Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-11-18
CHAPTER VI.
Captain Darvill Quits Sandycroft


Roden Bosworth sat for some time
putting modify at his meerschaum.
Holding his pipe in one hand. and
with the other swinging free he be-
| gan his customary slow meditative.
sentry like pacing; but hardly ha he
completed II couple OF rounds when
without any consciousne 8 on his
| part his eyes were drawn TO a
broad patch OF light some distance
away in the void of darkness which
surrounded him. He at once recog-
nized it for what it was-a stream OF
light radiating and spreading fan like
into the darkness from the bow win
| dow OF the smoking-room which
| directly fronted the tower little dis.
lance away The lower half OF the
shutters had been closed by Phipson
when he took In the lamp and lighted
the candles but his instructions were
TO leave the windows open an inch or
two at the top for purposes OF ventila-
ton and the upper half of the shut
tiers Enclosed till he went his final
rounds for the night From this eyrie
in the tower space which comprised
nearly two. thirds of the smok ing.room
was visible to Roden through the
unshuttered half OF the window.
here was no moon. but the sky was
clear and starlit and to the left of
the room a dull blush streak family
defined the outline OF the glass roof
OF the conservatory
Roden paused in his walk and
looked down. He was able to make
out that the room was occupied by
two people one of whom was woman
1t could be no one but Emma and
the other must OF necessity be Oar.
Will. 1t was there then and not in
the drawing room shat they had ar
ranged for their meeting. He was
consumed by a feeling VIII oh was not
curiosity. but something more intol-
cradle. The demon of jealousy had Z
got him in its clutches and was gnaw-
ing at his hcart-strings And vet
why man should give way to the
pangs of jealousy when he knows full
well that the object which IS the head
and front OF all his su ferings can in
no case become his seems TO
such OF US as arc not in love an
altogether absurd and uncal ed for
mode OF giving oneself away. But
with Rodenf at that moment self
questioning was about the last thing
in thoughts. What he did was to
hurry down TO his room look for and
tind pair OF powerful marine glasses
and hasten buck with them TO his
coign OF vantage
When next he looked Fnna had
risen ON her chair; then he saw her
cross the room open the door and 90
out leaving Darv, II GA ing after her
like man in a dream. Roden was
curious 10 see whatwOuld happen next
What did happen we know already.
up TO tie moment OF Ivor Penleath's
une pected appearance nn the scene. /
When lvor struck arvill with his
open hand the latter fell back a pace |
or two in sheer amaLement NEXT /
moment with his clcnched fist he /
returned the blow full in lvor's face.
IL ielled IN TO the ground.
but an instant later he was on his feet
and had closed with the other. All this
Roden saw clearly through glasses.
Then for few seconds he beheld the
swaying iorms of the two men as they
stru ggled together each of them an
parently trying TO tr p up the other
and bear him TO the ground. In their
struggle the lamp was overturned.
The room was still Illuminated by the
two candles in the scouces over the
chimney piece but the light they
gave out was so vague and diTused
that from where he stood Roden
could no longer distinguish with GER
Iainty anything that was go ng on In
The room IL seemed 10 him. how
ever that II the struggle had been
after the fall of the lamp
some vague outlines OF the figures
would have been visible to him. As
{ was. there was nothing TO be seen.
With the extinction OF the lamp the
lrama seemed TO have come 10 a sud-
len end. aud the combatauts to have