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137 LAWRENCE Ica. LYNCH
1VI. Van Devantaz)
ME ear) of "A Wolan's Crirztz," "John Arthur's Ward," "The Lost
Witness? "A Slender Clue," 4'Dalageroes Ground,"
Against Odds," Etc., Etc.
3K.34.fY7-43)."k*V*,...#,y0K43,
enellIniled Oar. isamotte, impatiently, at
the same time moving away and beckon-
ing to tho driver of the next carriage.
Fate Was agaralst him, and muttering
curses, "not loud but deep," Jerry Bel-
knap began to clamber reluctantly clown.
Seeing this, Me, dannotte turned to-
ward the bearer of the mischievous note,
who had withdrawn ti few Peeee from the
gratis) near the carriage, and beckoned
him to approach.
forwerd promptly.
"Can you drive, my
''Yssiodr.,'' respeettully.
"Then do ine the fitvor to mount that
box and delve my horses this afternoon."
"And you, :die" turakne to poor Bel-
knax, nget oiX my premises and keep
-off. .
An(1 so it came ....berth that Jerry Bel-
kare.. e..i.vate Osteetive, found himself
,once rase t levet-red, anti "Mr. Smith,
the lenn-peticiler," drove the earesane eon,
taining John Ilurrill'e chief mourners.
"Pardon this littlescene, gentlexannen
wild ne. fennette, timing to his friends.,
"but I happen to balm that the man I
dis7,1-4,.,d is drunk,"
11' -if an lisue later a Servant tapped
mussy at tho to ir where Cm:stance kept
wiace, and sedi: :-
(sleeves a bey below, MisteWardour,
who ,....ys he !as an fmporaut message
'.for yeu, and amiss del -er it in. person."
Vonstanoe swot inii;eattely down to
find our Old friend oenee, the image
1
boy, in the hell
iehe smiled at Asset cg him, hoping to
obtain same news of innhuist. Butt'. he
only 17owed, as if to a queen, placed 171
her lund a small, sealed envelope; and.
before &to could utter st, word, she was
stanailer Oone in the i crape -him' le..11,
while the Loy' e eteen could be heard ring-
ing on the stones outside,
Standing teere,Canstsuce heftily opened
the eneoloste. It ecintIned a letter and a
scrap ef s r ...ea Cho leg at the sorer,
she reee :nese worust-s.
1,Vardour-Encisesti find a letter
which, tor reasons whicat I shall explain
later, I pilfered frein Tee. 071 the eight
of our first rieteirts. It 11:ZS aceomplisls.d.
the poesa ste fee WA711- 1 t0011: it, and 1
hest -1, te rintere it. DATHUTIST."
CO7 ,11.1.71:17 t111711011 fier oTit s11C0 snore
upots Isle shpee in 1- se eand, looked closer
and es tisi-sel: "it le ;i. it iii VI''....1'1i 1t.
letiX1":"
HA '1 leln XXX
"Dr. Tenon. lure is aliotner visit :r."
Mend tuened elsv:ly away
fru= Site sr eell isonieverel W-iLteCIA" ; he
lo Iced a trifle Si; sten! s .s• hie announce -
mem. for be had Sees 'aeon One:viewed
by :Lir. O'Lero.a. w..,•- Ns the first time
had peaszenied Mr. •Wehsea. 111111 the tivo
had let 1x1,11 i..h t‘, tilinl: ehout.
The look Gf iineesen.cs. len. his face,
howeses, and a te en to sr'--' et took its
piece, wean frelnedie'is treen the footsteps
of the .11 ?'."'7. cane. feenetinee N.17:11%lou1',
not (See:. veher:0.. ilreopiers alter the
manner isf 3 en: -a-gen:inn fe.....10:4 in
ortliaeox novola. it with her fair lade
uncencs let, end her •grssseil figura rit
..its pre: i feet es
The havo hatters all cleeested from Lae
.A=1 b,..y.ring, however* when fee door
-closed latind her and she found heaself
„Alone with the Man shr had falsely ac -
awed.
Bilge:tune hod not 'humbled Clifford
Heath, When the sleet; inonsentory look
• of surprise had lett his face, he stood be-
fore -her ,is :proudly erect, fie icily courte-
ous. set Sf. -;sore receiving her in her
town neon-
• • Diener Heath," began Constance, in
s'
low. contrite Vines, "some months ago I
brom,:ht a wron3,-fu1 achmsation against
you. I wronged you deeply; let me do
myself the jusstice to say that almost im-
mediately I was convinced of the injus-
tice I had done you, of the utter insanity
of rey own behavior, lint--" blushing
rosily, "I never found the letter, and
how could I come to you and say, I have
ehanged sny mind, without a reason.
Less than an hour ago, this note was put
into my bands, and with it that unfor-
tunate lost letter. Thia,- enables me to say,
neater Heath, 1 deeply regret the insult
I offered you, and I eIsic you to be mag-
nanimous, and to pardon me."
She put the not in his hand, and he
read it, without uttering ,a word; stood
silent for a moment, as if to colieet his
thcsughts, and, then -said :-
"Miss Wardour, I an/ glad that this
affair has been cleared up; when a mart
has so many dark shadows hanging over
him, he is thankfuli for the smallest
glimpse of sunlight. It is like your gem-
orosity to come in person."
"But you have not said that you for-
give me Doctor Heath; fully and freely.
remerab'er."
"Fully and freely I forgive you, then,
141iss Wardour," smilingly, he replied,
-"After all, the mistake was a natural
.ones Sinte I have been an inmate *of this
.cell, I have Iearnod o roe myself ne
;others MO me. 'Why should / not come
under suspicion, especially after hearing
ray words to Bathurst? By and bY, this
note from Bathurst, you tell sue that you
-received it to -clay?
"To -day; :time mons"
"And 1t. is dated to -day; then," look -
at her quentioningly, "Bathurst must
Iee in town."
"Yee," dropping her eyea. confiniedle.
" Tbmot to, I think not" and scitreely heed-
.3.ing jeer CftV11 MOIThalif ,ehe
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nersett in tile oactors creme nno, teannig i
one mu against the table, looked up t
into his face, saying; with a spice of her 1
old manner, so familiar to him in ,the .,
past:- s
I
"Having forgiven me so generously,
Doctor Heath, don't you think it would
be quite proper to sholse handoS"
He looked down upon her, a stnange
light leaping into hi sl eyes, But he did
not approaeh. He lifted a large,shapely
leind; and eurveyed it sorrowfully.
"It icons as elven 's any hand, Miss .
Windom., but there le a stain upon it.
"A stain! No, sire Do you think that
I believe ha your guilti,"
Again the quick light Dinned in lxis
eyes, end now he male a step nearer.
"Do you believe bi my itnoceuee?"-
••Bc.yorel rs deubt.1
"When I KIM -Ilene is a sin upon my
heral,.1 Cid net mein the stain of guilt,
linteiS sue:Ochs:I; of eeeuvetion."
"There is Ile stein noon your hand,
Boetor Heath. Wha.t! is this I hear at'snit
s our They tell me you will make no cle-
f, lase."
He :smiled dawn at her.
"I could snake but ono defense, and
i
"And i hat?"
-And:that, Miss Waidour, I would. not
... • 1 •
"Whyt" . • •
She WOS strainingewary nerve to pre-
serve her .on sure; words carne from
her lips like frozen heartheats.
"1.4%1111S17-aliFS Wasclour, do not ask
Inc why."
"X do ask; 1 persist. Why? Why?
Why?"
"Becanse-t nee you are as imperious
as ever-texmllSe 1 ran only nave myself
by giving the real mairelerer up to justice."
She was on her icet in an instant, all
her enforcsa (slimness gone, unutterable
71715e7.7 in her faces:sad voice.
``Y6a know!" sae cried. "You! Ohl
nay (4 c d , whee 's1'.a.14 I do!"
"Have no fear, Miss Yeareiour; )ieree
.not I said I will keep nry own counsel?"
"But, you! You .. Oh, teestt le no reas
r... •
son why you should tot speak; you are
ut t bound! You aro !not -oh, what am. I
seeing !'' Sh sank, ibeek into her soot,
lensing end wild -eye -O.
"Mize Werclome ealm yourself," he
said, res-cnoy. "1 feat leconsd. It is my
Pleasure in Ineo this r!Seeret. Listen. A '
. _v.. wee: aso I receiked a visit from my -
It:x.7(es. TI.:y told sine -among other .
dines, they theught it best that I Avid
lencev-ethet .you. know; who did the deed,
sect that you would have us both saved,
innocent end guilty alike. Before that,
I had determined to keep silence; 11017 1
inn doubly resolved. .Ifor your sake, I
will not eccese Frank •Toanotte."
'Fren../1:-een will not accuse Frank
T ion s. tteS .And fer 311y% sal:e P ' she almost
shsisined. "liter Cod'sake, explain.
What is Frank Lamotte to me?. Of what
can e ou aceets. hini?"• .
It WZ1S ChM/1%1'S Heath's tarn to lose
hie composure. How couiclhe interpret
her svos.Cs? Was she trying tonleceivo
"Iklies Warcioue," he said, alinost stern-
ly, "do you wish Inc to understand that
Pneneis Lunette is nothing to you?"
"Nothing to me! the viltest, the basest,
the most treiicherous, the most abject of
all =man creatures, that is what Frank
Lunette is to xne!"
Uncontrollable mien rang in her 'voice;
rising anger, too. Hew dared he couple
her mane with that of Frank Lamotte?
From the chaos Of .meaning and mys-
teries revolving through his mind, Clifford
Heath seized upon and ening to one idea,
held it in silence for 4 moment, then let
it burst forth in wells.
"Then -then you are not Frank La -
motto's promised wife?"
"1! .great heavens t no."
"And never have been?"
"And never have boon."
Clifford Heath drew a, long, deep
breath. For a moment a look of gladness.
boomed. 171 his eye, then it died out sud-
denly, as he. said, alinost gloomily
"And yet, you htette said that he must
be saved at all hazards. Knowing his
guilt, I still inn herp in his place.
"In his place, (she" she came toward
hint With It swift, tager movement, "I
begin to see! Doctor Heath, you think
Frank Lamotte the guilty. one?"
"I know it," grinily. .
.A. look of relief 'came over her face.
Site breathed freely.
"Yon believe this," she said at last,
"and yet you are here. If you have evi-
dence against Frahk Lunette, why do
you occupy a felons cell? Why not but
him in your place??
"I have told you why. It Was for your
sake."
She loWered her gee and drew back a
little, but he followed her, and standing.
before her, looked down into her face
With a persistent, .arching. gaze. "You
m
ust understand 1 e now," he said, firm-
ly, "when I bel - ved that you loved
Frank Lainotte, I said 'Then 1. Will not
stand forth and license the man she loves,
fer-I love her, and sho must not be tux -
happy."
A great sob rose in her throat. A wave
of erieneon swept (seer her brow. she
Ft0Oti before hint with elite/xi:a hande and
drooping head. .
“nat for that 'Iliedilletiedne slip Of
paper," he went ont "I should not haw
. Leen driven. from' the field, and this
treachery of Larnotte's eould never haw
teen practiced tipcm me. Do you venoms
ber a certain dav when y011 sent for Inoty
lES, JANUARY 21, 1898.
Vanclyeln and he came to you hem say
calm? Well, on that day Irrancle Isamotte
told sue that you were. his eromieed wife,
and when Bay came hook, he verifiel the
statement, having received the inform, -
tion from your lips. Once I hoped to
CORAle to you and say, • after lifting for
yoer eyes the veil of nlYetnn Which I
have allowed to envelope lily past: 'Con-
stance Wardour, X love you; I want you.
for any very own, my wife!' Now, moults
tains have arisen between us; I eau not
offer you a hand with tho shadow of a
stain upon it; nor a mime that is tarn
-
16110. by doubt and suspicion. However
this affigt rimy end for me, that hope is
ended not."
It had et:nne; the decisive. moment.
She could go away now with sealed
lips, and it would enelendeed. She could
turn away from him, leaving happiness
behind her; taking witi her his happl,
nese, too; or, should %emit, and then -
She looked about hen iota the bare
walls and grated windows gave her
strength to dare nnich.. Had they 'stood
together out under the broad bright sun-
light; he as free as ;herself, she could.
ettve turned away swittely„ and.. let her
life go on as it weesig. •N
lt'ow-now his present was °oersted -
owed; his futewo difficult to read,
"Is it; ended?" she Fetid, softly, Then,
looking up with suciOnn charming im-
periousness, "You enh things very
selfishly. very coolly, Vector Math. I do
not 011005(7 11) have it tided."
"Miss le/ardour !-Chnstancel"
"Wait; you say -flu t your lawyers told
of my visit to thom ! and thot I would
not haw the guilty p Unshed. What more
did they tell you -abut my doings?"
"Very little; I •coufil hardly understand
why they told. thus ninoh;"
"Did they tell You that I learned,
through a scheming sreseed in the guise
of a detective, that a plot was growing
against you; that I emit for Boy Van -
dank, and set him. Over you us a tem-
porary guardian? And - that I sent next
for Detective •Batinitst, warning hini
that you wore surroUnded by enemies.
Did they tell you that when I learned of
your arrest I left my Pace by Sybil La -
motto, who is delirions and yet olings to
me constantly, and tame to them, offer-
ing them all my fortune if they woulti.
onlv save me you?" ;
"-Did you do thie-Constance?"
"I have done this, 1 frfave I not earned
the right, openly, before all the world, to
be your ohomplon, your truest .friend,
yoq---"
"My.
queen! my
' darlingl my very
•
(311.11;1"his calm is gone, all hie haughti-
r
,xtess of beating; with: ope swift move-
ment he snatches ber ;to his heartan(1
she rests in his (=brew, shocked at her
ownboldness, and untpeekably happy, .
. Who dare intrude upon a lover's inter-
view? 1Thu dares to snateh tbe fleet coy
dove words ' from a sen "en 's lip:e, and
give them to a .world elhown old in love
innking, and appraising each tender word
by its- own calloused old heart? • •
For the time Ott is foneotten, sane one
fact; they love each othoe well,
By and. by, other thottghts come, forc-
ing thele way like unWeloonie guests. .
"Constance," he say.% after a long in-
terval, "you have Inane inc anything but
indifferent to any fate. Now I shall begin
to struggle for my freedom; but -do you
realize what a network of false testimony
they have woven about me?"
"Do I realize it?" el,ie cried. "Yee, far
more than you do, or '
„ean and -You said
something about.Intink Lainotte. Has. he
.sought to injure yon.?!
"Constance, I thought you knew,"
turning upon her a leek of surprise. "I
thought you knew his guilt. Who, but
Frank Laanotte, could gain access to my
office, to purloin- my handkerchief and
my knife? He had a duplicate key, and.
-I found that key in the old cellar beside
the body of .Tohn Burrill." s
The look of peepiexity on her face
deepens into one of actual Oistress.
Could it be, that after all, Frank had
forestalled thatother oneS •
Back upon her memory. came his worthy
"I can save him if X will," .Where there
Is room for doubt there is room for hope.
What if another 'hand . had anticipated
that of the paid assasein? She resolved to
cling to this hope with desperation.
If there was evidence so. strong against
Frank Lunette; let him tate her lover's
place. Why not? She began to see many
things in a new light; she peered for-
ward, catching a Ilview of the partial
truth, "tie in a glee's, darkly.' One thing
was clear, howevet, they must act at
once! No time nmet be lost/
She sat before hint thinking thus, . yet
seetninely powerless los not or epealz !
"Constance. Rae the possibility of -
Frank Litmotte!e , guilt overwhehnede
you?" . • -
"The possibility!? she semi -alined, start-
ing up suddenly. "Nos ritnows him.cap-
able of baser things' than nineder.-"• - . •
"Of baser things! My darling, What do
you mean?"-
- "Don't ask me tiowes there is no time.
to waste in talking Sof him; I am going
straight to your lawyers this moment; I
am going to send.them to iyou, and you
shall tell them every thing. '
"Despot!" His eyes devouring her.
"Of course! I am always that. They
will say it is time AGM 0110' took you in
..ctiees2e,; Are you going to be dumb any
i
"Never! My lipe are unsealed from
this hour; duels you have dared to olefin
and take a share in My fate, and sittee I
hate not the courage to put so much
happiness from sue."
"Supposing it in four power?"
"Oh, I know 'better than to eel* With
you," smiling upoo her fondly. "But any
honor must be vindicated for your graciotte
take, and -I must new toIlace," with. a
eidelong glance, "- 'Doctor eath, from
nowhere.' Sit down, darling; onr• janitor
is an accommodating fellow; he will not
interrupt, nor shqrtext your etey, 1 ant
Mato. I want to tell yea any story, it is
yours, together with all my dila
secrets." /
She put up hergaand, quickly.
"Not now," ahl• anireL "Not for a long
time. I prefer yott as I haw known you;
for Me, yott shalli.till be 'Doctor Heath,
twin isowb.ere,' Don't samonstrate: X will
have it so; 1, will Send 24 O'Kearn to
you, and thst odd Mr. Wedron; you shall
telt them all about yourself."
"Yon will go to theu0 Constance,no;
or your own sake, let us keep onr love
at secret for n time; until this' is ended,
sintehow. Think, my proud darlingrhow
much it would spare 7031."
She tainted toward. him, her mouth
settling into very firm lines, a reeOlute
leek in her eyes.
"Weida it spare you .'anything?" she
asked,. quietly.
"I? 011, no. Itis sacrifice for me; but,
Bwish to have it so. You roalst not visit
me here. You musti not let goesip Rey
she hes thrown herself away on an ad-
venturer."
"I won't," she replied, sententiously;
"I'd like to hear of anybody saying that!
tetcommunicate them, I'm going to
close the mouths of gossips, by settieg
iny sona a proprietorship upon you. I'm
coining hem every day; but, after this,
I'll bring Aunt Honor, or Mrs, O'Meara
with me. I'm going'to eay to every soul
sttio names you me: 'Doctor Heath is
eillenced husband, defame him if you
dare.' Aml going straight, to 2011 11In
O'Meara that he must take your testi-
mony againot Frank Lamotte." •
Constance kept her word, Before many
days, the towu rang with the news that
Constance Wardour, in the face of the
aecusation against him,, had annenneed
her engagemerei to Doctor Clifford Heath,
Then a hush fell ripen the "atistocratio
gossipers of W-,anel. Mischeivous tongues
were saveraly bridled. 32 was not W1SO to
censure too freely a man whom the heir-
ess of Wantons had marked with her
ftl'Ir°Iri
Tlawyers found their client in a
mood muoli more to their liking, and
O'Meara scribbled Shinn in his boots long
,sentences caught from the lips of Clifford
Heath, who was now a stronsehelper,
and apt in. suegestiona for the defense.
He opened for them the sealed up pages
of his past life.
He told them in -detail, all that he haa
briefly stated. to Constance, concerning
Frank Lunette. and more.'
• Every day DOW 'they Svere in clOse con-
sultation, and every day the Wardell.;
carriage drove at a stated hour, first to
Mapleton, where it toOk up Constance,
and then to the prison; where, accompan-
ied by her aunt, or her guardian's wife,
the heiress passed a. half hour M the cull
of her Liver, •
She still eIung to the hope that the
accommlatirig evidende against Frank
Lamotto might bevels the chain that;
bound him, and open Otis prison doors;
but, one day, a Week sifter her first visit
to the. prison, Mr, •O'Meatet dashed this
hope to atoms.
We can being no driminel accusation
against Lemette," he- said, "The moon -
Motion proned that ..Tohn, Burrill was
killed as early as 'eleven o'clook that
nigth, and investigation has proven that
LansOtte remained at home all that own-
ing, and was heard moving about in his
room until after midnight. Inn terribly
sorry, Constance, but the case stands
juet, about as it did at 'Siren and the odds
.are still against Heath. He will have to
amid his trial." e
The glee hears sank like lead, and as
th&!.days passed on and no new develop-
ments could. be evolved from 11 case which
began to assume a Most • gloomy aspect,
her position in the ?Lamotte household
became unbenrabla
Sybil had changeibovery little, but for
the better. Her fits:of raving were less.
frequent, and almost always to he entice-
pated. So, worn in body and tortureci in
mind, Constance went. beck to Windom,
and, save for her -clatif visits to the pri-
son, woe invisible Wall her friends..
.And she did not seffer alone.. Know-
ing her love for Clifford Heath and the
terrible secret she caigied in her bosom,.
Mrs._ Lamatte lived in =anguish of sus-
pense. Would love otitweigh" honor? If
the worst thouldeconse, could she trust
Constance WardourP !Could she trust her -
:self?
. those torturcel hours, the none
prayer went up fron‘ the heart of as a
mother and friend -that Sybil Lamoste
would. die! ,
While these things were making the
world a weariness to Constance, Jerry
Belknap, in. his character of prospecting
hone jookey, took - up his quarters in a
third rete hotel near the river, and re-
mained very gniet ftt hincied security,
until ' 0 .M000 sachienly rennin:co:led in
to the. tease of hien). sencees, as fellow
. • Leun.
was e , s• steese •-• who tapped
him familtele- (es ;he shoe:We, relying:-
" My friend, f 'ye got a, word to say to
you. Willi:iron just 4ep into tho neereet-
ealOon: with me. We will talk over a glass
--'9f''''OlnliciaggIt1;:-af -hie coolness, Belknan
followed the stranger, and they entorcel
"Old Forty Rodin" that being the nearest
"lone
e, es se. ted face, to face et e table, th‘
strenger threw a fetter amens to Belknap,
saying catelesslyee--
"Bead that, if yelii pleesse."
Openinr. theleeter, these lines. stared
Belknap in the. fiteer.
"You have broken your pledge, Jerry
Belknap. I have 14:d you under my eye
constantly. FOrtunatein for younielf, I
reat make Use- of yoh. l ollow the instruc-
tions of the beaser tf thie to the letter
now and. until further nonce, if you hope
for any mercy from .114.TEURST."
•
•
Ho (trued. at the open letter as if it
posseesied the eyes of a besilisk.
Instantly he eeconized the power be-
hind the scenes, and /MS 110 1011gOr sur-
prised at his faille*. And ho turned
upon his compaiiiona look of sullen sub-
mission,
"1 IcrieW better than to kin: against
Bathurst," he saidcloggeOly. "What does
he wane me to clo?".•,!
"Times just what see 010 going to talk
about," saidthe strenger, coolly'. "Draw
srout chair up closeri Joni."
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CHAP EIS L.
iT
Over days, mied with weary waiting
a,ncl Marked by' fee incidents arid no dis-
coveril
es we pass s th one glance.
cazatest teeentsee ittiol igtlizima aIett.'
.••••.•
. upen'Taiii. indiletinent A 711 '31117. rel.!
, .
iawaY, and with the first days of W/I1:';
wanes the assembling of judge and p.m
and his ease is the first .ono called.
During the weeks that have int:error,
between his arrest and this diy et 1 a
trial, Constance has been his brave: t
champion and truest friend; sho h,
' stimulated hint to hopk.t, and inlited hia
to courage, with loving, cheerfal worth.
while clinging desperately to a List real
nant of her own shaking hope. '
Day by day, during all this thu,,, f
ancient gig driven by Doctor Benoit, de-
posited that gentleman before the doers
of hlapleton., t4yb1l's delirium h til co.,
in a Flow, wearisome. fever, NV deli; ls,
her, as the first frosts of what r, tcu3hez
the land, a white, .emaciated saaow c
her former self, her reason res;orecl, bu.
her memory sadly deficient
She had forgotten that dark phase cf
her life in which jam Durrill had played
so sinister a part, and Manila' herstif
back in the old days when her heart nes
light .and her life uefettered. She had
.dropped a year out of that life, but mem-
ory would cone book with streinerbe e.•e
doctor said; and Mrs; Lamotte (leonil e!
the days when that ineimny ehould bring
.to her (laughter'a brow, a shadreg never
to be lifted; into her lire a, .ghesS never
to he laid. .
Even, too, find narrowly camped deeth
a the hands of leis rum neniens; after
four weeks . fillet with all the horrors
ettendent upon the drunkard's. (Void -cute
ite mime to his 741118517, holloweeheeke 1,
sunken eyed, eneiciated, with his brea li
coming in quick, them gays, and "..e
days of his lite nuinbercd. t
Brandy luta devounel his vitnie; hate
hours and protracted orgies had flapped
his stem:telt; constant (exposure in all
weather and at - all hours had done its
Work upon his lungs, '
"If he outlasts the winter, he will die
itt the spring," This was the doctor's
ulthnatume '
News from the outside World eves
strictly shut out from those sick ones.
The name, of John Burrill never sie s
breathed itt their presenee, and both were
ignorant of the fact. thee Clifford Meth,.
an old time favotite •with each, was on
trial for his life.
The morning that SSW Clifford Heath
quit his cell tis tithes his place in the
felon's dote; and answer to the charge of
murder, SaW Sybil Lunette lying upon
a soft divine, before a Merry winter fire.
It was the first- time 0171C0 her ilium
that he had quitted her bed. And Evan,
too, for the first time in many weeks,
came with feeble; hafting steps to his
sister's room, and sitting noes. her, scan-
ned her Waded. features with wistful in-
tentness. .
• "Poor sis!" he murmured, stroking
her band softly. "-Weere had a pretty
hard, pull, you and I, but we're coming
out femously." Anil then he added to
himself, "Mote's...the pity, so far as I am
concerned."
e "What made yen .= ninon?" she whis
pored feebly. "Wasit worrying atout
meP"
' k bright flush leapect to his -cheeks and
burned there hotly.,
"Yes,it was about you; sis. But you
willsoon be as well an& haapy as even,
won't nog?" anxiously.
,"rO be etre nem- we will both get
welfvery fast. , We hane got so. Much to
live for, and we are too youritesto die."
CHAPTIeet 72.1'
It is the opening hour of Clifford
Heath's trial.
The court room lie crowded to its ut-
most capacity; never has them occurred
a trial there so intensely- interesting to
all
The prisoner is a little paler, a little
graver than his ordinary self- But is his
orclinsay self in every. other respect; as
proud of bearing, asself-possessed, as
handsome, end distingueas over.
Beside him este Mr. O'Meara alone.
Mr. Wedron, after.allhis labor, and his
seeming interest, is unaccountably absent;
uneccountably, at leest, so Inc as the
opposition, the prisoner, the judge, jury,
and all the spectators areconterned. Mr.
O'Meara, seems not at all disturbed by
his absence, ancl evidently einderstands
altnbout. it
Neer the prisoner sits a man who
maims a buzz of inquiry to run througli
the entire audience.
Ho is tall, fair haired, handsome; the
carriage of his head, the haughtiness of
his bearing, reminds.mote than one pres-
ent of Clifford Heath, as they first knew
him. He is. a stranger to all W-, and
"Who is he?- Who is'he?" runs from hp
to lip.
•The stranger is seemingly oblivious of
the attention- lavished upon hien; he
bends forward at times, and whispers a
word to the prisoner, or his counsel, and
he turns occasionally- to murmur Some-
thing in the ear of Conetance Wardoen
Who site beside him, eraye, stately; calm.
She in a000mpe.nied7 by Mrs. Allston
end Mts. O'Meara, arid Bay Vaudyck sits
beside the Tatter lady, all completes the
party.
Mr. Litmotte is there, subdued; yet
affable, and Frank, too, 1 -who is paler
than usual, but quite selftpossessed:
Near the party above mentioned, mey
be seen the two city physidans, but, and
here is another cause for wonderment,
Doctor Benoit is not present; and, Who
ever know the good doctor to miss an
oceasion like this?
"liusinees must be Urgent, when it
keeps Benoit away from . such a trial,"
whispers ono gossip to another, and the
second endorses" the opinion of the first.
Sitting there, manning that audience
with a seemingly melees glance, Con-
etance feels her heart sink like lead in
her bosom.
She feels, she knows, that already in
the minds of anost her lover is a con-
demned man. She knows that the weight
of evidenoe will be against him. They
have t defense, it is trace buts guithing
Will overthrow the fact that .Tolui 33urrill
event straight, to the house of the prison -
en arid was found. deed hard. by.
! All along she has hoped, she kinnv net
what, froin Bathutst. But e' -ice he re -
tanned Sybil's tote in so serenge and
abrupt a mariner, sho haa hard no word
at elan from Win. and now she doubts
.1113113it,itrielititlriztaleuvtezy, thIntyg.b7 ally; oho
has been schooling het heart to Awe one
last desperate alternative. Her lover shall
be saved! Let the trial go on. Let the
worst come. Let the fatal verdict be pro-
nounced, if it must; after that, perish
the Wantons honor, What if she must
trample the heart out of a mother's
breast? What if she must fling into the
breach theelife of a blighted, wronged,
helpless, perhaps dying sister woman?
liardening her heart, crushing down
hoz. pride, elle muttered desperately on
thie lest day of doub2 end suspense,
"Let them all go, Let the verdict be
wbnt 12 i1017-07ndsVaifoi
lonsi Heath sholl not
sailer t f
Then elle hat1 nerved, herself to calm -
nose and gone to face the inevitable.
oi'Pi.iiisietiyiat the bar, are nou guilty or
ntgi
liDni reading cif the indictment has
turned tall oyes upon the prisoner's face.
-lia sten& &wet, hie head haughtily
IploiosIonh‘l1,15ag
suelity dark eyes fixed fully
p
"'I am not guilty, your honor." s
A murmur Inns through the court
room,. The stn.:neer bends to whisper to
Constance. The trial proevede.
Onceagain all the evidence brought
forward at the inquest iserepeated-sworn
to-di/seed upon. Once again it, presses
the ecalee down, down, and the chancee -
for the prisoner liana light In the legume.
One thing ponies the prosecuting
.ottorney-,, and troubles then -And of Jas-
per Barnette.
O'Meara, the shrewd, tlie
O'Meara,. who never lots Damn flaw or a
loophole for criticism; who, never loses
a chance to pick and tortures and puzzle
witness,. Is strangely indifferent
One by one the witnesees for the prose-
cution passbefore him; little by little
they build, a mountain of evidence
against his. client. He eloclineetts examine
them. Helietens to their testimony with
the air of a bordeNlay,goer alt n vex7
poor farce.
After thestestimony of the two, masons,
comes that cif the party who. lust saw
John Burrill in life. They testify as they
did at the inquest -neither •more, nor
less.
Then come - the dwellers in. MB ave-
nue. They are all there but Beeks and.
Nance Burrilt
"Your honer," says the prosnenting.
attorney, "two of our witness( -i( -two
very important ones -hare absents 'Why
they are absent,we do not know. Where
they may be found, is a .profounit: mys-
tery.
'One of these witnesses, a mans ealled
Brooks, we believe to have boonespeci-
ally intithate with the murdered: inan..
We think that -The could have revealed the
secret Which theprisoner took such deadly
-measures to cover up. This 1117111 MO 110S
be found. He disappeared shortly after
the imirder.
"Our other witness vanished tattiest
simuleaneouslee. This other was the di-
vorced wife of the murdered Burrill. She,
too, knew too much. Now I do not in-
sinuate -I da not; east any stonese but
there are some, not Inc distant,. who
could explain these. two mysterious( dis-
appearances, nin. they would.' "
"An they willt" pops in the hitherto
muto O'Meara. "They'll make several
knotty points crane to your understand-
ing, honorable sir."
A retort rises. to his opponent's: lips,
and a weedy war seems imminent, but
the crier comatands "Order itt the
Cotu...t," and the two antagonists glare at
each other mutely, while the trbeenseves
on.
Frank Barnette comes upon Ste
ness stand.. As, before, he tells nothing
new.
He was aware that his brothers:In-law
possessed some, sncret of Doctor Wrath's,
Did. not knosust4e naturo of it. hat in.-
.
LIZ CONTIN UED
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The Brune Spring IlesiZeS, Win be
held in Walkerton, commeneing on
Monday,. April 41;h. Judge Hobert
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Mr. Sidney V.apley, of Kincardine,
P00071213- received, instructions froin.
gontreali for his removal from the
Merchants' Bank thete to Walkerton.,
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