The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-09-29
'And you have never made speech
like so much"
"I}ab Middleton, will YOU marry me ?"
Il think will

II think I will"
They have stopped in the beech alley,
EVE has not come back-nobody is LOOKING.
Biount takes his revenge ON those lips then
an there; the laughing eyes hide themselves
on his stout shoulder; the invincible Bah
Middleton has surrendered unconditionally
to Lieutenant Richard Pailiser Blount
But another pair Of lovers at Kingscourt
have not Jared SO well. They have come ia
quite different conclusion.
Mr.. Cartwright rides over to Kinescourt a:
twelve clock, his usual hour He finds his
lady-love in her bower. Lady Gladys is itllv
playing with her little Russian dog in the
window; her easel, with the unfinished
sketch still ul,on ii. stands aside in q corner.
She raises her head at Mr.. Car:wright's 3 en-
trance, and lie is shocked by the change in
her face.
Lady Gladys, I am sorry to see you
looking SO poorly. That horse is too 1uucl,
for you. You looked as white as sheet the
other day when l met you in the rides He
is not the horse for you at all. Now have
one that would just snit you, if you'll do me
the favor to ride him-a fine creature. I
paid cool hundred for him last week, Just
because thought he'd suit you.'
'iou are very kind, Lady Gladys answers
collly, ''but shall not give up Kuhleborn.
Mr.. Cartwright, what are these reports that
are going through the village about Robert
North's death:"
"Ah, you've heard them, then! / am
glad of that, for I came up to-day on that
very business Think Of the viper you've
had in this house for the Inst month ="
''Be kind enough to restrict yourself to
facts. Who has been instrumental in bring
ino this affair into prominence again ?"
''You ought to be obliged to whoever has
done it. think it is charity to bring such
4 villain to j:,stice. or course its shock to
YOU, and all that, but it's well it's no worse
There never was n doubt in my mind from
the first rs to who fired that shot,
| ''And who do you suppose fred that
shot?
'Tha. tutor-fellox Herewartl Not a
doubt Of it Every one knows he tried to
cnt out. North with the girl Anne Grace
Trathaway. Yoa yourself have seen Linn
| with her,"
Mr.. Cartwright. loo!ss at Lady Gladys,
sharp, covert glance, as he says this She
| returns the glance with full determined
look into his face.
I'VE ought to feel deeply indebted to you,
Mr.. Cartwright. for the pains you have taken
Ill this matter"
''Ol,, l did what could for Justices sake
that's all" he answers, brushing the
sleeve Of his coat, rather nervously. can
the thanks / want N to see the fellow pun
ished"
Il hope the man who shot North is sorry
fer his crime, Lady Gladys says sternly and
col1ly, without a treinor in her voice "but
bat man was not Mr.. Hcrewartl'
''That man was Herewari!" Cartwright
repeats angrily. There's not a shadow of
doubt about it. The evidence against him
is rs plain as daylight !"
Lady Gladys shivers slightly, Int she does
not Immediately reply. Cartwright looks
hard Mt her-very hard /; but her face is in
scrus,ble. Whether she cares for Hereward,
or merely for the annoyance aud trouble
which has come to Kingscourt, he cannot
discover. But he means to find out.
"And you don't believe he did it ?"
''NIost assuredly do not l should "a
soon believe that did it myself ?"
But YOU allow that he was seen with the
girl, and that he was absent ON tho evening
of the murder:'
'sThat has all been explained to me, Lady
Gladys replies with another slight shiver.
"Ah! Then you have spoken to Hereward
on the subject:' Cartwright exclain,s with
inso!ent suspicion in his voice and eyes. II
thought you were above that kind of thing,
Lady Gladys Palliser."
II cannot say that / thought you were
above playing the detective in an affair that
in no way concerned you" Lady Gladys an
swers, surveying him coldly ''for never
thought you above any meanness of the kind.
But I fancy you have overreached yourself
in this instance, MIR. Cartwrigt. In your
zeal for Justice, you have forgotten what may
concern you more nearly perhaps. Do not
trouble yourself to come to kinsscourt
again.
'What ON earth do you mean:' Mr. Cart
wright exclaims aghast Not come to
Kingscourt! would like to see o'dkeep
me out Of it. You've promised to be Lady
Gladys Cartwright before the year is out,
aud, upon your honor. you'll stand to it, ~
sure as stand here this day! What in the
name Of fury do You mean:'
He has grown quite white, anu his small
eyes look like those Of an angry bull. Lady
Gladys looks at him and laughs, a quiet
laugh of concentrated sc0rn.
Il mean that 1 would sooner be in my
grave before the year was out than marry
you-merely that And mean that, after
you have left this room to-day. shall never
address you or see you, if can help it. SO
long rs live"
.'Well done, my lady! Wait till your
brother hears this! Wait till / drive every
Palliser out Of E::gsconrt, neck an, crop!
Wait till You see what ycu have brought on
yourself and all belonging to you! Then
you'll be sorry for this days work"
Il shall not he sorry for it. And am
not afraid Of what my brother will say. We
know our own affairs best, MIR. Cartwright"
Il know enough of your affairs, Lady
Gladys Palliser. l know what You owe and
what YOU don't owe, and know the hold I've
got over kinSscoart. Take my advice. and
don't quarrel with your bread-and-butter.