The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-06-17

scratch on the HnSer SO Slight as 10 De
almost unnoticeable, yet within five
minutes the effects Of the poison had
reached his heart, and he was beyond
human aid"
Amazing" I cried, regarding my
whilom friend with intense loathing as
he stood before us, his face a CHASTITY
hue.
TITS untrue! Who will believe such
woman?" he cried.
Every one WILL" Sonia retorted
quickly. "See, here is the proof" and
she drew from her pocket well-worn
suede glove of dark gray, which l rec
ognized at once as being one of the
kind always worn by Dudley "The
splinter of glass is still inside"
"The Car will have no further en-
ployment for murderer" exclaimed
Ella at last. Neither will the House
of Commons permit a spy to sit in it's
midst, When l consented to enter the
Secret Service Of His Majesty'it was
/ with one object-to obtain permission
| to marry. This / have attained, and
/ because of Geoffrey's generosity and
/ free forgiveness, have now no further
/ fear of the opinion of the world or of
revelations by man who is proved to
be murderer. At last have secured
freedom from your hateful tie
"Then you intend to denounce me?"
Beck cried, glancing round with wild,
hunted look.
Twenty -four hours from now
shall place Lord Warnham in possess
sion of the whole of these curious facts.
If you are still upon English soil you
will be arrested for the murder of my
friend" l answered, calmly. q see
plainly how, while l left you alone
with the dead man, you placed in his
pocket the brass seal found upon him,
and how cleverly you managed to in
troduce the bogus passport and evil
1ences of forgery among his posses
sions Yours was a devilish ingenuity,
indeed"
In the library at Berkeley square on
The following afternoon I explained the
| w uolt vi tlC otdl llillSo luIIo W IhC WI
zened, ascetic old Earl, who sat speech
less in amazement when he realized
that Andrew Beck was actually for
eign spy. 1t was during the converse
ton that followed hat | learned that
the man so dearly loved by Sonia was
Cecil Bingham, the young country
gentleman, who, known to both, had
sought to assist Ella in unearthing
the identity of Dudley's murderer. So
MIA had misjudged my wife entirely
for she had never denounced her to
Cecil, and the latter, being at that mo-
ment a guest in the Earl's house, was
sent for, and before us all the pair be-
came reconciled.
EliZaveta Nicolayevna, or Ella as
still call her, now renowned her coun-
try. and became thoroughly English
A year ago Lord Warnham, assured oil
my wires probity, for, greatly to M
Grodskoff's dismay, she had giver
some valuable information regarding
the activity of the Russian Secret Ser
vice at Downing street, appointed me
20 a responsible post at our Embassy
II Paris, so that we now live together
at the big white house in the Avenue
les Champs Elysees, while Sonia ant
Cecil are also married and live togetll-
er in a quaint old manor house nea
Winchester.
There was paragraph in the news
papers stating that Andrew Beck ha
been found drowned in the Scheld
: near Antwerp, and foul play was sus
| pected. Then Ella explained to m
that the woman who had passed q
/ her mother, Mrs. Laing, was a wei
, known Nihilist, and it was in order
2 keep observation upon her that the d.
, tective Renouf had entered her servic
: This woman, whose real name was 81
: phie Grunesberg, was greatly incense
2 against Beck on account of certai
2 false accusations he had made again
/ members of the revolutionary organ
cation, and there was little doubt thi
/ he had fallen beneath their far-reacl
i ing vengeance.
D last our days are full of passiona
love and idyllic happiness. Veri
e there is great truth in those words
S Holy Writ, Whose fndeth wifi
!, fndeth good thing
x The END.