The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-24

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She left the room.
1t was no part OF madame's plans thai
Idele should really be suspected. She
only wanted to separate her from Philip
When she found her room vacant
she concealed her absence at first on q
pretence of illness, and then after q
time gave out that she had gone to visit
a relative Of her own.
Philip, however, had to be told some
thing nearer the truth. So she told
him where she found the string of car
buncles. and how Idele looked when
she Showed them TO her. But not s
word more.
"It is very strange" said Philip
wOnderingly. Il shall scOld her vel
for having secrets from me, when fine
her."
You will never marry her after
this :" madame asked, with looks OF
horror.
why nOt:"
.'She must know something about the
killing of poor Cock Robin. Perhap;
she had gone to the summer-house tc
meet lover, and the boy saw her"
"what do you mean mOther:"
Il never thought she was so much in
love with you as you with her"
Philips eyes flashed.
Il will search the world over but
that | will find her, he said.
Madame leaned on her gold-headed
cane and looked at it with grim face
.Find her if you can" she thought but
did not say.
Three years passed. Philip had sought
in vain for Idele. The mystery Of her
disappearance, and the mystery of who
killed poor Cock Robin, were mysteri'
Gus still.
One night gang Of desperadoes tried
to rob Fanshawe Hall.
They had got into the house, apd
were trying to get the door of the plate
closet open, when Nora Reese, who
slept near, heard them and went, a;
still as a mouse, and walked her master
and some of the men servants.
The robbers had got inside the plate
closet and were piling the silver into
bag they had brought with them, when
Philip and his men burst in upon them
A general rush and scramble followed
and some shots were fired. The villain;
all escaped but one. He was wounded,
but he would scarcely have got away
| if he had not been; for Nora Reese had
sprang upon him at first, and clung tc
him like a wild cat.
ITS the man that killed my Bobby,
and know it," she screamed.
The man fought her little at first
but when she said that he stopped, and
leaned against the wall, gasping and
starting with staring eyes, while the
blood dropped from his wound upon
the floor.
what do you mean:" he said. How
DO you know 1 killed him?"
''I heard the others call you Carlo
and Carlo was on the knife. know il
was you"
"Do you mean that truly:" he said
scYes | did kin him. "I'll own up, fol
! [ believe I'm dying myself now"
Philip F&nshawe sprang forward and
caught him as he was falling, and they
laid him gently down upon the floor
"It was the eruelest thing ever did, :
he went on, in regretful tone.
'.It was" said Philip, sternly. "Why
did you kill him 2"
The man stared at Philip.
.why, you're the fellow Idele was tC
have married" he said. "Do you love
her yet:"
~ shall love her till die" PhiliI
answered, setting his lips. "What were
you to herr"
II belonged to the gypsy band who
stole her from her father 'Sehouse {
babe. I vas present when the madame
took fancy to her, and paid the banC
money to give her up 10 her. When
heard she was going to marry you,
thought saw my way to make some
money. pretended TO be her father
and got her to meet me in the summer
house that night, and talk it over. She
didn't believe me, but she said she
would think abou, what had said
And then she picked some yellow roses
and told me If passed next morning
and saw her wearing some Of them,
might know she still refused to believe
me.
"After she had gone went out ant
I found the boy there listening, and
killed him, partly in temper, partly be
cause was afraid he would tell wha
he had heard. Poor Idele. The sigh
Of tha, dead boy convinced her l haC
told the truth, or / would not have
killed him to keepitfrom being known
and she tied from you to avoid betray
ling the man she supposed to be hel
father"
''Do you know where she is nOwP