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The Wingham Times, 1898-07-29, Page 71;114: Nr\ .CM./11—A.A1 TOLES, S, cJULY 22, itsVti. DY WIARCHMONIM t,.opetme et lel off one ttf the pair erheracole'tsr of whi( h Lola gave pie one. I ,have brought it with !sae, and I should like to plea back among her jewelry, as it will tae- stroy another of the links which seen) to have had such effect upon Mr, Gif- ford, elven if the rest of the bracelet should be found and this is here among 'her jewelry there is no Connection ShOwn." •"You :Ire right, ceztaiely right," ex- Slttixued Sir Jaffrey. "Let us go to her zoom and put it there." They went up without saying any- thing more, orad after searching in- effectually among Lola's jewels for the bracelet they put Beryl's axwong them. "What shall we do about the another, ;Affray?" asked Beryl when they . had looked up the jewels. "I will not tell her more than is accessary; but, if there is to be any real trouble through this, of course she will 'have to be told. I am afraid for her, and she will feel it the more keenly and brood on it so much because she is Slone." "My father is much' better. If you like, I will stay with her tonight and much of tomorrow, but I must driver back first and tell papa." "You will take one great load off my shoulders if you will," said Sir Jaffray, inexpressibly thankful to her, "I will go to her now," said the girl quietly, "and will tell her all that need be told and as gradually as possible." They had reached the bottom of the staircase. The baronet stood in the great hall, Beryl being two or three steps above hirer, with her hand on the balustrade, in the act of turning back to go to Lady Waloote. "Your presence in the house is a treat comfort, Beryl," said the bar- onet. "I can't thank you yet as I 'would," "I am sorry for all the trouble that has come to you, Jaffray," she answer- ed, pausing to look down on him. "If I can help you, of course you know I will. There is no need for any mention of thanks between such old friends." At that moment there was a commo- tion in the hall, and Mr., Gifford en- tered, followed by a police inspector. "Here is Sir Jaffray himself, Mr. Borderline," said the private detective. "The inspector would like to see you, sir, about this most distressing affair." "If it's convenient, Sir Jaffrey," add- ed the inspector, "Certainly, inspector, certainly," re- viled the baronet. "Come into the study." And, bracing himself for the interview, he led the way, followed by the two men, while Beryl went on Slowly up stairs. As alio looked at them across the hall Mr. Gifford, who was the last of the three, turned for a second and shrugged Isis shoulders and lifted his hands with S gesture which sho read to mean that tiomething serious had happened. Then, fall of disquiet, she went on tt(o Lady Walcote's room. CHAPTER XXI. IntnrL'S RUSE. Before going into her dear old friend's rooms Beryl walked up and down the long, broad corridor for some miuutes, plunged in the deepest thought. She was half bewildered by the ra- pidity with which these terrible events were crowding one upon the other, and et seemed to her almost impossible that barely two clays lead passed since she bad had the interview with Pierre Tur- xiau which aypeared to have precipitated ell tho trouble that had followed, Out of the chaos of violence and mys- tery and death it was with the greatest difficulty that she could evolve any eoherent plaus and ideas. Holding the secret key to Lola's ac- tions and her connection with the Frenchman, Beryl did not for tho mo- ment believe in Sir Jaffrav's theorz.,of madness, Whatever she might be, Lola ^Was no more mad than Beryl herself. Yet the girl shuddered at the alterna- five belief which this necessitated. She recalled the story which Pierre union had told at the dinner table tmd the incident which he had after- 'tvnid denied --that Lola, had in truth thought and sought to kill him by (stamping on his hands when he hung lielplcss clinging to the rock ledge at her feet. If she could do that— If she was mad, it was only in the sense of being goaded to momentary gladness of passion in which she might are driven this dagger into her perse- Miter's heart, as she bad before ensiled kis fingers in her parasysee It was an awful deed; but, knowing the roan, Beryl could not bring herself to sat it was at all au impossible thing for Lela t:l lsavb dome, and her feeling for the , aye rtunate vietiz i of thin vil- lairee go 1 c'1mning wee mash more boat o: l.; .:x An of censure. Nor did her pity stop short at the �lt1THORMar' ee r te 7tOtsete t OA Lt:Y'n etieeneer "Tate a1YSTLaT WeiDt rcnCaE sr "tin w14GSE limens '. o q "Die OLD 1'JLL MYSTeitY t:CT cors n,,,G, 4 4 • .► AVTMO . "' - ., ttision of Ills crane. F110 could have gone to her neer helped leer, Beryl felt that she wauld do so cheerfully. It was a fear- sexne deed to have wrought, but Iola bad bee driven to bay. Berylhtel been glad thus to have an opportunity of fending off some of the suspicion which had threatened her, and she vowed to do all she could to help her in any way. Tho siu had beeu grievous, but the punishment had been swift to follow and terrible to bear, and so far us lay in her power Beryl vowed that she would lightest rather than increase it. The question was, however, where t"61a bad fled. It was clear that she must have gone away during the night after she bad been seen by Sir Jaffray. Her course up to that time was plain enough to Daryl. The Frenchman bad manifestly begins to torment her in con- eequcnce of his failure to get Beryl her- self eget of the way. In the middle of the interview between the two Sir Jaffray had appeared and turned the Frenchman out of the house. Then he had written to Lola to meet him, and she, fearing possibly some violence or !maybe moved by a desire for re- venge, had taken her dagger with her. They had mot by the cottage, and in a moment of passion she bad stabbed him and killed him, Thee, when making off, she had tried to leave the wood and had been frightened by the appearance of Sir Jaffrey. Owing to his trouble with the restive horse, he bad been unable to follow her at ones, and she had thus hidden and managed to evade him, slipping out of the wood in the darkness and away probably to some railway station. That was the manifest reason of the conduct which to Sir Jaffray had seemed like the planless and purposeless wenderings of a lunatic. Beryl's heart bled as she thought of what Lola must have soifered during 'the night and since the moment of the terrible deed by the wall of the ruined cottage in Ash Tree wood. The girl went in to Lady Waloote un- decided how mush to toll her of all that had happened. The old lady welcomed her warmly. She loved the girl, and now in the tient of the sorrow and trouble which had fallen on tho house she was infinitely glad of the comfort of her presence. "This is n sad house, Beryl,"she acid after she had kissed her and made her bring a stool and sit close by her knees. "1 balm been sitting alone here thinking, till my poor brain reels and is dizzy with it all. How is Jaffray now? Where is he? 13e has been like one dis- tracted. Oh, Beryl, how could she treat him so?" "There is much that we cauuot yet Understand, dear," answered Beryl soothingly. "Do you know Jaffray's thoughts? Ile fears that Lola has for the time gone out of her mind." ".No; it is not that," said the old lady decisively. "You don't think that, I am sure. Sho has deceived him. She is bad, Beryl --bad to the core. Sho comes of a bad stock and is bacl herself. That Frenchman is mixed up in this in some way. I never liked him—always suspected him, with his handsome face and his lying tongue." "Sho loved Jaffray," began Beryl, when Lady Walcoto burst in bitterly: "Yes, as Delilah loved Samson .or Jaei Sleeve, and as Circe used to love the fools sho turned to swine. Women don't elope from those they love and with those they hate, do they? lion - sense, child! When you've lived as long iu the world as I have, you'll learn to know falsehood when you see it and. lies vv]aeu you hear them. Sho never loved Jaffray, never." "No; you are quite wrong, 'y answered Beryl in a firm, clear tone, "and soma day you'll be the first to own it," "I don't see why you should take her part." "The day will come whets you will do the same, dear," answered Beryl sweetly, smiling aucl stroking the old woman's hand, "for lhave never known a heart in trouble to turn to you for sym- pathy in vain." "nave uo sympathy for the woman who wrongs and shames my aon," was the angry reply. "You have no strength to close your heart against the plaint of genuine and desolate misery." Lady Walton) shook her head and made as if to reply again sternly, but, meeting Beryl's eyes, geld nothing and contented herself with the unspoken at- sertion of her sternum. "You must banish all that hardness," said Beryl after a pause, "and collect all your strength of endurance. There is more trouble than even this flight of Sir Jaffray's wife. This Frenchman who left yesterday is clean --died sud- denly- under circnnstanees whish sage sett thea ho was killed by Violence." "1s teem ase neap to titeeeandal whit's diet man hringe upon we Ol?" exclaim. ell° ably Wtticctc;, wringiug her bands., "Ilnw did it Moppet'; Tell xne," a Beryl told as much of the case as she thought necessary und harried the ques- tion, which Lady'ieetleet0 put to her, and she ryaS still occupied thus when a servant knocked at the door and said that Sir Jaffrey wished to see her in the library, With Sir Jaffray matters halt reached a point that soented to n.enlise an ugly erisis. The kcal inspector was a luau of some surface slirowd„ens, and as ho was very anxious to find au opportuuity of helping forward his own promotion and thought he could see in this case one that ntigbt bele him ho was resolved to wake as much of it as possible. At the wane tints be bad all an English police-- mau's respect for a baronet of such wealth and influence as Sir Jaffray Walcote. "I lave come to ask you, Sir Jaffray, whether yon can give we any informa- tiou as to this unfortunate affair. I be- lieve you identify the deceased man.” "Ob, yes. He is M. Pierre Turrian,. a Frenchmen or a Swiss, I think—a musician mW bo has beeu staying in this country in pursuit of some musical ob- ject and for the last two days has been stopping Here in the manor. .Ere left yesterday suddenly." "Can you tell me why he left?"• "I had words with bin and told him to go." "Can you ee1l me 'what the quarrel was about?" "I oau, if necessary, but it was a purely private matter," "I should like to know." "Very well, then;' I will consider about telling you." The inspector received the answer with a bow. "Do you know of any one who knew him at ail, and who might under any ciroumstancas have a grudge against hixu?" "No, of no one. I should think I was as hot against him as any one could be," said Sir Jaffray, with a grim smile. "I horsewhipped him yesterday. I may say that 1 returned home in time to And him insulting my wife, ancl, in fact, assaulting her, and 1 horsewhipped him and turned him out of the house. That is the whole matter." "WiIl it be convenient for me to see Lady Walcoto presently?" "No, I am sorry to say. For the pres- ent it is impossible. She has left the manor." "Left the manor!" echoed the in- spector in manifest surprise. "Do you mean -- in what , sense do you mean Left?" he asked, chaugiug the form of his question. "I mean only that she bas left tho manor and that for the moment I do not know where she is." Inspector Borderham concealed the impression whish this fact made upon him by stooping over his notebook and making an elaborate note. "This is vers surprising intelligence, Sir Jaffray," he said at length. "It is a very painful fact, inspector," replied the baronet. "Will -you tell me under what cir- cumstances she loft and whether you connect the fact in any way with—with the man who is dead?" "Certainly I do not," answered Sir Jaffray promptly and firmly. ""I cannot say today exactly what are ti" yircum- stances which havo led to he. leaving the manor—I shall be able to do so in a day or two, of course—but I am cet- tain there can bo no more connection than that of a coincidence in time." "Diel her ladyship leave befotts or after this 111. Turrian?" "After. She did not go until the ear- ly evening, leaving word that she was going to Leyeester Court. It was some time before dinner. The man had been gone some hours." "Had there been any communication between the Frenchman and her lady- ship?„ "None to my knowledge. There has been some whisper to that effect, but I do not attach any belief to it whatever," "Will you tell me what were the re- lations between her ladyship and this French gentleman? Were theyoordial?" "On the contrary, my wife objected very strongly to his coming , to the do not know, sir, 1 don't react any mistress' letters," house, and, to my infinite regret, it was by ray wish and invitation and quite against het wish that he carne to stay here." "Who saw him lasts When he left Here?" "Two servants. 11 told thew to turn him off the premises." "Can X see them?" In reply Sir Jaffray rang the hell, and the two men were summoned and (rues- tioned by the inspector and then sent 7 '"Ooukl yea tell me how Lady Wal- cott) was dressed when sho left here?" wus the neat question, "No, I cannot. I dict not see her aft- er about 4. o'clock in the afternoon, hut her maid may have seen her, and, you like, you eau see her and question her." He rang the bell and sent for her, but when she same she could throw no tight on the !natter of dress. "1 dict not see my lady after I gave her the letter which was brought for Ler." "What letter wits that?" cried the in- spector shay. ""I do notrplarrow, sir, I don't read my mistress' letters. I know no more than that I think it was the letter contained in the envelope which I found in her ladyship's room in the evening and gave to this gentleman," pointing to Mr, Gifford. "Very well; that will do. Thank you," said the inspector, dismissing her. When she had gone, he tfirned to btfr, t:aifford, '" What envelope Is that? You didn't tett nae," "Didn't 1? Well, that was stupid! I meant to. She gave me an envelope ad- dressed in an ordinary hand and with. nothing in it, and I tore it up, thinking nothing of it." He told the ate well, with all the air of a stupid man who has been caught committing a blunder and thinks to face it out doggedly. "You made a had blunder when you did that, Mr. Gifford," said the le- epector severely. "Yon should leave these things to those who are able to understand what is important and what is not." "That's all very well, inspector," re- torted Mr. Gifford, with well acted. warmth, "but perhaps I know as muesli about the importance of little things as any ono else. If it had been the letter *self, I'll give in it might be worth something, but not even a provincial inspeotor of police could make much of au empty envelope addressed, so far as recall, in a lady's hand. However, if you choose to think I've done wrong, do it and welcome." And he sneered as if in somewhat contemptuous indiffer- ence to the inspector's opinion. "There was a letter addressed to my wife on that afternoon in a lady's hand," said Sir Jaffray. "I myself gave it to her. It was from Miss Beryl Leycester, and I believe I hoard my wife say that in it Miss Leyceeter asked her to go over to see her at the Court. Miss Leycester is in the manor now, Mr. Borderham, if you would like to see her," "I should," the latter said, and then Beryl was sent for. While they were waiting the inspect- or took from his pocket a small parcel and opened it, and Mr. Gifford began to feel much keener iuterest than he had yet felt, because he knew that it contained the dagger which be had de- scribed and the remaining portion of the gold filigree bracelet of which he himself had found the pendant. "I may show' Fou these while we arc waiting," said the iuspeotor. "This is the knife with which this man was killed, and this is a bracelet which war found near the body, as if dropped in struggle of some kind. Do you recognize either of them? I ask because I have been told that they come from the manor here?" At this moment Beryl entered the room, and Sir Jaffray and Mr. Giffore had their heads bout down examining the two articles Meanly. "I wanted to ask, you, Miss Leycee ter," said the inspector, Ieaving the matter of the dagger for a moment, "about the Letter which you wrote yes- terday to Lady Walcote. Can you tell sue what was in ie?" • "I asked her to come to see me," replied Beryl. "Did she come?" "No, nor did she answer me in any s; ay, " "She left word here that she was coming to you, and you are sure she diel not come?" "I am quite sr,re." Beryl looked closely at the time men and saw that the matter had reached some sort of crisis. "Then as to the weapon, Sir Jaffray, and the bracelet, Can you recognize theist?" "They are mine," interposed Beryl, speaking steadily and clearly. "At least that bracelet is mina, and that dagger is from our collection of curios tit Leycester Court." "Are you sure?" naked the inspector, unable to conceal his intense surprise at the turn to )natters which this answer gave. "I am comparatively certain," an- swered Beryl. "At least I tun so cer- tain that I shall be surprised indeed if it is not. This," touching the bracelet, "was given me by Sir elaffray's wife when she returned from America, sho ehating an almost exact duplicate, and this," pointing to the dagger, "is the dagger you gave to papa, Jaffray, un- ites, of oourso, it's the fellow which you kept for yourself. Bat surely we can settle that easily. I think 1 know HOMO little marks on it. Let us go and son whether the sumer is in its place or net, it was in the blue room, .you kuow. s r Sho spoke quite naturally and coolly and led the way to the cabinet, "It's looked, bo you know who has the key, Jaffray?" she asked, "There is the dagga. t knetr this was outs," tsar astray produced the key, and the dagger was taken out and examined °lowly, first by the inspector and then by Mr, Gifford.. .After that they wept up stairs and looked for and of course found; the bracelet among Lola's jewelry. "I was sure of the bracelet, of course, and almost sore about the dagger. Bob now do you mean to tell race they have any sort of connection with this terrible deed?" she asked the inspector, Ifo explained bow they had been found and then exclaimed itt the tons of a man absolutely puzzled and be- wildered: "Well, I can't understand iti" Soon after he went away, Then Mr. Gifford turned to Beryl, with a Toole of indescribable cunning and shrewdness in his eyes as he said:. "I think you're one of the cleverest women I ever )net in the world, but you made one mistake --there was no dust, not even a 'partiele, on that dag- ger. But he didn't notice it. I was watching him." And then, without giving her time to reply, he hurried away ufter the in- spector. Gleanarage. An ordinary brick will absorb t6 ounee$ of water. \Vcation nightcaps Is said to proz yenta dreatrlin. Indian oak, one of the hardest or wools, will sink in water. In Seotland at one time capita,, .punishment was by drowning. It is impossible to run at an altµ; tude of 17,000 feet above the sea. Physiologists say that of ^:11 peoples in noddle life at least one third have one ear itt somas segree affected by deafness. harry as French mother buries her own stair and a favorite toy with herr dead child, "that it may not. feet quite alone." Fourteen prisoners recently es: caped from liana Marra, New Guinea, attacked a native village and killed and ate 18 men, Costa Rica means the rich coast, and itt most respects it is rich, par: ticula.rly in the snake family, the most deadly of which is the terr'ibl'e ctllebra de sangre, or blood snake. A western paper recently requested answers to the queston, "What dot you regard as the most comnmoi fault of present day young men '41'1- The "The most original answer received was "prcferonee for 4 a white shirshirt job.'' An ingenious machine for making• sandwiches is used by many of the. , ocean tine steamships. It eats ant butters the bread, and the machine can be arranged so that the bread need not be buttered if the operator does not want it to be so. CHAPTER XXII, "Tim 111'sT azT" Or WALCOTE MANOR." The murder of Pietro Turrian soon spread over the whole country. It contained those incidents which at- tract and hold popular attention, and for some clays following the discovery of the body all the newspapers every- where dealt with it', Tho disappeeranci of Sir Jaffray's wife, the garbled accounts of tho man- ner in which Pierre Turrian had left the manor house, the apparently eoni- plete absence of any conclusive proofs of. how the deed was done and the so- cial position of the people interested 'made "The Mystery of Walcote Man- or," as it was termed, aninedays' won- der. ,Popular suspicion fastened on the fact of Lola's disappearance as strong presumptive evidence of her guilt, and in many papers the fact was commented .upon in a mauner which left no doubt whatever of the writer's opinion. A hue and cry"was started all over the country, and portraits of Lola in all degrees of, unresemblance appeared in all manner of daily and weekly pa- pers, while pen portraits of the most conflicting kinds abounded everywhere. "If Lady Walcote knowa nothing of this most puzzling mystery, why does she not come forward and explain her conduct?" asked one writer. "it is not we, 'who but point out the facts, who do her injustice, hut she hc_::'clf in not making public an explanation," sug- gested another. "The law of this coun- try very rightly holds all persous inno- cent until they have been proved guilty, and it is far from our intention," in- sinuated a third, "to attempt to reverse that proper attitude in the present case, exit Indy Walcote and those friends .who are advising her in this critical time must see that she and they are ac- coptiug a very heavy responsibility iu !not clearing up exactly her relation to Jui.s most inscrutable affair." [TO D1; CONTINUED.: About Birds. Tile offensive weapon of the os- trich is bis leg. He can kick as hard as a mule, and it is a remarkable fact that his kick is forward, never backward. 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