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THE GHOST OF
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BY MRS. C N. WILLIAMSON
Aotfrar Of "The Princess Passes," "The Lightning
. Cocufisctoe Etre, Et,
•Oteprelght, 1908, by Moe: 0, W. WIllepenson.
Arentrue wirr gnaw *pentane:1g awn
it, They were alwaya in each others'
pockets lately, and now the fact that
they have both been robbed will have
drawn them even closer together,"
In any case, Trowbridge was cer-
tain • to' 'be aware a the Countess
departure: -Lady Lambert told the
-
maid that if Mr. Trowbridge knoeked
at the sitting -room door he was to be
informed that Ledy Lambert had
gone on. to Lade Arcieliffe's room.
0'40 aosent Mend, Shouldn't be
surprised, mettelf, if he hadn't left
the hotel after all.'
"What do you mean?" asked Lady
Lambert. •
"I mean that there may be, those
under this roof who will be watching.
-Why-shateldn'te-the Countess- be -her
own detective?"
As Lady Ardelifte spoke these words
. she fixed her eyes on Lady Lamberts
face, expecting to see a ebange of
the pones and rese7. Your aa.ughter are
rested," ehrieked Lady Ardcliffe.
"There are proof') enough that it WAS
she who took the jewels from us haat,
and, whatever ha pens, f intendoto
get tnine back. They shan't be sold
to pay your delete."
"Ring the belle some one, and let
us aend for the doctor," eeid Lady
Lambert. "This woman has complete -
lest her senses."
"I think." said one of the othera,
"that we had better net ring. It is
best for everyone concerned that we
keep this among ourselves. YOU may
as well know, Lady Lambert, that
the Countess also suspected Lady Hil-
ary, though on what grounete, of
course, none of us can tell you. She
seemed to be certain, however; and
so, yqu see, whether dear Lady Ard-
cliffe is right or wrong, she isn't in
the lead mad."
"What a neonstrous and horrible ac-
cusation!" ejaculated Lady Lambert.
"It could only have entered the heed
of a jealous woman' We all, know
that 'hell -hath-he furylike a :woman
scorned' -especially an elderly woman
scorned for a young girl. Both 'these
women have been madly jealous of
my poor! innocent, child. This is a
A babel of voices greeted, her elms Plot againsther.. I understand now
as she knocked at Lady Ardcliffe •
deer, and one broken 'sentence carie
to her clearly. "Of course, I can't
prove Anything new, but all the same
I'm morally °certain that"—
The, voice Came nearer; the door
was opened by the . speaker, Lady
Ardcliffe herself; and at sight of Lady
Lembart she gave a little start, grow-
ing red, and breaking off suddenly. '
"Hew d� you do?" said the elder
woman, somewhat stiffly, looking so
inifeh -embarrassed that Leda: Lam.
beet was puzzled.
"We -l -that is we were all talk -
e •
itie over the robbery," she went on.
"Will you come in?"
."Thanks, yes; I've come to sympa:
thize," replied •Lady Lambert, airily,
"You are very kind," reterned the
other, with a quick but eloquent
glance at her friends.
Trowbridge -had' interviewed . her
early in the morning, had learned
from her own lips the 'theory she had
formed in regard to her Stolen jewels
(a thing she had absorbed from the
Countess Ra.depolskoi, as she would
scarcely have been able to ev,olve it
alone) .and had induced her to prom-
ise that she would do nothing inim-
ical to Lady HilaryVane. 'It, isn't
that I care for the girl particularly,"
he had said, "It I have given people C.P.A.
any reason to think so, it was only
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to shield her in her affair With Ox-
ford, and also because you have been
Unkind to me lately. She knows we •
are ,great ftiends and ,she, and her
Mother may fancy I have put these
ideas about her • into your head. • I•
shall think you more angelic. than
ever if you promise not to aecuse
Lady Hilary. You admit you. haven't
any reel proofs; ' that the Countess
.115:5 them- all, and has said that Olean
make' them known this, morning; but
inark .zny words, she'll do nothingof
the sort, I've been stedying her chaie •
eeter; andhave discovered thatshe's e
as cowardly as he is selfish. he
hopes to , make a' catspaw of you;
then, when she has•got you to db and
say exactly What she wants she will
surely ' threw everything on ydurel
shpulders ,and disclaim, any special •
knowledge - or Tesponsibility.Without
very strong.proofs on which to found .
an ' accusation you ' 'would be•fin 'some-
thing of a••Serape e and every one
Would think - you had clone whet you*.
'had 03.1i of ill nature -a thing really
sovery foreign from your sweet dis-
Position." '
Lady Ardcliffe had finally Yielded.
'eliettuatlY to • Treevbridge's argu-
ments; -but she had not told him how
she and the Countess Raclepolskoi.,
had both been talking 'hi the hail of
the hotel the evening b.efore. against ,.
Hilary Vane 4ncl'.Lady Lainbare. •
Lady. Ardcliffe had said, what she .
had already said' to. Elspeth Dean,.
thae the two Were,in dreadful money
.•-• •
difflotilties., and that, unless*. brie or
Doth of Ahem, ,could, midi° ii riCh mar-
riage ,(as they were triving hethi
and brain to do), she did not see at
all what Would become Of •thein.. '
The countess had added -that; she
would not be in.the least eurprieed if
the Mother and daughter deScended.
to actual theft to relieve them in. their
desperation, as already they ' Must
have pawned all their 'own jewelry
which was worth pawning She Would -
:not teusee Hilary, Vane alone in the
room wjh hers, she had continued;
and thOugh.she„ had laughed and pre-
. tended, to .be half in jest, naturally
everybody who hadheard rhe speech
remembered it after the robhery,
Lady.. Lambert and Hilary, congratu-
lating themselves on . having escaped
a terrible .humiliation, little dreamed
how their names were being taken in
vain in the hotel; and their defende
'erseeTrowbridge and Elspeth • Dean,
were as ignorant of .the talk es. the
. subjects of it; as ignorant as Sohn
Nenrith. and Captain Oxford, who
Were keeeve to be friends of the :un-
fortuneteepair. : • •
Thoge, who; had 'heard ,Lady Ard-
cliffels words, and especially the
Countess •Radepolskoi's, the night • be-
fore the robbery, told all their ac-
quAintances who had not heard; and
these persons rapidly passed the etery
on to others, so that the whole' ho ,se
was buzzing with • the hideous go tip
•which Elspeth Dean. - Trowbridge -end
Me. McGowan flattered themseleee
had been killed,
Naturally .some of. her most. ieti-
mate friends had lost no time in ,e -
minding Lady .Ardcliffe of last night's.
conversation, and all welt • bitterly
disappointed as well assurprised at
the Countess Radepelskoi's • midden
flitting. A eeleet party had been dis-
cussing the situation: in Laxly Ard-
eliffee sitting room when Lady Latn-
. hart arrived, and not e woman there
but was conscione of a quickening of •
the pulse when the mother Of Hilary
Vane appeared at such a! dramatic
moment.
M. IOC ,ito 1410
color come under her lope. Other eyes
also were fastened- eager.y epee the
handsome features; and the six self.
constituted judges decided that the
wothen 'Vas too hard 'Mid shameless
even for a blush.. ..
, Lady Lambert shruggedher shoul-
ders. "SO you and the Countess sus -
poet some one in the hotel; do yeti?
•How exciting!" -•
Dead silence answered,. and Lady
Lambert began to feel that the silence
was electrical, though she, did not un-
derstand why. . • " •
"Really,. it never ettins but it pours
excitements," she went :On, when eo-
body answered. "There wits tbe motor
car accident yesterday; and now this
dreadful robbery; •andemO daughter's
engagement, which 1 suppose - will
cause a little flutter, as Mr. Trow,
-bridge is so popultriee" •
."Mr: Trowbridge.!" exclaimed Lady,
Ardcliffe..2-"Surely you mean Captain
OiferdL-"Z • ••-,- •
"But that is ridieulous," said Lady'
Lambert, "There has. never been the
slightest ' chance , for ' Captain Oxford
, With neY daughter," • , . •
"You may not know her 'heart as
D'ell as. you, think," ieplied the alder
woman. "Girls don't tell ,their mo-
thers 'everything," • -
'I ani :at least inthe emifidefice of
my daughter' fee enough te knew tliat
XI.; Trowbridge hes proposed not
once, but several times, and . this
'morning has bean acceoteil
For a moment: Lady Ardcliffe fe1t
that , elle must faint, but, foolish'
woman as she : Was, she had enough'
pride ',to.- save her r"erom becoming
ridiculous in the eyes of her 'Visitors-
With..a.sepretne effort she 'rallied'nil
'her fornee,. trying to think that her,
enemy had told an untruth; yet in
spite of - her passionate *Nyish not t
believe,there was •something in Lady,
La:inheres. tone that carried
tion,.. She, guessed that .Trowbridge's•
:soft words to her in the early morn-
ing lied been gpoken with an object.
He was determined to save Lady Hil-
ary at any price; andhe had meant•
to keep his engagement secret for a
day or two. Nov his ,objeet had been
' thwarted by the girl's own mother.
All . the malice and spite in this
-middle-aged woman wholotted a Young
mail seethed Within her, Seeming to
„pout venom through her••blood. 'She
longed for some inspiratioe to shcav
her how best to punish Trowbridge for
the titeri he had played: ' Her foolish
love for him had turned tohate, and
she would have liked to Strike "himo
. stinging blow. ' • .
The. easiest Way' to strike, and the .
way perhaps to deal the hardest blow',
'Os to ruin Hilary Vane; but it Would
he :difficult to work without her lest
The Countess had said thiti
. morning, before Trowbridge had come
...and separated them: have absolute
peed 'against . the • 'girl by •Whipli,
can denounce her when • she comes
downstairs. I won't tell you What it
is, for if I 'did you wouldn't be sur-
prised; and it's hatter that you should
be surprised, I'm not at liberty either te
tell you why 1 am, so certain !about
this Proof; bet:1 em certain; • and
Yeti% soon see that was not boast-
ing.". '
-So Lady Ardcliffe had evtuted, ex-
pecting something edhsational ; and
the Countess had vanished; and she
herself .had been tricked. I3ut if it
were not in her power at the Moment
to have .the 'girl she hated' etrestede
she would ne least ep "damage her
reputation that Treevieridge, no mat-
ter how much in love, would hardly
dart to Mee the world with Hilary
Vane" as his wife. '
."Mr, Trowbridge must have beep
aCcepted this morning; indeed, I don't
wonder that .Lady Hilary ettid
sneered Lady Ardcliffe, with trembl-
ing lips. '"But I venture to prophesy
that the engagement will be dissolv-
ed before night -and by him.
Lady Lambert, who had sat down,
rose abruptly, looking very stately
and handsome. "Are you Mad?" she
exclaimed, •
"Not at all -though I've had en-
ough to make me se. It is you whoe
are read to eorne here and talk as you
have done -after last night's work."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that it wes yeur dough,
terz-aided rind goaded on by you,
'probably -who stole Countess Itedepel-
f shoi's jewels and mine."
• Lady Lembart, on hearing Lady
Ardeliffeesastounding edousetion af
1 Lady Hilary, though %marble pale,
burst into laughter, "After all, you
are triad!" she eriecl. And then, turn-
ing to the half dozen women tilting
• in a silent group, he said "What
ought 1 to do? Send for the manager
of the hotel, or -the dottet?"
"Be thankful if -I de not send for.
CHAPTER XVIII,
"t have been to condole with Count-
ess Badepolskoi too," said Lady Lam-
bert, "but I find -that she has .gone
away. Doesn't that seder very • sud-
"Oh, it is, Even Mr. McGowan, the
managere didn't know she was go-
ing. I wilted him, end he told me so,"
said cone of the ladies who had been
•
most bitter against Lady Lambert and
her daughter." She was, unable to re-
sist the temptation, to tell something
whieh perhaps _the others. did not yet
know. "And really; it's Very odd; no
one eaw her leave the house,"
"No doubt she had her own reaspns
for wishing to get away 80 secretly,"
said Lady Lambert, • with A veiled.
sneer. Had she but known how these
half dozen weeneti Wei% regarding hoe
even her proud spirit would Beadily
have ventured a sneer at the absent
enemy.
.Lady Arcleliffe, who had lately
made common Mee with the once
Aeenleed. "foreigner," against. Lady
Mary Vane, flushed with anger. "Ne
doubt she had her reagens for not let-
ting some of us know the meaning of
her edtiona." Atte *doted. in ablate
the 'mystery of the Countess Radepol-
skoi's sudden flitting. Mr. McGowan,.
the manager, has doubtless heard ale
this disgraceful scheme, and haa,Sim-
ply ,turned her out. I shell see him,
and then; Lady Ardcliffe, I warn you
that you had better make YOUV pre- .
parations to go also," •
It Vas now Lady Ardcliffe's turn to
laugh, which -he did, abrilly and •
hatefully. "Miserable fool!" she cried,
"don't you know that you and your .
daughter are walking on the edge of
a precipice? Perhaps at this very mo.
mint' a detective has (Recovered. the
" proofs which will send your daughter
.,:it.soe Ina rt neapitl "obion,
ladies, who was neither rieh nor Laadi,eltambart, that. she
said one of the
portant,..and who had been snubbed
on .an unforgettable occasion by, the
proud Countess' of Lambert.
• The persecuted woman did not deign
to answer; but, finding ,that she was
in danger of falling into vulgar re,
crimihation., without another word she
-swept out of the room. Thence she
went straight to her own, where she
stood for e Moment or two behind •
the -hastily lacked door, thinking deep-
She.remembered the Counteda's ear -
Hug caught in a frill of Hilary's dee4s,
for, though he had not been in her
daughter's -room at the time of the • odd:
discovery., she had heard the eonvere
sation between Elspeth and Hilary.
Yee, she thought, it was ceetain that
there was a plot -an incredibly wicked.
plot -hatched by'teeo jealous, unserdpe.
uloui) women. But -would it be easy -
to prove it a- plot? Had they not play-
edtheir game perhaps more cleverly
than Efliq., ,et, knew? Ie spite el her
'furious indignation against Lady Arch
ell& the Countess Radepolskol and
all their. friends, Lady Lambert be-
gan to be very much frightened.„ .
Suppose there really were -a detec-
tive in the house.? Endeedeebere prob-
ably was one, for no doubt the um/l-
aver w�uld have sent eff in het haste
• to the nearest lnigS town -and suit -
pose it should be put in his head -to.,
suspect Hilary? • • ••
It "wield almost surely ,be a stupid,
.-head,.and therefore al) the more dan-
gerous. _Some other pitfalls might
have beeii laid, of which she and Hil-
ary knew nothing-
would
iewould know II teh-
ing until t was too late Wla or-
rible, what irrevocable Mischief some
blundering "detective" • might do.
•Lady Lambert Would fair.. have talk-.
ed mutter's over with Hilary, but fear:,,,
ed to tell her the truth in the -girl's
present- strange mood, Instead , she
rang • Nei ' ordered the Servant, who;
came to •haVe. Mr, MCGowaii:informed
that she wished him to come to her at
once. • .
He .did come, after the shortest of
delays, :tviiich nevertheless seemed
longenough to. her ,;end beitire he had
time :even .to: ask a qUestion. Lady
• Ltiienieliiert began to poll: out her griev-
ances
She 'and her daughterhad been out::
.• rageously, ineulted in his house. . She
• wished to go at once and cohSult her
London :solicitor. • . •
"But, Lady; 'Lan bart, • in the present• .
circumstances r fear itis impossible --
that is, I mean that it Will he best
for you not to ye,"
"If you refer to the trifling debt I
owe you for eur•stay here" - began„
Lady Lambert. But the manager re
spectfully cut iei sioi
"NO, it is not that, indeed." he re.;
' plied, "though, I must confess I should
be obliged if yewr adeship could find
it eonvenient to pay. Dut, you see,
a. certain suspicion is afloat; non-
sense, and etuel torisense, no doubt;
• and done1 have iny beat toprevent
.
your • being annoyed,. Still, there it
is; and the affair has happened. Real-
. ly, Lady' Lambert, the only thing to
dOencee is for' you •and Lady Hilaey.
t� stayexactly where you are; and as
, you are, Until the matter of the jewete
has been cleared up -as it. may be,
any Minute." „ : •
"Is it true there is a detective in
the hoiise?"" °•• •. •
Mr.' MeGowen 'raised his eyebrows,
"Naturally there is -1 inay as. well
. admit that, since the fact has been
mentioned."." ' • '
"And insi dautitter. and I are beinge
watched?"
"Ev,erybod,y in the hotel - is more
or lesie ander observatiote"
Lady Lambert bit her lipeeirid her
eyes were full of' a- darigertnts light.
"I ,Will not:keep you any • tenger,"
she said, "since you do not intend
to protect me." •
-"I am unable to do more than I
have done, and am at present doing,
I 'deeply regret to say."
'Then, at leapt, leave' me." •
He did not require thee second bid-
ding. And with what Lady Lambert
suffered in that moment and • other
moments te come Elspettr Dean -if
she had but known -Was fully aveng-
ed.• •
CHAPTER XIX. '
grabber Winer*, cx$01MINONM rota, tos
even when reason argued against nor.
110 recalled the fleeting look of fury
on Trowbridge"e face when the dog
had broken t 0 giallo Of widakey and
soda which OcSord was in the very
at of raising to his lip. 1! Elapeth
DOM were 000,, Prince Vliarlie had
saved Ms master's life.
"Let us try once mOre to have a
farewell drink before we part," Trow-
bridge now suggested, laughing.
ne
always keep plenty of tunablehere,' •
and he wept to au old-fashioned wall
eupboard,• yu ne
glass door. ee
"No, thank you," Kenrith answer.
-ed pleasantly, but decidedly, .before
Captain Oxford had time to speak.
"My friend Is bolting rather done
up, and as he's still mote or less
on the invalid list, spirits are not
the beet thing for him. Rest ,will do
him more good than anything else to-
night." .
„ This hint WM so brad that Trow.
bridge was obliged to take it. He
_apologized fleetklatnredlyefor his lack
them both pleasant dreams, left the
profocrao,nsideration in keepingthem up
tW.ing
so. long after the trying experience
hey had gone through, and, ish
'What shall I. do about Prince fler
,lie, sir?" asked the porter, who Eit054
outside the • door new, awaiting in•
again,structonc___
se:"Shall' I try downstairs
"We'll keep him here for the pres-
ent, that* you," said Kenrith, • anti-
cipating his friend's answer. 0:4' n'd
had been about to give up the ,ltig
to the. night Porter but finding that'
Kenrith -wasewilling to keep him in the
room be let it gteeet that. Miller- bode
the two gentlemen 'a respectful geod-
night, ,closed the-ddor gently', and they ,
Wexreottlicifttli ed. to sa,y. nothing to
Oxford about the note from Elspeth
Dean until he himself had seeh the
girl and learned upon what grounds
she, based- her suspicions. Neverthe-
less, be did ..fiot neglect' the precau-
tions he would have taken if he fully
.believed in the warning. •
While Oxford busied himselfin ce-
reusing the eealted: collie, Ife. 'selected
'from the waetepeper brisket, where,
the glass .hnd been thrown, a .fcw
of the tereer -fraernents and putt4hein
in his pocket. , He also rolled a big
eaey chair over the spot where the.
whiskey had tallen on the • carpet.
"Now, 1 am going ,to leave you for
am
. feW moents,,
' said Kenrith. "I
have a little business downstairs- with
out friend the night porter,
.pect to :be back soon, and if t .;t1 don't
mind I should' be glad. if you could
stay awake, till .yo•a see -Me again.". •
If Oxford's curiosity were roused
he did .not say BO. Indeed, his .at-
tenteon was engtosse4, by Prince Chafe ,
lie. The dog's behavior seemed odd
to his maker, fief -though the wild
excitenient he had shown in •Teow-
bridge's presence was abating; he was
still unlike- Iiiineelf. His • beatitif#1
eyes were extraordinarily bright and
prominent. He kept up a continual
whinepering quivering all overt. and
appearing: to suffer in some irievilic-
able way. '', •
'
"There's soinething .very queer, .the .
matter with .the 'Prince,' said Oxford.
"I don't understand hint to-night.at
all.'4 : ' • - :
"Watch him," replied Kenrith,
re-
menibering that aoine of the spilled
whiskey had .fallen. on the dog's nose. •
Still; he kept his own. counsel, •es..he
Went out to igarch for the .sender of
the warning, - • •
• No mita was to be seen in the dimly
lighted 'corridor. Guiltyear not guilty,
•Trowbridge bad. no idea that he was
stSPected. :.! • '
softly bue 'beefily ,
:downstairs; :meaning te• irientite Itle-
Peth's whereabouts of ehe.•night „nore:.
ter; but it was she, not thenean, .•,vho
chine' quickly to meet him.
:!!Thank. heaven," she whispered. "e
wee afraid soinething :Would keep ;eon
.-e-or that yeueWould think I was med."
• "I should have thought any one else
madwho wrote such a eetter," he •
Said; "but not you. Now tell the
everything." :
How Elspeth get through her story
She did: not know; but somehow she
neade clear : the strangehistoey, of .
events, of; suspicions, . and of actual
knowledge. I • . • ,
There wee.' not lithe to tell all, for
she had a 'plan to propose; but Ale
begin with: the: lite, and whatehed
happened 't6 her in the corridor when
she had triode) 'give the blarra. She
told what shehad, heard in the ' se-
• cret room, and of the dead face her.
.groping fingers had toitchetl •
"It Was Mr. -Trowbridge's voice •I
heard, of that I am. sure. Who was
with • hire, • r •-catee. tell; but whoever
it was, those two are in the plot to-
gether. • They meant 'tie kill Captain
Oxford; it must 'have. been .they. who
• tried .to murder him before. ••• When
heard that yen and hewere to sleep
in Mr: Trowbridge's siting room, • I
was afraid there might be •still en -
ether :attempt, "shiedthe fire bad fail.;
•ect.. But that Wasonly part of my
. reason for sending you the note. These
two Men mifer .be talteh together. •in
the secret ,room, if at all.- You see,•
they: Meant to go back there for roe -
and they will be going; soon, if they
hayen't gone already; for they have.
no time to waste, If they find me
gone, they'll know the game is .up,
and even if they don't try t� escape
fioiTy the house; they'll make it dread-
fully difficult to proVe • anything
against Mein. only be -iny
..word; you know."' ' •
.'"They shall be taken in the secret
room,,y0:le:: • y of ne wilI go?" Kenrith,
quietly,
'Yes, 1 will go."
"Not, alone. They might kill you."
I have a revolver which I've ear.
ried-sinee yesterday,. But I shan't
be alone. The man who brought your
letter will go with me."
"The night porter,"
"Night porter pro tenie He is. it
detective, ami a mart one,' No one
knows but Oxford, myself. McGowan
-and, now, you.. Oxford musebiewith.
us, too. it's his right, as the plot
was Real:est him. He'd never forgive
inc if I left him out."
As lie spoke lie idepped to the door
of the night porter's tiny room and
gave a, peculiar lenoek,
Instantly the Ann to whom Elspeth
h given heir 'letter appeared.
'She knows,' geld Kenrith. "We
can trust her. Thanks to her alone,.
we are going to unravel the Whole
plot and kill two birds, Or , perhaps
mere, with one stone. While I get
triore perticulars from this lady, fetch
Captain Oxford, if you please -and
look here, .3rotell both want revolvers:
Don't let him &ley a moment. Tice
may be it matter of life and death."
The main scarcely waited for the
last word, but was off, his figure -a1.
most instantly swallowed up in the
du'low, you must tell me the way
into that secret room," said Xenrith,
Tell you the way!" exclaitned
euth. "Why, I'm going to guide you
there. Oh, please don't objet! You
couldn't get in withoet me."
ICertrith't eyes lit up with admire.
tine of her conned) es he looked down
"4/ must see you for a moment On
a matter of life and death," Elspeth
had :written to Kenrith, arid had for-
gotten Miller great haste arid anxiety
to namcee piece of meeting; but Ken-
rith knew, as be read, that he' would
be able to find the girl through the
porter, who had furtively handed him
the note. .
In -the new light thrown by Els.
petle's words' the scene just 'past took
a new significance. They could have
but one meaning; she had tried to
warn him against' an attempt Amon
Oxford's life, and perhaps hid own,
by poison.
Kenrith did not partiettlarly like
Trowbridge, and he had liked him
less than aver after his brusque an-
noundernenT of an engagement with
Lady Hilary Vane; but he had not
entertained the slightest suepition
agairiat the man's eharadter. Now,
had the warning come from any other
%veinal of his acquairitanee, he would
have regarded it as abeurd; but there
was 1010011ns/ abon\the venni/ Steno*
teeeeree :zee „tee:.
"You're net afratel?" he asked.
"Not with you," the girl impid-
sivly answered, than blushed deep-
ly hecauge she could not take the
words back.
Dark as it was, he silW the bluele
and die look on her face which told
, him more. tlean the words opoken
in-
advertently.
"Darling ho maid, "do yen
knew I love you and. want yen Or
Iii" wife?"
He had forgotten Lady Lambert and
all lus fancied oblientions to her, even
Elspeth had forgotten all the World •
but him,
. It seemed impossible that she had
heard aright 'Such hap Mess' co id•
•not be. s -he thought, for her, But '
beforehe could opeak again Captain
Oxford and the porter came hurriedly
Into the hall. 74
' CHAPTER X.
'
There were two ways of reaching
the secret eoomeinethe tower- Elspeth
'Dean had the best of reasons for „be-
ing certain of this:but only one
to which she had a e -le was the hid-
den entrance by the fireplace in her
own old quarters. '
Fortunately, this was the better way ,
to take, as the men who were to be
trapped • would alnaost ,surely have
chosen the other. Had they not in-
tended to do au, they would not have
ieft,.the door of the tower room looked, •
'and this Elspeth knew they had done,
as she had unfastened it when she
made her escape, • -
The three men kept close et her
heels, ready• to protect her if need.
windingbe, as she lecj thezn up the
stairsthen to the door of the tower
room Odell had been hers. It was
still unlocked, as she had left. it,
and they filed in, noiselessly as ,
shadows.
Theeroom was in darkness, nave
for, the pale 'starlight that filt,eied in
at the uncovered windows, but Els-
peth khew well where to find the,
place she Sought, and no light was
needed yet from the police lanterns
Welch the detectives earried. ,"
There was a moment of wild sus,
pease ‚whenshe feared that, after all,
-she had lost the secret of the Spring
which opened the sliding Panel. But
She touched it atlast, with a thrill
of 'triumph, and with. a Met click- as
thesole alarm, the w.ay was open.
Now Kenrith put the girl away,
when she would have peered through.
''You have done enough; he said in .
O whisper, "the rest in:. for us." •
. But she rebelled gently, "I can't
leave You." she answered, 'I dame&
it shoald be more afraid her. or go, .
ing back, than with you near. Oh, I
must stay and see it through..".
It was trim, as she said. He could
not leave her .behind. Who coulcl tell •
whether Trowbridge and the other
were already in the secret room, or
• whether they might not ..see the girl
.outside; and in an instant revenge
themselves for the ruin she . had
brought upon there! ••
"Follow. us. then, : Kenrith said.
"Buteeyon nee to. be careful, for my.
sake: .
: Never had the girl been SO leippr.
if death should come to her in the
. . •
' C.
You ?Ore dona enough," he said.
next moment, She would not • lieVe
missed that which makes e life • best* •
worth • living. • • '
.. On the other side of the secret, door
sonnd,and the' detective opened his • .
itharleyptIrterS.e.d,., listening. 7.leere was no
When' Elspeth had...previously been
on the 'Other side, of the secret door
" :elle had groped in darithess, seeing
nothing. Now, by the lantern light,
she saw a curious; narrow passage
between rough walls of stone.The
• passage followed - the form. of the•.tow-
er, and • Etspeth-told herself hat it
• probably .ran all the sdiStanee round
between •the eixibrasures of the win -
clow,' ih the, tower rooni. The floor
was Covered with a strip; of thick car-
pet,' evidently new, and probably.'
meant to deeden the sound of foot-
falls ,in Case the passage had to be
•
used while the tower room,' was °eau- ,
Just at the tern the queer,
' ladder -like staircase was visible -that' -
steep stturease • down • which she .
had. hiteried in fear and nameless hor- •
roe. but a :short time ago; It was
tovered with the same new carpeting
as that which protected • the .floor; a •
patternless.green fabric, stained with
(last an.d mud as if with a trAceof
every fooleten which lied passed or
down.
Elspeth painted to the"„staiA.
up, above where the clead.women
she • whispered. "But they left tne
lying ,here. See; there are the bands
. of stuff that Velma me, knotted kill.
They'll leek here when they dome"-
"Hiish rnimmured the deteetive,
with a finger on his lips, and turned .
off the light
They were. in ble,c4 darkness, dark-
. nese whieh in this cold ancl gloomy
place seemed thick, as if it might be
-felt. •
Kenrith laid hid:hand on the girl's
shoulder. She had been trembling a
little, but at his touch her nerves
grew steady, .
There was a slight sound in the di -
tame. A sliding door had been soft-
ly meshed back, somewhere out of
sight. Then came a muffled sound, of
footsteps on the carpet and voices
talking in low tones together. An in- .
stant later a yellow light quivered
along the dark wall. They were dott-
ing round with a lantern; mid, Els-
peth heard the same Oinking noise
which had frightened her On the flrete'
night in the' tower room. •
In a moment more they would know
that they had been tricked; butthe
light had not found the intruders Id,
d the four who lay hid waited,
edareely hreathihg.
New they dune round the turn of •
(TO BE CONTOWEIL)