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Az the best ~ must "a ic some time,
he answercd; "for we shall certainly
bavc to go TO Norwood and sec Brother
Bartholomew. We shall all go and try
il we can get the better of Brother
Bartholomew. He is very angry with
me for taking the course which has
seemed right to me. ! had quite high
words with him Last night. You can
not imagine what Il terrible fellow he
is when he is angry"
"If we arc to go 70 Norwood it would
pcrhans he as we'll to start at once"
vcnturcd TO remark.
lie laughed until his ears were quite
red
That would hardly do" he cried. 81
don't know what he would say # |
brought you in that sudden way. No,
/ must prepare YOU 10y showing YOU
how we all stand to each other. In the
first place. must tell YOU that there
are several points in the story of which
am myself ignorant. | can only lay
the facts before you as far a. know
them myself
"My father was. as you may have
guessed, Mai. John Sholto, once of the
Indian army. He retired some eleven
years ago, and came to live at Fondi-
cherry lodge in Upper Norwood. He
had proSpercd in India. and brought
back with him considerable sum Of
money large collection OF valuable
curiositcs and staff OF native scrv-
h;,nso,fa ho,,.o .,,I ,;,od - ,rroa, l,,,
my. Nv, t,,.in Lro.hor U,r,ho1omo,y
"a ,o.o .La o,,l,. ,,I,i11no.,
81 ro,.,. ,,.,ll ro,,,,.,,i,or ~, eors,,;o,
which ,y,s cor.cd Inv ,hc di.onnc,r.
,n,o 81 Gan, N,,..,.,', va rnnd tho
d,.,1s - ,I,a ,o,,,r, o,,d .,o,,.in,,
,h,t ho had ho.n , fr;ord of orr IA,
,Lar.. ,,.a ,l;.o,,..,1 ~, ,os,, t.ao1,, l.,
his nrcscnco. lie used To ioin in orr
snecula,ions rs ,o what could have han
noncd Nevcr for an instant did yo
suspect that he hal the whole secret
hidden in his own breo s.-thot Of All
mon bo .lo,e l,now tho fate If Arthur
Noret,n
NV, did l,nov however. thot Some
ncs.erv-eome nosi.iva donoer-ovor.
hunp our father. lie was very fearful
% roino ont alone and he ALWAYS en-
Moved two n.;ze fightcrs 10 net as nor
tors at pondicherrv lodge Williams
who drove vo, ,n.ni,h, ,,.os one If
thor, Uo ,..S orca li,rb+v-nirht cb,r
pion of ENGLAND or father would
mover tell a. whn' = wa th.t he fonr,.
',i, lo he'd =, ... .~., ....... '..~
inei' WIZ" N'""'. 'PEs. VII one occa-
9'on 'c "cO"'',' "i'" ms i'NolNcr d,
"C'''ci ECU mani "'' P'"Feu l" pc
ii'i '''' ~. ''""cN''"n cdn''>Si'H ior
o'uris, We .'t'' - pay i"rp' sum TO
'. ~. :, 40 "'' '"Y ''u.''' INV
s,.to,.,. 49,. , 10y
'9
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Hdr!Y !" ~ ny ID 'n'r received Il
irU'er from in,,ia "",c" was d t''aV
snocN 20 MN ne nearly tainted al 'nr
.'re"" la ''''c "n'I' ''' "t'ncu IT, anu
,.o''i VIA va nc N''N'''u W ~, "'"'"'
nav was II. ,'c We 0o.'''' n'Ecr
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mo-" V''.'. '"i'''H ~" ~" "'"N
,nc emu Oh A'ri' W. Hero 'ilior'ie" INA
ne was p'E' AZ nope AN" '!lao nc
W'Sieu 10 i'"Nc '"S' coi''fn
" US
hcu we ehterea ms room he was
propped up with pillows ana breathing
heavily lie hcsouFht MS TO lock- the
ooor ana To- come upon '''ner Siue Oh
the p'u' h'h' graSping ""r h"hoS' ne
ilaue re'narkaole Statement 10 us IN
'"'ce ""ich WAS oroNei az iiuch ny
eih"'ioh as ny pam snail Try ana
give II 10 you III MS own very "oFuA'
have only one thing, he said
which weighs upon my mind at this
supreme moment 1t is my treatment
or poor Morstan S orphan Inc cursed
greed which has been my bcsetting sin
thr"ngh life has withheld from her
the treasure half at least of which
should have been hers. And yet have
maze no use OF II mysclt-So blind and
1oollSh IA thlng is avarlce. The mere
1eeIihg OF possession has been So dear
10 me that could not bear to share II
with another. See that chaplet tipped
with pearls beside the quinine bottle:
Even that could not bear To part
with, although had got it out with
the design of sending it To her. Iou
my sons Will give her fair share oi
thc Agra treasure. bnt send her moth
ih8-hot even ,he ehaplet-nnnl an
gone, Ai,er an men nave been as pao