The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-14
with her face all aglow with pride and
happiness, introduced him to the Bar

ing WoHldHs ana Sne talked TO MIN so
brightly, so gayly. that he forgot some
of the bitterness of his trouble as he
listened.
Then there was an interruption. A
a who sent in his name as Hiram
West, wanted to see him.
Sir Carlos al once went to the library.
and found Lord Stanleigh's ex-valet
there. Lord Stanleigh was still in
Spain. he was told; but the climate
had not suited his valet, so he had re-
turned to England. He had heard that
Sir Carlos wanted a well-trained SER
want, and Lord Stanleigh had recon-
mended him.
Anxious to oblige Lord Stanleigh, Sir
Carlos engaged the man. Hiram West
had been to Armytage, and had been
old that Maggie had obtained a situa-
ton in London; but he did not believe
in the truth of the story. If he wanted
to find her. he old himself, he must
first seek out Sir Carlos Carew. It was
for the purpose of discovering her
whereabouts that he had engaged him.
self as q valet to Sir Carlos.
Sir Carlos did not quite like his new
valet, n he disliked the associations
connected with him; but Lord Stan
leigh wished him to take the man, n
he was one who would do much to
please a friend. The young baronet
knew nothing of Hiram Vests love for
Maggie, or he might have been on his
guard.
The man came in the course of q few
days, and all the belongings of Sir
Carlos We're placed in his charge. Sir
Carlos thought his new servant very
attentive, orderly and methodical. He
little dreamed that every cupboard,
every drawer, every pocket sven, of his
had been searched for some trace of
Maggte-a note, a card, or an address.
But nothing had been found Nor could
Hiram West tell why he was haunted
by this faint suspicion. True, he had
seen Sir Carlos with Maggie, and Mag
gle a laughed both at him and his
love; but 1t did not follow hat Sir
Carlos had taken John Waldron's
daughter away; yet the idea haunted
him.. If it We're true, Sir Carlos should
a for it with his life.
In the meantime the sight of his old
home, the faces of the dead and gone
Carews on the walls, the presence of
his beautiful and beloved mother. filed
Sir Carlos with incYpressible remorse.
He had never INTENDED 10 bring any
thing but honor and glory 10 his anne
but. by one act Of disobedience TO his
mother, he had marted his life, and
nothing could set him free but death.
1t was better to be dead, he thought.
than to live always the life he had
led in the Villa Molteni. OF one thing
he was sure-he could never bring Mag
gle home while his mother lived.
He was walking along the western
terrace, moody and miserable. He re-
membered how he had always said that
he would marry someone like his
mother, and, raising his eyes, he saw
a vision that was the very embodiment
of the thought.
Leaning over the stone balustrade,
viewing the gardens below. was a tall.
slender, beautiful girl, with hair like
gold. and a face like the fairest of
roses.
Sir Carlos stopped abruptly. Could
anyone be more like his mother han
she was-tall, slender and stately. with
golden hair and a face beautiful as the
dream of a poet.
She must have heard his footsteps.
for she turned to see who the intruder
was; and then she smiled a bewitching
smile. He saw the glory of her beau
tiful eyes then; despite her blonde
loneliness. they were dark as night,
large and lustrous-eyes such as he
had never seen before. The thought
came to him. This is the woman T
ought to ave married.
She advanced to meet him with a
smilc.
You are Sir Carlos Carew," she said;
1T know you by your portrait in the
plcture-gallery."
"And you are Lady Gladys Kerr"
"And a very fortunate Lady Gladys,
too she replied, laughingly, ito be in
this beautiful spot on so fair a morn
ing. OF all the mornings in the year,
I think those of April are the sweetest
He walked to the stone balustrade
where she had been leaning, n looked
upon the scene on which she a looked
the noble trees, the picturesque
grounds, the cleaning water of the
mere. How fair and bright it all was!
All, what a shadow he had brought
upon his house! At that moment he
loathed himself for what he had done.
Lady Gladys gave him little time for
his miserable thoughts; she was great
1y interested In Firholme. She wanted
to know in whose reign the house had
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ages had visited it, What the Carews
had lone in the Senate and the field.
rs 1t + u that you hear the water
fall more plainly when misfortune is
coming to any of you?" she asked.
YES" he answered. IT have heard
my mother say that when my father
was dying she heard 1t so plainly that
it seemed to be quite close to her. The
water fell hen with a kind of wall"
"And do you believe it?"
ST should think the sound depende
entirely on the quarter from which thu
wind blows" he replied.
"You ought TO believe it," she saios
with a bright smile. IF / were in your
place, 1 should believe in every legend
connected with the house. l like Fir
holme; it is so old n picturesque. /
should like to see every nook and cor
ner of it,"
you shall, 1 will take you all over It.
There are some staterooms in the east
ern wing that I have not seen for
years. 1 shall be pleased to see them
again."
He looked up at the sound OF APP
preaching footsteps. Lady Carew was
walking down the terrace with some