The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-05-09

Great Suit was ended and he had won,
hut the lawyers all laughed as they
rathered up their papers--for the
whole estate had been swallowed up
NV costs, ana the winner was as pen
niIess as he had been in the begin
ming. y,,,raan
vent "a his poor lodgings. where he
lived with Ada kiss me. Dame Dur
den" said Richard. Then ne heio
John Jarndyce's hand and hstenea
while his cousin told him how they
wo,ld Ali live together again at Bleak
House now that the clouds had clear
al away, The clouds cleared away
even then. Richard laid his tired neaa
on Ada's breast and with one partins
sob passed into the world that sets
s'i During all this time Mr.. Tulking--
horr Tnsty. unobtrusive. worked
avav at his quest for the secret 70
he ADDED to his collection. AT last
he Nal It In his hands, ana tnat Jay
he allowed my lady Deadlock to kno"
what he knew.
~ consider only Sir Leicester Ded-
lock in this" said he to her. pu.
YOU aside entirely. II L decide tnat :,
= hest for him not to know 1t I will
not fell him. II / decide otherwise I
will tell him without further notice
That night she slipped out of her
Great Iondon house, rnuffled in lark
cloak. and visited the old lawyers
chambers to plead with him. next
morning all London was shocked py
the news that Mr.. Tulkinghorn mac
hean found dead in his rooms. shot
through the heart.
No one was more shocked than Sir
Leicester Dediock. That man who
had been hts confidential lawyer
should be murdered seemd to him tne
most audacious crime that ever was
convteted He announced that ne
would spare no expense or EFFORT 70
hunt down his slayer and he deigned
to receive the redoubtable Inspector
Bucket personally and follow all his
reasoning and exploration into tina
distasteful mysteries of crime.
NY Lady Dedlock. more beautiful
than ever, but little pale. listened
with her naughty expression, her
bored. proud features. her impressive
elegance. But her eyes never left
those of Inspector Bucket.
Day after day Inspector Bucket
came to report. His forefinger mark.
ed each step in his Investigations. Ev-
ery day that forehnger seemed to be-
come more impressive. more--accua-
ing.
Bleak House seemed far enough
withdrawn from the great fashion,
able world that was stirred by Mr..
Tulkingh orn'sde ath. Yet 1t was to
Bleak House that Mr.. Bucket posted
very suddenly.
Not a monument TO lose" said he
to John Jarndyce. Lady Dedlock
has fed. fearing that she Is suspect
ed Of having murdered Mr.. Tulking-
horn. She is desperate, and. so far az
we know, penniless. Sir Leicester
Ded1ock has charged me to find her
and bring her back to him assured Of
his forgiveness, I have found which
way she went; but II follow. she
will think am pursuing her to ar.
whom she will not fear. That is Miss
summerson. Every minute Is worth
thousand pounds"
John Jarndyce hurried to call Es-
Their and she was ready before even
the anxious Inspector Bucket had
been waiting long enough to grow
impatient. In a jiffy he had her In a
coach. In another Jiffy they were
dashing madly along the highway
Bucket told her what had happened.
Mr. Tulkinghorn. said he had sus-
pected long ago that Lady Dedloclk
hada secret. He had watched her in
vain till her agitation at the sight OF
the handwriting threw her on her
guard. He found that the writer had
bssn a Captain Hawdon: and he found
letters in his room that proved that
he ami she had been In love and that
daughter had been born to them
some years before she met and mar
ried Sir Leicester Dedlock.
Inspector Bucket had come into the
case when Mr.. Tulkinghorn desired
him to find the woman who had paid
10 to show her the scene OF Captain
Hawdon's miserable life and death.
JOS description OF her gown and bon
net had led him to- Lady Dediock,s
discharged maid, Mile. Ffortense.
They paid her to pose for 10 in the
lawyers chambers and there assured
themselves that It had been not sas