Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23
Synopsis Of Preceding Chapters

Jack Porteous the manager Of the South Kensngton
branch Of London banking to which position he
had worked himself by sheer application and devotion
TO his work. He married man and the father OF
baby boy Of whom he very fond but bis relations
with his wife had been for time uncongenial, ana
for this reason he allowed himself to succumb 70 Tue
wiles Of Mrs. Marie de la Mothe, beautiful woman
with great influence men generally. There was
never much said by that woman about Mr. de In Mo'he'
Some said he dead and others said he never eN,
listed However, the lady never displayed any great
grief for him IL dead interest In him u alive. Ms
de la Mothe Is living In rather pretentous mouse WIN
Mrs. Nixon n companion and Porteous has become
regular visitor TO the place. He has SO FAR oeen l
huenced by the woman that be appropriated lsls'
sum Of the banks money to his own use. ana 10 pau
ming flight to South America. The two are to ny on
separate vessels and join each other later In eou.n
American port The day before the flight Poreous re-
turns home late in the night to find his vile oeaa nu
he Is by remorso that he deciueu 70 E io
nounce the woman on whom he has been showerins
money and attentions Furious at being spurned Dy n
man she really loved at time when she Iesna"eu
him free to marry her, Mrs Dc In Mohe wrote an anoy
nous letter TO the bank officials telling them oil tne
defacaton. Porteous is arrested on the day foo"lns
his wes funeral. The trial takes place ana ne IN sen
fenced to imprisonment. Upon being released ne assumes
the of Jordlson and after takes up MS les
dence in house in Essex, which has been aoanuouu
for years, and which had rebuilt and put IN conu
tion for occupancy. The house located near hea
thersone Hall, the seat Of the Right Honorapie LOU
Heathersone. and one day about twenty years niter
the conviction Of Porteous, one Of the three annu
den parties given by Lord Heatherstone IS oens neu
Lady Heatherstone being a confirmed lnvanu ue uuS
Of hostess devoved upon Lady Agnes Clihe, the ony
daughter Of Lord Heathersone by former wile. lns
particular function has political slgnlncace n
tached IT, Lord Heatherstone has undertaken 10
bring about the election of Lord Harry Guy to seat
In Parliament. Lord Harry and Lady Agnes nave one
been friends. and in fact warmer regard mas Spuns
up the breast of the young The garden party
having been ended he is leading the girl on 10 50 s
cluded portion of the grounds to tell her OF tne ael
which is uppermost in his mind when their at'en'io" "
arrested by the clatter of horses hoofs
Three animals appeared attached to heavy wagon,
Lord Harry stepped into the road ana seiheu
the bride of of them with the result tnat the'
were diverted in their mad fight and, turning aside,
the three animals hurled into the muuuy eu -,
side Of the road. Lord Harry went WIN tne'
and he bravey rescued by man who jumped irUh %
one Of the boats which moored nearby ine
promptness of the in dragging Lord Harry from
the water and his treatment Of the victim OF tne ae
cident after being laid the shore, saved Lord as
life and 1t developed that his savior was Artnur ho'
the only rival of Lord Harry for the Parliamentary nun
The boxes thrown from the wagon were prokeh a
strewn around and 1t plain to be seen that tnelr
contents consisted Of wheels gears and parts OF ma
chinery Two of the boxes had sunk In the mud SO
that impossible to move them with the means ~ az
hand and they were allowed to remain there ior 'e
time Thev bore the inscription, "William Jordison'
Red House. Essex After the boxes had Deen teihp
rarily abandoned Holme saw that tney wou,u III and nd
nrobabty be II they were not secured at oIee'
he had his man make them fast with rope ana as ~.
tide rose they were thus lifted from their place III n
mud and taken on deck That evening Home saileu
countered Jordison to whom he spoke ABOUT TAKING t
boxes off 1t arranged that this shoua pe uVhe ui
later when the tide favorable. AS mad oeen nls
custom when moving around among seamep and sucn
persons Jordison asked Holme If he had ever neau "
Richard Bebag Holme hesatingly gave the nforma,
ton that BEING was dead, drowned OF Valparaiso, anu
after intnating that there something OF mys'e
and scandal about the DEATH hurriedy wltnure". n
Few hours later, Jordison and his men went uo"
10 the shore to get boxes the boat had peen mov
some distance further down the stream ana nau t
boxes desposted on the Jordison thougnt tne o
currence very remarkable and decided that Home kne"
more about Behag than he had stated 80,
After his release from prison Jordison had entered Tue
empov OF a French automobile company, ana because
of his pecusr attachments mechanlcal genius anu
at the same time business man, he soon hau piaee
IN the Board of Directors and found himsen worm
,roa deal of money which he left Invested IN tne pus
ness hut he retired and withdrew to England Altei
tatne I'M his residence In the Red House. ne ueVoreu
himself To the perfection Of improved automopie,
and succeeded in building machine which had many
advantages over makes including great speed ah
yIent oneration This being put to severe IRA tral
run hv Jordson and his man Lipp who ran IL ncessan
10 over the muddy country for many hours ana weIe
,ust returning home when awful explosion was
ord tho Red House shattered The occupants vi Nv
house were compelled to take up their resuence III e
h.rr and Jordison made careful examination Vi te
,rracrod hulding In the cellar he discovered rys
t,ons hole which aroused his curiosity ana drecung
t 10 secure some lanterns and ropes, the two started
on n four of investigation.