The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-09-08

*tands before her sasel palssss and
brushss in hand, and siares ahaan&lv III
tho water-coIor drawing mounted there
on.
There = . nan In tho khr>rx nv
lady, who wants q speak 10 You Tor two
minutes" " Purceu sAys, appearing IN th1
doorway.
What is his businsss," Lady olady, asks
oarelessly. ,....*,.
He wouldn't say, my lady. He wanted
TO see the Countess firyt, but I told him Tint
was out Of the question. Then he asked II
any of the rest Of the family wore at home.
He insisted upon seeing one or other OF tho
ladies'"
"Whnt does he look like ?"
II couldn't say. my lady. It IL . stran-
ger, that's all know" ..,
Lady Gladys rather unwillingly allows
Purcell to escort her to the library and close
the door behind her. A /, thick.set
man, with q large red face and iron-eray
whiskerA stands in the middle Of tho
room.
beg parding for troubling you, miss
my lady, mean But wanted 70 hask YOU
a question or two about this affair Of Robert
North"
Il know nothing beyond what every ono
m the neighborhood known" Lady Gladys
answers, standing with her hand ON the hack
of chair.
''Oh, yes, you do, my lady. You knows .
lot more than come out ON the hinouest"
''What do you mean p Lady Gladys asks
haughtily.
Il mean that there was 'ushcd up that
bought to ave come hout hin the hevi-
dence."
II think you need NO information from
me, Lady Gladys observes, moving to the
door.
''Stop, my lady, the man says, taking q
red pocket-book out of his hat and turning
over a few of the greasy leaves a. if in
search of some particular memorandum.
80 You wish to see justice done ON them that
murdered Robert North, your fathers game
keeper"
.'Certainly do. But l know nothing,
I never saw the man in my life, think, but
once"
''That may be. don't doubt your word,
my lady. Aud know you will 'elp US to
put our and ON the chap that did it, If you
can. think you can. II you didn't know
North, others did. "Ts well known that e
ad henemies in this very 'ouse Twas no
poacher shot your gamekeeper, my lady. He
was murdered in cold blood"
"But who could have had q motive for
such thing? I do not suppose the poor
lad was of SO much consequence as to make
his death of any moment to any one in the
world"
"We1l see that presently. my lady. Beg
ging your padding again, wasn't the young
man sweet upon o girl in the neighbor-
hool!"
>'T believe he was going to be married to
Anne Grace TrathAway, the miller's daugh-
ter"
"Just So And she was q remarkably
handsome gal. Wasn't she?"
''She was generally considered 30. But I
do not know what this can have to do with
the question"
"Did the gentlemen here hadmire herl"
II think your questions most irrelevant, !"
Lady Gladys answers coldly, again moving
to the door.
Il hassure you they are not, my lady.
They ara OF the hutmost importance. Did
Lord Heriot hadmire herr"
II believe he did, rather. He danced
with her at the servants' ball here on Christ
mas Eve But am at o loss to discover
what all this can have to do with the shoot
ing of young North.
<f.You will see presently. Did hanyone
else at Kinsscourt admire the pretty girl p
II did not hear it if they did. Yes-I be-
lieve Doctor Jones thought her pretty"
''The little bald gentlemanp All! But
there was dark young gent here at the time.
Did he hadmire herr
'He never told me-" Lady Gladys Anhea
proudly. ''Will you tell me by what author.
| ;tv Won mako these innufrioS ?"
BY the hauthority of magistrate, my
lady. Be SO good as to take . chair. Did
this young gent pay visits to the mill? Have
you any reason for supposing he ever went
| to the mill ?"
Lady Gladys dushes with . deeper Grim.
son and looks the man steadily in the face.
1--WE are all in the habit of going down tc
the mill occasionally. My brother is max
ing improvements there. Mr.. Hereward ha:
been asked by him to look after the work
men in his absence.
.Just SO exactly. But he was never seer
in company with the girls"
81 do not feel called upon to answer you
questions. To what do they lead?"
II want to prove that Robert North hat
an enemy" and the man makes . note i,
his greasy pocket-book. ''You can't den.
that tins MI 'Erewara was in the 'abit o
going to the mill, and Was in fact seen Will
the girl more than once. Now, my lady
can YOU tell me where this young gent Wal
OH the evening of the murder:"
Lady Gntlys tries to recollect: but sll
cannot at once call to mind any circumstance
that would fix the date and 50 she tells
him.
| lyon don't remember where Mr. 'Ereward
was on that EVENING"" the man repeats, look
ting at her keenly.
| ''No, l do not. We were not at home,
remember. for Miss Middleton said to me,
after we had heard the evidence at the in
quest, how fortunate it was that We had rid
den that day instead of walking. - We had
linfondo6 in tho ,,aoaniner foR IL xpn had