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STRANGELY WEDDED
'The fact is,' remarked Pottingox
• confidentially, sitting on a chair the
Wrong way and sprawling as muolr
of himself over the book as wag
A THRILLING STORY OF ROMANCE AND ADVENTURE. possiblo—'tbe fact is that London
doubt ; mut you're quite thrown
away hero.'
But the Pottinger never saw the
sarcasm of the apology ; he was
a abort sighted and blundering per-
used to ho jolly enough billet forson, who nevor saw what be did
dear
CHAPTER XSli, chap, you ought to be ashamed of ' possible for a gentlemaone, but of late it'sn to istop iu,' got im- I boy,'not vhetsaid amiably,'clout to see, 'Not at menl on
yourself, 'pon my word you ought.' it again, I'm a matt of tho world,
omen But he could not not shake off
q y y'uuow, and dont go through tau
"As a wisest is known by the sound the doubt, partly because hie ap• 1, pl d P tt nger world with my ogee shut, not a bit
whether it Is cranked or not, so then are pearanoe was the eignal for a fierce T t I of it.'
proved by their speeches whether they be
V' h Then he got up and moved away
wise or foolish 1' fire of questioning from a great
many who did not enjoy that :privi• LL L t' towards the emokiug•room, where
As the words—'All the same that loge. He got rid of ono group by h presently Power followed to find
was the woman as done it,' loft saying that he was tired and hun- better e V' h him lolling against the very middle
Jadge's lips, an awful thought pre- gry and would talk about it when elusive of the ahimuoy-shelf, with n huge
sented itself to Lord Rosetrevor'e he had had his dinner ; bat when B t cigar in his month.
mind, a thought which was sufti• he reached the dining•room, he "Pon my word,' he was saying,
eient to put his brain in a whirl found to his dismay, that two men 'I've always thought Jack Trevor a
and to make his heart sick within whom he knew verywell wore din- re uino y g
m decent sort of fellow, but tonight
him. ing together, and a third, one Major B he's as touchy as you please.'
Could it be possible, was it roe- Pottinger, who was generally re- 'How tonally, Dumbells ?' some -
Bible that Ethel, goaded to madness gorded as a terrible blot upon an 1h i 'gh I thought y 1 cue enquired.
by her husband's infidelities and otherwise irreproachable club, was 'Well, touchy enough to have to
her own wretchedness bad beeu dining at a table by hlrneelf. Now apol---'
driven to strike the fatal blow, and our friend Jack did not dislike '011 7' broke in Power hastily.
so had the best of reasons fur not many people, he loathed very fete him of
wishing either the quarrel or the and hated none, but for Major Pot. 1 1 1 that n geutlo latesand its 00 joke havo ane of
existence of Valenti to be mention• ringer he entertained at all times la a' your most intimate friends stabbed
ed ? feelings which were a mixture of in the back without a minute's
Almost as the thought came to loathing and dislike and after that g 1 ywarning.'
him, he shooks himself together with evening he felt able to say that if y
a mental assurance that it was not was a croon 1n the whole f 'Why,' worldod thePottinger,tna 'who
P tously over the beck of the Glia in the aro you talking about 2'
and could not be true, ld ho Luted that parson that It tilted over and all but land 'About Rosetrevor, of couree,'
'I think that is all I have to say, 1'ottmger said Power, mildly.
Judge,' he said, 'I daresay you'll he When 11 had b t 'Rosetrevor—and who is he 2'
pressed very hard at the inquest, half way between the door of the ' �w er er the foot is the 'What, didn't you know that
but you must take caro to tell the dining room and the table at which cooking at the Juutot to so 1 Trevor has come in for the title—
truth, you know.' eat d er ho coma P that he is Lord Rosetrevor now 2'
'I understand, Sir,' said Judge within rho range of Valor Pot help for it OF course, y know 'No—never heard of it.'
solidly. Rosetrevor went off down that a Low they manage things a 'But its true all the same, his
the corridor to the lift feeling more much better 1n Vionnah and B ' uncle or cousin or somebody died
than half ashamed of himself for fid d b' whatever goon wrong tt last week,' said Powers, amused.
having let that miserable thought so intensely g y '011 1' cried the Pottenger blank -
find a place in his mind even for d bl Ali 1 I wonder you ever 1 then made a bolt from the room.
an instant. our di eettoa in a London c J,
y g 'Jack, old fellow,' he bawled when
'How is the poor ladyto night, P all— on m coni, I do.
loud voice and with a coin rehen p y f I dear
he reached his side, 'I've just heard
Sir 2' asked the lift -man. the news. 1 congratulate you, old
'Veryead,' answered Rosetrevor. hidden d gly prominent boy, replied Pottinger with a k chap, P my word I'm delighted -
'In fact she seems completely knock- ff 'AL ! J k b y 'tie bawl ing p Why,'pon a
ed over and no wonder.' others By the by, Lave yon be thet b wouldn't for the word world, orr
'No wonder at all, Sir,' said the away the little fwriend
yoman rd
liftman in sympathetic tones. '1 d R t any urdn t of s'pon joymwoad
know I've felt all day ae if I didn't h p I newwhonors'. with wish you ,' your
d t table 'th back gw down the all my heart,' and
know whether' was standing on my ' then he seized hold of Jack's hand
head or my heels. And then police Yes, down the eounhy and shook it with might and main.
is enough to just make you feel R t k 'Thanks, thanks,' avid Jack un -
silly, or as if you didn't know
'whether old Dumbells will be easily
whether you'd clone it yourself or D h BI 1 h 7 A narter of an hour later, when
. not. They was round here an hour I don t knowtther of the gallant Pottinger had gne off
or two back, just asking questions to attend a small party of intimates
enough to maks me feel as if I'd b 2 H 'll y dth given by the Douchess of Blank -
like to knock one or two of 'em 1 Y shire, Rosetrevor looked round a
clown--' p f d Jack t y Bl k h
deliver -
'011, well, they must find out all Uli ' th what
groupi se „grinning offaces and they can ; and how are they to find ed himself of a sentiment and a
statement.
out except in that way 2' said Ross- London g 1 t going �r f f tri "Pon my word,' he remarked,
trevor, who bad no ill•feeling against d h bad 1' t C] ' t 'they do manage things bettor in
the police and thought them a very asking h i J l g ly. lI dal t Vieuua and Berlin 1 And 1'11 tell
useful body of men In their proper you what it is, you follows, if this
place. 1 h eluu does not begin to weed out
'Aye, but their questions often g 1 ld 't g within the next three mouths, I
put ideas into your head that'd y g shall put up for the Junior in spite
never get there otherwise,' said the first p 1 y i of the cooking.'
meq krowingly. Three mouths,' cried a voice,
'You're an old soldier,' said Jack, g k y , it's the t 'that's rope enough—'
suddenly recognizing the real army I h think !' Cl 1 'To hong himself,' returned Jack
tono of hatred towards the civil i drily.
'Is that why you stop here 2' 0u•
uired Jaek welly.
on myword,'replied Pottinger
r ' reallycan tellyou whydo
stop. But I'm going to ,ienns
for a few months when it's nearer
Christmas. They do things moa
th re. In senna an ex
club is au exclusive club
there's no mistake about it. u
here---'
'Oh 1 here ,' t d Jack—'horn
most of the clubs do want weeding,
there's no mistake about that, y
he by,how come you to be dining
here to -night 2 oug t 'ou made
an absolute rule of dining at the
Junior, In fact the last time I saw
you, ynu told ere the Junior was the
only place in 'own
man oou dine at.'
Power and home exchanged
lances of intense ou•o ment—Jack
want on calm) eatinghis dinner,
'Major Pottinger sprawled so int.-
.
Special
therechair
wor whom he ,
was Major ed him on hie face on the floor,
osstrevor ha gotabout
a — — — banes
i that I had to give it u —hadn't any
he wasto his dinner,
wellwi in o
tinger'a very pecnitar vision andBerlin,
that personage—yes, I feel that I isn't the
t t in describing him
am quite
jne 1 a cookm —er—er don't—y' know.'
as a personage, he was trust
disagreeableto so manypeople— hub at
that personage greetedhim in a
sive wave of a very large hand half 'Must look after me' proper y, ea
now -
by anJ ole, in look out of his little eyes at the
eu — Jaok, my boy,' been
ed—'how do—er—er?'
'Night,' returns ose revor T Lave,' answered Jack helping
briefly, with a curt nod, and sat him, eel( to roast heasant.
Own a the a e wt his to. country2'
wards him.
'Now, I wonder,' said one of the 'Er—er—and who have yon been
two men whom pea revor new— staying with ? Lady Millington or
the Duchess ofants ire
choked f ike that 2' ,them.'
'Brute,' returned the other—'not 'Bless me,you don't say 'so.
he 1 When was Dumbells ever chole- They're both great friends of mine.
ed off except a deadcute I must introduce you to em. I've
go across presently and asko booked myself to go to an s ire
breakfast tomorrow morning m er Towers for ristmas— at s w a
—er—Vienrtah or—er—er—Berlin is keeping me in England now.'
—because the Booking's so very 'you lust said now that you were
bad in on on a gentleman can to senna ora ow mouths
pay his friends the a compliment when it got nearer to aria mas>
of as ting them to poison t erose vee remarked act rim . - e c a no
with it. That was why he left the often feel inclined to take it out of
Junior—because the cooking was so Puttiu er or anyone else, to -night
beastlya gentleman couldn't Putup he did.
with it an loner.' '1 meant New Year, ofcourse,
'Well,' said the speaker, dear boy,' returned Pottinger gaily.
one Power—'I thought it was some 'Everybody goes to Viennah for
thin to do withsmoking-- New Year,y' know, e gree
'Yea so the Committee t m time there like Christmas is here—
rejoined the other, 'but then what slip of the tongue, that was all.
do Committees know about a swell At this point Power gave Ileme a
like old Dumbells and the weighty kick, which being interpreted meant
reasons which make him withdraw that even Jack could not catch old
the shining light of leis countenance Dumbells tripping.
from paltry little institutions like 'No, the brute's as clever as he's
the Junior 2 I say just look at the high,' muttered FIome in reply.
brute now, he's meditating a rush 'By the bye,' bawled Pottiuger,
on old Jack. When he goes fcr who was an adept at changing a
him 1 shall go along too and Bear subject not altogether palatable to
the fun.' himself, 'That's an ugly business at
'So shall I,' laughed Power. the Flats. Who'd oxpocteci poor old
Meantino Rosetrevor was eteadily Dennis to get snuffed out like that.'
getting on with his diouer, although '1 don't know that anybody ever
he had no appetite and would lit• expects to be finished by a prod iu
finitely have preferred a pipe or a the back,' answered Jack, 'But I do
water and l.oda instead of the fish wonder sometimes that more poepio
which he was forcing himself to don't come to grief that way.'
swallow. And behind him eat Pot• 'Poor old Dennis wasn't such a
Unger, sprawling over the table with
a tooth pink and the bill -of fare al-
ternately studying the latter with
his little pig's eyes and watching
Itoaetrevor's back.
'He's meditating a spring now,'
said nye of the two onlookers.
'No—he hasn't finished his wine,
yet,' Laughed the abbot.
'But there it goes,' said the first
man, and sure enough, the man
whom they called 'old Dumbells'
poured out the last glass of wine
from aha bottle at his elbow and
tossed et off with an air that said as
plainly as could bo—bustness.
powers.
'Yes, Sir—Sergeant Smith of the
Cuirassiers, at your service,' the
men replied, with a solute.
•Ab 1, r,ell, I wouldn't pet think-
ing anything clue way or the other
if I were you. Murder will out, you
know, and the police Lave had no
time to get a clue yet one way or
the other. Good -nigh t.'
'Good -night, hir,' replied the man
—and as Ttosstrever went away, Le
steed watching him wisely.
perhaps you wouldn't be quite eo
easy in your mind, young geutlo•
man, if you'd hear as many gees-
tione asked about yourself as I've
had asked about you today. Not
that I believe that you had a hand
in it, ail the came '
Roestrevor's first thought had
beer, to go straight to his rooms ;
theu Le remembered how he had
Lad no dinner so he walked around
to Lis club, in spite of his sensible
advice to the lift -man with that
dreadful thought still lingering in
his mind. Not that he wanted to
believe it, nor that he thought it was
at al! likely to be tree, but get rid
of it be could not because cortatn
scraps of conversation kept coming
back. He remembered how she
had ea long ago that she had a
conviction that it would all come
right sooner or later—he remember-
ed how she had cried passionately
that she was not a good woman,
not n good wife—and now—now all
her anxiety seemed to be to prevent
any possibility of the woman Valerie
being taxed with the primo. And
above all and over all there kept
rising in his mind the words which
had so etartled him this very even-
ing—'If I could only feel like that
too, but I can't, 1 can't.—rut afraid
of myself,
However, he 'look himself to•
gather again as be went up the
etep.r of his club and std himself
that he was neither more nor less
than a fool. 'Old chap,' he said
solemnly to his own thoughts --
'you want your dinner, you're up•
set and unnerved by all this. Yen
ought to be ashamed of yourself to
Lave a doubt of the little woman amusement of Power and Thome,
for an instant, • Why sho's as good who lied also come to hoar what to have you ,jabbering all the time
as gold and as true as steel --•-old has going on. they're eating their dinner l've no
Then he got on to his feet, threw
down his napkin and shot out hi,
cuffs—Major Pottinger's linen was
always a matter of grave importance
to him and the care that he took of
it was unceasing. Then he exam-
ined the oeiling and shook his feet
out as if to taken away any stiffness
from his joints and finally strolled
aoroes to Roestrcvoi''s table.
'Wall, my boy, I haven't seen
you for a week or more,' he TO. WiVes 2 Wait till I say something
marked in a friendly sort of way. against the lady, my dear fellow, be•
`All l—have you boon to Viennali fore you ruelr 10 so eagerly to her
or Burlin 2' angutrod jack grimly. defence, (dui s'excuee, s accuse,
'Haven't been out of England, y'ltnow.'
give you my word,' said Pottinger
soriotiely. 'Though what I want 11
stop in London for 15 mere than I
can tell you.'
'Ti'm it would puzzle the Pope,'
returned Jack to the iinrnonie
bad sort,' said Pottinger, ignoring
Jack's words. 'I always go on mi.
commonly well with him. But it's 1
a bad end to come to, and for my
part I don't believe in men of hie
age marrying flighty young wives—'
'You'll better be careful in what
you say, Dumbell'a,' put in Power,
not altogether liking the expression
of Jack's face,
'Bless me, I've gob a right to ex-
press an opinion, haven't I 2' splut-
tered the Pottinger at the top of his
voice.
'Not in my presence,' answered
Jack between his teeth.
'In your presence, old fellow ; why,
what have you got to do with it ?'
'Just this, that I was very inti.
mate both with Major Dennis and
his wife—and moroovor, Mrs. Dennis
is ono of the oldest friends that I
have iu the world.'
'And what the devil,' blustered
Pottinger, loetng his temper entirely,
'has that gob to do with my opiuion
on elderly Llisbands and young
facies brief auger died cut in a
moment. 'Yes, you're right, Pot.
tinges, I'd no busiuoss to take you
up so sharply. I bog your pardon.
But I can't think why the devil you
don't go and live among gentlomon
at Vienuab and Berlin—they'd like
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100 with a vary wise air, in ram
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