The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-20

wrote that the beads were here. so it
seems as Miss Lyle was right
Evidently. BY the way, who gets
the money Of Mrs. AITyford?''
"A Mr.. Frederick JevOns; he's a
nephew Of Miss Lyle's.'
A nephew Of Miss LyIe'sr' echoed
HagaT in surprise. And why did Mrs
ArryfOrd leave her money to him in
stead Of TO her reIatives?''
'Wen, it's just this way, miss said
HoTvaL, rising she hadn't got no rel
atives, and as Mr. Jevons was good
looking young chap, always at the
house to see his aunt, she took a fancy
TO him and left the money his way"
You are sure that Miss Lyle is no
relation to Mrs. ArryfoTd?'
quite sure. She was only the old
girls companion"
WAS Mrs. Arryford weak in the
head?"
Not as I ever heard Of" said Mr..
HoTvaI, with a stare, but you can
find out, if you like, from Miss Lyle"
Miss Lyle? How am I to see her %
why" said the detective, clapping
on his hat, when you come to see if
Rosa. is the same niger as pavned the
amber beads. Just leave some one look
after the shop, miss, and come with me
right away
With true feminine curiosity, Hagar
agreed at once to accompany the de-
tective to Campden Hill. The shop was
delivered into the charge Of PoIker. a
misshapen imp Of Is, who for some
months had been a plague of Hagar's
life He had a long body and long
arms short legs and short temper,
and also a most malignant eye. which
indicated only too truly his spitefuI ma
fore. Having given a few instructions
TO this charming lad, Hagar departed
with HorvaI in the omnibus, and ar
rived at Bedford Gardens early in the
afternoon
The house was a quaint, pretty cot
tage, which stood in a delightful gar
den-once the sOIace of poor dead Mrs.
ArryfOTd's sOuI-and was divided from
the road by a tall fence Of iron rail-
ings closed in with wooden blanks
painted a dark green. The room into
which the detective and gypsy were
shown was a DTim and rather cosy
apartment, which bore the impress of
Miss Lyles old maidism in the DISPOSE
ton Of the furniture. When they were
seated here. and were waiting for Miss
Lyle, who had been advised of their
arrival, Hagar suddenly asked HorvaI
a leading question.
rs Rosa dumb?' she demanded.
BLESS you, nor answered HorvaL
It's true as she don't talk much, but
she can use her tongue in niger fash
ion. Why do you asks"
she said she was dumb when she
pawned the beads"
"Oh. that was cause she was too
cute to let her voice betrSy her. re-
piled HOrval, smiling. He had humor
enough to note Hagar's unconscious
bull: but as she was likely to be useful
10 him in the conduct of the case, he
did not wish to anger her by remark
ing on it.
When Miss Lyle made her appear
ance, Hagar, after the manner of wo-
men, took immediate note Of her looks
and manner. The old maid was tall
and lean and yellow, with cold gray
eyes, and a thin Tipped, hard tempered
mouth, turned down at the curves.
Her iron gray hair was drawn tightly
of her narrow forehead and screwed
into a hard looking knob behind She
wore black stuff gown, somber and
Iusterless, collar and cuffs Of white
linen, and cloth slippers, in which she
/ gIided nOiselessIy. Altogether an un-
promising, hard woman, calculated and
narrow minded. who locked disapprov-
| ingly on the rich beauty of Hagar, and
remarked her graces with a. jaundiced