The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-31


and declaring that she had made a
blunder. If she did that, what would
happen?
Harrys attitude would be simple. lie
would at the proper time produce his
certificates, testifying TO the death OF
Sir Randolph, the marriage of his pa
rents, his own birth. The copies were
IN perfect order, and duly authenti-
Gated they were evidence in them
selves; the originals could be had and
would bear out the copies. All this had
been we'll looked after, and Duplay
did not doubt it. What had he 10 set
up against it? Only that the third
certificate was false and thar some
where, neither he. nor even Nina knew
where, bearing some dates neither he
nor Nina knew what, there must be
two other certificates! one fatal TO
Harry'S case as fixing his birth at an
carrier date, the other throwing at least
grave suspicion on 1t by recording a
second ceremony of marriage. But
where We're these certificates. Conceiv-
q bly, they had been destroyed. that was
not likely, but it was possible At any
rate to find them would need much
tlme and some money. On reflection
the major could not blame Harry for
defying him by the pool.
IL VIII De seen that the information
winch Nina CLEANED from her mother
ana nlled In from her OwR childish rec
oiIection, was not SO minute in the
matter OF date as that which Madam
de krles had given at the time of the
events TO Mr. ChOlderton and which
was now locked away in the drawer
at Mr.. JenkinSOn NeeId's chambers
Inc major would have been materially
assisted by a sight of that document
IL would have narrowed the necessary
area or inquiry and given a def1niteness
70 ms assertions, which must have
carried added weight wlrn Mr.sIver.
Nina, being sulky. would not talk TO
her uncle; she could not talk to jamie
1Ver; she did not see Harry and would
not nave dared to talk to him if she
mad. But 1t need hardly be said that
she was dying to talk TO somebody.
with such matters on hand she strug-
gIed against silence like soda water
against the cork. Merely to stare down
at BIent and wonder what was happen
ing there Whetted a curiosity it could
hot sausIy- She felt out of the game
and the feeling was intoIera bic A a
last resort, in last effort to keen in
touch with it, although she had been
warned that she would find nothing of
interest TO her in the volume She feIe-
gr4phed TO a library bookseller in Lon
uoH 10 SEND her Mr.. ChOlderton's Jour
haI. II came the day after if was
published, four days after She had
MADE MI Neeld's acquaintance. and
"hlle Lady Tristram, contrary To ex
Fectation, still held death at arms
length and lay looking at her own pic
~ AAO-AL AAOI LlIR Need received
q pressing invitation to 90 to tea a
herrlon lodge: Without a moments
HESITATION he went; with him, too. All
resolutions to know and to care moth
i is Lurther about the matter vanished
before the first glance of seeing moro
OF it. And Nina had been Mile 40
Kries. oe
She receiver him in the library. The
journal lay on tie table. Sonethine
l el'i restored animation to her manner
6IIu nance 10 her eyes. She began bv
!IdlIerlng her visitor Outrageouslv. and
lhquIglng N number of false state
IIIeHCs regarding her delight with thS
journal, and the amusement and in
Structlon she had gained from it Sbt.
even progressed to have mastered the
HygroXerlc method. observing that a
note by the editor put the whole thing
IN nutshell Much pleased. Yet vaguely
disappointed. Mr.. NeeId Concluded
that she had no more to say about the
Visit TO Heidelberg.
Inc imp turned over the pages lei
surely while Neeld slipped his tea
see you put little asterisk things
Where you leave out anything" she OBJ
served. That's convenient, isn't it?'
think it's usual said he.
And another thing YOU do. Won
really are splendid editor-vOu rur the
date at the top of every page. even
where Mr. Cholderton's entry } uns ever
ever so many pages He is rather long
sometimes, isn't hep
I've always found the date at the
top or the page a convenience in read
ing myself" said Mr.. Neeld.
Yes, 1t tells you just where you are
ana where Mr. ChOldertOn was" She
laughed little. Yes. look here; page
So9' May, 1870; he's at Berlin, Then
there are some asterisks''-
Mr. Neeld looked up,from his tea
And you turn over the page (the
Imp turned over with the air of a dis
coverer) and you find him ct Inter
laken in-why, in August, Mr. NeeId'"
An amiable surprise appeared IIpon her
Where was he IN between?" she
asked.
IL suppose he stayed in Berlin"
20, perhaps. NO-look here. lie says:
I had not previously met Sir Silas
Minting, as I left Berlin before he ar
rived in the beginning Of june " The
INN laid down the Journal. laant back
in her chair and regarded NeeId stead
lily. You told me right" she added. Il
don't find any mention of my mother.
nor Of Heidelberg. It's rather -Inuy
that he doesn't mention Heidelberg
She poured out second cup Of tea
and waited. The first part of her work
was done. She had made Neeid very
uncomfortable. Because" she added
after she had given her previous re
marks time 40 soak in. between Nav
and August, 1875. is just about rhe time
I remember him at Heidelberg he
time when he met Mrs. FitZhubert, you
know" Nina was keenly excited nnyy.
Had the Journal told Neeld ANYTHING?
Was that the meaning of his aster-
:sks2
There was something about his visit
to Heidelberg, but il contained nothing
OF public interest. Nine. Zabriska, and
in my discretion ] omitted it,
why didn't you tell me shat the
other day? You gave me to understand
that he only mentioned Heidelberg cas-
uallz.'
Il may have expressed myself
And did he mention uS2"
Neeld rose to his feet and took turn
up and down the room
In my discretion 1 left the passage
out l can answer no questions about
it. Please don't press me. Nine Ia
-br:slSa'
Il will know she said, excitedly. al
most angrily.
Neeld came to stand opposite her,
deep perplexity expressing itself in his
look and manner. Did he talk about
us? Did he talk about Lady Iris
TRAMP"
II am speaking to you. and to you
only, Nine. Zabriska!"
Yes, yeS-to me only"
HE did not mention you and he did
speak of Lady Tristram."
That's why you weren't surprised
when I told you he called me the Imp"
She smiled a moment, and Neeld