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The Wingham Times, 1898-06-24, Page 71:112 WINO '1.T.D.M.ES, JUNE E 24, INyS, •{c AwToa" °MtOER THOADLE.Y"3 'THS (TYSTERY pff eWAfrlORE 3MM= '8Y W110SL NAND'o 0 o 'TMG OLD MILL i1Ysr[.ki' ECT ECT•,'a...M w •p 4 he had so hong nud so closely clherlsneet would be sacrificed. On the other bead, ail tbat there was to fear was an uuplcasaut experience with Sir Jeffrey's rifling crop, is fight in which be might or might not get the worst, followed, of course, by expulsion from the house, but he would still have Lola in his power and still be able to reap the reward he was strivieg for. He measured up Sir Jatrray's strong, well knit frame and recognized the cer- tainty that he could not Hope to escape without some !lard blowe, but the stake was wc:rth winning. Ile hail his talc ready, therefore, as soon as Fir Jaffray came toward him. "How dare you lay your hands on my wife?" "I answer no man who speaks to me in that tone and backs his words 'with a weapon while 1 u,a defenseless," be re- plied,. with a good .ssumptio of bold- ness. "This is no weapon," said the baron- et angrily, "in any such sense as that. It is merely a horsewhip for he back of a dastardly coward who dares to strike a woman!" Pierre Turrian made no reply, but he folded bis arms across hischest and stood staring resolutely et his opponent, 'idle mark of Lola's whip flaming like a brand of red shame on his face. "Look out!" were Sir Ja ray's only words, and the next moment the long, strong lash of the hunting whip curled round the Frenchman's shoulders. It was like the first taste of blood to a wild animal mad with pent rage, and Sir Jaffray seized him by the collar of the coat and put his whole heart and strength into the swinging outs which he rained on the Frenchman's shoul- ders and back. Then at the close be wentto the door and threw it open. "Now, go," be said hurriedly, "and let this be a lessou to you never to raise your hand against a womanagain. Go, or by heaven I shan't be able to keep my hands from thrashing you again." To do the roan justice, h had passed through the ordeal with as much com- posure as a man can hope to show un- der a horsewhipping. He had neither winced nor flinched, thoughthe hurt of the blows had seemed to strike right to the bone. "I will go, and, mark me, every blow that you have struck I willpay back a hundredfold. I swear itt" • ".Bah ! Get out! This is not a theater," growled Sir Jaffray. Thu, seeiug a couple of menservants it; the hall, he Or YRI GMT •a ma,* TML AUTHOR, or symptom of her feeling to be seen in her Saco. "I mean," and his voice gre w a trifle be once more the acknowledged wife of hoarse and unsteady --"I mean that Sir a num like you is a hateful prospect." Jaffray is the one obstacle in your path, "Butter to be the wife of a man like mo than the wanton of another." "You scoundrel!" cried Lola. All the passion that she had been holding in check blazed forth at this taunt, And, raising the riding whip which she held in her hand, she struck him with all her force right across the face, leaving a crimson wide ou his livid cheek. His rage was so violent that he trem- bled with the force of it, and, rufibing forward, ho torn the whip from her hand and flung it to the other encs of the room. You sho devil!" he muttered, glar- ing into her face with murder in This eyes while Lola faced him without flinching and smiled scornfully at the mark on his face. He watched her warily and cunningly for a moment, and then,darting forward, seized her and cohnmenced to struggle with her, striving to farce her backward to a sofa, rage lending strength to his supple, sinewy form. She struggled on her side, putting forth all her strength, which was very great for a woman, and for a time she not denounce you myself to Sir Jaffray and face all that may have to come. '1'o Land it is necessary for your sake and for j mine that the obstacle should be re- t moved." Lola clinched her hands till the nails f nearly ran into her palms, and she bit 1 der lip hard in her agitation, and it was fully a minute before she trusted herself 1to speak. ` The Frenchman filled up the interval is by lighting a fresh cigarette and walk- ! up and down the room. He was ! glad of the pause, for the strain of the Imoment told on him. He was very pale, . and the perspiration biome out in a line of beads on his forehead. t "1 think I understand you," said Lola at leugth when she could trust herself to Wpeak. "And what•is to hap- pen after—after what you mean?" He was by the door of the room when Labe spoke, and he turned and answered, standing still. He tried to speak lightly. "What should happen?" he cried, With a wave of the hands and a shrug of the shoulders. "You would be free, and I would claim you as my wife." i "You would claim me!" she repeated. ! "Certainly," he said masterfully. i a`You would be my wife"— i • He stopper! suddenly without finish- ; lug the senteuce and turned toward the 1. door. "What's that?" he cried, He rushed i-to the door and tried to open it quick- ly, but in his haste fumbled with the .handle and then threw it open and i looked out. There was no one there, though he ' thought he could hear the whisk of a • .dress, but he said nothing of this to Lola. $ . "I was mistaken," he said, returning -to the room and closing the door behind ' •him. ' : "It must be a devil's plot indeed," 1 .said Lola, "when it makes even you I imagine that there are eavesdroppers." • Ho made no answer to this. t i "Well, you know my plan now," he ;said. "It is the only one possible to , get us out of this mess. What do you 1!say?" Ec "You don't expect inc to reply off - 1 .hand that I am ready to take part in a plot to murder my husband?" ' "Why not? You have already re- !;.hearsed the part with me." The malice in his tone and face made Lola clinch her teeth and flush with : ;anger. But she did not lot the hot words • ;that rose to ber lips escape them. In- istead of this she asked as calmly as she •!mould force herself to spear:: ''Ilow do you propose to carry out 'Abe plan?" "Oh, there aro 50 ways. Any one !of a bunched drugs that can be got ,'without difficulty will do all that we ('need, and any one of a hundred oppor- 1Itunities which can be as easily found I.or made will let us, either you or 1, do ' • "And when would you propose that 'you or i" --she paused on the words— 'should do this?" •"The sooner the better," ho answered t'as coldly as if he had been discussing is some trifling matter of everyday rou- tine. "I can get you the drug, or you ' can get me the chance, and tomorrow 'should see youfreefrom your troubles." > "Eveu if I could bring myself to do 'what you ask," said Lola, "I could not ado it at once. I must have time to nerve : imyself." 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Just at that moment they both heard the sound of a horse's gallop and the stamping of its feet as the rider checked it, throwing it upon its haunches jest outside of the window. It was Sir Jaffrey, anal the sight broughtstho Frenchman to his senses. In another minute Sir Jaffray, look- ing very white and stern and carrying his heavy hunting crop in his hand, en- tered the room. Lola, exhausted and breathless with her efforts, had sunk upon a low chair, while her late assailant stood upon the defensive. CHAPTER XVI. HORSEWHIPPED. Sir Jaffray's first thought was nat- urally for Lola. "Are you hurt, my darling?" he asked, crossing to her and bending lov- ingly over her. "No, it is nothing. Oh, I am so glad you have come!" And now that danger for herself and the excitement were over she was fax more unsteady and un- nerved than slie bad been before. She began now to fear the effect of au encounter between the two men and felt that in a moment all that she had striven to gain might be lost. She clung to Sir Jaffrey's arm and would not re= lease him. "Let pie go, dear one. And you—go to your room. Leave me to deal with th is—gentleman. " But she would net and clung to bim still. "Come, Lola," in a voice that sho knew must be obeyed. "I will stay," she said and then loosed his. arm. "I do not wish it," said the baronet firmly. But Lela would not yield. "I would rather," she answered. ' "As you will, then," said Sir Jaffray shortly. Then ho turned to Pierre Turrian, who hacl been watching the pair closely and thinking rapidly what to do. The minute's breathing space which Sir Jaffray's hurried questioning of Lola had afforded had given time for reconsideration and had changed the current of •the Frenchman's thoughts and the whole development of after events. At the moment of Sir Jaffrey's entry Pierre Turrian's first instinct had been to save himself from an exceedingly awkward complication by throwing the baronet's anger on to Lola and exposing the true character of tho relations be- tween her and himself. But the minute's consideration caused him to change his intention completely. If be were to do anything of the kind, all chance of benefiting by Lola's con - • yl e 0 s ll s t c P s m ac ff n t 0 u 0 a i 0 0 e 1 tr e 0 Then, 'aid to them, "Turn that roan out of the house, and if ever be comes here again you have my express permission to kick him right down to the lodge gates." With that he shut the door and turned to Lola. "And now, sweetheart, that the room's clear of that brute, tell me what on earth does it all Mean?" He sat down by her and first took her hand in his, and then, seeing that sho was greatly agitated, he ran his arm round her waist and held her close to bim and kissed her. 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