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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1940-01-25, Page 6PAGE SIX ytat till. ]x. n d Dar-: odd leao. e ..:e.'. .1 Id the =item E a .nal of the ;:e.c:. c . noo. .r: at appear:l.. a- atter to Mr. -cutin. of Chancery :.ate. A aec.7,z later ne :\agues L.. antra s.i"c,. •:.e that' an the tree. irg - lay she t. married 7tr a....nad spec.a. ace ose. Mr Tirw.n ta•l tc e,er the twvct he, ire :a ,cu:d gr' :'.c as- tounding fur; that rte- a.n:i, rad pard tat, nn..7aons for a Itnebanei. Solt - lima, crazy. silly. .irate.-. •rncrmurco tate lawyer, then his eye: lighter: tc vas: carios.ty. New I shat krxva' the name of the person ;n the sealed-. fetter 'ttho inhents,' and he forthwith proceeded to his safe. CHAPTER XVil • Great •was the excitement in society •'hen in 'eecame known—through the -medium ,4 a news._taper paragraph— that Lady Agnes Pine had sarrerder- ed twti• million, sterling to become Mrs. Noel Lambert. Some romantic xeop:e praised her -as a noble woman,, placed dove above mere money, wh:ie others load.:' declared her to be a st:per'-aisvc •fkxel. But one and all a- greed titst nnast have loved her ocusin all • .e tame. and that clearly the' marriage with the deceased :nil: ioraire had keen forced on by- virta^tor, for family reasons. connected +vvie, the ro,vert•: e4 the Lamberts. :. .was !believed that the fat little egotist bad 'obtained his ,price for se,lirc 'Pis sistar l,tt r.._,:states ;,a seas freed from :a:' cl :itis; through the ge- nerosity E. course. thiS :vas • not rhe - - 'rt ... fact .vii- in - known to .lit general pablic. and -'tar- vingtoa :e':, cred.tei -.vita which ;..: dict not',.ossess. The mar "reams.. was fuanots .,, haven' heca trust -d. otit i. -.. this way quite- t•bliviaf:s ;, hie own action.•mud brought about such < result." He scold sot plead :a norar�c . th s score.a. Agnes i,ad written n'?n: aletter atlnotn'iing her •marra e. and plainly sating her rea- sons e ssons f,r „-vira: up :her late husba uta s fortune. She ironically advised hr.; to seek r,at the person to Whom the money woald pass, and to see if use •cou•Id • ret plunder that individual. Garvington, angry as he was. took the advice setiously. and soaght out Jarwin. Bot that astute indi.vidnal declined to satisfy his curiosity... -its - sing -What :se ire would snake r. information. In In due rime. a., the aol- fcitor said. the narne of the lucky le- gatee wonid be trade pablic. and with this assurance Gar''rig'ton Was Obliged t.• be content. 'Mearwhile the happy pair—ant they trttly were extremely .nappy— theard nothing of the chatter. and were Indifferent to either praise t.r brarre. Thy were all in all to one another, and lived in a kind of Para- dise, on the south coast of Devon- shire. CYn one of his sketching tours Lambert had discovered a pictur- es'qu'e old-world village, tucked away in a fold of the moorlands, and hith- er 'he ,brought his wife for the golden hours of the honeymoon. They lived at the small inn and were attended to by a gigantic landlady, who made them very comfortable. (Mrs. "Anak' as Noel called her, took the young ,couple for 'tole poor but artistic people since Agnes had dropped her title, as unsuvted • to her now hem!bie position. "And in the ,C'dlonies," she explain- ed to her husband, during a moor- latvd ramble, "it •would be absurd for me to be '.called 'my lady.' :Mrs. Noel Lamlbert is !good enough for ane." "Quite .so, dear, if we ever do go to the 'Colonies." "We must, Noel, as we hawe so - little to dive on." "Oh, one thousand a year isn't so bad," he answered :good-naturedly. "I1 may seem poverty to you, who have been ,u'se'd t+a ,snil,licros, my darling; but anti ,my life 'I have ibeen, hard esp,. and T am thantkfu'l for twenty pounds a ,weak "Yon speak as thou:gat :I ltad been 'wealthy •all my life, IT'oel. Balt re- memther •that T was as hard up as you before -I Married Huibert, poor scud" Witt -t .,t't sic ve nr er starve Be- lape- on.ke " Milne as a tOe ....c a.E.-. \\ by t=. in cc tc be found there as ., En•glaaaf. Change .)f !scene .does not destroy any talent one ' may .possess. But I ant not so sure, darling, .i it is vise to leave England --at least until '.%e learn who murd- ered Pine." "Ooh. my dear. do let us leave that vexed question alone. The truth will never become -known." t must become known, Agnes," said Lambert firmly. "Remember that Siver and 'Chaldea ;practically accuse us Of murdering your hus- band: "They know it is a tie, and won't proceed further." said Agnes hope- fully. "Oh, yes, they will, and Miss Greeby also." "Clara! Why, she is on our side." "Indeed she is not. Your guess that site ;vas still in love with me turn: out to be quite correct. I re- ceived a letter from her this morning, which was forwarded from Kensine- tc.n. He approaches me with marry- ing you after the trouble she took in getting the forged let -ter ,back from Silver." "But you told me that she said she no,rid -help you as a friend" "She did so, in order --to use an expressive phrase—to pull the wool .•cer my eyes. But she intended— ;:nd she puts her intention plainly in her letter—to help ire in order to se- ‘..are e- c ere nay eras t ode, and then she coanted noon try making lier nye wife." Agnes hushed. "I might have -messed that =ire would act in that car. When ycia told the that she was t elping I had a suspicion what he aas aiming at. What else does +n5 -ay ? , ',Ca, all manner of things, more or els silly. She hints that I have act- ed meanly in causing you to forfeit two millions, and says that no man of honor would act in such a way." "I sec" said Mrs. Lambert coolly. -She helived that my possession of the money ,would be even a greater barrier to our coming together than the fact of my being married to Hu- ber:. Well, dear, ,what does it ;natter'?" "A great -deal. Agnes," replied •Noel. wrinkling his brows, "She in tends to make mischief, and she can, with the aid .d Silver, who is natur- ally furious at having lost his chance of blackmail. Then there's Chaldea—" "She can do nothing." "She can join forces with Miss Greeby and the secretary, and they will do their best to get us into trouble. To defend ourselves :we should have to explain that Garving- ton wrote the letter, and then heav- en only knows 'what disgrace 'would befall rhe name." "But yon don't believe that Freddy is guilty " asked Agnes anxiously. "Oh, no. Still, he wrote that letter whish lured Pine to his death, and if such a mean aft tbecame known, he would be disgraced forever." "Freddy has such •criminal instincts that I am quite sure he ,wul•I sooner ,or later stand in the dock." "We must keep hint out of it as long as we tan," said Noel decisively. "For than reason I intend to leave you here and go to Garvington." "To •see Freddy?" "Yes, and to -see 'Cdtaldea, and to call on Silver, who is living in any olid cottage. Al -so I wisth to have a conversation ,with Miss Greetby. In some way, my dear, 1 must •settle these people; or they will make trouble. Have you noticed, Agnes, what a mem'b'er of gypsies - seem 4o cross our 'path?" 'Yes: bet there are many :gypsies in' Devonshire." "No tboaith'f, bet May gypses do •not come to this ,retired spot ars a rule, and yet they seene to swarm. Chal- dea is 'has ntq ju's Wa'telhied.'.' THE SEAFORTH NEWS D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Office — Commercial Rotel Electro Therapist — Massage Hours—Mon. and Thurs. after- noons and by appointment. FOOT CORRECTION by manipulation—Sun-ray treatment. Phone 227. "For what reason " Agnes opened her astonished eyes. "I wish to barn. Chaldea is now queen, and evidently has sent in- etructftts to her kinsfolk in this country to keep an eyei on ee." Agnes ruminated for a few minutes. "1 nut \iother Cockleshell yester- day." she observed: ''but I thought :nothing of it. as she bel -togs to Dee- ,mehire. "I believe Mother 'Cockleshell is on an. side. dear•_ since she is grateful 1-' yon tor looking after her when she: was sick.- But Kara has been le cerin altint. and we- know that he ns thaidea's lover." 'Then." sant Mrs. Lambert, rising front the heather on which they had seated themselves, "it will be best to face Mother Cockleshell and Kara in order to learn what ail this spying means," Lambert approved of thissuggest- ion. and the two returned to Jars. "Anak's" abode to 'w'a'tch for the gypsies. But, although they sae' two or three, or even ,more during the next few days, they did not set eyes on the Servian dwarf, or on Gentilla Stanley. Then—since it never rains but it pours—tire two came together to the inn. Agnes sawn theist through the sitting -room window, and walked out boldly to confront them. Noel was absent at the moment, so she had to conduct the examination entirely alone. "Gentilla, why are you spying oee me and my husband?" asked Agnes abruptly. The respectable woman dropped a curtesy and clutched the shoulder of Kara, who showed a disposition to run away, "Inc'no spy, my angel," said the old creature with a cunning glint in her eyes. "It's this one who keeps watch." "For what reason?" "Bless you, my lady--" "Don't call me by my title. I've dropped it." "Only- for a time, my dear• I have read your fortune in the stare, my Gorgio one, and higher you will be with money and rank than ever you have been in past days. But not with the child's approval." "The child, What child?" "Chaldea, no less, She's raging mad. as the golden rye has made you his romi, my sweet one, and she has set many besides Kara to overlook yon.". "So Mr. Lambert and I thought. And Cha•Idea's reason?" "She would make trouble," replied Mother Cockleshell mysteriously. "But Kara does not wish her to love the golden rye— as she still does — since -he would have the child to himself." She turned and spoke rapidly in Romany to the small man in the faded green coat. Kara listened with twinkling eyes, and pulling at his heavy beard with one hand, while he held the neck of his violin with the other. When Mother Cockleshell ceased he poured out a flood of the kale jib with much gesticulation, and in a voice which boomed like a gong. Of course, Mrs. Lambert did not understand a word of his speech, and looked inquiringly at Gentilla. "Kara says," translated the woman hurriedly, "that he is your friend, since he is glad you are the golden rye's romi. Ever since you left Lem- dra the child has set him and others to spy on you. She makes mischief, does the child in her witchiy way." "Ask him," said Agnes, indicating the dwarf, "if he knows who ordered my late husband?" Gentilla asked the question and translated the reply. "He knows no- thing, but the child knows much. I go back to the wood in Hengishire, my dear, to bring about much that will astonish Chaldea—curses on her evil heart. Tell the rye to meet me at his old cottage in a week. Then the wrong will be made right," ended Mother. Cockleshell, speaking quite in the style of Meg Merrileee, and very grandiloquently. "And happiness will be yours. By this and this I bless you, my precious lady," making sev- eral mystical signs, she turned away, forcing the reluctant Kara to follow her. "But, Gentilla?" Agnes hurried in pursuit. "Not no, my Gorgious. It is not the time. Seven days, and seven hours, and seven minutes will hear the striking of the moment. Sarishan, my dears." Mother Cockleshell hobbled away with surprising alacrity, and Mrs. l,ecntbert returned thoughtfully to the inn. L:vidently tate old woman knew of something which would salve the mystery, else she would scarcely have asked Noel to meet her in Hen- gishire. And being an enemy to C'ltai- des, who had deposed her. Agnes was quite sure that Gentilla would work her hardest to thwart the younger gypsy's plans. It flashed across her mind that Chaldea herself Wright have murdered Pine. But since his death would have removed the barrier be- tween Lambert and herself, Agnes could not believe that Chaldea was guilty. The affair seemed to become more involved every time it was looked into. However, Mrs. Lambertrelated to her husband that sante evening all that had taken place, and duly deliv- ered the old gypsy's message. Noel listened quietly and nodded. He made up his mind to keep the ap- pointment in Abbot's Wood the mo- ment he received the intelligence. "And you can stay here, Agnes," he said. "No, no," she pleaded. "t wish to be Reside you" "There may be danger. my dear. Chaldea will not stick at a trifle to revenge herself, you know." "A!1 the mote reason that I should be' with you,' insisted Agnes. 'Be- sides, these wretches are- plotting against me as much as against you, so it is only fair that I should be on the epot to defend myself." "You have a husband to defend you now, Agnes. Still, as I know you will be anxious if I leave you in this out-of-the-way place, it will be best for us both to go to London. There is a telephone at Wanbury, and I can communicate with you at once should it be necessary." "Of course it will be necessary," said Mrs. Lambert with fond impati• ence. "I shall worry dreadfully to think that you are in danger. I don't wish to lose you now that we are together." "You can depend upon my keeping out of danger, for your sake, dear," said the young man, caressing her. "Moreover, Mother Cockleshell will look after me should Chaldea try any of her Romany tricks. Stay in town, daring," "Oh, clear nae, that flat is so dingy, and lonely, and disagreeable. "You shan't retrain at the flat, There's a very pleasant hotel near Hyde Ptu'k where we Can pttt np." "It's so expensive." "Never mind the expense. just now. When everything is square we ran consider economy. But I shall 1105 be easy in my mind until poor Pine's murderer is in Custody." "I only hope Garvington won't be found to- be aei accomplice." said Ag- nes. with a shiver. "Bad as he is. I c'an't help remembering that he is my brother." "And the head of the Lamberts," added her husband gravely. "You may be sure that I shall try and save the name from disgrace." "It's a dismal ending to our honey- moon." "Let us look upon it as the lass hedge of trouble which has to be Jumped." Agnes laughed at this quaint way of putting things, and cheered up. For the next few days they did their best to enjoy to the full the golden hours of love, and peace which re- mained, and then departed, to the unfeigned regret of Mrs. "Anak." But present pleasure meant future trou- ble, so the happy pair—and they were happy in spite of the lowering clouds—were forced to leave their temporary paradise in order to baffle their enemies. Miss Greeby, Chaldea, Silver, and perhaps Garvington, were all arrayed against them, so a conflict could not possibly be avoided. Agnes took up her abode in the pri- vate hotel near the Park which Lam- bert had referred to, and was very comfortable, although she did not en- joy that luxury with which Pine's care had formerly surrounded her. Having seen that she had all she re- quired, Noel took the train to Wan - bury, and thence drove In a hired fly to Garvington, where he put up at the village inn It was late at night, when he arrived, so it might have been expected that few would have noted his coming. This was true, but among the few was Chaldea, who still camped with her tribe in Abbot's Wood. Whosoever now owned the property on mortgage, evidently did not desire to send the gypsies pack- ing, and, of course, Garvington, not having the power, could not do so. Thus it happened that while- Lam- bert was breakfasting next morning, somewhere about ten o'clock, word was brought to him by ,the land lady that a gypsy wished to see him, The young man at once thought that Mother Cockleshell had called to ad - Just the situation, and gave orders that she should be admitted. He was startled and ill -pleased when Chal- dea made her appearance. She loolced. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1940 as handsome as ever, but her face ware a sullen, vicious look. which augured 111 for a peaceful interview. "So you cheated the after all, rye?" was her greeting, and her eyes sparkled with anger at the sight of the man she had lost. "Don't be a fool, girl," said Lam- bert, purposely rough. for her per- sistence irritated him, "You know that I never loved you." "Ann 1 so ugly then?" demanded the ,girl bitterly, "That remark is beside the point," said the man coldly. "And I am not going to discuss such things with you. But I should like to know why you set ,spies on me-w•'hen I ,was in Devon- shire??" 'Chaldea's eyes sparkled still more. and she taunted him. "Oth, the clever one that you are. to know that I had you watched. Aye. and 'I did, my rye, From the time you Left the cottage you were under the looks of my peo- ple." "Why may i ask?" "Because I want rcreage." cried Chaldea, stepping forward and strik- ing so hard a ,hloev on the table thin ,he dishes jumped. "Yoe scorned me, and now you shall pay for that scorn," "Don't be melodramatic. please. ,What can you fit* to harm me, I should 'li'ke to know, you silly crea- ture?" "I can ,prove 'that ::on murdered my brother Hearne." "Oh. can you. and in what way " "I have the 'bullet which killed him" said the gypsy, speaking very fast so as to prevent interruption. "Kara knifed it out of the tree -trunk which grows near the 'hrubbery-. If I take it to the fpnlice and it 'fits your pistol, then where will you be. my precious cheat?" Lambert looked at her thoughtfully. If she really did :possess the bullet he would be able to learn if Garvington had fired the second shot, since it would fit the 'barrel of his revolver. So 'far as he was concerned. when coming to live in the Abbot's Wood -Cottage, he hard left all his weapons stored in London. and would be able to prove that such was the case. He did not fear for himself, as 'C'haldea's malice could not hurt him in this way, but he wondered if it ,would 'be wise to take her - to The Manor. where Garvington was in residence, in order to test the fitting of the bullet. Finally he decided ,to risk doing so, as in this way he 'miglir be able to fore,. the girl's hand and learn dtow much she really ,knew. If aware that Garving- ton was the culprit. she would e,diihit no surprise did the 'bullet fit the •har- :al of that gentleman's revolver. And should it he proved that she knew the truth, site would not dare to say any- thing-to ny- thingto the police. lest -he should be hrou,rht into the matter. as ;.n accom- alice after the fart. Chaldea ntismttie'r- st'ood his silence. while he was think- ing in this way, and smiled mocking- ly tvi'th a toss of her head, "Alt, the rye is afraid. His sin has come dhnine to him," she sneered. "Hai, you are at my fee:- now, my Gorgiottc one." "1 think int," said Lambert coolly and rose to put on his cap. "Come with rte, 'Chaldea. ,1Ve go to The Manor." "And what would I do in the born rye's ken, .my .precious?" Lambert ignored the question. "Have you the ;Millet with you?" "Avail," Chaldea nodded. "It lies in eny pocket." "Then we .;hal-1 see art The Manor if it 'fits the pistol." "Hail you have left the shooter at tate big house." said the girl, falling into the trap, and thereby proved to Lambert at least—that she was really in the dark as regards the true crim- inal "Lord Garvington has a revolver of amine," said the young man evas- ively, although the remark lavas a true one. since he had presented his cous- in with a 'brace of revolvers some twelve months before. Oha'idea looked at 'him doubtfully. "And if the tb'ullet 'fits—" "Then you can do 'what you like," retorted 'Lambert tartly, "'Conte on. -I scan"t 'wait here all day listening to the rubbish you talk." The ,gytpsy followed him sullenly enough. ,being overborne by his per- emptory ,manner, and anxious, if pos- sible, to tbrin;g home the ,crime to shim. What she ,could not undorstand for all her :cleverness, was, why he should be so eager to oonciem:n him- self and so 'went 'to The Manor on the iookdut for treachery. Ohaldea always jUd'ged; other people by her- self, and looked ,upon treaohery as quite necessary on ,certain occasions. Had she ;guessed the kind: of 'Trap which Lambert Was layitng for ,her. it is gnrestionalble if she would have ,[ali- en into it 00 easily, And Lambert, even at this late thaeur, Could not be ;certain if she really regarded him as !guilty, or if sive -was only bluffing -in order to gain her ends (To be carttineeed.) 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