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„ CX-.'-'V-1 - .* A . C O N A N O O Y L ff C H A P T E R X X .— I Continued.) " O f course. What could be more de lightfully simple? Friead Burt here dose bis work ; we carry her through the gar den gate, and lay bee on the darkest part o f the rails. Then we miss her at the bouse. There to an alarm and a w arch. The gate is found open. W e nat urally go through with ¡autern*, and find her on the line. I don't think we need fear the oo’ , ' er, or any one else, then?” ’’ lie 's a *.a rp ’un. is the guv’nor,’ cried Burt, slapping his thigh enthusias tically. “ I t ’s the downiest lay 1 have heard this many a day.” ' “ Mr. Burt can do his part o f the busi ness out o f doors. We can entire her out upon some excuse. There is no rea son why any one should have a suspicion o f the truth." “ Hut they know that she is not mad.’ “ They will think that she did it .on purpose. The secret will be locked up In our three breasts. A fter one night’s work our friend here goes to the colo nies as a prosperous man, and the firm o f Girdlestone bolds up its bead once more, stainless and irreproachable.” “ Speak lo w !” said Earn, in a whisper. " I hear her coming downstairs." They listened to her light springy footstep as It passed the door. “ Gome here, B art,” he said, after a pause. “ She is at work ou the lawn. Gome and have a look at her.” They all Went over to the W indow and (coked out. It waa then that Kate, glanc ing up, saw the three cruel faces survey ing her. “ She’s a rare, well-built ’un,” said Burt, ns he stepped back from the win dow. “ It to the ugliest job as ever I was on.” “ But we can rely upon yon?” Girdle- stone asked, looking at him with puck ered eye*. f “ You bet— as long as yon pay me,” the •a rv y answered phlegmatically. C H A P T E R X X I. The grey winter evening was beginning to ate*! in before the detail* had all been ai ranged by the conspirators. I t had grown so chill that K ate had abandoned her attempt at gardening, and had gone back to her room. Ears left his father and B art by the fire and came out to the •pen hall door. The grim old trees looked gaunt and aerie aa they waved their naked arms about in the cutting wind. A slight fo g had come np from the sea nad Iny in light wreaths over the upper brunches like n thin veil o f ganse. Kara waa shiv ering aa he surveyed the dreary scene, felt a hand on his arm, and looking round •aw that the maid Rebecco waa standing beside him. --Tr and crannies o f the old house. \Yh« were her friends coming? Perhaps m is , 1 thing had «w a rred to detain them to-day. j T k h morning sfleh a thing Woold have ap- I peered to her. to be sq.im possibility, but now that the time had come when she had expected them, it appeared probable enough that something might have delay ed them. To-morrow at latent they could j not fa il to come. She wondered what they would do If they did arrive. Would they come boldly up the avenue and claim bet from the Girdle«tones, or would they endeavor to communicate with her first? j W hatever they decided upon would bo ; sure to be for the beet. She went to the window once and look ed out. It promised to be a wild night. I P ar away In the southwest lay a great cumulus o f rugged clouds from which dark streamers radiated over the sky, like the advance guard o f an army. Here and there a psfc «ta r twinkled dimly out through the rifts, hut the greater part o f the heavens was black and tkreatening. It was so dark that she could no longer see the sea. but the crashing, booming sound o f the great waves filled the air and the salt spray .cam* , driving in through the open' window. . She shut it and resumed her seat by the 'fire, shivering parity from cold and partly from some vague presentiment o f eviC An hour or more had passed when she heard a step upon the stairs and a knock came to her door. I t was Rebecca, with a cup o f tea upou a tray and some bread and butter. K a te was grateful at this at tention, for it aaved her from having to go down to the dining room and faee K ira and his unpleasant looking companion. Rebecca laid down the tray, j^nd then to her mistress’ surprise turned back and shut the door, g i b e girl’s face was very pale, and her manner waa mild and ex cited. “ Here's a note for, you,” she said. “ It was given Mrs. Jorrocks to give you, bat I am better at climbing stairs than she .to. so I brought it up.” She handed K a te a little slip o f paper aa she spoke. A note for h er! Could it be that her friends had arrived and had managed to send a message to her? It must be so. , She took it from the maid. Aa she did so she noticed that her hands were shsk- inp as though she had the ague. “ You are not well, Rebecca,” said Kate, kmdly. J “ Oh, yea, I am. You read your note and don’t mind me,” the girl answered in her usual surly fashion. Instead o f leav ing the room she was bustling about the bed as though putting things in order. K ate's impatience waa too great to allow her to wait, so she untwisted the paper, which had no seal or fastening. She bad hoped in her heart to see the name o f her lover at the end o f it. Instead o f that her eye' fell upon the signature o f Ears G ir dlestone. W hat could he have to say to hrr? She moved the solitary candle on to the mantelpiece, and read the follow ing note roughly scribbled upon a coarse piece o f paper : “ M y Dear Miss Ha rat on— I am afraid yonr confinement here has been Very irk some to yon. I have repeatedly requested my father to alleviate or modify it, but he has invariably refused. A s he still per- i in his refnaal, I wish to offer you my aid, and to show you that I am your sincere friend i f spite o f all that has passed, if you could slip out to-night at nine o’clock add meet mo by the withered oak at the head o f the avenue, I shall see you safe to Beds worth, and you can, if you wish, go on to Portsmouth by the next train. I Shall manage eo that you may find the door opefc by that time. I shall not, o f course, go to Portsmouth “ H aven't yon got one word for me?” with you, but shall return here a fter drop •hr said sadly, looking up Into his face. ping you at the station. I do this small “ I t ’s but once a week, and then never a tkiug to show yon that, hopeless aa it may word o f greeting.” be, the affection which 1 bear you to still * “ I didn't see you, my lass£ Esra an as deep as ever. Yours, E. Girdlestone.” swered. “ How does the Priory suit you?" Our heroine was so surprised at tl}to “ One place to the same as another to epistle that she sat fo r some time dang me,” she said drearily. “ You aaked me ling the slip o f paper between her fingers to come here and I have come. Yon said and lost in thought. When she glanced once that yon would let me know how 1 round, Rebecca had left the room. She could serve you down here. When am 1 rolled the paper np and threw it into the to know T t fire. Exra, then, was not so hard-hearted “ W hy, there’s no secret about that. as she had thought him. H e bad used You do serve me when you look after my hi« influence to soften his father. Should father as you have done these weeks she- accept this chance o f escape, or should back. That old woman isn’t fit to man she aw ait some word from her friends? Perhaps they were already in Bed*worth, age the whole place by herself.” , “ That wasn’ t what you m eant but did not know how to communicate though,” said the girt, looking at him with with her. I f eo, this offer o f Esra’s was questioning eyes “ I remember your face just what waa needed. In any case, she ro w as you spoke the words. You had could go on to Portsmouth and telegraph something on yonr mind, and have now, from there to the Dimedales. I t was too only yon keep it to yourself. W hy won’t good an offer to be refused. She made up her mind that the would accept it. It you trust me with it? " ” 1 have a great deal to w orry me in was past eight now and nine was the business matters. Much good it would hour. She stood np with t^e intention o f putting on her cloak and bonnet. do telling you about them !” “ I t ’s more than th a t” said Rebecca, doggedly. “ W ho to that man who has C H A PTE R X X II. cctne down?” Esra and his father had composed the “ A business man from London. H e has letter together, and the former handed it come to consult my father about money to Mrs. Jorrocke, with a request that she I t chanced, however, Blatters. Any more questions you would should deliver it. that Rebecca, keenly alive to any attempt like to a a k r “ I should like to know how long we at communication between the young mer are to be kept down here, and what the chant and aiistreea, saw the crone hob bling down the passage with the note in meaning o f It all may be.” “ W e are going back before the end o f her hand. “ W hat’* that, mother?” the aaked. the winter, and the meaning o f it to that “ It ’a a letter for her,” wheezed the old kttoa Mars ton was not well and needed a' change o f air. Now, are yon satisfied ? ’ ■woman, nodding hdr tremulous head In H e waa determined to allay as fa r as pos the direction o f K ate’a room. “ I ’ll take it up,” said Rebecca eagerly. sible any auspicious -that the girl might “ I am just going up there with her tea.” have previously formed. “ Thank ye. Them etairs trie* my rheu- “ And what brings you down here?” she arked with the same searching look. “ You matis something eruel.” The maid took the note and carried It don’t come- down in t o ’this hole without some good reason. I did think at first upstair«. Instead o f taking it straight to that you might come down In order to aee her mistress she slipped into her own me, but you soon showed me that it room and read every word o f U. It ap wasn’t that. There waa a time when yon peared to confirm her worst suspicions. Here was Esra asking an interview with was fond o f me.” the woman whom be had assured her that “ S o I am now, lam.” “ Aye. very fon d ! N ot a word nor a he bated. I t was -true that the request look from yon last time you came. You was made in measured words and on a N o doubt that waa most have some reason, though, that plausible pretext. merely to deceive any other eye which brings you here.“ “ There’s nothing wonderful in a man might rest upon i t There was an under standing between them, and this waa an coming to aee his own father.” “ Much yon cared for him in London,” assignation. The girl walked sw iftly up she cried with a shrill laugh. “ I f be waa and down the .room like a caged tigress, under the sod yon would not be the sad striking her bead with her clenched hands der. I t ’s my belief as yon come down in her anger, and biting her lip until j blood came. I t waa some time before «he a fter that doll-faced mtoey upstair*.” * Aa the light faded and the grey o f could overcome her agitation sufficiently evening deepened into darkness K a te sat to deliver the note, and when she did so patiently In her bare little room. A coal her mistress, as we have seen, noticed that fire sputtered and sparkled In the rusty her manner waa nervous and wild. She grate, and there was a tin bucket full o f little dreamed o f the struggle which was coals beside the fender from which to ro- going on in the dark-eyed girl’s mind plentoh It. 8b# was very cold, ee she against the impulse which urged her to drew her single chair up to the blase and i d l e her im agined-rival by the white held her hnn.to over It. I t was a loneoome throat and choke the life out o f her. “ I t ’e eight o’clock now,” Esra was say vigil, while the wind • o f the ing downstairs. ” 1 wonder whether she la the crocks will some?” “ lil 41'iWs» I p mi b rW jr. * • . ' “ Suppose bln1 didn’t?” 1 v A T R IC K O f M E M O R Y . “ In that c w f we s h fiM find other mean« to bring bar oat. W e haivq not gone so fa r to break doqrn over a. trifle at the last moment.” h fa u o ry is o n t o f th * m ost useful “ 1 (eel aa cold ae ice and as nervous and leaat tru stw orth y o f our facu lties. as a cat. 1 can't understand how you “ I m ind It w e d , hut I hae m a Hoots o’ look so unconcerned. I f yon were going ma m ind ! " said a canny Scotchman la to ei^ta an Invoice or audit an account or th e w itness box. A w holesom e ch arity anything else in the way of buainank you fo r th * m istakes o f others w as learned could not take it more calmly. I wish the time would come. Th is w aiting 1« terrible." Kara, leaning back In his chair with the firelight dickering over his haggard but still handsome (ace, looked acrnee at hla father with a puasled expresamn. H e bad aever yet been able to detaUbdne whether the old man was a conauwaste hjpocrite or a religious mouomaniac. Burt lay with hie feet in the light o f th e. fire and his head sunk back across the arm of the chair, fast asleep and snoring loudly. “ isn’t It time tor, wake him u p ?" Bara asked, interrupting the reading. V i“ “ Yea, 1 think it is,” bis father answer- w ell "be but p f the w ò rid aa ou t o f thè fty le , - yo u know. O f c o u rt* th ey’re sw eet and p retty and fra g ra n t, and M l th at.” ah* said, g iv in g them a vigorou s ■hake, as though they needed a course In gym nastics. “ B u t w h o w an ts aay* th in g lib * that, indeed? yea, “ Oh, som etim es soma men, the old-fashioned kind, th a t w eg y silk h a t* and say ‘thank you ,' occasionally buy them, and then*, too, w hen a g ir l la la m ourning and c a n t w e a r an yth in g else, there la a aligh t dem and, hut to send vio lets to a g ir l” — ah * held up ber hand* In horror. “ W h y, I am su r* she’d g iv e them to th * cook ." lik * r “ W e ll, w h a t d o th ey I asked, f o r an sw er I w as trea ted to a glance th a t w ou ld h a ve, been a c re d it to as em igra n t Inspector. , “ L ik e ? “ echoed sharp-eyed Sybil “ W h y, an yth in g that stands out, shows o f f ; lets everyb od y know th at you’re arearing them , sp ea k s. fo r them aelv*s ; tb a t’a w h a t they w a n t ” * She sw èpt by a bow er o f rosea, dusky w ith v e lv e t beauty, dud pointed to a g re a t patch o f gau dy orchids. 1494— Jamaica discovered by Columbus and named St. Jago by him. 1682— Queen M ary I I . o f England born. 1970— The Hudson’s Bay formed la England. Company 1707— Legislative union fit England and Scotland put into effort. “ T h e re f th ere !” she exclaim ed. 1775— T h e Quebec A ct became law, pro “ T h a t’s the kind that m akes the b it ; viding fo r the government o f Opn- Just look a t them. T h e re w on’t be one •da by Governor and Council. le ft a fte r the hall to-night. O f course. 1779— Adoption o f the P in a Trod flag by I ’ll h a ve t o fa ll hack' on th e roses to ; great and general cotfrt o f Masaacbu- help out. but I t ’ll be those bright ones there,” she pointed to a crim son blot ' 1788— Maryland ratified the Constitution stain in g sprue snow -w hite hyacinths tn o f the United States. the case beyond. “ Ton,know , she eon- 1806— Spanish organised a revolt against tided, “ I do believe some g ir ls w ould N a p o leo n .. . .Charlea IY . o f Spain w ea r sunflowers I f th ey w e re on ly fash abdicated in favor o f B o n a p a rte.. . . ionable. Th ose chrysanthem um s and Union Temperance Society formed b righ t flow ers d o m ake an a w fu l bit. In Saratoga connty. N ew York, this and as fo r orchids"'— I fo llo w e d her being the beginning o f the Prohibi tion movement in the United States. fo refin g er try in g to find some m ythical m eaning oth er than a loud pfea fo r 1827— French National Guard disbanded. d o lla rs and cents. “ Those, o f course. 1854— F irst railroad opened in BrasiL 1856— Montmorency bridge fell. 1859— Colorado river expedition ended. 1.805— S ir Samuel Cunard, founder o f the Cnnard steamship line, died. 1877*—Occupation o f Bayaaid by the Rus sians. 1878— First elevated trains run on Third avenue la N ew York City. ‘ 881— F irst sod turned in th* const rue- tion o f th* Canadian Pacific railway. 1882— Charles 8. Parnell, the Irish lead er, released from Kilm alabam Jail. 1885— Col. O tter attacked the Canadian rebels a t Out K n ife Creek. . T h r ift y fr e n c h 'm e n and wom en m ake tid y sums o f m oney rea rin g An gora rabbits, and sailin g th e ir h a ir o r fleece, w hich la w oven Into a su perior q u a lity o f cloth much lik e silk, and la w orn n ex t the akin by thorn afflicted w ith rheum atism , w h o say th ey d e riv e beneficial results. T h e better the anim al la nourished and cared fo r, the lodger, £ n e r and th ick er la the hair. T h e rabbits a re also consumed fo r food. I t la m id th a t w ith p rop er ca re each rabbit m a y be m ade to y ie ld a net p ro fit Of th ree d ollars a year, and th e occupation la v e r y pleasant. 1888— H enry M. Stanley found Emin Pasha on the shores o f A lbert N y 1894— Many Uvea loot by eartbquakea In Venesuol«....International blmetal- 11c oonfereoce met in London. 1896— Bpaatoh fleot destroyed tn battto o f M anila bny. 1906— Landalide at Frank, B. C„ the Jsss of ssventy-flve Uvea. 1909— A acoce of Hvea lost in a at Larodo, Texas.., .Steamer Falk ff Lands End, wlth Ions oi “ V iolets.” she shook b t r head, “ beau 100 Uvejx tifu l and fra g ra n t and ten d erly sincere. 1907— Attemptod smafeinatjon of I W * I f you like, but old-fashioned, dread dent Cabrem of Oustemals. o f a ll." They both hurried out, and found Burt h * rem em bered the fu lly old-fashioned, and not even to be standing In front o f the floor. It was ' H * rwn* “ ber* 1 blowing half a gale now, and the wind 'flroumatance w ell. -tnrm ln* considered, you know .” was bitterly cold. There c a m a melaa- H a d be an y recollection o f s t o p p g choly rasping and rustling from the leaf- an yw h ere else? Scratching bfc grlxsled C A T H E D R A L K A D I O ff M A T C H E S . leas wood, and every now and again a bead, he » lo w ly retraced the course, A coni m iner nam ed W ilh elm L e m •harp crackling sound would an n ou n ce'p n d then m id , "W h y , y e s ! W e stopped that some rotten branch bad come crash* L a t th e bakeehop on the corner o f 3d p e rt* a rriv e d h e r« a fe w d ays ago w ith ing down. The clouds drovd acroes the street, and you w ent I n !" a cath ed ral— a cathedral m ade of face o f the moon, eo that at time» the H e re waa the clew. A hasty vlk lt to matches. H e cam e fro m P o rt A rthu r, cold, clear light »ilvered th* dark wood j tbe bak ery revealed the new »p a p er bon- T ex a s, w h ere h e bad been em ployed anfl the oM m ona»ter, while at other. _ t-efc#d a w a y ^ . fcigh .b e lt, w ith a n tll recently. T h e cath edra} repre all was plunged in darkness, ir o m the lou, contents undisturbed. sents tw o y e a r* o f Lem pertx’s labor, open door a broad golden.bar waa »hot v . __ across the lawn from the' lamp In th* T h e r e It had stood fo r a fortn igh t, such pain stakin g labor as fe w men are hall. The three figure, with their long w h ile a w om an and a half-doxen men capable o f perform fhg. Construction work on the line o f th* fantastic shadows looked eerie and an oat* w e re sta yin g a w a k e by night ana fret- F o r 20 years te m p e rts has been A Erie and Jersey road and the Geueeaee oral in the yellow glare. tin g by day, accusing each oth er o f coal miner. H e w orked In the mines R iv e r road la being pushed rapidly- , “ W hat if »he fails to co m er’ ly in g and stealing, a ll because one o f G erm an y and A m erica, but a fe w I The South Dakota railroad and ware- From the »pot where they stood tbay w om an’s Intention got ahead o f her years ago he had to g iv e up jo in in g on bousr commission ha« decided to order had a view o f the whole o f the Priory, p erform an ce and Im printed a lie on - ---------------- j— i _ - j freight rates reduced weef o f the Missouri K a te could not come out without betag jb * tablets o f her memory.— Y o u th ’s 1 l('M" 1 ■ . . " " " i ' Nver. A new tariff is now being worked out. seen. Above the door waa a long narrow Com panion. » I • f t f if f l * Hi ♦ The balancing of the books o f the Penn- i sylvania railroad for 1007 shows that. bile the system earned 930,000.000 than In 1906. it* paid 919,900.000 moro V io le ts P s r e h a M d O s ly b y O M - fa a h - for labor, or 66 per ceat on the Increased yarning*, e U » * t Mew Wfco Swr “ Thwwk T e a .” Thoe* opposed to closing the Red rive» I f a s tra w m ay « b o w w hich kray the te navigation had a m ajority at the hear w ind blows, s a y « a w ell-know n new s ing before M ajor Schudk o f the Cnltad paper w rite r, then a v io le t m ay a lad State* engineer corps at Fargo, and they Indicate the passing serve as a vane A W a tc h o f thw B lin d . are confident that the plan to close the zephyrs o f society'. river1 below Belmont w ill be rejected by T h e novel w atch fo r the blind Invent In th e present van ish in g o f the v io le t Jthe federal government. ed by G eorge M eyer, a Germ an watch there le no better Indicator o f thla ra d i Roads running sast from Chicago seem m aker, to designed to supply a reliable to be all at asa regarding the policy to tim epiece a t a much m ore moderate cal change between} th e woman our be adoptad en th* testing o f the consti cost than any y e t i used by the s i c h t l M » ! fath era used to call “ m oth er” aa she tutionality o f the 2-cent maximum rato stitch ed and sewed and sm iled upon T he d ia l baa an ord in a ry m inute hand, laws passed by many o f the States. The w h ile the hours are Indicated by tw elve her little brood, suprem ely happy w ith matter w ts takes ont o f the hands oÇ the bouquet o f v io lets th at sometimes buttons In re lie f, each button slnktaff the passenger officiato by the’ .."IT graced h er gown, and the sm art, up-to- Into the d ia l in turn w ith the pai _ officers some time agb. The ueuel cut-end-dried pn o f the hours. T o find the time, the ^ A n d ate Mrs. B . -.' account o f 1 1 1 health. W h ile he waa 11] F o rm e rly w hen flow ers w e r e distin ct meetings o f the Grand Trank , ---- ---------- ------------------ — illway o f gers are passed over the dial, when (h e ly em blem atic, deep . w ith esoteric he d id v a rio u s 'th in g s to w h ile aw Sy Canada were varied at eft# semi-annual depressed button makes known th e the time. One d a y he started to bui^I m eaning, th ere w as no grea ter com pli gathering o f the director* o f th* road in hour, and the hand gives the minute by m ent than to be p reaen ted'w itb a bunch a to y cath edral patterned a fte r a pic Loudon, by heated charges o f mismanage Its position. T h e dial covers a circu o f violets. P oets the w orld over, since tu re he saw In a magazine. H la build ment, and the report o f th* board was la r p late w hich takes the place o f the A d am d elved and E v e w en t vloletin g, ing m aterials w e re m atches and glue, only adopted a fter >arn est appeals for ord in a ry hour. hand, aa Its circum fer b a re rbapeodled o v e r the w om an ly alg- hla tools a pocket k n ife . and va glue hnity o f Interest for the company’s credit ence has a notch Into which each but n I flea nee o f Its qu iet fragrance. F roffl brush. T h * plan w as la id out fo r a ton drops In turn ss the movement- o f drat rea d er d itties about th * “ mossy building 14 fe e t high, 14 fe e t Jong and the w orks causes the plate to revolvA dell w h ere the bumble vio lets grow ,” 7 fe e t w ide. -He w orked w ith rem ark to N apoloon’s eloquent tribute as be able patience, often tim es pu ttin g In all T h e highest altitu d e ev e r reached by ' plucked it as the sp rin gtim e em blem o f hla w ak in g hours at hla task. A fte r a kite- In this country, according to his re tu rn fro m Elba, and also Of Jo- tw o y e a r* o f alm ost continuous appn« P ro f. H enry, o f the w eather bureau.” la zeph top's demotion, everyw h ere from Cation th e Job whs finished. T h e w a lls o f th e cathedral, the tow- g a rre t to throne, It has nodded Its low - thfit recorded recently at the M ^ | W ea th e r-sta tio n In V irgin ia , when dn iy bead, w ith a success undream ed o f era and turrets, the ga lleries and stee altitu de o f s lig h tly over 23.000 M et by haughty garden beauties. M odesty, ples, the ornam ent#— a ll a re o f n ateb - w as attained. A t tbd t height a tern- sw eetn ess Innate g e n tility — ¿ b e ** *m. I t took m ore than iOOO.OOtTmatch- perature o f 6 degrees below zero w as g lo w ed In the deep blue o f each fra- ea to build th * church nqd m ore than reoorded. P ro f. H en ry says that ex- g ra n t messe nger. But, gracious alive, pertinents In k ite flyin g bave% een car- w ho w a n ts to be th at now adays? rled on In oth er countries where an | “ V io le t* ? D e a r m e ! Don’ t get thoas,” altitu d e o f 23,000 feet w as r e c o r it f. said the flo ris t With a p rescien t glan ce T h a t means a height o f about fou r and Ilka an up-to-date Sybil w ith a fa t bank one-third miles. I a cco u n t “ T h e y ’ re w a y ou t o f s t y le