Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-05-07

4 gs1Se1S0 tey t0S Sltte 81 Sle OrOOk tWO Gays
latsr, the nOtes We're gone. The pockets
Mere carefully searched by order 0t the
police, hut no trace VI the Missin money
/ could lsU discovered II h now cOniectured
that MI. dry Waring, who is knnwn TO
have lost heavily hi the Rio Negro Dia.
nond Mines may have committed the
order L, reiease himself from his consider
abls and very pressing financial e,Mbarrass-
nsents"
The paper droppel from Colonel Kelm-
SCOTS hands His eyes ceased to see. His
arm fell rigid. This last horrible suggest
| ion proved two much 10 bear. Hesilrunk
from II like poison. That son ofhis own.
unsckno wiedgel or not. should be u Grim
| inal---n murderer ---wA- terrible enough;
but that he should even he suspected OF
having committed murder tor ~,ici base
vulgar motives ~ mere thirst Ut
gain, was more than the blood of,i,e kelni-
father had said TO himself in his agony. at
| first. that il Guy really killed that prying
bank clerk Ut all. il was no doubt ia de-
tense of his mo hers hOnor. That was .
reason ksln,>co.t could understand.
That, ifnot AZ excnsc, was at least rallia
ton. But to he told lie had killed him for
. roll OTb3nk-npte,---oA horrible incredi-
blei his reason 'lrw Lack at it. That was
deptiito VIII c.. the keni>cott isiiosyn.
cracy could Hcver descend The Colonel
in his horroi, refused To believe il,
He puF his hand' mp ieebly 70 his throb-
bling brpw. This was ghastly idea---a
gha-tly accusation The man lied War
SCOTS ili:nn i tie mud of the street.
There was but one com ort let He
never b,re that unsnllied name Nobody
woui., know he was kelmscott Of rilgate.
The coioncl rose from his seat and stag
gercd aeross the floor. Halfway to the
"a. q lad Iek., Il.
veins Ii, his forehead We're black and swol-
le1l He had the same strange feeling in his
head az lie ltai experienced or the day
when GraEvili e leii--ony a hundred times
worse. The iWo halves o! his brain were
opening and shutting. His temples seemed
too full; no fame Ell something was wrong
with hi. forehead somewhere. He reeled
once more Ikea drutkcs, man. Then he
clutcl,e,i at chair aud sat down. Hi, brain
was Hooded.
He collapsed all at once MINIMIZING to
hiii- ell -nine inarticula'e gibberi,ii. Halt
an hour later the servants came in and
jound him He was seated in lis chair,
reused. A doctor was summoned and the
Colonel put 70 bed. Lady Emily watched
him with devoted care. But 1t was all in
vain. The doctor shook his head the mo-
ment he examined him. "A paralytic
stroke. he said gravely: and u very seri-
OttS one. lie sceulS W flNtC Jtuu q SllWUtcT
attack some time since, and to lave wholly
neglected it. great bood-ves el In the
brain seems to have given way with rush.
can hold out no hope. He won't live till
morning"
And indeed "a 1t turned out, about ten
that night the Colonies loud and stentori-
Gus breathing began to fail slowly The inter-
walls grew longer and longer between. each
recurrent gasp. and lie died away a, last
in impefcel,tible struggles.
BY two in the morning, kelmscott of
Tilgate ias dead Oh his bel: and his
two nnacknowledgc. and unrecognized
sons were The masters of his property
But one o them at that moment was be-
Mg t,S~e about wildly on the waves of
Biscay; and the other was locked up on q
charge -. murder in the county jxi! .. !avi
istocA in l,evonshire.
Meanwhile, at the other house at Chef
wood, where these tidings We're being read
With almost equal interest. Eima Clifford
laid down the paper on the table with .
very ,ale face, and looked ut her mother.
Mrs. Clifford, all solicito,ls watch illness for
the effect on Elma, hooked in return with
searching eyes At he, daughter Then Ell.
ma opened her lips like one who talks in
her sleep, and spoke once or twice in two
short, disconnected sentences. The first
time she said simply. ''IIe didn't pit, 1
know, and the second time, with all the
lutCkBSIty vi uCI 0tltOllOuhl u6tuIC, NuOGlEAt
mother, whatever turns up. must go
there"
"He will be there" hrs, Clifford inter
posed, after painful pause,
And Elma answered tdreanily, with great
eyes far away, "Yes. OF course, know he
will; and must be there, too, to see how
far, il at all, can heIn them.
'.Yes, darling her mother replied
stroking her daughters hair Will, a caress-
ing hand She knew that when Elma spoke
In . tone like that, no power on earth could
possibly restrain her.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
To Cyril Warning himself the arrest at
| Dover came as All Immense surprise rather
. surprise, indeed, than a shock just at
| first, for he could only treat 1t a. mis-
taken identity. The man the police wanted
was Guy. not himself; and that Guy should
have done it was clearly incredible.
A. he landed from the Ostend packet, re-
called unexpectedly to England by the an.
nounceMent that the Rio Negro Diamond
Mines had gone with q crssh--and no
doubt involved Guy in the common
Euin-Cyril was astOnished to find him.
self greeted on the Admiralty Pier by q po-
liceman, who tapped him on the shoulder
with the casual remark. II think your
names Waring.'
Cyril answered at once, "Yes, my names
Waring.
Il didn't occur to him ct the moment
| that the man meant to arrest him.
Then you're wanted. y the minion OF au-
thOrity answered, seizing his arm rather
gruffly. We've got q warrant out to-day
| against you my friend. You'd better come
along with me quietly to the station"
"A warrant Cyril repeated. amazed,
shaking OF the mans hand. There must
| 10 mistake somewhere"
The policeman smiled. ssOh, yes he an
swered briskly, with some hunior in his
tone, There's always mistake,
Of course, in all these arrests. You
never get hold of the right
| man Just at first. It's sure to be q case Of
his twin brother. But there Amt no mis-
| take this time. don't you fear. ! knowed
| you at once, when see you by your pho
| tOgraph. though we were looking out fol
you, 10 be sure. going the other way; but
| It's you oil right; there Ain't . doubt about
that. Warrant In the name of Guy War
| Ing gentleman; wanted for the willfll muir.
| der Ut ! man unknown, said to be one Nc
/ Grsgor alias Montague Nevitt, on the 9th
| instant, at Mambury IN Devonshire.
Cyril gave aslight start at the c0njunc
tioiI OF names which naturally increased
his carsn..'s s..snic;nus INIT there Is 81! I
on your own showing. You've got
the wrong man. It's not / that
1 AM wanted Nv names Cyril Warin9. and