The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-11
LOLA oRAVSHAY.
By A. v. MAROHN0NT, B. A,
Atthor Of "Atser Hoddlevs Secret"
1.-THE MUstery Of Aorttm0re Strange"
by Whose HGndf' "1he Old
Mn Mystery" etc., etc.
copyright, 1897. by the Author.l

Among the guests was q Fyenchman
who was noted amateur violinist, and
Bslyl. finding him one evening next to
her at dinner, asked him whether he
knew the name Of Turrian o. violin
player.
''Turrian, TurrianT he repeated.
"Where 10 he known?"
II believe in Paris" answered Beryl.
ma fol, there is no such player in
Paris" was the decided reply. II may
soy know every player Of any conse.
quence in the whole Of Paris, but there
10 none Of that name, ! am sure"
"Do you know Nontreux?" she asked.
"You mean the little Swiss place. !
have been there twice, I think, in my
rambles. Do you know it-a curious.
dull, pretty plaoe-the sort Of little
town you can look over from north to
south and west to east In an hour or
two and carry away as memory photo
graph"
"You never heard the name Turrian
there as that Of violin player9" ask
ed BeryI.
"In Montreuxl" And the Frenohman
laughed. "Not at all. Poor little Mon
treux has never distinguished itself yet
in producing anything 90 important as
q musician. Wait, wait. What am I
saying9' And no laughed heartily. II
have forgotten the mad able. You know
Montreux? MOI Then you will not
know Of the good Able d'Eventin9"
"No, have never heard of him."
MAY I tell you? The good priest
had been no one knows what before he
entered the holy church. But, whatever
it was, 1t was something bad, we may
be sure. Well. he had picked up smat-
tering Of music, and he could play the
violin, and he played it in such way
as to drive himself out Of his wits. Then
it was that he conceived great inspira-
tion--he was to revolutionize the world.
And how do you think he was to do it?
By adding a fifth string to the violin.
Ism t that droll? A fifth string, my faithl
Poor fellow!'
"Is the tale we'll known at Mon
treux?' asked Beryl after joining in
her companions expression of amuse-
ment.
"Why, Of course. What would you
have? Could it be otherwise? Every ur-
chin in the gutter has the story of by
heart"
"What a most interesting storyl"
said Beryl, who found much more in
terest in it than she showed.
1t emphasized two points in the tale
which the man Turrian had told her.
It showed whence he had stolen the
idea for his story about the fifth string,
and it suggested that his connection
with Montreux was at least as close as
Beryl had at first concluded.
But it did not help her to any solu-
ton Of the chief question as to what
was the reason why the man was seek
ing Lola. 1t proved that the reason was
not what be had said, and that did not
carry her far,
1t had another effect. Her oompan-
ions word had started a thought which
afterward developed considerably. As
the Frenchman had been speaking Of
Montreux, Beryl had been struck by the
idea that in so small place it must be
exceedingly easy to find out anything
about anybody, and from this it was an
easy though gradual development that
in such place she herself could readily
make any necessary inquiries.
That idea did not come for some time,
however, and in the meantime Beryl
was troubled to know whether she ought
to speak to Sir Jaffray's mother and
tell her what had passed in the inter-
view with Pierre Turrian.
There was also the further question
as to Lola herself Ought she to be toldP
This was problem over which Beryl
spent many hours Of thought
If there was any evil in the matter,
anything which threatened Lola, not
for all the world would Beryl have the
news of it come through her. It would
look all too much like the result Of
some vindictive feeling on her part.
But, on the other hand, il Beryl said
nothing and it transpired afterward
that the man had been to her, her silence
would be open to misconception.
She resolved in the end, therefore, to
go to Walcote manor and in the course
of conversation tell Lady Walcote, as it
were casually. Of the mans visit, CIV
ing his object as described by himself.
On her return home she did this and
suggested further that it might be we'll
to write and tell Lola Of the fact.
She described the incident in way
which excited no feeling on Lady Wal
oote's part except laughter, and 1t was
in this vein that the latter spoke Of it
in postscript to letter to Sir Jaffray.
The letter was dispatched to await the
baronet and his wife at New York, as
the time was drawing near for their re.
turn to England.
1t was in this way that the warning
was sent to Lola that her first husband
was alive and had already hunted her
down.