The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-17


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4 you seem, and may have valuable
news for you. Watch Captain Black
ham, live Mt Camberwortli, and he
Is coming to sec some papers ! have
In day or two. You follow the same
day-or come sooner, II you like.
don't trust him, and 1 would beware
OF him II were YOU"
But why--wlat do you mcnn?"
asked Grainger. thrown into amaze-
ment.
~ hardly know yet. and can't know
for certain till you, or lie. come to
II met him for the first time ut
Leowynd Grange Just now, and, from
what passed, I've a fancy he may be
a. relative OF yours. If he Isl he has
good reason for being your enemy and
wishing you were out Of the way"
"a relative Of miner" exclaimed
Granger. astounded.
Its strange fancy, but we'll see
~. Don't forget" she added, bur
riedly; and as she spoke she stopped
the Camberworth carriers cart which
at that moment passed at trot.
| Before Granger came out OF his
surprise the cart was fifty yards
away. "Hi" almost came from him
In shout. Only the presence OF the
sentry checked him. and for the same
reason he could not go to the undig-
/ Unified length OF running after the
| cart.
Tho little old woman had forgotten
| to tell him her name.
III.
AS Granger went to his quarters
he did not know what was passing at
Marston Hall. Nor did Blackham
know 1t, although. as he changed his
hunting suit for his mess uniform In
readiness for dinner, he was still
promising himself that Gladys should
"see." But at that moment the 10y
atty OF Gladys was already being
passed through fire.
my eyes are not blind. Gladys" Sir
Geoffry was remarking. grimly, MY
OF what is due to me. Do you con-
slider who and what he is7 He is
only risen from. the ranks. and appa-
rently is pennlless apart from his pay.
| From to-day you keep Lieutenant
Granger severely at distance. From
what / hear. he Is not welcome mys-
terry. Nobody seems able to discover
anything about his antecedents."
WHO told you that. father?" asked
diduys, HeT suspicious BOlHS at once
to Garth Blackham.
THAT doesn't matter" Sir Geoffry
dismissed. THE point is that in fu-
ture you show Lieutenant Granger
/, nothing but the barest courtesy You
can't help coming across him, Of
course; but llnger more than a mo-
ment in his company, and I shall know
how you respect my wishes. My
heaven! a nice risk OF my daughter
allowing her fancy to settle on pen
nlless nobody!"
eyes dimming. Why would you have
me be SO cruel? His lot is unkind
enough already"
For your own security" retorted
Sir Geoffry, in CALLED tone. II don't
! want to have to go to extremes. but
II you don't respect my wishes I will
tell your mother to refuse every In
vitation out between now and our re-
turn to town. don't want to have
to send you from the Hail."
Why are you so hard on httn?"
voice. and added, He was coming to
see you in a day or two"
Sir Geoffry took quick stride to her
and clutched her arm. Whats" he ex
claimed angriy; "has it come to that?"
II was ready to share his lot re-
piled Gladys. with bent head.
For moment Sir Geoffry looked at
her, paroxysm of wrath crushing his
words. Then he burst out:
Say another word. and I'll .
Pack your boxes-pack your boxes"
he broke off. You leave the Hall in
the morning!"
AS the last words came from him he
reeled. Foam oozed from his lips. and
he fell headlong on the floor. The
! storm had been too much for him:
he was in an epileptic At. Gladys
dropped upon her knees, tearing open
his collar, weeping in her fear for
him. and crying out for additional
help. She felt only the terror and pity
of It, not knowing that Heaven had
/ interviewed for her.
Three days passed before Sir Geoffry
was himself again. and the third was
the day chosen by Garth Blackham
for his fateful journey to Gambler
i worth. He rode his own hunting hack
and ten minutes after he had left the
depot Granger hurried into the town
and engaged motor-car. Like Black
ham, he took the road to Camberworth.
4 Granger had the feeling OF being
. on the edge Of crisis in his life.
1 Blackham had openly treated him with
4 contempt. and at the mess table had
HldQ6 frequent SdTCdSllC references u
"men who did not know their own
fathers" There was no mistaking to
"A whom these mean innuendoes We're in
tended to apply; they We're half hints
that the officers mess of the Ninety
seventh Hussars might have their
eyes opened before long, and the effect
E was to beget for Granger cooler
"a and more distant treatment than ever
They were three days OF miserable
n humiliation for him. That Blackhan
was employing every device to hound
him from the regiment, or to get him
4 disgraced from it. there was no mis-.
taking. One Of the colonel's rings was
found in his quarters. and 1t would
have gone hard with him then had not
the good-natured commanding officer
accepted his assurance that he knew
nothing of it.
More than once, Blackham had pro
voked him almost to the pitch OF
blows.
Only the devotion Of Gladys strengths
ened him, so utterly was he ostracised