, 1877-11-25

Lllt StlliE 6InE!I HOW Us IL LUZ q ,]n,vn
] had even hour ago! ION luu9e ~"'
! that sweetbrier in the morning.
40, Lisctto! how long you have oeeni otan lad
| thought you would never come f,on nax With her
sister. Llsettc had paused IN the ,er LION 'cnrl,td
Size held what she had found III her st sitnIno nop
hands against her boso1n one ~ tvn c can1lrs
down upon it, although TIE she H. ~ ,tc1 lat ewes
,,n"r nnn M,ron without utterlng word. Marion
nrcciyed tlIatsomcti.iug terrible had happeneta!
What is tue uuatteri Hive you seen m"'
| Marion asked.
uivh,at ~, ;s ;a, thaty'' aIuriou shrank back and
..rart of lis coat; found 1t lying on t9e
road. in the middle Of tic roao' IL ID '0' '''
two" 49,,
auis coat torn in two! Did you s.; see n''n:
Did YOU hear him? Did you lnd--: ,,.,
mo, nothing but the coat. Marion, LOOK.
Is there anything red upon l1s eau you s'o
anything red upon his cont" ,xra,r, d.,d-
Marion drew near. ucr face hau sro"1'I s.'',' ueau'
" nalc She took up i candle anu iooheu; -,
'HNo. Lisctte Nothing red. 1t may oe al'
right There's 4 white rose lit tne put1o''-
hole"
The tvo now approached the table, and placed
+ba ,nrt;on Of tic coat on it, aud looked at it
cautiously, fcarfully. On the outer slac sl therc
was no Stain Marion turned it over. Iheluncf
side was also free from spot ,,.. -, ,,.r;on
Nothing rcd Nothlng 5eo: sh' nu. az I'll town and
| what can have happcncd!' -one SIT oo"n a'''
buried her face iii her hands. ~
| Marion proceeded to examine the contcn1s ol
the pockets.
..Thcrc is leather case, with the ribbon you
gave him, in one pocket" she "nspefeu, aio
txn letters in the other One OF the letters Is
f.'v, m, tn him The other letter is in Woin-
~" . A womans writtng!' She raised her head
and looked at the envelope held by hcr slstcf'
addressed to hinan'
t no;cv Farm. but to a house in Barrow leigh"
house in Barrowlc.h. Marion, are you
surc!"
"Real it yourself"
Lsctte read the superscrlptlon 1omn a, .Mae Luz.
| Esn.. Cross House, Barrowiciyll." lhefc was
m stamp or postmari 1t had been sent by u
nriyatc messenger. He had NO relative III Inc
nncirhborhood. Daisy Farm was his own p'ace:
Cross House was the residence o. irlehu n,9c =.
his Why lad he changed Ills place VI aoouc
. md not told her Of It'll Or could it be tf'ut ne
was getting letters from some one else au-
dressed to hin at Il friends, lest-ft WAS 700
bad Of her to ALLOW suci. thoust 10 etGF it ,st ,e
Torn coat living there, that black nl:sht ABROAD,
aud tho dull, weary inability even to wonder
| what had occurred: ..
rhc two sat silent while: al lcnstn Matlon
rosc and said, "Let us call To:u anu take Ian
| tern and 60 to the place where you Lot II.
) We may find something else that will help to
i; 'A1:S, "No, no! What do you want with rom' Let
/ Hnt, The elder sister would not hear OF this
| so She reused the old gardener, and, without
tclliut. hin, the reason, badc him take latltvr'
i and accompany them. They lett Oil tue taoi'
D what Lisettc had found
i In two hours they TcluTncu. M o'eeoss'1
= had been nadc.
Il Traces OF struggle cxistedin the middle ofth
;, road; but although they went another mll'
nearer Iarrowlcigh, nothing new HAL petil seeu
G There were no red spots, but along each sac Q
1hc road were two sets Of footarks Ill the DUST
IS foot,narks Of men. The mcn had cvlde;ltl..
kent as tar apart as possible. The tootnark
It pointed towards Rarrowlegh. There were a!s
A. in the dust two sets Of fuotmar KS pointing 70
o wards the Moor House. But these latter M
. not seen made at the same time, for si1stl
shower which had fallen 1T 5 O'Clock that even
f. ing had partly defaeed the larger MARKS VIII
- | Tho others were fresh and perfect on til
u | damn dust 1t was evident the 1nen ;lau COIN
~ srna,;ltcly, with some interval Of time bctwcc
= - the coming Of tho first AMI the coming oi LII
j., second 1t WAS also plain thev had -ohe oas
~ towards Darrowlcgh together, Tor at one poihl
a}out half q mile from the scene OF the strn:
U: r.c. the footmarks approached one another
., the middle Of tho road. Botll had 5toou het
~ and looked back towards thc Moor House, X
~ ~ | the marks were rcverseu, nuL lAeie "c'e Luz
Ct lie is safe, said Marion in a low voice, !:
l t,.t t1,nr r11 IL
.r they stoou once lots ~ 'nI ', i t and fou,,h
&C quarrel Win sgli'e , n.a' IN ,,,t lie rnat tnrn
nv an ordinary i't, anu ne tot o ns ~, v'I %or
the scutle anu eoo @ o' ,3ta,sc s1r gn toarticr .1
nj they went nach " tne Lila ,nl ,' ernf nr;u
III shook ha1aS III tne plate "te'n ~ rrau .S ;stt
MI are close nc wn " neIe ".' ,,o,v nnt
We must meg Ing coai' . pleie,u NAV"
nj ing Of 1t, destroy II ai'u tAe 'ettsts. t o,o r.,
NJ She took up Inc !ellcrs as sa1c saone 'a ~,
81 fold OF paper IN Tue s51:se e' e'Vte "9 ;a'
~ smaller than the ehvelo',e a s nal'g' ..t,a,
: it the sheet tell OUT anu opsncn pAt,E l..se;..
VI eyes followed II. AZ oie El:i!'ec snS Gois. ~,
~ the meaning as II ny lnIu11o"' ILLS % " Il
~ WAS on the small shccs:
DAISY FARM, Wednesday ESen1m..-.s" n'4.! int
III ~ nnrn fnr nity's sake. have news to tell.
NJ ,,;oo ,,o,:1ncri 1h had
liz Alice AcnsloM! hiice VIZ ~; ~ ,-'r ~
Ter all come to this: Vas es ,r,S so 1,ho y" ~
3D. changed manner, tllt r'ai nnrti,,,si All
M greetings, tne :u1noSt iIael , p ,,itI s, ~.
lIcnslow, Gcoree 1ietls1o% rs. ,'s,,.n 1,a ~, =,
as had lately run away lroll ~. ! Ss'"' y, Nv fo
lch knew WINNER: 11ai M = -. III III c',c ~ ti
ras Names house; it.4'i ~ 10, ha,t, ~ ;ntt, thot rt
me II when she lh!nst sr anu h lhso ,I .'s f v
alt water ny the s!ue ~ tne lo'u 81. .,;3 sN AVA
thn something, co1i4 II bc "olae ':tn eno .