Telegram-herald., 1886-08-29

caused ~ tbs discovery - yoGr coulEton
SAID tie former ~l8iiae6 had no thought
when heard * Your beiug in confinement
save instantly CD reiease you I have Bei.
tlerefera hai rue - SET - gel tila whole
au b ogt oi flafer as 70 MS exsraorllnary
and alnD.natie tshavior OF coarse j shah
O. 50 and sea may depend uron my calling
him sterilY 70 aeeolnt far aa outrage
which has brought hiin within the reach u
TIE criminal las. That Is 81. thlnk, Mr
Eosigke
Certainly" replied the lawyer 7
should SAY thar there never was a clearer
case of abiuetion in this world ar Fea-
tom, II Pc chooses foprosecuts. may undoubs-
eily send Mr Flinter 20 jai. for coaple q
years az least
~May 1 ask. continued Bra nksome,
whether you are able g. account 70 your
self in any way for this unheard Of pro
c-durea
He looked earnestly a. me and evidently
awaited nav reply with interest
Il have formed a theory l said, shut ! Do
not know that / ought % name it Ia the
presence OF a third person
~Oh, pray ctmsider foSdyke as being on
the same footing as ourselves. So far a. you
are concerned. be knows everything
There WAS no mistaking the emphasis with
which the lass word was spoken
Then | shall tell YOU exactly what il il
that have thought during my long and
weary confinement ] believe that Mr. Maui
everer Is deesy offended becauss ! have
venturei 10 pay my addresses 70 his niece
and anxious 10 get me- for a time at least
out of her way has arranged this outrage
with Flnter
Branksome looked puzzled for moment
II was evident that the idea was one that
had not occurred 70 him before He shook
his head slowly
Il cannot believe that the affair has been
brought about in the way YOU describe
Ny poor friend Mauleverer is. know. in a
very curious state o. mind at present, aud
he might do desperate things in one of those
fits of desperate passion which have visited
him recently an1 which. l think, are CON
nected with some obscure disease OF the
brain. But | should be slow e. suppose that
he could ever stoop TO that which is neither
more nor less than actual crime You bave
never yourself seen any reason 10 suppose
that be wouli be guilty OF such conduct.n
az Certainly not In all my personal
relations with Mr. Mauleverer, uD to the
moment when be wrote the note in which
he dismissed me from his house, have ha /
every reason 10 feel that he was one of the
kindest of men But you know that both
you and-and-Daisy have thought him
greatly changed of late.
"True, true! and it is possible that, after
all, he may have forgotten himself in the
way you supposed; though l still think you
are mistaken"
As for Fmter." / continued, "mark my
words, doctori that man is a villain who is
capable OF anything l should not care to
trust my life IN his hands, and if you are
wise you will cease ali connection with him
as soon as possible"
Il don't wonder at your expression" re-
piled Branksome. "but at the same time / can
hardly think 50 badly of Finter as you nat
urally do. However ! shall examine him
at once and make him reveal the whole
truth, whatever it may be. "
He was going TO leave the saloon for the
purpose of seeing the man from whom had
suffered so much, when l stopped him
"Forgive me' / said, "but l am quite in
the dark as 10 where we are. The yacht has
been at sea now for ten days, but for all
know to the contrary We may still be within
a mile of Scarborough"
NO. we have not been standing still, he re-
piled with a smile ~ e are at this moment
nearing the town of Bodo, on the coast of
Norway. You have been carried away up
into the Arctic regions during your painful
so ourn in the dukes punishment cell !"
He hurriedly left the saloon where Fos-
dyke remained with me. The lawyer ex-
planned that the trip to Bodo was a business
one, connected with one of the numerous
European investments of Mauleverer. AT
the same time he strongly advised me TO
take legal proceedings against Flnter
'There is not jury in England but would
give you swinging damages" he declared,
and quite agreed with him that the dam
ages were due to me.
But even as we were talking of this Brank-
some returned. He was pale and his face
wore an expression of the utmost gravity.
my friend be said, II grieve to have to
say that you were right in your suspicious.
Benjamin Flinter has proved TO me by docu-
mentary evidences that in treating you in
this infamous fashion he was nothing more
than the agent, the tool of our revered friend
Mauleverer. Aiasi it is inoomprehen sibe
that man whose whole life was once so full
of goodness should have resorted to lawless-
ness like this. There is only one explanation
of it"
He tapped his forehead significantly as be
uttered the last words.