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THE. OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,: PORTLAND, ( SUNDAY "MORNING, AUGUST' 7, 1910 CoroTighi,i9io by THcTfootH iMt-mcAM Co. : - V i v :,...:; -'- ; , Q YNOPSIS: Joscelyn Ware, a London , V : journalist who is engaged in exposing S A wrongs of the laboring classes, be. . friends Lily Childers and ker baby son. Lily wi Vi? married tc a worthless scamp passing as 11 ugh . Childers. In reality his name is Noel Palliser. As the police are on the point of arresting him for swindling he pretends to commit .suicide,-and thus' escapes. Joscelyn . atid Lily go into the country , near. London, that, the womanand her baby may recover from the hardships they have undergone. " Near where they are staying 'lives the Palliser family, which is' interested in a tea- ' :, house company which Joscelyn has been inves' , y tigating: ; The head of the family has ..died but recently, and a large fortune has devolved 'utipon the' elder': son, CHve, with a substantial legacy for Noel. ' ' ' v . Lily recognizes Noel Palliser as her sup , ; posedly:dead husband as he is.brtnging home ., . another bride'.- She seeks an interview with Noel, and is murdered by him. (CONTINUED FROM LAST SUNDAY.) CHAPTER VI . . (Continued.) . ' " LIVE amlled. : If hjs broth , er's devotion to his wife, eavored somewhat of Idol atry, nevertheless, he au gured well from It He. , only trusted that It might be lasting. In - the past Noel b u t, Cllve rebuked himself for allowing thought of his brother's past ta fntrude them selves.' Ha wti not vary w all acquainted with . Irene. Ha remembered her ; as ; a girl of seventeen. : what time Noel, a boy himself, had been desper- , ately In love with her; but v , she Sad gone abroad, and Noel had not been long In : transferring hla affections elsewhere and more dlsas-.. . trousiy. Noel'a engage ment ' and marriage - had was Hugh!' she went on. Junt k If ahe'd aeen f some one of that name. And then, Miss Ware. I wondered" Mrs. faulder dropped her voice to a hUBhed whisper "whether she might not have been thinking in her wandering thoughts of her, late huBband. Not that I knev his name. But I understood from-you that the poor thing's married life, had been unhappy, aid 4 you'd spe cially asked me In that letter of yours not to ask any questions, tie having died under- un happy circumstances. Not that I should have enough horror before her in the shape of th coming tnqueat. She drew her hands from her eyes. The, baby was 'demanding: food vociferously. Mrs. Faulder had Interrupted Joscelyn as the latter was In the process of preparing a bottle." "Aak Mr. Palliser to-, excuse me, pleaae," said .V)scelyn to Mrs. Faulder, " ; ' Joscelyn vas only human. Rightly or wrongly, ah had been bitterly prejudiced against the man from the first Rightly, or wrongly, she associated him and hla . methods as responsible partly for the unhapplness of her dead friend's-life, . She had .been grateful to him, foT his aervlceson the previous night, but her frame Lot mind was altogether different now. Mrs. Faulder looked at her with dazed ! surprise. Ur. CHve ,was the; uncrowned' king1 of Eldon, and it was no light matter in the good soul's sight to refuse to see htm. ' ' ' "I'll mind the little one," she ventured. ' ' ; - j Joscelyn repeated ; her message. Mrs. Faulder entered the parlor Into which die Palliser had been "shown with much respectfur curtseying. . There was a look on. the" lean, determined face' that indicated a sleepless night DUst was thick on his motoring coat and his boott'.elegged'"Wlth.;aoiyv.:''.;';. .v- , v Mrs.. "Faulder altered. Joseelyn's message somewhat. . "Miss Ware, sir", she said, "aaks you to excuse v her; but'V-he'r voice broke "she's busy looking after tha little ona". ., . .,,,.....,-t.:j..,;', ''::-.- "I'll wait." replied Cllve Palliser in his direct way, glancing at his watch, tHt had drav-off his gloves, and the backs of his hands were, scratched, as If by . brambles. "Please tell Miss Ware that 1 will'wait. It's important It' about the child that I want to talk, to her", , ' ., - , K Mrs, Faulder curtseyed, very deferentially before returning to Joscelyn. ' ' '' . "1 do believe," wae' her thought, '.'that Mr. CUve Is going to interest himself in the poor .little mite, and Mr.' ' CUve - never doea , anything exoept thoroughly. And tnere are folks as say he's bard as nails." Cllve Palliser crossed to the window, grim' faced. know what Mrs, Childers rlrcumstancss were. It the child's future assured? Are there relatives whi will take-care of him, properly, and look upon hi bringing up as something more than a cold dutyt You know- what I mean," . . . . : His last -words werev a tribute to his belief in ' ht understanding, i Her personality had; lniprttased him on the previous evening when she Journeyed In his private carriage. He prided , himself on his .ability : tot real ' character. . The picture of her with the motherleae child in her .anna 'had: bitten, Itself upon his memory the night before.. , ' Yet Joscelyn, when she had preconceived the character of the. managing director of Kiosks, had denied hiny anything approaching sentiment yet he had revealed it at tha outset The prospect of the child being brought , up from a sense of cold, - possibly reluctant, duty was, not good enough for him. , ' . Ilia very blue eyes looked at her interrogatively. "She she had no near, relatives." answered Joscelyn, with difficulty. That had been another traglo aide to Lily Childers' life. ' ," ' "That settles It, then. I-" ' Joscelyn interrupted., There was nothing melodra'matla in her manner of saying that the child was going to be her care, ghe did not raise a hand above her head, and call heaven to witness her vow. . r- : O . There, was a momentV pause.r'The keen, blue eyea were . asking questions-practical questtoW the Up bringing of a -child costs money. : Cllve Palliser knew nothing about Josoelyn; Ware; except her name; thougk he had formed and waa still forming an opinion oa the subject of her nature and personality. ' a. r,- . "Then," he said, VVthere la no need to worry a to tne child receiving the essential caravan love."' '-v Hit manner was abrupt. "still. , But this was hope lessly inconsistent with, the 'character given by Jos-i celyn to tha managing director of Kiosks. Her white face, stress and grief written on Jt, Pushed faintly, f, I t - mustn't thlnltrtne rude or; gratuitously inquisl t've.v Jie went on, "but there is' a financial side to moat 'things. Suppose we divide the responsibility You will : furnish the love and care and the good influence. I shall vaae me personal interest as well. , I shall not content ' "He himself had found the man, huddled up in . 'drunVen or exhausted sleep." ' ' ' - shock to Olve. Aftef his reappearance. Noel had almost immediately gone abroad again, and .met Irene Strafford at Florence.. Cllve had posted out to Italy fpr the wedding, to find the Irene Strafford changed from, an immature, fascinating girl into , a superb woman. There wa no doubt about her beauty , and attractions. But Cllve. endowed with ah ana lytical brain, had wondered whether Noel's sudden access mouth was compressed. Tna cottage parlpr and tha -flguree in it, Mrs. Faulder sobbing, Faulder mute with dazed shocks, Joscelyn Ware, white-faced, holding a little crying bundle i.n her arms the' scene had again ' Visualised itself before him. Noel JPalliser had .turned away,' his hark to tha singer and hla brother. One hand had gone to. his face, the fingers biting into the skin, the palm covering tha two parallel scratches that disappeared into bis beard. There was a stare in his eyes. But it was another ,, ' sdene to his brother's that had visualised before him, -. " and the cry in, his'ears was a woman's, not a child's. Irene Palllser's choice of song had, perhaps, been un- consciously influenced by the. nature of her bauntlng thoughts. '. ' - - ..."-' .. ' t She rose from the piano and announced her inten tion of retiring, for the night. A few moments later the brothers were in the smoking room. Noel Palliser been exceedingly a u i c k, mixed himself whisky and soda. The whisky exceeded work, and something or a tn Boda water. Ulive cut the end from a cigar, inrus it between his teeth, but forgot to light u. , "If this tramp theory is correct," he said, reverting abruptly to what was preying, on his mind, "the man'a capture" should only; be a matter of -hours. An In. dividual of tht class , is easily Identified. - He may, know the country; be able to hide temporartty,but he has not got the facilities of an ordinary man to make good hla escape. I'm due in town tomorrow, but I shall tay,here, Noel; sea it through, auena wi ".. to a fortune had anvthlnar to do with Irene's promptness , to changaher estate., Afterthe wedding, tiive naa vo"u , quests Apart from that mere is ine buiou o.-.; -- . back to England and the many enterprises,. including they 8Ufepenaea you, Noel?" ' 1 Kloaka. i Limited, that absorbed Wm.' Closer acquaint- :,,--so" answered the other. .. anrt' would enable him to form a clearer estimate "Your evidence as to time might be Important. You ef his brother's beautiful wife. In business ba studied w,re ,t the stile about a Quarter past eight. That was men ana women noi so mucn irom a. muim v"v what maaa me asa. view as whether they were fit tools for his purpose or 'not v Had he studied moral character, he would .not have tolerated such a1 person as Mr. Schnelderkopf; but Schnelderkopf was admirable as a kind of travel-: . ing Inspector, and had made some valuable auggestions for reducing tha.worklng expenses of Kiosks, Limited. But Cllve Palliser in the boardroom or his offices waa a different person from Cllve Palliser as a private . Individual. There was a distinct duality about hlra. , Noel'a wife and his future had. momentarily dis tracted Clive's thoughts from tha tragedy , revealed to him at Eldon station, but it Intruded itself, as Noel, before leading the way into the reception room whAe Irene awaited them, turned to him and again asked him,, in a low voice, not W dwell on the ghastly bus- 1 , ineis before his wife. " ,:: :v;vy. j -"VV " ' V His brother's anxiety did not' aeem Unnatural to - him. He nodded his head, but his atrong mouth tight ened after its habit when he had arrived at some de termined decision. Cllve Palliser, the uncrowned king of Eldon, J. P. and prospective ; parliamentary candi- - . date for the division, was' going to. do all in his power.. . to bring the murderer to Justice. Cllve Palliser,' the buman man. vividly recalling the scene in Faulder's : eottage, waa equally determined to he-responsible for the murdered woman's child, unless it should be shown ' to him conclusively that the child' future was assured, ' and that the child himself would be well taken care of. TTRenxnef6Iloived""his brother Into" the i reception" " rofini, where- Irene awaited them, her evening gown a "dream'Vas women put it that displayed her superb figure to perfection. She was a dark-eyed, red-lipped woman, her eyes proclaiming a passionate1 , nature, ,At twenty-six years of age she , was at the tenl.th of her , charm, but there were other strains to her; nature be- sides the .passionate one ambition and vanity among ..them. ..'::, :""v'v"::--V,' :', lvA . Cllve ahook. hands and spoke, a few quiet, sincere wbrds of welcome, acknowledging fo himself her phys The man'a logical brain was at workj Ha began to pace tha room. ' If I'm not satlsned as to the future of the, child. I shall hold myself personally responsible." ' vHe was voicing his thoughts aloud now.. -V ' v - Chlldersr-Childers Chlldersr . ; He , repeated the name three times questioningly. as if trying to recall something associated with it; but the effort was a failure.-' , ' .....-- . - "I think I shall turn in," said Noel after a pause, and tilted more, whl?ky into hia glass, as if the pro portions were not yet correct' He emptied the glass at a draught. v.; , - Cllve held out his hand.- ' ' -"Good night, Noel. "Tm sorry this tragedy, should have cast a shadow over your homecoming". -Good night, Cllve, old chap. You've been molt u awfully decent .'.:.''( t. . - , .. "Justify my hope in you, Noel!" The blood-tie was strong, and, aver had been with the PaJllsera, Cllva V spoke with suppressed emotion. "You've 'a straight,, clear road before you." , ..Noel's eyes were steady, but looking past "his brother,' the' brother who was already beginning to play the part of detective tentatively. " Tou have consolation at least' in the thought thatVou were fo her her friend not against her.' ' CHAPTER VII . : 1 N THE following morning Miss Summers was marked "absent" on the time sheet Of tha Kiosk tea shob ln the-Strand.,. . .' Joscelyn Ware had passed a sleepless night. She had'made no attempt 'to go to. bed. After Cllve Palllser's departure . Sergeant Robbins had returned to the cottage and asked her a number of questions She had: gathered that she would be wanted at the inquest, if only to give formal evidence on the subject of the' murdered woman's Identity., The sergeant had- 0 leal attractions.- Noel stood-by. feasting his eyes on ...tnM hi that the motive for the crime. bad been rob ber. She evidently obsessed her husband, and sight of bery. The police were pn the. track of a tramp. Soma ; her seemed to nave dismissed hia anxiety of a ew facts 'are. beet set down baldly; ,the penls unequal . moments before. , . .-"-.to tha escriptipnlof nvch emotions, as Joscelyn en-' ,;.. "J'm 'quite; In- lova with Eldon.". she said . to. CliveJ,,. dured.:YetShe bad listened and comprehended The !1fi 1ich a" peaceful.-' sweet, old-world place," - She first blur and fog of daied horror and grief had yielded gave a little shiver, that caused a, scintillation of the diamonds about her white, satin-akinned throat., "But Its peacefulness makes the dreadful tragedy seem all the more hideous. It quite haunts me. Do you know, Cllve, that when we motored past Faulder's cottage . yesterday that poor young woman was standing in the porch as Noel called my attention to the picturesque i little place. She looked a girl from the glimpse I had of her and somehow with her fair hair looked in har."" mony with the cottage, the creeper-clad porclt'V "It is terrible," answered CUve. i . . Ana i understand that the poor creature has left to a painful, acute clearness I mina, ana ine clearer the mind the more Intense the capacity for suffering or Joy. During the night Joseelyn's one distraction, and that In the nature of a aacred duty,s was tending Lily Childers'-Child; ' A baby only a few weeks old re. quires constant attention. There is a latent mother in every true woman. Dawn had not long 'broken when Mrs. .Faulder came Into the parlor with a cup of tea for Joscelyn, The good soul was inclined to be garrulous Jn her taken any such liberty, but I was more afraid of Tom, but I drove It home to him in a good talking to," As a matter of fact Mr. Faulder was a silent man, It was Mrs. Faulder who did the talking, whose tongue occasionally tripped, though never In unkindly fashion. "'It was Hugh rM Joscelyn again repeated the words, but this time silently. Then she pressed her "hands tightly to her forehead, as Jit trying to. concentrate her thoughts. ' Just. ,for. a 'moment a possibility had half shaped in' ber mind. The next lnfctant. she had dismissed it as beyond the bounds of even probability. Yet she had .wondered w v :' ' ' ' ' "v1 -7 She rose up qulcWy. ,Her ears had caught a cr from upstairs,' a cry proclaiming a waking, hungry infant. . Another bottle was due. . : ,; ' She waa bugy with the spirit lamp, milk, barley water and, sugar-of -milk and other articles and ac cessories associated with infantile dietary, when she beard a motorcar rush up and stop outside the cottage. Her nerves and : emotions were highly strung. She hurried to the lead latticed .window in" the thlc"k wall. .Mr CUve Palliser Jiad quitted the stationary car. Mrs. Faulder; could have told, hen that Mr. CUve, like the late Sir John, was credited with rising every morning at 6 o'clock, and, with the aid of secretaries and type t writers, dispatching hundreds of letters before break fast , " . '. On the previous evening Joseelyn's senses had been blurred. ' She -had been grateful to the man who had rendered her practical, quietly sympathetic assistance. He had not been the obnoxious personality, the .divl- folded his arms and looked out. He bad not gone -'myself solely with, the financial side, but I shall be re- : eponaiDie ror it . ' , ., -".-' 'Joscelyn was still wearing the black stuff- dress!, cut . so as to clear the ground, that -was insisted by the regu lations of Kiosks, Limited. But she had discarded cap.' cuffs and apron before leaving the teashop in the Strand on the previous evening. CUve Palliser had noted the cut and style of the workmanlike gown,-but it was not distinctive enough to identify her with the company he managed. Such a style of dress was common to drapers'' establishments as weir as'teashops and restaurants. Some business meft insisted that their women 'clerks and typ ists should dress In thja way. S But those eyes of his were observant, nd be had deduced from her dress that she was a woman who worked for her living. A sudden feeling, a kind of Jealousy and pride mix?d. .possessed Joscelyn, bred of her Independence and the , latent motherhood within her. , Yet she recognised the "cacy, the fine feeling, behind the man's words. vyou're most good,' she answered, hesitating a little. "But I have made "up my mind to take all the restoni. . : blllty." ' ' ,v . r". . .;. . : i . "There is such a thing as false pride," he said, la his quiet but plain-speaking way,: He never hesitated to call a ssadd a spade. ."Of course, I'm speaking in the dark largely. I don't know the circumstances of your , life. But, all well,, the child will grow up. : The question tgt schooling, an' education to fit him for the battle of , "life, the choice of a career, and so on, will all come along in their ue course. A godfather'a duties may be differ ent, but consider hem as essential', sa a godmother' i at all events, in the case of a boy.' I shall constitute my. , self the jwy's godfather." ' The domestic 'side "of the man's ' nature had never been stimulated before. The ambition t go better thaa every one else, make a success of everything he handled, had absorbed him hitherto.' ;t Joscelyn was silent. She was "up against a atronger character than her own. ,She asked herself quick ques v Uona What right had her pride and her preconceived notions of this ,raan to interfere with the chlld'a future. ,. T6 combat this offer would be almost criminal. She was ; a hard-working journalist, entirely dependent on her ef forts. She was not thinking of herself and the self denial that her resolve might entail; but she saw the " falsity of the position, in relation to the well-being of Lily Childers' child, that pride andealousy and a sub t consciousness of the njan's position: and methods In busi ness had tempted her to take up. .,-..v;,k.;i-v-i.::- .. j "That is, settled," he went on. "Believe" iner I shall not attempt to interfere11 with your province. "But you wlll tell me your plana, and don't let your pride take offense. All expenses associated with the ohild from this moment are my business. .Don't misunderstand me. I'm a business man, and I have a way of speaking In a burslnessUke manner; but I recognize the solemnity ef . the occasion, and hty Intention is a very1 solemn one." He was playing, havoc with' Joseelyn's precon ceived notions. For a moment she looked at him. There waa not much outward expression pn hla strik ing face. Was this the man who was privy to tha overworking and underpaying of women, who had to bed on the previous night after Noel retired. Tha police were slow-coaches. II had been born to doml-- drawn , up a code of tyrannous rules, -who employed rate, take the lead., They were used to him at Eldon Hall, anij the sleepy chauffeur, on the point of retir ing to bed, had cursed under his breath on receipt of a telephone message to come round at once with, a car. , Cllve Palliser had driven to the, local police atation.l. a,nd from that moment ' fhustle" i had been the order of tha night. Word had just come in? that uch a character as Schnelderkopf? He must be a Rind of r. Jekyu and Mr, Hyde. And then a feeling of Intense discomfort, "a sense that ' somehow she was playing an underhand game, .gripped her. Here. In Eldon. she was entering Into a kind of sacred alliance with the man whom ahe was s about to attack -In the pages; of -itha f Daily: DlaliKThe "dilemma had a tramp,, answering to the description of the wanted presented itself .to her, but only In a fleeting way, grief and sympathy, to 'recall reminiscenuy every in- , jend-grinding capltalist-ogrO she had conceived him LIUt'lITt ' aDVVBiUU w a.a J rf vv tn Vv a little baby behind her.T You know, we had a sergeant the previous afte'rnoon. bearing Joscelyn, Lily and her child pame into view, on of police here today. . He found a cigar in the a-rass. mat makes It all tha more terribla- to me. Noel could i' . , v" ""ufnu "uci jruniser, - me BUD- Jertt Is far too harrowing to discuss at thia time of . But the horror of the thing had laid hold of her "And when I Joined Noel after dinner," she went on "in the grounds, we penetrated Into the copse. We heard nothing, yet perhaps actually whtte we were there-".,.. , "I was telling Cllve how you managed to ret ' tangled up with the barbed wire'" ,V'",lea Kti Noel Palliser seemed bent on changing the sublect His brother came to his assistance. He had a dominat ing way with him. , v "Irene." he said,' sirpplnir an arm n h.wJ i. . fashion that 'Was both dictatorial and brotherlv "I I and Faulder," she said,' in this reminiscent way. were standing at the gate, not for a moment giving wiin me poor tning. it his wife had. passed that he cried, and there she was, tying in a ramt-on tne porcn.-'. not have been so far away fromJwhere tha dreadful thought of anything wrong thing waa done-". - - was only after Mr Noel and , My dear Irene." Interrupted Noel Palliser, ,the sub- ' Tom turned. Lor', mlasusl' IniMlvn hd heard alreadv of this falntinr frftm patn, naa Deen responsmie ror some ,nr ,oo Mrs.Faufder in &YvSKt VaVSiplwai gStPbS ""; r f5eTe!l5hTl1 t.V ZVn mada Lily. Childers. had been In dalloafa health since the S i?' ??r"?i H1, ?Wdtll li to be from Lily Childers' description' and her own, in vestigation into the. methods of Kiosks, Limited. But at this moment, as she watched him, she felt she bated' binu She was v frightfully : overwrought Lily 'Childers' whole past Wyed Itself .before her vividly, and this man now , passing up the garden ; nath. had been resoonslble for some of , her deaa man, had been aeen by a boy" on the outskirts of Hanfleld Woods, some twenty " miles away, Cllve Palliser : had hustled Sergeant Robblna into his car and driven off. He had arrived to find a search in progress, but raggedly organized. Organization waa' bis forte. He had taken the matter in hand, in his Napoleonic way. He hlniself,. Carrying a stable lan tern, had found the man, huddled up In a drunken or exhausted' sleep, in the trunk of a hollow tree. - .-. Now, as he looked out of the window, he was ex periencing grim satisfaction. The , human tragedy remained, and he had not lost sight of, it It waa that which . had brought him to Faulder's cottage, : . But-at-the. same . time Justlce.and, the "good .of ..the A community demanded the arrest of the" brutal animal, promptly. And It was accomplished. , The man waa under, lock and key. lie' would be brought up at the Inquest, when Clive Palliser. J. P., would occupy an unofficial seat ' beside the coroner. He had 'not returned to Eldon Hall before coming to the, cottage. It was early, .but he had argued that sleep would have been a stranger to the place. But he would be back in-time to take his tub, array himself properly, and breakfast with Noel and his - wife. He half smiled. ' Noel had never acquired the virtue of early rising. Then his face went grim again. He had a busy man's dislike of being kept waiting. . He was unconsciously expressing impatience by beating tim with a foot, when the aound of some one entering tha "jerkily, Tkl- .... ., .V, . I , 1 . . . . u,B nM.fiui , iiuiq j,u WUI4I. WUS Its SOimiOn ,J'' . "When you have made your plans, you will lea me know." he continued. , He lowered .bis voloa, "You have heard of the arrest?" v "Yes." ' Horror found expression on 'her face. ."I wish you-could have been spared tha pain ot the inquest" He paused. "The name 'Childers' la somehow familiar to me; but I cannot associate it with .anything definite. Who who was ber, hus band?" . . " "A man-called Hugh Childers." Joscelyn pok stralnedly. Suicide bad not atoned in her sight for his' cruelty. .y.-,..,., .....'..,',.fc,..y'w--.She' had furnished the missing link. . , "Hugh Childers," v repeated Cllve Palliser quickly, "The Childers who" , . ' He stopped. He had remembered the case ef the long-firm swindler who had committed suicide in h e offices In Chancery Lane. After that It was eay to draw a quick picture, ot the tragedy of the murdered woman's life. , "He waa her husband." he added mora 'to hlnn!f than to Joscelyn. Then he crossed suddenly to the window and looked out, his back turned to Josoelyn. Not .rudeness, but the action of a man obsessed by thoughts. He. turned after some seconds. , . "You were her; friend throughout," he said rathf L.. l u uiu . - - i tnr aunahtnii unit tne world and mis man naa neiuBv, "If only I'd not let her go out afterward 1 But she t0 r",her of it whtle she livedo In a,much'lessert said the fresh air would do her good." degree than the scoundrel of a husband, whose sui- Mrs. Faulder wrung, her hands remorsefully. Then cW had "ot atoned In . the least . for thls cruelt in she harked back In her inconsequent way. JoaceU-n's eyes but .she regarded the chairman .and "She was some while coming round, and when she managing director of Kiosks, .Limited,., as having been did, poor thingmore llkie a girl than a mother she' party to the conspiracy against the dead woman dur pmd to me she wandered ..in her. mind. an-fAiir vim ' in' her. lifetime, v'v, ''''i- ':i-v:-.-'i-":j"'..'4-l'-v;''..ir' wander when they're betwixt and between, so to sneak. f he beard Mrs. Faulder coming .up the stairs. I"lr vou see him? she keDt on murmnrlnar " , "Mr. Cllve"' said the , latter, , in hushed tones ' ot ; want you to sing to us. No, not grand ooera-lnr Y'wi ' 1 Joscelyn would have much rather been epared' all "respect, "would like to -see you. Andr-oh, Miss Ware- songs. Something simple and of this country " , " this. She naa oeen on tne point or covering over her the trai iie Knew ner to oe a orunant musician. Taking her to the piano, he opened It for her. She Improvised a few chords, and seemed at a loss for a song Then the chords changed and suggested, the air of "On the Banks of Allan Water." vi w" ln" Hardly a happy selection? but' she broke into the of a woman's betrayal, simply told, wedded to a elm oil But. Mrs. Faulder heard, and It, stimulated, her to melody-of great pathos and beauty. pf . proceed with her recital, from which, dearest soul in , - . :. ...... (h. ii.,M IhAiirh ana wa, ah. unniikt.jl- .k..i..j ears -with her' hands. This was. the-tlrst time Mrs. Faulder had given a detailed account of the ni.nda But she checked the movement ot "ber hands to her pained ears. Her senses were no longer blurred, but acute. , ..;..'-,'.''-, ... .... , - "Did you see himf " . She repeated th words, ha. nerseti.- iramn'i been tookl" The words gave Joncelyn something In the nature of a1 shock, but hardly afforded her satisfaction. The trag edy remained. Lily" Childers Was beyond recall to life.' All the punishment that the law might -mete out to her murderer would not-atone for the Irrevocable: past The law demands a life for a life.-. Justice Is dower ut wethtwar uaaoas.- "On the banks of Allan Water,1 There a corse lay she!" The aong was ended. Clive Palliser had folded hla arms. Ills strong. something in the nature of morbid satisfaction. "'It was Hugh!' , the poor thing went , on. And I ' Just tried to coax her Into hel- senses again. They'd " been nobody in sight when she fainted, but Mr.- Noel . and his wife were passing In-that great motorcar. 'It - Some such thoughts as these ., passed through Joseelyn's mind. Possibly Mr. Clive Palliser wished to see her In order to give ' her particulars' of - the capture.1 thinking that it might give herome ktnd of satisfaction. But" fhe -.would rather be epared . the detail. It was; right and essential that the inhuman monster should be tnken and put to deaih, but -. v Joacelyn hid her face in her hands. There was room Rwune him round. it Vas Joscelyn, Ware. His second message had : been .more effective. He-crossed to her with an out- stretched hand. Her slight hesitation was due to a sudden Intrusion of .remembrances of Lily Childers' association with Kiosks, Limited, and her own brief experience, as well as certain hard facts apart from personal ..experiences that she had accumulated with a view to her articles for the Dally Dial. But the ' hesitation was hardly notlcea.ble. It would have been ' ungracious, churlish, to have refused to have shaken hands It would have been carrying principles to an absurd point. . She owed him a debt of gratitude for , his conduct on the previous night.: The Ysecond mes sage had explained the reaaon of his . coming, and proved the, existence, of his humanity. . Joscelyn Ware possessed the vlrtues- as well as the faults of an impulsive, quixotic temperament' ' , There was something very strong and , sincere, very expressive, about, his handgrip. It satd' much more than many words., He had come to help, take command 1 of the " situation, relieve her as far an possible of allJ responsibility. And as well as all this, his napdgrip expressed deep, numan sympath j - ' josceiyn-eit . tnis. i tier senses ft blurred to an nltnost unnattirallv .analyzing her : feellntts, , but he, was - unconsciously compelling her admiration, though she was not aware of -. the-fai't at this moment; - Sh -'-had preconceived the character of the managitig director T Kiosks, and now she had come in - artilai - contact with him, ha -.was "upsetting her'preooriceived. estimate.. ' "It is about the child," he said., "I : don't want to pain you with unnecessary questions. I I don'l ' ' , , Her hands went quickly to her eyes, 1 One sharo. convulsive sob came from her. "I cannot tell you the full, - tragio Itory of her life now," she choked out. . ,v But It all crowded before her. The 'man Under stood. Her words, that one dry, - choking sob, h1 caused' Ills strpng mouth to twitch' and twlat. He crossed, to her, and spoke In rather labored fashlop. ' ' ' : " ' . "You .have consolation' at least t In . the thouifin that you were for her her friend not acalnst tu r." He had a rather elliptic way tf Speaking ii ,t he was right,, though he spoke without actual kiiinv,. edge of all that JoscelVn Vare had been to tha went girl woman. Then lie turned abr.ifiMy, He reach id the door a Sergeant Itobblns entered, i "What is It?" he said in a low, curt tone. , . .."It's a question, air."- said the .sergeant, - with aS uncomfortable glance at Joscelyn, who still kept hr face covered, "whether Misi Ware van. identify tt. brooch." ' - . ,, N. A woman small gold nroorn. as wen a a frm hirt nsin 7A'm In' gold and si.ver. had been dlsv-red on the r acute state. swhen aeare hed at Eldon nollre sistlon, t wm w lag-two-xoata and,, acy ef -. JHts i; v.'.", af'.i" tc-'- ' ner of hla breed, an' ie inoi.i . i. hidden about him, had taken ..Koine findi- a, .., Palliser had been" acquainted with th di'nfy ' Joscelyn heard, took her hands-from ,lir ( and turned. She looked at -the broot.h. "Yea It belonged to her." . ' (contim.'i::i xu.vr n.-voAy -., ..