Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-12-05
CHAPTER XXI.

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Il am waiting for my lady" replied
tae man; "she desired me to do So"
Barbara Earle had said, AT any
cost we must keep the secret" and
Lord Bayneham remembered the
words.
1T Is all right" he replied, hastily;
you can go home. / am sorry you
nave been kept waiting so long.
Lady Bayneham will not return with
you this evening"
The landlord, who had shared the
coachman's wonder. reentered the
house. perfectly satisfied, and Lord
Bayneham followed the man, who had
been for more than thirty years a val
liable servant to his family.
Dickson" he said, laying one hand
upon the coachmans shoulder. tell
me all that has passed since Lady
Bayneham left the house."
Nothing, my lord" replied the
man; her ladyshp told me on starting
to drive to Oulston and wait for her
at the Bayneham Arms, and | have
done So"
where did you set her DOWN.
asked Lord Bayneham.
My lady stopped at the corner of
Hi Street" replied Dickson; "she
went down toward the Old Cross. and
drove on to the hotel"
Did Lady Bayneham say anything
about returning. asked the earl.
No" said Dickson. Her ladyshlp
never spoke to me after she entered
the carriage. She looked very i'll
my lord"
And you have nos idea where she
wentT interrupted Lord Bayneham.
None said the man. II rave
been waiting In much surprise for her
ladyship has always been so pune.
tup','
~ ckson," sad Lord Bayneham, II
shall want one man to help me In
what have TO do; we have some
reason to fear that Lady Bayneham
Is His not quite herself. She has
left her home. and gone no one knows
where. Can you keep this secret.
and help me to trace her?'
can. my lord" said Dickson.
quietly. He made no protestations.
but the young earl understood the
good faith and strong reliance of
those words.
she went down toward the Old
Cross. you say" continued Lord Bay.
neham; that is the road to the
station; can she nave gone there?"
He went into the hotel to look al
the Railway Guide. which lay upon the
table. His wife left her home some
Few minutes past two O'Clock. M
twenty minutes past three there was
train for London at four. the express
Tor scotland; later on, the train for
New Town, the largest junction on
the line. ITS only resource was to &c
TO tho station, and make all the in
quiries possible.
How was Lady Bayneham dress
ed?" he asked of Dickson.
Y did not notice, my lord he re-
piled. Il remember nothing that her
ladyshp wore except thick water.
proof cloak
rake the carriage home" said
Lord Bayneham; and mind. Dickson.
have trusted YOU. You will be the
only servant In the house who knows
the secret OF your ,ady's flight; guard
IL IA you would your life--say wha,
you like to the rest to allay tner sus.
pcions. II they have any. and-stay
take this note to Lady Bayneham.e
He wrote few lines just to say
what he had done.--that he was now
going TO the station. and IL he found
any trace OF his wife he should follow
IL up. therefore they need feel no nm.
easiness at his absence. Dickson--he
told Lady Bayneham--knew the truth.
and In any emergency they must trust
10 him. In tho meantime they must
shield Hilda as best they could. for no
hoped TO bring her back with him.
Lord Bayneham was not long In
reaching the little station. wnere he
was well known: but he found II din.
cult TO ask many questions without ex.
citing curiosity and wonder. Forth.
nateiy there was a new porter. who
did not know his lordship, and to this
man the young earl addressed himself
the porter had been on the platform
al the afternoon, and remembered the
London train, and that four passen.
gers had left oulston by Il: but that
only two went by the Scotch express.
There were perhaps twenty for the
New Town train, but amongst them
ne did not remember TO have seen
lady In a waterproof cloak.
"A dark waterproof cloak. did Won
say. sirg" continued the porter. "Ah.
now | remember something. Just be.
fore the London train started. a lady,
In long dark cloak sent bic 20 get
her ticket She sat there at the lower
end OF the platform, and spoke in a
low voice as though she were III. Il
ala not see her face clearly, because
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