Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-10-10

If | understand matters Alright, 1t will
be impossible to recover anything that
has been taken"
you might as we'll hope to recover
n sack of Goals already burned"
Therefore what we have to do first
is to stop further pillagc. Next. I APP
prchend, we must make 1t clear that
your signature In the register was
false"
Lady Anastasia rose and Put on her
domino again.
II am going back to London, sir.
My house is in Hanover square, where
am to be heard of for the present. It
was n bad days work when was mar
red in that pink cloak. 1t may prove
n worse days work when | confessed"
NAY, madam" said quietly. Can
1t be bad days work to stop "A cruel
and unfceling robbery"
81 have done my part, gentlemen,
for good or for i'll. In few weeks or
months the man would have beggarcd
himself as we'll as that poor girl. Now
he Is begcared already. | know not
w uit b' w Ill " HUI w Ue Will
turn"
SO led hcr back TO the Crown, and
that same day she took her departure,
and | have never seen her since. One
letter, it is true. had from her, Of
which l will tell you in due course.
Then returned to Mr.. Redman.
Jack" he said, IL am going without
further discussion to warn the mana
ger not to send any more money to
these attorneys and to disregard their
orders. | shall write at once warning
them that we have now In our hands
ried to Lord Fylingdale and that we
are now considering in what manner
we should proceed with regard to the
large sums that have been RENTED by
his orders. This, Jack, is the way of
lawyers. We write such letter, know
ing that we shall not proceed further
in this direction, for the scandal
would be very great and the profit
would be very small. Besides, there is
the awkward fact that we made no
protest. but submitted. Yet sure and
certain l am that the other side will
not dare to go into court, being CON
scious of guilt. yet not knowing how
much we have learned"
My story is nearly finished. Molly
recovered her freedom, with the loss
of by fer the greater part Of her for
tune. She had. indeed, nothing left ex-
cept her feet and the trade carried on
by the firm in which she was sole part
man in the town.
Here follows the letter from the
Lady Anastasa. My dear Jack" she
said, news reaches Lynn slowly, If it
gets there at ALL therefore | hasten to
inform you that an end has come, per-
haps the end that you would desire.
My lord is no more. | am a widow.
Yet mourn not. My husband during
the last II months had acted as one no
longer IN command Of himself. can
not thS1k, indeed. that he had been in
his right mind since he entered upon
that great crime of which you know.
He would have gone from bad to worse,
and | should have suffered more and
Still more. He killed himself. He
placed the muzzle of n pistol within
his mouth and so killed himself.
ut was yesterday. | went to see
him. l had to tell him what | had
done. | expected he would kill roe,
Perhaps it would have been better had
he done so.
Il found him with his attorney, n
man named Bisc, whom l have seen
with him frequently.
PRAY, madam take chair. am
your humble servant. You can go said
my lord. 70. have my instructions,
Mr.. Bisic. Order the manager to pro-
coed with the sale Of the ships
with submission, n7~ lord. We can
send him orders but we can only make
him obey by proceeding according to
law. He finds excuses. He makes de-
lays He talks of sacrificing the ships
to forced sale
"'You will not proceed according to
law, my lord, told him.
Why, madam?
because | have been to Lynn my
self and have explained certain points
in connection with the marriage serv.
ice in st. Nicholas church.
My lord looked at me in his cold
way as if neither surprised nor moved.
MIR Bi,.c.' he said, L will commu-
nicate again with you So the attor-
ney left us. Then he turned again to
me.
"'My lord repeated, ! have made
a statement of all the facts
81 thank you madam; thank you
with all my heart, Let me not detain
you
He said no more, and rose. But the
door was thrown open, and Mr.. Purdon
walked in without being announced.
"'Ha,' he said, seeing me, we are all
three, then, together again. My lord,
l Will not waste your time. | have
come to explain that since you have
refused to perform your compact you
cannot complain if have broken up
the whole business.
~ thought had ordered you out Of
my presence, s.rF
$50 you did SO you did. have only
come to say that have this day drawn
IN a full confession Of the conspiracy
into which | was drawn by your lord
ship, deceived AGAINST my better judg-
ment by the promise of large sum of
money