The Washington herald., 1906-12-10
CHAPTER XIV
Love In Exile.

! Bernard he related an incident about
which he had forgotten to tell him on
the previous night.
Did you ever see your Uncle Giuseppe
TOlomeo2" he asked.
Several times" replied Bernard, with
no very pleased expression. Il assisted
him with money"
He is the kind of person who viii al
ways have to be assisted" was the law
yers reply. Il fear he is a scamp. old
fellow"
SO my grandfather said. ] don't think
he is q good man myself All the same.
he was my mothers brother. and I must
assist him."
Hell give you every opportunity to do
/ So said Durham, dryIy. I had a visit
from him the other day?"
what did he want?'
His errand was similar to that of Mrs.
/ Gilroy's. He wished to know If Sir
/ Simon had made any provision for him in
/ the VIII. / don't know on what grounds
/ he based his claim, as your grandfather
hated him. But he evidently expected 20
/ be remembered. / told him he would get
/ nothing, and then with true Italian ex-
/ citability he began TO lament that you
/ had not lived, saying you would have
/ helped him"
I shall certainly do that. He is my
/ uncle, when all is said and done. What
/ is he doing?"
Playing the violin in some orchestra.
/ The fellow is a gentleman, Bernard but
/ a thorough scamp. Since he can earn his
/ own bread, ] don't think it is wise for you
\ 10 let him live on your money"
There's no chance at present OF my
/ letting him believe I will allow that. %
said Gore, rather dolefully. What else
/ did he say?'
Rather a strange thing. He said thar
/ he told Sir Simon that the Red Lamp
would not bring you"
The Red Window. you mean. Ny uncle
knew about that one at the Hall. When
my mother was alive. and staying-as
/ she did for "a time-with Sir simon, she
used TO put a light in the Red Window
I SO as TO tell Tolomeo that she would
meet him in the garden on that evening
/ The window Is visible through a long
avenue, and can easily be seen from the
road which runs past the grounds. Ny
I poor mother used IL as a signal 10 her
/ brother, as Lucy used it as a signal TO
me- And 1 believe that in the days gone
by-in Charles the Firsts days-it was
! used in like manner 20 warn loyal cav
alters
''Tolomeo did not say the Red Win
dow" replied Durham. wrinklng his
I broWs, but the Red Lamp. which makes
me think he must have been with Sir
+ Simon on that fatal evening"
Bernard looked up alertly. and his brow
grew dark. How do you make that
out?'
We'll" said Durham, after a pause, 81
questioned Jane Riordan again about the
/ possibility of there having been a red
/ light visible-"
There was" interrupted Gore, de-
cisively. Il saw it myself"
And Mrs. Webber saw H. although
afterward il disappeared. Well Jane told
me that there was lamp on the table in
front Of the window. She saw il when
she went up with the cook and Miss Ran
dolph"
Il remember. I was in the grip Of the
policeman then said Gore
"Well. il is strange. seeing that the
apartment was lighted by electricity. that
lamp should have stood in front of the
window"
'WAEt do you infer?" asked Bernard.
doubtfully and uneasily.
This much Your cousin told Sir
Simon about the use she made of the
Red Wmd0w-your cousin. Miss Ran
dJlph, l mean-and when she was AT the
Curtain Theater with BcryI, I believe
he put the lamp in the window to attract
you"
Had the lamp a red glass?"
NO. But a red bandana handkerchief
such as Sir Simon used might have been
stretched across the window. I dare say
he did it,"
But he didn't know that I knew the
house objected Gore.
True enough. unless"-here Durham
tated-.'unless It was your grandfather
who sent Jerry Moon to lure you TO the
square"
NO, Judas-as Conniston calls him
is BeryIs tool I would rather believe
that Beryl placed the red handkerchief
across the window
There Vas no handkerchief found.
said Durham. Mrs Webber saw the
red light, yet when Beryl went out TO
look for it he could see none. neither
could she. What DO you infer from that.
Bernardo
THAT the handkerchief must have been
removed in the meantime by Beryl No
Bernard recollected, not by Beryl; Mrs.
Gilroy prevented him from going up the
stairs. But Lucy. the cook. and Jane
Riordan went up;-one Of them must
have removed the handkerchief I tell
YOU what, Mark" added Bernard.
thoughtfully, 1t was Lucy who placed
the lamp by the window and stretched
the handkerchief across it."
We don't know that a handkerchief
was so stretched" said Durham
1T must have been to cause the -2d
light insisted Gore Lucy always had
the idea of the Red Window. She was
then friendly with Beryl, and she might
have made use Of Jerry Noon TO bring
me TO the square in the hope that
seeing the red light, I might venture into
the house and interview my grandfather"
Well said Durham, rising, I'VE will
ask Miss Randolph. Also we can ques-
ton this young Judas. who is now with
Miss Plantagenet"
Bernard did not answer. With his head
on his hand, he was pOnGering deeply
zone thing / can't understand" he said
after pause: why do you connect nv
Uncle Giuseppe with the Red Window
L don't but with the Red Lamp In
this especial instance. for lack OF red
glass, q lamp was used It was nor the
ordinary lighting of the room. remember.
Now TOlomeO must have been in tho
room, ana he must have seen the lamp
TO make use Of such an expression.
SO you believe he was with Sir Simon
when Lucy and Beryl were at the
theater?''
Yes said Durham, looking directly
at Gore, and TOIomeo is Italian.
Bernard Jumped up nervously, "Do you
mean TO hint that Tolomeo may have
strangled my grahdfather?"
Yes. 1 do TolomeO may have come
to see him-indeed, he must have done
50 to make use of such an expression as
the Red Lamp. The two quarreled, and
perhaps your uncle. losing his temper"
No no. I can't believe that" asid
Gore walking anxiously TO and fro. "Tol-