The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-10-02

was quietly arranged that we should
all proceed in the morning by spe.
cIal stage in charge of Hughes TO
Mammuuth station at the northern
end OF the park there to make report
TO the cavalry colonel in command
This plan admitted Of few hours
sleep OF which we FASTENED to take ad
vantage
And now Lady Sniyely," began
Clarke, when we we're comfortably
slowed awa% in the stage the next
morning, perhaps you can tell us
your story and we can advise you as
to the future"
please do not call me Lady Sniy~
ly." answered the brave little woman
That name was my undoing and
hcnceforth ! am content to be plain
Alice Hathaway The story Is brief
and II It would only prove warning
to all foolish American girls | would
feel that | have not lived It In vain
My father died when was Is. He
was one of the organizers Of the Uni
fore his death he had converted all OF
his stock into bonds | was an only
child and | suddenly found myself in
the possession of the bonds which
you have now That was two years.
ago. | was young and foolish and my
IDEAS OF life had been gained from
reading fiction not the best, ! be.
licve When a real lord in the person
of Lord Sniycly met me and asked my
hand in marriage was innocent
enough to believe was making
great match.
We went first 10 London Tho
world and the future looked lovely for
time. but the dream was soon dis.
PEELED. Suspicion ncgan TO gnaw upon
my happiness when, instead OF pro.
coednG at once TO his ancestral castle
in Surrey as he had promised, We sud
denly packed in an hour and made
hurried return to the United States
On the passage home | found in his
luggage newspaper clipping that set
me thinking all the harder 1t was
the story Of some villain In England
who, under various names. was sus.
pccted Of marrying a number OF WON.
cn, securing possession of their
wealth and then numbering them
j. Frederick Bannistor was It not? ?"
interrupted Clarke. DO you know.
Sexton. | rather suspected from the
first II was him He was sort OF
English Johann Hoch and went under
number OF aliases"
Yes, BannIstcr was one OF the
names used and the description IN the
paper fitted him so perfectly that
struggle as might against the awful
thought | could not get 1t out of my
mind lie knew Of my wealth and
knew the safe deposit company with
which 1t was kept | determined TO
draw It out secretly and place II else.
where had secured the papers when.
with the suddcnncss that marked all
his movements he told me We were
going to the Yellowstone, had no
opportunity TO place the bonds any.
where. so closely did he watch me
am now convinced he knew had
them on my person for our journey
was Il constant series OF quarrcls over
the question Of my placing all my for
tune I'm his hands that he might re-
deem from mortgage his ancestral es'
tates.
During one of these quarrels, about
the time we reached Chicago,
charged him directly with the clipping
| had found IN his luggage. His first
look OF terror and anger told me the
shaft had struck and then he became
the same insCrutablc, oily villain as
before. But | knew the truth and
knew that upon my wits alone rested
the safety of my fortune and my life
when you gentlemen entered the
train | studied you closely. Then |
learned MIR CIarkes name and 1t was
at once familiar to me because Mrs
Richard King, whom | know quite
well, had told me of your wonderful
work and how you had rescued her
and her husband from the wiles OF a
worker of black magic ! knew | could
trust you.
you received the note slipped
through the crack in the wall, Mr..
| Clarke. directing the disposition of my
} fortune in case of my DEATH"
YES, received 1t all right" an.
swcred Clarke. But now | have the
| happiness to be able to restore 1t to
its rightful owner living"
We found the commandant at Nam.
mouth most reasonable man. lie
was fully satisfied with our story, eX-
acting only the promise, readily given,
| assure you, that we would keep him
advised of our whereabouts in case
powers above him should wish to in
uuirc more closely into the matter.
The stage company also treated us
with marked consideration In insisting
that we should resume our interrupted
tour as their honored guests. Lady
Sniyely, or Miss Hathaway, as we now
called her, we saw safely on the train
at Granger bound for the east, her fel'
low passengers no doubt little suspect
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