The times., 1901-05-26

| what manner we should proceed with re-
gard to the large sums that have been
remitted by his orders. This, JACK, II the
way of lawyers We write such letter
knowing that we shall not proceed fur-
ther in this direction. for the scandal
would be very great and the profit would
be very small Besides, there is the aWk-
ward fact that we made no protest, but
submitted Yet sure and certain 1 am
that the other side win not dare to go into
court, being conscious OF quit, yet not
knowing how much we have learned.
My story is nearly finished Molly re-
covered her freedom, with the loss OF by
far the greater part of her fortune She
had indeed. nothing left except her heet
and the trade carried on by the nrfn III
which she was sole partner Still she re-
mained the richest woman in the town.
There was no difficulty in procuring
from the Rev. Mr.. Purden fun state
ment of the conspiracy. 1t was OF course
to be expected that he should represent
Lord Fylingdale as the contriver and the
propoSer of the abominable design. How
ever he gave under SateguardS OF VII.
ness and signature a plain recital of what
had happened, in which he was borne out
by the other confession in our hands:
And here follows the letter from the
Lady Anastasia. My dear Jack, sne
said, news reaches Lynn slowly. II II
gets there at all; therefore / hasten TO m
form you that an end has come perhaps
the end that you would desire. MY @ ioLu
not Ny husband during the last twelve
months had acted as one no longer IN
command of himself. l cannot think. m
deed that he had been in his right 1nlnd
since he entered upon that great crime OF
which YOU know. He would have gone
from bad to worse. and ! should have SUI
fered more and more stll. tie klIled MN Il
self He placed the muzzle of a pistol
within his mouth and so killed himself.
1T was yesterday. l went to see him.
I had to tell him what l had done. l ex-
l. arlfsa XgrnV
have been better had he done so.
Il found him with his attorney, a man
named Bisic, whom ] have seen with him
frequently.
Pray. madam. take a chair. I am
your humble servant. You can 60 said
my lord You have my Instructions, Mr.
Bisic. Order the manager 20 proceed with
the sale of the ships
with submission. my ford We can
send him orders. but we can only make
him obey by proceeding according to law
He finds excuses. He makes delays he
talks of sacrificing the ships to forced
sale.
You will not proceed according to law.
my lord, I told him.
why. madam ~
. Because l have been to Lynn myself
and have explained certain points in con-
nection with the marriage service In St
Nicholas Church.
My lord looked at me in his cold way
as if neither surprised nor moved.
- Mr. Bisic,' he said, I viii communi-
cate again with you So the attorney
left us. Then he turned again to me.
- My lord ! repeated, l have made
statement of all the facts
- / thank you. madam; l thank you
with all my heart. Let me not detaln
you
He said no more. and 1 rose. But the
door was thrown open, and Mr.~Purden
walked in without being announced.
'Ha' he said. seeing me, we are all
three, then, together againi My lord, l
viii not waste your time. have come to
explain that since you have refused to
perform your compact you cannot com
plain if l have broken up the whole.
1 thought I had ordered you out Of
my presence, siry
so you did; so you did. have only
come to say that 1 have this day drawn
into which was drawn by your lordship
deceived against my better judgment by
the promise of large sum of money.
Lord FylingdaIe pointed to the door
You can 60 sir he said SO the man
Purden went away.
Then he turned to me. 'Anastasia, we
were friends once l treated you shame
fully in the matter of jewels. Things
have gone badly with me of late. I seem
to have no luck. Perhaps l have some
how lost my judgment. That money has
done me no good.
-" Curse that scoundrel Sam Semplei It
is now all over. The ga ne is played. Ev-
cry games come TO an END in time. You
had better leave me. Anastasia. You
have lsId your revenge Let lnal cOnSld-
Grafton console ycT.
Il said no NOR bat left him. 1t was
in the afternoon Two hours later they
heard an explosinr. They ran to find the
cause. Lord Fyll s,d,.ie was lying dead on
the floor.
so. Jack, we are 4, punished. and none
of US can cOmpla- 4. For my part am
going into the country. where l have a
small dover house. The solitude and the
dullness will, | dare say, kin me. but l
do not care about living any longer
"ANASTASIA."
She did however, pass into a better
mind, for l heard some time after that
she had married the dean of the neigbor-,
ing cathedral, not under the name of
Lady F'ylngdale which she never assum-
ed, but that of her first husband.
AS to the other coufederates, the poet.
the colonel, and the parsOn. l never heard
anything more about them. nor do | ex
pect now that ever shall.
The rest of Molly history, dear reader,
belongs to me and not TO the world.
THE END.