Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-09-03

lips are but two which she repeats
necessarily, your own and your brothers"
The young man leaned forward on the
table and buried his head in his hands,
as he said:
Poor Ida! poor Ida! Why should this
trouble also CONF to you? And why need
l have added to your unhappiness by my
cruelty"
Then he looked up and said to Sir Paul:
When will she be we'll enough for me
to go to her and plead for pardon? Will
it be soon, do you thinkT
II do not know" the other answered
sadly. but if, when the delirium has
left her, l can tell her that you love her
still and regret your words, it may go
far towards her recovery"
TEL her that" Penlyn said, "and that
my love is as deep and true as ever, and
that, at the first moment she is in a fit
condition to hear it, l will, myself, come
and tell her so with my own lips. And
also tell her that. never again, will l by
word or deed cause her one moments
pain"
II am glad to hear you speak like this"
Sir Paul said, "glad to find that l had
not allowed my darling to give herself
to a man who would cast her off be-
cause she, for one moment. harbored an
unworthy suspicion of him."
This unhappy misunderstanding has
been the one bio upon our love-" Penlyn
said; IF l can help it, there shall never
be another.s
AS he spoke these words, Sir Paul put
his hand kindly on his shoulder, and Pen
Ign knew that, in him, he had one who
would faithfully carry his message of
love to the woman who was the hope of
And now Sir Paul said, 81 want you
to give ne full particulars of everything
that has occurred since that miserable
night. l want to know everything fully,
alnd from your lips. What Ida has been
able to tell me has been sadly incoherent.b
Then, once more-as he had had now
so often to 90 over the sad history to
others, with but LITTLE information added
to each recital-Lord Penlyn told Sir Paul
everything that he knew, and of the
strange manner in which the Senior Cuff
fanta had come into the matter, as we'll as
hi apparent certainty of finding the MUIR
derer.
You do not think it is a bold ruse to
throw off suspicion from himself?' Sir
Paul asked. "A daring man, such as he
seems to be, might adopt such a PLAN"
NO. the other answered, II do not.
There is something about the man, strang-
er as he is, that not only makes me feel
certain that he is perfectly truthful in
what he says, and that he really does pos
sess some strange knowledge Of the as
sassin that will enable him to find that
man at last, but also makes the others
feel equally certain"
They all believe in him, you say p Sir
Paul asked thoughtfully.
"All! That is, all but Philip Smerdon,
who is the only one who has not seen
him. And I am sure that, if be too saw
him and heard him, he would believe"
philip Smerdon is a thorough man Of
the world" Sir Paul said. Il should be
inclined to give weight to his judgment"
II am sure that he is wrong in this
case, and that when he sees Guffanta he
will acknowledge himself to be so. No
one who has seer him can doubt his earn
e~stness."
what can be the mystery concerning
your garden? A mystery that is a double
one, because it brings your house, of all
houses in London, into connection with
the murder of the very man who, ut the
moment, was the actual owner of it?
That is inexplicable"
ut is" Penlyn said, 'inexplicable to
every one. But TIE Senior tells us that
when we know what he knows, and when
he has brought the murderer to bay, we
shall see that it is no mystery at ALL"
CHAPTER XVI.
Although the Senior Guffanta had not.
as vet, in answer to many questions put
to him, been able to say positively that
he was on the immediate track Of the
murderer Of Walter Cundall, he still con-
tinued to inspire confidence in those by
whom he was surrounded; and 1t had now
come to be quite accepted amongst all
whom he met at Occleve House that. al
though he was working darkly and mys-
teriously, he was in some way nearing
the object he had in view.
It may have been his intense. self-con-
idence, the outward appearance Of which
he never allowed to fail, that impressed
them thus, or the stern look with which
he accompanied any words he ever Ut
tered in connection with the assassin: or
it may have been the manner he had OF
making inquiries Of all descriptions of
every one who had known anything Of
the dead man, that led them to believe
in him; but that they did believe in him
there was no doubt.
In the time he had at his disposal. after
transacting any affairs be might have to
manage for the merchant who had an
pointed him his agent in London, he was
continually passing from one spot to an
other, sometimes spending hours at Mr..
Cundalrs house in Grosvenor place. and
sometimes a long period Of time each day
at Deceive House; but to no one did he
ever say one word indicative Of either sue.
cess or failure.
And, when he was alone in either Of
these places, his proceedings were of a
nature that, had they been witnessed by
any one, would have caused them to won.
der what it was that he was seeking for.
He would study attentively every pic
ture that was a portrait, whether paint
ing or engraving, and for photograph al
buns, Of which there were a number in
both houses, he seemed to have an untir-
ing curiosity.
He would look them over and over
again, pausing occasionally a long time
over some mans face that struck him,
and then would turn the leaf and 20 on
tn another. and Fhon w,hAr ~ III -.