Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-21

In the Strand yesterday. and he told me
that he had returned yesterday
HAS he been abroad in connection with
the inquiries. do you Think MIS-. MI
vart inquired.
When he takes up case he goes INTO
it with a greater thoroughness than any
detective living"
now the stories you used to tell as re
Eardng him-Of his exciting adventures
Of his patient tracking Of the guilty ones
ana Of his marvellous ingenuity IN Jay
ing traps to get them to betray them
selves I now recollect quite we'll tnat
evening he came to Richmond road WITH
you. He was a most interesting man:
Let US hope he Will be more success
full than the police" l said,
Yes, Doctor" she remarked. signing
for the first time 'I hope he wil-for
the mystery. Of it all drives me e to DIS s.
her brow, she added: 'An! If we couid
only discover the truth-the real truth!
Have patience" | urged. "A compti II.
cleared up without long and careful Ill
but in the months that have gone by
surely the police shogld ma nave s, az i least
voice of complaint. Yet they nave not
the slightest clue"
1--WE can only wait" said Per,
scnally. ! have confidence in my. friend
Jcvons. If there is clue to be obtained
depend upon it he will scent it out
I did not tell them Of my. nisgivings.
nor did I explain how Amber; having
found himself utterly baffled had told me
Of his intention to relinquish further Ell
fort. The flying trip. abroad might
be in connection with the case;
V Was not. he Ell knew, as Well as 1 did.
that the truth was to be found IN Eng
land.
Again we spoke Of Ethelwynn, and
fa aleu'f betwe ea them. She dd not, some
how. speak of her in the same terms
Of affection as formerly, II n ,niS1I ue
and did not approve of her taking up
her abode with the Hennikers Be It
how it might there were palpao1e s!slis
Of strained relations.
Could it be possible. wondered, that
Mary had learned of her sisters secret
engagement to her husband?
Locked fun at hsf na as Y shat she pra
sented picture of sweet and interest
ing widowhood. In her voice. as in her
countenance. was just that Sllgnt tou tsa
was heart-broken, remorseful woman
a woman. like many another. who knew
not the value OF a tender honest. ana
indulgent husband until he had been
snatched from her. Mother and daughter.
both widows, were a truly sad and SYM
pathetic pair.
AS we spoke watched her eyes. and
noted her every movement attentivelY,
but failed utterly to discern any suS-
gestion Of what her mother mad re-
marked.
she had of a sudden exclaimed in low
voice, full of genuine emotion:
"Ah, yes. He was so KIND. SO soGn ,
always. I cannot believe that ne WI, WI
never come back" and she burst into
tears which her mother, with a word
Of apology to me, quietly soothed away.
When we arose I accompanied tnem
music and with Mary's sad half-trasic
countenance before us, the evening was
by no means a merry one. tneretore,
was glad when. In pursuance, OF th me Gna afd
brought my candle and showed me TO my
ROOM a.u.
It was not yet 10 o'clock. and Feeling
the novel had been ding on my
tourney. and throwing myself into an
arm chair, first gave. myself up 70 oeeE
reflection over a pipe, ana afterwards
The Ginning of the church clock down
in the village aroused me- causing me 70
glance at my watch. 1t was midnight {;
aside the blind and looked out upon the
rural view lying calm and mysterious
beneath the brilliant moonlight:
How different was that peaceful csf a ASPECT
to the one to which I was, alas, accus-
tomed-that long blank wall In the noisy
Narylebone road. There the cab bells
tinkled all night, market wagons rum
bpsd through till dawn. and the moon
beams revealed drunken jewellers after
4 strong desire seized me to 60 forth
| and enjoy the splendid night. such
! treat Of reace and solitude was seldom
| afforded me, stifed as I was by the
disinfectants IN hospital wards and the
| variety Of perfumes and pastilss 10 the
rooms Of reality patients: Truly the the
| ne dOrt0T the most
m mo and Ia borious OF the learned
I, professions. and little wonder is i that
| when the faded medico finds himself IN
| the country or by the sea he seldom
| fails to take his fill Of fresh air.
| At first difficulty presented Itself
in letting MYSELF out unheard; but
| recoIIected that In the new wing. of the
house. in which T had been placed. there
we're no other bedrooms. therefore With 2
! little care I might descend undetected
| So taking my hat and stick. I opened thu
! door. stole noiselessly down the stairs
| and in a few minutes had made an ad
| yenturous, exit by Misunderstanding the
| grating bolts of the door-and was 500!
| strolling across the grounds by the pri
! yate rath. which I knew led through
| the church-yard, and afterwards dowr
/ to the river bank.
with Ethelwynn had walked acros.
/ the meadows by that path on severa
OCCASIONS and in the dead silence OF thu