The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-22

most humb.y hat l approached him now.
and askel him to pardon me if I hal been 7
guilty of any indis retion in sending the tele-
grams from Trondhjen
He looked at me for moment with that
searching. fearless gaze which was charac-
teristic of the man Then he spoke:
at is who ought TO ask you 10 pardon
me, Mr. Fenton undoubtedly was gull
Of breach of good manners In peaking to
you as did last night But was agita,ed
to an extent of which you can know moth
ing You ask me whether you were guilty
Of an indiscre ion in sending that message
to the Barton police. Ah sir. dare not
hint even to you the terrible suspicion that
fills my mind, and that has intensified a
hundred-fold my grief at the death of my
; beIiefactor. If you knew the feeling of ap-
prehenson with which I am awaiting our
arrival in port, and the news we may find
there, you viii not wonder that ] ost con-
troll of myself last night. / can only say
now, as / said then, God grant that my
| worst fears as to the possible consequences
| of your act may not be verifedh
What did his strong language meang 1t
! was evident that he was resolved to leave
! events to interpret it. Full of trouble and
perplexitY, | waited with impatience for
the moment when we should arrive in port
I As we slackened speed off the entrance to
| th fdocks saw a boat, containing the customs
and other officials of the port. putting out to
meet US. In the prov of the boat was te-
egraph messenger. Branxsome, Fosdyke and
| stood side by side, leaning over the bu
warks Of the yacht and awaiting the ap
/ Droach of the little craft There was none
af that Joy Gus excitement which usually pre-.
Oails on hoard n vessel entering mort after
voyage. Our tongues were silent. and our
4 faces sho we'd too clearly the anxiety thai
| possessed our minds Above us the leaden
cloud of fog hung like pail, lis desolation
and gloom seemed to have taken possession
| Of our hearts
We heard the measured beat of the oars as
the boat drew near, and we could see the
features of the men occupying it. To me
they seemed to wear an air of stern preoccu-
patton. 1t was only the innocent little tele
graph boy in the prov Of the boat who
seemed altogether careless AMI unconcerned;
and yet, too, probably, he was the messenger
o. doom, whose coming we dreaded.
The gangway had been lowered and the
customs and health officers came quickly
aboard, saluting Us as they did So They
were followed Immediately by the telegraph
messenger.
'Mr. Fento here9" | snatched from his
hand the envelope he held towards me and
without waiting to see if he had any mes
cage for Branksome and Fosdyke / turned
away to read that addressed to myself.
It was from the chief constable at Barton
and was brief SThanks for message. Shall
be glad of personal interview at earliest con-
venience."
felt relieved. After all there was nothing
-, o@ol, ,ofh tn
Justify the dark forebodings of Branksome.
Yet with the feeling of relief was mingled a
sense Of disappointment / had hoped that
possibly / might have received message
from Daisy.
turned to look for Branksome but could
see nothing either of him or Fosdyke At
that moment one of the persons who had
boarded us in the customs boat came up to
me and entered into conversation
"Perhaps you would like to see the even
ing paper, sir. l got it just as we left the
landing stage You will find in it the latest
news about the Great Lorton mystery. But
hv the way" he continued. as though a
!. den light had broken upon his mind
~ths Golden Hawk was the name of Mr.
Mauleverer's yacht, was it not9 Is it pos
sible that you are friend of hisl Have you
heaTd-P
In an agony of impatience l interrupted
him. and asked him to allow me to look at
the newspaper.
"You will see the latest telegram there, "
he said indicating a particular spot, as |
took the sheet into my hands
l saw at once that "the Great Lorton
mystery" was the leading feature of the
issue It filed a column of the paper-a
column adorned with BIZ type and striking
l ELL. a
wards, not taking in the sense of he words
read, until came to the place indicated
by the man, and found the following:
--LATEST INTELLIGENCE
ARREST ON SUSPICION.
"BARToN, Friday morning
"This morning Mr. Eastmead, chief con-
stable of Barton, acting OH information re-
ceived, proceeded to Great Lorton Hail. and
there arrested Miss Daisy Stancliffe, niece OF
Mr.. Mauleverer, on suspicion of being con-
cerned in his murder. Miss Stanclitfe, II
will be remembered, was the only known
relative of the deceased, and attended his
funeral on Monday as chief mourner. She
is said to be a young lady of remarkably
prepossessing appearance. 1t is rumored
! that evidence of very startling kind will be
laid before the magistrates in support of the
charge against her. Toe prisoner will be
brought before special sessions at Barton
this afternoon; but it i, understood that on
this occasion only formal evidence will b.
rendered"
/ read it all The words burned them
selves into my brain never to be effaced
and then-I suddenly grew sick and cold
the objects about me seemed to be spinning
round, and Immediately all was bank. Fol
the first time in my life ha tainted.
As / slowly recovered CONSCIOUSNESS
Branksomes voice was the first that beard
"He is coming round Take h ~ below
In obedience to tn, curt command, | wal
carried down to the main saloon and laid
upon sofa In a moment Branksome fol
lowed me. He waved aside the sailors whc
had attended me.
"Well," he said, "you understand now,
! supposeP
His face was almost as white as felt that
; GNo; understand nothing" I answered
in faint tones
GDo yoa not see Fenton," he said, in 6
: hurried whisper, "what it is that you have
dones You have put an idea in the heads
of those fools at Barton and the consequences
is the arrest of Daisy"
@You cannot believe that, Z" / said, with
more energy. Surely you do not charge
. me with having caused her arresta 1t i
! some hideous mistake on the part of tbesG
/ | clum>y Yorkshire policemen. We shall havt
it put right Immediately l shall go to Bar
ton this evening, and see about it.
4 aMy dear young friend, said Branksome
soeaking in measured tones and a softened
. voice. "your eyes are closed to the truth. u
!. Won had never limited at such thing a
q murder. Daisy would never had been sus
+ | pected. But you have lightei the match
b and you cannot now prevent the explosion.
b 4 shrank back from him in horror. why
. you speak as though she might be guilty.
q He shook his head slowly. mournfully.
aDid not tell you that / feared for th'
g consequences when girl Ike D1isy, proud
e passionate, sensitive, is subjected to sucl
!. prosecutions as those which she had to suttel
at Mauieverers handsgp
,s "But they wers overl Do you not remem
4 Der the letter you had from her at Bodoa BE
sides the thing is ridiculous Daisy muir
> deressl / shall believe that you and I ar
;es narricides sooner than suspect such thing.
ayes" he said, thoughtfully, 4 knew
: should shock you But for Daisys sake, a
!, well as yours it is better that you sho'llC
: know the worst You and have got to saw,
!, that poor girl, for remember it is you Wh,
have brought her into peril
was overwhelmed with grief such as
s had never known before Very hurrieily
i we made arrangements as to the future, fol
4 felt that we must work together If any
! thing was to be done He meant. he sa d, q
Z 90 to Great Lorton the next morning Fo
!, INV part l was thankful when I landed Il
y End that there YVES train by means o
,vbich 7 cou,d reach BARTON that night