Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-05-17

| Il near you, papa, She Sald-'te tell
me at once; hide nothing from me.
Take my hands in yours and hold
them fast; they will give me strength
to listen to what you have to say"
My dearest Dolores some of it
may be mere surmlse but what we
know to be true will lay before you;
and, although it goes to my heart to
do it, must. First, do you remem-
her that Karl received a letter yester
| day morning which seemed to distress
| him very much? He declined to show
1t to you, although you asked him to
do so. The reading Of that letter COM
plctely changed him if you remem-
Der; he was not himself all day, he
neither spoke nor smiled We both
| remarked 1t; even the servants no.
ticed it, and thought that he was not
we'll. want you to bear all this in
mind; it is one link in the chain of
| evidence Then, after looking miser-
able unlike himself all day he told US
| that he could not drive me home at
night, because he had an appointment
I When we asked him about it. he
seemed distressed and anxious. The
inference that draw from all this is,
that the person who wrote the letter
Is the person he went to see. | do not
! think there Is any doubt about that,
do you, RhyswOrth?"
NO / do not" was the reply
| Dolores raised her fair head with
| look OF relief.
THAT seems clear papa, | wonder
| did not think Of it before. AS you
say, that letter completely changed
| him. remember has face as he thrust
the letter into his pocket; he was not
like himself after that, The note
| troubled him, | am sure"
What we want to discover" con
tinued the squire, lis the writer of the
letter and the person that he went to
see. | am afraid Dolores, that we have
a cIew Whether it will pain you or
not, my child, | cannot tell; but | am
afrajd-nay | must say that the per-
son your husband went to see was Lo-
la de terras,"
She sprang from his arms and cried
out; but her words were unutelllgibIe.
Her ghastIy face frightened them.
II will not believe it," she said, al
ter awhile. MY husband would not
go to meet Lola de 'crras, the wo-
man who hates me, and who has
sworn vengeance against me. Papa
why do you say that
My dear, it is true. As was dIrv-
Ing home along the Deeping road last
night with James Ashford, saw a
lady walking. Her eyes were cast
down, and she seemed buried in
thought; but | recognized her in a
moment as Lola de Ferras. Wishing
to be sure, | said to James, Who is
that" He looked and answered i'm
medtately Miss de Ferras, sir. But
noticed that the moment she saw
my attention drawn toward her she
pulled down her veil over her face and
walked on swiftly She evidently did
not want me to see her | drove past
her and took no notice. | saw that
she was going toward Scarsdalc, and
! wondered at that, because knew
you had not parted on good terms.
You had told me so. Now Lord Rhys-
worth will tell you what he saw"
II do not know Miss de Ferlas "
said his lordship. But last evening I
went for a walk through the woods.
You know whore tina Deeplng Hurst
woods join yours? A path branches
off there and leads to the paings
that skirt your portion of the woods
| followed it, and, when | reached the
palings, | stood for some momcnts
leaning against them. Looking toward
the further end, | saw Sir Karl walk
ing with lady. She was crying, and
seemed to be pleading with him. |
could see that she was tall, with a
graceful figure and dark. beautiful
face, over which she drew her veil
| She presently said something to Sir
| Karl, and he turned and looked in my
| direction. Whether he saw me or not
| cannot tell, but rs he turned I
walked away quickly, as | had no
wish to appear intrusive That is all
have to tell you, Lady Allanmore."
She raised her despairing eyes to
| her fathers face.
There is one person more Who an
| give information, said the squire,
and that Is Ashford, the groom He,
| think, saw the last Of Sir Karl"
He rang the bell trying to hide from
his sight his daughters colorless face.
If were hut twenty wears
Younger" he said to himself Il would
follow him to the end of the world
and thrash him! Send James Ashford
here, he said. to the servant who
answered the summons,
In a few minutes the groom stood
before them. He looked pale and agl-
! tated
Don't ask me, sin" he said. to
distress my lady. cannot speak be-