The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-18

and coerce powerful newspapers, she and Sibyl were to be stinted in all that they had every right to expect.
 She rose to her feet. tore the letter into dozen pieces. threw the news paper on the floor. and walked to the window. with clenched hands. and a desire to strike some one in the face.
 Mad" she said to herself He must be mad! But I'll get even with this thief who is robbing him."
 She bit her lips and stared out of the window across the lawns and trees of the pork. Tn the distance she could see the splre of the village church, and beyond that the slope of the slope she saw a few white tents and small black figures that moved to and fro.
 She turned away from the window and rang the bell It was answered by her own maid. who was the only servant permitted to enter the bou- doir.
 'Is Father Francis in the village. Haines?'.
 'Yes. madam
 Have you been to any of his meet ingsT
 ''No. madam-not yet. but was thinking to-night-if 1t stays fine--"
 You're not to go. and please tell MT. Morgan. the steward, to give or- ders that no one in this house Is to go to any of the meetings"
 "Yes. madam"
 'If hear of any one disobeying my order. shall dismiss them at once"
 Yes. madam"
 The maid left the room. but before she had closed the door. she was met by a footman. and there were a few VI vhfQnarAd fhafT1 She returned into the rUotn.
 eff you please, madam" she said timidly, "he's come to see you him. self"
 Her" queried Mrs. Lampirthy sharp ly. Who do you meanr'
 This Father Francis, madam. He is waiting downstairs to see you"
 "Tell the men to whip hisn of the premises" said Mrs. Lampirthy. Then she remembered that. although she lived in a feudal castle, she was amenable to the laws of civilization.
 T mean" she continued, as the maid stared blankly, in response to this pe- culiar order. tell him I cannot see him. am busy-engaged."
 In two or three minutes the girl re- turned and handed Mrs. Lampirthy a note.
 As she read 1t. she drowned.
 Tell the man I will see him." she said abruptly, 'in the library"
 Mrs. Lampirthy greeted her visitor with slight bow, and the expression on her face was one that did not interview. It was distinctly hostile.
 I'm afraid I've taken a liberty" he said quickly, but this is a matter of life and death. One of my comrades is very ill There is no doctor with in fifteen miles of this place. If you would lend me one of your motor- cars, it might save a mans life"
 Mrs. Lampirthy hesitated. She had every reason to hate the man who was. as she thought. robbing her hus- band of his money. If some one else had come to her for car to save the life of Father Francis, she would have replied, with the ready excuse of all motorists, that her motor-cars were out of order. But this request was for a stranger-possibly a dupe of the charlatan who stood before her. And though the woman was vain, worldly, and shallow she was capable of womanly pity
 Who is the man?" she asked. "Is it any one from this neighborhood? ?"
 No. His name is Harry Brandon. He Is London man. He Is dying. If you grant me this favor he may be saved. am sure Mir. Lampirthy would wish it.'
 At the mention of her husbands name Mrs. Lampirthy stiffened into an attitude of defiance. The mans words sounded like a threat.
 MT. Lampirthy leaves the manage ment of this house to me-" she replied coldly. Our motor-cars have all been going wrong lately; IT."
 You only came back on one this af- ternoon," he said. Surely that one"