Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-09-29
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deep sigh. The question was OeS0na ne''
,-.. ma'am. it was terrible bust
lsS 4 banpened Just ten years ago, on
ness, ,,.b Of next month, and yet l can
saa r it all as If 1t was only yes'er-
Day" .ho Corridors on her wav
Lor room. Phillis' attention had been
TO , ~ arrested by the foregoing words,
su h.lL seemed to come from the depths
THi'i bnae linen press standing in small
o9lv two or three doors away. A
aoOr r-as brning in the crate and gen
We ojripo of blankets was going on.
era rie' Dare who had so far been totally
n 'n,.,,eeessflll in gaining any OF the par
..l,,Iors which both she and Phyllis had
w., L. oayious to learn regarding this
i ssa,,ae house and its wandering owner,
su IS o77identlv considered this a propitious
. nag TO beard the ioness in her den.
II was clear her efforts had not been
:. rain Mrs. Mathews had luckily been
"sncbt in a good temper and was in
80 IN GROW communicative during the
.nrfiuc and arranging of the contents Of
her linen press MN.
hat resentfully as the girl appeared in
the doorway. and paused in her recital.
al 90 there YOU are, dear! You are
Aa,A. at last" observed Miss Dare from
ser most at the window by which she
vas, standing, to all appearance wholly
ssofossel with the work of brushing the
8nst of an eight journey from her
aoVn. 1T is very damp, | am afraid; |
hone YOU will not be laid up with an at
,ark of neuralgia tomorrow. But as you
fera saving. Mrs Mathews, it is almost
ten wears ago that your present master
anne into possession of this place, and
vet he has never remained here for a
niobt since-is that really SOY" Having
once gained the housekeeper's confidence,
and set the ball of conversation rolling.
mss Dare was determined not to allow
a good opportunity to be spoiled.
YES. it is quite true. When he is in
England my master often stays with
Squire Courtenay, who lives only eighteen
miles or so from here; but, although he
rides over for an afternoon some times,
We never see anything more of him."
What a pity though, with such a
charming old place." Miss Dare paused
With the brush in her hand, and with an
air of the deepest sentiment surveyed
the mist. gathering thick and fast upon
the window panes. "Of course, it was
very sad about his cousin; the whole
thing must have been terrible for him.
Still-after so many years"
I'll
took sheet and carefully laid a bag of
lavender leaves between its folds.
There's some things. though, that
even time won't cure" was the dark re-
ply. You see. my master and Sir
Godfrey not being good friends made it
Oh the worse for him, especially as-well
they had been heard having high words
together only ten minutes before Sir
Godfrey was found lying dead"
Phyllis gave little shiver. The story
Of Sir Geoffrey's unfortunate end, told by
Mr. Saekett in the cheerful library at the
Abbey. had only impressed her as being
sad; she had thought no more of it from
that moment to this; but now that she
was actually between the four gloomy
walls of Chudleigh manor the least al
asoR to the fearful catastrophe sent
pang to her hearta pang which made
the color fade from her cheeks.
Dear me, | had not heard that" re-
samea Miss Dare. How very unfortm-
ate! But the mystery was cleared up,
surely? Some one-yes, gamekeeper,
vas supposed to have committed the
murder, | thought"
Mrs. Mathews counted pile of pillow
Eases, and placed them in neat row on
one of the shelves before her, ere she at
tempted to reply, and then she looked
with an expression of scorn upon her
face
Yes they suspected him." she an
sHged brusquely, "as they would have
suspected any other servant who had last
been seen in his company; but that is
Just tin this country there is one law
Tor the rich and another for the poor.
Joe sykes had received notice from the
master only half an hour before. so as he
was poor man of course all suspicion
rested on him, although, mind you, Mr.. Vi
oaft as we called him thcn-was known
TO nave had a serious difference with Sir
'roiirey, and the bullet which killed him
had been shot from his Cousins gun. Yet
nobody ever thought of questioning him"
And was nothing else discovered ~
asked Phyllis, who had been standing q
silent listener to the discussion. Fancy.
DO" dreadful! What would happen if
''9, poor gamekeeper were ever found?"
Tie housekeeper closed the press with
oii"hat unnecessary force aud glanced
>"afPiY across at the girl
Don't you trouble yourself, miss, there
Is httle fear of that. Sykes certainly
escaped the gallows, but the ship he
>a'ie" IN for Australia was wrecked only
. lIee weeks later. and every person on
board was drowned"
Ana no further cline to the mystery
.'aia be obtained" added Miss Dare. al
.ae'ga 1T is nearly ten years since it all
happened"
\ e' marty tea years, and. a. said
'~. now. might be only yesterday that /
@ ". landing here, seeing to the airing
. '..e men Just as l am doing this after
.. p when | heard the gun report which
a. -he Poor masters knell."
gam Phyllis shivered. and involun-
amy her glance wandered to the open
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