The Holly chieftain., 1901-01-11
CHAPTER I.-(Continued. j


Cecil had cut herself OF from him.
A few months after she had married
dissipated young nobleman. whose
character was anything but above sus-
picion; and the two had finally left
England, having arrived ON the brink
of ruin, and. 1t was reported, were fire.
quenttng the gambling tables Of No
naco and Hamburg.
Cecil's treatment Of her father had
killed any lingering feeling Of senti-
Sat Enderby had for her. He was
able to thank Providence profoundly
that he had discovered her true nature
before 1t was too late.
Dundas Lyndon had been found
guilty, and sentenced to lifelong i'm
Aprisonment. The morning after his
sentence he was found dead in his cell;
he had managed to secrete small
quantity Of deadly poison about his
person, and cut short his doomed ca
reer with 1t.
And Jasmine?
Jasmine is just now with Paul's sis
ter, the Hon. Mrs. Fraser. who is mar
ried to Scottish laird In the South of
Scotland. Paul had laid the whole
story before his sister. and asked her
advice. Jasmine was his ward, he de-
clared. and as such he meant to look
after her.
Mrs. Fraser-a good-hearted little
woman, with NO children, and living
In rather q lonely country district
had come up to London seen Jasmine.
taken sudden fancy for her, and de-
clared nothing would suit her better
than to have Jasmine as companion.
So Jasmine had gone to Calder's
knowe, and Mrs. Fraser had never re-
gretted her choice.
Paul had been several times at Cal
her's Knowe, and, as he is able to take
a few days holiday In May, he decides
to run down" to Scotland, taking his
hicycle with him.
u He rides from the station-he has
sent no word to his sister, having a
masculine fononess, fondness never
shared by the recipients. for giving sur
prises-leaving word for his luggage to
be sent after him.
Calder's Knowe is about six miles
\irom the sleepy little village and sta
tlbn known as Calderhead, and the
road is bad one, from a cyclists
point Of view, being composed of a
series Of very steep "houghs and
howes, az the villagers call them, and
surface of mingled loose clay and
stones.
However. 1t Is lovely evening. and
Paul Enderby is wonderfully happy
and light-hearted as he speeds along
the lonely road bounded on both sides
by silent, melancholy moors.
What Is the real cause of his happi-
ness? Is 1t that things are going very
well with him, and that he is consid-
cred by his fellow barristers as on the
fair way to the top of his profession?
Or can It be that the prospect of
seeing his sister-"Best little woman
in the world!'' has anything to do
with It?
However that may be, Paul's
/ Paul's thoughts are wandering very
Z far aneid - he coasts down 4 steep
hill, whoss gradient h ut least one
IN eleven, his ''frse wheel" stationary,
I'd his mind ~ easy as that Of q
eorcher on an utterly desolate road
can be.
Alas! even scorchers are sometimes
put II. their reckoning. or Paul would
have remembered the sudden. sharp
curve 1t the foot OF the hill.
He aoee not, and. moving along
velocity strikes across the road
iustsad of round 1t, and the next mo-
ment hs = sent Tying over . ditch
into The mooriand beyond. and his
machine twisted and curved into all
mannsr u crooked shapes-lies
SPREADING across the ditch.
For . nonsnt Of two the shock OF
his sudden Impact With the ground
stuns Endefby; : talntuesl, such O.
hs has never known II Ill his life,
comes over him. and kis eyes close.
Tho next monsnt he dimly hears q
cry Of horror: then II n long .after7
Some one h bending over him, gsn-
h To hands touch his face. ana suddenly
n ance ehsra cry this time Of aaontsed
\ and stArtleA surprise -fAl1s On his eer.
sFanit EAnlI Oh, 0odl ID hs dead?-
y ~ dl1f
Ss1d tave spoken. would have
\ opeNS9A - SyaB. but something, ~
< kMoW1ot G1iak. koep0 him from doin9