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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1902-07-17, Page 3ot, July 3.7th, 1002 treelstOsetes seeeass,isesesselekeeitSakeeSes-,.....- etegeeel•arseeeseeessess-Ilidlertles• •••,- 1. 7.• Me Crime of Hallow -E'en : THE HEIRESS OF GRANSTONE HALL. 0 By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY. • Author of "A Broken Betrothal,". "The Heiress: of Cameron Hall," "Parted at the Altar," Etc. • 75--`,'''-',„,"r•,-7..„-1,t-•;n: --,:r.,',',?,,, 1,14 •*(t.•; .:t.'?•,k112•\ks self if Ire could Mit g••in the thieket tir,tt 1)0 10.1. 1,l' 4,14 11001.111,11 11`.1111, Who 11011 fili111111 h1 1118 0.101 1.IY 11 hl. II his loudly tht 01.1.1tre- Melt, might yet.. °serve tlwit. puttee., s. I WitS lift. trial a; 11 Willi J,1,1111., "Miry cod a d in. seviiig darling!" grout' d 1.t. lloy. 218 1113 1111g Ilis slitlyst 011 0 1110 1lYil'g hors0.8 side, till 11. ,tigh the goath cl totimat was nor (1,ring his best. Once lie turned his lwad and lool.- ed baek. A horrible gi oan %sus wrung. flout his lips. the s ins st( od out on 1 Is lurch( (el !the whir-Cl/Las. 1,1111:1 1:11.! perspir ation fell like ruin down his face. Aged tr Ile t cry I lo rahg 011 I. orr the 11100111iL night. • "Halt!" n t here WitS tile report of a revolver, end as the semi Oland away. the rut...Arius; ()Myers saw tile daring a Meter or's horse strigger forward, then fall heavily 1 0 1.,110 grout' I with its double bur- den. - IX. s - No words eel) describe Le 'Hoy Pierpont's fet lines as he etalbcd that the shot he had h a•d hint hall strew!: his horst.. and the doom. d unbind wus reeling undue In an instant he had Inctle up his inind ss hat course to pursue; every neerient (W011011:4; 101' Willt 1110 sir0L.(1 (a the wind the ()niters W01'0 (10W11 1111011 111111. in his atens.with one daring lenp from the, swt.t.•- ing saddle hr. ( d the hedge- row, awl dar-hr d 0 t ht. hielee; le. had bre to rierss it -and the gra ete•a rd nd. -10 retteh the et 08‘;-yrat''..1. iv: vi'r. his friend Fen- ton had !wombed to meet him.. lie lutd et•ossr.(1 the strip of dense- ly Wood, ti 12:1•01.1 , nd Stirling OVer t IOW ra into the to aveyard, when, ter trine. a.brunt bend in tla. path, he co:1110 race to ftree with Fent On, N1 110 Wits 1-01,t'r iri.; 1 0- 11.1111. 11' 1110 S11018. '110111 1110, reli1011,"— t't'it. Li 1.1.. lloy • Pierpout, exeiterey--"Ili•III me to think. to a .1 . trorst has hap- pen' hey reek i i.g us Coen: at this moire lit they ere. se arcelY rt. tem. ter 0: .11 ritihrtne.'--: hey r•-0,1st dwelt iny 1101r-42' r, llri‘ r 111e." '. "Vou ean depend upon me to the death," replied l'inton, wrinringhis fri. ncl's 1011111. "1r lioy r10S0 111 011 yottas 110 Wr! 1111v). ti110.. to talk °Vet'. 11101 01'S all 1( ngt h. You must find. a place Of inunedie.tt. concealmeet. Ity titis tine. es ery racer 1 h••ough- out the eIty is on the 1.1111(11 for you, end - her," ret:d Fenton. „ "I bums. it. 14.r:1e:telt d 1.e Hoy, husk ily. " in I 1. 01..11 nem/. what shell 1 dre.' 1 ir 'it growing- des- ; ere." he eried nut in ageny. • • '1%1101'0, ill I 1 err ( Ii•s 21211210—Wbore V1111 1 find a place so secure that they cannot tr.: e'. "1 Ile ve it!" 0:i (1 Ftitt 0, :after a nem 11.1 of ; mete pt•ofound timer:hr. -'1 jdace utwenny, hut itt a mom, irt li! 0 this Yoe m I, no 8.0 o "Ir's r 1 .. 11 Nl huh. re. 10 111 01 otilvers or de -- sect s Infid tweet- (11.(1110 of seer) hing 1 11,re for you -or her:" "But where is it?" gronned Pier- p(elt; "(plic1:--(prick; elide we have been telling here they have been gaining ure n 1.1V.y Imve rer. 11 11 1 11 re of .y be: iny horse' lies: they are 1 n'tlet t. a te 11 ultation; t he' 0 1111. 10111' 01' tI10111; the: will send a (nen reit in all direft1ons • Cod!" 11- et 0 tred. • "A man. 11.1 81'0 1i1ig 11.411 11 1i 0 111.11 thlS WrlY 111)".•" -Ire bits not seen us," respond, d Fen r. AI, eon hd, nr ly. '• Come quiel.- Iy! follow me!" • 'Ake a dash he t !wend. d . his trey atreeig ti.r. 1.0 PON, 101- elte-e (et his It els whit his .1 11 '11, 1 ;0 St, OpIll'd 01 1. I` ..111 }Afore a stone. \ 01111, (LH': from. 1 1s1 V.81. 111,:01.11 tl it in 1 110 hrek. :del the 111111:si.... acme sseeng hack /et ifs Weeps. 111e -oily iee. 0, isalt, Pier - pont 1 0 itelow, 1,11/1. pale to the lips. the Miter ohey«1. -There's nit hem sofa on tile left -hem! side," 'whisper( (1 Fenton. 1.1. closed the eorse of the vntilt en refit I ly -Sit down a, MI Wi1I (1.(401158 1 I iS 1110 1 r:11. (.1111111 811(1 C011-• si1101' 1'1011 10.1' the future." 1,c (toy oltecd as be - f • I • • •• I • '• •Iy• ocrent Fleet( 0. hereon! it will romplet prestrete V.,•nnyilrt hon I'veoV0114 11'0111 het` suoton and mats herself Mee, told Yet • here •she is • nfe--ie this hoer of her great- est peril ---as yoe sny: in this te.41.11, w.11„1.0 the de,t1 end gone I•'entotis 110 ell', V. 0.111(1 1 1110 of loo',.ing for usi -- no ono would thin': preletrating rharnet-house 1 heir search for the living. . 11 o w nye et. to gt t 21Way from here mid when'!" .1 hove vonsidirred that," retmond- (el Fenton. "I inrd as it may be to - one of le r tleliento nerves and tem- peratte nt • notst stay here 1011;11 1 0 -morrow 11122111. AN SO 111 11.8 dark- ) e -s renders it seetir•e. will cense 1/1 .s.on h. re. bringing dirIgt1 Th. o. gloom. co•vel• of (tartness, you win mat e your wo. front here to fl 11010 t1 1101'0 1 W111 1111V0 It 0080 cerringe its %visiting which %vitt tide you to a was•-statton, wee's, •fitt win 1111.1, the tittin for Chicago or St. I.oute. Vet h 18 must be done with the gl'eatuat rare. for it is a most serilotiS 1111.. (INA n k ing. t every st at ion there tinny le, mil nown foem in the shape of deteetives or otheere, on 1.110 \ter eh for you.'' -True.- groaned I.e 110y, "i'vritem serend thought. it might he ns well to inky n t.,ne- tnent room in the lower owl Of ••• t.he city, stnying there a wcek. or so, rnfil the excitement dies AM. mei the pollee, ender the Impre.ssion tiler yori hieve nhendy matte good yot r sense, gross. fess vigil( tit, Von ran gist. out (et 1111‘ 1401 11 settr; ine fen work. told all, III 01 lp e 11.11(1 sis 1 er." -That is by far the safest pion," • c • assented Le Roy.. •"I am sure It would te impossible to get out of the eity, the excitement is mooing so high." "1 will go now," said Fenton, "and in 'the cotu'se ortut hour or - I will .return uith bottle of wine, end, something for yOu both to suhsist on until - come again, It is hard to think of, but you must bravely • face the inevitable. You will be obliged to remain heve• until this time to -morrow night." • ' "Yes," replied Le, Rey, shudder- ing, adding sorrowfully: ".1for myself I elo,.not mind; tuy only anNiety is foe her." . .11e had laid- the stip, uncenscious fot.ut of WS toot' young bride down on the neat settle, placiug his coat. Under the drooping. golden head: then followed. his friend out 01 the. vault, and' ateromPrelied hira down the ytt 111 SAS,' fttr,_ft.'S 8,1'011 - ed gateway 'beyond. • There they telktil,earziestlY for tt• quarter. Or .110 11 01.13' 01' more, - the minutes feisty- flying 1 est them. • Then t heel/ t led • end t t -tie -Wends • purled; Fenton inters ing to._ the city; and •Le Roy to Bonnylin's side, • . • • • • Tip qvit,e, • dreaded the- task of 're-. viving her; uncOnsciousness of hes sUrrOUndings •thie , (est: was a veritable 'blessing, • Means\ 11.11e. hoW .121,1,021 it WW1 IC001".. 10 .2110ti0 1'01414 1110101.111;S. he seuhd • of Le Roy and. 1114 friend's footstep:4 had seareelY died away ere 1 he: earl y golden. heed yonnuenecd. to.' move...Slightly on its • hartIT pillow, the little - 114.11(18 • 10 .grope'ltbout, a.nd the' white, den -1 a.shed. eyelids .,t o 'titrivqr .Th0.11 suech,nty. . the daved, blue - eyes .-flew wide open,• end- TonnylTrn strug•gled • up to ,sitting posture. • : • •.Where tun I.'?" • '.she immured,. • faintly; puttihg otstt -her hand. - It -totiched a- slimy stone wall,.. "Ain I awake . or.' in 'a hideous..• nightmare?", ;she • . muter -aired, struge • gling • to • het,. feet,. and feeling her • war grOPingly- ehout :the • - cold s one. • reom In which- She fouhd . herself. • . . • • - - • Suddenly her fingers, came in- e'on- t act . with' .smooth •• suvface. 10 • punted' .Wonder-, the • 111..le. - - hand • •wandered 0Yeir t., ' .,. • , . One' instant . :horror. 'of deo. n Seemed- to .-grit'sp. her Lenet„ --then - tt• shviek „est.fid terror berst - front : her lips... • She st. d :•-hre• eYes in: the -dint, tneerte'n light.. ond sem the objet•t She -1.S1 envernicr d was . ' a ' Auother: and 81.11, :ano- ther -testing'. en• their.enarble r'e-. Ceptarthe; Met. her ' She flt riche:El aloed front . ter. • •• • ' • •• - • d' • O.1 • , g, . of her - own voice answered her, .' "in Treaven!S •name, whet.e. eat 'she in .74:lie. Wilt1uSt.- h014•01';: 1.1i.081.4111, : 101` ...-hande, • 0 ev • . her • • heo.rt Slowly .but • the her- : rible cOnvietiovi to. her.' -; She waS • in -a. t oreb. ' • - • Like hash memory'. .returned .t.n. 'her ,startled,' dazed -"•• She. recoil yeti • Pitiftd • ore- • curvetted' •at, the ball, and hat fear - tat 'ride .for Itife:•-. She knew '.she' • haVe 1 'wit conatiousoess in her ,hnshan.d's arms. • they mist aken that sw oon 'or trance • . which she hiloht haVe rev • death? and thes, • ••• Ant- Knowingly,..cioteigned hee bodel ti the ..tontb? • 1:41ie 'had • • such.... elitS013,' . '1'02-1(1- 61• 11•0111:. surely • DIM, mie )01 h.), W0.S 110 ,esetipe (rota thesse'. wful cieni nes? Like one nurcl; or • itemiSoned .10ird beating' wings ettga.inst• , its cusisc She flew nboitt the narrow ....veldt, at laet cooling • •in contact. with the 'spew •iroq door.' . •' With a . cry .of .she -• sprang through:It and • fled like t he wind down , She .0, snowearif isid. • roar . tos word the lights . thecity ;width glinunered • faintly front titre!. . It Was. Scarcely five • Mintrtes, from the'.• titne- 1.1cininylitt made her - escape from the •veult,.- when. Le Ito • clone hurrying bark, ' ," My pooe darling - my hunted • bird,!' he: said, softly, 118'..110 vetertd . turd elostd the item door behind hint. "1 .1 t'id .et. ", I ; ). r long;.1.til, oh, escr-ciful.110(11 how crael it is to bring her ., back . t eun•rriousness,", „ • , lie cro.sted.solitlY over to the if•cm settle and knelt •loce,'.1de it, `putting out. his, ltnnihi..gently, . ; Then a cry, it 'Re horror, fell from his lips. 'the settle wits vneant-Ilehmelln Wag not there. • •Ile called her name; hut no 'vole° "'11:.°01-111(11(;1(iing wet h. exeltement, he Itt• • . • , inateli anti 111 the indantaneolts glitre 0r light ; made it . fluklc•and ettraful .,,s•ti'vey or the tirteeow 011; 'Itttold horror!' llonny- . 1in wits ' there. Another „ :11 another intitsh• was quickly strnek in resod suecession.• mit 11 the. fitly. 1 h. t he happened . Noire los vest pocket Were exi•anst ed. lint. there tens no traer--ne sign of 13onnyliat; she disappeared - as Completely and suddenly as though . the etuali bad optn..d and sweltowed her.' He called wildly upon her bairns loot throe, was no ansiver; the lot. rible stillnese of 'death reigned the chavnel-botise, Le Iloy riereont stntorcred to the 'door, elinciet driven mad bY • bor- idhle fear. she ver•overed, and leerifiecl at finding herself amid Ilmee glatetiv SlIPPOIllid'Ill"11. Mil from the place? If so, whither hall she gone? Per - hails Into the very 411115 Of the enee , ado: Who %Tete+ hunting her dowit. . Tt SVP•S either 'Ws or finding the • „ gates ahtr, the tomb hell been 'Cisit- ed by grave rol,bers. end his darling, et 11 1 uneonscious, had betei carried bodily away. ' This ,horrible thought almoat P .1- • TISIE CLINTON 1,1T.ZW1.4 'RECOS:eep 11.10.44=112131.1,..,0,4•-•.110 nr., 1 6 ol I IP "..1 ',U..' to, .1 k[o.:il 1.04...4,, .1.1,4 .4, calling hoarsely and cautiously up- on the name of Ilonnylin---only the low moans of the winds, flying away over the trees end cold, %hitt! Stones, answered him. " Heaven sove me front going mad!" he cried out in the wildest despnir. At that moment the sound' of hurried footsteps ten upon, him eat., he could oot be mistaken in that (luta, Man tread, • "Fenton!" he called out sherply, "is that you?" • S'yes," returned. Fenton, cautious- lss vowing hurriedly clown thepatli fseen. whence his friend'stvoice had Proceeded. "I. succeeded in getting solue wine and a few sandwithes rt.t It hostelry close at hand, so I re- turned inuuediately ivith them. 1311t tell me, Pierpoitt, how, by all thgt'S wonderful, came You iwre? couldn't you lind, , your. wily back to the vault?" o few broken,' gosPing sentences Le _Roy had informed his trusty felend . of what had Isestitpired. Fenton Staggered back, aghast. "Your wife --gone?" he . echoed., "Surely, Pierpont, you. must be wadi This .sudden excitement and trouble have turned. your In itini" "I am notzma.d yet,' but I soon shall be unleds I succeed in tracing my darling at once! Only Heaven know's what fearful peril she may ,e,,eao never pardon you -never." me, ,t WM east you off WitilOat II. t aitliftil to yoll, end woe'd not sell s'ent. You are heir to tile Vier- himself to the highest bidder if he molt. mill' us now; If yeti go • to found her? No, no, Vierpont, you ust% her, you s II be a beggar." and „„ I west work quietly - and. Le Roy I'l titont turned and fa.etel alone." hie mother in all the dignity a hio -But the suspense is driving me insulted manhood. Mad!" erica Le Roy, hoarsely. I 1 "3:10thert" he answered 101+.41Y, "I cannot endure it much longer; it re need no these to reflect upon my fu- viewing my very heart out." ture course- Money is dross com- "For 1101' Sake you. ntust be brave," pared to My love for toy tutor, whispered his friend. "1 knoiv, I persecuted young wife. 1 tvill save understand tile full horror of the 1101', or one grave will hold us both. situation; but 1 repeat, for her "No, Mother. thot'all Yon teinpted sake you /nest bear up bravely." zoo with 0,11 the gold la the Lod- "But what in IfeaYett'S Mane clo verse 1 should spurn It at fan'''. li you.think has happened her?" cried cost. lily darling; is as pure as the bereaved littml•end. "Great Cod, the snow is out there, and as inno- Fenton, ou ct.ol't tit'n'i she latS cent of this awful crime as one gone back to her Virg•inia home, of God's angels. • do yott?" "I will shield her, and eave her, "No,". returned Fenian, "it „tfeems or my heart's blood shall be spill- to me quite an impolsibility that ed 1 e defeeding her. I love her she could make. her way alone, and More than life itself--hetter than my without a, dieguise, out of the i own soul. city; besieles, Miss Rochester would ' "I accept your ultiinattone',4 gO. be sure to acquaint you with the • 1 ettn work for my Wife. faet if She were there by letter or "Coed -bye, mother," he said; "we telegram, sent under cover to me," • will not part in anger." "I am sick at heart, Fenton!" de - Ile toot erossed over to where she clarecl Le Roy, With a bitter groan; stood, R.,. ,I• as a statue carved in "I grow- wild when the thought ye - marble, o • she waved 11110 from her, cut's to me: "Where is Bonnylin at .•Vou her.es chosen - to go to:her this moneent-into whose hands has • in orern, defiance of my wishes ; do she fallen?" not cfnite near • TnOr dO 110, tolleii . "You nre sure 'she lms no friends oe speak to me. . My heart, like in the city to. whom she might have flown for refuge?" asked Fenton, thoughtfully. . "No," returned Le Roy; t'no friend to Whom she would have gone at Such a time as this." qLet uo go to nty rooms. and talg the ;natter over," suggested Fen- ton, endeOvoring to link his friend's arm within his oun, " No, Mt," gt.ouind Le !toy, huskily, " 1. cannot - I can- not - cease - my search a shustle instant until my dat•ling is fciuntl, Se...,k rest and food for yourself, Fen- tou; . but don't, for IleaVen's sate, aslc me . to go with you. 1, cannot rest, and food would choke me." - "You will kin- yourself if you keep on in . this way; nufl it won't faeilitnte trietfets or make them awe better. if s'sat won't eat, come and take a glass of brandy :to' brace yourseli•op." •.' this' Le Roy also declined. . "Pacing 'the streets ard searching* hero and there. is of little avail.". said Fenton, anxiously; °come with me to 1115,, 1•09111S, 1111(1 we will strike ticors, elosed, against you. be faxing this very Moment N/' htle NV° ' , "nave you not one kind - wot d are loitering. bere. ' • to say to we mother, before I go?" "WO will search for her without dhiewaksiec3erdes.sadly, tears. ruithing to his an instant's delay," resPonthrd Fen- ton. . ''Luckily -I brought •e, Clark- . 1,110 memo old face never sartorial, lantern .with me.'" .• . Tilven at the risk of detection they it grew harder if posSible in ice lighted the lantern, and madd a care- , rle,..,ixdoot u tiailawas. wold,,,. 14111, answer( d , fill search of the cemetery. "save this: :The girl You have mare "Useless, useless!" cried Le Roy. rltd has brought everlasting. shame "She is not here, Fenton." and disg•rate upon, my II a 110. at el A sudden thought strUck the lat.- race; -1 will never forgive her -not ter. • . ersteitleintaillisleadhoatined1 wilaeiTayriing,I'v^iiii . a •'If your first idea is correct -Unit. .she regained consciousness and tied stately tread from the'rocim, and Le in Your absetwe-we have lost tlITIA noy, his eyes blinded by bitter' Staying searching. here. In such a - ... tears, went slowly from. the eooin, case- she woold have. Illacle her down the broad 'staii•way; en -1 out way straight to. your Own h°1 -11e- of the Palatial home -that was to I adviee you to go there -without de- lay." , be home to 'hint no longer. - • I Again r ate favoterci him, "You etre. •rightt" exclaimed the Ile sueeeeded in leaving the house' frantic, heart -broken young husband. unnol ieett, a r ri v Mg at 'Pron.,: Fen - "I wonder I laid hot thought of ton's bachelor quatoevs without en - that." • countering friend, or foe. ,"She is- either there or in the ces- i I r t = • ' •d ' II' • . tody of the oilleeve, who intercept- utithout • waiting for his friend to oo sotne better iden of action... tie !ea het, on. her way there," Fenton anima,. els. hasty looyao,. ond . sunk ...are losing thee in hi, wiry.," thought. to himself; but he did not as death in the nearest. This argument lee! the desired : 'breathe .i his lear alottd.• . . • I cdPialvillr, "ite effect; Le Roy :- l'i erp on t . sere red I • ti ' ' . is not. at mother's, Fen- •hts friend to lead litm. to los 0.0.1nts. . . start . foe ho'n1e., at °nee," "where ehall I .11e would not. sit do Wri- he Would l'ierpont, !Wringing his hands. • .steT,1:;hilfeorgtih8e11).-etitylicree y.ou thinlZ not Oat; • 118 • he had sald, food would • • • ma . .otne wit I me, out inio te e pace the floor in rot . agony 'he 'deemed prudent. • ••"Commtinit'ate with me. Piercont." "You tinist trot give way to grief Fenton begun te i•ntertain graVe he eaid 'e,e they • paeted,, "for • in -this. way," said h'enten, Milling doubt S as to whetliee. •or hot ' the shall heonore thun atixiotis ontil • I " on his. boots again' Untilitirrying, ott gt•eat double sorrow ,that had come hear . the result of Ulla.. Segni Fenton accompanied him as' far as • she ie? areat Ood I I. am,. • going. choke 11 1111. d I • ' tl • • • street -7;641k for Me, act fee me."• • omit ts.rt dee to Alin nrr, sad ' 10 1111' Was driVillg him to iwan- w'orri to my up -.1 oWn °nice or in my his oV'ercoat. ...honie; and Mind, Pierpont I' . "Cinre; Yen lind .will go -out eted :11y, • . • cd. • ,out 'atixiolfstly art(T his rrientls• • search. for -her•• Ay, 'svarch urItil We it wari (1. that as goon hs find het: but, ,yOtt• must not (1,0 ,Oat threw Its mantle. of •:iarr-nt ss 1nore. than careful . in, making your way into Your own 1101.0i,, tor thn way --:01.1- must disguise 'Yctlr- ...Over. • 1 be earth, .the two shterld NI:eosi.1t1 a01180,904:);(;(1, t ttltirad. et: a calta seven isuotr-a- 11`0'Irf,10 t W' adgt.1.100;.,1,* t;h1.111•110.6..tc.g.elloest‘t114'1Y3,1,1„sal,dit 0,e,re untii aro "Vett are right; .Fenton," gramma g•reuirds. • The moon .Waft 01: i1S .1611 .W11( 11 d sg u Ned." . ' the mobantly• volo“ husband. • "i ant .• „/ 10:10,,t, it ,• 0,„,;11 t in your. 11;,.nds,• chi with 1ne as yom • they set . forth. there wois little " ' ' - An hour In et , as the graf talcen. the rhcaut te bring - 11orinylin. le absolutely safe is Lill-. • of tittle I spend Jetta 1 1.now 11•' • ' need of the date: lantern FerCou t • morning was breaking ot or Vie Carefully 1111(1 S'OW1y (0:01'y 01'01 ia ing me:", . . slembering city. two • disguised fig- the silent &el gratet•tittl wag Nee, "Good-bYe; may Heaven guard you and ,ser . responded Fenton. Ores etnergocl leirciedly f rota .1 ( n- over, each ie./do:etre W:18 S0111;2 110d , t Ile • ton's reOnis and sought the stt•eet, creeping y.icies put. aside Enid eie , and then the feta( Ipss sporphillega 11.. spot PX11 1111 1101 *but there W1.18 not 'fhr,11 the two friends' separated. 'Would they e tee. fled 110 rty I i n so much as , the s I est trace' of Closely as the ' I'lerPont tees uarcied Le )10 ott i tit d an en. agitin? All, the t• is I he tif ti , • Ilan iY .1 tn. • t v•ince del:X:0011 and insc'e tsagic• story WC' have to tell. 'his sway at once to. his . mother's.. .• • • . • • OLIAPTIiIII . tre 1(.31 I 0111011 ,S keen eNes.. . 1 '1:00111... • • : As , . the , 'door was opened softly • .. .• . Vierpont,. who was Paring the '' • detec1c11 footPrillis' in the snow •in As the search _progressed, Le IlraY l'ierpolit •grete- 01010st distracted.. . rit hoY were :hist Whaut turning's-we:se • * • • uie ( • 11• The 'Msg. .t. ats n te I by ,e Roy -the 1.1.v. runniag at • eight angles , In the es•eatest eeeittment,•: 4.1 poll ' ts se • t t i e ale, "1 0111 10( 1 t tey . :Ns ere it AA s- . wrieging her jiewelett hands, t (treed ed..t o .1 he Me:Inge 111-isr.ion- he: W .ancl, qui' his quick ghee -.hilt 0 W (.1 atirliptly 2,111d .821W her *son. • • S • t 11 ten • lie • sittv• eon -10111111g, .1Y in' 11 0 ' She flew *toward -him with a s.tified • ali"ut • 4 gray 'Iwig .3.'00 long; -towing gray, •Ilw lialf. hirri.el by the cl .ifts.. cry ' of: . . • heard, a pass of steel-rinuned• .11.;(e:.exclutnation felr hem 111s lips , "Oh, my soritily Son!"• •• ett• .peerir,g, • out front beneath tr.. te'sterth. feier.d. Ire letrried to "Hush, mother," he said, eleseing broad4hrintrn(d 8101.ch !tar, coarse 1 I ot with .1:sated breath, and* her in. Itis arme; "don't- unman. boors. 11'0 cl t t in ,t• -rlotlies trans- , knelt tiO Wit ill 1 he 1010 1V. • me. r need (tit -nlY•etrentiihe tell me getekly. is my wife .here?" . • • - Ormed l'•oneytin's .haethenne young• • WO; it a Minters Mend' half exposed Ins mother •b/0-pting.eroni • inisleoul ttito a very r.espettabie : by 111e snowdrifts? ' • "What aro yeti. doing tliere;'• Fen - and .fared• hint. lter Prosd. obi i'ace ''Peerirtg • rarluer• • • Whito a.s. death. ' • Ile started orit. in oho direction. ton?" Le Roy .etilied out in tm Mi- . • .1:terel" S he ocher:CI. rembilag with' • sear( . for • lis..nnyhit-l• rank Fenton patient. whisper. on ate on t 11_ , awful au.ale: oIya 111;11o, ta',ieg epposite.route.'. • wrong road.; ,this IS, the .1faill that would peetnit wonsati who coeld str6ite trr1101's, elt:11) roehts, letels to the entrenve-(nttees • count -lit sects a • Clore.' to'enter • rily .at the tlifTes•ent 1 reeint.i. slat ionS wus 110 answer; . -:•Clocrys? •Yotr•shottl(1,19iow 010, better, t he' 'th'•`":"..e 'Pt Wa8 . 1' "le about'. Lo 110v. 'struck in - Le Roy.". • • th;. 'ft:ego/1y that , had taken plare, 0 the jettlft Itrottp:11 Which. his' feiend it 1 efore' ited the le,d Mee r eeired. •to• .• :hilitted bird ; :ou."1 have :volt daeed ste.den tiO:111.1irett`lr•11.0.,01. y9110g saw.. hint nt•.a latict (itst,en•e• tetei her feign ' yeur doot.?" he Pont and his • .. -further' kpoeling •d.Own „ -.cried . • . , They 11-cl ine n • t raced -as for as- the „enow.. ,. • " "Did she eoMe byre, iny poor, little at the bell the td• , • • • •ta .ntra feta, • , ' . . •- •-•• . though. the most expert tietee- net there was no CleW diScoVceoremd. to the whereaboutS of inninylin, tives and officers in the Intniity had been, engaged to track. her down. Le Roy Vierporit still remairted with his friend, carefully disguised. Day by day he was obliged to live on, in, bitter suspense, suffering a, living death while the breathless Peasch went on. ' His face told more plainly than onY words could haVe done that the raan's heart hatl been Wriulg, Frani; Fenton's great, ivorry was that his friend would go linSarte. No Man could.bear tip under such ts strain long; it was a, sorrow more bitter than death. to bear. ltieharil Harts:Met; India's. lover, wortted upon the case with, indefa- tigable zeal, urging the detectives on front, clew to clew like a verit- able steuth-hound. For once in their lives, clever a.s they were, they found themselves completely baffled. At the end of the foto'th week mat,- ters took a strange turn. tall, fair-halred young man en- tered the Mike of the detentive bureau one evening nial called to • see the chief alone. . He was showu at ones: into the pri- vote office. "Ile seated, sir," stsid• the chief, Pushing a chair toward his visitor. "I will attend to you in a incareint." In the ,rapid glance he had given the stranger he had taken in 'his genersl indications, end had specu- listed as to his business there. "Now, sir," •said the chief at length, pushing .away the pile of papers on the desk before him, and terning towards his come:tools, "I am at your dimposal, Is there anything can do for you?" "No -nothing for me, sir," • re- turned the youug man ,promptly. "I. have simply come to, tell you of S. little incident- that haPpewei 11* 'I *as leaving this city on the night tantin about a month ago. It may be a clew to the ,where- abouts •of the beautiful : who is missing," . • : • • . The chief Wes too well versed • in his busine.ss to show the thrill of •• surprise that shot ' throug•h his yefits , as the, .-meteoric vision Cf3,1110 to him oR pocketing the Serge re- ward that • was offered for the mur-. derer's apprehension. •ITe snerelY "In the first. place, must .state said Calmly; . • . university. that • I, :Prnest 'Lansing, am Et. StU- '.Go on, sir; go on." • dent at the IS "On the . night . in question ivas going home on a rnonth'S•10ave of a.bsence. "As the night train, reached the first statinn beyond the city. it was boarded bY tWo men' • who' were half cat•rying, half. :leading the: figure of .a, woinan between them. • •13oth men were daelf:, I judged 'front. what . I Conti.' see - of 1 " - tl r re their over- : con.t collars .turned tin around.; their IleeltS and their slouch; lints Were Pulled well over their faces: •. '"I'lle lady wnS metticd. fi•orn. head „to' foot. ' •'2‘. 1014gt dark cloak cane eettled her .form; the hood of it she were- over her head; and. 0, thick, (lark • veil folded' datible face- frinn vieW. . "1 sat . ' 1 he . Se at d i yet! tl Intek .the..trh,i; who, had., been . torten, ate 'enotteh to secure a double seat . . in the 'isolated portion of. the 'car.: , "One Of the men gave Me a swift, !' been. sespicious glance, and was evi- - ilentlY • under, the im'pressien 'slept, sd •he 'whispered to his• 'down!' whispered one Of the men, fairly fot cing. the girl • • down in the' seat la fi•ont 'of. the. '1 warn yoe-inake .no scene;•• you know Whet' the refsult, will be-. you . ire edded . warningly': •and t rembliug I. stifliter; 5t.100.1,1,11 eig•yi 1.1Ort thee;ed 1 ah .et ot‘i•ciallyt the matt -never 'relexed his -Steel-. •like grasp of her wait during tee whole of the : • • • "Pardon me, bot•you -sod lad, was' • muffled ft.( in 11:•1,•1 " ( toot. ltow. then co,11c1 •yoo, l'now that, iVa's '•i•ot ng bettaLseie'''•. steSeil the .. chiefs 04. lag the' visiter e • A 1)/1.t Y011 0/1311 (Old" itS I PVC,'" 1:(4)1/1 (I 1)10 young man, 'peon!, ptty, ."I found that ont atte,•ward- • not Out)." • • • . "1 11"1"1/;' " 11;;s 11.141,111'1‘.. a 1 1 0111111.1St a 1,1.-bila111' proud eld Inothtir; . "and I •would as soon think of: committing a crime• ended, • he Wes tit las•sille, • myself,' as of entrboring persoa W110 he net fatten into the beincs n time d. tol 1111 fet(Prenly: • 11181 malret•ta=0: "I.1:11•111: ier, ha 1,-r, 1 CILINV 'to had r•onnititt( d one." 61te is n eve?" he repeat- *Itto! ed. will' en El 1 gt•o 1. • "No!" en red lite Mr/ . T d up • Ills hat tind started 00 1"1 118t (1° for the door, • , . .N0 (»it, theta ht 1 r • aye le?" t.e iloy •Fierr out And ns Ise held up !thaw,. ,T0 agony his hand a hi: , deintily-nnibrohlere • • • ed s441.10 Ly.10..‘e wh•ch had-dirs- . • • . . . 'ering• his 'covered bilge 'half Ine:led in the old fatow,ell hist. ' tter • " 1 .1nest • .not, lettve *tens volse at the 'appeotich of' . . 11 y crltd.. his ino1 her, clihg- ••f0a,..1•(?1011;1:1 cili,,,(;101f,vietod.yisetisseti. the. o hint. si an, /.s, find illy .. wire. I ,r • '1110Y • 101:1 of the murdered so snswersd som.scass. ted •eses• lover -e. 'young Mall a ho had,. ' hilt giv ycsu for the OtistAcien you haVe "e"111I•v arrived fr-6111 4 m4411 tti1.1".* usamt- eent, . town -show he threw himself .ter. • ,r4 there are bre 1 10 d asainst ins. mother. Von down by the body. or his lastati- • ow footprints ,Ot jut is ;foss shot Id • litsve believed in her nolo- rut 'love in sueli paroxysms o•f you' see don' 1' n . Tf angels 'cried out trumPel- ' gl'101 that. 811.011p; men tnined away • , . • • Le Roy l'ier; taa catteja it in his ulna with a hviarse cry. • . • This. . BormyliWi," he Whis- • "i would know it among It • met have ItsiSSed this • .()ngued from. t 13. he . • It 2 ank tett on • Ors1V thent, and • at 'against her • 3iott shotild not . have . in team,. end plt,eine; woinert • wePis • that moment ins eyes tlisecrvered b hig ovens 1,01 leVed t hems' fin. slat as they had IleVer `Wept 00111 °thing elist, To the right .lef the 'ler )ont shoolcher • r end. in all their lives before.. • g ' ' -Id • 'I hey t too, of the . terribin path the snow was beaten down ea, Mrs. 1 her fair old heeds, glitterine. •• with though . a body. ;had Nen diaggcd JeWels; trembled. .• . vow he had. nettle .to rare 111S 11, short distance over it, '1 • ; he dead love's mut derer :dowel like . answered; ,. "and I connot 091101t1 I 1 ' • •• ,;••• wads), •• 1,;11-111:11111d1y, mixtilmfrothnel tril(taeryt, sipmottminloten6timai ber-I can find no* pity, in 311y I .ftleyngeiclit1 1,01111 ,....•.tt11111.011gOitell'iloblivese. rime heart for her. • Non -must not. go.• • • nien'S•bbot-heels in the.snow. • They.* to her!" she cried; "do sloti hear /here was another who heard this struck into the main path, and there I have heard all, my -eon, • s , CIT'APTETI, X, • . TO add to .1' flop Pierpont'a trese, lie found, tii,ort reaching the massiVe iron door. hal, the snow had cominenerd , to fail in great heavy thtlert, • ' t Like one distracted, lie flew down One 'Winding ritttli end up anotheN .. luso the dainty footprints 'teal -boreal, neYer *rest in iht • Met?' remark, a dark, swerthvga -Mee all trace of them was obliterated. •;sysaad you • have mn forsake my who. drew Ists• hat well doen•ov- • • • • Vent/nes experienced eye tool( ail Wife in her hone* of need?" It> er -his'. feet, as lie ell,owed- his way this • in at asglanee, while Ise IloY et•ied hoarsely. . •• , 1111,91;0 the crowd, and who 1001 ed was too excited to• diScover it. .• "No Pierpont must eVer. court- ftWitively front right, to left with a "What • tould my darling haVO been , tenanee • crintel" she oiled, " Von ' very devil glittering In•his . keen 'doing here, 1 wonder?" 110 whispered must choose' between this girl and blaek eyes.. . . . ' hoarsely and anxiously.• - rtte--yotit, mother, Le 'Roy.. 11 you • He had It/et/et' •rtalely against the ' FentOn tried to speak, but the an. dISPEtee Ine by .go_ing to . her, supposed farmer, and hall- turned Ower died awaY on /11O liPs, my doors are closed againnt you to him•with an impatient apology, . There has 'been cases of mon going' forever,. Prom that moment I have" Le ltoY PierPoht knew hint at a ' isuddenly mad with grief and horror, tto amt.. I would .ratber make a glanee-Intsil Severne. Frank Isentort feared this fate Would bonfire of the money your dead ta. Tie remembered that he had heard betel I 11 Is friend if ite breathefl ter hint titer left, ' thficr know yott would the man had met with an aceident hiS horrible suspicion, width was ' eliare it *with her," . returning from Thannylin'm Iltalleew- simply this; "Ittother"•- tlie volce that uttered e'en party that hod proven fatal, That Donnylin had aWaTetied to the. natile• stittoded like nothieg sus reusing hie death, but it Was evi- consciousneee during Le lioy's ab - man -"mother, etopl" he repeated dently a, false rumor, since. here • het •senee, and luttl started out of the Wat-,allve and Well, . dread place in 'Which she foUnd hoarsely; "do 1. hoar nrigt,t, that. . you • would 1 OtaitvIlatte0, fiat', nese Le Roy did not give the /natter herself, to searchsfor him; she had 11, secend thought -he was too pre- coin° to this spot, and cat this •to turn 0111 111Y YosiltS ttsfe; occupied With his olvn thoughta, soot had come face to face with a ; when 1, alone of till the wor 11..- and the illetresSing erratti which man.. • fhould be her eonifootets her itilises,? tool; hitit through the trowded Thor0 had been a ilisring abdue- • "ely arm, my heart shall never fail • thoroughfare, ' flow,. heee the dainty footsteps end- he'r•it you cling' to her after What .10,0010. h110 a side street," he - struck iitenlY down In the srioW Melt 1 At length he erwornt(rcd Fenten. Olt the man whose boot -heels were • has happentd this night, any doors whtsparad, ',where, Ira can law. .1 have borne her bodily from this are closed against you," slat said AM treAng- In4141, I thirt",5 melee egore spot In his arinse-making for the eIowly. "You must choose betwan , les an ine," . to trate ter whereaboute seems fu- main road. tile --1 tell you, henton, 1 Must get Only Maven could Immo forotold . "iii.re you mall, mother I" cried the •the whole detective fovea to tt,1d 1110 Into Whose 4100 8001" BonnYlili 114t1 vott14 man, white to the lipm. • In tearing my darling'," 'tt. Lip 10111 .y00,. if you eling to "That would he the Worst poielble 411 len! heit et, what she has done, You Step ',1•011 could ftt'<0," rePlicd Fen - el 1 nevertmore be eon to me. YOU tr tit PitYllitTlY; "18 diem Ode of CITAPTHR XII, can go mit Into the World with her them' that could be trefeted in this The deyS dragged their R1OW and Share her dlsgrare; hilt Mark t .e .ii I ft i s1-• • d • len th bv len tinning into *cola; • t • 0•41 ttlto- wool be a , g • • • -"ft.°. (.8,;" se fa Site • chief, • st•ith • s. : entile• lie /mein t to allow. the 1 Dune' .-, amin . to tell hiS stor:v in 'his ' own (s.',..').1111'd, acTtImay...iiittirltatalttieo•rliericliat;otitt.i:10(111(0•.(1saltw, et.. . . . • . "AS 'I' Was sit,I'inV, 'Ii.,? :wan tvii) . .. ..was sea toil , liesi de .1 he toting wo- malt.. n•,../i• lost , !di hold' 1 a 11 'p ' j ',.0.5'its.ytEdrl'e, jtni.vi,"8.)::1111.1,C111r1Iptilt!gans.1 11141:1.1 tgolii•(1 4•?:: ),•\ .20.1.,1 11..1'1111 1 Is' zolp 11 •,}' 101' 80 Mach as es Ore, e• instant. She coss•ed. bate: in 141' start as thoegh 1•11 inortal -49,1.00. ttatl ortet.. as a • 1.0 lice-ollieve pa ssi./.1 the • 't..rr sv•intl(tw,- . '• she sunk • batik wil h ./1 - , orropPollstril /Wreath, ' • • ,' • • ' • ' • '" 1 101 e 'is a . prett y flx 1' . nag - t ered 01.10. Of the .1/10a. sf-ihn , hal fainted. (io• fetch • a' glanis 0 - wa- ' ter 'front 'the tank, etficic.; don't. at, ire et. any at tent ion.' . ' . "Ills 'I:010;1(11110n brought the was . ter, 1111.11 the' man beside her th •ew imek 1 111, donbte veil that had von- tealftl int hat HIS. . - ''Prpinpled by euriesity which 1 could neither explain itor reelst, • • I •looked. catitionsty over the ' hark of the seat, told beheld. the most. beautiful trice 1 heti. 'ever seen. - 1 n'08 held ePellhoend by Its exquisite loistliness. "I milet have Uttel'ed 0, slight • 0/C-. clelnation ' 01 serprise, fOr tile- • man .on the. sent beside . her drew (loam the . veil 'alter 11'4'• 'taxa, 'and turned arotinti upon me like a !Iasi). - •"Were you spval.,ing, Sir?' 110 a Sk- ell etivagelss . -1. replied -In the negative, hilt 1 fPOla thab inettint he kept a stiepi- 1 clone watch Mein iny . /novenu re if. 1, •Srhe cold water Upon her face did not t•etrive the poor glie. She remain( (1 unconscious to the *very i end of her (Iodination, 1 "After 80110' IVO' itour'a ride, the . trio- alighted ttt way-etation. Some subtle influence prompted the 10' alight,' too, and follow them to free this Miele throtigh." Iletel he hesitated. "00 011, Hir-go ottl'' el:el:tinted the 1 11-.2 otter: ehlef of the Ch•teetivers, With bitten -is •O. -X interest.. "Please relate whnt fol- lowed." - bight war.: ire dark as trades -so dee% that could not see a foot before me after the train mos- c(I on. The int( nee (late 11 'SS Se. Pellt'd Int. 11 0 0 01 11 PM{ 011 as 1 drew nearer to thi'111, thr. 110111 d their setictS." " 00 11,a re to -n1 Olt; it Feeins,`• exile ina.t1 mai of tit,. men, eursitt; troof.er. 'I 11.4. lack!' •"Peelutps . bent for to; th:tt, there reterted 11;8 CE 1111 It q1011 1 1 " '1 1(01(1 3 our Infer:tat tongue rettecd pito o her her col,V. 'It wilt he 0 (.08y lesit to terry her the witots. of tlIP 11 oar p otivppo us. you 1001! An 1 that s \robot we will huse to do If the stege dove , not put in en aspeas twee.' 1 "Some twenty minutes or 211000 they loitertd there, blIt no stage araved, and, cursing lase 4 veritable clemois tin, Watt deelared las in - tendon to inme ott. "It was -the most remarkable tieing/ ettie le141,°' restunt a the pears wan. a co ti moil:tare starting out on his forehead at the mem- ory of it. *"Isoen ravines knee deep' ilt the 11110W -dr ills, 119 steep, rugged pathe, ut•rose lots awl °cc!' feitees withilet nuteler. 1 followed them, 01: otter the 11 ough the intense daristass, gaid(d only Ity their )(nets. ."I got 110111y 111`11 iSe, • ninny a fall, but I determined to SOO tire ad :Pat tire tit••ough." "(it.ile right, ut,ite right," • said the chi( f. "1'1013. go ou, sir." "I followed the eound of their voices in the intehse datenoss, until at last I suddenly fouls] Myself con(' ontecl by a. hish stone wall. Aud here I ternie to a, stc danstaral- t4 ill. I Could find no. gate, no en- • trance through wil*ch • they had • pas 4( d. Vet 1.11Py. Itcd gained the other side of it, end Were proceeding ta 11 nionnett the sountl of the Volvos geowitig fainter tied fainter. "1 treed - to setae the ramp to.re, but foend that was impossib.e. , Tlic.re was nothing to do but to wait ti 11 t.11 daylight. '1111s I did intiet.- tlently enotti,h. "With the first faint streak of early dawn, I found the entrain:0 tO the stone •wall -a' stone gate, 10 tilts St011e Wall that 0/1.51.1a1 OhSel'Ver 11"011 d not have noticed it tiniese he lied been seat•eitirg min- utely fol• an entranee, "Opening the gate. 1 entered the grounds on the other side, end found myst.S1 .in a densely -Wooled • park. I S4110 Ill the palli La:fOre 111e, ica)tfa'illtS tle* Men* in the sno w-dri fts.' -swiftly follewing through. the. . v-indirig path, 1 suddenly found nty- , self at the end of it, standing be- fot.e a,* geey-stOue hottse with tall chimneys (11111• peaked gables. It was like a 'litige ineusceettm.. No smoke curled up front the ehitn- neys, there were no signs of life about the Welt Ci habitation, no • sound save the creaking of the windoWesluitters as theY tO and fya 'on theft, misty hinges, and the ',Wind' moaning entong the trees broke • .the gliestly silettee. Yet'. the footprint s erosSed. the .pOrth ' and went 01 er the tht•eshed. tried the doole ,.it .was seeurely • - fas- „tetted„. and t he ruSt • 'of ages was -on the• liseic 'Lied iron 1inooker..".. ; 'CliAPTER XIII. The dettr.etiVe chief Waited' ':•'11 t f 1 oWet1 brettt etIs 'anx let el, tried tile ilooti repeaCed.. the yot'n,e; man; !•at.d. found, fis I have said, •that it *iwtts securely fastened, '•1 determiped . to gain .011 entrance • Withirt, those walls at '1.1 Ile KWH ling :mystery, "b`tt te seemed to.- favor lite CIS . (183:18:11)11%:{11,0-1.1.(1".:11111(1,IT,1'(''lii:natti' t*I0Tet,11:(1.1.111::11diyiltitni?ordira:linie:d, . . if I•. eotild . hot force :•WrIV. through: the door- 1 might .• gaitt.•• • • (To be eotaineed,) • wirt Ittnitho's 111.rvryt. . . 11.111.1121.111; Jlrly sea' ea.;:e of . • I th•owning• occerrect heee ;yesterday, -Asses. tIvrir brothers named • (1.1.....scitt,.. ' 'front,' 1.111:1Oriv,• while Intthitse• la the ..n'iA . near the: 111 ivittg ' were funUrt on th'e 1"1"1' kit 4` •• ;1eteeit...inel 'it unknown. • "I'Iteir - as 'be ssee e dress sled.. 1 loer at w11 0'1 is c01112:10111.5' .k110W0.. ' , 'A largo perty ininietlitttely voter:rouged ,./1,r.aggi..rg 'the river but as • • .ye'L 114! 11042108, 1)11.."!.0.110v founil, • . , e• -•••••e4,ei • • #4) •fts i Our Glasses satisfy because the* are right. spectacle rating la a* wgueessnrw:rolteplettat us &In relnedring all era do. 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