The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-11-12

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| receive any communication of any kind
| rom Robert Howell"
| She rose and moved to the door. Mr..
| Bates looked at the captain inquirlngiy.
| Should he tell her that the man was
| deal AMI tie letter was lost?
| Capt. Csrlvon felt That this was the
| only thing to do. 1t was an intense re-
| lief 10 his mind to find that The matter
| bad turned out SO well.
Miss Summers" he said, 81 feared
| that it would have been great shock
| TO you when / told You that in some
| understandable way l had lost that
! letter."
lost it y exclaimed the girl.
"Ies, on the night Of the lith Of No.
| vember | called ut the address Mr..
| Howard gave me IN order to hand you
the letter. You had left. On my way
back | got lost in the fog and in some
tanning the letter must have fallen or
| been taken from my pocket.
"How WAS the letter addressed ?''
asked Miss Summers anxiously.
ITO Miss Summers, No. - Pembroke
Square, kensington."
My God my God p cried the girl, a
| lcok of terror coming suddenly into her
face. "If he should have-f it should
| 60 there and be opened-if---. Oh ="
she cried suddenly seeing that the sol
icitor and Capt. Carlyon We're both
| gazing at her in establishment, You
must forgive me. Tell me-this man
do you know where he is-where he is
waiting to receive my answer
! Miss Summers" the captain said
gently, "Robert Howard expected no
answer He died on the voyage"
Dead Dead Dead ~
| The young lady repeated the words
| slowly, with 4 far-aTay look in her beau
| uiul eyes. She seemed as though she
were trying to realize what they meant
| TO her.
He died suddenly on the voyage, !"
| the captain continued, anxious to get
his story done. after he had given
me the letter TO you, will was found
in his cabin leaving everything to you.
The property he had with him and
all the papers found IN his cabin
are at your disposal at the office of the
| company
She seemed hardly to follow what the
captain had said.
Dead" she murmured. Dead.
| God be more merceful to him than he
was to others"
He was a relative of yours, Miss
| Summers l rersume"' said the So
iici,or.
Yes" replied the young lady, che
was" Then rising from her chair she
looked at Capt. Carlyon.
Capt. Carlyon," she said, quietly,
Il thank you for your kindness. The
news which you have brought me will
necessitate my having legal advice. "
Then turning to Mr.. Bates, she added:
Il know no one in LondOn-may | tell
you my story, and ask YOU to act for
| me ,"
Certainly, my dear young lady"
The captain saw at once that he was
de trop--the story was not Tor his ears.
| He rose at once, bowed to Miss Sum
mers, telling the solicitor that he would
be back al hour and finish his business
with him.
He went out into Lincoln's Inn
| Fields, and, lightiDga cigar, strolled up
and down. He had plenty to occupy
bis thoughts. For the first time in his
| life he found himself connected with a
mystery and Il romance, and he was
! young enough to appreciate both. lie
| wondered what 1t al! meant, this mys-
f! FERROUS letter, the suicide al the dead of
night, the young lady lying homeless
and iriendless i'll the lonely park
| There was plenty of food for thought in
these incidents, but when he began to
ponder oyer all that occurred subSe-
! quently--tha loss of the letter, Miss
| Summers Discrimination to receive it,
ana then her terror lest it should have
! fallen into other hands, and'her strange
! expression when she learned that
! Robert Howard or as she called him
| Robert Howell Twas dead, he felt that
the solution of the mytery was beyond
! him. He tailed to make The incidents
fit in with any theory that he could
! form.
One thing the captain felt must be
| done at once, and that was to advertise
in guarded way, Offering Il reward for
the recovery of the letter, if, of course,
it had not been picked up by someone
who had delivered it at the address it
| bore on the envelope.
| He had not thought ofinguiring there.
Miss Summers terror lest it should
have gone there at once showed him
his folly at not having inquired there at
| once.
He had an hour TO spare. Why
should lie not set all doubt on that
score at rest before seeing his solicitor
again?
He took cab, and babe the man
drive him TO kensington as last his
horse couid take them.
A servant answered the door, and
the Captain inquired for the master OF
the house.
"What name shall Say, sir ?"
Capt. Carlyon. Say the gentleman
who called the other evening to inquire
for Miss Summers"
After being kept for about five
minutes in the hall. the Captain was
shown into little library.
The master OF the house-his name
Capt. Csrlyon ascertained was Red
mond-came in quickly and closed the
door.
Now, sir he said, what is it you
want OF me? ! told YOU the other
mers's whereabouts, and | fail to IN
derstand why | should be annoyed in
this way
Il beg vour pardon" said the Captain
rather ansrily, for Mr.. Redmond s
manner was brusque to a degree, Il
fsii to see where the annoyance is"
do you, sir? Then | will tell You. |
object TO be bothered with questions
about my discharged servants"
Miss Summers was hardly your seTv-
ant, Sir" replied the Captain. "She
was q governess. She is, am sure. q
LADY,"
''She WAS DISCHARGED, sir, her wages
were paid, and have nothing further
to do with her"
"Of course not. You may be sur
prised TO hear the poor girl of whom
you speak so brutality has been seriously
ill-that she is homeless and friend
less"
What the deuce las that to do with
me, sr?"
THAT l cannot say" said the Captain,
''unless l learn for what reason you
dismissed her, and why you are so bitter
against her"
Indeed; and who are YOU, pray, sir ;
one of her loT--?''
Before the word had left his lips
Capt. Csrlyon had stopped him with an
oath.
Mr. Redmond" he exclaimed
tierCelv, Il don't know much about
you. but you are blackguard."
Leave my house, SIR
with pleasure, when you have an
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