Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-12-30
The Sandycroft Mystery.
by t. w. sPEIGHT.
rHAPTER XII-CoNrrNuEp.

that Emma announced her detormina-
ton to her uncle. He stared at her
in wide-eyed establishments
Il am most uneasy about IvoE "
she went on to say especially after
what Lord Senlac told us the other
night lie may be i'll. he may have
met with another accident half
score of things may have happened
to him. And then Lord Senlac limited
at some ENHANCEMENT and that II
possible Ivor ought to be induced 10
leave New York without delay. In
deed. what with one thing and an
other l am most unhappy about
him."
But even II there were 10 other
obstacle. it is quite out of the question
that you should cross the Atlantic
yourself" objected her uncle.
IL have thought of that. L will ask
Mrs. Bosworth to accompany me-"
You could hare no better person.
If you have really made up your mind
TO CO."
Il have made up my mind uncle.
I'm that case l will offer no fur
ther opposition knowing of old how
useless it would be-" He sad this
with a smile and little shrug OF
srssignation and then held out his cup
I for more tea
l/SMrs. Bosworth responded to Enna's
Invitation as matter OF course. Had
She been askel to accompany Miss
Penleath on an exploring expedition
Ijhto the heart OF Africa she would not
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reached Sandycroft within twenty
four hours after the receipt OF Enna's
I note. She was quiet self possessed
womap with gray>hair very fine eyes
and a voice that was full Of
charm. Bnder her suave and
even toned. manner were hidden
great forcS or will and inhexibility OF
character In the way of mental and
moral tfainihg Emma Penleath owed
more 70 Mrs BosTorth than she was
aware Of
OF the voyage from London to New
, York there is no need to record any
thing. Although brimful OF novelty
to our two ladies' it was OF the usual
stereotyped kind that warrants no
description. On their arrival they
, drove direct from tho custom house
! to the address givon to Emma by Lord
Senlac-a small suit OF rooms in an
: uptown fat furnished for bachelors
l only. Fortunately. Ivor happened to
: be at home and it would be hard for
a man to look more astonished than
he looked when his sister and Mrs
Bosworth were ushered into his tiny
sitting-room. He seemed. however
unfeignedly glad to see them
"And so Senlac's account OF me
frightened you did it Ennie. and you
| thought you would come and see for
yourself how l was getting onP Good
little sister,"
That coupled with your unac-
countable silence, made both Uncle
Godfrey and me very uneasy. We
knew you were here alone and that
was all we did know. Twenty things
might have happened to you without
our being a bit wiser.
What should happen to me? Hav-
ing been the victim OF one accident
the chances were a thousand to one
r against my falling victim to another
> OF course it was very nice and kind Of
you and Uncle Godfrey to feel so con-
cerned about me- but just little bit
.. supernuous don't you think. especially
E after Senlac had told you that was
$ as well and hearty as ever" He
spoke without the slightest trace OF
!, annoyance but rather as though he
were bantering his sister.
Emma stared at him. Sometimes II
was difficult to- tell when Ivor was
serious and when be was merely ban
tering. In which mood was he nowp
8 Did he seriously mean what he said
4 or was he merely trying to provoke
X her to petulance as he had been so
4 fond OF doing when they were youngerp
But 1T could not be that he was really
a as ignorant as he tried to make out.
\ 'One would have thought" she
Y said coldly. 'that the fact of Captain
B DarvilPs death under such terrible
4 circumstances on the very night you
Z left Sandycroft would have been
Y enough to induce you to write IL only
3 to obtain fuller particulars than the
4 newspapers could furnish you with. "
Ivor olive complexion had faded
y to a death-like pallor by the time his
\ sister had done speaking.
q 'Darvill dead and on the night I left
y Sandycroft" he exclaimed. believe
me. this is the first have heard OF it!
But you spoke OF some terrible cir
= cumsiances in connection with it
J. What are they?" His earnestness
was real enough now. whether he
were speaking the truth or not in say
ing that this was the first he had heard
of the affair.
4 Captain Darvill was found dead
: stabbed to the heart-in the smokin Q
\ room at Sandycroft about IL o clocE
Z on the night OF the 18th of April"
MY God" calculated Ivor with
blanched lips Then after t. mo-
ments pause Did you say stabbed
to the hearth"
Emma inclined her head. He had
been murdered aud the weapon with
which the crime had been perpetrated
is supposed to have been an Indian
daCOar belonOinp tn ITncla Godrra,,