The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-12-13


fourthly, that Captain Willoughby's ad-
dress was unknown. 1t was strange
that if the man was dead his heirs did
not come forward. The mystery of
this trust began to worry him. Where
were Captain Willoughby's heirs? Was
he really dead? If so, why had no
news been sent to the office?
''The trust money" he said, present
ing the case to himself, twas given to
my uncle. Here is Miss Willoughby's
letter in the safe. Give my nephew
three hundred year. And here is the
deed which my uncle drew I'D to Sc
cure the carrying out of the trust.
The nephew did marry, there's my
uncle's note at the back of the letter.
He married an actress and she died.
Had he any children? I don't know.
If he had, let them come and take
their money. They must know where
their father came for his If there
are no children, the money reverts to
Miss Willoughby's heirs. Well, let
them come and claim it. There is
nothing to prove the trust but this one
letter and the deed. They may have
copy, but it isn't likely, or I should
have heard of it by. this. time. Besides.
Mrs. Willoughby died seven years ago;
her will has long since been proved
and her money paid over by my uncle,
her executor. to her heirs, and not a
word said about the trust in her
will
You now begin to understand what
1t was that James Rolfe did. First,
he constituted himself sole heir. If
anything, he said, should be left after
the trust was paid, it could be divid-,
ed among all the cousins if they came
to claim it. Until they should claim
their share he would continue to take
and enjoy the whole.
Next. he said nothing to his wife
about the trust; he did not endeavor
to find out if Captain Willoughby left
any children, nor did he acquaint the
heirs Of Miss Willoughby with the
facts.
As for his promise as regards Kath-
arine, he put that away in corner
of his brain where it was not likely
to disturb him. And he told his wife
nothing of that promise, any more
than of the trust money.
Conscience sometimes makes dread
full ghosts to appear in the dead of
night and whisper terrifying things in
the ears of some solicitors who do
these things. In James Rolfe's case
there were no ghosts at all. Conscience
acquiesced. He slept the sleep of the
just and righteous.
No one knew about the trust; there
was. to be sure, the letter in the safe
with the deed, but the key of
this safe was in his pocket. Ne one
knew about the trust, or about his
promise as regards Katharine-ridicul-
GUS, to think that he was going to
give that girl his uncle's estate! No
one knew except Tom Addison and
himself, and Tom was dead.
If ne had told Harriet the exact
truth she might perhaps have insisted
on the restitution of the trust money
to Miss Willoughby's heirs and she
might have proposed compromise as
regards Katharine. On the other
hand, she might have acquiesced in
her husbands proceedings, and even
given him assistance and moral sup
port. Who knows? But he did not
tell her, and she continued happy in
her great house, for the first time in
her life free from worry; now her
husband was rich there would be no
.>ore trouble. Of course. he was hon
est. Honest? The doubt could not
arise. A gentleman is always honest;
who ever heard Of gentleman being
rogue and robber of orphans?
CHAPTER v.
KATHARINE
Tom was dead. The worst misfor-
tune that could happen to any girl had
fallen upon Katharine She had lost
her lover. In modern warfare the
war correspondent runs more risks
than the warrior. The latter only
takes his turn in the fighting; the
former must be always in the 'front.'
the combatants are looked after and
kept in safety; they are like the pawns
of chess board, moved from cover
to cover; the correspondent has to find
his own cover. The earlier war CORE.
spondent had to keep in the rear with
the camp followers and the commits
sariat; he picked up what information
he could gather, an object of much
suspicion and some contempt. He now
marches with the van, goes out with
the forlorn hope, sits down in the
thick of the tight with his note book
and takes ten mems share of the bull
lets. Consequently he sometimes gets
picked off.
The hope that the two missing Eng
lishmen might return was never strong
and grew daily more faint, until It
finally vanished quite. They were
dead. There could be no longer any
doubt.
The governess who knows nothing
and is only amiable and kind to the
children, with leaning in the direc-
tlon of religion, is rapidly dying out;
the march of civilization tramples up-
on her. The high schools and the
Cambridge colleges are making her
existence impossiI le. Therefore Kath-
arlne was happy in having obtained a
post as governess in the simple and
unpreteEding family of the Emptages.
They lived in Doughty street, where
they occupied the lower part of the
house-that part which commands the
kitchen. There were six children, all
girls; the youngest was six and the
Oldest fifteen, and they were all Kath-
arine's pupils. The bread winner was
clerk in the city; he had, I do really
believe, all the virtues of his profess
sion; not one or two, but all: they
are too many to enumerate; suffice it
to say that he wrote like copper plate,
and kept books with accuracy; was as
punctual as the clock; never wanted
any amusement; did not smoke to-
bacco; drank half pint of beer with
his dinner and another with his sup