Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-27

II fenr your beroism will In +ha .rd
avail me nothinr.n
/ "No, no. Cecilr' cried her motbor .r.
Is wicked. of Won tn sov sucb thing. IN
the face of Gods roodnas.
"Apd yorr couraeen enid eha +,.
ing toward me with sad smile "Rn+
i cannot expect aIwavs 10 hoe th,s
| gentleman near me- in tho hour ~
danger"
1t was an openinp Of which = daro,,
not avail MYSELF, but managed to saw
something not entirely unsmited to Tho
occasion. And then / boldly asked
what this danger was which ssen,od ~
threaten them. for a,ready ! saarnaS
to think that her lows had become
mine. her sorrows mire also
81 think we owe Won nm o,n,on.
tion,s began the girl "and With vonr
permission will, ho,,n -. t',a 80 syu'
ming and make Won aconointed Eth
what no one on board for a momant
| suspects. Hurst ia NOT orr real, nomo
A short time apo nv father wos nrr.
dered in London nnder cond,t,on. -
| horror and mystarv 1rh,,,, a-a,.S, 80 ~
siderable nnbIic intorost anS ~ ~.
lection against the cur,on, and the in.
uuisitiyo We adonted another n.mon
"Perhaps recollect IN. occurrence 80
I replied, feeling a deeper interest than
ever in these two moor women Who
like myself we're forc.d 70 suoh . 80
temptiblo subterfupe an vh.t n.rt
Of London was the crime committ.dp
"At the Hotel yIctoria Wa b.d irs+
arrived from Australia vith .ysrv
| prospect in view of a bannv fine vhar
this cruel deed minced n, into IN.
very depths OF grief and de.n.lrn
"Parlion mo" .aId eaa ~.
pulse was going like MAD worried ~
| the thoughts which rushed tumultnous.
| " through NV brain. "but vonr n.ma
was Hilbury 2"
"Yes. Hilbury. You remember the
murder?"
"only too well. And novpI cont,,-
ued. warming to nv subject. at il only
right that should return confidence
with confidence. Not alone do I remem.
Der the murder. hut / know who com.
mitted It."
"You knowY
Both women uttered the exclamation
in the selfsame breath, and as / looked
at their white, scared faces saw that
the Terror had AZ strong grip upon
them as 1t had upon INV father In his
worst days.
Eyes, i know. The mark upon his
forehead was that of the Society Of the
Hidden Meaning"
The ladies' rose painting from the set.
tee and confronted me with faces
which were now ghostly In their pallor.
"How do you know? How do You
knowP
II will tell YOU. saw II once unon
| my mothers forehead. saw II later
upon my fathers. Ii would have been
seen upon mine long before this hut
for the love Of Providence. n "a called
the writing of KING and Ia tho svn,hol
OF death"
How do you know? Who are youT'
Inc girl pronounced these words
tremblingly and yet defantly, as
though even were not above suspi-
cion. thought, though 1t might have
been only my fancy, that she even, per-
haps unconsciously. crept nearer the
door Certainly she eyed me in way
that was anything but complimentary.
Her mother. poor soul. sat pale and
trembling. too much amazed to speak.
Il will tell you. My name is not Gray
at all. but Kingston. and changed IL
for precisely the same reason that you
changed yours. look upon myself as
q marked man. and fear that II any
one heard my name he might remem-
Der the great Windsor mystery or the
Chichester outrage. They killed my
mother first, then my father, and they
have followed me with like intent ev-
er since. That is why l am here aboard
this ship under false name"
$50 you are the son Of Captain
Kingston
Yes. You knew himf
"He was an old friend of nv hua.
band. They first met each other IN
China many years ago. He was mixed
up with the Well. well. how verv
strange 1t all isv,
Then we went into explanations. and
learned how among the late Mr.. Hi.
.Ss~~AAS>A AASN t'AA0AAs3 LIZ AosV AsAA. A4lA-
bury's papers letters were found which
connected him with the society. He II
seems. like many other mon IN this
world. had Ind n STRANGE even+fn, his.
tory Of his own and no donht ha and
Bob Kingston had inanloed IN manv a
weird carousa on the china coast
They were wild doy. On x.ar. 400 end
men led STRANGE live. IN those o,tno.t.
Of ciyilization Rnt n seemed strn,ce
above nil things tho+ ms ,othar nd
the father ~ this o,ri should hova mot
md carou.ed walked the sama nath
md. died the same death =
We talked for some fine jonear
telling succinctIv mnch Of wbat had ba.
fallen me. and Mt length we touched
upon the letter which had been del,v.
cred to Miss Hilbury flor Of course the
name Hurst Ind now hecome n thing
of the past in the streets of Port Said
She mt once onened her dressing hac
and eYtro ctinr IN onyo1ona +horaeron,