The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-03-31
CHATTER WI. Continued.


phrey had said. and, even while his
heart was torn with fear that She. per-
chance. was lost 10 him forever. Il thrill
of pride Went through him for her
sake.
Sir Humphrey was pacing the floor
OF the library as the Earl entered
y on have no picture Of your wife
to snow me, have YOU" he asked
abruptly.
Roy colored with pain, for. in the ac-
know Judgement that he possessed no
memento of Alice, ne had TO own to
the rast feeling, Of coldness, unjust
ness, and contempt.
i have none. " he replied quietly.
but Sir Humphrey read his face
please God you will need none, " he
observed. surely she must hc fourd
to night. Darrell"
Their han l. unconsciOuSly frightened
in each others grasp.
Il dare not think OF it, muttercd
Roy boar ely. The old woman has
confessed thai that ,Jura loved her.
She Is in his hands. When J know
this | feel mad"
Take me to yourmothcr. the older
man said gently. Il is but right YOU
should both know the history of this
Girl who 20 strangely became Your
wife. Ah. Darrell, truth is indeed
stranger than fiction, and this child,
story Is a proof Of that"
Roy turned and led the way MS
mother room.
Lady Darrell rose. with outstrctchcd
hands. as Sir Humphrey entered
"Welromc homc. old friends" She
SAID WARMLY 81 low many wears have
passed since We met. and to meet now
at such 4 time, Roy has briefly told
me- how II comes that you al" here: a.
Yet ann in a maze q, aotonishment,"
Il will not leave You there long,
dear lady" Sir Humphrey placed her
ca 'c(uIty in her chair. Il will make
my story aS short as possible. Gou
may remember year, ago, when the
Abbey WAS not the ruined place it is
now. that occasionally my son, and
sometimes | myself. came to it in the
autumn, and despite its "hccrlcss char
acter managed to he very comfortable
with It few guns Intimate friends, VT no
found the sport around ample com
PensatiOn for the solitary grandeur Of
tn" domicIle.
The autumn your husband dici |
believe YOU spent abroad. this man -
putting his hand on Roy'7 shoulder -
was then an infant for som. reason
FORGET what now. business think
was unable To visit the Abbey. Fulk",
my son, departed without M" /
thought him surrounded with his
friends. but after Il few week. had
elapsed ! soon discovered this was not
50. 70 explain briefly. Fulke had pur-
poroly visited the Abbey alone save
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bat blinded a. wa, With race and
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