The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17

rage are false2''
The lady Strengthened her figure a little
I as she sat on the chair. and with naughty
I disdain displaying itself on her pretty
T face, she answered.
/ Mr. Henson, / decline 10 enter on any
discussion about a matter which affects
myself alone As I have already said, /
! cannot be held responsible for the gossip
I that the people who scribble for the So
I ciety papers pick up in the kitchens
In this caustic remark. and the manner
E Of giving utterance to IL. she displayed a
/ good deal Of character. and showed that
{ she had considerable strength Of mind and
/ self will.
LAS YOU say" replied Mr.. Henson, a lit
7 tie dryly, the matter is one which aHects
I yourself alone. If you choose 10 commit
/ what would at the present juncture OF
affairs be technically construed as big
/ amy, the consequences would be on your
/ own head and you could not lay the blame
! at any ones door
J The lady looked annoyed. Her cold blue
I eyes flashed up with an angry hgnt, ana
I her pretty face was dishgured by a scorn-
Z full. cynical, sneering expression as she
said:
/ And supposing I did commit what you
/ are pleased 10 term technical bigamy- You
would have to prove beyond all doubt
I that my first husband is living before any
I legal action could be TAKEN Is that not
SOP
"It is, certainly
Very well, then" she answered with
a triumphant decisiveness, as though she
was perfectly conscious of being IN
! safe position. IF the gOssips should turn
I out to be true, and I commit a blgamous
marriage, as you call it, when the Dlgamy
/ is proved / will accept the consequences
without a murmur."
There was something very defiant IN
her manner as she said this, as though
/ she was perfectly convinced her position
was an absolutely unassailable one.
| Mr.. Henson did not continue the argument,
but discussed certain business matters,
and in little while Mrs Fenwick drove
| away.
what do YOU think Of the lady?' asked
Henson when she had gone.
"She is very worldly | answered.
''What does that mean
| ''It means that she is capable Of almost
anything
Even murder?' Whispered the lawyer,
| interrogatively.
Even MURDER" / echoed.
Two days later I was on my way to
| Andorra, which 1 reached in due course.
| The state of Andorra is a wild and pic
! turesque district on the southern side OF
| the Central Pyrennees The little town
| of Andorra is an ancient town. and the
| capital of the state, which is an independ-
were, between France and Spain. Geo
| graphically it is Spanish, but the Andor-
| rians have for centuries preserved their
| independence. Wild and magnificent as
the country round about is, 1t is very rare
| ly visited by the tourist, nor does the
| place afford any accommodation for Wis
| itors. Naturally. therefore, I asked my
self why Mr.. and Mrs. Fenwick had
elected to go there? I found quarters at
| the house of the mayor, where the Fen
wicks had also stayed, together with Mrs
| Fenwick's maid, described to me by the
mayor as a young and good-looking
| French woman who was called Josephine
During the first few days of their stay
the Fenwicks went about a great deal,
and Mr.. Fenwick was enthusiastic when
he talked of the wild and magnificent
scenery. fortnight after their arrival
Mrs. Fenwick and Josephine went out
together, leaving the husband behind.
Two hours later Fenwick himself went
out. By and by the two women returned
home and expressed establishment at
the husbands absence. They said they
expected to have met him, and they seem
ed to get very uneasy when evening came
and he was still absent. The night pass
ed, and there was no sign of him. In
such wild country nothing could be
done in the darkness When morning
came Mrs. Fenwick appeared almost dis
tracted, and she urged that search
should be made for her missing husband.
For several days men were out, but no
trace of the missing man was discovered.
And when all hope seemed to have gone
the lady and the maid left.
1 asked the mayor what his opinion of
the affair was He shrugged his Shout
ders and declined to commit himself to
anything definite. He said English peo-
pie were very eccentric. Mr. and Mrs
Fenwick appeared to be at variance with
each other, and the mayor did not think
the young wife was as kind to her hus-
band as she ought to have been. The
mayor had done his best to get some
trace of him, but had failed. OF course
he had confined his inquiries entirely tc
his own country. But Mr.. Fenwick, II
he was bent on deserving his wife, might
have crossed the frontier and got into
France or Spain. Indeed, it was the
mayors own belief that he had gone tC
Spain. And some inquiries had beer
made by the Spanish authorities, but
have already stated nothing had resulted
When the visitors had left him the may
| or found in the room they had occupied
a few odds and ends. and which he die
not think of any consequence. There was
J a bit Of paper with some writing on it
but as he did not read English he could
not understand 1t. He kept the things
however, and now produced them for my
inspection, He had them in cigar boz
: met. In the box was an odd stud for the
} shirt front 1t had been picked up or
? the floor. There was little ivory pow
? der and puff box, such as ladies' some time;
l carry about with them. There was &
lace handkerchief and some pieces Of
frilling; also a small gold stamp fol
stamping sealing wax. These things haC
[ no significance, and were only of triflinl
value. But there was some thing that t
e my mind was deeply significant. On
sheet of note paper which bore Mr.. Fen
= wick's crest and motto, was written these
lines:
3 "Dearie,
1--WE are going out for stroll. AS YOU
; were sleeping we did not like to wake
| you. But if you wake before we ar,
back come and meet us. We are going to
ward the Val d'Urdino. Gwendie."
This note, so the mayor said, had beer
picked up under the bed in the room oc
cupied by the Fenwicks after they haC
gone. The meaning it had for me wa!
this. Fenwick was asleep as the not
stated. Probably he had drugged him
self, or been drugged by his wife. TIL,
mayor said that the English gentleman
used to take something which made hin
very dull and StI1Did and in the cigar bO,