The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-10
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 And then more than four months af- ter Laura's disappearance had come the telegram from Paris. He took the piece of paper oncs more from his pocket, and the woras danced before dredth time:
 s.Please do not continue searcha for me I ask this for my own sake and yours as well.--Laura."
 She had evidently ssen one of his advertisements. and had hastened to check him in his search. How obscure the words had seemed when he first read them. How clear they were to him now! In the light of the inform ation he had extracted from I.eonore Jackson, 1t was quite evident why Laura did not wish him to continue the search for her.
 He looked at the telegram for few moments with tears in his eyes Then his grief suddenly gave way to anger to blind, unreasoning fury. He rose 10 his feet with a savage oath, ana, crumpling the piece of paper in ms hand tore it into fifty pieces and scat tered them on the hoor
 T will find them, he muttered By Heaven I will find them. and then i-- He paused, and clenched his poweriui fingers into the palms of his hands, ae
 
 of some living thing.
 s.She shall pay for it, he cried ana he--ah, the man--I wonder wonoer.
 He paced up and down the room, his face white with fury and every muscle in his body tense and trembling The'. euddenIy he stopped, as though turned to stone. and stood as motionless as stature Then he broke into laugh
 aOf course. Of course! he muttered. .Ys gods, what a fool l have been.
 He looked at his watch, crossed quick iy over to the fireplace, and, rang ths bell. A man servant entered, and stood by the door, awaiting orders.
 T am going to England. Jenkins. by The next boat. Pack my things at once. You can come with me. 1 shall not give up these rooms Hughes mus, Stay here"
 ~Yes, sir." the man answered; but if I may venture to suggest, sir. you Wils be too late for the night boat. sir.
 Get along, and do as tell you Ws 70 tonight. There are special trains to be had. and a special boat, if the other has gone. III give you ten min uteE.
 when John shiI reached Calais. tho night boat had left. But he chartered a steamer. and was in Dover a n hour after the boat train had steamed out or khe station A special train took hiiu
  Cross at seven o'clock.
 Before that evening he had found what he wanted fin the records of som erset House. He had scarcely. dared to hope that Tankerlane had been married in his own name. But there It stood out, bold and clear, for all men to read. William Joyce Tankerlane. married to Laura vane on January 21.
 He obtained a certified copy of the xuarxiaEe certificate, sIiu, returning to hts hotel, tried to decide on some defin- sts course of action. His first impulse was to go down to Laverstone, ana lu- 4erview Sir Robert Tankerlane; his sec oud to wire the news to Sam Vane; but alter a careful consideration of the eonsequences attending either of these pfoceedinEs, he resolveo keep nIs secret to himself for the present., anu devote all his energies to finding Will jam Tankeriane and his wife.
 His mind at once reverted to Leouorc Jackson. He believed that she knew more than she cared to tell about Tan kexlane's movements, and he determtn- sd to drag the truth from her by fair means or foul
 He left that night again for Paris. but, befor4 he reached Charing Cross. he called h at a telegraph office and despatcheA the following message tv Have heard news of Laura. Don't worry. An is well. VIII send for you directly have seen her.--John Shil
 He thought it would be a kindly act to send this message to heart-broken old man. It did not commit him to any definite statement. and it would bring ao,ue s1naii sray of light into mind that was groping and pitifully crying out in the darkness
 But John Shil had much else to think nf that ufght--so much that he did not sleep at all on the journey from ca- s~ss fo Paris. The train spun on through fha darkness the darkness paled to grey dawn. and then the sun flushed fhe flat plains into a sea of green and gold. But still the young millionaire stared out of the windows. and saw no more in the sunlight that he had seen in the shadows of night-only the