Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-28

18th OF April OH the 9 o CLOCK traInf''
now inquired Whitmore.
/ The stationmaster smiled.
mot in tina 8, sir, but in the
IL train,'' he answered, sand to
tell you the truth thought his lordshil
was bit on, when he came into the sta
ton to take his ticket, for he had queer
wild look altogether; but, of course
there is no mistaking him on account OF
his figure.'
"No, of course not, and you are quite
sure he went up to town in the II
train on that night?'
"As sure as l am standing here, sir,
spoke to him and said what wild
| night it was, and he answered somewhat
ndIstinctiy, and that was what made me
think he had taken drop too much"
! 1t ls very odd-he w Q expected at a
dance in town that night, and he never
appeared. am really beginning to be
afraid something has happened. -
The stationmaster was, of course, all
curiosity and sympathy, and Whitmore
walked back to the Rookery, with a
moody brow and an uneasy heart. He
was forced to tell May what be had
heard, and he could not deny that Gill
more's disappearance was, to say the
|
She broke into a passionate ut of tears
when she heard what he had to tell her,
and seemed overwhelmed with grief.
"Ohl 1 dreamt that night something
was following him!' she cried; ''some-
thing evil. oh! Mr.. Whitmore. what
| shall we do?''
"Weli, think the best thing will be
for me to go back to town at once, and
| If nothing has been heard of him at his
rooms or at his clubs l think the police
| ought TO be at once communicated with
and a regular search instituted.
"He-may have been robbed-and-n
wept May, who was sobbing as if her
heart would break.
''We must hope for the best-pIease
do not distress yourself so dreadfully,
Mrs. May Will telegraph to you at once
after l have made the inquiries in
town
"And-the stationmaster was-quite
sure he went by the II train, not by
the 9?''
"Quite sure; and he said he seemed to
have been drinking. Was he quite sober
when he left here?''
"Quite, quite sober; he would take
nothing at dinner but little caret; L
noticed he took much less than usual
'Theu, he must have been somewhere
you know in this place from 9 CLOCK
until close on II when he went to the
station. Does he know any of the people
here?'
al don't think he knows anyone;
sometimes he goes with young men to the
hotels, but very seldom; young men
who come down from London
81 had best inquire here first. then, -
said Whitmore; but no one had seen
LORD Gilmore in Maidenhead on the
night of the 29th of April, until he had
gone to the station.
Whitmore returned to the Rookery to
tell May this, and then started at once
for town, leaving the poor young woman
a prey to the most terrible anxiety.
Hour after hour she spent pacing her
room with restless footsteps, or going to
the gateway of the garden looking eagerly
out for the expected telegram from
Whitmore.
1t came about O'Clock and was very
disheartening.
mo one had seen or heard of him In
town; have communicated with the
police; one of the inspectors and myself
will be with you early tomorrow.
"WHITMoRE. >"
Then, when May read this, she felt
her cup of woe was full, and in passion
ate and broken hearted accents she
called on her father to come to her: and
the servants listening to her wild words
knew something dreadful had happened,
and it began TO be whispered about that
the hunch backed young lord had disap-
peared, ana many strange surmises were
made
"He's just got tired of her and run
away with some one else,' suggested
the women.
"He was wild young fellow, and was
probably drunk when he got into the
train, and some scoundrel has knocked
him on the head for the sake of his |
watch and purse, - said the men.
HE must have been somewhere from |
9 TO II CLOCK, " said the police; but the |
made no one any wiser.
Gilmore had left the Rookery about |
quarter TO 8 O'Clock on April 20, and |
nothing more could be heard of him |
again in Maidenhesd until he appeared
at the station at about five minutes to IL |
o CLOCK. Where he had been in the in |
terval 10 one could find out; after he en-
tered the train he was never seen more.
CHAPTER xL.-JUAN' SONG.
The next day the London detectives
arrived at MRidenhead, but their in
luiries elected nothing further. They
questioned May infinitely regarding Gill
nore's habits, and learned from her
that nearly every afternoon lately he
had rowed in his boat alone up the river.
"Did he go on the goth of April?"
they asked.
"No; but he did the day bsfore-on
The 2sth, she answered.
ENTIRELY alone?"
Gas far as l know, yes.'
"What time did he return on the
,Sth?'
"About 7:30-in time for dinner -
land he lived here?'' asked one of
he detectives, looking curlously at the
pretty, though grief-stricken young wo-
nan before him
'Generally-not always answered
Nay with sudden blush.
But she could tell them nothing but
What she had already told Mr.. Whit
more. She knew of no acquaintauces
hat he had in Maidenhead she said, as
he friends he had to visit him always
anne down from London. Then they
vent to the bosthouse where Giimore's
wo boats were kept. The man in charge
4 the boats entirely confirmed Nays
ccount regarding Lord Gilmore going
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