Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-11-22
@Re Silence Of
pean Qaitland.
BY WE<MELL GREY.

/ apparitiou. coming thus upon strained
nerves and excited imaginationS, pro-
duccd Il most alarming effect
I The woman screamed and chung Ia
one anothrg; the men uttered eiacula-
tionS: the same Of Turn the Frcnchcr
broke up i" diSmay, and the players
came clustering round the distracted
Grove: whilr the services Of the mill
tary were called into geQuisition 10
Soothe the errors and agitationS ot
the prrtticSt girls. the gallant sergeant
finding it necessary to place his arm
round the blooming foru Of Miss
IIatty Hale for the distressed damsrl'S
support.
Lard Il massey. Willum Grove"
exclaimed Grantcr At last, with impa-
tiencc, "it YOU amt got nothink better
to gay than Lard Il massey. you med 70
we'll hidc quiet, | tell 'cc. Lard love
zee, Willum. YOU never had no Zruse to
speak on, but YOU be elaine dunch now.
Ay. Willum he clanc duuch," he added;
while the aSlutr Tom. who said that
William had come flying in ut the
porch door DwhCrC the gallant corporal
had been helping pretty Miss Cave To
admire the moon. and could he pre-
vailed upon to make no other obSrrva-
ton than that So SCorntullN CcnSurcd
by Granfcr, assisted the wagnner's fac
ultics by timely draught OF ale.
After diSposng of this. and drying his
mouth with the back of his hand, Will.
lam recovered slightly and found his
tongue.
Lard n massey on us ALL! he cried;
they been an done for poor Ben
Lee"
Done for him. cried a chorus Of
voices IN various tones of horror and
diSmay.
ozone var en-. Zurc enough re
pcatcd William, rocking himself back
ward and forward, in strange con
traSt to his usual Stolidty 1--WE bin
an wound the body
1T was oven so. Ben Lee left his
home at dinncrtmc, and had not re.
turned. At tca-timc. Mrs. Lee was re-
turning in the dusk from an crrand TO
Malbournr. and met Il hnrryin% figure
clad in gray. as she came through the
fields beneath the wood, which was on
the crest of the hill above the Temple.
She found only Alma in the house. and
after waiting with more discomfort
than disuuirt. she concluded that work
had delayed her husband. and finally
took her tea and seated herself at her
nccdlc-work by the fire.
At half past seven Sir Lionel and
Lady SNayncStOnc. with their daugh.
ter. were dressed for a dinner-party
and awaiting the arrival of the car
riagc. which had been ordered ut that
hour. But no carriage appeared. and
a message TO the stables elected the
news that the coachman had not been
there since the afternoon. when In
gram SWayncStOnc Glanced To have
seen him near his home. \ messenger
to the Temple returned with the lid
ingS that he had not been home; and
then .mdllins asked for an audience
with Sir Lionel. which resulted in a
search party being sent forth 10 find
the missing man. whose habits were
regular and punctual.
William Grove. who CHANGED to hc
on some crranl to SWayncStonc for his
master before going to the wheel
wrightS party assisted in the search,
and was with .IudkinS when Lee was
discovered quito dead in the wood
above his home. There We're no signs
of any struggle on the hard frozen
path. from whence his body had cYi-
IDENTITY been dragged into the fern and
brush whittier ii was traced hE the
marks on tn" rimc-coyered moss and
the disorder of the ferns and bramblcS.
A slight wound on the face, which had
hled but could not have killed him.
was the only sign of violence al first
seen.
The lights were not cXtingnishcd nj
SwayncStonc House till nearly dawn.
Sir Lionel. who was a magistrate. set
to work AT once to investigate til" fatal
affair. the police were Immediately in
formed. and every member Of the
SwayncStoLc household was closely
questioned as well as Mrs Lee Poor
Alma could not be subjected to much
intcrroga and was not in a posi-
tion 10 throw any light upon the trag-
cdy. Death was not the only visitor
at the Temple; new life, scarcely less
tragic than the death. began there on
that fatal night. and the Ncwyear rose
upon sorrow and dismay in hall and
cottage
1t took long TO extract what he knew
Of the affair from William Grove. but
this was at length accomplished, AMIN
varied comment aud ejaculation.
Granfer said no further word until the
whole truth had been ELECTED. and then
upon the first favorable pause he
looked round with an air of great so
lemnity. and took up his parable thus:
you med all mark my words. Zone
body'lI haze to swing for this we're. Ay,
I've said It. and I'll gay II agen: some
body'll hac 10 swing"
CHAPTER XII.
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