Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-12-11
.THEL0NEI INN
By FERGUS HUME
lcop,nsA. 10. By Ii. Au,hO.i
CHAPTER X

Wv NV ."s. ""' ="
was consideraoiy a.'onished Inc cas-
nn ,aken ho,a .. MN ~ oon,p''~,y
,hM ne oou'd 'hink on no'h'he e,S III
naa 'aIso praol.o sna ",'e,'u ~ i",n
wen 20 ~, patients ou' 'n'o,n 'i''
'ha' NC o'a " III ,p'Vi'' '.'a'o", ,
u'ots )" ' s "'s u.a'h wa -, ou'y
WIN tue reh INN my,or! We WI,
now Wonderruily thhiiiar' cohs'uerih'
the short period OF our acquaintance
but this was doubtless due to the inter
ct we 10th took IN the case oPp'
my word. Dcnham, said Meriiek. rub
hing his head irritab'y. u wisn yo'
hau not come near me WIN your hai'u
cina'ions Instead oi attending 10 nay
1nsiness' think OF nothing pu' you'
mysteries Ihc s"oner We uhra'ei ,hi'
riddle the better viii 10 In Tor me- for
arc an Idle bachelor, so u dos not mat
ter much to you. hut am busy mod
ical man. and this Internal business
worries me greatly. ~ this moment
ought to be attending toa patient, In
stead of which am wasting my im'
with you.
shall 60 away
/ No confound you' wish To So
the end of this anair. or III ct ne
pace of mind 10 u too late to remedy
the matter. 80 j must have my curio~i'
~ allaycd by learning all the ins and
outs of this enigma Come let Us bcein
You have found Roe strent'"
"ics She is a burle-lue ACTRESS and
plays M the fnNoli'y 'hcaier. he'
name IN the programme Is set down n
Rose Gernon. but this Is doubles. hei
stage name Ro~o sfcnt u her rea'
one "
I'm not - SURF 81 that, said Mor'
rick sharply. III she went into that
Fen inn business with her eyes open.
she doubtless took false name. - ~ d
baific inquiry"
Then what about the landlord, who
called himself Edward s,rcntf'
"Oh. we must find out all about him
also No Doubt his name IL false also
Did he look like her father"
well, 1 can't say that thcr, wa.
much likeness lstw.en them. lie looked
20 me lik. a valet"
"a valet. Z" muttcr~i Merrick reflect.
lively. Queer, I wonder II hs really
was a valct-vale, a. Felix"
''ln that case he'll b, with him now. "
lit il not impossible He has Felix
In hi. power and can stay on Just ~ he
likes. It's my opinion he'll stay till he's
rcnsioned of. Case of blackmail. ]
fancy"
II think Roe G,rpon IA Matchmaking
Fell, a,-a"
quite so What els. can he csrccti
Or else" added Mcrrick. locking
straight nj me. "it's case of love and
marriage"
What, Do you think Felix promis..l
10 marry Ro~e IL she helprd him 20 gc,
rid of hi. bro,h.ry"
II think he might lead her To believe
he would do 81"
This IL absurd, Merrick." aid !
.harply. "Felix l. in love with Olivia
IN. mo,iy, ~ the crime WA. 10 gain
u.s.s.ion of Oliyia'- hand Roso would
mo-, helm Felix II she knew that"
"prrris.ly. II che knew IL. hut it'.
INV oninion ,ha, she doe. no, know IL
h.lieye Fell. vmllci her into belief
,ha, ho would marry her n sl,. gave her
,..i.,,nc. In, be ha. mo-, the slightest
in,.u,ion ~ lcrping his promise"
And wha, cscu.. could he make for
wishing a. murier his brothcri'
"Ah. ther, YOU have mel I don't
know that OF course you and I ar,
awar. of the real motive of the crime.
bu, Rn~. Il ignorant of IT, She think.
she knows. no doubt. but I'm CERTAIN
shc b.sn put off with lie"
"But he can't keep the information
from her Tor ever. Even II he keeps
quiet. some one l. hound 10 tell her tha,
Fell, is engaged To Mis- Bellin."
There You are wrong said Mer'
rick. with grim POPULARITY. Every one
thinks Francis is engaged To Miss Del
lin. :,
Yes, but Rose Gcrnon KNOWS Wen
enough that francis u dead, ana IN"
the engaged man must bc feiih posing
n Francis
"There's some truth IN that, aunt
tel the doctor. looking puzzled sup
poe he must have kept that TACT rom
her ~ far. ~ ! don Z sec what possible
explanation he could give her.
Always assuming she isih io'owi'h
him, said musin9y'
"Oh. n TO that, am certain u Is so
A woman like Rose Gcrnon drawing q
good salary would not mix herself up
In such dangerous business merely Tor
money. There Is stronger motive. and
that Is love III lay anything. con
tinucd Merrick. In sporting phrase
"I'll lay anything that she Is madly In
love with the fellow"
"well, and Olivia, thinking Felix l.
Francis, loves him madly also II these
two women come together. there will
b. trouble for Felix"
"Eureka!" cried the doctor. jumping
up eIcitedly. "the very thing When
thieves fall out-you know the adagc
LIT US bring the two women together
and SEQ the upshot"
There will simply bc q row." said
l. "what Is the use Of that'"
This, retorted Merrick sharply
"that when Rose finds she has been be
trayed sho will reveal all the mystery
out Of revenge and assure Olivia that
Felix is not Francis
That's not a bad idea, Mcrrick; also
IL might occur that Olivia reveals some
thing In her turn"
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