The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-04-30

7 walking Z MS Steer LET Us zoos
into eyerr rcora which opaas on 70
the gallery" -
YES voare ylSat, Miss Deeie&'
Grant answered Come, 10 not lei
rs waste : HroUfea'-'
He SpranS up the stairs, followed oS
the aacseS< the old lady, z the 'WV
rrsr detailed 10 at;ea3 on him by me
hogSa steward, while Remington MINI
self nesan 10 organize search parties
srscax the remaining &oEleSticS below
II uas row = u,,le after 10 o'clock
sn8 fur halt an hear Grant and his
/ ~ca..usa&aaS urtGt through the many
/ rooms opening On 10 the gallery,
I Three ~ foar SWITCHES were turned
M 4 Aar& ot light illuminated every
recess q the sraa; picture room
where The Remhr&Rd,s and Mu'
-uo hung and ,haI was shown TO be
-yya-Nv Cwrsv. / rabbit could not
have hidden in il. Several state beg
-aa-,S in which princes and Processes
az the Georgian SCu>e had stayed TOOK
2aace- 20 examine. but proved equally
VOID a al, information
Thew came to Miss Decies' W
sas--sae> which were three en- suite.
-se nr.,s marble bathroom was gleam-
s-c and snrIy. 4 very short eXami-
milton <r@cs& to show that the big,
~r.m >.y,5nS room. with its Early Vic
tarsaz furniture and all that style OF
decoration which she had admired in
Ne- vaurA and which the old lady still
c2urE 10 re~sOlutely. could not harbor
even TIE most mischieyOuS little boy
tempted 10 play at h~ide-and-seek. In
TIE bed room il was the same. 1t
was hardly worth while to open the
big mahogany wardrObes and presses,
10 glance behind the hangings of the
vast four-poster bed.
Miss Decies had been in the sitting
room. which opened into the bed room,
for more than an hour, and it was
impossible that the child should have
hidden in or been conveyed to her
apartments.
And it was the same with all the
rooms which opened on to
the gallery. The ball room, the yell
low room, the Louis QuatorZe ante
room, the great crimson drawing
room, m and all, proved fruitless to
search.
At half past ten Grant, the duchess
and Miss Decies, the various groups of
servants, and the houekeeper and
house steward met once more in the
great hall.
Now a real terror blanched the faces
Of every one; the excited voices of
half an hour ago we're hushed. White
faces were turned in mute astonish-
ment to one another. Fear brooded
all the splendor of the famous
vestibule of 10Oa. Piccadilly.
Your grace" Remington said. in
4 deep voice which trembled with
and excitement-'your grace.
every nook and corner of the house
has been searched, and Ii is certain.
As far as human understanding can
that his grace has gone"
The duchess looked at the man for
4 moment. swayed a little, and then.
a sound, sank back in a dead
faint. being caught just before she
have fallen upon the purple
floor by Grant and Miss Decies.
They carried her into the small blue
drawing room and laid her on a couch,
where, within a minute, smelling
salts and Eau-de-C cologne, which Miss
produced with automatic sud-
denness. revived her. She came back
into the world of consciousness white
and shuddering. and the first person
on whom her eyes fell was Michael
Grant.
She was very quiet and restrained.
Michael" she said, ''Fftzroy has
disappeared; there can be no doubt
Of that. My boy has been taken away.
How or why | do not know. Some
thing sinister and terrible has hap
pened in this house. We must send
for his two guardians at once. Don't
you think so, Aunt Augusta
The best and wisest thing to do,
poor Beatrice" Miss Decies an
swered, her hard old lace much moved
and altered by the events of the last
hour.
Ito Be continued)