Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23

tam ROySOn to agree that the entail should
| be broken, as certain business developments
could then be carried out more effectively
| This was a reasonable thing IN itself but
unhappily the younger brother was killed III
the hunting field, and some legal kink in the
affair enabled the Baronet to reduce the widow
and her son to actual poverty Young RoySon
made gallant attempt to support his
mother but she died nearly five years ago
Naturally, there was mortal feud between
him and his uncle Sir Richards constant
| aim has been to crush his nephew He ar
ranged matters that the bare title alone
would pass to the heir at his death
| Yet the very day that young Rovson
stopped your frightened horses in Buckin CHAM
Palace Road. the Baronet slipped on the oak
| floor of the picture gallery i'll Orme Castle
| that is the name of their place in the North
| and in jured his spine The nearneSs of death
seems have frightened him into an act OF
| retribution He made new will. constituting
Your Richard his heir and died the day before
our caravan left Pa jura
Mr.. Rovson knows nothing OF these later
| events that are SO vitality important to him
Irene asked, when the other wofnan'S quiet
| narrative ceased its even flow
Then how is it
That l am better informed: 1t Is quite
| simple Baron Won kerber intercepted and
read all letters and kilograms that came Tor
him by camel post
Irene rose Anger famed in her face and
her brown eyes darkened You dare to tell
| this to me?" she said
Exactly. You gave me permission to
speak unreServedly Please sit down. l have
not finished vet
Somehow, despite her indignation, the girl
was swayed into compliance.
You forget that the twenty-sixtt Sir
Richard was dead and that it really did not
matter one jot to the twenty-seventh whether
he learned the news a few weeks earlier or later
But it mattered everything to us-to Baron Won
kerber and myself. l mean. We were deter
mined that this expedition should succeed. and
| we hesitated at no means which promised to
achieve our end We have been beaten but
not through any fault of ours We felt, not
without good reason that If MIR RoySon was
| compelled to return home You would be con-
verified from a passive into an active enemy
So we adopted the let well enough alone policy:
and. as one woman speaking To another. l
| really don't what you have to grurnble
about Blame much as you like. YOU
still have the delightful knowledge that the
progress of your love affair was unaffected by
titles or wealth. and l have left to you the
pleasant duty of telling your fiance of his good
fortune
Il am afraid your reasoning is too plausible
for my poor wits, Mrs. Haxton.' said the girl
slowly Indeed. am not sure that care TO
listen to you any further
But YOU must. YOU shall came the fierce
utburst DO you think l am lowering myself
in Your eyes without cause? ! have told YOU
the plain truth, careless of the worst inter
p1etdLlOu YOU SHcoSS W PidSS Oii AiiE
motives Now in return l want YOU to make
these things known to Mr. Fenshawe. He will
be even more disguised with Baron Won kerber
and nv wretched self than he Is at present, If
that is possible Hence, in all probability. he
will agree to do what we ask. We wish him to
give sufficient equipment and escort to
| travel direct to the coast from here at once,
| within the hour. When we reach the sea we
can cross to Alden in an Arab dhow. and neither
| Mr. Fenshawe nor YOU will ever see or hear
| from us again, save in business sense. 1t IS
not a wildly eXtravagant demand None OF
us can look forward with pleasure to months
journey in company back to Paiura. If 60
to Mr. Fenshawe with the proposal l have
| made to YOU he will suspect some hidden in
| tent He will believe you. and You can con-
| vince him that it is the only satisfactory way
out of a disagreeable position
| A full minute elapsed before Irene answered
Fox some reason, Irene's sympathies conquered
her again She had risen. and approached
little nearer :" wish to say" she murrnured.
| that | am sorry for YOU
| Mrs Haxton looked up at her Her face was
| frozen with misery She seemed to be in
capable of tears just then She stood up. held
| herself erect for an instant and walked out Q:
| the tent
Thank YOU she said. without turning her
head, as though she wished to avoid the girls
eyes Now go, please Tell Mr.. Fenshawe
that we shall be glad to get away while it is
possible to march If Your grandfather