Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-05-22

might have told you: in fact, =
.ahem-expect you will find yourself
personally interested in it?"
Not at all likely" said Guilford
Berton. The earl was the last man
to confide in any man on such 2
subject. There may be no will"
God bless my soul. hope SOL" <
claimed Mr. Petherick. Tit
would make a vast difference to lady
Norah"
Then l also hope there may be
with all my heart" said Guilford Ber-
ton. devoutly.
Later in the day when they met
to discuss the arrangements for the
funeral, Mr. Petherick remarked,
quietly:
I have found the will, Mr.. Berton,
and GuIlford Berton bowed.
Il am glad to hear it, very glad.
he said; but he asked no questions,
and If he had Mr. Petherick would
not have replied to them.
| Lady Ferndale had fastened to No
rah's side, expecting to fluid her pros
i trated, but she found her calm and
'self-possessed. looking as white as a
lily, and worn out with WEAKNESS:
! but there was no passionate oGtburst
of grief. That had spent Itself beside
the dead man, and Der tears flowed
quietly as she hid her face on Lady
Ferndale's bosom
My poor darling!" murmured he
elder woman. you must come to
US directly after" she could not
bring herself to say the word ''funer-
81, but Norah shook her head.
! No. | must stay here till Lord
Sartleigh comes" she said. There
must be some one here to receive
him, and tell him-tell him everything
Why does he not come, Lady Fern
dale?"
II don't know" was all Lady
Ferndale could answer. But he will
he sure TO arrive in a day or two; he
must hear of II, and then he will
come at once"
Everybody said this when the
strange delas in the appearance Oh the
new earl was discussed, and it was
the topic of conversation throughout
the county: but still the young man
who had inherited the title and lands
Of Arrowdale did not arrive to claim
his birthright
No English newspaper reached the
wild coast of Brittany where Cyril
Burne, the artist, was at work painting
drearily. and no tidings of the death
of his uncle reached him. If Jack
Wesley had been IN London he would
have known what had happened, and
informed Cyril, but Jack was in Brit
ltany with his friend, and as he tool
care that no letters or papers should
be permitted to mar his one holiday
in the year, he was ignorant as Cyril
himself.
! The DAYS passed rapidly, and that
of the funeral was reached. and ar
Petheriek was in despair. He had all
vertised for the missing viscount
and without any result, and he found
himself in the position of an executor
acting in utter ignorance whether
the heir were alive or dead
Perhaps he is dead" said Gull
ford Berton, grimly, and Mr. Pether
,ick groaned.
No he said. Il don't believe it.
We should have heard of it. But to
think that the funeral win have to
take place without the new earl as
chief nourner-" His feelings were
too strong to permit him to finish the
sentence.
! The day arrived, however, and the
heir was still absent There was a
vast crowd at the funeral and the
salon was filed with distant conne,.
tons and friends, who came with
varied expectations to hear the viii
read.
If she could have done so, Norah
would have shrunk from this ordeal
but Lady FerndeIe rently pointed out
to her that it must ba endured, and
amid dead silence, she led her into
the crowded room
! To be continued