The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1910-11-04

| nave seen is Ian, lHdL L LOOK ludL
message from her, and there was no
thought of Gervais in his anger; it
was all against her. l shall never
forget it, never; and Dorothy has
lied to me, as she has lied to her hus-
band. Oh, l cannot remain here;
the misery of it will be too much for
me-" She claSped her hands together
so tightly as almost to hurt them.
ITO live day by day. and see him so
| deceived, wasting his great love, for
Dorothy does not really love him;
she could not love him and treat him
as she does; vet, can I go when there
is such trouble around? Perhaps be-
fore to-day is out. Dorothy's name
will have been dragged into this!
The shame would almost kill him.
| What shall l do? | am so helpless,
so powerless to avert this danger!"
1t was thus she had gone on all
the morning, she had touched no
food; her head swan and her limbs
trembled; but her brain lived keenly
| and acutely through her bodily weak
| ness, working and struggling with
| the mass of troubled thoughts that
seemed to gather in multitude each
| minute.
The day dragged slowly away.
Dorothy and Enid met at luncheon,
| but neither spoke, and each was
grateful that Gervais had been called
away, and could not be present.
Ends eyes wandered every now
and theL to her cousins face. She
was astonished to see it so calm, con-
sidering the share Dorothy had had
in the affair.
There was annoyance and selfish
| fear expressed in the steel-gray orbs,
and round the cold mouth, but be-
| yond that Enid could trace nothing;
| self was the one strong feeling in
Dorothy's breast, and she betrayed
| that feeling in her face.
'Has-has anything happened?"
she asked, abruptly. as the meal
er Ie,,.
81 have not heard; but 1 have been
upstairs all the morning"
They relapsed into silence again,
and The afternoon wore away in the
same painful fashion.
Dorothy brought her books into
the drawing room and Enid pretend
ed to do some work; but the books
were not opened, and Fnid's needle
lay untouched in the embroidery.
Perhaps Gervais' wife OWNED that
the girl did not believe that ready lie
she had invented; at all events.
strange though it may seem, Dorothy
grew uncomfortable alone with Enid.
She was not wont to let conscience
trouble her as rule, but Ends
great, truthful eyes always seemed to
gaze into her heart.
Gervais came in about five o'clock.
Dorothy was too frightened to speak
as the door opened and he came in.
What if they had found the man, and
it was proved that he had seen her?
His first words dispelled that fear.
''The search is positively hopeless"
he said, as he took her in his arms
and kissed her; they can find no
trace. Myself, l am beginning to
question whether they have not been
on the wrong scent altogether, and
that your poor old pensioner has been
terribly maligned. By the way, my
darling, what is he called? You
never told me-"
Dorothy moistened her lips, and
thought wildly for some answer.
She had never heard this mans name.
81 have always called him old
old Joe, dear; 1 don't know what his
other name is"
"Old Joe! That is not very dis
tinct. And where does he live? Was
he one of your poor people when you
were at Knebwell?"
ooh, no! He-he was a poor old
man l helped at Weir Cottage"
Dorothy laid her head on his
shoulder to hide her pale, vexed face
'At Weir Cottage. Then, doubt
less. he has gone back to that neigh
borhood. I suppose 1 ought to give
information of this to Reynolds"
''Oh, don't!" Dorothy pleaded,
clinging to him with what he thought
was tenderness, but which in reality
was sudden fear. 'sPoor creature, 1
am certain he had nothing to do with
t. Don't you remember how thin
and miserable he looked when he was
caught by Virginie; he could not
have killed spider. much less a
man."
with you az his defender he must
be guiltless," Gervais said. with a
faint smile; then he sat down in a
chair as she loosed her hold and
passed his hand over his brow.
"The whole thing troubles me
dreadfully," he observed in a weary
tone; 1T goes to my heart to think
that he was brutally murdered. and
we so near, yet not able to give
helping hand"
why distress yourself about
that?" Dorothy replied a trife con-
temptuously; she could not under
stand such feelings. you were not
to bIame."
oh thank Heaven. no." he an
swered, and at his deep, earnest
tones Ends heart thrilled with sud-
den joy, as she felt that her trust
was we'll founded, then sunk with
pain as she realized Dorothy's double
dealing once again.
Dorothy, turning her head. caught
the expression on Ends face, and
without word she swept suddenly
out of the room.
Gervais leaned back and a weary,
troubled air new to him settled on
his brow.
You look so tired. Lord Derri-
man." Enid said. rising and coming
forward; "iet me order you some
tea?"
Gervais woke from his thoughts to
smile at her.
"Tea," he said lightly. "The best
panacea in the worll. Where is Dor
othy?"
She has just gone away, but she
never drinks tea. and so I will"
Enid was interrupted as she was
about to touch the bell by sounds of
wheels in the grounds, then by a