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The Way of
These Women
by E. PHILLIPS OP PENHEIM
OSITOR •,,• •
(Continued from last week) -
AIP'TER XXXI :
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IWith the departure of Mr. Nord
Smith, the wedding guests seemed
gradually recover from their situp
faction. With one accord they ha
ened to take their leave. In a v
few moments there were left in
room only Lucille and JelinLueille's friend and bridal attenda
-,Lady Florence Effingham, and Je
(best Titan -the Honourab
Holland Rorke. Neither Lucille
Jermyn had spoken a word. It
Rorke who ,first attacked the subjec
He 'helped himself to a glass
ellrampagne.
"`After all, you know," he declare
"I am not sure that this ought n
to be a relief to everybody. Fright
fully dramratic and all that, and
terrible shock to you people it rruu
have been, and 'I am sorry for poo
old Chalmers, who wasn't such a ba
wort, but when you canoe to think
it, it is rather a ;relief to have th
matte of Lakenham's death straigh
ened Out."" A very sensible point of view,
Lady Florence agreed. "Of course,
think it was the worst .possible test
of that man to come and, make such
hateful scene here. I'm sure. I
shaking all over. The best thing wcan do now, though, is to try and for
get it. 'Come along, 'Lucille, it'
time you changed. your frock."
!Lucille turned towards the doe
Then Jern iyn spoke for the first'time
"Lucille," he said, "before you g
upstairs may I have one word wit
you?"
He pointed to the door of the ante
room. Lucille hesitated. Once mor
their eyes met and she began t
tremlble.
"Wouldn't it do," she ventured, "i
the carriage or in the train? I a
just a l'it'tle shaken for the moment
I should be so glad to resit until th
time came to start.".
tiermyn's f�agers still pointed to
ward the door. •
"sI am sorry," he replied. "I wil
not keep you for more than a min
ite or two."
Lucille had the air of one loakin
around her as though anxious to es
cape. There was no escaPe, however
ermyn's voice was so quiet and ye
o decided that. neither of the othe
two interfered. Very slowly Lucill
urged and crossed the room toward
he inner chamber. Jermyn followe
er and closed the door behind them
"`Lucille," he said, "I am waitin
or your explanation." •
'She made her way to an easy-chai
groping her way -with' her hands a
hough she were in fear of lalling
Then she threw, herself into it and
e,aning over the side, kept her hes
timed from- him.
"I thought that 'Sybil Cluley did it,'
he declared. "I determined to make
you (believe that she did -it was bet
er tor you."
"Is that your explanation?" Jer-
myn asked.
She. made no answer. Jermyn
ame a little nearer, He stood upon
he .hearthrug, looking dawn at her.
'"Lucille," he continued, "I cannot
ring myself to believe, even now,
hat you have stooped• so low, that
ou have acted so shameful a part.
ou say that you (believed Sybil Clu-
ey was guilty. To me you swore it.
ou have posed ever since as having
aved her. You made me believe
hat but for you she would have been
arrested. My God," he went on, his
oice shaking for -the first -time,
you did moree! You made nate believe
hat -she was guilty!"
'Lucille kept her head down. She
aid nothing.,
"Do you mean, then, that you have
o further explanation to offer me
han this?" Jermyn persisted. "You
ave induced ere to go through this
-d ceremony by. a trick! What
o you expect to gain by it ,now! Do
ou imagine for a moment that I
hall consider' Thyself your husband?"
She looked up. •
"You are my husband," she re-
r.�inded him. "Nothing can alter
hat." •-
Jermyn's eyes were suddenly a-
flame.
"You wear my name," he cried
rutaily, "if that is any use to you!
Vhat else of me do you claim? My
ompany? My protection? Rubbish.
here isn't a woman upon the face
this• earth, Lucille, to -day, whole I
islike and despise as I do you."
She sprang to her feet and stood
efore him, quilvering. His words
ad stung through her fears. She was
easy now to fight. '
"`You fool, .Jermyn!" she exclaimed.
Can't You see that what I• did, I did
or your own sake as well as mine?
did nobody any harem. I just wanf-
d to save you from making a mis-
rable marriage. You're not one of
hose who go about the world with
heir eyes open. "You're at hone in
our• study, or surrounded with your
(-mks, or on the hilltops or in the
eautiful lonely .p"laves of the world,
ut when you come down into the
a
mrket-placo you're an idiot. Do
ou hear that -an idiot! You need
keeper all .the time. You very vi=
ion is distorted. You know about
any things in life. You know the
swings that govern human action,
our plays are wonderful pieces of
eametrical psychology. But the
womencal men and of our days,
Nom one meets as one passes along,
ou know no more about, Jermyn,
han the Arab who rides his camel a-
rose the desert. You, Jermyn Anner-
y, daring to tell us down at An
erley that ,you were going to marry
little girl from the theatre, a
aug'hter, without a 'doubt, of some
oar tradespeople, a girl who has had
e(truggle all through her youth to
et engagements, making herself a-
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you can sit in your study and you
make a (heroine come down to you
from the skies, and you clothe her
and make her beautiful, and, you car-
ry her with you in your brain and
in your heart, and you wander out in-
to that little bit of London you call
the world and find this moon-faced
chit, who can chant your speeches
prettily arid knows all the tricks of
saying them,' and you immediately
shower upon her all the wealth of
your fancy, you throw yourself at
her feet -she, this little actress, is to
be dssed in all those wonderful
garm nts, and you won't see, you
won't see that they never could fit.
O1i`,' you fool, Jermyn! You fool! I
haven't spo'n a word about myself.
It's 'as much for" your own sake as
for anyone's that I have saved you
from tying up your life unworthily."
"Halve"Halveyou finished?"
"Isn't it enough?" she demanded.
"Well, I've spoken of her. Shall I
tell you of myself, too?, • Haven't you
heard it already? Look at me. I've
told you about the other men, Well,
I'll tell you about myself. A wo-
man who is built as I. am, Jermyn,
loves only once. I have read as.mech
poetry as you have,^thougiht as many
beautiful thoughts, kept my footsteps
clean from the muddy places; but all
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the same I have lived in the world.
That's the difference.. The strings of
Iife have pulled at •me, they have
kept my feet upon the earth, ,and I
have 'measured men's speeches and
gone serenely on, content to wait for
the greater things, Jermyn, don't
look at me as though I were some one
far away. It is the one jewel of life
which 'I offer to you, and I've kept it
just as jealously as you have cherish-
ed your iii ossible 'fancies. Don't
you feel it? Aren't you big enough
to .know it? I love you with all my
heart and all my soul. I1pve'you so
that it was torture to memeto sit at
your table and watch you and that
girl. II don't understand • it; no one
does understand these things. But,
Jeimr'yn, if love will make you happy,
if love can keep you young, come
here, come to me. There isn't as
much love for you in the whole shal-
low heart of your • little comedy ac-
tress as you can take from my lips
now, always, every time you touch
them. , Jenmyn!"
'Her arms called to him; her lips,
her, eyes. In her tone had rung the
:triumphant consciousness of truth,
overwhelming, self -convincing truth,
which ,either antieipates nor -believes
in denial. Even when she had finish-
ed she did not for a moment realize.
her failure. Something in the artis-
tic sulbconsciousness of the man had
leaped up, responsive to the fine qual-
ity of her words, to the comeelling
truth, the almost , anguish appeal
which burned in her sentences. The
color had come into his cheeks; his
eyes were glowing. It was a won-
derful change. 'She had never seen
Jermyn like this. He was hunian af-
ter all. Surely she had succeeded!
His tone, too, when he speke, was
different, was gentler, kinder.
"Lucille,'? he said, "very well. Now
listen to me."
(She moved towards him. Her bos-
om, was rising and falling madly. Her
lips were parted, her eyes implored
him, her fingers sought for his shoul-
ders."I don't want words," she begged.
"I want you."
'He gripped her wrists and held her
from him or, she would have been ip
his arms.
"`l�Txtril'1e," he continued, "thank
yourself for what conies. You have
awakened the brute in me and it is
the brute who speaks. What do you
expect? To 'buy me, a slave? To
make me complacent with your car-
esses? Rubbish! If you are a wo-
man, aren't I a nigh? I've chosen
my mate and I want her,"
"But you are my husband!" Lucille
called out. "You are my husband!"
"Much good may it do you!" he
answered fiercely. "You have made
i e go through that wretched cere-
mony. Do you feel any different?
Does it help you? Do you feel that
you own me any the more? Thiel:
it over -you'll have time."
He turned towards the door. Her
eyes were full of fear.
"Jermyn!" she cried. "You're not
going to leave me?"
"What else?" be demanded. "Do
-ems suppose I am going honeymoon-
ing with you? I am going to find
Sybil and tell her the truth. She
shall choose. She shall make niy fu-
ture whatever it is to he, not you."
"You wouldn't dare!" Lucille mut-
tered. "To -clay you wouldn't dare to
go to her!"
.Terntyn took no notice. Already he
had reached the door. He did not
even look 'back. She almost flung
herself upon him.
"Jermyn," she pleaded, "be merci-
ful. Consider what will happen if
you leave me like this. Our places
are taken in the train to Folkestone.
You can't do it! You' can't make me
the laughing stock of Europe! You
may he cruel hut you can't be brutal
enough for that! Beeides, think of
yourself -of your own position. Will
you have it said that you left one to
go to her to -day? It's too hateful to
think of! I Stay where you are. T
will be sensible, only wait. I must
think of something."
She stood with her hand to her
forehead. Ho looked at her stead-
fastly. •
"What is it, then, that your pro-
pose?" he asked. "There is nothing
in this world will keep me from go-
ing straight to Sybil when T leave
this hotel. Every monvent T hold
over my confession is a moment long-
er of shame."
"Very well," she said, "1 ilo 'not
keep you. Go to her. Tell her the
truth --?the whole truth, if- you will.
Don't spare ere. But, Jermyn, yort
have at least the instincts -forgive
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the pathos of the word, but I 'cannot
think of another -of a gentleman.
You won't leave.me to be made 'fun
of in every drawing -room of the
world! II will change my clothes and
drive to Victoria. I will explain that
you are to meet me there. You must
,meet nue there, you .must travel to
Folkestone with me On the way we
can talk. If I cannot convince you,
if you still remain as you are now,
then let us separate somehow quiet-
ly. But I won't be left like this!"
He glanced at his watch.
"It is now," he declared, "a quar-
ter• to four. 'If I am able to find 47-
:bil I wiII be at Victoria in time to,
catch the train. My luggage shall be
there. 'I will try to save you from
what you seem to fear so greatly.
.If, on the other hand, I cannot find
Sybil, I` will ,esem'e to the statin but
I shall most certainly retu , for
nothing in .this world would 'nduce
me to leave London until I have seen
her."
Lucille half closed herr eyes for a
moment. Onee more she tried, sadly
--almost hopelessly, to win a kinder
look frahn him. She raised his fin-
gers to her lips and kissed them.
"I can't say any mare, Jermyn,"
she murmured. "I feel rather crush-
ed. at must he as .you decide. Will
you go and tell Florence that I am
ready for her? Get rid of Holland,
if you can, or take him with you. I
couldn't bear any one with us."
Jermyn did as he was bidden. Then
he hurried downstairs to where his
car was waiting. His servant, who
was standing in the hall,` looked at
him in some surprise.
"You won't changeyour things,
sir?" he 'asked. "Everything is pelt
out here."
"Not just ye't," Jermyn replied,
shall have to travel as I am. There
is something I must see to first. You
can pack up my dressing -case and
send ,it on with the .other luggage."
He stepped into the car and lifted
the tube to his mouth.
"Burley Court," he told the man.
They moved off. Jermyn drew out
the white flower which Lucille had
pinned in his buttonhole, and , sat
crushing it fiercely in his hand.
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'CI PIER XXXI'I ,
(Sy'Ibil's, .maid, Who opened the door.
to 'him, gazed at this unexpected vis-
itor in blank amazement.
"`'I must see your mistress at once,"
he announced. "I 'hope she is in?"
"Yes, she is in, Sir Jermyn," the
maid replied, doubtfully. "She has a
headache arid -was lying down. I
don't, know I suppose :she will see
you, sir."
Jermyn stepped ,Tito the hall and
flung the silk hat which he Was carry-
ing, on to the' •little,..hat-strand.
"Beg her to come to me as soon as
possible;" he said. "Tell her that it
is most important."
IHe made his way into the sitting
room.' It w,as • neat and orderly as
usual and filled with pretty, inex-
pensive yellow flowers. The windows
were open and a small fire was burn-
ing in the grate. There were one or
two letters, unopened,- on the table
by the side of the chair in which she
generally sat. He walked restlessly
up and down the little apartment.
His brain was in a complete turmoil,
there were so many things which still
were. puzzling him. If Sybil were
not guilty, and had known all the
'tinge that she was .not guilty, hew
was he to account for her attitude,
the terror in her'. face and eyes, the
instinctive manner with which she
had accepted the story of his sacri-
fice? He held his forehead. He seem-
ed to be looking out upon a_ blank
wall. If only she would come! Ile
kept on looking impatiently toward
the door. It seemed to him that he
was waiting there for an eternity. It
was, je reality, less than five minutes.
Then for a moment he forgot every-
thing" else in a great wave of shud-
dering• -pity. She had been crying,
crying all night. Her eyes were red
and swollen, there were black lines
under them which he had never seen
before. She seemed to have becohle
paler and more fragile. He took a
step towards her and held out his
arms.
1 "Before I speak, Sybil." he almost
sobbed, 'ffor God's sake kiss me!"
(She gave a little wondering cry.
He kissed her eyes and he kissed her
lips tenderly'.
"Little woman." he whispered,
"you have been suffering."
"But I don't understand,"' she
gasped. "What are you doing here?
The ,wedding?"
He held her to the easy -chair and
knelt by her side.
"Listen, Sybil," he b: bran, "answer
ate one question er i shall go mad.
When did you supeo4e had killed
Lakenham?"
There were no more ernetion,,
which her face could show. She an-
swered him quite simply.'W
"Why, you?"
"My God!" he murmured. "Could
we have been such chil(h•ent"
"Didn't you?" she suddenly called
nut, sitting up in her chair. "Tell
me, lerm'yn, didn't you kill him?"
"No," he answered, "J didn't."
"Then why," she demanded bneath-
leesly, "did you tell me that you were
marrying Lucille de Sayers •;because
she knew?"
iHe drew a little breath and held
hoth her hands.
"Because, while the police were in
the avenue, when there were only a
few moments to spare, she told me
secretly that she knew that you had
done it-eyou, Sse) il-that skte had
seen you! 'I believed her! When I
told you that I was marrying her
because she knew the truth, I meant
that I was .11 -lain -yin her not to save
myself but to seal her. lips about
you.""
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e1 can't•. -.no, I can't realize it a
yet," she said, • "NI,t will have to came
slewly. But tell me now as the
apytliing fresh, then? 'Who did ,1t'i
him?"
"`The. Anl(exiaans--Norden 'Smith!
care to Annerley to, kill him; h
came to Europe for no other purpose
He has 'killer} another man to -da -
Aaron 'Chalmers. They were lover
of his wife's."
I"Norden` 'Snr!itih!"' she wrhispere
hoarsely. ",Why, he didn't come ti
ft
aerwards."
"He entered the billiard rooms
the rwindo(ws from the garden," Jer
myn eaeppaine'd quiekly. "Thea he
e 22?oplar
Ltici) a izttp at1' 0 -ram toj
the truth from her. Tbe4 I dei
'here."
"It was', like YOU to come at s►'�,
Sylbil murmured, "Bless;'l rat ft*
Burt you mliistn''t stay, moat yo'ell'
IShe glanced at the clock. J;ern a
remained 'silent. His hands tighten-
ed a little upon hers.
stole gout again and pang the 'front
door (bell. !It was absolutely simple.'
"And I thought `jt was you!" she
mioaned. saw some one corning
from .outside whilst 'he was holding
me., II thought that it was you! I
ran away directly he let me go. I
thought that it was you who came
in through the window! Why, I went
to his hoom that night --it was hor-
rible! --event and knocked at his door
to beg him to keep silence. I shall
never forget that awful night! They
wouldn't let me in."
"And I thought you went for your-
self!" he -murmured.
'She laughed a little unsteadily. •
"I'd never halve pleaded for my
cwn life from hem!" '
"I am trying to think all the time
why I believed Lucille," Jermryn went
an, "She gave• me the pistol which
she said she had seen in.your hand.
Norden Smith showed me little frag-
ments of your white satin dress,
which- were scattered upon'the floor;
showed them to me secretly because
he said they might be used as evi-
dence against you. He was honest
enoug i . there, but, of course, it all
seemed to point to the same thing-.
This will come clearer to us present-
ly, when • we think over our conversa-
tions. 'Just now 'I can't realize it all.
I can't realize how miserably we have
been at cross -'purposes,"
She suddenly sat up in her chair.
Her face grew lighter. A. splendid
gleam of joy lit up her eye,er4, ,s.
"Jermyn," she cried` -rapturously,
"you didn't kill him, I didn't kill him!
We have each suffered for the other,
suffered in vain. We have lived
through all this agony for nothing.",
"And we have lived through it," he
added, "twenty-four hours too long!" ,
!She looked at him without compre-
hension for a moment. 'Then she
glanced at his clothes and drew a-
way. He had been holding her in his
arms.
"`It was afterwards?"
"It was at the reception," he told
her. "All London will be ringing
with it 'to -morrow. The daily press
hasn't been provided with such e
sensation for many a, year. Norden
Smith was at the reception lying in
wait for Chalmers. There . was a
man named Grayson,, the private de-
tective •whom Gerald Lakenham had
employed, who was on his track, the
man who pretended he was watching
you and me. He was on to Norden
Smith from the first. He had finish=
ed his investigations and gone to
Scotland Yard. They were waiting
to ais•est him outside. Except for an
accident he would have 'been arrest-
ed in the entrance hall of the hotel.
He happened to• slip by them so they
had to follow him into the reception-
rooin. He shot Aaron Chalmers
through the heart, dead, and then
told us all the truth."
"I can't realize it," she murmured.
"It seems too wonderful. This hap-
pened this afternoon at your recep-
tion? You saw it done? You saw
this man Chalmers murdered?"
"I and fifty others," Jermyn re-
plied. "And after it was over Nor-
den Smith confessed. 'He conte to
Annerley for no other purpose but
to kill. Aynesworth. He passed along
the Terrace, saw the biiliard-room.
windows open, sane you and Aynes-
worth struggling. Aynesworth heard
'him coming and let you go. You
turned and fled, thinking it .teas I.
Then he shot Aynesworth, went calm-
ly out of the window again, rang the
bell at the front door, •and in less
than a minute was shown into the
bridge -room."
Her hand was still clasping her
head.
=`I am getting hold of it by de-
grees," she said. "To think that. I
have hall this weight on my con-
science all the time! I thought that
you had seen him h:having like a
brute and that you had shot hint. and
that the quarrel was all my fault be-
cause 1 had not told you everything
at once."
"And I." he echoed, "dared to think
that you had shot hint sooner that !
have him tell me that miserable
sto•y! Give me your hands,. dear.
Lee' u, sit quite quietly for a fewminute. I want to realize things."
Her head dronnod upon his shoul-
der. He held heel her hands tight-
ly, Sie 1 nthc(I a deep siplh of
content, .Then, after a time, she drew
a little away,
"The Duel -sass:" silo faltered.
What has she to say?''
.1ormyn's face hardened. be
]nave spok(n with her alone," b
said. . "She was forced to admit the
truth. She had only one idea -she
wanted to come between us. It was
•
I""Sytbil," he said, "y'4u know the
truth. Do you want .nue to go? Bo
you think ft is right that' I should
leave yon,?"
'Sybil shook her head. •
"I can't think about it at all, dear.
It is all too complicated and extra-
ordinary. 'Only you (must not leave
her alone now."
"Very soon," he continued, "she
will be waiting for .meat Victoria
Station. Whether 'I go with her or
not rests with you. Sybil -'--"Her
.Her hand was suddenly pressed up-
on his mouth. She looked at him and
smiled. She seemed, indeed, to have
grown younger and more childlike.
n,
'Dear Jermyn,"' she said, "an hour
ago I never dreamed that any gleam
of happiness;could,come to me to -day.
Thfs•''is all wonderful. Exactly how
life will shape itself for either of us
in the future I do not know -do you?
But there isn't any doubt about ohe
thing; you must go away now, you
must go to her-"
"The ceremony was a trick!" he in-
terrupted.
"Never mind," she answered. "She
could only have'done it for one thing,
you know ---(because she cared. Be-
sides, she -bears your name now.
'Whatever you may decide that you
do not owe her, you do at least ower
her the protection of your 'presence
and name. You cannot leave her
there. 'You must go away with her
just as you had arranged,. For. 'the
rest, just yet, I cannot think --- 1
cannot think."
"If I go," he cried harshly'; "you
can't believe that I go save in one
way only?"
She closed her eyes.
• "I can't think it all out, Jerniyn
dear," she went on. "Just at first I
know that you will feel like that. I
am so thankful, so very thankful
that you and I are a little different
from other people. We have fought
our fight, haven't we,' and come to
our'own. Whatever happens, I shall
never be altogether deprived of your
companionship. I know that. You
will have your work. You and I will
often see it grow together. I shall -
always hope that I may help. But
my place, Jermyn, is very clearly de-
fined, isn't it? There isn't anything
in this world now can alter that."
He rose slowly to his feet.
"Ah, no," she begged, stretching
out her hands to him, "don't look like
that! It is only a little part of you
that feels •(bitter and reproachful.
You know yourself that.'When we are
happiest, you and .I, we are walking
hand in hand in the fairy place's., and'
we can't take the things there that
don't belong. You 'know it so well,
dear. The other things -oh, they
are very street and very , overmaster-
ing;, and they tempt -yes., they tempt
all the time, but you and I are brave.
You will help me and I shall help
you. Kiss me, Jermyn.''.
She gave him her. lips. He kissed
her tenderly, kissed her eyes, kissed
her hands. Still' he remained silent.
She passed her arm through his and
led hien to the .door.
"Dear,'." she whispered, "there are
many sorts of happiness in the world,
For the last few hours I will admit
that I have been suffering all the
miseries• of a jealous, tortured wo-
man. Now you are going away, and
you, are going away with your wife,
and I anti feeling happier and lighter -
hearted than- I have felt for weeks
and weeks. There's lots in life yet.
You'll write me.; won't you? • .
And you won't forget Mary? The
best of voyages to you, Jermyn; and,
dear. good-bye! God bless you!"
She closed the door just a little
abruptly. Jermyn -made his way
down to his car and drove to Vic-
toeia. Iii front of the book -stall
Lucille was standing, with her maid -
and Lady Florence by her side. Hol-
land came bustling up with the tick-
ets:
:'Everything's all right," he declar-
ed. "Luggage all in, .reserved car-
riage. and servants close to. Come
along:"
,Lucille passed a handful of maga-,
zin. • to Jermyn.
"Please pay for these," she ,said.
Her tone was quite matter-of-fact
en her hand was shaking violently.
tike raised her veil fora moment as
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Lucille, 'Who held both her hands'ont
of the window,
("You'll write to us, dear?"
'"The 'best of luck, old chap!"
'Lucille threw kisses and waved her
handkerchief • as the train- glided a=
way. ' Then she sat back in her
place. Jermyn had already taken the
opposite seat. Her . eyes glowed at
hint, her lips quivered with eager-
ness.
• "You are coming?"
iHe looked at her without the slight-
est change of expression. The fierce
inquiry of her eyes remained unan-
swered.
"I am coming," he replied, tt�king
up •mie of the magazines, "to give
you the ptdtection of my name."
('Continued.next week.)
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WITH PRIVATE BATH 55.50 up
BELL PHONE IN EVERY ROOM
LONDON. AND WINGHAM.
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thee- walked out on to the platform. Blyth
Lady Florence was anxious and vhis- Toronto
Calton
/reed in her erne hut she only shook McNaught
hc'•r head.
"I felt a lit:le faint," she admitted.
"Jerilyn carte round the corner ra-
i her suddenly, It has been such an
xtranrdinary afferneon. hasn't it ?
is this nor carriage?" ,
Jcrnir'n handed her in. The guard
himself wns standing at the door, a
1'011n1t'' w•a,s,ntaking note- at a little
ii tone a l,}1'togralrh('1• took n snap-
sh(lt 0I' them. Jermyn looked out at
it all, unmoved. He had shaken
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3.18
8,31
3.43
9.32
9.45
9.59
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5.50
6.55
6.04
6.11
6.25
6.40
6.52
10.25
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auburn 12.23
McGaw 12.34
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