St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1894-04-14


conduct me into the presence'of Lady
Arlington"
'sMy mother declines to see you."
George said, confronting him with so
stern an expression that Harry was con-
strained to whisper in his ear that
Hayter's gray hairs protected him fropi
violence.
s'Really, my good fellow, as I have.
not the slightest desire to make your
mothers acquaintance, you will pardon.
me if say your remark borders on an
impertinence," Hayter declared with
superb superciliousness.
"You are speaking to Rady Arlington's
son, SIR" Mr.. Hardcastle interrupted
fercely.
"And you. sir?" Hayter asked in
suave tones, what role do you play in
this little comedy?"
But even he blanched, as Hardcastle,
ignoring his insolenee, said in quiet,
business-lile way:
Harry, guard the door -Bladon, take
your place at the window-the village
constable will soon be here"
Then, turning to his wife, he added
in stage whisper:
ssDo you recognize him, Esther, as the
man, who, under the guise of q photog-
rapher, entered your house In New
York, the night after Ambrose Airing
ton was murdered. and stole his pa
pers?"
81 do"
Was it by design that at this critical
moment Harry Evesham left the room
without even closing the door behind
| him? If SO, the rrse succeeded admira-
bly,; for no sooner did Hayter see the
chance of escape, than he made dash
for liberty. AT the door stood boy
with his horse. With one wild spring
he was on the animals back, and be-
fore Bladon, who, oddly enough, tum
bled over Harry and George in his vio
lent effort to stop him, could reach him
he was gone.
81 hated to let the villain escape SC
easily Harry said that evening wher
he and Hardcastle were smoking theil
cigars.
.sBut we could not help it, Harry.
was the sage reply. "There was not {
single crime with which we could charge
him; and if taere were, it would haye
been at the cost of the reputation o:
Wanda's mother"
''True. sir"
"Why, Harry continued Mr.. Hard
castle, waxing warm on the subject
"if that fellows conscience had moi
failed him when I alluded to Ambrose
/ ha-y Sn1
us at defiance and given us a world O
trouble"
'sAnd you think we have seen the last
of him?''
'.Thinkl I'm certain. He is running
he believes with the halter round his
neck and he viii not stay till he has put
the sea between him and England"
"No doubt he has made preparation
for such an emergency"
sOf course he has, having handled the
revenues of this fine property SO many
years. But, pom my word. thought
Bladon was going to spoil our little
scheme. What tiger the old fellow
| isl
'Isn't hep He topp1ed George and
me over like nine pins, and even ther
nearly got his hand upon the horses
| bridle.'
sWhich would all tend to assure Mr.
Hayter that delay would be dangerous,
Mr. Hardcastle chuckled.
That was the last anyone in Englane
saw of Paul Hayter.
Lady Arlington, thoroughly repent
ant, retired to the Dover house, where
she died a few months after the exeit
ing scene of Hayter's fight and he
emancipation.
She claimed TO have acted under tht
spell of this accomplished rufian's mar
velous hypnotic powers, sacrificing q
his will child, husband and honor-s
story which Wanda devoutly believed
and the others charitably accepted.
Lord George Arundel, now Earl O.
i Arlington, married Kate Evesham, ant
Harry shortly afterward led to the alta,
the Lady Wanda
- y
/ Glastonbury is great city now will
wide streets and magnificent residences
and there to this day lives Harry Eve
sham with his charming wife and grow
j ing family-rich, respected, loved b,
the poor, who never go empty from hi.
door, still in the vigor of life and witt
/ hope many years Of happiness befor
him.
Not to know Mrs. Evesham In Glas
tonbury argues yourself unknown. Sh
is the idol of old and young, and yet 81
unassuming has been her manner tha
her friends would be as astonished t.
learn that she was an earl's daughtc
as they would to be told that she wa
the heroine Of such q dramatic story a
involves the career Of NuMBEa SKI
| SISTER.