, 1859-01-17


the pollce, atte1 att t,li huy my aunt TWICE
as handsome brooch THIS very Gay ous 11a
not have Eornh suspected, and my mtFsas
plagued. There's TOR you" j:
He and hls wife left the room- Mr. Chad.
wick quietly waited Till he was out OF hear
ing, and fhea said to bis wife, for an 1om's
heroics I'm just quietly going for detective,
wench. Thou need'st know naugnt abontlt."
DE went 70 1he ponce ssataon AUG maae
statement Of the case; ne was glaeheo ~
INC impression "n'ea Tue EVIDENCE agalns
Nofah seemed TO MAKE ihe men al agreed
IN n's opinion and fteps were to oe 1mmeol-
ate!y takea 10 nno out "hefe soe Was NOEL
probably. as 1ney susees1e1, ene nao gone 81
her lover. when Mr. Chadwick asked how
they could lind her cut, they smlled, shook
their heads, M epoke ol mysterious nat ~"
1ailible ways ana MEANS ne feluraea 70 LIS
nepne~'s mouse VIII very comlorlaole
opihlon OF us own sagaclty. ae WIS met Wy
als VIE VIII Penltens 'ace' ,.
~ MasEt' I'VE lou9u 10y pfoocu! -
"as Jast stlchtub " 1ts l1u lu Tug uoo4ee "
my oro"n SILK that wore yesterday. 1tooh
II oi IN na1ly, ana IL lnust nave caaEu1 IL
II; aha nuhg up my gown IL tae ciose1'
INST now Wneu vas gong 10 1o.a IL up,
there "as tue brooch. IN very Vexeo nus
never dreamed pul "hat II was ios1!
~, Her nosoand' mnttef,ng someIaiAe very
wish I'd nevcr given it thee ~ snatehed up his
lat and rushed back to tile station, hoping to
he in time to stop the police from searching
for Norah. But u detective was al1eadYfgone
of On the errand.
Where was Norah? Half mad with the
strain Of the fearful secret, she had hardly
slept through the night for thinking what
must be done. Upon this terrible state Of
mind had come Ailsie'e questions, showing
that she had seen the Man, as the unconsci-
GUS child called her father. Lastly came the
suspicion Of her honesty. She was little less
than crazy as she ran up stairs and dashed on
her bonnet aud shawl, leaving oil else, even
her purse, behind her. In that house she
would not stay. That vas all she kew or
WIS clear about. She would not even see
the children again, for fear it should weak
en- her. She feared above everything Mr..
Frank return to claim his wife. She conld
not tell what remedy there Was for sorrow
so Tremendous tor her TO stay and witness. The
desire OF escaping from the coming event was
stronger motive Tor her departure than her
soreness about the suspicious directed against
her; although this last had been tue final
yead to tue course she took. She walked
away almost ut headlo1E speed, sobblng "a
she went, as she had not dared to do during
the past Eighas tor fear Of exciting wonder in
those who might hear her. Then she stopped.
An idea came into her mind that Ehe would
leave London altogether, and betake herself
10 her native town of Liverpool. She felt in
her pocket for her purse as sue drew near the
Euston Square station with this intention.
She had left it at home. Her poor head ach-
ing, her eyes swollen with crying, she had to
stlud still aud think, as well as she could,
where next she should bend her steps. Sud-
denly the thought flashed into her mind that
| she would 90 and find out poor Mr. Frank.
| She had been hardly kind enough to him the
night before, though her heart had bled 1or
him ever since. Sue remembered bis telling
her, as she inquired Tor h.s address, almost as
| Sue had pushed him out OF the door, Of some
hotel in a street not far distant from Euston
| Square. Thitler she went, with what inten-
tion she hardly knew, but to assuage her con-
science by telling him how much she plt'cd
| him. In her present state she felt herself ta~
] tit to counsel, or restrain, or assist, Or do
aught else but sympathlze and weep. The
| people OF the Inn said sueh person lad been
therc-had arrived only the day beforehand
gone out soon after his arrival, leaving bis
luggage in their care, but had never come
back, Norah asked for leave to sit down and
await the gentleman's return. The landlady
pretty secure in the deposit Of Luggage
against any probably injury, showed her iato
L room. aud quietly Locked the door on the
outside. Norafl WIS utterly worn out, and
| fell aslecp-a EhiTcring, starting, uneasy
| slumber, which lasted Tor hours.
| The detective, meanwhile, lad come up
| with her come time before sue entered the
hotel, into which be followed her. Asking
tile landlady to dctaln her for au hour or 60,
without giving any reason beyond showing
his authority (which made the land|ad7 up
Paud herse goot ae TOR n,a haein$ 1oekta I'd
report lis proceedings. he could have taken
her directly; hut his object was, if possible,
to trace out the man who was supposed to
have committed the robbery. Then he heard
Of the discovery OF the brooch and, consc-
quently, did not care to return.
Norah slept till even the summer evening
began to close in. Then up. S,me one was
ut the door. 1t would he Mr.. Frank and
she dizzily pushed back her rnfl.d gray hair,
/ which had tullen over her eyes, and stood