Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-08-22

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'You are faithfu. servant"
lady who Is staying at mat hotel"
No, there is no Hotel d'Angleterre, !"
he he repeated There is the Hotel Berner
NO" she took out the paper and show;
ed it TO him, Lady Harry Norland, Hotel
d'Angleterre, Berne."
"There is the Hotel dc Belle vue, the
Hotel du Faucon, the Hotel Victoria, the
Hotel Schweizerhof. There are the Hotel
Sohrodei, the Hotel Schneider. the Pensi0
Fanny ~ yet had NO other suspicion
than that the doctor had accidentally
written a wrong name Her mistress was
at Berns; she would be in one OF the hO-
good: she would 60 round to the hotels
and inquire. She did SO. There are not,
in fact. more than half dozen hotels in
Berne where an English lady could posi-
bly, stay. Fanny went to every enc Of
these. No one had heard of any such
lady; they showed her the lists Of their
visitors. She inquired at the postofiice.
No lady Of that name had asked for letters.
She asked II there were any pensions, and
| went round them all-uselessly.
No other conclusion was possible. The
doctor had deceived her willfully. To get
her out of the way he sent her to Berne.
He would have sent her to Jericho If her
purse had been long enough to pay the
fare. She was tricked.
She counted her money. There was ex
actly twenty-eight shillings and tenpencs
In her purse.
She went back to the cheapest land dirt
lest of the pensions she had visited. She
stated her case-she had missed milady
and mistress-she must stay until she
should receive orders to go on, and money
would they take her in until one or the
other arrived. Certainly. They would
take her in, at five francs day, payable
every morning in advance.
She made little calculation-she had
twenty eight and tenpence: exactly thirty.
wrote to Mrs. Vimpany at once she could
get an answer in five days.
She accepted the offer, paid her five
shiilings, was shown into room, and was
informed that the dinner was served at
six o'clock.
Very good. Here she could rest. at any
rate, and think what was to be done. And
Vimpany and one to Mr.. Mountjoy.
In both Of these letters she told exactly
what she had found: neither Lord Harry
nor his wife at the cottage, the place va
Gated, and the doctor on the point Of go
ing away. In both letters she told how
she had been sent all the way into Switzar-
land on a FOOLS GRAND, and now found
herself planted there without the means
of getting home. In the letter to Mrs.
Vimpsny she added the remarkable detail
that the man whom she had seen on the
Thursday morning apparently dead. whose
actual poisoning she thought she had wit
messed, was reported on the Saturday to
his things. IL he had any, and proposing to
make his way to London in order to find
out his old nurse Make what you can
out of that" she said. For my own part,
understand nothing"
In the letter which she wrote to Mr..
would send her money to bring her holS
This, she said, her mistress she. kR
would willingly defray.
She posted these letters on Tuesday,
waited for the answers.
Mrs. Vimpany wrote back by return
post.
my dear Fanny" she said, 81 have
read your letter with the greatest interest.
am not only afraid that some villainy is
afoat, but l am perfectly sure of it, One
can only hope and pray that her la6Sship
may be kept out Of its influence. You
will be pleased to hear that Mr.. Mountjoi
is better. As sooa as he was sufficisntly
emotion, put Lady Harry's letter into
his hands. 1t was web that had kept it
from him, for he fell into such violence
OF grief and indignation that / thought he
would have had serious relapse. Can
any woman" he cried, be justified in 60
until he has proved u complete change:
Wat ii she has received a thousand let
ters of penitence. Penitspce should be
shown by acts, not words: she should have
waited He wrote her q letter, which he
showed me. Is there" he asked, any.
thing in the letter which could Justly Of
fend herr could nnd nothing He told
her, but fear too late. that she risks deg
neutrality-suspicious. worse, IL there is any
thing woTse-if she persists in returning
to her unworthy husband. II she refuses
to be guided BY his advice. on the last &C.
cnsion on which he would presume to
49, INV advice. he begged that she would
NOS MOI snswer. Les her silence eay-No.
That was the substance of his lettaEe Up
to the present moment no answer has been
received from Lady Harry. Nor has he
received 30 much ~ an acknowledgment
OF the letter. What can be understood BY
this silence. Clearly, refusal.
You must return by way Of Paris,
Lson: Mr.. Mountjoy, know, viii send end
You the money you want. He has told me
AS much. Il have done with Lady Harry
ne said. Her movements no longer con-
Germ me, though / can never want in
terest in what she does. But since the
girl is right to stick to her mistress, /
niyself.'
Therefore, my dear Fanny, stop in Paris
Tor one night at least, and learn what has
been done il you can. Find out the nurse
and ask her what really happened With
the knowledge that you already possess it
will be hard. indeed, il We cannot arrive
at the truth. There must be people who
supplied things to the cottage-the restau-
rant, the ph0rmdcien, the laundress. See
them all-you know them ALREADY, and
We Will put the facts together. As for
finding her ladyship, that will depend en-
tlreiy upon herself l shall expect you
pens here shall be able to tell YOU when
you arriva Yours affsctiouately,
L. VMPANY."
This letter exactly conceded with Fan.
ny's own views. The doctor was now
gone. She was alone in the cottage: and
the suburb Of Passy, though charming in
many ways. is not exactly the place for a |
would stay day, or even two DAYS. or
more, necessary, at fassy. She would |
make those inquiries
The second letter. which reached nor thu |
same day, was from Mr.. Mountjoy. He
told her what he had told Mrs. VInpany: |
he would give her the money. because he |
the spirit of fidelity which |
caused Fanny to 60 first to Paris and then
10 Berne. But he could not pretend to
any right to interference in the affairs
Of Lord and Lady Harry Norland. He
nclosed . mdnddl postal for q hundred |
and twenty-five francs, which he hoped !
would bs suaicisnt for her immediate
wants.
She started on her return Journey ON
the same day-namely, Saturday. On |
Passy. ready to make those inquiries. The
hrst person whom she sought out was the
rentier-ths landlord Of the cottage. He
was a retired tradesman-ons who had
made his modest fortune in q charcuterie.
md had isyestsd 1t in house properly
Fanny told him she had been lady's maid
% Lady Harry Norland, in the recent &C.
supancy Of the cottage, and that she was
anxious to know her present address.
"Aerc;. moa Disui que scais-jes What
10 know aboAt III" he replied. ..The