The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
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1 cepted his liberation he could not accept l money in addition.
 When Lady Tinemouth sent back the money, regretting that 1t had not been | her good fortune to know of Thaddeus' difficulties and relieve them, he wrote in the same strain to Lady Sara Roos. From
 her, also. he received a note saying that she was not his unknown friend in need. Simultaneously with Lady Sara's letter
 arrived one of a different tenor from
 Miss Dundas calling Thaddeus several kinds of a william, assuring him that her sister Euphemia hated him, and com manding him never again to attempt
 the insolence of appearing in he pres ence.' She also assured him that this
 is the language of every one in the house, including Miss Beaufort
 What Miss Euphemia thought was of l no moment to Thaddeus, but that Mary | Beaufort should believe the islanders | against him cut him to the heart. He | determined to hurry at once to Harley
 street and clear his character in the eyes l of Miss Beaufort. But arriving there he | found that Lady Dundas and Euphemia l had gone to Scotland and Miss Dundas and Mary Beaufort to Somerset castle. | "I will seek out Lady Tinemouth," {" thought the exile, 'and have advice from her"
 More to escape the society of Miss
 Dundas than anything else, Pembroke Somerset shortly afterward fled from his fathers castle for visit to the Shaftos,
 who lived neighbors to Narrowly Abbey. One evening, when Lady Tinemouth had been making a call on his hosts he mo- ticed that she was allowed to depart with
 out an escort for the walk to the abbey and hastened after her As he came up to the countess he saw that she was leaning on the arm of a stranger, who had evidently come to see her safe home. He apologzed and was about to with draw, but Lady Tinemouth, calling him by name invited him to continue his walk with her to the abbey, and intro duced him to MT. Constantine" Thad-
 deus bowed, but overwhelmed by his emo tions, did not trust himself to speak In
 the darkness Somerset did not recognize the stately stranger, and 1t was only
 when Lady Tinemouth, not imagining that Somerset and the count had any
 previous knowledge of each other, invited
 them into the supper room that the eyes of Pembroke fixed themselves upon those of the man before him. Then he exclaimed asounded: "Is 1t possible? Am
 l right? Are you Sobiesk?"
 "I am," replied Thaddeus, scarcely
 knowing how to interpret Somersets be- havior.
 And have you forgotten your friend, Pembroke Somerset?' cried the young
 
 ''Why did you not inform me that you were in England? Why did you not an- swer the letters I sent you to Poland?" Lady Tinemouth stood astonished at seeing Pembroke and Thaddeus turn out to be old friends, and asked why the Pole had not old her before of his ac- quaintance with Pembroke. Then a series of explanations passed between Thaddeus and Pembroke. Neither, it transpired, had received any of the letters written by the other, and each. had supposed that the other had wished to drop the friendship. | Lady Tinemouth retired, leaving the | two friends together and they talked | there until far Into the night. Pembroke ] suspected at once. and rightly. that the | letters which he and Thaddeus had writ , ten to each other had been suppressed by l Mir. Loftus. who was still an inmate of 1 Sir Roberts household and still feared | that the secret of the Polish adventures might be betrayed to the baronet. It wjas ! the custom in Sir Roberts house { to