Telegram-herald., 1886-09-26

s9msf
Auyt1iasi WAY. i sft everything 70
lila. of eoarse-tlal Is. every .lias o-l some
hrlls tAlngs / aaaI yoa-' nlls se9ppe1.
Lllsl.llE rQsg req
-Do yaa nae4a yaa left a. year unc-es Tor
tune u Dr braakstluss
Yes yau -es le sas tie trustee a pointed
by u.Y llcis. 4ld 81 ala BOG u9sd % teli H.s
that lie was Tie only person 10 a-on coll1
l.ave uly auel1s money
Ia al instant 4 saH. as when TIE blaze Of
summer lightning 4laIiass TIE vide iaad-
seape for ulLes a. a stretch. the whole coa-
splracg. n t1e tolls III Which uy darling
kad bs.en caught bat that vivid fash u
colsclousness falei almost as quickly a. IL
came. and lett nae once more sToping Ia the
tellight-not. however. before / had taken
- bearings a. ii were. afresl. ana had sssn
ILat cur real position was altogether differ
ent from what up q that moment, i lad
imagined Il 20 be
Daisy, 1 said trying hard 10 subdue my
exeitement. -are YOU aware that tie power
II attorney which YOU signed tie other day
makes me Tor the present absolute master Of
al your propertvi You have constitu ted
me your other self While you are ia con-
nnemeut here l can 90 where ! VIII and DO
what please Ia your name, a. your repre-
sentative Are You willing that l should
make ful. U.s. Of these powersi'
-Oh, yes, she criedi -Who cas use them
Ietterf
Then, darling, / shall make my first use
or them by putting a veto upon you
want you 10 promise that YOU viii on no
account allow Dr. Branksome u ses you
until Ne meet again You know they vii
allow no one % visit YOU now unless you de
sire "a win you promiseF
Il viii promise anything you wish
~Then | must tell YOU that shall 20 direct
from here 10 Great Lorton. in order that
may search the hall from the roof - the
cellars, II necessary. for proof of your inno-
cence. The first thing have to find IS that
parcel Of strychnia. Can YOU help me!'
She shook her head doubtfully 81 wish
/ could, but ] cannot recall what did
with it,
by the way" said, "do you know thisl'
I took from my pocket the rusted knife or
dagger which had found on my bed on the
nj ht that l slept al the hall
She looked al it, and then the color dyed
her cheeks once more.
"W mere did YOU find it3' she asked
"In my bedroom-the haunt ted chamber"
"Ah. / rememberi' she cried. Il remember
now where ] placed the poisonl 1t is in the
secret passage leading 10 the haunted room
DO you indeed remember, my darlingi
Are YOU sure'
"Quite, quite sure. Stay, let me til you
al On that night when my uncle heard
after he had said good night TO you, of what
had passed between us in the garden. he
came to my room | had not gone To bed,
l - 81 =. l..E -.
saying to me We had dreadful scene, as
you know Some one had poisoned his
mind De told me / should never see you
again, and / was in despair. Then Iremem-
bered that you were TO sleep in the haunted
room, and that there was a private stair
leading to it from the drawing room cor
ridor resolved to send you a letter,
so that you might not leave the hall
thinking that l was unfaithful to you.
My maid and / had discovered the
Tassage shortly before, and knew that it led
| up to your room, which was entered by
means OF a sliding panel l wrote the note,
| and gave it to her to take TO your chamber
when she was certain you were asleep. She
went with it; but returned almost inn
| meiiately to say that she could not move
| the panel We looked about for something
! by which to open it, and saw this old knife
in its sheath. 1t was given to me as a curl
osity, years ago. by an old sailor. Taylor,
my maid, took tho knife, and went back to
/ your room. When she returned she told
me that she had placed the note upon your
| pillow. but that at the moment when she did
so you had moved in your sleep; and in her
fright she had left the room at once, forget
ting to bring the knife with her.
"Then there was no ghost but the one you
! sent to me. darlingi But about the strychnia;
| for that is about the most important thing
of all now"
Il placed it on a shelf over the door by
which the secret stair is entered. 1t was the
sight of the knife which reminded me i'm
mediately of the placa."
rose breathless with excitement
@NIy darling, by Gods help, all viii yet bc
well But ! must not delay a moment
longer now"
| i strained her in my arms, and kissed hel
| passionately Half an hour afterwards
| was on my way to Great Lorton having
| dispatched a te egram to Mr.. Eastmead beg
| ging him to meet me al the Barton railway
station.
found the chief constable waiting for me
on the platform at Barton Like other mer
~in the force" he was probably happier
when engaged in bringing a criminal Z
| Justice than when he was saving an innocen
rerson from an unjust punishment But II
Daisys case he showed as much zeal a
though he had been one OF her persona
| friends. and had no need 20 complain o
the interest he displayed when / tod hin
the errand upon which l was bent. and tbs
important facts which ! had elected during
my visit - the prison.
Il wan, you 90 accompany me in m
search through the bail Mr. Eastmead, botl
because Won viii be an unimpeachsble wit
ness regarding any discoveries | may make
and becauss ] may neel to appeal TO the ai'
| OF the law in mv task. For YOU viii under
/ stand that 2 shall not do thing by halves
| Tui. uower of attorney makes me Ms
| Sianclifes legal represent etive, and / shal
use al my rights under it. not only to prov
her innocence. but. If possible, 70 discove
who the guilty person Is.
~Nou have set yourself a hard task Mr.
Fanton.7 he replied. Shut there is som
hope of succ ss, for I am quite certain that
rs vet. we DO not know the truth
We had 60 walk from Little Lorton station
to the hall My interview with Daisy has
taken place in the early morning, and j
was barely two o'clock in the Afternoon
when found myself once more standing OF
the broad terrace in front Of the quaint ols
house
The first person saw was the evii-omene'
F7inter. He came forward with an insolen
air and demanded my business
My business. sir. might very well be .
give you into custody for the outrage whicl
you committed upon me. As it is. am her