The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-04-30
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CHAPTER. =

Sir Adrian back to life. Rlngw0oo had
insisted upon telling the old house
keeper at the castle, who has been In
the family for years, the whole story OF
her masters rescue, and she, with tears
dropping down her Wlthered ct.seks,
has helped Ringwood to remove BIS
clothes and make him comfortable
She had also sat beside him While tho
captain, stealing out OF SAe house hko
D thief, had galIoped down TO the VI
!ase for the doctor, whom he had
smUggled into the house without aWas-
ms any OF the servants.
tbs caution and secrecy had been
decided upon for one powerful reason.
i Arthur Oynecourt should. prove
guilty OF being the author OF bis cous-
ms Incarceration, they we're quite oe-
termined he should not escape what
eyer punishment the Law allowed. But
the mystery could not be quite cleared
up until Sir Adcian>s return to con
sciousness, when they hoped to have
from his own lips.
In the meantime, should Arthur hear
of his cousins rescue, and know HIM
self to be guilty Of this 6astarGly at
tampt to murder, would he not take
sters to escape before the laT should
isy it's iron grasp upon him? Al four
conSpiatorS are too ignorant Of the
power of the law to know whether 1t
would be iustiiable in the present. cir
cumstances to place him under arrest,
or decide Oh Visiting until Sir Adrian
himself shall be able to pronounce
either his doom or his eXculpstion.
The doctor stays all Hlght, and cd
ministers TO the exhausted man, as
often SIS he dares, the nourishme1t and
good things provided by the old house
keeper
When the morning Is far advanced,
AGrisr, waking from short but re-
freshing slumber looks anxiousty
aro,xl5 him. Florence, seeing this
steps aside, as though to make way for
Dora to 90 closer to him. But Mrs.
Talbot, covering her face with her
hands, turns aside and sinks Into
chair.
Florence, much bewildered by this
strange conduct, stands irresolUte be-
side the bed. hardly knowing what 70
do. Again she glEnces at the PROSTATE
man, and sees his eyes resting upon
her with an expression in them that
makes her heart beat rapidly with
sweet but sad recollectioNs.
Then e faint voice ialls upon her ear.
It is SO weak that she is obliged TO
stccp over him to catch what he IS Try
ing to say.
Darling. owe yoG mr. life.'
With great feeblencss be etters these
words, accompanying them with a
glerce Of utter devotion. How can she
mistake his glance, SO full Of love and
rapture? Pe-pie1ed in the extreme,
she turns from him, as though to leave
him, but by gesture he detalns her.
do not leave me-. Stay with ne"
he entreats.
Once again. deeply distressed, she
looks at Dora. Mrs. Talbos, rising.
says distinctly, but with sh&nefscsd
Exreesion-
DO IS he asks yea. Believe Hs, hy
bis sids Is your proper place, not nine =
Saying this, she glides quickly from
she room, and does not appear again
FOR hours.
By Iancheon-time IL occurs to the
: guests that Arthur Dynecourt has not
been seen since last evening.
Ringwood, carving this news to the
sick-room. the little rescuing party and
their auxIiaries, the nurse and doctor,
lay their heads together, and decide
that, doubtless, having discovered the
escspe Of his prisoner, and, dreadlng
arrest, Arthur has quietly taken Rm-
self off, and 80 avoided the trial and
punishment which would otherwise
have fallen upon him.
RingWood els now OF opinion that
they have acted unwissiy in concealng
the discovery >sssssS;1=eAsssa AsssaSian IN tie
6sunted chamber. b not speaking To
the others, they aave given Dynecourt
the opportunity Of getting away safely,
and Without causing suspicion.
Is it not an almost conclusive PROOF
Of his guilt, his running away in this
coEardly fashion" says Ethel ViHlers.
7 think papa and Lady FItzAlnont
snd everybody should be told"
SO RingWood, undertaking the Once
OF tale-oearer, goes Downstairs, and.
bringing together all the people sal
remaining in the house, astouDds them
by his revelation Of the discovery and
release of Sir Adrian.
The nearest magistrate is sent for,
and the case being laid before him, co.
gether with the still further evidence
given by Sir Adrian himself, who has
told them in 8 weak whisper Of Ar
thurs being privy to his intention Of
searching the haunted chamber for
( Norencess bangle on that memorable
day Of his disappearance, the magS-
Eate issues a warrant for the arrest Of
Arthur Dynecourt.
But Il Is all u vain; even though two
OF the clevereSt detectives from Scot
land Yard are pressed into the service,
no tidings Of Arthur DynecOurs come
to light. a man answering to his de-
scription, but wearing spectacles, had
been traced as having gone on board q
vessel bound for New York the very
day after Sir Adrian was restored to
the world, and, when search in other
quarters fails. every one falls into the
ready belief that this specialized man
was in reality the would-be murderer.
So the days pass OF. and it is now
quite monta since RingWood and
Florence carried Sir A6rian's sensei5ss
form from the haunted chamber, and
still Florence holds herself alQQf from
the man she loves, and, though quite
IS aSsiduous SIS the others in her atten-
tons to him, seems always eager to get
away from him, and glad to escape any
chance of a tste-G-teH with him. This
she does in defiance Of the fact that
Mrs. Talbot never spproaches him ex-
/. cept when absolutely compelled.
Sir Adrian is still great invalid.
The shock to his nervous system, the
dragging out Of those interninable
hours in the lonely chamber, and the
strain upon bis physical powers BY the
absence Of nutrinent for seven long
days and nights, had all combined to
SKATER q constitution once robust. He
is now greatly improved in health, snd
has been recommended by his doctors
to try {. winter in the south of France
or Agiers.
He Shows himself, however, strange
" reluctant to quit his home, and,
whenever the subject is mentioned, he
first turns his eyes QuessioninSy upon
Florence, i @ls y present, and then,
receiving 30 returning glance fron Essr
doSnc,st eyss, siShs, snd puts the mat
saT from him