Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-06-21
A Golden Heart.
BERTHA M. CLAY.


| YARD FOR one or lhe aDlebL men III INC
police force. Gertrude gave a sigh
of relief. 70 her sanguine mind 1t
was O great deal to have made start
After all, she said to her friends,
the world Is but small place When
| think how soon we can 20 round It,
to look for one man lost in It, 1t can
not be 80 hopeless. | have seen told
| that, no matter where person goes
he Is sure to meet some one he
| knows. If that be true, surely to find
| the being one loves cannot be so very
| difficult n task"
I'VE shall have difficulties enough,
| but we must not let them discourage
u.s." said Lord Flelden; indeed, my
idea Is that nothing in life Is worth
dong, unless there are plenty of OBJ
stacles to be overcome. | like meet
ing them as If they were so many
enemies, and conquering them one
after another"
He was rewarded by grateful look
from Gertrudes blue eyes. After a
few more words, the council for that
day ended
1t met In more solemn ConClave
four days afterward and Mr.. Shaw,
the detective, was at the head of It
a keen thoughtful man, with bril-
liant eyes-eyes that, Harry declared,
appeared as though they could see
through a stone wall He was quiet
and calm, but with the keen instinct
of his profession so completely de-
yeoped, that it was wonderful with
what sagacity he followed the slight
est Glow, how he studied minute de-
tails how he gave Importance to
events that had been considered
trivial He had successfully con-
Quoted some most Intricate criminal
cases. In short, he was a wonderful
man, and 1t augured Ill for some one
when he said that he was mot sat
lsned."
lie listened attentlvely while Lor0
Rhysworth gave him the particulars
Of the baronet's disappearance.
Il should say myself" Mr.. Shaw re-
| confrerc failed was because he did not
know the whole of the details De-
! tails, In n case like this, are every
thing. | think, II he had known more,
he would have done better, 1t should
be with n detective officer as with
doctor-nothng should be kept from
him"
Nothing shall be kept from YOU,
said Gertrude, promptly. "The Squire,
my dear mothers father, who would
dead. James Ashford, the groom,
and Lord Rhysworth, who were the
last to see my father, will tell you all
that they know | will show you the
letters and my fathers portrait" add
ed Gertrude whose hopes were
strengthened as she saw the detec-
tlve's interest increase. Are you a
good physlognomist? she asked, as
she placed the portrait before him.
Mr.. Shaw looked at 1t long and
thoughtlully.
1T Is the face Of good man." he
answered gravey.
Now read these letters" said Cert
rude, "and see what You gather from
them"
The letters that her mother had
held SO long were placed in his hands,
and he seemed to weigh every word,
as he read them Then he was silent
for some few minutes, after which the
oracle spoke,
My opinion Is that it all rests with
tAe lady he said, slowly,
with the LADY," was re-cchoed In
different accents OF wonder and in
crodulity,
yes, with the lady" he repeated.
Indeed | should not be surprised to
find that the gentleman did not &C
company the lady at all"
The interest of the listeners iu-
creased,
rake this first letter. continued
the detective, written by the lady to
Sir Karl She does not write as
though he cared for her-not in the
least. She wants him TO do her ia
vor, and does not wish his wife to
know about It, He evidently from
| all you tell me. Miss Allanmore--
dlslikes It, yet he goes, and is never
seen again, The supposltion of every
one is that the lady persuaded him to
elope with her. There can have been
no previous arrangement-tha Is
quite clear from the tone OF the
writer's letters. Now consider this
second letter. which every one seems
| to have taken as proof conclusive, |
do not believe that Sir Karl was with
| the person who wrote II. 1t reads to
me as though 1t were intended to sug-
gest that idea, but, that is all. She
does not write Sir Karl is with me-
| perhaps she dared not-she writes:
| You will never see Sir Karl again.
have had my revenge. Who knows
what her revenge was? She may have
murdered him, She may have induced
| others to murder him, and have hid
den his body, She may have had him
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