The Holly chieftain., 1900-11-30

cept brief in tho case a. my juntor?r
n. CHATTER ".
Paul Rndefby -hadssat In perfect 81
Lance listening to ths full. rich voice.
Of Sir Henry thass voice which went
70 farAn convineink juries - he re-.
lated the chief points Of the case. He
remembered It. thouNh the parttculas
had passed from his memory long
since.
But ss Sir Henry went on, strange.
fornsess doubts. and half-formed
ts1A !heesn to fioat dimly through
4A&Y AiAd ifhe the dark, shadowy
fdfaas d bats flittiHk through SONS,
darkeued and deserted barn. He could
hardly formulate them. or give them
name In his own mind; but they dis
tarbed him taguely. and fllled him
With b strange, tQsebodipg. y
When at last. he raised HIS face,
which had been bent over his fruit
plate. his eyes fell first. not ON Sir
|, Henry's face, but ON that Of Doctor
Lyndon. whose cold. grey eyes were
fxed on him with = strange, expect.
ant expression. There was some
thing IN, 1T which sent a cur.oas
shuadet through EidSrby: yet he felt
irritated the next moment at his own
absurd sentimentality.
He turned to Sir Henry.
you are more than good, Sir Hem
ry. do not know how l can thank
you for your generosity in thinking
of me. OF course. you can count on
me, II you think lam able to under
take the responsibility" y
There is no rising young barrifter
at the bar today to whom 1 would
SCOOTER trust the conducting of.the
case. than to you. Enderby," said Sir
Henry. graciously. Il have very
high opinion Of your talents"
Enderby's heart beat high as he re-
Joined Cecil In the drawing room. This
would be the making of him. II he
conducted the case sficiently his for
tune was made, and he would then
bs able; to ask Cecil to come to him
~ his own. Somehow he felt pretty
sure she would mot say him nay.
When hSTlRsnt to. his rooms his
head was in whir& Cecil had smiI-
ed upon him, and her lovely eyes had
fallen as he bade farewell Cecil,
Cecil!-the most queenly Of women!
Was it possible that one day she
should be his?
But as Enderby sat down before the
crate in which some dead ashes still
faintly glowed. a strange revulsion OF
feeling came over him. i
Dundas Lyndon's facets cold
grey eyes. its watchful expression
came up before his mind. There was
something sinister in the man-some-
thing he did not like. Then sudden
ly there succeeded, as by the instan-
taneous shutting OF camera, another
facs In the eye Of his mind-that pale,
quiyering, childltke, yet strangely wo-
manly, face of David Lloyd's daugh-
ter.
He started to his feet md began to
spacs the room.
How had these people come to know
Dundaa Lyndon!5 What strange con-
nection was there between them? Was
1t possible no. NO, the Idea was
too Wild. too utterly improbable for
real life.
Nevertheless hs made mp his mind
to 80 to Burden Mansions next day.
He managed to do 50 In the after
noon, walking there. a. he had no
wish even to give the clue Of cab
To- any one. He hardly knew why he
was 70 careful now; he would not ad-
init to himself that he had any tang
ible reason for thinkins these poor
people wished to hide themselves from
the world.
He knocked igain and again. At
last the door was cautiously opened.
and In the darkness within he could
dimly make out slim, girlish figure.
Us It you. Miss Lloyd?" he asked,
In low voice. ~ have come to ask
how you both Gre.
The girl stared at the sound Of his
voice. He could not Zee hsr face dis .
hnctly. 10 he did not know that
light blush had swept over It.
She opened the door more wldely.
''Will you come inf", iaSss said, her
voice just . little uncertain, II have
told my father about meeting you"
Enderby followed her rain. The hail
was . small one, and dark; he saw
two door1. She opened one and ad-
mittsd him Into small dinxy room,
Whose only furniture consisted Of
cheap tapestry carpet on the floor,
painted wooden table, and one or
two chairs. A curtain OF coarse serge
hung over an embrasure IN the wall;