The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-01-09

ening her to the grave and could not
stand the marytrdom of her position
longer. But Barbara, who was going to
the seaside, begged that she would stay
on until she returned. A child had been
born to Archibald and his wife and Bar
bara was to take the baby with her. but
not the other children. The prospect of
being alone with her children-for Mr..
Carlyle was to be away much of the
time, either with his wife or attending to
his legal or political business-caused Isa-
bel to reconsider her determination and
consent to stay on until Barbara's re-
turn. But after giving her promise she
learned TO her great sorrow that it had
been arranged that the children were to
stay with Miss Cornela at West Lynne.
That masterful old maid had returned to
her own house to live.
And now Archibald Carlyle was in poll
tics. He had been pumped In by COM
mittee which had asked him to stand for
parliament. 1t was a shock to him when
he learned that the government was to
send down candidate to run against him
and that that candidate was Sir Francis
Levison. Carlyle had of course procured
a divorce from Lady Isabel Immediately
after her elopement and had named Levi
son as correspondent
West Lynne was outraged at the send
ing down of Levison to contest the bor-
ough against the man whom he had SO
grievously wronged. 1t was a hard time
Levison had of it but he poured in the
governments money and made speeches.
although the mob hooted and Kissed him
and on one occasion ducked him In a
Shiny pond. The fact that Levison was
again In the neighborhood, that she must
hear his now hated name spoken once
more, added to the remorseful agony of
Isabel.
The campaign began just before Bar
bara left for the seashore. and one day,
driving through West Lynne, she saw
standing in the balcony OF hotel and
addressing a crowd before 1t the man
WHO was running against her husband.
AS sfe looked at him he put up white
jeweled hand and pushed back his hair
In the very manner which Richard had
SO often ascribed to Thorne. Just then
Otway eBthel. who had that day returned
from trip abroad. pushed his way 70
the front of the crowd, looked at Lewiston
with sorf OF surprise and, catching his
eye, maoe a sign of recognition. Barbara
saw Sir Francis turn pale. But he made
no sign in return and coldly stared ut
Bethel as If surprised at his signal. Bar
hera FASTENED to her husband and told
him of what she had seen. Yes. SAID
u
last tc be justified
AL. Dill, Carlyle's clerk, who had been
in the crowd before the hotel. met there
man named James. He had once been a
clerk in Carlyle's office, but for the past
is years had been a rolling stone,
gathering no moss and carrying on var1-
Gus enterprises at a distance from West
Lyme. Recently he had returned and was
once more a lawyers clerk. not for Car
lyle, but for Ball G. freedman, West
Lynne's other law firm. What a cheek he
has to come here,'' said James to Dill.
81 knew Eil Francis when he was about
here before, after Afy Hallijohn. He was
called Thorne then and used to ride over
from a place near Swanson" Dill told
Carlyle what he had heard. Barbara sent
for Richard and he came again, disguised
as usual. He saw Levison and at once
pronounced him to be the man whom he
had known as Thorne. Carlyle was con-
WINGED that the time had come to act, but
he could not act-not against that mank)
1t would look too much like private venS
geancc.
The case was taken to Ball & Tread
man. They Investigated and found that
Francis Levison and Thorne were one
that when he used to ride over to see
Afy he wac stopping at place he owned
near Swanson. They collected much ev-
idence and finally got otway Bethel to
confess that he had seen Thorne riding
away from the Hallijohn cottage after
the murder and that Levison had bribed
him to keep the matter secret. Also he
said that when the fatal shot was fired
he saw Richard Hare standing quarter
OF q milo from the house. Then in the
midst of Ills campaign, Sir Francis Levi
son WIS arrested charged with the muir
der of Hailijohn.
Barbara went to the seaside and Isabel
remained alone. dying rapidly at East
Lynne. Levison was convicted, sentenced
to death and executed. 1t came out at
his trial that Afy Hallljohn had followed
him and not Richard Hare to London.
where Levison had ruined her and left
her. Archibald came back to East Lynne
one night to be informed that Nine. Vino
was dying and wanted to see him. He
went to her room and as he gazed upon
the face before him on the pillow he
cried out, "Oh, Isabel! Can it be possi-
BILE? And you--you-were Nine. Vine?'
He was scarcely conscious of what he
said Forgive was all that the dying
woman could say at first and then she
poured forth her weary, pitiful plea for
forgiveness. He bent over and kissed her
and she died with his forgiveness sooth-
ing the fight Of her soul. Lord Mount
Severen was sent for and he and Archi-
bald were the only two mourners at the
funeral Next to the tomb OF her father
they laid the erring Lady Isabel Vane.
carving on the white stone at her head
only her initials
When barbara returned Carlyle told her
the whole story. AT first shaft of re-
sentiment crossed Barbara's heart but she
threw herself into her husbands arms
and said Il fear ] have not felt toward
her children as should 1t shall now be
my mission to love them and care for
them as IL they were my own" You are
NV wife now and forever Rarbariar