The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-04-21
THE SILENT SHORE
THE MYSTERY OF
ST. JAMES, PARK
ICcntin,e Ell From :nir, Pose.


not: and more especially for the rea-
son that you have shown me our mar
riage would be postponed if did so.
But never make such remark again
to me. You know me we'll enough TO
know that l am not OF the stun that
murderers and fratricideskare made
Of"
II beg your pardon" Philip said:
'of course l did not speak in earnes.."
"On this subject we will il you
please, speak in nothing else but earn
est. And. if you will help me with
your au, zee, l shall be glad to have
It,"
Let us go over the ground then"
his friend said, "and consider careful
ly what You have to do. In the first
place you have 10 look at the matter
from two different points of view. One
point is that YOU lose all claim to his
money-yes. yes. know" as Lord
Pen'yn made gesture of contempt at
the mention of the noney-"all claim
by keeping your secret 1t * better.
however. that you should su keep it
But, on the other hand there is. OF
course. the chlnce-a remote one. q
thousand To one chance. but still
chaace-that he may have left some
paper behind him which would prove
your relationship to each other. In
that case you would. OF course. have
no alternative but to acknowledge
that you were brothers."
And what would the world think of
me them
That you had simply done as he
bade you. and keep the secret"
1T would think that murdered
him. 1t would he natural that the
world should think so. lie stood be-
tween me and everything. except Ida's
love. and people might imagine that
he possessed that too. And his muir
der coming so soon after he disclosed
himself to me, wuld make appearances
against me doubly black
Who is to know when he disclosed
himself TO you. For aught the world
knows, you might have been aware of
your relationship for years"
Then | was living a lie for years"'
DO not wind round the subject SO,
Ana remember that. i'll very fact. YOU
have done no harm y week ago YOU
did not know this secret
Well Penlyn said. springing up
from his chair. things must take their
course. If it comes ont it must: If
not | shall never breathe a word To
any one. Fate has cursed me with
this trouble. | must hear il is hest |
can. The only thing | wish is that |
mad never gone To that hotel That
would also tell against me il anyrh:ng
was known"
1T was pity, but il can't he helped.
Now. go to belmont but he careful
I" hold your tongue.
Lord Penlyn did go to belmont. hav-
ing previously sent telegram saving he
was coming. and he Travelled down in
one of the special trains that was con
veying contingent of fashionable
racing people to the second day at As
cot But their jcyousness. and the in
terest that they all took in the one alb
sorbing subject. What would win the
Cup: only made him feel doubly mis-
erable. Why. he pondered. should
these persons he SO happy. when he
was so wretched: And then. when
they We're tired of discussing the rae.
ing, they turned to the otner great
subject that was NOW agitatin~ npo-
pies minds. the murder in st James'S
Park. He listened with interest to all
they had To say on that matter. and he
FOUND that whatever the different
Opinions of the travellers in the cor-
rage might be a. to who the muir
derer was. they We're all agreed as 10
the fact that il was no common mur
der committed for robbery. hut one
done
lie stood in some ones light" one
gentleman said. whom. from his an
pearance. Lord Penlyn took to be n
barrister. and that person has either
removed him from this earth. or caus
ed him 10 he removed. | should not
like to be his heir for on that man
suspicion Will undoubtedly fan. unless
he can prove very clearly thar he y,as
miles away from London on Monday
night"
Penlyn started as he heard these
words. His heir! Then il would he ON
him that suspicion would fall if ii were
ever known that he was the heir: and
as he thought that. among his broth
er's papers, there might be something
to prove that he WAS in such a posi.
ti"n. a cold sweat broke ont upon his
forehead. How could he prove him
self miles away from London" on
that night? Even the sleepy porter
could not say at what time he re
turned TO the hotel Nothing he re.
tected could save him. if there was
any document among the papers that
stuart was pr"aably ranSackin~ nv
now that would provo that he and
Cundall were brothers.
He thought that after all. it would
be better he should tell Ida. and he
made up his mind by he time he had
arrived at the nearest station to Bel
mont. that he would do so. 1t would
be far better than the information.
startling as it might he should come
from him than from any other source.
And while he was being driven swift
ly over to Sir i'aul's villa. he ayain
told himself that il would be the best
thing to do.