The Yale expositor., 1900-10-26

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jewels is hopeless imbecile. There's
ne doubt whatever on the subject"
''No?" Sir 5Ieury raised his head,
and his hagg-rd eyes looked Into the
a5ld ones OF IDmdas Lyndon. ~And
zsour reward, Lyndon?"
''Is, as Care say you have guessed.
Sir Henry, the right of winning Miss
Lennox as my wife," replied Lyndon
deliberatet.
Sir Henry half sprang from his
chair, thu sank into it again, and
looked al The man before him without
speaking
"You seem surprised" said giyndoI
coldly. 81 thought you had guessed
long apo, Sir Henry, the cause of my
enthusiasm in the affair. ] am an
ambitious man. as you know, and l
have tisked a great deaG in this mat
ter. Were but word OF this to get
abroad l should be a r1ineG man, in
a worse plight than the poor wretch
whom we know; but 7 thought the
game worth the candle. With Cecil
LeDnoX as my wife and Str Henry,
the great Q. c., as my fathgr-in-law.
my future success is secured. Now, /
have spoken frankly, and Itexpect
frank answer"
Sir Henry looked at him ssor no
ment, then with q shuaGor he bowed
his head on his hands. Never till
this moment, had the wretched man,
who had years ago entered con a course
Of deception and crueH wrong, realiz-
ed to the full that 1.-THE way of trans
gressors is hard" Rls sin, at first
a cobweb, had become q cable.
He was in the power of an unscrupu-
lous villain, and he could never hope
to extricate himself from it.
He looked up at last.
''I cannot use compulsim- in such
case," he said, in hard, dry voice.
Cecil may not be agreeable to-to
this proposal of yours"
Lyndon smiled grimly.
81 think she will be when 1 tell her
the consequence of her refusal, Sir
Henry. One word from enc, and the
whole world will know tie real char
acter of the man it has been accus-
toned to regard as faultRss."
"And the character OF the man it
Giant" said a voice behind both men
suddenly.
They were sitting in Sir Henry's IL
brary with closed doors. Neither OF
them had heard the dool which con-
nected the library with Sir Henry's
private Office softly open; but as both
sprang round, as if simultaneously,
q figure moved forward from the door,
which had not closed again, and stood
facing them. 1t was that OF Paul En-
derby.
Lyndon's face assumed an unp,eas-
ant hue and an ugly curve in his up
per lip showed the cleaning teeth
behind.
Sir Henry, however, w Oh an effort
recovered his usual dignity, an rose
to his feet, bowling grayely.
This is an unexpected visit, Mr..
Enderby. I shall not cali it an intru-
sion. 1t is, however. rather unusual
for my visitors to enter unannounced."
Enderby was very pale, and his
whole face would have given any on
locker the impression of one who has
braced himself to a terrible task He
leaned his hand on the table. and his
, eyes did not falter from their fixed
gaze on Sir Henry's face
Sir Henry, my mode of@entry is OF
little consequence in comparison with
! the tidings l bring. 1 have come
: straight to you from a death bed Da-
wild Gerard, otherwise David Lloyd,
died at o'clock this evening"
A strange sound-half gasp, half cry
left Sir Henry's lips. He tottered
little, as if he would have fallen; but
the next moment, making another
great effort, he recovered, and drew
himself erect.
what do you mean, Mr.. Enderby?"
who is this man, David Lloyd, whom
you so glibly identify with David Ge-
rard?''
Sir Henry, subterfuge here h. abso-
lutely valueless, said Enderby grave
iys dAu nut WllnOul d dAuShl-
ness in his voice No man can lCok on
broken idol unmoved. What have
TO say had better be Said briefly. am
glad to have found this man~-he
glanced, with change of expression
towards 1lyndon-"with you.
Accidents brought the Gerards--I
knew them as the Llryds-across my
path. From Miss Gerard first heaJ6
the name OF Doctor Lyndon. visitet
them. When l heard your story OF
David Gerar6s crime my suspicious
were arousee. These are now con-
firmed-
David Gerard died today; but be-
fore dying he left full confession,
signed By himself. of the Brownlow
pearl affair He left with me the one
prpof-an absolute one-of his inno-
cence, and another's guilt. / have
promised the dead and / mean to
fulfil that promise. to see his name,
and that of the daughter he has left.
cleared.