Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-08-05

AT a little distance Lady Bysshe spoke
to yeneto in a subdued voice regarding
/ Dunstan's future. so that the latter was
left alone with Godfrey Bysshe.
.You VIII be interested to hear" the
: barrister told him, that the detectives
haven't given up hope Of
the mystery Of Knowelsworth hall
They haven't" Dunstan SAID IN sur
prise.
AS you have been declared innocent.
they are searching for the guilty.
dc they suspect anyone--anyone IN
Particular" Dunstan asked nervousiy.
Il cannot answer that question at
But you can tell me If they have dis
covered anything so far.
Nothing Of importance"
They never ~will-believe me, they
never WILL" Dunstan said vehemently.
Don't say that-you must have
hope" Godfrey Bysshe urged. One
day, sooner or later, the detectives VIII
put their hand on the guilty man.
''The mystery VIII never be made
known. never" Dunstan replied with
logged persistency. !.
1T is always the unexpected that
happens"
That is an old saying. and like most
of it's kind 1T never comes true. Dun
stan answered in a hard voice, his face
flushing.
Godfrey Bysshe made no answer,
and Burbage made no attempt to break
the silence hat settled between them.
With his head lowered in an attitude
of detection, his hands rigidly clasp
ing the arms of his chair, he remained
passive, breathing heavily as If excited
by his thoghts, until, suddenly looking
up, he saw Edith standing alone by
the opposite window, her face beanring
with q light he had never noticed there
before, her luminous eyes magnetically
flashing messages of secret sympathy
and intimate understanding across the
room.
For an instant he imagined it must
be himself these glances were directed,
and his heart swelled until he felt suf-
locating, but quick as thought he look
ed at the face beside him and saw to
whom those silent signals, untranslat-
able by those who did not love her,
and eloquent OF her inmost emotions
were addressed. He lay back in his
chair, a moan escaped him and he
closed his eyes YEARLY. The love he
had vainly hoped to win was given to
another.
Are you in pain?" Godfrey Bysshe
asked, bending ove him.
I'm pain; yes. but don't tell them,
don't speak OF It," he implored.
Matteo entered and began to light the
candles in the heavy copper @ M
preparatory to bringing in tea.
You see we have adopted English
fashions" Veneto said to Lady Bysshe,
when his servant re-entered carrying
an old Florentine saIver crowded with
delicate china.
Il am glad you have. A cup Of tea
will be most welcome
You shall have it at once" he said
rising and looking round the room in
search of his daughter. But where is
Roma?"
she said she would be back present.
~" Edith told him, as he began to pace
restlessly about.
Meanwhile, Roma, unable to bear the
strain suddenly thrust upon her, had
hurried TO her room at the top of that
lonely house, where standing by a
window as ~motionlessly as If frozen,
her yes fixed on the dreary landscape
crouching under a sky troubled, Wild
and restless as her own heart, she
prayed for strength and courage to ac-
complish the resolution at which she
had suddenly arrived: a resolution that
urged obedience with the compelling
force OF that inner voice, which In
times OF stress and darkness, In the
gray depths and silent hours OF night,
cries out TO US in warning from our
wakeful souls.