Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-01-13

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ever his lordship may choose to pro-
pose. II may be convenient for him
TO forget or 10 pretend to TO get that
when ma ried him he was a pauper
IA ruined gambler. who but for me
would have had 10 throw up his COM
mission in disgrace. l. however do
not forget these things though /
never taunt him with them; but 1t
has now become necessary 10 draw
the bearing rein little tighter to
give him q prick or two with the spur
and 10 cause him to realize once for
all that 1t is who am master and
that without me be would be OF little
more account than u waif from the
gutter.
And that reminds me that | had
another OBJ Get OF which Vivian knows
nothing, in wishing to come TO ing,
land. Ever since that day at Gene IL
now six weeks ago. when Dykes
brought me his masters keys which
the latter had inadvertently left be-
hind him while he went for IA sail on
the lake thereby enabling me TO open
tho secret compartment OF his des-
patch box l have looked forward
with eaous eagerness TO my arri al
in Eng and my Introduce. on 10 the
original OF the photograph which l
found in the secret compartment on
the back OF which was written in a
woman's hand. With ME 5 love. -
Dykes. TO whom | showed the pho
tograph. at once recognized 1t
as a portrait OF a certain
Miss Emma Penleath whom Wv
had met in Edinburgh just previously
to his going out TO India
1t seems that this Miss Penleath is
the niece OF certain Colonel Bern
age and lives with her uncle at a
place called Sandycrolt no great
stance from London. Now 1t hap.
pens that Wv has brought home a
tiger-skin as n present for this same
Colonel Bernage. who appears 10 have
been an old friend OF his father and
more than once he has remarked that
Immediately on his arrival in London
he would hurry down to Sandycroft in
order to getr.d of it, ~ At
APP Ill Is. Noon. What / quite OK
pected has come TO pass Ibis morn
ing at breakfast Wv said: by the
way II you have no obje tion. dear
think | will run down to Sandycroft
this afternoon and get rid OF thai
tiger-skin | won't ask you TO &c
with me- because the coloners an old
bachelor aud rather faddy' where la
die are concerned-which means thai
he likes to know beorehand wher
they intend visiting ham Of course
he won rest TIL he has had yor
there, when | don't doubt he will ar
range for a little dinner party IL
honor OF the occasion,
And now he has gone and the ques
ton is. what shall | 90? Shall | stay
here and quietly await his return anC
say nothing to him when he comes
back either OF what ! know or %
what | suspect? Or-shall | follow
h m? My mind is in a whirl
slow fever is beginning 10 burn In m,
veins The faculty of being able t.
| Judge is clearly leaving me. viii
ring for Dykes and question hin
further
Hall an hour after midnight AL
is over Vivian is dead-slain by N!
hand. ] cannot regret what ! hav,
done. He deserved to die.
TO try to sleep would De mockery
yet the long hours till daylight mus
be lived through somehow. VIII.
not utilize some OF them in settin.
down here what it was that led up 4
the catastrophe and how it was brough
aboutp 49, - "a.
Dykes and | went down by train a
arranged engaged a fly at the. sta
ton. and were driven to the Grow
!. and Cushion" public house where w
alighted. Thence we went iorwar
on foot entering the park at tn
back. - a &C.. F-f-~'
Going forward alsne. I slSirted tn
back OF the honse. Close by ] coul
make out the form OF conservatory
through which Dykes had told me
admission could be gained 10 tn
house. unconsciously laid my han,
on the conservatory door. 1t yielde,
to my touch.
The conservatory was in darkness
but thin slit OF ligh
at the farther end indi
Gated the way must go. advances
toward it cautiously and silently Tn
light came from a room beyond. 1t
only occupant was my hus band
There was heavy frown on his face
and be was savagely gnawing one EN-
OF his mustache in a way that wa
only too familiar with me. Present.,
he took his case out OF his pocket an,
proceeded 10 choose cigar bu
scarcely had he done so when the doc
opened aud Miss Penleath entered tn
room.
FRO BE CONTINUED.