The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
CHAPTER vIII.-(Continued.

had been half murdered and then rob-
bed, but the wretches had time TO get
off. and not a trace of them has ever
been seen since"
They must have been hard up in
deed to be reduced to robbing me! ]
shouldn't have thought 1 was worth
IT. l don't remember what money ]
had; but my watch-an excellent time
keeper-was n of those cheap silver
ones / bought II in the Strand. and
I think it cost thirty-ive s~hillings."
You can remember that? And yet
you cannot remember what happened
that day. or what the men werc like,
or how many of them. nor how you
travelled down?"
Not IN the very least. / bought the
watch last year. / can remember be-
ing in London In M~ay-nothing more
You do not remember that Lord
Netherville's valet met you at Victo-
ria and gave you a message for us?"
mo, 1 cannot remember it"
when he came down by the later
train, he was in a frightful state OF
mind about YOU. You see he believes
that you were attacked instead of him'
because he was bringing dow a very
valuable pearl necklace in his pocket
What on earth was Netherville do
ing with a pearl necklace IN his pock-
et?" inquired Carroll in surprise.
Agatha grew very red indeed, and
looked down.
II was bringing it to meas a
present" she answered at length in a
low voice.
sTo yo,0 oh AGATHA whv1 Rnt I
think / can guess, You are engaged
to Netherville?"
Il was for a short tme| am no
now. / have broken it off" she said,
falteringly.
Broken it off. Why. in the name OF
fortune? Netherville is a capital chap.
Sc you and he were engaged? Well,
this is news to me, But. ny dear girl
you mustn't really throw him over
this must be seen to. 1 shall insist up
on things being made up. l must write
to him."
"Oh, please, please. Rupert. do no
do anything of the kind. The whole
thing was a mistake. and it is quite,
quite over. Pray do not ask me any
more. I know / have treated him very
badly. but 1 cannot help that I~lcould
not marry him."
You women are cruel creatures.
You think nothing at all of breaking
a mans heart. l confess I cannot un-
derstand you, Aggie? Where would
you find a better husband. 1 should
like to known"
Il do not expect to do so. / do not
want a husband, I shall never marry
she answered hurriedly. her eyes fill
ing with tears. while she turned her
head away so that he should not see
We'll, / consider you treated him
shamefully. so throw him over for nc
reason"
IT had a reason" she replied almost
in a whisper. Il did not love him."
"Bosh!" he replied CONTEMPORARY
and angrily, you ought to have found
out that sooner when he first asked
you to marry him."
That was all the sympathy Agatha
got from him. Miss Carroll came into
the drawing room. and. with a heart
aching and smarting with his cold and
Disappearing words. the o girl slip
per out of the room a her god-motheI
entered
lAA jill 0 AEt ~
knew what the real reason is?" she
cried to herself as she stood alone out
side in the hall. IF he knew nat II
was because I love him. and him only.
1 always did love hint was only
Netherville's likeness to him that at
tracted me for a little while. but wher
he was brought back bleeding and life
less. and / thought hat he was dead
then. then / realized that 1t Is Rupert
only whom I love, and that his cousin
could never be anything to mel But
i am no more to Rupert han the
wind that blows across the garden. He
only thinks of me as a sister. Oh
shall I ever win his love. or warm hi,
cold heart into Hfe?'
Meanwhile Miss Carroll had taker
her place by her brothers couch.
well. Sir James has gone" she be
gan. cheerfully. He feels sure tina
there is no permanent injury to you,
brain. and that you will regain you
memory entirely and perfectly. Il will
depend probably upon your bodil,
health and strength. 1t may come bacl
TO you by degrees. or again it ma,
come back to you suddenly-in on,
mOmcnl"Ol OdoCA oeAi ~ may IclQIl
at first partially. in sort of patches
he Hkened It to the sun coming
through mist-that gives out gleam
and then vanishes again before 1t thor
oughly succeeds In sweeping then
away before Its rays. All that yol
have TO do Is to lead a very quiet life
and not increase the pain in your hea,
by worrying yourself over 1t. Ate
all. unless you could have identine,
the wretches who attacked you. the
fs nothing else that IL very much mat
tiers your having forgotten latteriy. 1
there?"
II suppose not" then for a few mo
ments he was silent. Louie, Aggi
tells me I was at some place on tn
river before this happened. What wa
the name Of tit"
You were staying at an ninth
George Inn,' Chatsweil: It II a villag
not far from Abingdon. I believe"
Again Rupert was silent. ponderini
deeply. The name conveyed no sor
of idea to him, and yet his mind coul
not refrain from cropping about In tn
darkness that enveloped It.
You came away at an hours no
LlCc, continued LIE 1aAAOhb DCCddo
I wrote and asked you to come to u
for the Sunday. You left nearly a.
your belongings behind you. so / tele
graphed to the landlord OF the inr
and had them sent up to Paddingtot
Station. where Netherville was 9
obliging as to SEND his servant to fetc.
them and take them to his rooms "
Victoria street. / knew you would 10
want them all down here. so / JUS
sent for a few necessaries. and you
cousin has given the rest OF ther
house-room till you want them"
Il daresay it's all right" said Ru
pert. abstractedly. by the way
Louise" he continued. with more ami
nation, what is all this about Neither
ville's having been engaged to Aggit
and her breaking it off. Why did sh
throw him over? 1t seems a grea
pity"
ut Is a terrible pity" answered hi
sister with a sigh. 1T was a goo
match. and 1 like Lord Netherville.
had never seen him. as o know, be