The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-04-23
Hidden
Perils
CHAPTER xxIlf.-fcou,lnued.,
MARY CECIL HAY
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| cried 4 great deaf while tbe answered
The questions put 10 her, bHt grew ian.
fsortant IS she told how deceased had
been 70 the Lodge that night, and box.
when Andrew Brent camp Il few u.nBtes
aftefwafd. they had hish wofls together.
OF af least Andrew bad been very rude
10 Mr. Newley about her. Then Dr.
| We're bad called that very minute 10 see
Miriam. ard ae had been very angry with
Mr.. sewley too. and ti,cy had gone out
together. Dir. Newleg was ecry quiet
he would not say one angry word hut
Ipr. We're had gone Out sery angry. That
was ut dnsx on the night Of the 18th.
and as soon as they had left she was
frightened and ran 10 IIohse for com
Fany.
That was the girls story. and Tor
rajne. ~ she listened. knew by whom ii
had been prompsed-knew IL could not
he contradicsed, because az It's deep sub
stratum of truih-and knew what a faint
Of foul suspicion IL would leave in many
minds.
Again Brent was summoned 30 answer
this charge, and Dr. We're was requested
10 refufe IL III Ii were not true. But
Athol said " was true. and he had even
been complaining Of Mr.. Newley 20 Miss
Gaveston when they had met bin lying
dead. lie could hardly say even nov
that he was sorry for those words. Under
the same circumstance ne should utter
the same again.
Atlaol said 1t was a grave. honest in
dignation. The only respect hc showed
IN speaking of the dead was thar he
brought 40 charge against him. would not
even mention the nncaliei-for and nn-
explained notice which. after the election
he had received TO leave the cottage whore
his father had lived. and where he had.
after bard work and MANI struggles. sue
cseied in establishing his practice. Not
A word Of this did be charge against New
leg. not a word did he say Of Newley'S
enmity for him because Of his friendship
with Isourke Trenaam he only uttered
this spontaneous frank admission of his
feeling al the time he and Newley part
ed. And the very franknrss OF the speech
diSarnled it of all evil In the ears OF most
sho heard.
Yes. ANDREW Brent said. when interro-
gated on what Rhoda had told az thai
evening, yes. he and Mr.. Newley had had
what fthoda called high words. and per
haps she herself had rightly told why.
lie always had hated Mr.. Newley no
one Of Mr.. Trenham's servants could say
anything else. knowing all he'd done and
been since the late masters death at
iIohve. lie had felt angrier than usual
against Mr.. Newley that night. hut Il
didn't matter to him where Mr.. Newley
sA.~a 80 g. agsa~ Ha A.Et e1x 7 do H.
Brent. had gone 10 church. AT Dr. vere's
request. and waited there until service
was over. On his way back TO Winter
field, some half hour or more after that.
he had seen his master lying senseless In
the drive, having evidently been thrown
from his horse. He had not thought of
Mr.. Newley then. lie had thought of
nothing but his own master. But DR..
We're had sent him to the Lodge TO direct
the physicians. He had not seen Mr..
Newley at all until he passed him on the
way To Winterfield. DIR. We're had been
walking backward and forward beside
MIR. Trenham when he had joined him
each time both at FIRST. when he had been
sent back 10 the Lodge, aud the second
time when he had brought the doctors.
al ehkS ~ HatA u a AuitNiltNs
which Was entirely new 10 him and Lor-
raine, glaneing at him. unconsciously he
trayed a little Of the feeling which filled
her beart-closely akin TO gratitude. If
II were not actually SO.
The placid-uitered suggestions Of Sir
Peter Vaughan breathed q faint suspi-
cion. which was intangible and unassail-
able. yet none the more crushing for all
that. DIR. We're was Mr.. Trenham's friend.
he urged. aud Mr.. Trenham had a strong
and powerful interest in the death of the
deceased. The last witness was Mr..
Trenham's servant. a man who was
known to be devoted TO his masters ia.
.erests TO a degree that was, To say the
least, remarkable in a person OF no re-
~finement. and without any particular
claim upon his master. Both these wit
nesses ~tstronsly attached to a man who
was known TO hate and despise the de-
ceasec) had been heard wrangling with
him within the hour of his death. as one
might say. Did not circumstances look.
to say the least. extraordinary?
Sir Peter Vaughan sat moodily in his
seat while the order was given to clear
~ room before the verdict. The story
he had hoped to carry back to Horton
Newley's sister was not proceeding quite
so smoothly as he wished still the xus-
picion was at work. and was still to work.
The verdict was given at laSt-"Accident-
al DEATH"
1T is over. 1t is all over. Athol. Let
us GO" Lorraine said. her eyes burning
with excitement as she laid her hot. rest
less fingers on his arm. Accidental
death, they said. didn't they, Athol?
There was another verdict l fesred. l.
You know 1t, Athoi-'Died BY the Wis
itatiou of Cod Ii they had"
flush. my darling. :" he whispered.
with infinite grief ms tenderness. Your
words will be heard. Come with me-
Later OF in the evening. when Aahol
Lad ridden over from Winterfield for a
few minutes. in tn. effort both to set his
mine ut rest, II possible. ny seeing I>or-
raine. and to tell Of Rourke's continued
ie~isiargyTs Aihol, how hard this was
% tell. each night and morning. after he
lad administered the opiaie. only his own
ieart could know-Mr. Galveston said he
rnl.i seaarn with him.
~ should have gone before. bur that
fG~e been $, anxious abou Lorraine"