The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
The Youngest Miss Bro1a,n
House the Marsh" 1Rr y
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nephew and heir OF wealthy Baronet . il s,a ye
ing a. n board boarding house n Southport when
whom. Maggie, he falls deeply in love. with
tho EXPRESSED disapproval Of a friend. who who,
eharcers in which View he Is eonfrmed ps
fsllow.boardcr,. who nfflrms that he knows
Mngslo e oh DO hearless jt and fr 4 no1
calls upon Maggie,s people on his return 10
London, and Is heartily Welcomed. None
and Mrs. Brown help Deveriii and other young
mon who have dropped IN TO pass very
some time. and losing considera6y the guests i
is s rather huurriedy ono Of them asserting
that he saw the Major cheat at tho game.
CHAPTER II.
When Lord William Coulson heard this
direct accusation on the part OF his
friend, he stopped short on tho stone
stair case which led down from Major
Carey.Brown's flat to tho court below
end stared ut him by the light tho
moon gave; for the electric light had
been turned OFF at twelve o'clock, and
1t was now quarter past one.
Nonsense. Ashe. said he. You can't
cheat at roulette"
"oh, yes, you can" said Ashe dryly.
.p"And II 1t were not So Jolly unpleasant
lady present, l should have spoken
out about what l saw"
What was that?'
THAT there was some continuance UNI
der the table by which the Major made
the ball stop in what compartment he
pleased. l saw his foot move every
time"
Lord William made movement as II
70 run upstairs again.
'By Jove, X thought that" he be-
gan.
But his companions closed up on the
step above him. and prevented his re-
turning.
no" said Ashc. don't go back
What's the user We haven't been ruined,
any OF us and we've had our lesson.
Wc shant be caught again"
"But I'm not going to submit to be
robbed" said Lord William angrily. Il
shall make Inquiries about these people.
T." i3s
well, yes. that's all right" said Ashe,
gently persuadinK him down the stairs,
while Devcrill still kept silence. Only
don't Kick up a row here. for the wo-
+ mans sake.
Grill through arM through; for the
woman's sake he applied them in
his heart TO poor Maggie, and with a
conynsiye grip upon Lord williams arm,
tried to lead him down the court. But
the young man. rather ovcr.excLted per-
haps, resisted, and grew turbulent.
The woman's as much to blame as
the man. ] should think said he. III
shes not, she ought to learn what sort
4 OF tricks her husband carries on.
.sEh-sh,', said Deverll sharply. I'VE
certainly won't have anything .ol do
with 1t. II you do go back. J. for one,
am going to find hanson, and I should
advise you to come, top.
BY this time Ashe had got his COM
panion to the bottom Of the stairs. and
thence. by easy stages, Lord William
talking loudly all the time. they got
him to the outer entrance OF the build
ing, which was a block OF flats without
common frnnt-door.
An they passed out under the open
archway into the outer court Lord VIII
liam caught sight OF n policeman on
duty on the pavement outside, and free
Ing himself abruptly from his compan-
ions. he went up TO him, and asked nun
a question which the others were TOO
far of to hear.
They. however, heard pat OF the por
liceman's answer:
..well. sir. have heard complaints
before but" !,
The rest OF his speech was uttered
In q lower voice.
Lord William came back to the others.
TITS a den OF thieves. I've no doubt,
said he. ..rll be bound we shall find
that our Majors not In the army list
well. come along, for heavens sake.
{ we don't want a row In the street, SAID
Ashe irrltably.
5'.And It's not fair to take things FOR
granted, as you're DOING said DeVerllL
'Cheating OF that sort is the last thing
YOU ought TO speak about above your
breath. even on good authority. until
you have repeated proof OF It. Oi
course" no went on, turning to Ashe.
81 know you only state what you firmly
believe when you say you saw the A1a5oI
manipulate the roulette unfairly. Bnt
don't you feel. yourself, that you
wouldn't care to make direct accuse :
ton until you had had further PROOF
~ don't mean to give him the chance
OF giving me further proof" said Ashe
dryly. as he hailed hanson that had
nnncnred at that moment at the corner
OF tho street.
Deyerl left his companions and went
back to his chambers, sick and henVy
nj heart He fought against the notion
that there could be any truth IN these
accusations Of a man VINO m ~ ,l lost ~ ,t,s
money; and as for the heard az
missions OF the policeman. surely the;
WIGHT refer to some other occupant Q.
ina flats Anything was preferable 20
~ belief that the jolly Major, and the
bright pretty, little Mrs. Carey Brown,
whose eyes were so IKE Magsies cou ~
be persons whom it were better not to
know, !, 1,o,,-
Grill was able to persuade. himself .n m,
Ashe whom. after all. he knew no bet-
Ter than he did the Carey Browns. naa
deceivea himself as 70 what he s.s saw , nat
his money. And tho bankers nephew
was preparing, after luncheon, TO start .i
again for the West Kenslngton fat a,
when Dudley Cars dropped In an, and asked
MIN where he was going,
As II was clear that Cars proposes
to accompany him. Deverill rather, :, :, !,
luctanty ayowed the direction N Whi ,c,,
he was going, and the dead silence when
for n moment followed, showed MIN tha9
his visitor understood
with an abrupt movement Cars r.
drew out OF his pocket a letter written
in a Grabbed hand on. blue bust
ness paper and laid it down on the
table under his friends eyes,
"Read that" he said briefly !,
DeyerIll took 1t up. with a froWn..