The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11
Through a
Woman's Heart.
By Sidney Warwick.
By Sidney Warwick.
CHAPTER XIV. tcon,inued.,

CHAPTER XIV. {continued.)
From the lane skirting the field he
had heard sudden yelp OF pain from
. dog. and q girls passionate, indig.
nent voice: You coward" The
next moment Lathom was making his
way quickly towards the gap in the
hedge.
In the lane. not more than a few
yards away from the opening in the
hedge. was a door In the wall of Ralph
Strangways' grounds. and few min
utes before Jack heard the cry Miss
Strangways and her King Charles
spaniel had walked down the lane to
this door.
Two men were coming behind her
ct some little distance, one Of them
the tiny man whom the publican had
described to Joe as looking like a
broken down Jockey; the other was
taller man. with an appearance
equally unprepossessing. As Marga-
ret Strangways was opening the door
In the wall with her key the two men
ran forward.
Excuse me, MISS. said the small
er man. as the girl, her suspicious at
once aroused. pulled the door to and
stood holding the handle. but my
friend here and me. we want to sec
your father. the Squire, urgently"
~Mr. Strangways cannot be dis
turbed by any callers" the girl said.
quietly but decisively.
''Oh. we shouldn't distrub him.
Why, II the Squire knew was in the
neighborhood. that's ridden many q
winner for him In the old days." said
the little man. with an important
laugh, hes be rs pleased to see me
~ beggar Is guild! They wouldn't
sven take message In at the other
gates. tell you we must see him.
You cannot see Mr.. Strangways,"
the girl said, with hauteur in her
voice. She recognized the class OF
men they were-hangers-on of the
turf. spying out information.
"Oh. that be hanged for a fairy
tale!" broke in the taller man. "Are
you afraid Of anyone seeing the old
man."
The girl turned cold. proud face
to him.
"You are not coming in" she said.
speaking very distinctly, Withdrawing
the key from the lock, as though she
suspected their intention.
"Oh. think we are!"
The speaker glanced round as he
spoke. The lane was deserted. He
suddenly seized the girls wrist rough
ly. making her vince with pain. and
tried to wrest the key from her fin-
gers. The dog fiew at the mans leg:
he gave It a savage kick.
You coward!" cried the girl. pas.
sionately. And with her disengaged
hand she struck the man full In the
face.
I'll pay You out for this. my LADY,"
he cried. savagely. "Quick with that
key. Tiny"
II was Just at that moment that
Jack Lathom appeared In the lane
through the gap In the hedge. He
was not particularly brilliant actor
On the stage In heroic parts. but now.
when the situation happened to be
real life. he did It rather well.
In something less than two seconds
The taller man was spinning against
the wall under a blow that caught
him full on the chin. making his teeth
rattle like castanets: and Lathom
was staring at the man who had Just
received the full force OF his list In
sudden amaxement.
For the evil. passion-distorted face
had taken him suddenly back into the
past, startling him with q swift re-
hinder OF the unsolved mystery OF
Philip Hume's death.
1--WE seen your face before. my
man." he cried, betrayed by his sur
prise into words that he regretted
he instant they were spoken: you're
The man who asked at the club ut
rellsgarth for q Mr.. Carr!"