The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
CHAPTER VIII.
They Call Her GuiIty.

Godfrey stood for a moment. taken
aback as Ted Seslay stared Lncred.l0usly
into his face.
-It can't be Geonrey ClaveriHg. sgre,y2'
De- repeated
Ge1frev made movement as though
d. would have slrunk back into ,He
shadow. and then hes.t3ted After aiL
Ted had been one u tile few friends DE-
had had when le had worked at the
mill. and De was honest and gi-Hful-he
could trust him. lie pat orr his hand.
"TaI-' He said. little l.sEHr.
TED stood looking into his eyes,
"Go1T. old chap. Tm g.aI -a see you"
DE cried. "aud ] never thought ] should
again. I thought SOU had gone for good
Ha Ee=.ratad for O. moment their hands
c.asr.I eighty. What brings you back"
De- added They said you would never
d1r- to come. They said you had done
bad things. and the earl spoke Of i: open
is when they sent up a deputatirn % him
from Tho coal mines the day after you
went ie said he should prosecute YOU
81 r0u ever showed your face in OldCas-
tIe again. ana that you had tried TO ruin
lis son."
"IIe s7id-he said that2" Geoffrey was
white 10 tho lips But Lord Fanshawc
denied st.. Of course?"
Ted shrugged mis- shoulders.
Il don't reckon Lord Fanshawe up to
much" DE said and you know I never
did. A coward he is, and never was any
r. rr4e -Tr.,r,
he struck over marrying Evelyn Walter
But you heard about that. It was years
ago, il must have happened before YOU
went"
Godfrey shook his head He could not
speak. The past. the ugly past, was back
upon him, gripping and holding him in a
vice.
Ted SeaIey pushed his hat back from
his forehead.
why there was an announcement in
the Oldcastle Chronicle" me said. saying
that the earrs son was to marry Sir Ar
thurs daughter and Lord Fanshdwe, he
just struck out about it,"
"Yes-yes?" said Godfrey, sharply Go
on"
He refused tO. have it, and there was
a scene at the castle. 1t appeared that
the earl had had the announcement put
IN the paper himself, or at least people
said so, and ne was about as mad as could
be when Lord Fanshawe refused to abide
by il. and try as he might he couldn't
get him to marry Evelyn Walter The
rumor was denied the next week. and
then it was that people began TO say
things about Lord Fanshawe,'
What sort Of things?" Geoffrey asked
h0arsely.
why that he was more than harum
scarum People don't mind Il chap being
a little devil-may- but they began 20
say that he was more than that Rumors
began TO get about that he was going a
bit too far A fellow may get into debt
and all that-he might even gamble: but
be doesn't persist in it if he's got any
grit IN him. and he doesn't DO other worse
things. They said that Lord Fanshawe
was leading other young men on. young
men VINO were i'm inferior positions 20
himself and couldn't afford 10 live his
life: and there was Giles clerk-you re-
member Giles clsrk-John Andrews? lie
was found iE the river one night. and
they said he had left a letter behind to
Lord Flnshnwe, but nobody ever saw f..
and there were some queer things whis-
pered then. for he had embezzled over $50
Of Giles money. and it was known that
he had been playing high with Lord Fan
Shave few nights before he was found
drowned And there were other things,