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ana 10 nlmSclf he said:
"Niscount Dareleigh. the posscssor
of an illustrious and long-cnoblcd
name. miserable thief; how utterly
impossiblcw
But that the supposition was an out
raseons insult. it woul be positively
ridiculous, he told himself.
He entreated that Miss Lindsay
would not continue obstinate in the
belief she had Expressed: counselcd
her to reflect and to acknowledge that
she had been mistaken; that a fancicd
resemblance had for the moment de-
ceived her.
But Emlneline was not to be moved
from her conviction.
And she asked of Theodore who and
what was that man whom so suddenly
anG unexpectedly and for the second
time in her life, she had there and
but then beheld-what was his name?
1t will not seem strange that. not
for one instant did her thoughts turn
toward Viscount Dareleigh; that The
odore's father should have been the
robbcr and assassin. would have APP
pcafed to her wildly impossible as did
it " Theodore himself.
leigh whom but just before she had
beheld, would be. as Theodore be-
lieved, to convince her, in moment,
of the error under which she now
was laboring.
And yet the viscount's son hesitated;
he could not have told himself where
fore. to pronounce his fathers name.
And Emmeline was to receive, at
Ae:71s time, no reply to her question:;
for just as Theodore had decided to
inform the young lady that it was
Viscounf Dareleigh whom she had so
inconsidcmtely libelled. Noel Barring
ton.t painting and GREATNESS, came
lfurfssing into the room.
He had come. he said. with news
concerning Nicholas Shearman's muir
dercr: and. with heavens aid. they
yes-s:-.aa soon De able to lay their hands
upon him.
what then had be discovered was
demanded of him.
And he replied that he had obtained
an undeniablc, irrefutable proof.
And so indeed he had.
AT day-break. on that morning, he
had returned to Nicksey's house; sum-
moned thither by those who desired
to receive his deposition concerning
the murder of the previous night.
Having given his evidence it struck
him that it might be of some service
if he could discover in what direction
the assassin had fed.
He proceeded to the back room on
the first floor and looked from the
window by which 1T was known the
man had escaped.
Perceiving the labyrinths of courts,
which we have already described, Noel
directly understood that to trace the
way by which the murderer had flown,
would he almost IL not entirely an i'm
possibility.
Then glancing down beneath the
window he saw lying on the ground
crumpled piece of writing paper.
The next instant he had descended.
and, snatching up the paper, perceived
that it was stained with blood. 1t was
a letter. and, smoothing and spreading
it, Noel. at glance. was convinced
that it was one OF those cpistles which
the assassin had stolen from Nickscy,
and which. in the precipitation of his
flight, he had lost.
1t was perfectly certain. Noel con-
ten by the guilty wretch who was still
unknown to them.
And Theodore asked of harrington
if lie had given that letter to the men
who had received the deposition con-
corning the murder.
And Noel answered, DECIDEDLY
notw Those men had to do only with
Nickscy's death; it was Theodorc's
business to persuade the judges CT
Arnold Lindsay's innocence. The piece
of evidence that harrington had dis
covered could not be better placed
than in the hands of Emmeline's gen
crous advocate.
And as he said that Noel gave the
letter to Theodore, who received it
trclnblingly.
He rcproachcd himself that, for sew
eral moments, he had not the courage
to read; and when at length he had
summoned resolution and had glanced
81; the letter his eyes were instantly
ri"cted upon it, although the words
were to him but a confused mass,
since his every sense had been for the
time annihilatcd az he had recognized
Mrs. Chesterton."
And Emmeline. turning eagerly to-
ward harrington. said to him:
Now have faith in the success of
our cause? l have again seen here,
and not an hour since. the man who
i'll your house burned that fragment
of letter which had been written by
Mrs. ChcstertOn.
And well pleased was harrington to
hear that.
"The triumph of virtue is certain
now, he exclaimed.
And addressing Theodore, whom lie
saw, as lie believed, still deeply study
ing the lately-found letter, Noel said,
WAS l not right in saying l had OBJ
tanned most convincing proof?"
"Terrible! Horriblew muttered The
odore, but to himself, for he had not
heard the words which Noel had then
spoken.
"And with you, sir, will rest the
glory Of having justified an innocent
man." cried Emmeline.
"And of having aided the law to
reach the truly guilty; it is noble