Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-02-10
CEREDo, WAYNE co. w. VA. FRIDAY FEBRUARY TO- 1883.

the back OF ihe visiting earl. out Of whicr
there gradually grew the outlines OF n hn.
man face. a. his pen skipped lightly over II
WI told Jack Graham what We alrcady
know - Miss Wentvosths Disappearance
the search in the grounds, and the discov.
cry. OF the beggars FOO mark in the flower
bed.
Now came the second part.
he result OF friy inquiries In other di.
rections, said the, young mnn. was moi
very satisfactory. l simply learned three
things IN three days. aud none of them af.
ford-d any real clew to Miss wentworth's
whereabouts.
JACK Greham began 10 feel easier.
what Il You hcary" he asked
That buckley. the mendicant. had lately
been sending letters aud telegnams from
Perthard; thai he had taken a ticket foi
London from Atarlleboruugh station about
two hours nftcr Ada had left the hotise. and
that young lady answering in some par
ticulars 20 the description / gave of Miss
Wentworth. had left the station by the same
train a. Buckley, but had taken a first-clas
return to-"
Beyond tho footmark." questioned
Gmham. interruptng him. "have you any
reason Tor mixing up this idiot in the al
fnir2"
Every reason. You'll hear presently.
returned to Hazslwood House about eight
O'Clock la the morning. found that Miss
Bentley had been crying. that all her on
eftions had beon in vain-neither she nor
the person she had employed had dis.
covered anything. Sir Landy was in the
drawing-room with her when 1 returned
He was sitting silent and sedate She wns
pacing the room-wild. ualike herself
An angry flush came into Wills face ns he
got thus far
what do you think that banker had been
tfyi z 10 instll into her mind during my
hbsencey he asked. in a highly excited
manner.
Jack guessed at once, and tho Thought
came to him that the story with which he
had dispatched Buckley to Perthatd would
have been improved oy plncing VIII in the
position Of the "tail, slim fair gentleman. :"
He had not thought of that before, aud he
cursed himself for overlooking such an adj
vantage, though IL was too late TO point 10
VIII as the man who had abducted Miss
Wentworth.
@Did Miss Bentley take Sir Landys view
of the case7" he asked.
Will answered the question with a nerv-
Gus smlo PLAYING Totind his mouth.
Miss Bentley said Sir Landy had said
Ho-and-su. She saw my Indignation;
could not speak. so she spoke for me: .Aif.
Iryfoil. she continued understand,
don't ask you 10 deny this TO me. will
heir no arguments. no assun ces from
you. IL is your duty 10 clear yourself TO Sir
Lnndy of his unjust accu-ation.
She took my hand in hers as was about
TO speak, and silanced me with the words
lon need not attempt 60 clear yourself u
Sir lAedy's accusation TO me. 1 don't re-
quire persons TO tell me that my name Il
Bentley. II would be equally superiiuous
on your side 10 tell me that you are not
villain. am as confident Of one as OF the
other.'"
During his last few sentences. viii Try
foil had almost forgotten the drawing on
the card.
He now bent over 1t and proceeded with
his story.
In pass over my sentiments toward the
banxer, he went on. when have found
Miss Wentworth will be the time when he
will have TO apologize for making the accu-
sation. have no time 10 devote to myself
until find Miss Bentley's niece. When
am free to act on my own account, Sir
Landy Linsey will have to explain his con.
duct.
Have you said this to him'"
ayes"
"Is he still at HazeIwood House2"
mo; ho returned to Londoa by the first
tram yesterday morning. promising Miss
Bentley. who recei, cd his promise coldiy.
u do all Ia his power toward finding Miss
Wentworth, and proving nie 10 be the man
who decoyed her. But that he IL older than
i, and has done me somo kindness. / must
have struck him. | followed up the faint
resemblance 20 a clew that had obtained.
continued Will, "and Miss Bentley. who
found Il impossible 10 remain inactive. ac-
coHpanied me. We travelled 10 the town 20
which she had taken tickets There We
learned nothing. Passengers had alighted
there by the last train on Friday night, but
no one could tell whether Ada had been
among them. The one small item OF intel
ligence that we gained proved, however. IL
u were 10 DO relied on, which after discov-
cries made me doubt, that my supposod
c.ew was in reality no clew. The ticket
collector swore that he had only received
one hrBt-class ticket from the passengers
who bud got of that train, and that ticket
was pink. Had 1t been taken AZ Martle-
borough Il would have been white. After
inquiring At hotels and lodging houses, we
returned, very much dispirited. to Perth
ard
will ceased speaking for few minutes.
during which he regarded with n crit cal
eye the drawing he had made on the back Of
the card, and then. saying 70 himself. 1T
viii do, placed Il carefully on one side,
looked al his watch again. and drew some
note paper 70 him.
Is the poftmanteau flied?" he asked.
Yes. said Jack. closing and fasten-
ing IT, let as have The hulsh Of tho story.
Tot ] am deeply interested. / hope ! NAV
be able 10 help you
Will told him the third part. which was
substantially the same ~ ths one Jack bad
cOnc0ctcd for Buckley
IL would be madness 10 DISREGARD the
man story, continued viii and ID would
be foolish 70 put implicit faith in IL Miss
Bentley and have gone through al We
kno~ concerning Ada's abduction infinitely
we have diec5vefed numerous discrop-
ancies between Bnckleys story and certain
facts respecting him. These discreIancios
make us fosoiVe on q second. or reserve
string There is one thing lhat makes
mo suspicious of his vofac ~ ho has been
sending aud fecoivin letters and talerrams.
His story contains nothing about these com.
We have therefore. sea a
stfict watch on his future movements
There are ten eyes watching him even
nov.
Jack Guham cOughed ansasily. for
buckleys silence was now rrc1unied for
II the mendicani broke that silence while
ieu eyes we're up0I lin. O. aham aud his
scheme would snnd unmaaked.
Meanwhile, resumed VIII make two
on .hfef inIorIaut calls j make inuniriea
q the Charing ross station. and ] sleep in
ihe strand 80 as % make sure Of the train
20 morrow morniug
Where afo you going them inquired
Tack
aI al IL. .