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4 0.%, BY MRS. MARY E. HOLMVIES- }
Ela\' Author of "A Woman's Love," (,The Wife's Secret," "A Heartless 0.0
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'Valerie snn4(t rainzry, anti milieu nu' she is 9ii trouble, and ti,'etle, our lie.
: away us he entered the library, sistoriAT. But you look polo, Lord I)ar-
"A.11 goes welt", she murmured to , (ell. Lot me get yon lime brandy or—"
'herself. "IIs prays me to remain—he ! "It is nothing, only your tiews upset
will find snnn he rennet fro without me, me. It is dreadful to think of --of he •,
and lmcly Alice will be forgotten. Dens perhaps in danger, and I cannot help
he love her—is he suffering front his her. What shall we do?" .
-heart or his pride at her flight? Pride, 1 l „ Boy had covered hjs face with his
Stn ee1•tatin; he is a Darrell, and there- ' handl, anti now :looked up.
• fore dishonor is to hint .the greattost of 4 "Dol" (chorda`Ftatnk; "put tile detsrc-
ai1 evils. Now, it only wants" Jurat to 4 tires on the tea •1-, nt otlee. Will you
e far as the Abbey?.
bitre • and final out
shme+tbithg,",
""Let us start ,at. once. Flare you a
horse? Not Then I will order two."
The earl p('ize • the bell,
,,,r . q ) -.. ..,..-
-send
.
-sent! the report of her dearth, and the f ride wall me n0,
game is aline. I feel free, light as air, SS e might rod
after a long, 'wretched, Clark ina).rlison-
• ,meat. Paul gone from my path•-rtnPpl-
'ness before one!"
The earl shut the door of the library,
'and clrrtwing a chair to the tattle )nricd
his #.nc: n
my ruined heart, et all the misery I an'
snflaxiug, of n►,• degradation. of the,
tithing void, the neverel,'ln;,; despair!"
Here she suede her breast ae she
Simko passionately.
"1 !snow all rtb')nt that:' returned the
man emir.. "1 am not in the timed for
reeriudn:ttioti, '.1Iy1'8, so 1 toil you
plainly,"
"Have you forgotten ail you swore to
ate? have you forgotten your promise
that I should be your wife'!"
'1,7es," he said quietly with :t sn^t'2-.
ilTyra shrunk 'turfs; his error! cold eel
solved her, the could Say no more. Site
turned, and sinking On to a 'lttle S,
buried her face iu her heads.
Themutt frowned, then he fipprcach-
ed her.
"'r1 ere, 'lyra, don't be a fool! We
have had our sunshine, and it is gone.
But we needn't quarrel, w0 are frieluis,
you and I, 1%Iyln I can't do without
you, 1 swear it!"
Weorge, do' jou xneen that?"
The woltils 'had *one through the girl
lik' an cicctrie shook.
f'llvstu it7 trei course I do! There,
give me a l.i• . to mond the gpnrrel." '
!!lyra .shric k bums. Thou a thought
.seenit'd •difddenly to conte to her she
lifted het ips for the careless calest,;
but -ash the count turned aside for an" In-
stnut, she brushed away the touch with
a shudder.
,'"Now you aro sty° wise :'lyra once
tore, I want your help. This. !vitae
must be got to No,tiey town, en route
for London in the morning. You will
take it?". Ile glanced at her incl:f•
fereutly.
Myra made no outward sign as she
answered, "Well?"
"Tho Dnn'e]I diamonds e;tnllot be dis-
pf+scd of here. • I shall take them
almond. I will be gone only about a
!week; during that time yeti mart look
after et'erything n, you know now to.
Iicop your eye en Paul; he is growing
sulky, I half expect hint to bolt. Your
mother, too. must not venture to Nest-
ley amain. She lets out too much When
the liquor is in her. We all stove np to
hendqunrters as soon as the job is cicale
et the Grange, and I conte bark. You wi:l
do nil I ask, Myra?"
"Yes," Myra answered slowly, then
be added. "Arid she—does she stay
hero with me?"
Count Turn hesitated.
"Yee," he related; then with a care-
less nod he went out through the cur
tains into the paseagc, to the corner in
which the Wren slept.
'Myra stood glaring after him.
"IIe 1:0s to my face. Trnitorl coward!
rillainh But .though my 'rands axe tied
now and I seem helpless, I stall find a
way. and he shell 10ltt•n what it is to
break the limit cf :]lyra Burden!"
)
The 'earl took tile acrd.
"Frank 'Meredith—staying with Arm-
3stead at the Grange. Well, let hint
',come in, Mason."
1<[ason bowed, and in a few seconds
1'eturned, ushering in P1'anla Meredith.
4 "I inttst ni.)ulogize for intruding on
Sour privacy, Lord Darrell.' Frank be -
courteously, "hut I wish -to speak
with von most particularly."
'I'he earl bowed; hes seemed •to !snow.
"this guest's face, ,
"You are looking at me, I see," Frank,
went on. "We have met before. Do
.you remember, n few days ago, you had
a riding party to the -old Abbey ruing?".
The eti l ruminated.
"Yes, I remember now. You are the:
:gentleman who 'very kindly assisted my.
--the--the Countess of Darrell. I thank'
!you, sir, for—"
). •Iloy's voice failed.
Frank went on quickly*:
"Lord Darrell, it is not a moment to
mince matters. I know your .trouble. I
WI* I can appreciate your grief. I have
conte here. to tell you I think yotr httve.
been the victim of some horrible treach-
ery."
Roy's •heart stood still, then beast •
quicker than ever.
"(5o oat," he self', iu low tone'. •
"I had the honor of a short converse-.
• tion with T.ady Darrell that horning at
the ruins, (1)141, thinking iter a neglected,
sorrowful .iwoutall,ngecl by some strange
• feeling, I begged her to let me he her
. friend. .After a_ moment's hesitation
she agreed, and I handed her two eardq
with lily address. one at the Grange,
and the other in London. She prong:40d
me if ever she needed help she would
send for me. Have those cards been
discovered?"'
Roy rose •hurriedly,
'"^ ".I will ring 'for her maid and ask."
He paced the floor in wildest agita-
• tion till Davin eitme,. Iiow he repr ee ah -
cd himself! A stranger had read iter
misery; enc1, he tins 'blind!
Davis know nothing of the (lords.
• "I • .have l'toked through everything,
shy load." she saafj, corning back after a
time. "']'hey are nowhere: My char
mistrrsa left all her clothes. She had
only her -white silk peignoir, het' clottle,
and hat. 012. dear! I feel sinlu!tllillg
terrible has happened to her."
The cart waved her away, and I"raxik
only waited till the Maia'ruin! gone..'Phen
he WflEk((l 221) to the earl.
"1Dae1 'yon 'hear that? Would any wo-
men felih"rately 'go away iu this damp,
-told w(athee, clad only in a drese!ng-
gown?• 111111 eonvinred there is some
treachery. tistena 1 came over hero
.nt 2 rmistenil'8 request. Last night we
were sitting 1111 'late, when we heard a
-slight lesie' and going to die':ov,'r what
It•ivals, we disrtvored two men ('ruching
outside the house. 'Toy fled like bares,
•'SFe chased them; ttIley took the direc-
tion of the Abbe y rains. Two nights
'before 1 imagined 1 heard something
•outtiidn, hitt 'T tank no 'notate of it. A)'nt-
letead• has gone up tawtt to 'bring down -
a coniil4 of detcetives, and we will get to
'the -bottom of the' at1air. 1 have conte
to tat yell tli18, and so support my theory
-that the disappearance of the plate land
diamonds is n11 part oi' a'iyst(niatie lob -
'"Ye't'i, los;
Roy had risen hi his esettemen+t,
"You mean. how does this •aceo8111t for
'Lady D:u'rell's dietalppt'ltrttn(e also? I
vallnot .exnitl111 .that: •hut xoiurtLar tells
on the path and looked from the win-
dow. As she saw Itoy ride away hastily
with a stranger her heart Coxltraeted as
if with fear. What had happened?
Suppose they had traces! Count Jura,an t
.Alice was found? She summoned her
maid, and, after 11212011 questioning of
.!Mason, Valerie's fear died away. Roy
had bet gone for a ride. All was safe
as yet,
CI•IAPTER XII,, .
Alice lay unconscious half through the
night that followed on her nhduetion;
she tossed and turned in her fever; her
lips murmured words incoherently; her
small hands were held out as if beg-
ging for pity.•
• She knew not that Myra Burden sat
beside her through the.silent diours long
lifter the voices had sunk do'tvu in the
next room, patiently and teatderly
watching and tending her.
The chloroform had made her fevetieh;•
the shook' of seeing Count Jtu'a simply
prostrated 'ler. -
A vague dream of horrors fiiled her
brain. Valerie's malignant face, Count
Jttras black eyes, haunted her like de -
111011e; then for..a moment would come
blessed happiness; ars Roy's tender, hand -
soma counte11t11ee - floated before her,
or:ly to ntelf again into terrifying figures
of Myra and her mother, bringing that
sense of. dread acid horror.
"Yes," mused :]\Tyra, its she sat in the
long night, silence. ever and again mois-
tening Alice's parched lips with venter;
"she is" Dere against her will mid kaw-
ledge; he hila evidently carried her away
drugged 'and insensible. Who is • she?
A lady, her hands are white. I will help
her; buy heart burns- against her, she is
ill my Mower, yet r tluvnot do her harm.
It is he who sha11'suffer. He loves hex,"
she shuddered; "yes, there . wag a look
on his face the never gave me—he s11nd1
suffer. I will get her away, but how?
Letmethink?"
As -she pondered, Alice lnoveti over
restlessly; the actions reused two calends
to fall. from her pocket to the ground,
M2'1'11 pinned tlu'nr up. •
° " `Frank Meredith. the Grange.' SShty
that's the next ploet! Is be it friend, or
peetit:4er her husband. The Same name
--'Saville-row, London!' ']'his 'is luck. I
trill kt+ep them, and George shall fi'ncl
out." •
The words cried away in a stifled
shriek, a hand was placed over her
mouth, another snatched the cards from
het.
.This was donne by Cotn)t Jura; he had
pushed aside the eurtttllis noiselessly,
lead watched the girl sitting quietly, had
listened to 'her half -whispered musings,
and when she picked up the verde he
dashed forward and grasped! them.
"So, you viper, yon are planning
against Inc, are you?" he hissed, dew-
ing her by n tight hold into the other
vault. "Treaeheraus-•-(h?"
"Yes, treacherous if you like," Myrat
nnswen'ed sullenly, snatching her arta
front his 1111181; "though it. is not front
you such words should come, Cicevre;o
"Hush!" Count J'in'n glanced round
fearfthily--"dare to breathe that t'o'me
again and I'll-•--•."
"Kill ate? Well. do it. What have i
got to live for? You've treated me like
the dirt under ,your foot, George." 'Myra
flashed'her great bhtck eyes on !lim like
.0%141 ''tan rentt elver thin!: of
CFIAPTEIt XIII.
_ - 14iyl'u crept black -to Abe .inner rt•om,4,
Alice twas•ltot awatke,.rliut she was Mur-
muring in her sleep.
Tho other girl drew It rug over the
stone floor and crouched donne. on it to
get a little rest.
She burned with . a 'fever, of linin,
joulousy, and shunt- in her heart, but
her hands were 42old as ice.
As she ley down on the rug the me-
ntor), of bygone dors 'came to he flim
visions of a tiny house and shop in, a•
erowdcd city, 'where her mother n'as
busy all day.
She could hawed]- remember her father',
though array in the misty punt she
seemed 'to reel![ a tall, dark mu who
returned' but seldom to his home, and
,alw:iys tossed her on his shoulder and
pInyed 121111 her.
She knew uow that he had been a
sailor, and -that he was dead. Then
years passed and elle rot11t1 see plainer.
Her mother left the Shop they live,'
dingy, dirty lotalhty; their lives
wore strange. Reused at •the detut of
night to ltdttlit alfa with huntllt+s and
Packages; she learned to know them all,
anti tis she• blossomed from :i bud into a
lovely flower, she grew to welcome one
with a• flutter at her heart.
For George she, had always. u smile,
and in return she got many golden
.glimpses of happiness.
George admired her beauty-. IIe lov-
ed to .tied.. out her dark looks in glit-
tering jewels, clothe her in silken robes,
and let her walk about the dingy house
like some beautiful star caught in a
prison.
Ifyln lowed •this man with all the
warmth and passion she allherited front
her Swinish father. Her 'uutl1er caged
]letting about the intimacy elm way or
another, except that she let Myra amuse
George; it kept 111112 fn n good temper,
and he was a Ulan to bo feared and
fawned to.
He was the most daring of the whole
gang; a gentleman by birth, of uiev-
ceptianal 11111nnr1•s, hr mingled with the
vary peeplt' whose houses he robbed.
Myrn was eighteens when she first re-
alized what her mother's calling was—
the receiver of stolen goods! It did not
shack !lel:
She had no knowledge of the in it
was. Ilrr companions had kept her iu
the dark so long, merely to prevent her
talking, and when site knew the truth
she was ittdiffereilt. George was toe
of them, and what George did was Ind -
lowed in her eyes.
But there -canto a time •when llytvei
dream was shattered.
George wearied of her love; he dame
less often; then he announced .that it
was decided between Paul It.oss and
himself that he should .go to Italy, got
introduced to Itoy Dation!, beeoute this
friend and thus rob ° )arreli entitle of
some of its world -fans us treasnets.
The whole gang we ordered to find
their way to the Alit 'y nine.
I':111l Ross knew tlr an well; he had
lived in their mouldy 'ault4 define. the
whole time ill visit' wwf1, luxuriously
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