Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-10-19

/ why, vernon, the went Win mo sh
through France and Italy when I joined
you in Rome; We were always ios-,her'
and u..d TO talk TO her q great deal.
She |, very superior girl. No; Il would
be mos, unjas, to su.pec, Tayl'r."
swell, there is no one elss." said Lord
Hayward d,jec,edly. "e1esp' poor little
Rose Msnnsring"
"Poor little Rose Msnn,ring." was
the goserne.s who took charge OF their
me little girl.
Absurd !" said Lady Hayward. And
90 |, vas on the face Of II. They knew
Rose M.nnering'. family veil she vas
lady. and little more than child.
A silence followed. during which both
looked in,o the FIRE for inspiration. All
he servants in the house were born OF
families Who had been for generations on
The estate. The idea Of 'u'Pec,ing any
| f,hem W. too painful Taylor ~s'
he only exception. and she had been
9TH f,dy Hayward too yss,.
IL b,sia To believe" said Lady Hay
s.rd. "that IL !. one Of our guests.
"Oood heavens. Kate. -h., an idea y
"C.a you .ass-., anything sl.e
"No. | can't There. some internal
is,iluy At work. bu, beat my brains
~ | -ill. I can, see where !, comes
from"
IL tell you ~hs we mus, do. Ner
,os," ..id L.dy Hayward d~ei.isely.
I'VE must b. very careful. no, ftsh'en
nv oqe, and keep our ON counsel.
| R,d. over to the io-n early io.mlrros
morning aud telegraph TO Scotland Yard
'or detective 20 come dosn disguised
o the h.ll There -ill be - m.ny Peo.
ole the servant. ~oa', have time to no.
ie- him. II. mus, stop on s visitor
until be fad. oai something
"Thn gill d" exclaimed Lord Hay
ssrd.
"No- 60" ..ii Lady H.y~ard. ring
,ns the bell for Taylor | must dress At
,nce."
A. he wen, ou, he me, the maid IN
b. doofsay. and gave hers more curt
ou. look than usual TIE re.al, VI.
ouly TO give up hi. idea {. prePo.'eroa'
she h.d ,ery gentle. gocd face her
.oi, brown hair. brushed smOo'hly over
her care. gave IL an slmo', Pafi'.nie
look. Lady H.y.Mi bad made some.
hing Of /. friend Of her. aud the gil had
as,sr presumed in the lra', upon It, but
a.d .l~.y. retained her .abdaed' '~ee'
manner
Lady Hsy~.rd .eruiiaifsd her. too.
iarins the proee. Of dressing. ea' she
.hr.nk from the thoughts IN her osu
mind. She h.d gro~n foad of her treas
are Of {. maid. and Eel, ashamed OF her
quickly..aPpre..ed 'a'P'eioa..
Early next morning the Telegram vi.
.en, To Scotland Yard by Lord H.y~"d
-ho rode over alone 10 send Ii sni wait
"a ior the sn.~sr. The reply seemed to
please him and he rode back Ia good
spirits 20 late breakfast. Tie even
faced, ~i,h moderate eheeffulne.'. Lady
H.y~aid'. slds., sister. ~ho vas 10
fnsh,fal state .bos, her necklace. Ih''
.dy va. oae Of his pi, avsr'lon' she
"a, not pretty OF clever Ike h. vile.
ba, she VI. more iueProseh.ble. more
mor.l. more perfect, and she ~. an old
maid. Probably she ~ss the only per-
.on in the -orld Of -hom Lady Hay
~.d ". afraid Ne. ColIeue ga. I.
severe censor 10 all thing, snd ksP, her
~. gla.. veil fixed oa her youns.f sis
ter. -ho had an impor,sn, Po'i'ion TO al
b.for. the world Al prr.en, Ml'' Col-
l,,,e W.. very angry because she did not
kno~ that w.. bein< done about the
theft, she had found on, before ih.,
the exemplary Cecilia e1ali not hold
Der tougue.
Thi. extreme di.ere,ioa havins bean
observed. the Scotland yard detective
arrived a. visitor. and no one pad any
particular attention to him. tie ~.
,,r, qaiet and adopted the character OF
the man ~ho doe. 10, dance. OF talk. o
DO anyihiog. aud u answered admirably
A number Of other men With superb
.hiu.froau hung about the door~.y'
and looked bored Ne. H.sk -. admir-.
ably gotten up for the parPo's. and h.d
only to minsls ~i,h these other. aud look
q. bored =. they. L,dy Hsy~ni was
delighted ., ,hi, e,erllen, eh.eemsni OF
himself aud kept her eye on him "a
grea, interest. She managed TO speak
to him very late when the party ~"
breaking up. lie had discovered moth.
ing 90 f.r--not even . "elew Ind she
wen, to bed disappointed.
Visitors At Hayward Castle breakfast
cd, Of course. At any time during the
morning; but the family aud household
Away. assembled 10 morning prayer. .,
q quarter to o. aud breakfast formally
b,san directly Afterwards. Mr.. Hawk
had learned ,hi. aud ". In the break.
f..,.room esrly-,hs only gue., present.
No one else turned up ba, Lord and La.
DIV Hayward themselves. Ro's Manner.
ing. Who sl~ays appeared with her
charge st thi. time. aud the servants.
Even Miss Colle,te Was too tired to
come down. though no one was s'rie'er,
theoretically. on the subject OF family
prayers. How grateful vas Lady Hay
ward, half an hour Afterwards. that her
sister had been late ths, morning
The servants all came 10, led by the
butler aud the stately hoa,ekeePer. and
Lord Hayward read prayers. Mr. Hawk
81, very quietly 10 the shadow OF =
curtain.
With all deeorum the servants hled
ou, again, aud Mr.. Hawk did not move.
The momen, the door closed on the last
Of them he leaned over to Lord Hay
ward.
"My Lord" he said, "msy the men
servants watch the windows of,his room
outside for . few minutes Don't ask
me to explain. there's no time to lose."
The old butler came in At that mo.
ment, carrying . silver coffee pot Lord
Hayward gave the order.
"And tell them to keep their eyes
open," added Mr.. Hawk. We've got
% ds.l Nth ths lishtest pair Of heels In