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The only signature 20 these lines wa,
the initial letter r. surrounded by {,
circle OF intricate rourishes. threw tho
letter on the table. with all the contAmpt
that I felt for H.
He is trying 10 frighten you--a sure
sign thst he Is frightened himself" ]
said.
She was too genuine a woman to treat
ths letter IS treated II The insolent
familiarity Of the language was too much
for her sell control. As she looked mt
me across the table. her hands ciinchcd
themselves I'm her lap. and the old. qu "
hery temper famed out again brightly In
ho- chects and her eyes
Walter, she said. III ever those two
men are at your mercy and II you are
obliged TO spare one Of them--don't let
IL be the count"
II viii keep his letter Marian, to help
my memory when the time comes"
She looked at me attentively as PIT
the letter away in my pocketbook.
When the time comes7' she repeated.
"Can you speak OF the future as II you
were certain OF it?--certain. after what
you have heard In Mr. Kyrle's ONCE, after
what has happened to you today"
II don't count the time from today.
Marian. All have done today is TO ask
another man to act for me. I count from
tomorrow"
why from tomorrow
Because tomorrow mean to act for
r1yself"
How
Il shall go to Blackwater by the arst
train, and return. hope. at night"
ITO Blackwater?"
Yes. have had time TO think. since
left Mr.. Kyrle. His opinion. on one
sist 10 the last in hunting down the date
OF Laura's journey. The one weak port
IN the conspiracy. and probably the one
chance OF proving that she Is a living
woman centers in the discovery OF that
date"
you mean" said Marian. the dis
covery that Laura did not leave Blacl.
water Park tn after the date OF her
death on the doctors certihcate?"
Certainly"
What makes you think Il might have
been after? Laura can tell us nothing Of
the time she was In London"
But the owner OF the asylum told you
that she was received there on the twen-
ty-seventh OF July. doubt Count Fos
SOS ability TO keep her in London, ana
10 keep her insensible TO all that was
passing around her. more than one night |
In that case she must have started on |
the twenty sixth. and must have come 10 !
London one day after the date Of her |
own death on the doctors certificate. II
we can prove that date we can prove our
case against Sir Percival and the Count"
'Yes-yes--I see But how Is the
proof 10 be obtainedS'
Mrs. Michelson's narrative has sug-
yested to me two ways of trying to OIL
tain H. One Of them Is TO question the
doctor, Mr.. Dawson--who must know
when he resumed his attendance at
Blackwater Park. after Laura left the
house. The other is to make inquiries
II the inn 10 which Sir Percival drove
away by himself. at night. We know
hat his departure followed IAura's after
he lapse OF few hours: and We may get
Il the date in that way. The attempt Is
Il least worth making-and. tomorrow.
I'M determined IL shall be made"
And suppose II fails--I look at the
worst. now. Walter: but I will look at the
est, IL appointments come TO try US
uppose no one can help you at Black
yatet?''
There are two men who can help me.
nd shall help me. in London--sir Per
ival and the Count Innocent people
nay well forget the date; but they are
uilty. and they know IT, II fail every /
ghere else. I mean to force a confession
ut Of one or both OF them, on my own J
erms"
All the woman flushed UP in Marian's
ace as I spoke.
Begin with the Count" she whis- !
cred. eagerly. For my sake. begin with ]
he Count J
I'VE must begin for Laura's sake. ,
there there Is the best chance OF sue !
ess.' replied.
The color faded from her face again 1
nd she shook her head sadly. ]
Yes" she said. you are right--it was !
,ean and miserable Of me to say that
try to be patient Walter. and succeed
etter now than did i'm happier times.
tut have little OF my old temper still a
IT. and II will get the better OF me when 3
think Of the count" n
His turn will come" I said But re- y
iember. there Is no weak place in lis
fe that we know OF. ys-." I waited n n
tile 10 let her recover her self posses p
on and then spoke the decisive words II
Marian There II n weak place we 2
9th know Of In Sir Percivars life" y
You mean the secretl' a.
Yes. the secret. IL is our only sure N
o.d on him. can for MIN from his
sition Of security can drag him snd p
ls villainy into the face of jay. oy no :,
her means. Whatever the Count ,aay -
ave done. Sir Percival has consented TO q,
le consi iracy against I.aus from an
ser motive be de the mo'lvc " gain
ou heard him tell the Count that he
.Iieved his wife knew enough TO ruin r
mg You heard him say that he was =
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