Seen himP Mr. ,
Kenrith happened to Mention you
were ring to write for him this after-
noon.
There was no need to sPealt the
name, Elspeth well knew Who Wag
meant by "him," and she doubted
very mueli that Mr. Kenrith had "hap-
pened" to speak.
"Yes," the answered, as her head
and Lady Hilary's were bent over
the book. only wanted me be-
cause he had heard that I'd traveled
ir, the same carriage with you, and
hoped 1 could be got to talk about you
to hint. .1-te.00ntessed that after. I'd
enough to be sleepy, and to feel dhoti.
nothing earthly or unearthly would
ve the power. to rob her of dumber..
[lordly had her head touched the pit --
low than",,shaehad that sensation eV
failing which is so often the fore-
runner of a •heavy sleep; and having:
saved herself duly, she floated peace-
fully off into dreamland.
CHAPTAIn VL
Elspeth had had very little time
during her first day at Lochrain Cas-
tle Hydro to brood over her own af-
fairs. Those of other , people had
preyed still more absorbing, and
dwelling upon themhad prevented her
from giving mu& attention . to the
mystery of the night's disturbances.
But when darkness came again, and
a second night had to be faced in the
tower TOOM, even the romantic love
troubles of Lady Hilary Lambert and
Captain Oxford faded into the back-
ground of her mind. The one absorb-
ing question WAS Whether a. trick had
really been played upon her, or who-
ther, In spite of her firm eotiviction
to the contrary, there were such things
as ghosts, which haunted places on
earth that they had loved or hated?
.The girl( had now to remember rue-
fully that she had taken steps to de-
fend heron seal -oat lather saaanta nt