Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18


Gertrude listened with wide open
eyes. IL
''Those are my ideas exactly" she
said, land those are the thoughts
that came to me when I read the let
ter"
81 should say myself continued
Mr.. Shaw, chat the quickest and
best way of learning the gentleman's
fate is to search for the lady"
ITO search for the LADY," they re-
peated.
Eyes. I am sure the key of the
mystery lies with her If any one has
thought that all these years Sir Karl
has been wandering about with her a
happy man, they have made a mis-
take. Taking all things into consid-
Grafton, together with the fact that
the gentleman has never drawn one
farthing Of his income, I should rather
say that he was dead than living, and
[ should rather say that the lady had
in some mysterious fashion made
away with him than that he had run
away with her."
THAT is just what I have always
thought should be DONE" said Cert
rude Glow strange that we should
think alike!"
''It would be easier to find twenty
men than to trace one cunning wo-
man." observed Lord Rhysworth.
eve shall do it, my lord, [ feel sure.
She is the party who should have
been traced from the very beginning.
If Sir Karl had been alive, he would
have drawn his money. No man
would have allowed an income like
my great wonder is that no one saw
the matter in that light before, for it
is the true light, I am sure"
They all agreed with the officer;
ard Mr.. Shaw entered in his note
book every detail with which they
could supply him. There was no
limit as to expense.
1t was certninly puzzle now in
what quarter to commence conducting
the search. There was no portrait of
Lola de Ferras; but Lady Fielder re-
membered her so we'll and described
her so accurately that Mr.. Shaw felt
hopeful of recognizing her.
CHAPTER XVIII.
From that day mysterious adver-
tisements began to appear in the jour-
nails advertisements that puzzled the
readers. They were all addressed to
Lola, and were variously subscribed;
but no answer to them ever came
The bankers with whom Madame de
Ferras had invested her money were
discovered; and, when urged, as a
matter of life and death, to tell what
they knew Of the whereabouts Of
Miss de Ferras, tEey had but one fact
to reveal. 1t was this-that the ac-
court had been closed soon after
madame's death, and that they had
not the least notion as to her daugh-
ter's place CT residence or the state Of
her affairs in fact, they knew moth
ing at all about her. There was there
fore no intelligence to be gained from
that quarter; nor was there indeed
from any other. Yet Gertrude's
brave young heart never quailed.
Dolores wrote, imploring her to come
back, and give up what was after all
but chimera, a fancy, a will-o'-the-
Wisp, delusion that would wear
away her heart and life. But never
did one thought of yielding, one
thought of giving up the hope of her
life, come to Gertrude.
When every inquiry had been made,
every means exhausted, the council
met again.
"Our task does not seem so easy
now as it did when we first met to
consult together" Gertrude said, but
we shall accomplish it as surely as the
sun shines in heaven. Many things
have failed us, but our courage and
perseverance are net among the num-
ber'
Her listeners acsented warmly; it
would have broken her heart had
they not done so.
my dear mother has written, and
wants me to return to her; but can
mott must not I will finish my task
or die over it,
No che had any further suggestion
to make. M. Shaw oN ned that he
was bafied, but that he did not despair
and was by no means inclined to give
up the case, though more fully con-
vinced than ever of the difficulties
with which they would have to con-
tend.
'If we had any clew, however
SMALL he said eff we only knew
whether Miss de Ferras was living or
dead, it would be some satisfaction"
ct would be much easier to dis
cover if she were dead than to find
any trace of her living" declared Lord
Fielden. eff she is dead, and has been
buried, some one must know some
thing of it. We can take action so
far. Let us advertise in the French
and English papers that any one who
can give nTOof of thn death 0f Made