The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-15
CHAPTER XIV
THE FACE At THE GAN0WAY.

breakfast waa brought mp - me
BY a reaourcefui maid. who helped
me Ia remove from ny clothes the
traces % M scramble AZ the burn
Ing Mn House.
Els Mr. Roger Marake staying
herefs I asked her.
Oh. no. miaa. wha the prompt
roplv Tie arrived laAt ulght. bat
be didn't stop more than an hour
One Of the Efooma drove him 90
brentwood. but a. it was too late FOR
the last train be must have stayed
there
Al 10 o'clock the girl returned 20
say that the carriage Was AZ tho
door. and that SIR Gldaan Was salt.
tug for me. fuund my boat IN the
great oak panslcd hall It's face
looked drawn aud haasered. hHt his
manner was flrmer and more as
uured than during the mumeuiuua
interview % The previous evening
4 trust that my people have
made sou comfortable ha said
/ "Ah. that la we'll Then. " yau are
ready. we vii start. foF 80 have a
long drive before US
Under the portico a haroaehe.
having the hood closed and drawn
By q fine pair u hays. was waiting
with a powdered coaehman on tho
box aud a powdered t0otman with
hia hand on the door knob. | could
not help thinking EaYiY that ms
vindleation Of Arthur babe fair 10
be a trlumphai progress. bat ] vas
recalled 10 more sober reflections
when Sir Gideon followed me in.
taking the opposite seat. "a Gar from
me as possible lie preserved a
rigid silence til We were clear 81
the lodge gates. then leaned sud
denly forward and said
beyond the Immediate purpose
In view. you and / haVa nothing in
common between US You will not
| EXPECT me 10 do violence 10 ny feel
inga - keeping up The pretsnaea of
polite conversation. The subject
that IL most In our minds I decline
20 discuss"
Il should prefer not 20 talk. but
think that YOU owe Il 90 me 90 tell
me where we are going" ] replied.
4 have not the least objection 10
that. he made answer. his lips
twitchlnr strangely. 1T seems from
what my son told me last night that
be wa secretly married 10 Capt
Rivinftun' sister. They spent some
time together on a yacht which is
now wing IN the Victoria docks We
are going there To see the captain of
che vessel. Who ls In a position TO
prove the connections also. that my
aon parted from his wife after a So
rlous quarrel"
/ have been Informed since that u
Is very doubtful. n ! had succeeded
in obtaining Sir Gldeon's glihly
promised "proof." whether Il would
have been strong enough OF itself 10
convict Roger Maruke of the two
murders. or even 10 snatch Arthur
from the e1eoutfoner But in my
ignorant vanity I thought that ! had
achieved no much that I had as good
az achieved all. and sat back. con
tent
During the is-mde drive We ex-
changed no iufthef WORDS, Out hhd
plenty % food for thought IN Sir
Gidoou'a disclosure. Roger Marske's
courtahlp Of Lady Muriel shed a
lurid Hight on his reason for KILL
Ing Clara and Mrs. Rlvington. too.
n the latter was aware Df the secret
marriage. ! could see It all 20 eIear-
ly. aud no, no doubt would the
Jury before whom Roger MarHke
would be tried II was the old
story Of n claudcstlne marriage. OF
speedy repentance on the part Of the
husband. and Of lapse into crime
when more material advantage Of
forod IN better match.
10 was past noon when the hand
some equipaRe. after astonishing
the smoky East-end streets. drew