The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-01-13
swear" and in his eyes glittered some
thing that looked like tears.


Next morning one of tho Englishmen
who had como OH board mt Corunna,
and who had been ill ever since. APP
peared on deck. AS it happened, the
first person he SAW WAS Carcw
They greeted each other cordially,
and after the fashion of old friends.
This Englishman, by tho way, was n
well known statesman, and Il very good
fellow besides.
In the smoking room that aftoroonn
some ono kindly put him on his guard
as to Carew and supplied the details.
II thought | would mention If. YOU
know" appended the man who had
spoken. Il saw you speaking to him
awhile ago"
Thank YOU, WAS the dry answer
I've known George Carow for IL good
many years. | think have Il pretty
good idea of his idiosyncrasics. and
don't think annexing other peoples
property is one of them. BY the WAY,
you may not havo heard that he has
como into tho title and is now Lord
Evandalc. L though ia mention it.
you know, no added with Il somewhat
grim smile.
In tho silence that followed, the
speaker lit Il fresh cigar rose and went
out.
blush to have to relate that during
the remainder of that day II good many
of tho Cobra's passengers became sud
denly imbucd with the conviction of
Carew 's-or rather Lord Evandale's-
innocence and evidenced as much. How
their ovcrturcs were received perhaps |
need not say.
joyce Neville was n little shy with
her lover when sho knew. But in the
course of II starlit walk on deck he
made that all right She, it seemed,
had had tho idea that hc was rather
obscure and hard up than otherwise,
at which confession he was good
deal touched.
think it was on tho evening before
the Cobra got into Southampton that
the head steward made startling dis
covery. Mrs. Bouverie's ring was
found i'll distant corner of the saloon,
where 1T had been cifectually concealed
by an outstanding corner of tho carpet.
Captain North publicly restored the
ring to it's owner that night at dinner
There was Il very uncomfortable silence
for few moments. Every one had an
awkward kind of feeling that some
sort of apology should DO made to the
naughty looking young man who was
mt present helping Miss Neville to clar-
ct. And every one had an equally awl-
ward conviction that any apology or
any explanation whatsoever would he
worse than impossible.
The subject of their thoughts, how
ever, forcstalled anything of the kind
There WAS something rather fine in his
appearance Just then, as he leaned back
III his chair and threw keen glance
first up and then down the table
LAS Mrs. Bouvcric is now, | hope,
satisfied that L did not steal her ring"
he said in Il cold, clear voice that pen
etrated to every corner of the long sa-
loon, II will explain my reason for re-
fusing to turn out my pockets as the
rest of You did. Ipossess ring which
is the exact fac smile of that possessed
by Mrs. Bouverie, and us l had the
ring i'll my pocket on the evening in
question l naturally objected to its be-
ing mistaken FOR any other one $ proper
w. You are all at liberty to examine
it, if Miss Neville chooses AS he
spoke. he turned and slipped the ''dou-
BILE" of Mrs. Bouveric's ring on tho
third finger of Joyce Neville's left
hand. The look which accompanied
the action spoke volumes.
There WAS IL pause of intense as
constituent; then IL babel of excited
and wondering cyclnnatiOuS in tho
midst of which Lord Evandale rose and
went out on deck.
The rings were identical, with one
exception--in one the initials were N.
c.; III the other G. +.
Mrs. BOuveric looked crushed and un-
happy, for of all things she dearly
loved lord. There was weeping and
crashing of teeth. too, III the cabin Of
the LennoXes II Montreal Star.