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The Herald, 1914-01-30, Page 2E. to b to n 98 i. o, -N an y - N Inc Nd vh to et d:. Se ie .ni S- te u e a te. 4,1 ht ei 'o pe n, '0 D1 ej n, So zo at,t art ell ma on --11 gh ea s gc fail. • Ca s ri -ho • ma otilil 1,so , w ,Qn cats Uro• th a ved ly. at a 1111! f o it ams ly In cosi tlas t 50c., ers lo, Its'' cry des ]am d 111 ing the alt z•in roe •est rope ti've es Sit ''t' r Great 1 ove Or, A Struggle For a Heart "aPTl R XXXV,,(Continued). • lite eSliee ??started, anis 'hie face went black. "The villain;" he muttered. yyIDccima'e face grew crimson, and her oyes lambed. She turned away as if she world not say another word; thou end- teenly she fazed him again. "'He told me that he laded me. And I" eeher, voice broke for an inetaut, but she went ou painfully -"I knew then that I .lad loved° hint for a long time. I shall lave bizn 3Lailelife .sats!" aTaeleeellatta.no 'tears tp lier eye and i•tlrey'niet hfa#itr'zotzti`-6Nr^•:Y'uufiinahi-zgly eFmoet we if ,she didnot ate hixn or had forgotten hie preeenco. "And you pan tell me that !" hq ste,mmer" ed„huskily. "You tia?i,,•oonfeee:than£ you Jove a man who was married already -a man who hie committea a dastardly uiur. der?” Becime's hand went, .tbaher'heart;;' "He did n4e, ztL ,ieh.tainid. " know it 1" a. Merehon sneered, 4l "Oh, I've no doubt they have kept the story from you, or as much of it as they could. You haven't read the evidence.' "Yea; every word." she said, There was a strange light in her eyes, and her voice seemed to have gained a sudden strength. !very word; and still 1 say that he was innocent! I know it!' ile glanced at her angrily. It is a lucky thing for him that he es- caped having to face a jury," he said. with a sneer. Her dips quivered, and her eyes closed, and a low exclamation of anguish broke from her involuntarily. "Even -even if he had lived and they had found him guilty; even if I -were con - 'Viewed that he had done it-" She stepped and looked. beyond. aim as tf. oho did notsee aim. - Wall?" he demanded. She lowered her eyes to his !see. :should lovehim still!" came slowly from her white lips. Mershon'@ rage and jealousy overmaster- ad.him:, 'You must be mad!" he said, hoarsely. "After; that shameless confession, there's nothing for me but to takemyself off." e enatehed up his hat. and looked to- ward the door; then his eyes eeemed drawn toward her unwillingly, "I -I suppose you have counted the cost of --of this rupture of our engage- ment?" he stammered. "You don't forget that your father owes me a large sum of money? Perhaps your brother -your pre- cious brother," he sneered -"has made the consequence pretty plain to yon?" She looked at him as if she were try - to attend, to understand. "I see you do," he said. "Well, of course, I stand by my word, and I ex- ppeot you to stand by yours. I undertook, in the event of your marrying me. to take over, your father's liabilities and to pro- vide for your brother. As the marriage is off -as you break the engagement, and and insult me by the statement you have just made, you can't expect no to carry out my part of the contract. You can understand enough of bueinees to eomprebend that. Yee, I understand," .she said in a low yoke.' al am parry -vee, 2 am sorry that Can .not marry you, But I can not! It czzld have been hard before, but now-". She turned away as if she felt that it mild. be impossibly for him to understand what that now meant, and Mershon, with an almost audible oath, left the xoom. Hie dog -cart was waiting for him, and he leaped into it .and drove home to The Fire at a gallop. As he tore up the steps and. entered the hall, his sister came out from the drawing -room. She bad a tele - era= in her hand, but in his fury he did not see it. "Where aro you going?" be demanded, for she had on her outdoor things. "I -I was going to The Woodbines to- te inquire for Decima-to see if elle was well enough to see me,' she faltered. "Then you won't do anything of the sort!" ho snarled. "You 'won't go there again -do you hear?" •j What -what has happened, Theodore?"! she asked, timidly. a The engagement's broken off !" he said, huskily, as he flung his bat aside and drew his hand across his sweat -covered. brow. "She's• -she's behaved shamefully! Sire'disgraced herself! She's not fit for i1 dt man to marry! She-" The words gamed to choke him, and he broke off witli' •an oath. But I'll punish her! I'll extra th her! I've got that old fool of a father"•of hers under my thumb -and that. young ruffian, the brother. I'll pun- ish her through them. Yes. I'll have them -turned out into the street within a week!, I've told Gileby to act." "Oh, Theodore!" she faltered. "Peer! child --poor child! You will not-»" "Won't IP" he, broke in, with a MmHg- nant sneer, "Poor child! A pretty child! .Co admit, to boast, that if -if that beset ere proved guilty, she'd -she'd love him till! What!' do you think I'm a. dog. a +ur, to be kicked aside and not resent Pt? Ili have my revenge. I11 turn them into the street! What are you crying and rembline at? Isere, what's that?" He anatohed the telegram from hor and and tore open the envelope. She was going back to the drawing -room, when she heard him utter a cry, a cry of Tame " ba a and baffled fury, and she turned Mershon was leaning against the wall, glaring at the telegram lie_ raised his head preeerftly, and .1 ie lips ;indeed, but ne sound came Tht3 :telegram` f ..,from d, his -bund, an. in fear and lretnb1ng,.eto ~vent forward fi ndl' plaked it -tile He. `- 41id not prevent her, and she read aae wire. 1t was frem,D,tr, Giliabs the lawyer, and it ran,thus • "?til D.8 billseeriet,k ?loins one has under. taken to discharge all lair lialillties,,Wi11 arra Merehon seemed ,to awake from his stup- or, and th snatohiug^e telegram from her, lie ,vent upstairs.She watched him for a moment, thou her lips moved, and she breathed eoft]yt Thank God!' Mershon, as he went unsteadily up the btaire..,holcling, by the balustrade and stumbling, now and again, like a man smitten with palsy, had no need to ask whothe -"some one was. He knew • that Gaunt had. stretched out a hand, from the grave, as it were, to shield and protect. the girl lis had loved. afraid one ought' to feel more relief than regret at his death. He might have end- ed so-so much worse." Mr. Lang assented with a gesture, "I've written to young Lord Naseby; the next heir --Lord Gaunt, I suppose he is now;• but I'm doubtful whether my letter willreach him. What a eiugular thing it ie, the love of travel and 'wandering running through the family! Oh -and, Lana, that fellow, Thorpe, has been here again to -day!" "Oh! what did you do?" "Well, I'm afraid it was weak," replied the senior partner, apologetically, "but I advanced him some mousy to take him `out of the country." 1rou, did?" "Well, yes. You eee, if Lord Gaunt -I mean our Gonne-should turn :up, • but that's imposeible. Anyway, the next Gaunt will be glad to' get rid of the fel- low. He has speut the time eineo the in- quest going the round of any of the clubs that would admit him, and telling the story of his and.. his sister's wrongs." In exchange for free -drinks, I sup- pose?" said Mr. Lang. Er -yes. So I gave him enough to take him to Monte Carlo." Where it is to bo hoped, he will re- main," remarked Mr. Lang. Mr. Belford indorsed the last letter, rose with a eigh,, and tookhis overcoat from the peg behind the door. "Did you eeo Mr. Gileby?" be inquired, with an accent on the name whish Mr. Gileby ' would not haveenjoyed hearing. "Yes.Mr. Lang smiled. I never saw before in my whole life a man sorry at receiving money. And Mr. Gileby was very sorry; there is no doubt of that. It is evident that that man Mershon was bent upon ruining the Deanes." Mr. Belford shrugged his shoulders with a little weary gesture. Ile had had a hard day. and any reference .to Lord Gaunt's affairs reminded him of the trouble and anxiety the murder in Prince's Mansions had caused him. "The whole *affair is a mystery." he said: "but it is very evident that Mr. Mershon hated poor Lord Gaunt:" "And, of oouree, the young lady, Mise Deane, was the reason," said Mr. Lang. "There are your gloves, on that deed 4se " Oh,' thanks. thanks! I feel so worried -are you ready? If eo, I'll turn out the gas. He had his hand on the key, when they both heard a etep on the stairs. All the clerks had gone, and the two principals were alone in the office. "Now, who can that be?" said Mr. Bel- ford, testily. Whoever it is I shall not stay. We shall lose our train." 1 The footsteps stopped outside the door and there came a knock. "Open the door, Lang, and tell them that we eau not stay," said Mr. Belford. i Mr. Lang opened the door. Then he ut teras an exclamation and fell back;. and Gaunt walked in. ' Mr. Belford dropped hishat on the desk, and it rolled unheeded to the floor. "Lord Gaunt!" he gaeped, and be stared f nod gaped at the tall figure and haggard "How doyou do, Mr. Belford?" said. Gaunt, quietly -very quietly, with that soli-peeseetion and sang-froid .which had often astonished his ,le aI advisers and not seldom puzzled and annoyed them. How. do you do, Mr. Lang? I am afraid I am late." "Good gracious, my lord, de you know -when did you come? Where?" demand- ed Mr. Belford. Gaunt stood on the other Bide of the table. "One moment;' he said. "I want to ask you a question. Is Miss Deane in LondenP" Mies Doane?" echoed Mr. Belford, amaz- ed at the question at such a moment. "Yes. Where is she?" "Er -el. -Miss Deane ie -is at home at Leafmore. I believe. Buhr -but, Lord Gaunt, where did you come from?" "Is she -well?" broke in Gaunt, almost eterniy. The lawyers stared at him. Er-er-yes. That is, she ie better, She Ilse been very 111-" Gaunt's pale face worked. -'But she is bettor. She is at home. But -but -my lord, where have you come from? What -why e" "Prom Southampton," said Gaunt, vouch- safing the information. now that he had learned something of Deoima. "From Southampton! gasped Mr. Bel- ford, "Then -then -you were saved? You are alive?" Yes," said Gaunt, as quietly as before. "I week picked up by a yacht -the 'Sea Wolf' -and the owner kindly turned back and landed me in England." The two partners exchanged glances- ther » h a legal lance. "Than then perhaps you do not know --that is -you have not learned that- that-" Gaunt regarded him gravely. "Yes," he said, "I saw the account in the nowopaner on board the yacht. You said that Mise Deana was better? Do' you mean that she is out of danger? I gather- ed that she had been very i11." Xdr. Belford ignored the queetiou. "Then -then you know that -that - �Won't you sit down. my lord? Lang, there i.s a small Hack of brandy in the corner. 'of the safe; perhaps his lordship-" Gaunt declined the small .Hack of brandy which Mr. Lang proffered. "I know," he said. "That! -that" a murder was committed, and that - Mr. Belford could not go on, That I am deemed guilty? -yes," said Gaunt, se quietly as before. "I did not do it; who did?" 1 Mr. Belford sunk into his chair, Ile lad, he thought, grown accuetomed to Gaunt's sang-froid, but he felt that he was mistaken This aurpassed all his previous experience .of it. You -you did not-" he stammered, "No," said Gaunt, not sternly, but quite coollyaand gravely. I may be a fool. but' Ler/Pilot fool enough to commit a murder and then cover my victim with my own coat." . Mr Belford gasped for breath. But -but you are aware, my lord, that there Is a verdict eif willful murder against you; that -that there is a warrant for your arrest?" lie stammered. "Yes," said Gaunt quietly. `.And I have come back to meet the charge. There was a policeman outeide as I came up; »hall I call him?" He went to the window; but Mr,. Lang seized him by the arm and drew him back, r On the evening of the same 'day, Mr. Belford -was arranging his Peelers on his setth preparatory to going :Home. Be' had had: a partieulaely hard day, a.looked tired a.nd. worried, and as the • door opened, and htr partner: Mr. Lang, nit hie head round it, Mr. Belford glanced to with a frown. Nearly ready?" asked Mr. Lang. They had both handsome houses at,Dul. via, and, whop.. practicable and cdfiveni- ent,' journeyed liomoward together. "Yee, I think so, replied the senior partner, with a sigh. 'I'll just indorse t.I.ee& letters. Na' newe, I suppose?' Neees heti. come to mean to Menem. Dolford, £e Lang tidings of their client, Lord flaunt: Mr Lang !book his head, ""NO, none, X'm afraid that it is hope lea to expect -any now kis mast have born Hist.' are, aeiifaed nodded d . sf rhfMd: "Foos,- feilo'tt! Thebe, after all, I'et CHAPTER XXXVI. Mr. Lang dragged Gaunt from the win• dew and almost forced him into a chair. "Don't -•don't do anything rash, Lord Gaunt! he said. "Give ue time to -'-to think, to coneider." Both partnere were very much agitated; and not without reason. It was as if a ghost had walked• into the`r0otn. Gaunt shrugged his shoulders. It must come eooner or • later; Will not to -Si htP'" he ;said. His onese and indifference, almost ex- aaliera Mr. Belford, "You do not appear to realize the gray sty of your � riositioe, Lord. Gaunt!" he said, .agitater;;]Y. • "Perhaps it will help you to d o so where I say -gravely, and em- phatioall -that-tat the are sorry tie ilea You here' fou flail not be bore EOM than. I ram," said Gaunt, qu et}y, It would be Fresh from :the Gar ens of the finest ' '`lea -producing country in the world. Ceylon Tea:,! Sealed Lead Packets Only. 04'i Try it—it's delicto'n! . BLACK, MIXE a, or GREEN. better for me if l: were ]yiere at the bot- tom of the sea. But. I am .alive, and on land, and the music muet hal to be Inc. ed,' He spoke almoet checrfuilee Now that he had heard that Deoima was safe at The Woodbines, and better,, noshing else seemed to matter much; certariniy no. thing that concerned hiragelf.. "I can't understaztd how son have been able -been permitted --bp ,rebel!; us," gala Mr. Belford. Gaunt shook Jiis head, "1 suppose the police bave rive}! me up for dead, he said;;. "1 e !coed to and someone ,waiting to arrest ms at South- ampton;. bat I, was -hot stepped or inter- fered with. I had .some d,'fileulty in get- ting here for the owner of the yacht - a good fei.lowl-w,8.nted to Carryme eV to some place where there waar' rzo extradi- tion, notwithstanding the . eeideneli " "I wish he hied!" exblaimee Mr. Belford. "Seriously, „Loral Gaunt, : the. evidence M- esa," "Very sarong," said Mr. Lang under his breath. Gaunt locked 'fr0in one to the other. Do you mini .i{ty smoking? Thanks," He lighted a' otgarette. "I; have read it all; there,",'WM a newspaperaaaveral, on board the 'Sea Wolf.' and got, all I could-at•-fletuuiaiilptoa. Yea.. it is black enough." He: p,,aused. I. eimpote nine peruous gut ocX ten, ninety-nine lout of a hundred, would consider ane-gellty?" Mr: Belford was a truthful ; lap, and did not reply,• , "May I ask if you do?' : Gaunt "put the questionnietly, and without a trace of resentmj Mr Belford looked" at him n silence for what seemed a long time, I+"vn he said: "No!" yy "Thanks," said Gaunt. ".lilts,' yam not -Why; and ^et all the evidence is true and unrestrained. I suppose many a man has been ,,hung for less." Mr. Lang shuddered. Fpr goodness sake! don't -doth take it so coolly, Lord. Gaunt!" he said Gaunt was silent for a m'i:ient; then he. asked, as if his thoughts :lad tac8n quite another direction: "Did you attend to that, matter of Mr. Deane's- disohargs his debts?' a "Yee -yes!" said Mr. Belford,' lamest im- patiently. "We carried out's,. your inetrut, tions, my lord. Mr. Deana's Xi.abilitlea are discharged; provided isr, at any rate-" "Thank you," said Gaunt., !And now, gentlemen, I are at your disposaf. I am rather tired -I have not .slept' much of lata." The partners conferred in'g pegs, then Mr Eelford said: iS "Is there any place you cbul spend the night in -undisturbed, Lord Gla!?- will you come home with one of,• Gaunt thought f or Thank you very mauc • i orat think it would be wise of you. Wouldn't it be rather unprofessional, harboring a criminal? I don't know anything of 'the law regarding such matters, but I've an idea that you would run the risk of an unpleasantness. No, thanks, I'it go to Morlet'e. • They know me, and" -he smil- ed -"will give me shelter for tonight. To. morrow I will give myself up, after break- fast, if I'm permitted to -get through that meal in liberty." The partners assented to this. "We have got Sir James, Lord Gaunt" said Mr. Belford, and I need scarcely say that he will do all he can, He is the very best man. By the way, Mr. Baskett appeared againet us at the inquest. Ile was retained by Mr. Mershon." Gaunt had heard of the famous Old Bailey barrister. He smiled grimly. "I understand,he said - "But do "you?"" demanded Mr. Belford, desperately. Do you realize the -the aw- ful position • in which you stand, Lord Gaunt?" , Gaunt got up from the chair .and light- ed a fresh etgarette. 'I thunk so," he said, "At any rate, I replied Mn. Belford, impa- know that you will do your hest for me, Mr. Belford; and I am grateful. I will go now. You said that Miss Deane was - better?", Yoe -yes;' tientlT. "We will go with you tc the hotel.j' No; do not," was said Gaunt. "You are better known, than i• am, and might at- tract attention; .and. candidly, T should like to spend tonight in a comfortable bed, eve if X do 1115!; sleep. !rood -night: Come to e in the•morning. If X• ane ar rested before you come, 1 will send for you. He shook hands with them 'and went, with histwo lightlaw, ilrmyers.stgaep,ped at down theeach stairs.otl}er in blank dismay.,„ "I al -ways said that .there was madnees in the family!" exclaimed Mr. Belford. "Ile takes it as coolly, aft if -if it were a case of a month or forte,y shillings.", "I don't believe he did. it„' .remarked, Mr. Lang. • - "Then who did?"" retorted Mr, Belford; and Mr. Lang could not answer. Gaunt went down into the street, His coolness and:rangg-froid tied been quite free from aifeetation. Now that Demme, was better, it did not in the very least degree matter what became of him. The lamps had been lighted, and the streets of the largest and wealthiest city in thee, world were wrapped in their usual gloom. That gloom is one of the llamas which fill the intelliggent foreigner, visiting our land for the first time. with amazement and dismay. It was rather a long walk from Belford & Long's office to. Morlet's, but Gaunt welcomed it. It gave him time to think. Mr. Dobson, notwithstanding the, evi- dence against Gaunt, had been soaeeur- ed of his innocence, that he had tried, with flattering eagernese, to dissuade Gaunt from returning to England and', giving himself up, but Gaunt had refus- ed to be dissuaded. The Gaunts, 'what- ever their eine, and as a family they were peeuliarl-r rich in this respect, had never lacked courage; and Gaunt had resolved to face the music," Ile insisted upon Mr. *Dobson making for Southampton and Mr. Dobson'had at last, driven to it by entreaties and arguments, consented, As a result of his surrender, Gaunt was perfectly indifferent. IIs was weary of the game we label "rate,? and though ho would have preferred to f]ni;Hh it at some other place than thescaii'oldd, he did not.. (sate very "much; e0; that It was finished. He had lost Demme, forever, and,for him, life with all its possibilities- wee over, Leaving. Belford & Lang's Mice, he wallt- ed slowly and thoughtfully toward lvior- let`s dote., (To be continued;) An exchange says: "Silver is less valuable than eggs." Per: Ws it is, but e, pocketful of silver causes less uneasiness. TEST. Of SU ED S NIRVE OPERA'T'IONS' PERFORMED UN. DEIVTRYI Iii-CONDlTIONS. Cool Work -of Doctors in Hospital • !ole' Building Was Afire. .1- • A few weeks ago -a, workman en- gaged on the top of the roof of a tall 'building at Springfield, Mass„ dislocated'•his sh$ulder. It was im- possible to bring him down, so . a surgeon climbed up, and, coolly sit- ting astride a girder, hundreds of feet above the .crowded street, pro- ceeded -to •chloroform, ' the injured mien and reduce the dislocation. To the man in the street the skill of the surgeon is always something of a miracle. To carve living flesh with steady hand and sure eye, to secure each streaming vein, to re- move diseased organs, and then to mend up the wound so perfectly that hardly a scar remains, seems. to him to require almost superhu- man skill. Suprenle Test. And there is no doubt but that a big operation calls for the very highest qualities that man posses- ses. Even in the perfectly lit and perfectly appointed operating thea- tres of a great hospital, with every possible aid at hand that modern science commands, the task is a severe one. Yet often and often the surgeon is called. upon to perform opera tions 'without any such aids, and *thou the ordeal may "be almost 1h,t severe for doctor as it is, for paw ' tient. For instance, in a railway acci- dent. One raw winter morning, two years ago, apassenger alight- ing in a hurry from a train at the -little station of ,Earlestown, near Warrington, slipped and fell between the still moving train and the platform. A doctor, suminQned in haste, found that the only possible meth- od of extricating. the unfortunate man was to amputate one of his legs. '• instruments were fetched, and as it was not yet daylight; a ring • of Porters stood round with station lanterns, while other persons struck matches -to assist the.. sur- geese What made the horrible business more terrible was the fact that it was. impossible to give the injured man chloroform. He remained con- scious all through the operation. In spite of the cramped position in which the surgeon was compelled to work, and the lack' of light and appliances, the operation • was quickly and successfully finished, and the sufferer removed to a hos- pital. Operating Under Fire. • Often in war timb surgeons have had to-.;pperate on the. battlefield, sometir"',,a, s .actually under fire. But it was under fire of a different sort that two doctors 'performed an op- eration at the hospital at Bidde- ford, in the State of Maine. ` The operation was to remove an inter- nal ulcer, but five minutes after they had begun it was discovered that the hospital- was afire. •Po move the patient was to kill her. The surgeons stuck to their work. The roar of flames was plainly heard, and the hiss of water from the fire hose. Presently wa- ter began to pour through the roof and pieces of wet plaster to fall thudding to the floor. The nurses put up umbrellas and held them over the patient and the doctors. No one dreamed of moving until all was finished and the wound sewn up. Then the patient was re- moved to a . place, of safety. 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