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The Wingham Times, 1898-08-26, Page 7THE WIN(iHAM. TtVI1a..6, AUGUST 26, 1898. DY ArPtARCHMONT.M1 &a a� AUTNo(R- Or a r e �I MSCR Y(OAOLEY:S 5 •'a7 "TH: MYSTERY AfllOQ1•lriest T. eY WNOSE HAND'a a a o "THE OLD MILL MY5TEAY fcr seer o , * p COPC 4T 10}' P.y TMG AVYnoa. Tervbntly for her support. mention or the name. •'Do you mean, Mr. Gifford, that I was wondering whether he had you believe I killed that num, Pierre some motive, after all, she added Turrian?" asked Lola, her voice vibrat- But there—ono clings to any straw. ing and her eyes shining with sup- "It is terrible, terrible!" exclaimed pressed feeling. Sir Jaffray. "I cannot stand this in- " Your ladyship, it is not for me to activity. I must do something or I kuru accuser," lie said. "I only think shall go out of my mind. bow a jury will view the case." thou a long and most painful inter- val of silence came. "'.Chou I will stand nay trial," cried "Jaffray," said Lola, rising abruptly Lola indignantly, "and 1 will prove to from the sofa, "we had better part the world at large that what son think now: It will be less suffering for you is all wrong! If you think it, others when we are not together. Goodby." will think it, and I will clear myself She held out her hand to him. "I have •of all suspicion or suffer any penalty made an ill return for all your love, but the law may inflict What have I to do, try, whatever happous, not to bear too Mr. Borderham? Shall I go with you bard a memory. I meant in all sin - now? I am ready." cerity to pick out the course that would She rose, looking firm and resolved. lead to the least trouble for you, and "Madame, I am placed iu a very diifi- heaven knows I would have spared you unit position. Sir Jaffray must feel well all this if I could. Goodby." enough how difficult and how painful' • "It is not that which troubles, me it is, Certainly I do not wish to do a now, Lola," he answered, "I am not thing which can interfere with your such a brute as to be thinking of my- .ohauce of proving the truth of your self at such a moment as this. What I story, and if I have your assurance and want to do is to see a way for you. Are that of Sir Jaffray that he will be re- you really resolved to give yourself up sponsible for your remaining here 1 this evening? If you would delay it, shall be quite willing to give you any the truth might come out." reasonable time." "I would rather face it at once. If I "I want no time!" exclaimed Lola Wait, my resolve may fail me alto - passionately, "I am ready to go with gether. I am a coward whenI think of you now." a you, and death would be so much "I think there should be some delay," easier." said Sir Jaffray. "I oan then get serge, "Don't, Lola! Don't!" ho cried in a one to look into the matter who is not voice of pain. biinc*fid by surface details." And he .And then another long silence fell glanced angrily at Mr. Gifford. "It on the three. most be possible to prove the truth of Sir Jaffray broke it. this." "I shall wire for some one to come "I think so, too," said the inspector. and take up the threads which Gifford "'How long"-- has bungled so terribly," he said, with But Lola burst in: sudden emphasis. "At all events it "I will not have an hour's nuneces- will be doing something, and heaven sary delay. The sooner 1 meet the knows we need a cool bead hero now. charge the bettor, if you dare to bring it In the meantime there is no goodby be - against mel" she exclaimed angrily. tweon us yet, Lola. I may be away ".As you will, Lady Walcote. I regret some time, but I shall get back before that I have no alternative. There aro —before the evening," be said, chang- certain formalities to bo complied With, ing the phrase with some slight show but if you will agree to surrender this of embarrassment. evening, I will call here." Ile went away then, and Lola and "Much the best way, Mr. Border- Beryl both found in his departure some ham," sadd Mr. Gifford when the two relief from the strain. had left tho room. "Never hoard a They sat together, their talking lamer tale, did you? This ought to be a broken by long gaps of silence, and good thing for you. You've gone as Beryl did her utmost to comfort her straight as a good hound on a keeu companion and to draw her confidence. scent.'" ' One confidence Lola shared with her, "I never bad any doubt," replied the and tho little story was both told and inspector. "Tile change of weapons was listened to amici scalding tears from a little check, but there was never any both. The sharing of the secret drew doubt." the tee° women closer than ever to - "I only wonder she came back; that's gather. all. Better have poisoned herself. Won- der Low the trains go. I shall just turn to assume a firm and resolute manner, into the servants' quarters and find out. but Beryl could see how completely she I shall give 'em a hint, too, of what's wa' overcome. up. Well, I'm glad to have met you in — With difficulty Beryl induced her to this case. I like to see sharp work, even take some food and wine. when I'mdone myself. What time shall "You will need courage, Lala," she you take her? I'm sorry for the baronet. said, "for Jaffray's and that other's Ho's a good sort, and I'm afraid he salvo „ .And at this plea she yielded, won't thank you." forcing herself to eat and drink. "I shall get the warrant this after - In the evening Beryl's agitation in - noon and take her some time late in the creased, and her usual calmness quite evening. I want as little fuss as can be, deserted her, but Lola, on the other but it'll make a bit of a splash, won't gand, grew strong and detez ined as it?" Ho spoke with an air of subdued the time of the arrest approucued. It but conscious pride, like a man who was characteristic of her to meet the /eels that he aright boast if he pleased, trouble when it came close defiantly. but wishes to appear properly modest. When Sir Jaffray came in, he was They parted then, and the private de- surprised to find Lola so cool and eonfi- tective went into the servants' rooms dent and Beryl so agitated. to ask some questions about the trains He told them what he had done—how and to tell them the news that Lady he had seen Gifford and spoken out his Walcote was to bo' arrested that night opinion in strong terms and in the on a charge of having murdered the presence of ono or two of the servants Frenchman, had told him to leave the manor, then Meanwhile in the library blank dis- how he had telegraphed to London to a may had fallen on Sir Jaffray and well known firm of solicitors, ascus- ' Beryl, and Lola, as soon as the exoite- .ment of her interview with the police - inspector was over, had broken down at the thought of the disgrace she was bringing upon the man sho loved. "If I were only dead," she moaned, "all this trouble would be ended, but I will not die till 1 have proved any in- nocence, and then the sooner death the better." "Why don't you take time so that we may try to got some evidence of tho truth?" asked Sir Jaffray. "How could I wait?" she asked. "What do you mean?" "Where should I wait? I could not stay here, and if I could not bo hero I would as soon be in jail!" she cried im- petuously. Sir Jaffray had no answer, for her xeply tapped the other stream of his trouble concerning her, and ho could •say nothing. "You could have come with lno, Lola," said Beryl quietly. "I think, with Jaffray, that yon should have waited, unless, that is" --e She stopped and left the sentence unfinished, "Unless what?" asked the baronet, glancing at her. "What made Mr. Gifford turn sud- clesly in that strange way?" oho asked ets au a ,r+ arcntly irrelevant reply. TIu 1 .,:,:net muttered angrily at the la 1 il pressivcly smells:, all, and, moreover; it fed the flnnw of "One thing is eert:lin, however," he saki in conclusion. "'1;1:are must be a delay, at all create until the Loudon lawyers have been dawn and looked into tliin„t:. It must Le so, Lola, and I must and a Means/.f getting 13nrderhaun to wait for a few ti lye at any rate." Just thou the peace intrpecter wesan- pounced and cone in, looking very grave, but very inipf rt,lnt. J3erylo,wlao was sitting ley Lola, felt her treini u, and her tummies stiffen for an instant, while et,e bit ler lip 1 "I think. Mee J3"rO. rlaau, that tl,u• matter had bete stew/ over for a clay or two, after all," E'a;id the baronet, and be thou described what.lie had done and :add that he would, of course, be re- sponsible for Lola's surrendering when- ever the inepeetor desired. The latter listened deferentially, but at the close he shock his head slowly. "I am afraid that it is now too late," he said grnvely. "It is very painful to me, but after what passed this morning I have made all arrangements, and"— "I am really, sir!" cried Lola, rising once fncieg hint resolutely. "I will go with y,ou at once." .At th moment Mr. Gifford entered the room, tarrying a parcel in his hand. "Wait a adeament," he said. "I have something to s" Sir Jaffray turned angrily to him. "I thought I ordered you to leave the manor!" he cried. "But I didn't go, Sir Jaffray." re- plied Mr. Gifford calmly, "aud, what is more, I staid to some purpose, as I think you'll admit When you hear what I have to say." Bern did her utmost to comfort her com- panion. toured to the unraveling of snob mys- teries, and had asked them to come down at once and bring all the skilled help that was needed, and so on through all his plans. The telling of this was a relief to them all. It enabled them to avoid those sides of the subject which wore. so op - CHAPTER XXVI. TIIE STORY OF THE (lama. Insueotor..Theed rilean _tonic the intor- c partly, and the inspector seconded this opinion with a look• "We are hero in the midst of the gravest crisis of our lives, and you, having backed out of the seribus business this moraine, now conte with some sort of flippant trivial- ity on your lips. I must ask yea to withdraw." "It is no triviality, Sir Jaffray," re- turned Mr. Gifford '.apologetically. "I am not given to play the clowu in the middle of a trcgody.' What I say is car- rect, however.. I have a charge of theft to make against a servant iu the house, and I repeat that it must be heard here before etuythiug more is done." He went to the door, and, opening it, beckoned to some ono outside to come in. A woman who bad been in charge of two footmen entered. She was Lady Waleate's .French maid, Christelle Duval. She held her head up with a sa'zey, flaunting air of bravado and looked angrily at Mr. Gif- ford. "I charge this woman, Christelle Duval, with the theft of this dress," said Mr. Gifford, rapidly unfastening the parcel which ho had been carrying and holding up a black dress trimmed with silk and lane. It is one of your ''ts that ea? 'Then 1 lama made a na since," said Mr. Gifford, with a very crestfallen air. "Do you mean Oa you gave her this for her own, to wear Shelf she pleased?" "Of course. What else, stupid?" ex- claimed the woman, laughing saucily. "I tell you the dress has never been out of my possession, and T have wore it whet' I pleased." She repeated his words in a mucking tone and laughed. "I think this has gone far euough, Mr. Gifford," said the police inspector. "It is clear you have made a mistake. You had Letter leave the room," ho added to the girl. "One moment, please," said Mr. Gifford calmly. "I am not (mite the fool you seem to think. Now I have so:Bathing serious to say. You have all heard this woman," pointing at her with his forefinger, "own that that dress is less, that she has had it a month and more, that it has never left her possessiou, and that she bus worn it. You marked that, all of you?" He paused and looked around him. "Well?" asked Iuspeetor Borderham in a tone and with an expression that seemed to say the whole business was a tedious interruption. "Well, I withdraw the charge against her of having stolon the dress, and in- stead."—he stopped and glanced around as if to enjoy the full effect of his next words—"I charge her with the murder of Pierre Turrian!" If be had aimed at producing a dra- matic effect, he could not have been more successful. • Tbe words fell like a bomb in the midst of them all. `'. Lola turned as pale as death and leaned for a moment against Beryl, by whom she was again sitting, and into Beryl's eyes there came a look of in- 'iuite pleasure, making her face glow with warmth. Sir Jaffray waited in breathless suspense and fixed his eyes on the woman against whom the charge was hurled. She turned ou the detective like a wild animal at bay, bending her head side as if half crouching between fear tad desperation, her large dark eyes ill ooking larger by contrast with the lauched face in which not a vestige of 'elm was left. "This is a serious matter, Mr. Gif- ord," said Inspector Borderham. 'What grenade haee you?" "`Ask her to tell you where is the bit f lace that is torn from that place. .ou'll see the pattcru of the lace is a ery marked one and the tear very sin - lar iu form." " Well, what do you say?" asked Mr. Borderham, turning to the womau. "You need not answer unless you like, and if you do answer what you say may be used against you. Mind that." There was a pause, during which the woman breathed twice through her widespread nostrils. Then, with an as- sumption of indifference, but in a voice that showed her nervousness, she said, with a shrug of the shoulders: "How can I tell how I tear every lit- tle bit of lace that 1 'wear?" "Well, when did you wear that dress :est?" asked Mr. Gifford. "How can I remember? Do you think I have but ono?" "What dress did you wear the night Pierre Tunica' was killed?" "I don't remember. How can I?" "You lie!" cried Mr. Gifford sternly. "You wore that dregs, and you went to meet Pierre Traria)) in it. You had it ou when you stabbed him to the heart, and it was when you delivered that blow that he clutched at your dress and tore from it the piece of lace that fits exactly into that tear. I have it bere, and I myself took it from the dead man's fingers." The woman reeled back before this indictment, and, groping with her hands behind her f er the wall, leaned against ft for support, all the bravado and dar-. ing gone out of her manner. "It is all a lie, a lief" she gasped through her livid lips, which would hardly frame the words. "See, inspector," said Mr. Gifford, showing how. exactly the piece of lace fitted auto the torn lace of the dress. "I don't seem to understand," said Sir Jaffray, like cue in complete be- wilderment. "When did you find all this out? Why, this morning 1 thought you bad thrown up the case." "The scent was getting keener than ever then, and I wanted a little help. That was all," answered Mr. (.Gifford, with a emile. "fluid suspicions yester- day or the day before. The thing looked all so bright and clear against her lady- ship there that I began to suspect it, and I wanted to know badly who it was that was sending those anonymous letters. Ah, you may well start, French- woman!" He turned to her. "You set up the suspicion yourself when you did that." The woman tried to shrug her shoul- ders in reply, but she failed. "I saw, as anyone might have seen," and be glanced hurriedly at the inspect- or, "that whoever sent those letters had, a strong interest in getting Lady Wal - cote into this trouble, and the fact that the writer knew so ranch about where the dagger and the bracelet were, or, ratifier, where they were not, on the night of the murder made Me quite ready to think that she knew a little more. Again, another fact struck me as peculiar. Why ahonld Lady Walcote carry away ono bracelet only out of all her jewelry? If she had wanted it far [7O BE CONTINUED. dresses, Lady Walcote," he said, "and has been found among this woman's clothes." "You are a fool," cried the woman Angrily and with vigorous gesture, speaking with a French accent, "a stupid fool! Have I not tell you 20 times it is a dress madame gave me? You know it, madame—you know what I say. You give it me since a Mouth in Loudon. Is it not so? It is only an old thing you have done with. You say, 'Oliristelle, you can have this,' but this man, this fool, fix on it and say I steal it. He is—bah l" She finished with a wave of the hand of infinite contempt, as if the detective were too much of a fool even for words. "Now you are lying, you Frenchwo- man," he said coarsely. "You have tak- en that dress out of Lady Walcoto's wardrobe within the last two days and since Lady Walcote left the manor. You have stolen it. Do yon hear?" "Ab," she exclaimed, with a toss of the head and a sneer, "I have it a month, and it never leave my possession ono minute! Miladi knows. What do you say? Tell this—this ccohon that he is a fool and then let me go." The witnesses of this scene had lis- tened in blank bewilderment while this had passed, and now Sir Jaffray inter- posed angrily. "This is insufferable!" he cried, "I think I can settle this in a mo- ment," said Lola, who kept cool. "What Christelle says is quite true, Mr. Gifford. I gave her the dress at least a month ago. 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The Financial District Meeting of the Winghaln District was held in the Methodist church, Wingham, on Tuesday week, Rev. Andrew Cunn- ingham presided. The several cin - cults were represented as follows Winghan, Dr. Pascoe ; °Luck now, Rev. Learoyd ; Brussels, Rev. S.J. Allfn ; Teeswater, Rev. S. W. Mux worthy ; Ethel, Rev. J. &f. Yelland, and J, Cober ; I+'ordwich, Rev. R. J. Hosking ; Gorrie, Rev. R. J. Garbut and Wm. Dane ; Wroxeter, Rev, J. B. Kennedy ; Bluevale, Rev. D. Rog. ers, and Jos. Leech : Ashiield, Rev, E. Olivant ; Salem, Rev. N. 5. Bur- wash ; Bethel, Rev, W. M. Pomeroy; Ripley, Rev. F, Swann ; Bervie, Rev. Geo. Baker ; Tiverton, Rev. A. I. Brown ; Whitechurch, J. Taylor ; Belgrave, Rev. F. J. Oaten The one Mission within the bound of the District, Tiverton, was recom- mended to be given a grant of $400 by the Missionary Board. Local arrangements will be made iu most cases for holding the annual Missionary and Educational meetings. A resolution was passed advising the people on the Ethel circuit to make arrangementsif possible, by which it may be necessary to ask the conference for a young man next year, or to so adjust the work that a second ordained man may be requir- ed. The meeting pledged co-operation in the present Plebiscite campaign, An hour or more was occupied in discussing the spiritual interests of the churches and suggesting plans for special work during the year. The General. Superannuation Committee submitted the following assessments in aid of the fund :-- Winghaam $51 ; Kincardine, $G1 ; Lueknow, $51'; Brussels, $47 ; Tees - water, 54.1 ; Ethel, $17 ; Fordwieh $42 , Gorrie, $1.1 ; Wroxeter, $30 ; Bluevale 410 ; Ashfield $39 ; Salem, $30 ; Bethel, $29 ; Ripley*, $49 ; Ber- vie, $56 ; Tiverton, 820 ; White- church, $36 ; Belgrave $34. The next meeting will be held in Brus- sels in May, 1899. The eleaner, the culture the better the erop. 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