The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-13

| little stately cough" had Z not thought hSi
70 be at bottom noble woman. believe that
she 10 capable OF self-sscrince. and that any.
thing dishonorable would be repugnant to her. "
"Have you her Photograph
IT brought this with me-" He opened a
iocket and showed Us the full face OF very
lovely woman. Il Was not . photograph. but
an ivory miniature. and the artist had brought
ont the full effect Of the lustrous black hair.
| the large dark eyes. and the exquisite mouth.
| Holmes gazed long and earnestly at It Then
| he closed the locket and handed It back to
Lord Robert
"The young lady came to London. then. and
| ycu renewed your aoQuaintance2'
ayes. her father brought her over for this
last London season. I met her several times.
became engaged to her. and have now mar
ried her" =.
"she brought. understand considerable
dowryi"
"A fair dowry. Not more than 10 usual in
my family"
And this. Of course. remains to you. since
the marriage is felt acoompls p"
"Ireally have made no inquiries on the sub
ject."
"very naturally not. Did you SEQ Miss
Doran on tho day before the weddinga"
| Yes"
was she In good spiritsa'
| "Nsver better. She kept talking Of what We
should do In our future Hvea"
Indeed. That Is very interesting. And on
the morning OF the wedding"
"She was as bright As possible-at least
until after the ceremony"
And did you observe any change In her
then2"
well. to tell the truth. saw then the first
signs that had ever seen that hor temper
was Just a little sharp The incident, however.
was too trivial to relate. and can have no pos
sible bearing upon the case"
pray lot us have 1t for all that"
| "Oh, It is childish. She dropped her bou-
| quet as We went toward the vestry She was
passing the front pew at the time. and it fell
| over Into the pow. There was moments de-
| 10y, but the gentleman in the pew handed It
up to her again and it did not appear to be the
| worse for the fall Yet when I spoke to her
| OF tho mattor she answered me abruptly. and
| In the carriage on our way home she seemed
| absurdly agitated over this triflng cause"
Indeed. You say that there was a gentle-
man In the pew. Some Of the general public
were present then ?"
"Oh. yes. It is impossible to exclude them
| when the church is OPEN"
This gentleman was not one OF your wife,
| friends2"
| mo, no; call him gentleman BY courtesy.
| DuC ne WAS quito COHuou AoOAlue poEoVus !
| hardly noticed his appearance. but really
think that We are wandering rather far from
the point"
| Lady Robert then returned from the we'd
ding in a less cheerful frame OF mind than
| she had gone to it. What did she do on REIN
tering her fathers house2'
II saw her in conversation with her maid"
| "who is her maid3"
Alice Is her name. She IL an American.
and came from California with her"
| "A confidential servant?"
| "A little too much So It seemed to me that
her mistress allowed her to take great liber-
tics. Still. OF course. in America they look up
on these things in a different way"
| How long did she speak to this Alice2"
"Oh. a few minutes. had something else
to think Of"
You did not overhear what they said ?"
Lady Robert said something about jump
| ing claim. She was accustomed to use slang
OF the kind. I have no idea what she meant
American slang Is very expressive some
times. And what did your wife do when she
| had finished speaking to her maid"
"She walked into the breakfast room"
ION your armf' ~
mo. alone She was very independent in
| little matters Ike that Then after we had sat
down for ten minutes Of so she rose hurredly.
room. She never came back"
but this maid Alice. as understand. de-
poses that she went to her room. covered her
brides dress with long ulster. put on bon
net, and went out"
Quite so. And she was afterward seen
| walking into Hyde Park in company with
Flora Miller. a woman who is now in custody.
who had already made disturbance at Mr..
Doran's house that morning"
"Ah. yes should like few particulars as
to this young lady and your relations to her. -
Lord Robert shrugged his shoulders and
raised his eyebrows Two have been on a
friendly footing for some years-I may say on a
very friendly footing. She used to be at the Al
legro Ihave not treated her anonymously and
she has no just cause Of complaint against me,
| but you know what women are Mr. Holmes,
Flora was dear little thing, but exceedingly
hot-headed, and devotedly attached to me.
She wrote me dreadful letters when she heard
that was about to be married, and to tell the
| truth the reason why had the marriage 40