The Wingham Times, 1899-04-14, Page 71
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THE WIN F ASI TIMES, APRIL .4', 1899°
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BY MRS, MARY "'., HOLMES-
Autlior of "A Woman's. Love," a` The Wife's Secret," "A Heartless
Woman," "1 -let Fatal Sin," f"A Wife's Peril,"
44A Desperate Woman,"
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uric•,' taus rete'tueng ere e: eel,, nine •tl "'.171411 flare travelled on wings, t.ile.+of-
played' at dangerous game, and was,not . Frey," exclaimed Prank Meredith, shalt-
-• yet out of the maze,. ing his frieltd's hand.
"I did not go too sleep, certainly." re -
What if Roy shouldeneet Count +Tui. ?' turned. Mr. Armistead, l;reetieg the
Ola if Alice should see Roy, and i;ere.'caur earl, "and X have worked to •some good,
She grew p010 and then laughed. It too, Frank, our suspicions wore carred,
iWas absurd; she wits growing a r) 'atril• '1'11ere is ar gang of the most notorious
Had. not ;Irmar seeorn 11e noulrlGStarc burglars somewhere about Here. T have
at once for Italy? And Was • she not free: ,
for; ever of a sight laf the 'beautiful girl- braugllt detective,
v , e Newton, *the king
arced detectit e, wha has bee a seeking
jape :face of her rival and the dark, sees- their whereabouts for sone time."
•ter one of her brother? . "They've just fairly puzzle) ma,"
.I. She mounted the staircase and. made spoke a keen -faced man froni ' the three
Iter way to Lauly Darre11's room. Here. behind; "bort I think we have. got them
site felt, she had one secure friend mid now." •
a31y; Pride would trample all outer feel- "But let nee introduce y oa Lord Twat.
iugs underfoot. reel', to an old friend, Sir .I'Tuntphrey
Lady Darrell received her euietb', .Vet Durant, whom I have met abroad imply
. affectionately-. She Was prostrated by times, and. whose acme, doubtless, is
' the blow that had fallen 00 I)u•l+ra.1 familiar to you," added Gcofeley ,arm-
'Castle, and, though she nutde no nigh• •istead,
to Valerie by the knowledge of the Roy grasped the hand the white-hair-
ed
ed stranger held out.
'It is li Mame I have heard all my
life. "(Welcome back once more to your
own, Sir Humphrey! My mother trill' be
glad • to see you again."
"Thanks, Lord Darre11,".answered Sir
I3umplu'ey •quietly.: "Life is very
strange, indeed. 1 Was traveling '.to
?\cstley as quickly as trains would.
bring me, when chance .flung into my
p:atis my friend, 1tIr. Arinistead, Ia'a,•om
11im;I.learnt of the robbery at the Cas,
tie, the attempted. robbery at the Grange
and the suspicion that the burglars bed
taken refuge in the Abbey ruins, my it1-
heritance, Alt Armietead's only feair
was that the„Abbey offered them aotu-
grief her ser orals suffering. Unlike Val-
erie hail auticipated, she did not judge
Alice llrvrshly, but even thought of her
kindly, and eoulcl not dispel 0 vague
feeling that the pool+ young wife was
in danger sinuewhere.
- Meantvilile, .Itoy and Frenk'Meredith
rode on guiekly; both were.silent (lope
• was glowing in Roy's breast; the newts
that Allot, 110(1 evidently carried away
:.he cards with 1*'ranl's address on them
was a ray of light hi the g,rim day'knoss.
They seemed to Peach the ruins on
I( wings, so swiftly slid they ride.
F "Yon know the plaice well," Roy are -
marked with half a smile, its Prank
1 eagerly pushed his horse on in the nris-
t est path; "though I have .lived ivt; the
1.
Castle all lay fife. I clever vis.trd the
ruins till the. other dtty."
"'rlley have a strange fascinations for
'me," Prime.- answered with :n bugle
"Doer no one. ever conte herr?'
1 Roy shook 1115 head.
i "No; the' vilIageis s11un ' the abbey.
they say it is haunted. Even the oWiw1
never conies, but I: fancy it is not fear
et ghosts, but spectres of sorrow thee
keep hint away." '
,-• e'We11, it is gloomy enough for any-
a, t11?n ," Feetalk..exclaimetl, es they replied
In their horses, and gazed at the wreek
Oe what tad once been a noble pile, of
. Masonry. +"I must confessI ,the.
, ' Geoffrey has. fallen on the wrong track
this time, for even burgles would ehuu
it; and supposing they did think (ef it
i as a. hbjtug place, what port eould they
chore? ,it is all so exposed."
Roy gazed roiled with a strn1 ge thrill
at his heart; the vision of Alice's sweet,
fair face. with the wondroi a eyes' and
trembling' lips, rose before him, and
seemed to plead for,help,
• Prank Meredith must De right; •ighe
had 'not wronged him, her husband she
wee wronged herself, perhaps in danger.
Xie -turned hurriedly til Frank, with
his. face white to the lips. .
"-Sotnet11ifg tells nit here," be said in
ai lot. voice; • "that yott ere ,n the r ght•
1 I have 141 vague prrsenthnept that elle, i3
in danger. What shall we do? itis
terrible to think of." • •
I "Let its tide..roilld to the otlher side,"
' P rnii said snot116ng1,y.
j They niorecl on over the thick grazes
and. weees, 'endglanced from side to
I side, but nothing met thea gaze .save, Itny passed his hand oyer his lrprott .
18esolathon and (bray•1
1 "Your- granddaughter!" . he repented
t Su<tdenly, . with an exclamation, ` beeiech "I thought -the worldthought1 1''rani- slipped from his horse, and pick ' You had no kith or Iain". .
edtip' something that lacy on tlsetil rets,., "As I hcive thought for Many a cheerer
"What is it?" exclaimed • 1 04 1r(t •i flat,, But come, We must eeturn to the
at once.. others. Ion shrill know all later on. 1
i "I sovereign!"I Frank • held it up. ' was on my tray, to Darrell Castle, to
I "That proves eoncluSrt Cly that soaneone ' Drake myself krlowrl to the (11i1i1 of my
1 has been hero, • nt relatse it aney'he a. i beloved son, when I learnt the sad Deus
1stray visitor, and trot the men .we, chile- of heraibdneti0•n-for abtlnetiou it »nlet
I ed; vet you say -no person eVer tauten t he-au1 once again I fro compelled to
I here?" •wait 'and .hope."
"So the tradition runs," answered ' "" .e will work together to dna het,'.
Roy, tatting the gold coin, t1 ilnsll mount- ! exclaimed .Roy eagoily. "And riots tell
i ing., to his cheek. "'.J:his looks 1114.0 a ; me -you say they. total fibre nests here?
Clue 1%f1'. Meredith."1 i
' , "Indeed they rQtf," Shr 111tznpht'ey at-
( "It sloes ineeed•_+, Prapi: handed his ' s4 eyed as, they ioined.t e. others again.
.. ,, reit), to the earl,- and leered' nbaut. "i .. "Beneath the ruins 11'e series of veldts,
- -
.Hee 110 hole or Corner even where they 1440010 good.' forge', and !211)'. -There, .if
t Could hide," Ile' said, after a few min- .1 we sea14 (h 11 ell, we sha111 (liseovee 0111
titers, Shall w0 'return1 • birds, 1 doubt not,"
"It is 05010ss staying long"," Ito)! 1 Geoffrey Armistead motaonot1 the do-
- said with (11') pp'intnlent; then his WOW i tectives 011. '
' cleared. "We will 00)110 to -eight and ! They ratan produced it revolver,
watele What do fou sae?" i "Now, rrmrmbclt if Ave meetanyone,.In c'ee11rrlt pinu, t, then (acoffrey I endeavo1 toseize him Within -ft hurt, We
Will, have brought the dctocthl'ee." .:do not want to shed blood tlnneces
He rineinted his horse agein and they ,,drily,'" •
rode ,slowly beck on to the path.
1. tem a 'Sir tntphrry 'dismounted'dismountedirons his
X; suppose it is tanimal i21stiu0t ' hOrSe.
Ie
'With Prank said sud<1eh1Iy', "brut 1 «Ilett' ow" ream ebie T here stood
tool convinced that the robbery tit the Isere?" he said musingly. "It recalls the
1 CostItt and attempted robbery last eia;ht bNesh days when 1 1)htyed at n•igi is
eft the Grange were all one Piot, and 1 with arty cousin and brothern-'-till (10(1(1
strolrglyee uspeet that foreign count is in now -all dead!"
' it, Lord Darrell." He stood still for one moment, tl4G1a.
"Itseems i
1'f" }Y
< ntredflllr
1 beget! LO • y,, art
M g ,ti le.Y.
•t J
led the wee'
, Ira stopped, "Who are these igen cant e t as round ee 'hr 1111110(1 eft Ah.
1 ing 'towards 11s?" .he added htu•iiedlee they spot ttltci'e I+rank had pirl4.e(1 1111"
, ' the sovrreigrr.
Prank looked tot an . instant, then ' 'Phis rein wits al'1'eady ii;i1uTed •evece t0
with an e.wlaindtioh sptlero(l III;s horse the enre of. Mr. Newton,
' Sir Humphrey peened "about, then
It is Geoffrey* rsisd: the deteotivoa, Mee looked ms.
igtiiek he, has beefif" "Here is the, door" he Saki, pointing
1 'I'2ie earl drew resit 80(T sated tiff tate to n piece of stone' runt seem ugly 1113'
, Tiding party approached Kira. Geoffrey on alit' tettitis(+rtti' ft bad 1011014; \ it Dade
',Armistead he knew; 1)01 the tall, iiltitt• to the vaults, Come; 1 will lead Y011.'"
haired stranger on his lett he did not, ""Not y'otr,"` tried Itoy. "t itot young
nor the three others mho tide fielded, end .eteee.,, er
ly no protection, bnt I •00tt nucl have
inforntetl him of the truth -that it is
hc,(zecd the very Boole for such u Crete."
"Go on,: go en?" craad Itoy with flash•
ing eyes
Sir Humphrey gazed at him with' a
strange expression, • u
• "Lord Darrell," he said quickly, I
wish to aek you a ipuestion;.these gen-
ticmer! will give me 0110 moment's grace
if I draw 'you aside."-
•
Prank, and 'Gleotlrey' 'bowed ,
• `
,The olds-nlau 11nd Lord• DarrellIncved
"uptirt e few steps.
"Roy Darrell," , said Sir IIuin1>-hrc'h',
"yon- have lost .more than diamonds. its
this robbery, have you not?"
Roy bit his lip.
• "Yes," he ,said' huskily. "1 -have feet
my.wife"
• '"One other question, anis I' have done.
Was: that wife precioiis to you, or did
you regard tier coldly?" ' •
" hen I' nin.prietl her, my hetet wee
tro1St mine to gii'e, but suite my return
here,' only one short .week, 1: love her
Y with till Mar life; she is to Ole themlet
Precious jewel earth tiro hold"
.'he old man put out his hand silently,
and• Illy grasped lt, His face • be tirhig
. \witness of his words.;
"l thank you for this,"said •Sir Bocci=
phrey, spbel,ing es with difficulty. "Yon'
loop- sni•priee(T--as, indeed, 'you., may. ; I'
ttiil. b it you all in hill afterwards, '•rkt
be brief Aare,. I will -simply say -that the
goal you have .nt.lri,ied is no -low -born
farmer's niece, but the child I weight
for iu(tnv years- ago ---the- child •of my
Reed ,041, • .11inike Duixtllt• 1117' emend,.
dangliter. is heiress -to .nil I possess."
"lieg portion, genus; but if yoth will
permit me, as 4114 ()Meer of the 11140, I
must go first,"
11'11•. Newton took up hit position, and
both Sir Iiiuuplivcy ;red Lord Darrell
fell bark,
The, two detectives, at their eldersorderslifted the stone.,
'1'o their surprise they found It rolled
ever as lightly els possible, (1)1d the way
-was clear.
Itoy tslluddrl'od as lhr glanced dosvii
the dark passage,'
Was she, the w(101104 he loved, e*ntolull•
ed there?
Frank Meredith pushed farwetrd',. but
Geoffrey Armistead held hi re. back,
•"Not so fast, 1*'0ank. You retnaelt here
with Sir Humphrey incl Darrell,"
The .detectives, headed by Mr, 'New-
ton, crept down the step and groped
their way.
(aeoffre)' Arintsteacl went after' them,
"Remain round here, the said eine'
riedl ' to the others, "in ease- of ten
escape."
Ito3' flung kdmseif .off his horde, and
eve0 'as he slid s0, a confused sound
came from the vaults,
With Wild excitement he approached
the entrance: 11e heard :lir. Newton's
00100 utter, deep and loud, "Surrender!"
He heard -muffled sounds of men
'Stl'.uggling, lone 0:y101110inn%, the revert
of a revolver shot, and then a soma*1's.
-shriek.
His heart stood still, and -he fled down
the steps,. Sir' Ilumpirrey,, with face as
White. as Itis hair, following,. while
Frank endeclvor'ed• to, quiet •the hessea
tiott were tethered together.
•Geoffrey -Armistead pushed' F'oj' back..
"Outin the fair!" he said ext'- taally.
"They are foliltinll ]lard; but we klo ce
got them T think."
"But she!. Glued God! she sereaMed--
ilia .you not hear her? She is hurt, Let
me go?" Roy panted. •
"Back, 1 sat,.," Geoffrey* said hinnlly;
"- there is no one there - but a man, 0
boy 'and an 01(1 Wolnan; it was site who
sem :timed -I s1Vear 1 out spooking t31e
truth. Ah, here comes Newton; Iced at
hail(.,,•
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"Only let me go and I'll tell all,"
screamed Dante Biu'den. "O11 kind ge -
tlonten,. good, land gentlemen, have
Itlercy'-let ene go. - I am ti nom', harm-
less 1Von1an:"
She held out her hancic• and Itoy,
giancing at them, caught thein in his. i.
"You were tight," Ire cried to 14'ra11k;
"the diamonds are here, for She ,Weare I
one -sect 'Theis---"
The 91d woman tried "to snatch back
her hand.
"You answer my question." and Genf -
flee; Armistead alriva,ncrcl to the o1d' we -
'man, (Irene his piste] and pointed it :41
her -head. "Where i,5 the young lady
who, was brotight here two (lay's ago?
Answer quickly -the truth;
Mrs. i3uiden tarred green Will fet1,.
will'5firsik-I tvi11. Speak." She went
a'rr'ay with George; and, oh, ail', I swear
it --I tried to help end give her a so-
vereign -4n my honor I diel"
`Iter- and Prank expltarlFed gl neee5.
"Where have they gone?" cont1 ,tied
Geoffrey.
!`Yes, speak," broke •in Sir lIltmphrey
hoarsely.
"To 1tirrin' parts -I think to Italy."
Ray turned and mounted his horse.
"Where 1415 you gci1ig,",eagerly asked
Prank. a
"To trace thein clown," imsivered nos -
nuttily,
Geoffrey Fitt his 11411441 on the r ie.
"Can Sou say nothing?" he s111(1 to
the prisoner who had struggled so hard.
Peril Itoss lifted his eyes aid glared
at the speaker, hurt tnaide no answer,
"`I)o nothing, Lord Darrell, till we
have miestioned them further. New to
Nestley. gaol,," commanded Geoffrey
'firmly. 1•
o}.lrfrrIt X.VL
- Valerie Ross was chatting lo :hen'
most pleasitiit planner to •Lady Darrell.
tLhesl her •quick ears caught the some
of arrivals 011 the grovelled pats 1. ad -
Jug to the eatstlt' entrance. She rose (4214
swept to the window; her quuk Dyes
caught t 11.n11S
1 r , e of Ilot' o f , ,i !4
and agitated, as he threw himself from
his lioi'se, (11141 her heart told her that
something had happete<l.
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At rill hayarcls she Hurst ftll)W t\'htt
tied happened.
She made 80100 hurried e:rei50 tY!
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Alice. had grown to hate 'her.
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