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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1908-11-05, Page 7November Mt 1908 fl » SioTassart, M. V. NiltigEarle • MeTaggart Oros. -BanigeORS.- A GENERAL BANKING BUS1- Ness TRANSACTED. NOTES :COUNTED, PRAFTS ISSUEPF INTEREST ALLOWED POSITS. SALE .y!OTES PURCH- ASED. ...cmooPmccurcmc...16. W. BRYDONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR NOTARY, rumtc. ETC. OFFICE -Sloane Block -CI INTON. RIDOUT & HALE Conveyancers, Oemrcilisioners;---- Real Estate and Insurance Agency. Money to loan. ...... C. B. HALE - JOHN RIDOliT II.411110111m. 110.1•••••• DR. NINIAN W. WOODS •-- `* DI, It. C. S., England, I.. R. C. fit:. Itched, C. P. I., L. M., Rotunda, Dublin.) PHYSICIAN AND SCRill:ON, BAYFIELD. Mats M. opposite Albion •hotel . Office hours 8 to 18 a. iu. and 7 * 9 p. m. Night calls at of- ° DRS. OUNN MeRAE. Dr. W. Gunn, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., Edin. Office-Ontano street, Clinton. Night calls at front door ot office or real - dem, Rattenbury street. Di. T. .T. MoRae. University of Toronto: Offiee hours at hospital :- 1 to 8 p. ; .7 to 9p,. m. -DR. J. W. SHAW- -OFFICE- RATTENBIMY ST. EAST, -CLINTON.- DR. C. W. THOMPSON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 43pecial attention - of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. -- .-Office and, Residence - HURON ST. SOUTH. CLINTON 8 oors west of the Commercial hotel. Northern Navigation 0o, F -A-44-4 bAICE SUPERIOR DIVISION...-. Stearaere will leave Sarnia Mondays, Wedneedare and Fridaye et 3.80 p.m.• until Sept 14th. aflORQIAN. MAY DIVISION.-Mac- kinae service diseontinned. Steamers leave Cellingweed i.8 S. m., Owen Sound 11.80 Pen., Tueedays and Sat- urday& Only for S. S. Marie and way . , ports. NORTH SHORE DIVISION -Sexy -ex! discoetineed. PARRY SOUNDePENETANG For Minpicog, -ille-theme-flay, Cooper Head, ;Sans eCouci and Parry Sound, leave Penetring 4.20' iLin. until Sept.. 12th ; after this date service diecon- tinued„ Tickets land informationfrom all railway agents, GILDERSLEEVE, Manager, Collitigwood. C. 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But ha did, not come forward to help her. He let Kenrith give her a hand, as tholigli she heard the door' flung' Bali- tily Open the ,new comer could not "Hilary I" exclaimed Lady Lambert. who entered with an open letter in her band, "the end has come unless you will consent t� marry that man, To -morrow some awful person is cons - she maanted the step, turning hie ing to serve a summons upon me, back for a second or two. Then. with and"-- Kenrith WWI she in the tormeau,"Hush, mother, we're not alone," Trowbridge closed the door; and Els- Said the girl in a. distresaed voice, peth had a fleeting glimpse- of gold "There's been. an accident: ,rm not and turquoise under his cuff as he hurt, but a little upset; and Mies did so. • I Dean, who went out with Mr. Kenrith quietly and stealthy," the.girl thought- -.very -kindly offered to help nie tosget, "She. has given it te him-qUite and me for ,a spin in his car, bas "Then she roust have known all along rid. of my dusty thitige." why he wears it; there could have At this Elspetli moved forward, put • been no secret about. it for her, or down the slippers she had just brought she would bave said eomething. Now for Lady Hilary, and walked. to.i.ihe I'ra certain that there' s an under- door. "I'll letrire you now.' she said. standing of some sort between them. 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A OoPY ,NO CONTINUED STORIES. gem/ suntans 00ittie.tiselter • LONDON, .HURON Going South e Going North .4 44 BRUCE DIV. 7.50 • a, in. 4.23 p. 11,00 ,6•35 •p. m. .••••••••••••••••,..... • hUCTIONEElt-eJAMES SMiTil Wised Auctioneer for the County of Huron. All orders entrusted to me will receive prnmpt attention. Will etll either by percentage or per gale. Residence on the' Bayileld • Road, one mile south of Clinton. • tinited States Subscriberg will please note that we have to pay one cent postage on each pap. er going to the United State. Thle meansthat your subScrip- tion must be paid in advance. When you see your Subscription expiring plea* rernit 11.50 for um. other year so that you Will not Inlet any opted of 'rho NeW11.100, ord, °punt .of Lady • He knows that, but he's defying her; and for some reatron or other she dated not fail him when he needed her. help, in spite of ail." I Elspeth felt that she was surround- ed . by an atmosphere of ininitery. Something' very strange was going, on around her -something se intricate, so nirmr-sided, that she could as yet lay her hand on no clew to . the plizzle,, though she could dimly see her way toward more than one, as, half be- wildered, wholly frightened; she grop- ed in .darknees *ward the light. There was a_great sensation at the Lochrain Castle Hydro, when it was knovni that there had been .an aeci- dent to Mr. Kenrith'a magnificent automobile. • Fortunately for the victims of the disaster, there were few people about wi they ealrerlyril e.aatrt.bei). hotel andl in taddisy. Ordered, Biel were able to escape to their own quarteee without being seen by More than three or four persons; but the story of the areidentspread through the house like ,Wildfire. .Groupe assembled in the rat hall to talk it mien Those who coilia, •that they had seen.. the eleetric-cee- oome home smidenly•foued themselves extraordinarily popular with all their acqbeintances, and -"Mee. besieged for details. How had, Lady Hilary leak - rid? Was • it tree that Mr. •Ketirith's. head was terribly.cut? And had they really had that ‚pretty little type-. writer person in the oar with them?. The Countess Radepolskoi kept her morn, and: Mr. Trowbridge ' also hid himself, therefore Lady Ardeliffe was overwhelmed 'with cal era in her pre. irate sitting rooin. It was her car Which had gene to .the •rescue, there - it was • thought, that. she melt have-440re infermetioh to, impart than , . any one elect., • , • On the contrary, however, she had very little., All" she knew with:cer- tainty was that she had been -on the point of taking Countess Radepolekoi :out -for' a- spin in her Car;.--ivbeni-Mr.-: .11T er o aw gr 4111 .1h4d yigf. 11Chrittli - with Mr: tan he want- ed th :fellow it.,As heeknew how to drive, he had referred- not to take • the chauffeur, but the Countess had insisted on •goinge.....ereeine herself; she • had been so tippet by the feat of some terrible accident .that she•had been obliged to come back to -her roore and • lie down, with her maid to an, her constantly, and hold leer. smelling sales, or. She .should 'certainly have 'fainted. ,either • tha.:Countess , nor .Mr: TroWbridge•had visited her since ,bringing the others home, thoughshe liad expeeted them to do So, and she had now sent for Miss Dean to Jell • her everything exactly as it had hap- • pehed. The young person, it seemed, was.,elightly shaken and bruised by- • her fall .from the car, and was. °Wing- ing her 'dusty. thinge. She, might -not • be well enough to act as Secretary • for a day or two, as she had wrenched her arm, but she would be able- to come tO Lady Ardeliffe's room arid tell the gory. ofthe. eccident. • As a. matter of fact, poor Elspeth's .experiende .after' reaching home evas scarcely conducive to the restoration • of'shattered nerves. Pitying Lady Hil- serer; weaknes.s, she had gone with the girl to her room; as poverty compell- ed. Lady. Lambert and her daughter to travel witheat a• maid, and Hilary, utterlybroken. and inclined to. be; hysterical, was in need ef help, stay with You, dear Lady Hil- ary:, till the doctor comes, unless Lady Lambert has reterhed from the -:walk yen say she'd gone out to take," said .Elsneth," •"I, don't want a• dector. I'm per - featly well?' replied Hilary. onlyr rather shattered, I !can't help trem- • bling, but I'll lie down and be petlect- • ly fie again by dinner "Yon mustlet. me help you un- dress," pleaded Elspeth. • ' • "You need help Yourself, Hilary • road. "You are as pale as marble." But Elspeth onlylaughed and in- sisted that she heel not even a head-°. riahe. She. Made Lady Hilary sit down, quietly removed her hat, which was crushed -into shopelessness, and began to open her dress. She had unfaS- tened several buttons, when some- thiug tied un in 'a little, lace handker- With a slight how acknowledging Lady Lambert's- presence, she would have gone quietly, out, but the elder woman stopped her, • . "It is an impertinence your hav- ing come into this room; your help- ing my daughter is a•Mere pretence. You have worked upon Mr. Kenrith's • • C.RA. Soria noVenag ensar• ult wheri tid to youreelf after our. accident?". • CHAPTER X. • All Elepeth's blood seeraed tie rush batik upon her heart, and her throat eontracted se that she cenld not ale, ewer, Again, ithe could bee Lady Hilary ,eagerly bending over John Xenrith's still figure as he lay unconecious on 'the ground. Again, She could hear the frirl saying that the only thing which could make life tolerable would be money. Again, !she ise,w the knotted handkerchief fall from Hi- . lery'a bodice, with a glitter of geld, through the cambric. Could, it be pos- eible that, driven half out of her mind by misery -but no; Elspeth would not tolerate the thought, and felt a traitor because it had passed swift's' through her mind. "When I came to myself/' she said when she was able to speak, "there was no one in sight except you and Lady . P 1, h fainted , away only •a very few minuted after thoughtfully,.. 'Tut of coarse, you tthimat:.naliaost immediately. after the ' Countess and Mr. Trowbridge arriv- ed, you know." may have lain there stunned for some "Thank you," ,.,Kenrith answered Lad)* Hilary didn't lose con- BeiOnenetn3 at first, and she said it was Only a few minutee after our ac- cident that the others appeared With ., Lady 'Ardcliffe's car l" Elspeth re7, , plied impalsively, then half wished hatesliwehad notedpeken, ---for -- she -; Would have died rather than put a , doubt of Lady Hilary in Kenrith's; head. - . • "Then it ,is a very great 'turner,'" returned Kenrith. * "You are sure that you had the: jewele in your belt when you *went' ottt? - "Sure," Kenrith answered. "The reason „I' am BO certain is beeause 1, had a queer dream about the die-, mond last night. I dreamed that it had been stolen by a masked ”ivoroan that crept•into iny robin in'the night; and the dream was so vivid that I opened the Velt in the morning. be-, fore putting it On, to be sure that it Wasn't true. Since then, "there' has been no °hence for a thief to rob soe, eaxiteceptritoownlyp I, lay .unconscious this . "What a pity you brought stieh tremendously valuable things. to Scotland with you!" Elspeth ' could not help . eiclaiming, "If• only ' you , had left them- safely in the bank." Kenrith smiled. :They were new toys," he said. "Perhaps you may have heard that rare jewele are a• weakness of. mine; Besides. 1 had hall promised 'th .show them to Captain Oxford, who happened to hear that ' the Badepolskoi dim -nand would be on `the market; and therefore it Wag indirectly.. through him ' I got the chance to buy it before it went to Christie's." ' Elspeth shivered a little. Suspicious people, who knew of Captain - •Ox0. ford's love for Lady. Hilary and. then •common poverty, plight suspect •e• ipent if they should hear this story, espetaajtv thinild they find out thl . sequel to wench she knew.. Bui she did not intttei. that- any one should find out that gentled. through her, . • . . • "Shall you send for a. dete4tveP" she asked, . .. • "I suppose :80,.! he. answered. "But ,notv yeti tell me you saw no one near; and as Lady Hilary did not. lose core stionshess at 'first,. she...en-mat-have • known -if anyberlY• ',hid • approached me, I must confess: that to me. the enyatery • seeins, beyond:. the skilV .ol •'7e-iletective less clever than erre read of in impossible.novels." "I think," said Elapeth• 'quietly, "that the detective, would turn hisat ' 7Sit amen here en the sofo.'1.• he said. good nature until he has allOWed You absurd liberties; .1sPti advise you not to fancy for a. mon:tent that -he re. I• spects you the more for having take advantage of his kindness: When ;•tell 'him, Mil intend, to de,•,that you have ..accepted bribes -frem Cat:item ;• Oxfcird to help that penman to core- r, niuriicate •witherriy daughter: he Will I.:he as deeply- disgeteted as • I • have been'. •Ahd when I' doniplein • 7 condnot' to the natinager!Si-f •all probabilityyou will he. • charged. Now you can ge. •. • .For. it moment Elspeth faced. her. '"Youliziow. that .1' have accepted' no bribes, that L•have donenothing ut- : derliand. But i,f you wish to inhere • me you Will no doubt :be able to do BO." •e • •• Hilaek !sprang Uti, With an levier- •- ing exclamation, but •Elspeth felt that she could bear no more, and, •closing the door, behind her, she Went out. On the WaY. t' her own room she • Met a Servant with two inessagee, to -delivet: :One was from Lady. Ard4, • cliff% the other •froin. lVft. Kenrithr. and from each there was a request Vilna- Mips Dean would Come: for.. a • few moments' OGnversation as Soon as • ossible • ' Elspeth was certain that Lady Arcl- cliffe's wish to see her was a mere Whim, whereas M. Kenritli•would not have sent: for her. in this way unless . he had serne reason Of importance; thereforeshe said that she would be with him in twenty minutes, as soon es she could change, and that she would go to Lady Ardeliffe.i a little • more. than half an hohri'..-- •Now she began. to feel 'stiff; and her head ached furiously; but she • told herself • that the hot throbbing of her , nerves was . more through in- dignation against' Lady Lambert.. than in consequence Of her fall. .* • • She was pale to the lips - when, in d • , h ' ted .herself at.the door of Kenrith'st: sit- ting room. *Ile was alone, and. riise on her entrance: Although he ' too,. had changed his elothes,there were • traces of the. ilecident to be seen in one or two small cuts en his face, which the resident doctor of the Hy- dro had now doted up with strips • of piaster. . .•• "Forgive me for sending for you, but there was no' other. way of get- ting at you.. My. poor child, you are white as. a lily • and look almest 81 frail.. How Can, I ever pa self •for making ,you suffer?" "You have •riot made me suf:er." Elspeth answered softly, but "she hardl7 trusted he own voiel. "Yon are very good to me and that, b why I wish I coelcl dosomethin#for yoe, Did.,you send for me to tell rite thei chief dropped. from Lady 1-111aty'S bod- ice and tell to -the hour. Eltenth -would have ete:)ped to pick it up, but With a loW cry and a burn- ing blueli, Hilary slipped from the chair to her WINOS, grOVened fora few seconds searcning for the thing she had lost and, having reclahried It, grasped the knotted handkerchief tightly in her hand, as if determined that Elspeth should have no chance to guess at its contents. • The other had no wish to pry into Latienliilary's iidbretts and was con- seioue of no curiosity; but she could not, help thinking that the thing tied up in the Saco handkerchief had leek - ed like a rime° of jewellery -or per- haps more that one. The cambric was So 'delicate that A glint as -of gold had shone through; but Elspeth did net even wish to know Whit Lady Hilary desired to hide, or why there ithould be a "hecessity .far hiding it. Neither of the girlspoke of the itt- Ilo and Elspeth :continued to help Lady Hilary. She had taken off the dress, Which was torrt as well as dusty, and put her beatitiful friend into a dressing gown, vrben Lady Litin,;. hart came hurriedly into the roorri, Elepeth hid JIMAeio' pod to .s. ward. mhe 'WW1& WAS 'in an .1/LtetYle... 11 I I wore wirehrtir (tri"lso ineread: course I was willing -indeed. I gen- orally do drive, and put him in the tonneau. But I must say that the wheels and everything elee appeared to he all right, before We started. looked the car.over myeelf, but I res now it mut have been iniperdeiallY. Aa Dubois wasn't well. I ought to is hot the one ier such re poeihitririeg trust ao you have given her; and, be- sides the things which 1 have told- yoti, it it's necessary to say *none. she goes about the hotel retailing; 0 gossip to one person about another,. back and forth; and since her come lug this house has been nothing DIME nor less than a nest of scandal. ebe/ have made a more thorough exam., has contrived to set .at least half se ination, so 1 fear I have myself to • dozen portions who used te be friend -- blame,' rather than the chauffeur." ly violently against each other, .Bat... "He's a Freud:mien?" asked Els•• as I am the one who has suffered • peth. most, I consider tlint I liave the right, "A Belgiau," to ask you to send her sway." "Well,.1 muet go," said the girl, "1 will at least think it over," re. ;scarcely daring to suggest that the Plied Mr, McGowan. "Ii you haVe cheuffeur Might have pretended rn. not been misinformed, Mise Dean nese by way of in excuse to absent must certainly to. But. of course, she himself vrhen he knew that I; must be given a chance to defenit cident was sure to happen If the herself I will send or her present- • . • • r wo C1110 y to plant an unjust suspicion against'Bile is here now, Mr. McGowan,' him In his master's breast. /1 he said Elspeth at the door. "1 couldn't - were guilty of connivance in some help hearing the last few words." horrible plot, then let the detective "it is just as well.' reterned Mr. Kenrith was going to send for McGowan rather coldly. "Did you sod it out; for in the meantime, hear that Lady Lambert accueed yo' there was no further danger 'from of: accepting beibes from Captain three, harm that he could do, as the car ford to give notes from him to Lady' was badly broken and could not be Hilary Vane?" • used for many days to come. "1 knew she accused me of Boma - The girl ouppeeecl that Lady Ard- thing of that sort," said Elspeth. cliffe wanted her, t� talk over some looking at Lady Lambert, who hal& new poem about to be begun, there- up her lorgnette and stared super -- fore she was surprised to rtnd a num- eiliously. • ber of people in the sittinettiona, •I "Have you ever assisted the Cap "We want you to tell us all about ' tain to comintinleate with Lady Hi-- the accident,' Lady Ardeliffe said, lary?" ' •"'Begizi et the beginning, from the "Yes. But,-" began Elspeth, andP• time you- went out."' faltered painfrilly, as she realized•fore There ives no -reason why r-peth • the first time that she had no answer Ybrliieh cesidd be truthful, an4-1 there is something? I hope so." "Sit down here oa the sofa, among ' these cushions," he said, making a place for her on the refa, where ' she had first seen Captein Oxford. "There is a thing I want to tell you, and then a question I will ask. You iv- ' meniber- the blue diennond and the black pearl I shorted you the other day, when Lady Lambert and Lady Hilary watt here? Well, they 'have both been stolen this afternoorn" "What, you left them in this room when You' went out„ and they were tailitpenettwhile you were pee? gasped "No. I had them about me. I always carry them so. Didn't you see where I kept them that day?" Elspeth ehook her head. "/ ref, Took. r didn't want to know, some- how. / heard Lady Lambert cry out, 'Who would have thought of your keeping them there?' and I supposed you had had a safe -concealed in the "NO': carried thena in a belt. had them as usual, when / went out motoring to -day, When' I came back they were gone, ,The belt had been out with is sharp knife. The mite- tiOrt I *Ant to Ask is. *Did ott nee ttaa100,. Or.,10.14.014i, oils .1 .r.at. tention to -Me." • •' "What do you, Mean?" exclaimed ICenrith. . .• • • . , .: allveLl tnat ne *oldie consider ,.1.% very likely that I had taken the jew-• .........• ' 'That is. nonsense," ICenrith said, .•,.'emost angrily. "A nian who sawqmx, and yet -made sneh a.' suggestion as 1 na.t, would. be disCherge.c.1 as -soon as I ae made -sit." . 1 "Thank. you." Elspeth • answered, ..1a.ughIng faintly,. "After all, perhaps a very. ,clever detective ,wotaldknow i that most W.Cffnefl W;01)1d be. tbo eoW- 1 erellY to attempt suee a Crime as that • in open day, even if they had • the .m will to do it. But, cled, 'I efieuld. have no right to be offended if a sus- picion of that sort did some into a detective's head." • ' ' ' "If yoa any ench 'things I shall not send for elle, hat will letthe jewels' - go:" . "No, no!" exclairned the girl." "I shell feel terrib'.y if you • don't de :everything yo lt can to get them back. . I wieb I co-licl . help you. I A shall' think and tIt'::04 v4..th all roYL Might. .Who known .1) tt I nine have' an in- : •BP,i;a-toilrs. '....,• 0.1s,vor ettoug. h to' have : one." s:aid l';.".,:pr't.11., Pif you pat .your • Mind t() it, .so do try, Of course, all that 'I've 1-.4d von is between oursel- ves. I don't want my loss known e,nd •.discussed in' the hotel.. But l'in'eurp. T don't, really need to say that." "No, I would not think of speaking to any 'One," replied Elspeth. "And I shall try. very, very hard for that in- spiration though I'm afraid it's too • much ,.to hope for that a really help- ful one will °erne. Now, if you have no other questions to .ask me, I must go, for Lady Ardeliffe wants nee to come to -her room, and I'm keeping her waiting." ' "I' hope I • haven't worried you." Kenrith said. "I'd Much rather lose the 'jewels than do that. Naturally, I should like to solve the rnystery of their disappearance, and. still more te get them back, if I can; but if 1 can't, it is not going to disturb ;me • seriously, and it certainly, must not dietress you. Remember, I took you Out this afternoon by way of trying to bring hack the oolor to your cheeks. Instead of doing you. good I threw you out on the road, came .near kill- ing you, shook -pie up terribly and. bruised you a: good deal, I'm greatly afraid, though you are too brave to eomplain. So yen. ;see, I've enough responsibility. already. If you are go. ing to worry about a comparatively small misfortunes that's happened to me it will make it a lot worse" --t--. "I Won't worry„thet," smiled Else peth, "I'll save myself up for the in- spiration. But new may I ask you one question; what about your chauf- feur? Do you trust him entirely?" Kenrith looked surprised. "I've al- ways found him a good driver and a particularly flue mechanic," he re- plied. "I've had him in My ,employ ever since T took to motoring, nearly two pare ago. I've hever had any serious riecident until to -day." "But what about that wheel? Oughtn't he to have known there was totnething wrong with it?" ' d "Its'e been ailing for a day or twe: some trouble with his eyee. He told May When I sent word at what time I Wanted the Car to=dity. that he ttould artt to speak, and would, have made at the Same time no ineriatinating fee some excuse to refuse could she 'have herself. thotight of one; but she was very. Mr. McGowan, who evidently •had Weary, and not as fertile in expedi- expected an indignant denial, ,looleed."- ents as if her vitality had not been very grave. at a low ebb. In a dull, tired 'way, she told how the automobile had tried to stop it, and all that had hap- . ' "You see, I was right," exclaimedl I, started, how Mr. Trowbridge had ,,,,. ...„ ., -*••• . , _ pened afterward.. Lady Ardoliffe be- Lady Lambert. "Now, what do you, gan by askixtg questions, but present- intend to do?" . ly she relapsed into silence, looking "I must talk over this matter with. so pale an angry that Elspeth wort- Miss Dean alone, your ladyship?' dered if inadvertently . she had said said the' manager. - . anything to give offense. • . I "What! You still refuse to believe- • The change - in Lady A:Melilla% .her guilty?" manner was felt be -Peery one in the 1• "I remit know -from her own limn. mom, and when r. th had told.her j what to believe, and it woold be dis-. • story, they rose, o .0 by one, afict •n'essing . for every one concerned it: went away. Elspeth would gladly the matter were discussed in public?'" have gone able, but Lady Arcleliffe laid. a hand upon her arm. "Wait," 1 she said. "I wanted to speak with. , you alone. That is why. I pretended Ito. be tired; I meant to got rid of them all, Now; -tell eve, how did Mr. Trowbridge act when he came on the, spot. where' the • motor • had broken down? Didn't he seem particularly i anxious about one person in • the I party.? 1 was sure from somethine • yeti inadvertently let drop just now 1 that he did. You needn't look BO ob- • 'stinate, as if you had made up your mind to say nothing," Miss Dean. He , • did show that he was desperately. ' anxious about , Hilary Vane, I'm• • Sure?' •. • • • "A week ago, Lady Ardcliffe, 'you , 'asked me whether' I thought Mr. • Trowbridge cared a great deal about Ceti -Mess Radepolskoi." • ' • • "Ah, but that was hefore he met Hilary." • . • . "You must think him very ohange-'1 able. . • "I only fancied that. he cared about', the Countess. I feel that he is in eove with Lady Hilary. you :lchow it, don't yeti?" . • ' 213-.0arr," said'Elspeth, prudently. • - „ "That. 'is ljust the Sethi '7°11 • Bard 'yes.' But of Comae, it affair either; except that .1 .a ,friend of Mr. Trowbridge's, • and I •.ahorkkigbe very sorry to. see lain Sac-, eificed by a, designing- wernan."- - • "Oh.. Lady Ardeliffe„ you ean't 'call 'Lady .Hilary .a . designing' woman!" •,crie Elspeth.' • ..• • "I cell her mother a designing • Wonien, and Hilary Vane must do as Ida Lambert, bids:her: They are well- born; .1of • course, but the -mother has been Ilideouely extravagant and now she is reaping the reward of her lolly. I, believe that Mr. 'Kenrith is. begin- . rang .to see' her :esahe really is.; She loehie hope where he's coneerted, and everything, depends. npop.' Hi: • lary.'s marriage: something isn't done,. Mr. Trowbridge •will :fall into , the: trap theY'ire: laid for him." '• • '"H.e.• may bp a' millionaire, hitt all . the same Lady Hilary Vane is fl, thou. - :sand times too good -for him," Elspeth • -- • , . retorted.. loyally... ".1 do hope • she • woe t marry- Mr..erowbridge. Lady Ardeliffe's eyes blazed: "She , shall. not 'Marry . him," she- cried viciouslY: ' "That must be Prevented s'emehow. 1 don't gime 'see imee, yet, • leut..it must be autie. Would 'be too great .a sacrifice.- . Elspeth was ginwing more and•tnore angry with this ,tooneti woman. Who • wore her middieeteed need on •. her • 019eve.,_ No doubt • Trowbridge had amnsed himself by flirting with her, for some reason -•that• the girl ceifid not fathom; .still, she ought to llieve sense ' enough to -see that, a mari of his age could not ,poesibly in love With a woman of hers. Els- peth ioriged to speak Jet her scorn; • :and warn Lady Ardeliffe that .Hilary • !Mist net be injured. hi any weir, .or' even, annoyed. But she told herself • that anything ,she could say. on such a subject Would only make matters worse; :indeed, she had spoken too • much already, ,So she held her ton- gue, And merely said, when she .could Put •a word, that she 'Mist go and see whether •Mi. McGowan had come. "After Elspeth thotight a few minutes later,. as she was on the way downstairs; "I don't see how' •she- ctin. possibly: herrn. Lad/ : Hilary.. Meli- does as she may be in her stupid • jealousy, what can she de -or • the Countess, either P" • ' ' Yet the girl was vaguely urieeiY, • for •she knew that Hilary had new • two enemies in the house -two wom- en Who, 'though as ,different one from the other as Sumier from Winter,. hated .their yew* 'and beautiful ri- val for the. same reason; because, all • against her will, she had found•faner in the eyes of a man they both loved. Elspeth went straight limn Ls,dy • Ardeliffe's room to Mr. McGowan's office, where she wished to explain -- if he had come --why her duties for • the afternoon been' neglected. 'Perhaps he would blailie her for hav- ing gone out with Mr. Kenrith in the motor car, she thought; yet, he could hardly do .that, as she had gone in her free hour, rind could not possibly know that an accident would happen to delay and ineepacittite her for her ditties. Still, she rather dreaded seeing the .menager, and her heart began to • beat fast when she heerd, his voice on the other side of the door. So he had returned. • "Have you any proof. of this?"' he wits saying. • "It was my deughtee hereelf who told me," replied another •wiled, whit+ Eirneth itteiv too well. It was that of tab tamtart, "It is dierteeep- Jul, 1 rearri do Mini -ghat, Nati& CHAPTER XI. to yeenr foots, Mr. McGowan, you littalYettiotehinuidt o dr1"-* •-• ehould dietharge *mat a nersou,, /313,, •• ct..,9. A • "You must think him' tero changeoble.'' • heppeeed. ' • ' Miss Dean, you have eour- • oppoetimety to explain," began • Mire. „McGowan, •!'l 'must ' say: that r am» 'di:inlayed and annoyed to have such! . .0 story thrown at my head on the rac• e , ment of my .return from' a busineare- jeurney.. You must, to say, the lease,. • have: acted'with • impruderthe, •and • gone out of your plebe in this house, or- Rich a suspicion against your pro- : deuce and good sense .could not .hava' Aileen." • Until this moment Elspeth had'.ret- ceived nothing but praise. from Mr. • • .-MeGowari, and nervous and worn as she was, this rebuke .seemed almost beyond hearing. Team sprang to hex eyes; but Ai- ' choked them back,, determined then, ' ' the manager •shceild not see her 'cry--. • ing like a 'scolded child. In spite eire -her efforts at: self-control, however,' -the. girlish face betrayed. something of the heart's distress, and Gowan, who was an eXtrernely king, hearted man,. though a disciplinariare, as a'manager, repented his harshneuve "You had. -better fell .me every' - 'thing," he said. • • •- • "I-den't think •I can do • that though ae fax as Lady Hilary .Vane' he concerned there's- practically n�' thing to tell," replied, Eispeth. • " "What! You refuse to speak?" Mr- ' geGowo,n excleimed, his vexretiet• e rising again. • . ,"I once .took a message -an thane letely insignificant messe.ge.:-fron0 Captain Oxford to Lady Hilary, whona' he has known ,for along time." • "Is that all -on your word of hone, - or ?" "Practically all." , 0- • "That is not a satisfactory atiswer. "I'm very sorry, but I'm afraid ittari the best that I cangive." • "Then, Miss •Dean, I must sa'y am very much disappointed in you?" "World you prefer to have me go away?" the -girl asked, trying with, all her might to steady her voice. Mr. Mbriowan had not inteudenr matters to touch this extremity. Eke, peth's work was eicellent beyoret his • expectations, and she was well likede by every one in the hotel to. whorn.. • her serviees had been given. She WAS • a lady by, birth and in Mantua, .. charming in appearanee, and altte- gether the manage' of the Loehrairee Castle Hydro feared it would be irrie possible to obtain another steriographeL• er as desirable. Still, discipline .mttern be maintained in the hotel, and this girl must riot think she could go eat • 'of her pine,' Mix herself up in the love affairs of the guests of the house, and after behaving with grave indlie-- cretion, eseape with a mere reprice mend after refusing to defeed herselL. He valued her services too mueh tee have dispensed with thent eu his own hinitiative, but as she had praetierdly 'tendered her restignatione • he did net think it eompetible his dignity or her effente to say thets. spite.of all, he wished her to Atli"; on. 1!1 must.at.courso Mk that Yon v& - (TO BE CONTINUED.) - Discomfited:, Lady Lambert sweptt • out of the .room with an air of injur,., ed. digeity, and Elspeth; though deep- : . ;3, grateful td Mr. McGowan for. giv- -ing her the benefit oi the doubt and sparieg her a public inquieition, • trembled] inwardly. She could not nal; lies, ,yet she must hot compromi.sn' •Lady. Ililary . in any way. She must- . keep that idea before her, Whetever. •