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

BY GUY THORNE
Sweet is revenge, especially to a
woman."-Lord Byron.
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Grant flushed up
Take ME TO il at once - said
1T is through The Sa-vE2tS aaSr
ters," Mr., Remington answered
This way. q yOU please
The two men hurried away. Tow
I corridors. through Z large raoI
which was full q SsrvaE.& Who Saa-'
ed % In surprise and ass-U SIS -,
passed through three e~aaI AE;Ghgas
where men cooks IN white cars a1t
aprons were moving about 6owE SD
other stone co--a6a- 10 a Massive tra1
plated G22-. wA&cA LED Erto the S-aal
htgh-waued court yard a. he hao& ..
the house.
y shaIg var; voG Remington,
Grant slid trying The door ana ina
lnr II S~aru7ety 1asR@5 = cE2% leave
You here Whom can yaa depend
apoz" 49,
Any one u ths servants I should
th1zk," he house seward answered,
Bu, in q case GRe ghss Il Is S. well
70 ae certain ] ds-e SAY that Mon
s3eu- Copu3D he CHEF woUl6nJ mind
perhaps Il ] explained the Importance
q Il"
Fetch him s, once" Grant broke
81.
IN . minute Remington reappesred
win & po-1.y gentleman with a curl
ing black u10UslaChe and beard, dress
aE ~ G RFaFk ~uH pqEr
In rsniG French Grant explained
the strustinn 70 him You will par
don me. usisu, he said, realizing to
me fuL the importance Of such an
arts; IS C0pptn IN q great London
house Ike this wAS You will par
don me II ] ask You this service. But
something hRs gone very wrong,
something VERY strange has happened,
and Z dare not trust 3 servant. Might
7 ask vDG. u'siel TO sit at the en-
trance III this passage yourself, and
see that no one goes in or put of the
dnni."'
FBr g D5Esent, during Grants ex-
D~lunEriJn, the chef had a slightly Of
air. Then, when he realized
1nE1 tie little duke had actually dis
ElRsETsd. and that, at the moment, he
s2Esd not be found, his face changed
rs expression.
But certainly, m'sieu." he an
'wered. What o ask is a service
which I am glad and proud { o per-
orm. ! myself, /, Coppin. win act as
concierge until a thorough search has
seen made of the mansion"
Grant bowed, smiling within him
elf at the humor OF the situation. and
hen, followed by Remington, he hur-
led back through the kitchens into
he servants hall All the ne and
women there were broken up into
and looking towards the pass
.ge through which Grant and the
steward emerged
Tel. sss= 81 .@ ss@ k=n e
nee, the y8ET1z man said
Remfdg-0u gave the order. and with
!. sgEzz ant azE-zsgw - wonder. Ike
he Noise MATE hT a dlSxas5ed hive Of
,eess ne 5esDle fslSews6 them
IN ne grad aaE ne duehess was
fzafing -zaFhag ssD8dfy 90 her aunt.
'he seaEB we're asgz1kaz 20 fail 0ver
sie seaTF1f6 sses the eyes we're
ssssg s GAIN and terror.
ssu1ssagsx ~ Miss D@es@ag cOmpOsure
ssssaaesf Go aaHs Ssgaw1@d aAs0. and she
vas gaesaa ass nsece sympathsticaIIy
vi sSs sff@Es6ev>
Tke a9sev stood gyasDing the han
xs 90 Eae osaeT han door. the footmen
hDSMN e&e gasce. trying TO look as II
hey we're oceapSed-signaIly falling.
snN casting uneasy giances towards
rnagtgess, which changed into ap.
yr@henEson az al the servants OF the
Tsa1 hc1se came pouring into the
hail
Grant ran up three or four Of the
and leaned against the marble
baIustrade.
Now. look here" he said, "the duke
L. not in his rooms. Nobody knows
where the duke is. We must send
search parties all over the house. Mr..
Remington, viii you kindly make up
OF two. of the servants you
can trust. and send them everywhere?
J will take two men myself; you will
take two men; and duchess,
Miss Decies-you will come with us,
won't you? We will look for Fitxroy
where you think best"
The duchess walked through the
crowd to the bottom steps of the
Eyes, yes" she answered, In a voice
unlike her own, the fright
ened tears g~listening on her cheeks
like pearls in the brilliant light OF the
electric lamps which hung from the
marble roof. Yes, yes; let's be do
ing something quickly. I can't besu
this waiting. Come. where shall we
go first7"
Remington beckoned to two OF the
men. You will go with Mr.. Grant
he said.
TO begin WITH the duchess said
"Oh. to begin with. OF course, we
ought to go back to the nurseries"
She srembled like a leaf as she
First" Miss Decies replied, "a,
would be well to look into every room
Wnls:h opens 0lrecSiyf ataSn the sxn,.ssrS