Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-04-11

alone had caused her :,eart l.;,il. fully
to bound. while her brain N!,irled and
she grew dizzy, and mist was l.tOre
her eyes.
Edwin was near her. would Drt sently
recognize her. and all world be lost
With her fan she stove ~ conceal
her face from lim-from all: but she
could no longer breathe--was indeed,
about to fall--and people Mf1c crowd
ing around her, when at that moment
burlington returned, and, snatching
Enmclinc from those who lad :.e.n
striving to sustain her. and declining
their offered assistance. bore her hast
lily from the room, and-belicving that
there they would be safe from intru-
sion-to that apartment in which had
occurred the important interview be-
tween Mrs. Chesterton and the Wis
count, and whom Noel hi I Teen very
far from expecting he should there
behold.
Left alone with Emmeline and when
she had so far recovered that re might
question her. Noel asked if she was
quite certain that Doctor Forester
Dad not recognized her.
And IImmrline was positive that her
former lover had not done so, since
She had not for a moment withdrawn
her fan from before her face, and Rad
nOt spoken 4 word.
Bat LnlMciine was miStIkcn; Edwin
FORESTER had caught one glimpse Of
her features and had eco.nizcd them.
Hut while believing herself unrecog
ell Edwin's presence i'll the house
greatly troubled her. She could not
herself yet leave, and might again en-
counter him.
harrington had fixed the time. when
all the guests should be assembled in
the supper room. for the attempt which
had been determined on to obtain a
positive proof of Mrs Chestertons
completely in the murder Of One Tree
Shuare; if. indeed. she We're the guilty
woman. as Nicksey so persistently as
serted that she was.
md now the supper hour had al
most arrived, and Darlington had not
set been able to imagine any plan by
which Mrs. Darlington hrdfh mhecm
Which Mrs. Chesterton might be quietly
, Withdrawn from amidst her guests.
re had just told E1nmelne that, and
bot! were in great pcrpleNity. when
II servant entered the room.
The man had come. he said. in search
vi lIiStlS % w ulCu N1lS. \tucS-
tcrton believed she had forgotten in
that apartment.
harrington glanced around, saw it
lying in the chair, on which, awhile
before. Mrs. Chcsterton had been
seated.
A sudden thought struck Noel; that
fan was for him Il hope, and so he
quickly placed himself before the chair.
as he said:
Perhaps your mistress has left it i'll
her boudoir.'
The servant, having looked we'll
around the room, thought that the nias-
ter of the ceremonies might be right,
and so to the boudoir proceeded.
And no sooner was the man gone
than Noel exclaimed:
What have | done! He will, PSF
haps. encounter Nicksey!
But he hastily seized on The fan, for
all that; wrote few words on it with
his pencil, and threw it back into the
chair.
And Emmelinc. looking wondcringly
AT him, Noel showed her whas lie hal
written. and she at once understood
his purpose.
The servant returned from the bou.
DOR. 1t was very evident tina. hn had
no; seen Mr.. Nicksey, and, If COURSE
he had not found the fan.
Noel now pointed to the chair He
had. he said, seen the fan lying there
almost rs soon as the man had cult
ted the room in search of IT..
AS the servant hastened away tC
carry the fan to his nistr ,ss Noel Bar
ringtOn followed him, 20 '.e certain
that it reached no other hands thar
those Of Mrs Chcsterton.
And he saw her receive the fan; anG
continued to observe her, AS she twirleG
it carclcssly around in i,er hand.
He had begun to fear that The words
he had written would al.oE ether escape
her notice, when ut length he saw Rel
slightly start, as her eyes CHANGED tt
fall upon the handle of he far.
She read and then smiled with salts
faction.
And a well satisfied smile was alse
on Barrington's face. for now, at last
one Of those three guilty wretchcs wa
about to be fairly unmasked.
And Emneline left alone to avail
the return of Darlington, had said t,
herself:
AT last is approaching that hou
which so anXiously and impatiently
have awaited"'
And then she entrcateh pardon of he
mothers spirit. that at such a momen
she should permit Il thought Of Edwin
to trouble her soul; but she woul,
strive to drive him from her mem Dry.
AS thus she resolved the door wa
opened and Edwin Forester locke
into the apartment.
Emmelinc had not heard the openin
of the door and seated with her bac
towards it. knew not yet that he
lover was again so near her
When Forester had caught that on
glance of Emmeline'S face he could n
bring himself entirely to believe tina
il was indeed she whom he had locke
upOn-his heart must have deceive
him-Emmclinr could not be there /
"A ballroom. and thus lrcssed-it wa
impossible.
But yet lie could not quite convinC
himself that he had but brhcld som
one no respmbled the woman whOl
still he dOnted Oh.
He had been so nstounded that No.