The Cook County herald., 1905-08-12
CHAPTER XVIII. (continued.)

CHAPTER XVIII. (continued)
II thought he was dead" said Clar-
ence. For some months I believed
he was dead. Had you mentioned his
name to me. should have been upon
my guard
"You never spoke of him when we
lived at Bradford
"No: because dared not He had
spies seeking me everywhere then.
But of how I discovered that you were
here have not told you''
mo; and while you tell me- We will
eat, for you must be famished,' said
Helen.
II can tell you in a few Words" said
Clarence. though some time I will
tell you all the particulars. I traced
you from London to Liverpool. thence
to Dublin. thence to Galway. l ar
rived at Galway day before yesterday.
At the inn where stopped l chanced
to hear several persons speaking CT
the sudden death of a bride at the al
tar, on March Goth. l made ut first
careless inquiry, and nearly swooned'
with disray when I heard that the
name of the bride was Helen Beau-
clair!"
"Oh. my poor, dear Clarence" sigh
ed Helen
81 made more and more eager in
quiries. Some said you had commit
ted suicide. Others denied it. saying
that physicians had declared you had
a spasm of the heart. An old woman,
affected by my agitation. told me
enough to arouse my suspicious that
Zeno Sosia was not dead; but that,
disguised as a pew opener, he had
given you note, which you read i'm
mediately before you fell as if dead
The old woman had picked uo and
preserved the note. She said it was
only blank piece of brown paper.
peculiar kind of paper-one of the
cunning inventions of the sorcerer.
Anything written upon it remains Wis
1ble but for a few moments: being
heated the faded characters will reap
pear. I heated the paper. l read, as
If written by my own hands, these
words: Swallow the pellet, and with
in five days you shall be in the arms
of one who loves you-Clarence.' Then
1 knew that Sosia was alive; that you
had taken his trance pellet. 1t was
very late at night when I made the
discovery. I asked the old woman to
lead me to magistrate. She COM
piled. and on our way to find one we
met an old beggar who was a crony of
hers. He took her aside and whis-
pered something about grave rob-
berry FROM the vault of ST. Mary's chap
ell. I had already learned that your
body was there. l spoke with the beg
gar. and he told me, after much hesi-
tation, that he had seen several men
carry away an encasel coffin, after
leaving another just like it in it's
place: that over three hours had clap
sed since then. and that the robbers
were going to Barna. hurried off
to Barna. with the beggar for my
guide. There I learned that boat,
containing seven men and a great
chest. had departed thence already
over an hour, and that Dun Aengus
cliff was their destination. A storm
had begun, and no one would accom-
pany me. I hired a small sail boat
and began my pursuit, amid storm and
darkness"
"Ah, devoted. daring, reckless Clar-
ence!" exclaimed Helen, embracing
her lover.
ITO rescue you, dear Helen, would
dare a thousand tempests in one!" re-
piled Clarence, returning the caress.
/ knew these old ruins and their hid
ing places well, I thought, and hoped
to be in the building before Sosia and
his party could arrive. But the storm
baffled ME and finally cast me ashore
at the base of Dun Aengus cliff, as
have already told you-and most OF
my aftcradventures you know, or shall
learn hereafter. "But have you exam
ined the packet I gave you?"
''Not much, for my heart was with
you in that dreadful passage all the
time you were away" replied Helen.
"There is a broken-sealed packet in it,
duul0oSSu " oO1110 OdlWdy uaSlSLrdCG,
I did not break the SEAL
Clarence opened the larger packet,
and as his eyes fell upon the address
of the broken-sealed package he start
ed and exclaimed
"This is the handwriting of Zeno
Sosia!" ~
The packet was that of which Sosia
had spoken of to Lord Genlis, and
which the sorcerer had left with a Cal
way magistrate, to be opened at the
end Of certain number of days. if
within that time no one were to call
for the packet.
Lord Genlis had told Sosia that his
agent in Galway had stolen the pack
ct from the magistrate ere it had been
in the possession of the latter an hour,
and that he had destroyed it, after
learning it's contents.
Lord Genlis, however, had not de-
stroyed it, and it was now in Clarence
Darrell's possession-a full statement