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clinging to yonder rulings. The lord Of
broad lands risking his life and limb to
save one little child, whose face he had
never seen.
1T was a noble thing to d." thought
Lashmar. II ought e. have valued her
for the sake Of that great deed. Decent
feeling, the respect due TO my dead broth.
or, should have made me kinder to her."
lie had no hope Of finding Stella amidst
that aggregate Of struggling humanity.
The police had been here at the beginning
of their quest and had assured themselves
that no such person as the fugitive from
Lashmar Castle had applied for lodging
ut Goldwin's. He expected to get no In
formation here and yet he hung about the
place In bis dependency, not knowing
where TO 70 or what to do next, feeling
impcllcd TO do something, were II only to
wander from street to street. In the vague
hope Of meeting the fugitive face to face
ut some unexpected corner.
Presently he saw n respectable. elderly
woman. with market basket on her arm.
going In under the archway which opened
into a stony quadrangle. He followed
and accOstcd her.
MAY I ask, madam, II you have been
long resident hercT'
The matron turned and confronted
Lashmnr In some confusion. startled by
the stately address. the tall. upright fig.
urc and darkly handsome face, and that
indcscribable, inexpressible air which II
ordinarily the result of high birth and a
West END tailor. Not often-no, not even
| ,Shas nm o1oCttnsn scuu uu-Ltd anal, n
young Alcibiadcs enter beneath yonder
arch.
"Yes, SIR, I have lived here over twenty
years, almost ever since the houses were
built"
"Thcn you remember the fire hcreY"
"Yes. indeed. sir; and have good cause
TO remember II, for my poor little bits Of
furniture were all burned, things as I'd
had from my poor mother and as belonged
to her father before her when he wns q
farmer In a small way In HerefOrdshirc."
every sad," murmurcd Lnshmar. ibid
you happen to know man called Bold.
wood"
"BOldwood. that lost his life In the Are 7
Everybody knew Mr.. HOLLYWOOD. He was
a great man. my husband used TO shy,
man that ought to have been cabinet
minister; n man that had poor peoples
interests at heart. and would have fought
our battles, II he'd ever come into power.
And quite gentleman. too. though rath.
er rougi.lookinR and careless about his
clothes: md such n loving father to his
little girl. Shc was adopted by the late
Lord Lnshmar and has been brought up
like lady. The little girl used 70 sit out
on the balcony all day In summer time"
said the woman. "BOldwood had put up
mn cxtra rail to make II safer for her. aud
Ind divided of his bit Of balcony from,
. the rest with wire netting. NO that she
. sat there oil alone like bird In cage.
He didn't want her to mix with the other
children. and she didn't seem to want to
plny with them. She was very shy. and
, when they spoke TO her she answered In
foreign language. She had her little
'tOys, and she seemed TO amusc herself
contentedly hour after hour; but I al.
ways felt sorry for her In those long. lone
~ days, when her father was away"
Certainly u sud and solitary infancy,
followed by u dcsolntc girlhood.
"Shc used to watch the funerals going
! by 70 the cemetery" said the dame. who
> had no desire TO cut short the cOnvcrsa.
, ton, albeit the rudlnieits Of her hus.
I bands high teu were lying In her basket
|
noon. ''rhcYc wasn't near NO many houses
I about here In those days. 1t was almost
Open country. nnd she could see every.
h thing that went along the road to the
: cemetery. and used to sit and watch and
watch md wonder and wonder. oil could
I see Il IN her face, sometimes, when
!. stopped 70 look ut her. but she never
Y asked me no questions. She little though,
!. how soon her daddy, that she was no fond
!, Of, would be lying In that cemetery"
= lis It near hcrcT asked Lashmar.
!. mot half a milc.''
"lll 20 and look ut BOlhw0Od's grave
I GOod'n'Oi ming. madam. IL you will nc
!. cept trihe by way Of"
!, lie did not further explain himself, bu
4 dropped some loose silver Into the mat
!, rOn's willing hand and loft her curtesyin,
!, on the pavement. Was there ever such ,
!, gentlcmnn-sO noble looking, NO free In hi
" manners and no open handedy
- I.ashmar found hts way to the come
a terry, which had been placed remote from
q the town In the first instance and wa,
still In the outskirts. 1t was a nobl,
= cemetery as to spaciousness. though 1
!; little mOnOtOnOus Us to art. But tree,
and shrubs had thrivcn. the place wa,
- neatly kept and on Sunday evenings THU
= garden Of death was favOrite resort fo
% the sober and serious among the wOrkin,
people OF Brulnm, the people who like,
+" to go to chapel and take their quiet wall
- after chapel.
. Roldw0Od's grave? The man ut tn,
!, lodge was not political enthusiast: ha,
y never heard Of Mr.. BOldwOOd; could Civ,
- no information as to the last resting place
-, 30 Lashmar wandered up and dOwI
till he found the handsome headstOn,
!. which his brother had erected to mark thu
u denagOgue's grave.
I'm memory Of Jonathan Boldwood, I
man OF advanced opinions and strong sym
n pathies with the poor and oppressed, VIII
n persisted Ia his endeavOr to save his infan
N daughters life, ana who was much be
e loved and regretted by the working
d classes Of the city.
II by their works ye shall know them.
Q. This was the epitaph which Hubert
Lord Lashmnr, had caused to be engrave,
d on the republicans hcadstone.
h CHAPTER XXIV.
IN VtotOptan stool lonktnr M h, ,,o,,1, n,