The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-12-14

him!
From Godfrey Mallett, Buckingham
street, Bloomsbury, to Captain Polling,
The Wigwam, Wimbledon. Shall be with
you at 2 o'clock tomorrow. Get sketches
In inspection order"
And the man of thirty felt a lad again
in his light-heartedness, as he sent his
handsome bays along the road.
CHAPTER K.
Jacks love-making went on SWIM
mingly during the lovely summer wealth
er and among the beauties of Mailing
ford. The house was full of visitors
now, and, in accordance with Pauline's
wishes, their engagement was kept strict
ly private. Still, in spite of all their
care. the state of affairs was pretty
shrewdiy guessed at by most of the peo-
pie about them, and the well-bred guests
wondered immensely at Miss Malling's
sudden fit of unworldliness. Strangely
enough, Babette, with all her sharpness.
was one of the last to hear of her mis-.
tress' i~nfatuation for the 'artist chan"
as he was scornfully described among the
servants; but the moment she did hear of
it she began wondering and watching un-
til in her own mind she was sure that
Miss Mailing was really deeply in love
with this good-looking Mr.. Dornton.
Babette liked Jack, and, knowing, as she
believed she did, the evil of Pauline's
heart. she was sorry to think that such
an altogether too charming yonug man
should be so thrown way.
So Babette was always on the watch
for some clew that would help her to
discover her young mistress secret; and
at this time she showed great interest
in Mrs. Perkins gossip about the family
hoping to CLEAN some scrap of informa-
ton that might be of use to her in fur
thering her revengeful purpose.
"And If mademoiselle had married
against the wishes of Milford Summers,
or without his consent, she would have
lost the whole estate?" she asked, one
evening in August, as she slipped her tea
leisurely.
"Yes, If she did so before she was
twenty-five: but after her ~twenty-ffth
birthday she Will be free to marry whom
soever she p~leases; and, as she will be
twenty-five on the seventeenth Of next
month, there is not much chance of her
sacrificing the estate at this late day,
after waiting until now"
'That is So" observed Babette, with
a disappointed air. She reflected for a
few moments, and a fash of intelligence
crossed her face as she asked, "And if
treme youth-before she was known as
the heiress of the property-how thenY'
II think she would lose everything"
"Who would have it after herr"
"Sir Godfrey, the late b~aronet's
brother"
ITO be sure! It must have been a great
blow to him when he found himself rob
bed Of everything by his brothers IN
justice. What did he dot Where did he
go?"
II don't know. He IL as proud as any
Of the family, and, when his brother
told him never to come near the place
again, he put on his hat without one
word. and walked away with his head as
high as il he were the heir Of thousands.
We've never seen q sight Of him since
that day, and it's my belief we never
shall"
Babette believed she had found the
keynote to Pauline's secret trouble. That
there was secret trouble she never doubt
for In instant. She had observed her
mistress too closely to be misled on that
point; she knew that nothing but some
mighty fear could cause those sudden
starts, ollowed by periods of anxious,
heayy-browed thought, to which she was
subject. And. when Babette went up
stairs, she reasoned the matter out
4 have heard that she never knew