The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-26

I'm resuming his attendance at Black
water Park). Mrs Nicholson. by the doc
tors advice. and In the doctors presence,
communicated the news. either on the
| day when the letter was received or on
| the day after IL Is not necessary 10
/ dwell here upon the effect which ~she In
| telllgence OF Lady Glyde's sudden death
| produced on her sister IL Is only use
/ ful 10 the present purpose 10 say that
she was not able 10 travel for more than
| three weeks afterward. At the end OF
! that time she proceeded 10 London, ac-
companied by the housekeeper. They
parted there. Mrs Nicholson previously
informing Miss Halcombe OF her address
In case they might wish 20 communicate
at future period.
on parting with the housekeeper. Miss
Halcombe went at once 70 the office OF
Messrs Gilmore and Kyrle. 10 consult
with the latter gentleman. I'm Mr.. Gill
more's absence. She mentioned 10 Mr..
Kyrle-what she had thought IL desirable
10 conceal from every one else (Mrs.
Nicholson included)--her suspicion OF the
circumstances under which Lady Clyde
was said 10 have met her death. Mr..
Kyrle, who had previously given friend
ly proof of his anxiety TO serve Miss
Halcombe. at once undertook TO make
such inquiries as the delicate and dan
gerous nature OF the investigation pro-
posed 10 him would permit.
To exhaust this part OF the subject be-
fore going further. II may be here mem
toned that Count Fosco offered every
facility TO Mr.. Kyrlle, on that gentle
mans stating that he was sent by Miss
Halcombe 20 collect such particulars as
had not yet reached her OF Lady Glyde's
decease. Mr. kyrle was placed in COM
munication with the medical man, Mr..
Goodricke. and with the two servants.
In the absence OF any means OF ascer-
taining the exact date OF Lady Glydes
departure from Blackwater park. the re-
suit OF the Doctors and the servants
evidence and of the volunteered state
ments OF Count Fosco and his wife, was
conclusive to the mind OF Mr.. Kyrle. He
could only assume that the intensity OF
Miss Halcombe's suffering under the loss
OF her sister had misled her judgment
In a most deplorable manner. and he
wrote her word that the shocking sus-
pic!on 10 which she had alluded In his
presence was I'm his opinion. destitute
OF the smallest fragment OF foundation
I'm truth Thus the investigation by Mr..
Gilmore's partner began and ended.
Meanwhile Miss Halcombe had return
ed TO Lmmerldge House, and had there
collected all the additional information
which she was able 10 obtain.
Mr.. Fairle had received his first In
timation OF his niece's death from his
sister, Nine Fosco. this letter also not
containing any exact reference TO dates.
He had sanctioned his sisters proposal
that the deceased lady should be laid IN
her mothers grave, I'm Limmeridge
church-yard Count Fosco had accom-
panied the remains TO Cumberland and
had attended the funeral at mmeridge.
which took place on the Both. Of July. IL
was followed as a mark OF respect by
all the inha L..ants OF the village and the
On the next day the IN
IL.
said. by the aunt OF the deceased lazy,
and submitted for approval to her brother
Mr.. Fairlie) was engraved on one side
OF the monument. over the tomb.
on the day OF the funeral. and for one
day after T. Count Fosco had been re-
ceved as a guest ar Limmeridge House;
but no interview had taken place be-
tween Mr.. Fairlie and himself. by the |
former gentieman's desire They had |
by writing. AMI through |
this medium Count Fosco had made Mr.. |
/ arlie acquainted with the details of |
his niece's last illness and death The |
letter presenting this Information added |
no new facts to the facts already known; /
but one very remarkable paragraph was
In the postscript 1t referred |
to Anne Catherick
The substance OF the paragraph In |
question was az follows:
II first informed Mr.. Fairlie that Anne
ca therick (of whom he might near full |
from Miss Halcombe when she |
reached Limmeridge) had been traced |
md recovered I'm the neighborhood OF |
Blackwater Park. and had been. for the
second time, placed under the charge Of
he medical man from whose custody she
rad once escaped
This was the first part OF the postscript.
The second part warned Mr.. Fairlie that
Anne Catherick's mental malady had |
,een aggravated by her long freedom
rom control. and that the insane hatred
md distrust of Sir Percival Clyde, which
lad been one Of her most marked delu-
ions In former times, still existed. under
newly acquired form. The unfortunate
last idea of annoying and dis
ressing him. and OF elevating herself as
he supposed. In the estimation OF the
atients and nurses, by assuming the
haracter OF his deceased wife, the schemes
{ this personation having evidently oc-
urred TO her after a stolen interview
Which she had succeeded In obtaining
,ith Lady Clyde. and at which she had
bserved the extra ordinary accidental
keness between the deceased lady and
ersef. II was to the last degree Inn
roba BILE that she would succeed a second
n1a In escaninR from tha asyliun. hut |