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as will on his side, and these dominat-
ed Darlington. For the first time In
his tyrarnical life he gave way.
II am willing to hear what you have
to say" he grunted
II don't think l have any more to
say" said Brendon.
"Then why did you come here?"
ITO ask you II you consider 1t hon
orable to threaten me. l have already
done So There is no more to be said
on my part l wish you to recognize
my mothers marriage and to state that
am your heir
Anything else?" sneered Darlington.
eyes; you will publicly recognize me,
you will allow me an income sufficient
to maintain the dignity of my real
name of George Nane, and you will or
der Mrs. Ward to keep silent
Mrs. Ward! What have to do
with herr"
"A great deal, apparently. You told
her my story, and as she does not want
me to marry her daughter she will
move heaven and earth to ruin me by
using her knowledge
How can she ruin you?"
II think you understand, sir. The
story told by my friend Train
"Triend! Judas. rather"
"No. He is only a weak man who Is
as wax in the hands of cleyer and
pretty woman. But Mrs Ward got
sufficient out Of him to place me in a
somewhat perilous position
Were you in the room where the
woman was murdered? Speak plain
ly."
II came here purposely to speak
| plainly" rejoined Brendon dryly, for
your safety as well as for my own"
Safety, sir?' Darlington grew Grim.
son. What do you mean?
II mean that can speak freely to
you, as I know perfectly well that for
the honor of our family you will not
take these matters into court. l aCdS
| In the room Of Mrs. Jersey. I saw her
deadv'
4 "And you know who killed her?'
mo. can't say that for certain. >
George looked keenly at his GRANDPA
Their. The old man appeared uneasy
Suddenly Brendon spoke. II should
like to know what you were doing in
Mrs. Jerseys house on the night she
was murdered?"
i Darlington dashed down his pen fu-
riously and rose. "You go too far, Sir
You 20 too farT he roared.
"Not any further than you intended
to go. If you threaten me have q
right to protect myself"
"In what way?"
"By telling you that IL I am in q
perilous position you are also"
"Do you mean to say that murder
ed the woman:'
by no means said Brendon quick
~. II should not think of doing such
a thing But 1 do say you were In
that house after H."
y wae ~" painted the old noble
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not wish her to do so, for the reasons
I have stated"
every unworthy reasons said
George.
Darlington looked as though he
could have struck George. Never
mind that" said he, controlling his tenn
per. II bought that house from your
mothers father-the music master"
he sneered, land gave it to Mrs. Jersey
rent free. I also allowed her an an
nuity. She held her tongue for many
years. Then she saw that COMPOUNDED
advertisement in the papers and
threatened to tell you the truth on the
chance Of getting more money out of
you when l was dead. refused, and
she then told me that she had written
out confession"-
II thought as much" Interrupted
George. But that has been stolen"
"By whom?"
by the assassin"
"And who is the assassin
IL can't say. But If use is made of
that confession either you or I will
learn who killed Mrs. Jersey"
why you or I?'
Because we alone can make use OF
the confession and pay money for it.
The thing would be Of no use to any
one else. But I now understand Mrs.
Jerseys possession Of the house. Were
you in it on that nightY
Darlington looked at Brendon and
hesitated. Then in strange contradic-
ton to his usual manner he turned
away his face. II decline to answer
that question" he growled.
But / saw you" persisted George.
"You saw There Is nothing more to
be said. Hold your tongue"
Willingly" said George politely, III
you will silence Mrs. Ward"
81 have no influence with the WON.
an"
ooh, think so. She wishes Dorothy
to marry my cousin"
"Your cousin!
"Can you deny the relationships"
Darlington shirked the question by
asserting to Brendon's request. u
may be able to make Mrs. Ward hold
her tongue" he growled.
II am quite sure she will do any
thing you tell her in the hope that you
will approve Of match between my
cousin and her daughter"
"And you wish me to approveY
sneered the old man.
"As to that, 1t matters little. Mrs
Ward wishes Dorothy to be Lady Der
rington and to have your very excel
lent income. Whether she marries me
or vane, it comes to the same thing
I can't understand Mrs. Wards dis
like and mischief making, since thai
is the case"
II can" snapped Darlington. "Yos
are TOO clever for her, and Walter Is
fool"
perhaps SO. However, as I shall
marry Dorothy it doesn't much mat
ter"
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The meeting with George at Mrs.
Wards had touched the old man deep
". He had never set eyes on Percy's
son before, and had no idea that the
young fellow was so handsome and
clever. Darlington felt that he could
take some pride IN George as man
wko would not permit himself to be
buiiied He had as strong will as
his grandfather, and the older man
respected him. Moreover, Georges re-
fusal to accept an income when he
took a feigned name and his de
ter1nined fight for his birthright pleas
ed the despot. But for his pride ana
hatred Of the father Darlington might
have acknowledged the marriage. He
knew in his own mind that such
marriage had taken place, and that
George was legitimate, but he did not
know where the ceremony had been
celebrated. The sole evidence he pos
sessed was letter, written by Percy
from Paris, stating that he had mar
ried Rosina Lockwood. Darlington at
the time accepted the fact, and had
never thought Of inquiring about de-
tails from his son, and Of course when
Percy died it was too late. Mrs. Jer-
sey knew, and Mrs. Jersey had made
use Of her knowledge, but she never
told Darlington anything. Had she
done SO, her hold over him might have
waxed feeble, although, owing to her
knowledge, and to the old mans de-
Termination not to acknowledge
George. it could not be done away
with altogether.
One afternoon when card was
brought to Darlington he nearly
Jumped from his seat when he read
the name Of George Brendon. At first
he was inclined to tear up the card
and send the pieces out to the inso-
lent young man who thus dared to
trespass on his privacy. But on sec
ond thoughts he decided to accord him
an interview. He knew that by this
time Mr.. Bawdsey must have inform
ed George that his grandfather knew
him as Brendon, and the old autocrat
wished to see if George would behave
as pluckily at their second interview
as he had done at the first. More
over, he could not forget the good
looks and clever conversation Of the
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ing dtshonOrdblyP
were pointed out to me, and it was
the first time I had set eyes on you.
1t was you in the hall"
Did you see my facet" asked Der
rington.
mo. But the coat and the height
and my knowledge that you were con-
nected with Mrs. Jersey
81 wasn't connected with the jade"
flashed out Darlington. "She came to
me years ago and said she could prove
the marriage I tried to get out Of
her the name Of the church where it
took place. She refused to give it and
said If l did not pension her of she
would go to your guardian, Ireland,
and get him to help her TO prove that
you were legitimate. I hated your
father, sir, and as to your mother
NO. cried Brendon, rising, mot a
word against my mother"
"Only this, that she was not well
born-the daughter of music master,
not the wife for my son."
"She was his wife, however. Leave
my mothers name out of it and go
on, sir. You say that Mrs. Jersey could
have proved the marriage"
eyes," growled Darlington, rather
cowed by Brendon's manner. Il did
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ia George vane, and that I am the son
of Percy Vane and Rosina Lockwood"
Indeed! What proof have you of

ia George vane, and that am the son
of Percy vane and Roslna Lockwood"
Indeed! What proof have you Of
thisY'
"The evidence of my nurse, Jane
Fraser, who attended to me when my
father, your eldest son, was alive. Inc
testimony Of my former guardian. Mr..
Ireland, who took charge Of me after
the death of my mothers father. FL
nally, my certificate of birth, which l
will show you whenever you choose.
Darlington was COMPOUNDED by this
calm answer He would have buster
ed, but Georges politeness gave him
no chance Of losing his temper, and
without fuel it would not blaze up.
"You seem to be well provided with
proofs" said he grimly Let us admit,
for the sake Of argument that you are
my grandson But the marriage
"Ah, that Is the difficult point! And
it Is unpleasant for me to talk of the
subject. I'm justice to the memory OF
my mother / hold that there was q
marriage"
"And in justice to my family ! hold
that there was none.'
"In that case Lord Darlington, we
Join issue"
"You are quite lawyer, SIR" sneer.
ed the old man.
~ thought of studying for the bar
ut one time"
"Indeed, and why did you notT'
II had no money to pay my fees,
said George coldly. !.
The old lord WINGED. "You could
have had money had you chosen said
he roughly.
II know. For that reason l changed
my name to Brendon."
"Well," said Darlington irritabiy,
..let us come to the point. You say
you are my grandson. l admit that, as
| / am aware of what evidence you can
bring forward But decline to admit
that you are my heir. The onus OF
proof lies with you"
IL am prepared to discover the proof
if vour lordship will behave in an hon
orable manner"
"What!' roared Darlington, rising
with a fierce look! DO you mean t
say, you jackanapes, that am behav
Ing dishonorably?"
Extremely So" said Brendon coldly
'sYou have had me watched by de
tective, you threaten through him t
have nue. arrested for crime of which
| I am innocent if do not give up m!
attempts to gain my birthright and
here George leaned forwarti-"Doro
thy Ward. Do you Gull these actions
honorable?'
do you know who I ami? ques
toned the other, clustering.
Every we'll You are the man VIII
Is keeping me out Of my rights"
The two faced one another withou
blenching. Darlington tried to GOV
George, and George refused to be COW
ed. 1t was the old lords eyes whic
fell first Rren1on had youth as we
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INT 7NgTIoNAL fACHT
MEASUREMENT RULE.

The cabled announcement that the
Prince Of Wales has consented to be
president Of an international confer
ence to be held in London next winter
to consider a rule for the measurement
of racing yachts comes as surprise
to American yachtsmen, who have had
no previous intimation that such a
movement was on foot. Although the
English have found much more fault
with our rules than we have found with
theirs. no doubt can be er tertained that
a uniform rule of measr renent would
be acceptable. The tendency in that
direction is Indicated n the recent
adoption of one rule by nearly all the
clubs in this vicinity.
W. Butler Duncan, Jr., chairman OF
the conference commiite appointed
last fall at the invitation of the New
York Yacht club to fr;lme that rule.
said recently that an international
rule would be a good thing, but he
doubted. if one could be agreed on, as
the conditions are so different in diff
ferent countries. In England. for ex-
ample. the winds are usually SO much
stronger than on the Atlantic coast of
tLis country that English yachts are
underSparred IOr our waters anu, coa-
yersely, our yachts are oversparred for
English waters.
Concerning the rule formed by his
committee for the present season. Mr..
Duncan said:
"The rule has met with some adverse
criticism, but it is nevertheless good
rule. When the New York Yacht club
started some years ago to revise Its
racing rules it wrote to every designer
Of note in the world, asking for his
views as to the proper system of meas
urement and If he considered 1T FEAST
bile to have a universal system of rae
ing measurement The present New
York rules are the result Of the an
swers to those letters and of numerous
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young man. il would be absurd to
saw that Derrington's heart yearned
over this unacknowledged twig OF the
family tree, for according to common
report he had no heart. But he Ger
tainly felt an unwonted emotion when
Rrendon. tall and handsome, composed
and ready for battle, stepped into the
room. Darlington knew that the
young man was ready for battle, Tor
he saw the light of war in his eyes.
When the door was closed and the two
were alone Darlington took his station
on the hearth rug with an impassive
expression Of countenance. He waited
for George to open the war of words,
and after a polite greeting he waited IN
silence. George was not at all embar-
raised. He knew perfectly well that
he had difficult task before him and
did not choose to shirk 1t.
81 am sure you are not surprised TO
see me, Lord Darlington" said Bren-
don. with his eyes fixed on the Old
mans grim face.
mot half so surprised as you were
at seeing Bawdsey,' said Darlington,
not to be outdone in GOODNESS.
George smiled. II was not Mt all sur
prised at seeing the man" he said calm
ly. cit was my happy lot to rescue him
from an accident, and it was my inten-
ton to call on him."
"For what TeasonY" asked Derring-
ton. who could not help betraying as
constituent in spite Of his self control.
"You must excuse my not answering
that question
"Oh, certainly" replied Lord Derring-
ton, with ironical politeness, but you
are not so diplomatic as thought"
because I decline a reply"
because you allow me to see that
you are on good terms with the man l
employ. A clever diplomatist would
have allowed me to think that Bawd-
sey was hostile and SO have used the
man against me-"
"There is no need for me to stoop to
such crooked ways" said Brendon,
with some scorn, land l always find
the truth tells in the long run"
Darlington sat down and leaned his
elbows on the table. His temper was
rising, as he was not accustomed to be
treated in this offhand way. Come
sir, let us understand one another. State
the situation so as to clear the ground
for proper argument"
Certainly" said George, with frigtd
politeness "You know who I am,
understand"
mo, don't. So far as I know you
| are George Brendon. l met you at Mrs
Wards, and
"And were good enough to hold q
long conversation with me-" finished
George smartly. 81 see, sir, it is nee
essary for me to be explicit"
ITS the best course" rejoined Der
rington, looking at him with hard eyes
and secretly admiring his self con
troll.
"Then I have to state that my name
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-28
CHAPTER XII.

- R1GINALLY Lord Darlington
had started life with a sufii-
cfently imperious will, and.
s. thanks to his position as a
titled and wealthy orphan. he had been
enabled to exercise it at very early
age. The, habit of seeing every one ter
5rifed at his mere glance grew upon
him, and he became unbearable not
only to live with, but even to meet
His wife, after presenting him with
two sons, had died gladly, seeing no
other way Of escaping her tyrant, and
the report went that he had browbeat-
EN- her ont of existence. Darlington
would have married again for the sake
Of his boys, but he could find no one
willing to endure his yoke. Conse-
uuently he became something of wo-
man hater and entered the political
world. In this he met with a certain
amount Of opposition, which did him
good and might have trained him into
a moderately decent member of society
but that his reformation was cut short
by his being appointed ambassador to
prominent European power Here
his temper had full swing, and he bull
lied every body for three years. At the
end Of that time he nearly caused a
war and was recalled. There was
some talk Of his being appointed vice
roy for India, but those in power had
SUFFICIENT pity on the country not to
send him.
Failing, from his reputation, to get
another appointment, Darlington took
to ouarreling with his sons. Percy, the
elder, had spice Of the paternal tenn
per and refused to submit Conse-
ouently he was forbidden the house
and crowned his iniquities in the old
mans eyes by marrying Rosina Lock
wood. The younger vane was fool
and completely cowed by his terrible
father He married an equally meek
lady, and the two were crushed by the
old tyrant. Finally both died as gladly
as the late Lady Darlington had done
and left Walter vane to carry on the
title. The old lord detested Walter as
1 milksop, but he refused to acknowl-
edge George, preferring the fool to the
clever man from sheer hatred Of Bren-
don's fatEer.
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cHow can you marry her, situsa

"How can you marry her, situaf
you are?"
II shall be George vane scn
sir. and then Dorothy will be myv
II believe she WILL" muttered
rington, looking at the firm face i
young man. "Humph! So you 4
to look for the certificate Of
riage?"
mo: for the confession Of Mrs
sew. Afterward for the church NJ
will be mentioned IN that confe
The register will prove the mart4
without the necessity OF the cesf
cate"
"How will you set to work e
that confession?"
George wrink1ed his brows, IhS
is only one way, sir. must Nd :
who killed Mrs. Jersey. Il you g
help me-
II can't. know no more who n
dered the woman than you do.
"Yet you were In the house On e.
night"
bennington grew wrathful. sDla
talk rubbish, sir. II I was shoq1
not mind admitting the fact. ~
is''- He broke of, gnawing his I
and avoiding Brendon's eyes.
That the old man knew somst1ll
! vital to the case Brendon was certat
That he would never confess what
was George felt perfectly sure. +
abandoned the point, as The did =
wish to make Lord Darlington inuil
mate himself, and he might - Z
Brendon was satisfied that n T.
seen him in the house on the ~
when Mrs. Jersey was murdered
"There is no more to be said, 40 !
marked, taking up his hat.
"No. Except that I'll give yca2
fair chance Of finding the churc
Bawdsey shall watch you no naocA
"Thank you. And Mrs. Ward
"She shall be made to hold I
tongue"
George bowed. 81 am obr1
you. sir. now see that you ID
fight fairly. Good day" And
| parted.
7 Darlington stood where he
deep thought Suddenly he
mighty blow on the desk. .'By
he's man after my own hedftl
the old scamp. "He shall be nv.
he shall marry that girl, but w
| else his wits he shall fight ever
of the way to attain his ambitil
(To be continued)
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eoIch.hARI EIGHT.

There is scarcely doubt low that
Marvin Hart and Frank Gotch will
battle for purse Of $4,000 and side
bet. Gotch is in receipt Of a telegram
from Jack Mccormick, manager Of
Hart, to the effect that Roots con-
queror will meet him in San Francisco
or Reno, New, for not less than $1,000
as a purse and any side bet the wrest-
ler-pugilsst may wish to make. Gotch
has been getting himself into shape as
a pugilist and feels certain he is Harris
superior in strength and boxing
prowess. It is not at all unlikely that
Nevada will be the scene Of the battle
if the match is made.
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man savagely and he g1afe6s at 1lis
grandson with bloodshot eyes.
"You WERE" insisted ]srendon
"There is no need to tell you how
got out Of my bedroom unbeknown to
Train, but ! did. came downstairs
to see Mrs. Jersey at half past IL or
thereabouts. / crept down the stairs
and saw you standing in the light OF
the hall lamp. You had on fur coat,
and I recognized you by your unusual
height; also by the color Of your coat.
Some months before you wore that
coet-it IL a claret colored one trimmed
with sable-at a race meeting. You
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pie SO afraid Of an advancing car that
they have climbed trees and telegraph
poles to be out Of the way and in a
safe place. Once when I was driving
a car in Scotland an old woman who
saw me coming knelt down in the road
and prayed.
Motoring Difficulties
zone cold winters night in these very
early days I was driving from Paris to
Havre. Lots of things went wrong
with the car, and at last, to make our
troubles complete, it began to snow
and we lost our way. After dark the
pump got out Of order, the water ceas-
ed circulating and became frozen solid,
and then the engine stopped. Unless
we could thaw the water again we We're
done for. To do this it was necessary
to light a fire under the radiator, and
so we soaked an old macintosh in
petrol and applied light to 1t. How
ever. this blaze failed to tl1aw the
water, and SO we dragged he car on to
a. village, where there was an electric
light station / made friends with the
man in charge of it and obtained from
him some redhot Goals from his fire
and placed them under the car in the
road. This had the desired ERECT, ana
after several repairing matters had
been attended to we were able to move
on 1t was a dreadful night.
"Only those who motor can realize
what a healthy recreation 1t is. For
instance, you would hardly imagine
what a splendid appetite 1T gives you.
The keen motorist who cannot eat is
not to be discovered Also, some peo-
ple seem to think that it is all case
of sitting down, and that there is no
proper exercise in it. If they tried it
thew would soon be undeceived. AL
though it is a pleasure there is a lot Of
hard work to be done in driving a
motor car and a mans muscles are
tested as probably they were never
tested before" HARRY GRANT.
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MONSTER AUTO HOME.

The Automobile Club Of Pittsburg Is
to build a monster country clubhouse.
mile racing track and an athletic
fed near Pi.tsburg, to be ready for
use next summer.
This was decided at special meet
ing of the club held recently A COM
mittee to obtain site for the track
and clubhouse was appointed and was
instructed to select site near river
If possible in order that the club may
promote motorboat racing.
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MusCovlTE, 218, OWNED BY FRED SEAC0R0 OF GALES
BURG. ILL.

tress with the troupe Of standard play
ers In Richard Carries THE Mayor OF
Toxic" is to Join "The College Widow
has proved to be untrue.
James X. Hackett is now In London
with an option on Hawthorne.
u. 8. A." the play Lewis Waller re-
Gently produced in London. The play
ran only i've nights, and Ar. Hackett
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after author in England at the present
time. George Ed,vardes, the London
manager. is DESTROYS of obtaining
comic opera book from him.
Cecilia Lotus is spending the sum-
mer with May Irwin in the latters
home in the Thousand islands.
The report that Emma Janvier, who
so cleverly portrays the wardrobe mis-
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MOTORING Difficulties

and Miss Marlowe is that although both
were born in England neither of them
has appeared on a London stage.
Z. new musical play is called Ihe
Blue Moon" and Willie Edouin Is to
have leading part in 1t.
Charles Klein, the author of "The
Music Master" 1.-The Red Feather
and Gel CAPTAIN" is the most sought
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has wisely forfeited his advances
money. and the piece will not be seen
In New York.
Henry Arthur Jones has completed
the play in which Virginia Harmed VIII
be seen In New York early In October.
Mr.. Frohman also has plays by Haddonl
Chambers, Captain Robert 1aSsba1L
and Arthur Wing PineEe.