Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-06

told the people to expect the young man
soon. and then entered the park and came
to this house
Lady b. To this house? Col Tomlinson.
you have always expressed great
friendship for me.
Co! T More han friendship, madame
Lady X. Then-more than frinndshp-f
YOU please to call it so. Now is The time
to prove that frien ishp. If the man Is
here-let him depart in peace. Take your
soldiers away AMI let this persoa-if he is
in he houSe-go unmOl-St"d
Col. T. Should be worthy Of your friend
ship. Lady Beatrice. if were guilty of
treaCheTy to my country?
Lady Il. Treachery to-but l must needs
he silent.
Col. r LAZY Beatrice. 1 have my duty.
must search the house.
Lady Il. AS you please. | will tell my
men to throw open the rooms. lExitD
Col. I. tSers glove on tahle-takes it up
Examines it. AsideD \ glove, A gem
tIrman's glove! The glove of Il caballero-
OF d cavalier, | must find the hand that
hts it. Let me think, What if it
the very man | am seeking. Hugh Valen-
tIuei the Old friend of the Earl of Mercia.
Ycs-it may well be- And | must arrest
him. and the end is certain Then farewell
to Lady Beatrice. Yet 1t must he done.
tGoes to door calls menu Four Of you to
basement and cellars. Look behind every
Cask. Take lights and leave no corner I'M
searched. Four take the rooms on the
ground floor. The rest upstairs-search in
every room-SearCh the roof-the chimneyS
the garrets-look in every cupboard and
under every bed. Islands back to let Lady
b. enter. She comes in followed by Nell
and Col. Valentine disguised as a serving
man. Nell takes her work again and Col.
Valentine stands in the corner. ready to
obey when ordered. Col. TOmlinSon. when
the men have gone off trampng to their
work. turns back to the room,
Col. T. trust, madame. that this trouble
to your household will not occupy many
minutes. 1 confess that L hope the fellow
has escaped He will be arrested sooner or
later, and would prefer that he should be
arrested outside your house.
Lady 3. The trouble, as YOU call it, Col
Tominson. of your presence. and that Of
your friends, has gone on for a good many
years. y few house searchinga more or
less matter little. We are. however in
hopes that all this will cease before long
But | forgot. Vaughan. bring wine.
exit Col. Valentine)
Col. 7. Goes to door and speaks off,
Well?
ENTER a trooper, who says: Nothing,
Cob. T. You are sure?
Trooper. l am sure. colonel. exit
trooper.)
Col. T. Lady Beatrice. 1 am happy to
report that this man of whom We are in
search Is not in the house.
ENTER Win-the-Fight Siudge the sex
ton. He carries in his hand the colonels
embroidered coat
Sludge They did not look in the priests
room. colonel knew the room. Twas
there we found Lord Hexham. whom we
took to London and beheaded In the
priests room found these things. (Shows
coat.) It's the scarlet coat of the man
who passed through the village-the man
to whom l spoke-the man we are looking
for.
Col T. I know it-he has been here-be
must be here still. Goes to door, Search
the house once more from top to bottom.
He must be here somewhere.
valentine, bearing tray with wine and
ty-n Gill
Beatrice, who pours out little and holds
the cup in her hand. He offers to Col.
Tomlinson. who fills a cup and takes 1t off
the tray. Notices servants hands aside !
Ha, Hands rather white and shapely for
a servant. Looks at his face) And face
-ah. not a familiar face. l have never
seen this fellow at the hall before
Lady B. Take your wine, colonel.
Col. T. I drink your health, madame
(Still looking at Nalentine)
Win-the-Fight whispers to Col. Tomlin-
SOM. Sir-sir-a word-this servant Is no
servant-he is the gentleman whom you
Col T Silence! understand. You can
leave the room.
exit Win-the- Fight)
Col T. (shuts the door, points to coat and
to glove, addresses Valcntine). Sir, I see
before me a servant whose hand seems
to me TO fit a cavaliers glove, and I be-
lieve that l am speaking to Col. Hugh
Valentine lately arrived from The Hague,
and one of the followers Of the young
man Charles Stuart
Valentine. Sir, | am cavalier and am n
servant, the servant of the king! Long live
the king! Gle fills and drinks bumper
to the king 9 health and breaks the giassj
Now. sir. 1 am at the service of Col Tom
linson, the kings enemy, but despite that
a gentleman
Col T. Sir, you are my prisoner. I arrest
you by my power as a magistrate Of the
county.
Valentine. Sir. you are in your right.
Col. T. VIII you give me your parole1
Valentine You have 1t, sir.
Col. T. Your business, take 1t, has been
to spread about sedition, and to STIR up
rebellion. This is grave charge, sir
Valentine All this, sir, I assure YOU
have considered and understand There
is no more to say. Shall we relieve Lady
Beatrice of our presence?
Lady B. Hugh! (She takes his hand. To
Col. T) Who told you that this was Col
ValentineP
Col T. That glove which I found on your
table told me- I knew that Col. VaIen-
tine was in the countryI knew that he
would come here from your brother.
saw that the hands Of the serving man
were not the hands Of a servant. and I
concluded that We had here none other
than the man whom we most wanted
Col. Hugh Valentine himself.
Lady B. Oh. the glove!-ths fatal gfovai
Col. T. Lady Beatrice, you must say fare
we'll to my prisoner. Sir Ito Col w