Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-31
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were In letters OF my nephew's = he sal |
"As to the persons who had any infOr ma
ton Of their dispatched course beside
ourselves there was only The Vicar--who
l think you said registered the letters
! AL an and one or two members OF hi
fam ly.o
| Allan Bertran smiled again to himself
So Sir Geo rey did not intend to mention
Caryrs name Well, 1t might be As wei
that he should follow the Baronet lead
=" o confidential va ct, sir, or any suci
sort of person pursued the detective
| passing by the mentI0n of the clergyman s
household in silence, after q barely per
ceptib pause.
n To that uestion, however there could
he but one answer; and event all Mr..
| RitSOn left the Hall without having been
able to obta II any further information.
/ 1t was some hours after the detective
had taken hi de arturo that the arOnet,
who had passed the interval In the library,
ab orbed in deepest bought, was disturb
ed by tAe entrance of Allan.
by .ihcway,' began that gentlem IN.
upon whom his uncle s espondent att ude
as he had al first caught sight OF him was
bv no means tn own away, don t you
think that it was Their unwi @ of me no;
to have limited my s spicions to Ritson:
I course may b. wrong. i'll, there s
a chan of the truth lying in tina direc.
ton. And can t a ord to lose that money
ifany c lteneSs Of my own w0u d save it. .
L @ Ba Unet rose to his feet all shook
himself as though casting burden.
Nonsense he answered brus uely.
'fou keep your own 'cuteness. as you
call 1t, or carrying on y ur own concerns
You need it all, let me tell you. AS to
Nane, | won't have word breathed
against him. Think of his ia her, man
".f h. Is limo 'ent il Ould do his ,ath-
er no harm Tor The a air 10 be investigat-
ed. And If he is -"
ale is II t.. | would stake my life
upon Caryrs free ON from & lit " re-
tuned 5 r CO. rey. in oIe Of strong
agltati n. Possibly, howe or | crnnot
expect you TO see mater "a tie as they
present themselves to me- he went on
more cal Iy: and, that Icing so 1 am
willing to make up to you for any loss
with yol may incur in the mat or.
here-wil! that satisfy you l cannot
see harp. bright young fellow like -
he hat almost aid 'Odevne s brother
but he s;oppe ust in time like Car
Nane su ,ering und a C"arge which,
however successfully refuted, ~ light
blight his prospects tn ough life; for al
fat of his sor, are not always wholly
clea ed up
There W s n strange look Of trium"h In
Allan eye as he listenel but when he
repi d, here was no trace of ca !erness
in the calm voice.
AS on pie sc sir he said. II am
glad that a 10 has so generous an advO-
cate as ourSef. Since | am no. to he a
loser It matters little to me whe het he is
bIa neles or not. And of course sue
ruuO, he ever false, could but prove
very in uri0uS both to himself and t. h 5
fam ly.
Sir &c frey cut short his nephew's
TOW of words ab uptly.
Pass t at he book please" he said
pointing to one Iyin, near llan's han |.
Five minute, later the Dung man left
the Baronets Presence the richer by
thousand pounds; but he rossed the
hall on the wa stairs. his mind was full
OF vague "nderings all dou IT'S.
''Why on earth is he so anx Gus to eer
Nane's Lame out OF it he m Sc IA
any rate, ii sh VS. that he does not feel sc
certa OF the elbows innocence as he
pretends to he. -
tn o iniOn howe er the Baronet':
heir va, altogether mistaken.