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She was indeed'a. little ashamed of the tardiness.of her conviction, for nothing against his `character ha.d ever come to her notice. She only knew him. astthe valued and devoted servant of Lord Monksifver,` and she remembered now with pleasure that she had never encouraged Dick in his "prejudice against his uncle s secre- tary, who was now heaping coals of fire on his- detractoi- s head."She had never really taken Dick's dislike ser- iously, looking upon it: as the natural antipathy of a high-spirited youth for a man of quiet and industrious temp- erament. \ n1\- 1, NHL. L- L. _--_..-;..`t._| 4.- , 1910 A '3v`ilI ll [GL5 Ill \vUIIVIiO ` .`Yo_u know where he is? demand- ed Phyllis quickly. ' 'Vna -llflsnn Y Cnnnrl Gian} nnfl-I:nnv I hope you are not too tired to take the longer way bv the cliff path, he said half doubtfuflly. It would ruin everything if we were seen, and there would be a great riskof it if we went through _thej%vi`1-` lage. V `DL-.H.'_ ...._1:-.s 1.-- -....:1-:..;~_ :_;}.'._-5311;- 1115:. Phyllis replied by striking i.1itb"the oath. and presently they came out on ..t.othe shoulder of the down. with the Arrangements have recently? beenVcox`hpletd* mider Which` the Tbranhes ' AC OI-uln Rnnlp nan -kln Irrlccnn Dr-nffc run than nl-In:-Inn] I-nnlnfc. "'--"- Farce" hhadl India . -`Roumama. . and elsewhere 4 . % no bum in neuuuue, V run I-An-ncu|.Ane`e u AI-I-uc_A-rmu Iceland . Phijlipine Islands West Indies x-,,< DRAFTS on FORELIG-NCOUNTRIES CHAPTER XI.-(Continucd.) Paid-up Capital, s1o,ooo;ooo Reserve, $6,000,000 Austria-I-Iunignry unitdlulll gculcula IIIIVU lcucuuy uccu |-UllI[.IlI7lU\J uuucl VVIIII.-II Inc uui of this Bank are able gto` Issue Drafts on the prlnclpalpolnts "in the following countries: ` . BARBIE BRANCH H. J. GRASETT. Manager. Finland Formosa France Fr'ch Cochin-China Germany . Great Britain I`_,-__ lcela. I- _I!_ -_-- -v-- ---wua - "Been `ready and waiting this half` hour," said Standish. ."Now, miss}, if, vou'.ain t't,oo proud -to give a 1-00: sherman your hand I'll steer you down -to the -water. There's lobster pots and :11! sorts of funny things to trip your "prettvieet if you . r!.3m't knowythe ropes. `You just `leave it to M_ichacl `Standish. He'll" be some- thinar better than a father to you b`e_,-_ sf 3.;'. xotfc :. >n".V.i*h "him." i >3`--lj -_-L...-. .'.`:A t `_\..--_1_:`_..'. IQTC y0LI'VC~OOI'lC Wltll mm." sudden instinct of Fcoulsioni caused "Phvl_lis to shudder at .thc Lwheedling` farh.iliari1_:yV~of the; man : ;t_on.e. .~[ B1H:j't-gshe, was.;..>_<;ommift;e,_d -$9 thgi :"en`terpr`rs; ;af1 3d1 :.--it-,` she ta I1.` p\lIUlC mPla1vllis co-operated willingly I n I keeping their progress `secret. The descent was steeo enough to need all their attention, but hit, was safely ac- complished at last. As, their `feet svruncherl on the, loose shin-ale `of "the beach a gigantic form loomed round the corner of _the `nearest hut. V That you, _Michael? `whispered Rave`r)so:ar.. . ~ ` _ ` `Mich.ael it -is. was V the reply. You've got the lady.` I `see." ` I617.-, n- .6 _ p o . ,. -1 not serve. , . They passed the place where a week ago she had met her present escort, and had lent a willing ear to his suggested subterfyge of feigning suicide by leaving her hat on `the brink of the precipice. He reminded her of it as they warily.'skirted the dangerous point. 'lVI.:.. :. 4.1.- QO\I\` 41191 :1: can-pd in uaugcruus puuu. This is the_spot that is sacred to your self-sacric_e,e he said softly. Let us hope that it will bear double fruit, Miss Vaughan, after to-night. Innhelping you to make. it 1 `little dreamed that it woul form the pivot on which_ might turn the difference bemeen: Me and death." - l_..-__ LL-L LL.` Afgannnn Dctwccn: IIIC auu ucaul. ~ But you knew that the difference between honor and shame turned up- on it, she answered quickly. I -am glad of the opportunity of` asking you about that`, `Mr. Ravenscar; for I was carried away by impulse that morn- ing. I have- thought, tince that Dick Wenslade witheall his faultshad not the making of-"a thief. `_Is.it.not DOS- sible that you and "Lord Monksilver were mistaken `in what you saw in the Rectory drawimz-room? IAI. 1...... T ..L.-...I.-I 1:1,`. ;. 1-...1:m.-A Int: IXCCLUI y urawuug-n uulu: "`Ah, how I should like to believe that, was the sympathetic reojly. `W'e can, of course,` fall_ back uoon the adage that to err is human. Lord Monksilver is'an old man. and he it was who saw most of the incident. `His .1ordship .s eyesight is" not what: it was, and there isdthe chance that he saw more than he: thought he did. My own view of what happened was, you will remember. of a more or less negative character. ` - ' ' 1-\I 11- u a ,g , q\_ _ Phyllis s impression was that Rav- enscar had distinctlv stated that he himself had seen` Dick`pick up the ring, but she knew she had been so agitated "on. hearing of the suspicion against her lover that she was quite willing to accept the present version as the original one. .And to that ac- ceptance she was helped by-.,inclina~ tion.`since it tended to exculpate Dick from the petty meanness of the lesser crimelaid `to his door. The morrow would indeed be at day of triumph if both charges fell` togthe ground. I__,I- _I," .I' 1 3- --v---. So absorbed was she in the happy prospect, that Ravenscar had to touch her arm when. they_came to .-the tof) of 'the zig-za.g `path leading down to the group of.shimz huts on the beach of the bay. They were within the radius of the revolving light on the headland, and `he drew her gently into the shadow of some ragged gorse-bushes-that. grew at the side of the path. un`6Am kn naunratun` LA u-.L:t-auannpi _Is tl1'e__b9a_t ready. Q-run v,v V. I.-ow:-III`-I]. 1. -Iv`--K ' , "Yes,"aand the faintest hmt of achievement crept into the secre- tary s voice, I have gotVthc' lady. fl..- 1,0`, `.1 1 ; an. Dill`? U1 I-IIC paul. Better be careful, he whispered. One of thekeepers might be on the gallery of the `lighthouse. The chances are tl1at_he would be on the seaward side. but we willrun as few risks as possible.' 4 `m...m..` ..... --a..: __:m.-...1--~ :..l `shimmering sea on their left five hundred feet below, and the few re- maining lights of the village, and the land-locked bay. beyond, on their right. In front of_ them, ; on the gheadlandg there ashed and glowed intermittently the occulting beams from the modern lighthouse. Phyllis strained her eyes for a! sight of its shattered predecessor on the reef be- low, which she had just`-been told was her lover's refuge, but the faint light of a moon nearly spent would no__`_serve. . _ _ _ _ . .....l `LL a\`nn uilanrn 9 `yawn Manchu:-ig. Mexiqto Norway Penis ' `Phillipine , Dana-nnnin . Ireland Italy h IJGI VIC Siam -,,LL IKIII South Africa - Straits Settlement! *E:-_I -_ VVIIQJ `l.\ll\iW IICI u ' And the young man . temporarily transferred his angry gaze to the jgry, and the audience, `losing many -sym.Da_thisers thereby. For it looked a challenge. the-pain of disagree- n_1.ent with him being personal chas- Jzssaement. lisha Ci-owe observed that Ravenscar, though the sadness had deepened in his face. was softly smoothing his `long white hands, the one with the other. ` `CT .....__ 4-1-- :; . ..u_--.=n .u,_ rs, I asau; Atiiil:Jiiii1r}iii'ie$icii r`i 'u1%i1` be a__ reparationto her lovefr for~h._a.v-v ing condemnedfhirn, unheard. She put her hand in the man's huge at,- and, Ravenscare picked his way after `them down to the,,boat. vlvll uvlu ulc .SllUCK. T.Perfectly. but the obvious A go... Struction will be- the wrong construc- tion, canie.-'th`eV;quiclc reply qtfered Lwitmincisi lscorlfl-. ` v_,.._ _A_ if . g n .- .. . - The Coroner : Warraiit, .. "It is my painful duty to` caution you, Mr. ~Richa1:d Wenslade, that -you vareenot compelled` to answer any questions of an incriminating nature, but that if you do so answer it will be record'ed`and will be liable to'be used against you hereafter. .I need not say how `I reg:-et"to have to ad- dress one oi your honored family in such terms. ` a FFL- ri 4,5 -2 - -I,A_`_ 4 1:;.Ll.. ERCE OF COM an Jovian VIII Strangely enough the only person who youchsafedaodoubt as to the `value of the outburst was Sergeant Scott, the metropolitan detective. Either he is innocent, or he is- a big- ger fool than he see.m. and that s a bug order, the `expenenced ofcer lent` over andowhispered to Insoector Pearman.` V. "You,,`o.f cours, understand the construction that is likely to be out `upon this evidence .of yours? said the Coroner; after pretending to fum-bleewith hisotes while he reed?- ered from the shock. . - D....-a.'I-- |__,;:~ `AL- I wnlvlgxgqlul scorn. ."You'_ fa _Stand ` down, six_-., 3 te` lcoroner I']OIl1Cd`,St1`Iy. ' " adv` g" fan-r ...{42;..A ....1 `ans... PUIVBUFU uu: \.UlUIlCl "There need be no secret about that. the witness replied rmly. "In justice to the dead I am glad of an opportunity to explain in public. I had informed my father of my en- gagement to Miss Phyllis Vaughan. the daughter of Captain Vaughan, of Down Cottage, and my sister's gov- -erness. He very. forcibly expressed his disapproval, and caused her to be dismissed without notice. After she had left the -Rectory he raised su- soicion against her of having` stolen a ring that my mother had lost. I considered the. accusation an out- rage,. and only an afterthought _con- ceived in spite. The next morning Miss Vaughan s` hat was found one a ledge of the cliff, and I had no doubt that, she hadthrown herself into the stain consequence of the calumny having come to her ears. That view is shared generally, I believe, by all who-knew her. A_.J L..- , uuc wuu ulc utncr. A I I may take` it; then, the Coroner went on. that on the morning` of your father's death this had blood, at any "rate on your part, still pre- vailed--that y`du believed him to have unjustly driven Miss `Vaughan to sui- r-hip?" vs Illlllr ' A low murmur ran through the moat at this amazing indiscrction. Dick was as pooular in the'village as the Honorable and Reverend Chaloner Wenslade had been the re- verse, andthe stuoidest rustic among the audience realised that he. `had dealt a staggerimz blow to" his own case; Not onlv had he tted him- self with a` motivefor the. crime. but he had now practically confessed- thatthe had been on his wav to bring his ouglrrel to a climax of which mur- der nmrht well have been the logical conclusion. A I . aucn I.cuu,a. _ ' The Coroner s voice `shook -a little as he administered the customary warning-to a witness under suspicion. It was not a pleasant task to have to use such language towards one whom the -crim.e` they were investigating ha.d_"left the next heir to an ancient peerage and great possessions. muahnpl no-1` Ananf rvifaa pCI"&c.'dIl(.l. grcaj; puaacapluua. "Flushed and deant, Dick glared back" from the? witness-stand where he had just` been sworn. The club- room at the Beacon Arms was in- `suerably crowded with two score of the `I public who had` managed to squeeze into a space none too larze for "th'ose' oicially engaged. But Dick had no eyes for anyone but the presiding oicer, whom in his hot- headed resentment he had brought I.2...--l. 4.- ..-._-_j _ ._...-........I . uuJua|.l cide ?" FRI LIUC5 That is exactly. how you can take it.`onlv a little bit more so, and Dick VV!enslade s eyes snapped re as he made the admission._ I will be quite frank with you, he went on. "When I was coming downstairs and heardathe shot that must have killed my father I was on my way to the study-not to murder him, but to de- mand` a public retraction.` He had alreadv withdrawn from the police the information he had laid. but that did not satisfy. me. A. I meant to make him eat his words before all the world, or-.-or'tell him what I thought- of him. . ` `A___ _7_ .l 4 CTHIIICIIL. A Dick ought to be as grateful to yo as I am, she said simply._p_ enceforward they walked insi- lence,'the stable clock at the Priory striking half past eleven` as they neared. the village. They had met no one on the road, but late as was the hour this immunity could not be :. counted upon in the main street of Beacon Audley. If no one else was ter the local policeman `going 7 his rounds. - _Ravenscar came toja halt at the opening of a bridle oath that led downs. p . . Ejabout they would very likely encoun- `,_- 3 round~,.the back of the ',Priory{ to` the. l ~ . ll? 1, __- _,, _ A ___. .', .5 , ._. IIBCIIVIJ himself ` enemy. II'\Q- \`uI;u_s ., Oh, don`t apologise, sir, _he sand an assumption of haughtiness that was really u`nna.tural to him. _I have nothing. to conceal. I shall answer anv quesons you may put, and I sh:}Ilnot forget that. I am on my oa . \Y -A_A1-. J I. , nu- _ __,!L_. ...D_ .._ . _ _ . .- Utlln Nettled by the witness's manner, the` Coroner felt that he had A done sufcient homage to county inuence. He threw suavity to the winds. T `tuba -on-n AI. uvt\uq- u-uoI\ol' , `n If IIIICW HIICVICJ I-I III` VVlll\lUo I will take you at your word, he said cu:-y.` On what terms were you with yourfather for -the few days preceding his death? . Bad terms. We had been having IICJU FICBVIIIIIS IIIS 5 Bad terms. ,I_W`e had having a serious quarrel for the best part of two days," snapped vDick in .his most devil-me-care _tone. Elisha Crowe, wedged in among the spectators neai the door, glanced surreptitiously from the witness to rRavenscar, who was present to watch the proceed- ings for Lord Monksilver, and also in case he might be recalled. The insignicant watch,er noticed that the secretary shook his head sadly over the outspoken answer. An-(A I-Inn `Anna AC 6In:e nun-anal? Uycl uni Ulltapuncu auawcl . "And thecause of this quarrel? pursued the Coroner. ."luAaIn naoi `up can annanb n'\t\I` .u.uucr tcjulncu atermy. Only::a` few` nticed, and Elisna I CQCIIIIIICIIL IIC uau UI UILEIIO I to regard as a personal` CHAPTER xn. CU LIIJIII3 HUILRI 0 'Yes. When I found that nothing would deter him. from the project I. thought it best to make the arrange- ments myself rather than let him blunder into som.e pitfall wherehe would be speedily caught. I atter myself that the most astute `police- ofcer will never guess at his retreat, ` even if he has to- remain there a year before we can clear him.--or failing \hat, assist him. to a `wider ight. `|`D..A. u y A . . u v:I` r`:nnIl\cA his Iv|;r`;nn_ ,,.- `Cro`ueve* was '_amipng'_L':the: as the .witnes' eobeyea-= the 4 in'ji1ne`tion- and ._t0ol<`h`is place among the` spec`: tators, Inspector Pearman ~unostenta- tiously changed his position. so as .to stand between him. and the door- of` exit. Most of those present were staring, "their breath bated, `at the Coroner, who was whispering t_o_the Chief Constable preparatory to sum- ming up. `The usually genial Major looked genuinely distressed as he shook his head in answer to- `the Queries put to him. rm... r`m.m.p.- ma: 2 less orosv (]_l1CI'lCS P1111` IU'_nuu-. . The Coroner was a` less prosy specimen than most of that breed, and when he had spent not _more I than two minutes in. clearing * his throat and ring off a few platitudes aboutthe valuable life that been cut short insthe plenitude of its useful- ness, he gave a fairly lucid exposi- tion of the problem which the jury had to solve. In the rst place, he told them that the experienced of- cer detailed. for the work, in spite of an exhaustive search in London and elsewhere, had failed to trace the source of the w_eapon with which the crime had been committed. Ef- forts in that direction would `not be relaxed, and hopes ofnding the last, owner of the pistol, before it came into the possession. of the murderer had not been abandoned. 3 1-`Au LL; gnnptnnno A.` `RA fnf _ In weighing the value of that evi- dence they could not ignore the further testimony. proffered quite vol- untarily by the witness as to the frame of mind in which he_ had been seeking his father. Even in that court. and with the grave scarcely closed over the deceased, he had not hesitated to speak with such heat that his feelings towards his father ,~ could be fairly estimated. Whether his judgment was warped or not did not _matter. Rightly or wronglv_ he had held the opinion, and still held it. that the harshness of `the Rector was repsonsible for his sweetheart`s death . I ! ubtllu `Before asking them to considerl their verdict he wished to point out la curious feature of the case, and that was the `leaving behind by the murderer of the pistol. It seemed a piece of carelessness for which there was no rhyme or reason, for he was] neither resisted or pursued. It was the furnishingof a clue of a very marked kind, the pistol being one or a most uncommon tyne. Yet. the fact remained that skilled oicers Ilaa. nut Uccu auauuvucq. ' For the purposes of the present jury, however, the point was imma- terial. They had_ to, consider who had used with fatal-eect _the _old- fashioned but deadly duelling pistol fond on the oor of the Reverend Mr. .W'enslade s-study. From the po- sition of the pistoland of the wound in,the dead man's body much might be surmised. The pistol was lying `close to the door by which the room wound was in. the back, showing that the deceased had been shot from that direction as he was sitting at his writing-table, which faced the win- dow ogening on to the lawn. The possibility, therefore, of his having been shot from the garden through the open window might be dismissed as'uLnten-able. - __--- l.-__..- _,,. I, .1 - --_!j-_-_- was entered from the hall, and the` \I\rC\la It followed, then, that the murder- er must have approached his victim from. inside the house, entering the study by the door from the hall, and leaving it by the same route after the-commision of the crime. The jury had heard Mr..Richard Wen- slade s evidence that he had been de- scendingz the stairs. in full view of the study door when the shot was red, but that he had seen no one come out afterwards. It was un- necessary to point out the serious discrepancy. between these two state- ments.`- If one was true. it was. hu- manly speaking, impossible that the igther could be in accordance with act. __,-` I, .0 , 1 `n .n G3 I.lII |.CII'UlC. This was borne out bv. the evidence of Lord Monksilver, iven on the last occasion and coro orated by his secretary, Mr. Ravenscar.. that they had been crossing the `lawn when they heard the shot, and must have seen anyone outside the window or escaping from it subsequently. The only person who emerged from the window was Mr. -Richard 'Wsenslade, who, on seeing them`, had raised the alarm that his father had been shot dead-. It is a. device that is put on Gurney-* and ii: putting them out for your in: proud-_of the choice we have made- satisfgction giving stoves; Look 'si`x_ tons and with coal at of coal last as lozig as $6.00 a. ton, don't `you make $6.00 clear. V New thecastircm - range illustrated `will save 20% of your fuel when hard coal is burned. It is tted , with that greatest of modern stove itnptovemepts`the' V. F _ _ - IJUIICC WILII Ill] lul.Ullu.aLlU11 an, un;\.\.. My dear young lady, I am going` to take you to. him, replied `Raven- scar, contriving to impart to his tone a faint tou.ch of impatience, as though he were hurt by her persist- ent questioning. ``We are on our way to what I trust will prove a sat- isfactory interview now. In `less than an hour, if the tide serves-in anv case in an hour and a ha1f--you `will know the best or the worst. Dick W.enslade is safely. lodged in the basement of the abandoned ilig"ht--" house on Deadman s Reef. I had to enlist the help of Mike Standish, the sherman, but he can be depended on to keep a still tongue. It has been `made well worth his while. rn, us, `_.._-_A.`.-.` _ -:_I. -3 glint GurnVe3g-Oxfotd Stoves alone, \ inspection we feeljustly 3 made - in selecting this line of Lock` them .over oh our 1100: -`ag:`,.: ,r..-`AV 7411's`: 2" -' . f"rb6 :`i;;i:'SfZot1 _V 7fa`i1'ed I as yet `t6g:`:work the"`cluet_"o a successful? is- thafthe question might arise later whether_;_t_h_e: use such a,-.pi_stol and its aband m*entI2'on~ the scene of the icrime had not a `deeper signicance than was at present visible-. It was, however, beyond doubt that the weapon was the one from which the fatal shot had been discharged, and that the person who had last handled it had red the shot. It re- mained for the jury, after hearing the witnesses, to say with-out favor or affection whether They` were sat- ised on. th.e evidence who had red the pistol, and if so whether it had been red _with intent to kill. '`L` I` A - A A-- `Anna : I`\')t.( GIN!` stiel , He could no-`tt "help thinking. Deen. nrccywuu uucul. tu nuns. The Coroner leaned back, and the twelve good men and true, trades- men, farmers, and artisans of Bea- con Audley, put their heads together. `Not one of them who was not in sore distress. To a man they were ten- ants of Lord Monksilver, or in some way depended on the Priory for their means of livelihood. And though they regarded their late Rector as `one who could be spared better than many, they. one and all liked Dick. ,-They. were proud of his prowess on the river and on the running-path at Oxford. Yet, in face of his confes- gsion of ill-feeling, and of that straight talk from thegentleman in. the chair, whom they knew to be as worried by the case as they were themselves, what could they do? '\..I__ _..4n LL:m|:u nan` `hag: :f__ vululuc OI HIVCCUVQ Irom Yvonne. In these dark days that had swooped on the doubly bereaved Rectory Yvonne suddenly blossomed from a child into a woman, bearing much of her mother s burden as well as her own. Unconsciously relieved |thouszb. she was from her husband s tyranny, Mrs. Wenslade was too stunned by its abrupt cessation and bv the whirlpool of events to be of any. use whatever, and it fell to Yvonne to interview the solicitors and others who were peroetuallyl coming and going` on the business of` lthe defence-. - I 7--.: \r_,I -- - -- U -Lord Monksilver on1y_visitcd the Rectory once `after the committal of Ibis heir to Wroxford jail, and he showed himself to be so shaken by. The singed Book-Mark. The days immediately following the committal of Dick for trial pass- ed like a horrible dream: to those who loved him at Beacon. Audley Rectory. His` mother and sister al- most forgot the tremendous upheaval` of Mr. W';enslade s death in the great- er tragedy that seemed impending. Without` a man of their own kin to sustain andadvise `them, they felt ut- !terly helpless, for though Lord CHAPTER xm. Monksilver had given carte blanche to the family solicitor to spare no expense in defending the prisoner, they could `see all too plainly that! the old peer believed`in. the right-' eousn:ess of the verdict. His personal svmpathy therefore countedfor no-2 thing with two women, who could be; comforted only with an. assurance of' Dlick"s acquittal because he was in- nocent. Nothing short of that satis- ed them. To hint at merely get- ting him off was to excite a flood of tears from `Mrs. -Wrenslade and a volume of invective from Yvonne. Tn fkneg .`I....I- 1---- Al - 1 Wnat. cumu tucy uv : -Only one thing, and they did it- with the sighs and nods and grunts (if the typical British juryman 1t Crownet- s Ouest. Mapping his face with a. big bandanna, the fore- man informed the Coroner that they were all agreed'.~ And'y.our verdict, gentleman? he asked. We nd that Mr. Dick shot his pa, but that there were extenuating circumstances, and we recommed him to mercy on account of his - "He has gone into hidingyrather. than subject himself to examination at the adjourned inquest to.-moi-'ro.w. . was Kavenscar s grave reply. I afraid that it will be considered at sign` of guilt, though I myself-prefer. to regardit as anything but._tha.t- as doubt of `his -ability to prove * his innocence, as. hotheaded resentment of the suspicion he knows to` be rife, or as an unselsh desire to spare his relatives the pain of an arrest. God knows I worked hard enough to dis- suade him, but the same end will have been gained if your discovery emboldens him to come out into the open and face his accusers. - "\7A.. `noun-n -"Ln:-A: Inn :13? Ann-unt`- JIJI-Illlo . The `Coroner checked an oath that struggled with a smile. You have nothing to do with circumstances or mercy here, he said. You find that Mr. Richard 7VV`enslade. with intent. killed the deceased? Very well; that is a verdict of wilful murder against him. Inspector Pearman, you will take Mr. Wenslade into custody forth'with. I will make out mv war- rant committing him to take his trial at the assizes, and then you can get him` away as quickly.` as possible to 'Wroxford 5: '11." gen m me nnrc. :\.< It')41II _uwi~ a murder case. cm1nnz.<. stand between :1 man and the :2. lows, he was as much :1 sh *n\*::`__ water as would be .1 kensn 1`-**"` appointed cardinal. l"I`- I. _ ...\..s:.nnI`\ the disgrace and by the threatened extinction of his ancient tit1e.Iha: Yvonne was not surprised whm` thereafter be delegated his secretari- to act for him. At the same tirr Ravenscar s frequent visits and Q siduous championship of her broth. er s cause lled her with a naustr that she could not dene. If she had been a. `little older and more ex perienced she would have known that it was due to Ravenscar treating `net on the basis of her new-found ra- man-hood--as a woman upon who: he wished to create a favorable rt- pression It may be also that :'we detected a note of insincerity in hi much vaunted faith in Dick's ir:`~~ cence. If, ,r. 1 11 :I.II5FVI. \ l IGLL. 4'1]. n. }Jl|l|l\.l_` An i githwaite, of Thornithwaite. l.inl<`.::'~' `and Co., Gray's Inn. was just W7` his beautiful white wlii_ and complexion bespoke him-an vr-.~ proachable family .<>licit0r. w`r._*~-` horizon had been limited by \\"C'* and marriage settlements, trust tie"? and conveyances. lle regzarmnil` high-born clients with .1 reli_Ii01`-'7" verence, and, zmart frnm Dick \\`-I slade s guilt or innocence, he the young prisoner for heinsf cause of an historiv title bcinsz` . ged in the mire. A; legal ml\`:~`6."~` mu...-..p1n.. t\r\."`/I ..nunn1i:Clu\ll9ll '1 l \ Brownlee, the Auctioneer, Barne, handles credit sales of farm sto_ck and implements promptly and SM` factorily for $5.00 and upwardsv Dates can be arranged for at THE ADVANCE OFFICE. %KII\p\p- More often he walked over fr`: the. Priory alone, but twice he "2: accompanied by the solicitor London. Yvonne at Once conccfw`. the most profound contempt mistrust for thia __(zentIen1an. \\ :matter of fact, Mr. Septimus Th~`r~ ' L ' .`1-`-~..- I l:LL___-ZL.. -1 I`L.\_.... ...-.on T `it, `assist uuu. LU 0. VVALIVI l_u5uL. "But you will disclose his hiding-I place to me? pleaded Phyllis. `I had hoped to see him to`-night, so that if he consents I may go to the police with my information at once. .. Anna qrnI1n(r`nl"lr T 9111 anina