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utat ea--peetert some upbraiding; but no
remained grimly silent, merely offering
to prepare the parcel for her. She sur-
'randere;l her task to him, (ui i returnea
to the drawing -room, eager to have a
few words with Chester alone,
• _And there again they pled!'. i Hienliv,
other. the condition cif the iii ere s.toodtlhe cab according tolorde v-
�es to each 1 the iii•„11-mottled gray impatiently paw -
winch
w
bated lhe'mg her father' release, to tlhe ing the stones. With an apology for de-
wl ucb she would abandon to him
i ; her existegae, awl be- bey upon his lips. and his mind hastily
„resent object of , , r use p ain , explanations and excuses for
Como a simple, domestic, loving English I n
wifa, the inevitable postponement of an in-
' A servant brought the package to the
in-
terview, (`heater looked into the cab.
1,3,raly'ng-reel!!, It was remarkably
v;aighty, but aitiiil„ 1 S: it.efsiised:
a Cnester got it easily into his despatch-
bos, and tinned the key upon it and lits
oma and the devil -haunted Tlhan.s, lit}
tracious coin ,almions, lie then toga a 1 onclumm and made breathless forsaken h touching_ her on the slionlcler. he added, lodging. You may ask for her, ma am, Dundas he crouched MI nu a fowv } ar
I to the c
precious
passionate !care o£ his betroth-
"
etroth In utiles. The man was startled by his Oblivion of the snbsequsnt stupor of "I arrest you on suspicion of murdering at Marylebone Lane till to morrowv of ltim wvsitciling, •watching, over with .ea, and started in haste for the Hones• ntagatcar'spallor anclextretne cliseo]nflture, 1 t the stealth and constancy o£.Fate.
i
safe iu Itis despas;ehases, ale was re-
quested to produce them without less of
time.
Remembering that he hail left the box
in his cab. Chester ruched through the
hall to Palace Yard, his mind torn be-
tween anxiety about the debate and
eai dime for the woman be loved,
THE AVINGITA.M O ULY 28,1893.
frenzied, despairing aspect of her sister
in the act of turning the assassin's knife
against himself, That Ralph Kestrel
had been the intending assassin, ar that
he at least had threathenea Dorothy with
in order to subdue her more
his will, Latiriu had not a
this weapon
utterly to
doubt. How else should Muriel O'Con•
nor's dagger come into concealment
among the sunflowers of the garden on
the Wapping shore?
It had hung, in Muxiel's drawing -room
:
upon the evening of the murder, Laura
was positive she bad seen it there when.
dusting among the nicknacks during; the
morning. Ralph Kestrel must have ;
taken it with him to frighten Dorothy,
and in a moment of madness, in a strug-
os-
sessle ion of the -weapon andhad
plugained.
n d it in-
to her perseoutor'sheart; then sled with
it, all reeking with blood, to her home -
Heaven
only knew how! -and bad pro-
bably hurled it in horror from her win-
(low into the garden below.
And as Laura pictured to herself her
unhappy sister's agony that night, the
shame of abandoning her home strong
upon her , the remorse for the wrong to j/ i
her husband, the anxious waning for
ar, the bitter words w rummy said, and the dsteotivQ camp to bust -
her all the circutxistances of that night; the
her tal'dy tie THE 1ECOGNITION,—DEIour: HE TII1' , she s ,
Dor doubtless passed between theme ' Hess bras nal, • ^ „
1 Y THE ai iTCii DOYOV aN It^�T6FD ci y , death struggle, thef mortal thrust ofe
with
tbo citi'i(ine rt dagger, 3ust as u
was, with the curved blade, wrong way
about, wedged into the sheath,
"How dare yon touch that?” cried
Laura, "What 'business have you here?"
Again no reply. The stranger put the.
'There cause the sound Of !Hurrying
feet, the voice of Muriel O'Connor ask-
ing eagerly for Mr. Donovan.
He had left tbo house -taken his port-
manteau and gone away soon after sate
had hex'self departed, Muriel was in
despair, She rushed into the drawing -
room with Cecil Chester's despatch -box,
and carne face to fade with the oificers
of the law.
'"The thief doth fear each bush an
officer," and Muriel O'Connor felt and
looked the guiltiest of women thus, as
olio supposed, caught red-handed. It
naturally occurred to her that Chester
lh•acl set the telegraph in motion to secure
iii"the last-- moments haaj�eued titer de- c
partnre-•-weighed upon Dfrothv s mina,
tinct she ceoticllecl against the bulwarks
tinder the lee of the deck -house, .and,
canned over all possible things that could
have built up tliebarrier between Laura
and herself. Anel as the black river-
atni'tgli'lecl past, and the shore -lights
glinunered and faded, she thought once .
more of that horrible dream which oho
had recounted to Laura -the dream ixt
which Ralph Kestrel lay dead; and aur• -
otlter vision rase with it in her memory
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a vision of a fierce, vengeful face and
a'glealhting Clanger.
As this rmags grow in vividness before
hen immediate arrest. her morbid fancy she was startled by
Site did not even see Laura Kingdon 1 the sharp oracle of a Wolfer -match close
in the first consternation of finding the by, and, glancing round from her shelter
police waiting for her in her own draw- behind the deck -goose, she beheld that
ing-room, nor was Laura's presence wel- very face illumined in the bright flame
come when it was recognized. She ig- by which Dennis Donovan was in the
nored her absolutely, and began to pour ' •
Act of lighting bis pipe.
into the ears of the puzzled "D 232' a Before he threw away the match, Don -
into
of the motives that actuated (Duan raised it in the still night airto her inhorrowingthe despateh•box,which I survoy the deck in his till iate ase g
upon ho center table, axed Dorothy „ shrank back unol
she sot down t• 1)onrliaacl, a 3
a disclaimer of any intention to rob its'! served, but nob before she bad seen and
owner, or to prejudice his rights in it. I fully recognized the ferociouswild beast
Muriel was so agitated and incoherent : eyes of the assassin of Ralph Kestrel.
that they could make nothing of what And with this recognition came back
Dorothy pleading for release from the ntiv:� , 1 "Don't know what yon mean,•knife, her face-to-face encounter
ell he had cast about her, Ks g'p 13 TFu'1 STt.Ia1G 1Vit113T nzit.
ma'am. I've nothing to do with your he murderer, her flight a pursuit, as
unholy (,p
Ciel perhaps npbraicling her with caprices Ia
a the n 't 1]t Clog o aver, sheath anda11, into a sst thereof
!box• s you know this lady?'. i she supposed, and an escape which re- urMtn her t9 i co s, m a i f tl beast thereof "Yes, I know her; she is Miss. Laura Matted still vague and ineomprehen-
Tt was eanpty. c of lh,s coat, duel floor le
!iliac! O'4'onnor waS gone, and a her sin ---A0 desperation of that awful
drew Eesti! s' sii}all noteh0o and pencil, t Kingdon." „ siblo.
c•ni,.+,11>i? 1 that the cltr ,gtch blowy in the midnight shadows, the fear -
1 i ldi *nand man gthe bell. "Ex:—actlyl She lives here? 4: I Dennis Donovan smoked on, in lonely
bo•nd e god alba) 1� 1 I aur•a •1 b 1 f tl first time `She used to hyo here,
box w u,ie alba, f 1 co scrousttess of the irreparable lnedltation through Cho watches of tha
He pained thunderstruck ;thea turned
n consciousness
long flight back to the The stranger spoke or the h s It to ine! her another .
deed, the long,o h g 1- , deer he said. Then "Well, slowI've go night. end hour after hour did I?orotlas
Rulph Kestrel." nlolnlnir• •and 'yellow and
"4 'ilio is this man?" asked. Laura of Muriel became speecless• She stared i1 tit• txesh blight morning, w
face. e
o Ira's a f a
t Lai
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Y
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llv to htfu -
1 a .1- -
tl 0 an AC
back 's Z ,
o <„ c ncl e
Muriel wandered �1 and a
l,.ti 1 and awe quickly Y•
• edin s.
rote
lithe drawing -room, �^k Ilady's g
he .. •.
of Choc!
' lll�
' `3 <coven 11F'LVe1y slat
`�'ll�:+ ui;@l1 '�Y#}E]F# CICiC i,aw
-->' , she t
1.] 3I] 1 fr breeze as there • 10
s holt m bhe
• U ea0 '� It
�• • hat the C tukase a the s it,
• 'eat, d - „ lhir
i
. ji
.., at
U
b
?
t
1
fair you e va
1 h., let o no
a f t d � Do
iia t a
il,l _ u t g 1(.e.
i tl , u a Div
la in affair." • •rho ,.
cl ciitnri?cl luta With the b darted off; p to y- 1 lmcr
a faint
"Neve • r mind that. The •young lady railwa station tars Lad: ' ie t
tk
the bell. raid, who entered In rep a „ ' , faint frame '
the bell, I "I am arrested, said Laura. ^•ranee of, the sea. The Wan-
Full
nc �
n •' VOS
e 1.
• ffGl
•o a
. ,hos
1 ane
lay t
11 IF\'` ', "I'm sure 1 don't , miss. How `.`Poul dc.mel
"That's 'am, The 1 oro was could re ler "(1, it'3 all right 1" cried! Chester with a
misgiving a+ its heart. Homa'am.
t c iii 9 •u • robber. t in,sir
c h of her mission to „ n `yen OW
i,illfe.su n point,
h like Muriel
from j � n U c , Now e and turned in when .the s
end thiothe Vestmiu- � edit have m carol. Most 'appy. Here "The whatt
•i , icnent ntigltt-plobaou feint, ha traced to 1 1 l
a pohacal oil serious I 1 , returned, staggering 1 '' .f tis, miss- Jos Shorter, ScotianclYard.' i "The mender on the Underground," out and daybreak gleamed upon ill •t
wvchuld-entail upon her some eller Station, end a , al 11,Ethawing decks; and Dorothy, shivering h'.
• Donovan w t� there as the + : h di ire like a drnniteit man, to, , That address may explain my business- t said the detective, Laura to the more than the biting •rawness o: ' 10
•not proteate( against ,t t' tilt „
1
a.
1 dietrees,
carisecjusnces.
in s i � • i es, I see it does. Sit down, mass; take
re resentitfve of her masters, He had !the presen0o of his chief. lints ofui Y }„ g gRalphmornino air, cxepttrei .lterhusbands
p 1 ;bust lies action. IID I Mr. Cruikshank Heard with fee a it easy All shall be done quiet and •`.Che • clear i ed with killing ,„
assisted it. From that 1 r <"•''�• pleasant.
- Kestrel explained Laura. incl fell asleep in thQgrateful shelter o'£
Lail even ass]a, the utmost dismay and indignation a to their cabin.
„ hoped that ho -sand through the documents upon which he relied for �� reeled into chair, her cheeks Muriel seized her arm: They were.still wy;ittng .for the wind
might be p been tills- s
society -might ' w Ar•
--, ase
e a ins
m- ec
Inn t
reel o
l3tit is manner � laid,
is
strange, some
L`L
¢quuq,Nii Laura rte a ll 0 a , +ou
„ rise
n-
in to }
going P
on g
4n(1 g
ea „�
• azar Y
!lite
fthew
1
to thehueo
�� blanched crime?" li
b e
�--� he
l t
-�. •led fo
tried t discuss the quos b c ofthese papers easascoot n .r u\\ • The housemaid stared, "How
11 them you are
myself?"
The sun was
oke
again,
wn she w
he s
of of the dtbat had g to be me.
`�•�. with so
nt � 1 nkw
• her )u
stood bw
to
n ] on
nllC i
(. 18
o e] a
i h g s
t nda
the P b r n
h anD
and tml.nown that 1)100 ,+ a !leavens, and Capta
h x]h th
nit lib Thal ]
s stolen n h
been sto „ ca
1 g t Y Ho z
had las 11 p h
1 1 »
h' at her ,
:site felt it desirable o t xs The a sen Q o breakfast,
I.tioat without delay. matter; to their aid he looped for some i
mouthed.
11 ti that." d tills Wing's newspaper which
i ' re, as
passedted, the of the chief points iu his speech, and, }� _� ��___-_ � III
With this a he �opposition to be encotmtex- -- l
k expected, I�i1
the t and recov •� noes -like, s alio ] ec eco
and returned but short responses to Chester to seek fagirl's tate a
reluarl.s with
which she endeavoured to a ors at +111 coats, hinting, as Chester l Pzczo c or=st'r,DERZNa ]t-1>,Pzx Jeanner . anti, seating hi]nsejf at the centre -table, i these words.. The detective observed it, depositing the coffee and sundries within [ ,.,,,+ +i, , rn„ vAl•satiou. Ho would eS papers
full well, that if they tell into tl I sleep in which Laura had found her -as pre msec! to write. I„ g ens read]. "it's'most•time you roused
• of dile O ,pos]thon at would be a Lama Kingdon pictured all this, he j jly,
it's Miss Laura. broke in the di•gital began
been made w a Hishma]nter tip duel took in some cargo. We're still
1 ds 1 „•cc is it of d
"What is your name miss? Yott I "I cannot to tem
and he
1 you like; what "You do not .mean that you actually had been brought off!in a boat 'from the
needn't answer unless
killed him, and not -
ever you say will be used in evidence � 'Hush! I will b
shore and had not yet been opened, the
ibrary, where, as slap lead oxjtec •(, s , knowing the r
found the conspirator immersed In pili• 1 ed, 116 ta•fT.11l]1?rl fur the £n•te of the Bill if !,•,� � -� e answerable for
Captain not caring over -much to spell
tical affairs, 1 It were Uncal inti even y ,� against you The detective pt Ralph h 1h t sl' death out matters that chiefly conceine
Ilia attectoa to the excessively occupied, I With calm severity he' rtgnested,
• ei the xzj(L 3.11Ttk71',-I ART>;:+T lou oN but nonetlholessoxultanttgne, lifted to ••Th little woman, said undas,
YY put the „ e dlands-
s. ornery die! explanation inn calm, bassi There was a serene heroism in the ]nen
pr,ss no 1pnhl0n uj:+�u her ��+•••�•�•,
• knew the nature of her pledges to the very serious matter to the Munstry. soul was filled with a great } owning housemaid; but what busme
brotherhood. They might see fit to strip Chester professed to have a clue; let him ;.pity for the sister, more sinned against yours?''
her of home and mean.., or they n follow it without a moment's delay. (than sinning; from whom she had part- •Miss somethingLaura, or Miss Laura
Clot. It was in their power to do so. He Crashed and mortified, the young , ed,perhaps forever, so coldly and so tear -
something?" asked the detective imper-
must make his report. His tone was so secretary left the House, and was bone ; lessly. Wrapt in ilio saddest thoughts, tltrbably.
quietly sinister that she grew heart -sick, at a furious pace back to the villa at Re- Laura made her way to the exit -gate of .,My name is Laura Kingdon," answer -
and rose to leave him. As she did so gent's Park. I the station. ed the subject of this interrogation.
her eye fell upon some folios of Signa- Muriel had got the start of him by I Shewas the last person to pass through, "What do you want with me?"
tures lying by the side of his desk. He • some five -and -twenty minutes, •and her and the official who guarded the barrier «Thank you, miss -one . moment,
would have prevented her from taking horse was an iron one. its breath of steam. ' scanned her with an eager and startled pl"T 'Laura Kingdon,' eh? Reside
them up, but she was too quick for him. But the train rumbled tediously from eye. For a moment he hesitated; then, h�re�"
A glance told her that these folios were station to station, and as she sat con- as she passed up the stairs, he beckoned "Here? I -no -yes."
a Tart of the petition she had confided to templating the fast -locked despatch -box, energetically to an individual of common- •, 'No, yes' -exactly: thank you. We'll
Cecil Chester's care. a new horror took possession of her. ' place appearance who was lounging close say `of this address.' " Then , to the
A quick question, and from Donovan A young mother and several sweet little at hand, The lounger instantly became housemaid: "Who is the `O'Connor'
1 accomp sthied by a pe- hilclren got into the coanuartment. One alert, and started to his foot with sudden mentioned on the gate -gentleman or
olleetor's side , -
lady? Then Laura broke into tears, duct with
Like a whnl- thing. With a shuddering m a moment. �• 'not a• Din to tell you," replied choking "God forgive you!" allowed ARREST Or THE St;PPOSEl)11'IUnDEWESS. .
giving was rushed
L the impulse le I m a-goinga ch :,
wind she rushed from the room and Muriel thrust the child away, :I Seen some ons like?" he asked. 1 the abigail. herself to be led away, And Muriel, left
Her eyes wver0:instantly riveted to th .,
from the house, and was soon speeding and its mother drew it to her bosom in " rm blessed It it ain't her 1"answered "Then this is not Miss O'Connor, I alone, paced wildly to and fro in the page; she read on as follows:
towards Westminster, to says her lovers resentment of the seemlier" unkindness the raihvayman, quivering like a jelly suppose?>, watching the girl's face as he drawing room thililting of a dead lover "The police are still making investi-
of their fellow -passenger. ul shaengei. Vith staring wvlth excitement. asked the question. ' and a presumedly false friend, to the es- gations as to the murder of Mr, Ralph
oyes and a soul shaking with ar,pre�len `pherot Which?" Her with '`I am not Miss O'Connor," said Laura. elusion of Dennis Donovan and of Cecil
Kestrel, who was discovered stabbed to
siori Muriel journeyed on, watching I yonder -top o' the stales. ''That will be sufficient for the present. l Chester, whose despatch hos lay upon the heart on the platform of the Maryle-
•the table. bone Station on the Underground Rail-
i way in the early hours of the 23rd inst.
CHAPTER XXIV. A clue to the assassin was subsequently
' supplied by a porter, who, when closing
the 'station for the night, saw an hys-
an evasive reply
c
culiarly fiendish smile,and her dark ms- little baby -girl toyed waywardly wit! alacrity; he was at the c
mis'
was much more gentle and courteous as lying off -shore, and if you'd like to sen .
he requested Laura to accompany him a letter to sister Laura, nowasyourtimer
-without further delay. ' for we shan't sail until the wind changes. •,
Laura, forgetting for the moment the Here's the London newspaper, too, as
crime of which she accepted accusation, you may like to see. .Anything else Yon-
and
on
and anxious to be reconciled to her want, think you?"
whilom friend, approached Muriel and Assured that the breakfast, the news -
offered to embrace her, saying; papal, and the other•supplieS were ado-
"Do not think hardly of me, whatever quate, the went on deck, and Dorothea'
happens, with her thoughts•bentupon her strange
er
But Muriel recoiled from her fiercely. vigil of last night, absently sipped
"Think hardly of you! What can I coffee and unfolded the Daily Telegram,
think but the worst? What do I know What was this that :caught her eye in
of you? Traitress! Murderess! Go to large letters at the head of a column?. •
UN -
prison, to the scaffold! I will never , „THE ASSASSI�T�4TION ON THE, VN
r.- ..again!"
•
DERGROUND .RAILWAY. ,
life.
CHAPTER XXII,
THE DESPATCH -BOX. with a terrified fascination this simple the cloak down to her • steels. s
I dSNI,eai
Cecil Chester bowled along towards structure of leather and metal, to that cloak anywhere. It caught in Mary"—dressing the wvouder•strtcl.en
o hideous this 'ere 5 throughmaid-"ask that gentleman in uniform
askipace,as his private hansomin
good It grew before seeher med to heraze ta veritable that night lland apiece was ate torn cle.•an you've just answered, the bell to, to step
a "spanking" members'
and arrived e. H proportions ,• it se g out. It's the piece what I took to the in here. I hope you've no objection,
time at the memUers' entrance. His thunderbolt' of doom. threatening many(les- ' miss?" with a hard smile at Laura.
thoughtshad been occupiea.so exclusive- Aerate death to Herself and tm eny,aperlk still -she n. Aain't even tnd the hole hole's
sewthe it This was too much for the servant.
ly wth MurielrO'Connorshe stepped
that it gave sand tared nat ere 1 up. I saw it plain just now -as plain "But there is objections, Mr. Who -
him no surprse, as he stepped out upon those. who entered and who departed ever -you -are -very much objections;
the pavement, to see a veiled and cloak- from the carriage, not a few thought her as and like -a er very ace a givin; orders
ed woman's figure that bore a strong re insane as they w'4ltched her drawn and "Did you recognize her face?"y and li ea lady's face a show that feller
Uold "Shes Boase, Yes, I'd swear to the face in here! My mistress wouldn't let xne
semblance to her in form and bearing. ghastly features. looked me straight in the eye, as have him into the kitchen, beg her ever
It seemed only a continuance of his shat nos: tnai baa! lien heart beat J. dream that every object should, to his furiously; hertoneye see totheroof of "Good! I'm af1Qr lzer." so hard, just for five minutes by the
fancy, bear some suggestion ea her, her mouth. het eyes seethed starting : And away sned the detective on the clock; and do you think I'm going to
Boake stared p amazement ant when the from their rackets. Should she leave it heels of La ua Kingdon, bring him into the drawing -room to
and
cloaked bused appfa s Muriel.
u i suddenly, and flee? No; fpr its contents, Chester Unaware that she''avas followed, Laura please you?"
and disclosed itself i kihad told her, were priceless, hastened towards 112u1iel's house, and "Who is the person?" asked Laura in
She ghat id. him with a kind of forced For this !lesson she dared not hurl it certainly there was something l.ib„1.Iy a faint but firm voice.
gaiety that ill concealed an excite]nenor from the window, as she rose in desper-"Why, it's that unpleasant 232,'
which seemed to have deprived her ation more than once to do; and she was suspicious do leer hurried pace and seem• miss," replieds that ana 'D 32'
e
self -possession -almost of reason. further deterred from this extreme , ing desire to avoid observation.
His astonishment at finding her there. .measure bya fear of precipitating a , of
detective telt certain that a stroke told nim as i ain't
ernwon odhhis s aller-
me
was surpassed by the bewildering int- calamity hich fills believed to be nn u.. of luck had befallen him, and having ing
session made by her strange manner, hent, • watched Iter 'enter at the . gate of the marrying a policeman,”
soutterly different from that of the •y. To, she must get it home, this terrible "`house at the corner," requisitioned the "Tbat will do, Sarah. The officer can
cairn,frank Irish parted. from whom he thing, and there break open the loop services of the constable o a the g lira to wait int hisll, wile I speak a le"
had o recently and extract the contents. A few mist- was assisted b}Tbe math this pees • all of a tremble,"
His first impulse was to conceal het utes more and she would be at her surmount the high garden -wall.
from thepublic eye, and the readiestjourney's end. ;God grant she might "'It's all right, Jim," he said, as he as she expressed it to the cook, and
f luded down�on the inner -side. "You go approached tbodetective.
asylum was presented by the open door not reach her genie too late! It w1 h r g
ate cab 1I0 simply handed cation of tune, but the actual hour • now and ring at the bell, and ask civii- "What do you want to do with me?"
The alma asI 1.
of his private p like for ilio, lady of the house. -
her in, closed the door, and begged her Og question
was unknw ]i to Iter• and she
e him evhile he went into the was conscious only that death drew aame'Fs.on'the gate -post. Look share)!" fort el ,"I'ms," said
the detective
cym t Her mind reverted to the lot w
to excuse
hinstructed the driver w d the moments lied • vedia the footfall of a cat, the deter Marylebone Lane police station would have been. hers if she had fled from
to Y lawn and made straight
7 state In Ralph Kestrel
f . ILECOGNITION.
In the darkness of the night, softly re-
lieved by the myriad stars that spread
over the heavens, the old brigantine the
Wanderer left her mobrings, and dropped
down the river with the tide. Captain
Ben Dundas stood in the bow with the
pilot, who from time to time issued in-
structions to the boatswain or the man
at the wheel, •
Dorothy lay tossing restlessly in her
berth in the Captain's cabin. She could
not sleep. The warm night, the cramp-
ed proportions of the state -room, the
smell of tar, the constant' rattle of ropes
and chains, axil tramp of sailor's feet on
the deck above, the shrill pipe of the
boatswain's whistle, the shriek of steam -
tugs, the splash of the water against the
sides of the ship, and, worse than all, a
more than suspicion of cockroaches, 1
kept her wide awake.
At last she rose, dressed herself,' and
wont on deck. L -low lonely and dismal
it seemed, evenhere intim Thames with-
in hail of shore! 'What a melancholy
prospect was in the long, weary voyage
across the Atlantic in this old vessel
Hoose. He then nearer an nearer as to dived among the bushes that skirted the to '
drive into Palace Yard an@.awvait him awa , for an open where you'll be looked after for I her husband and become 1 alptl.Kestrel's
there; then plunged hurriedly tato the the night till you see tits mabi mistress.a had exercised
corridor that led to the lobby, intent CHAPTER I% A ; Crenoh window.
tomenta Lama Kingdon upon being admitted the morning, and don't you
mustn't answer i u powerful s life, He had possessed that mys-
oetic influence over her
upon ascertaining how many n ON SIniOICIoN Or wzlrCr. lit RDEF.
•illi d I to'tho remises had briefly inquired for more questions, for1 terious power of compelling her mind to
Iobey his own even in separation, and a
was this controlto which. shehad yielded
an the night of her brief and ill-fated
he could spare to his be to e
Muriel O Connor found herself driven With a heart full of heaviness 'ma i bliss O'Connor, and, learning that she them.
T with the despatch- dread, but withal fireatly relieved b,at once to the draw- : She uttered to
awa in Cab, alone n sister "to another land, was out, proceeded as there. The censer atoodthere cold end white, as no if tbut
urned
y departure of her ing morn Noone wv
box that cotttautecl the st which
Latera Kingdon closed Clic House at V4'ap 'rater too was untenanted, likewise to marble. flight from home, Since his dost!. elle
Dennis Donovan hadoassubstituted dfoc the d set oat for Muriel O'Conxuir's. tlibrary.b'' And there, in the corner by • Mr. Joseph Shorter went to the doorI t that ,Sstrange spell. That to
petition in favor of Thomas Murdoch. ping an the
pPalace Clutched fast beneath the folds .(if a 'Cho window, hung the empty sheath be -rand gave low whistle, It was his • no had
or lived to torture her; Laura had
Presently wasse cab drew up In Pa ac cloak she had borrowed from Dorothy, y bon 'n+r to the dagger which she clutch- ed immediately, "D 982"lead p 6
Yard, hero an opportunity. Scarce she carried the Oriental dagger which ! within 1 contrived to keep from her knowledge,
think, conscious only of a ed within the felts of Dorothy's forths dealt. pe Laura' eyes turned to, the constable, I and Dorothy sometimes had a dread of
s pausing to i she knew had hung upon the wall of In an instant she drew It and at Laura's 3 of c that anlluence being renewed, But on
enure. g g t drawing -room. It .nusreplace the dead thing; a h approach drifted owv,
vt 1 • 'lIuriel s cltawv to i • to Y� thtsnlght AS they
andexplanation, l 1 , ktantly and secretly restored. she had reversed the curve blade,
�' � •the gloom -enveloped shores, with boxbeneathnd making some not reason about this, or •tveig 1 any1
n eagerness to shun questioning t be in- 11 but ' lel alto shuddered as at the d between
1 !nation she took the despatch- t 1 91 did d bl 1 and ' death.
h th the
of
•
hoz coat, e ott
the folds „ -td the detectav , }
1 d•ustin miss saitem she
there was some difficulty in a } g iv ow ,
us; m business I doll, turgid waters all around t ,•
from the cab, a n(1' along with yAmnia-
yen
alighted fmeasures of precaution; but, goads 1 by , it, g 1 must tom(
across
a to Westminstererapidly !fund. and fateful. rnslhod a the evening is to walk you through the streets. [f' looked felreturn Kestrel's f s
'explanationall to Station, an impulse h A shadow glanced sexes
across the road xd to the accotn lisltment of her
„ layalong the floor; alio e a tuetl - i don't want to do tion in vain.
t r raze b the first forward p sunlight which • 6 you tom 1 y, ,, Sho' eortainiy loved him no more -if
and fhedhotne with her p Y rt• but she started. vie- „ implement" I
rant not not]coanything u p she had ever really laved hirn. Tier heart
purpose. I lY
train that came along.
Meanwhile Chester had encountered nearthe spot where the
end
f the train
his chief d the lobby, ready for the mo -e been struck clown, she paused a moment
rnentUtts debate that was tab take pia
The. Right Honourable to piece together in her mltid what s
that night. Right
was highly primed had heard from Dorothy and readin thelic
Thomas Cr of
n the ensuintzt;iii soon, andl)roposecl payers into a possible1(,picturents well in
apo
ticcee
to lead the debit wilh a speech of,tragedy. t io incidents as ythey might
Gfldr ling impoter e. Ilehei anxiously o realising
red of Chester godlier certain notes •have occurred, with tLL+vital difference,
ch had been p eppared were ready to however• -that shQ saw no vengeful
j d Chester re{ lied that they were 'Igor*. e'f Dennis Donovan, but. only the
lexhtly and uttered a scream of dismay as
a first handl, thrust her aside, and the
hard dry voice of a strange xnan, who
seemed to have been corporealised from
the air, remarked:
"Let nie help you; mins,"
"What are you doing here?" she asked
!haughtily,
The detective slid not reply, but with
•1r lo•tse " was wholly with hes~ husband., and save
Do With
nioaLsyoup .
1 icer voice bad a lnuiltod sound; she
•appeared helpless and hopeless.
There aro folks as prefer to ride
• miss," suggested Mrd. Sorter; "and
' there's nod particular Mains in that, as
I can see', !Would yon like the maid to
1 fetch yea a cab?" ,,.
"'nate& you, do las you think best, she
i
much interest took down from the wait a°olalaoil,
for that and, oo1c1 parting with Laura,
she would have felt happy in the pros-
pect of a voyage with hitn in spite of the
dullness, the noises, smells,
cockroaches,
and other incotiveniences, But Laura's
strange manner in leaving her, the ab-
sence of any reluctance to let Ther •go -
nay. the eagerness With wltich ,haunt had
10 111( C0NTINnl:t,.
OrPrirrfrrIrq
THE St
i.ESSQN V, '
NATION
ext of the 7
611bry Tortes, ;
43- comm
Stearns,
1, "Anditc
was at Corintl
the upper e
Prom. Corint
last lesson, he
taking with
far as Behest,
Ing to retur,
„After some ti
biiikthird tow
and T'hrygia
.casae in due t
oP A.lexandr:
Scripture, ha
Ephesus and
•enlightened 1
wonderfully,
those who ars
. ider the case
Ethiopia.
2, "Aid lir
unto them,
Ghost since
u3,to him, W
ether then
are many lik
of the love of
from the wra
ceived Him a
X:l),
and then
as
them bell
C
yet know lit
Spirit and
their power
John xiv,17,
8. "And f
then, were y
Unto John'e
los had
A oI
ilaplude repe
fi its meet P
included an
Holy Ghost
t
eantsalval
power for se,
4. "Then, ,
with the hal
to the people
Him which r
is, on Christ
to cry, "Doh
point all to
pard (John i
lit, 11). Poop
leader, as di,
and too oft
bri it so, -
Ch 'ist, for e
nor sought 1
the glory of
50; xvii, 4).
8. "When
tizcd in the
had receive,
heard .and
which they
were ready
ditional trw
ily receive i
whom John
6. "And til
upon them t
and they spa
sic • " Beit
Lo' Jesus
gift`'of the 3
seems to ha,
tial prayer
viii, 15, 17),
Ibis and his
was beston
(Acts x, 41 -
were baptiz
way of rem
with the Sp
calve Hiin
then trust ]
as He please
7. "And
—as many t
called unto
mai as ti
Isr el; as i1
rusalem ar
(Itev. xxi, 1
earthly per]
The full sig
8. "And
and spike
months, d
things con,
He made 11,
lieving all
spike bold
(Acts xxiv
reasoning c
ter xvii, 2,
der and lou
ly nil pr
w1 of Go
U. "But.i
believed no
fore the ma
and separa,
in the sett
truth is rej
fled, and
way Pron
orld the c
ass where
as taught
eed will
ares wills
arvest.
10. "And
wo years,
sit !heard
ws Mid
inw 1Cliw
tioi s (lis
aces of As
colon of
gree yearn
fght and
lid from
otlting, a
ands Hain
elf andtb
,.
84260
t
e would J
olden of
bond hal
8th>d gc
ti(
the hat
:nolo .o1
Clifford. Ord. Jiiaolcntan
A Boston 'BosOs Eyesight
Saved -Perhaps H i s Life
By Hood's 'Sarsaparilla -Blood rot-
toned by Canker. .
"Lead the following from a :grateful another:
"My little boy bad Soviet Ve'er's/hen 4 years
,old, and it -left him very weak and with blood
poimoiiod with v ulier, His -eyes bcCivae
5o inflamed that his sufferings were intense, and
for seven weeps he
Could Not Open His Eyes,
.
i
took lain twice :(liming that time to the 11e
and Lar inm. ma. +oti Charles s'tree't, but their
rY
remedies failed' to do him the faintest sltadOtw
of geode 1 commenced giving butt Boots's
Sarsapartlla'ancl 1•t soon cured him. I have
!,ever doubted that it tweed bis right, even
if net hist very life, 'Yon may Arse this ((a-
nneals in any way you dame. 1 aux always
4ea0y to sound' the praise of
Hood's Sarsapari IIii
because of the wonderful good it dill my soli."
Aiir.111 lib, 1at,.icttlatN„ «SSS 'Washington St.,
lleston, Mass. flet 1I(bOI)'S-
'I4OpiS'ti •WILLS aro band outdo, asci are poly
;realm ennoei lou,strenetttektnikai to +