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

she felt it her true relationship to the
young man and held him in strong and
uncompromising leading strings. Thai
Archibald had grown up and was compe-
tent to manage his own affairs never oc-
CURED to her. That he should buy Easi
Lynne without consulting her was in hel
mind of a piece with his wrongdoing that
time he spoiled his white frock by rolling
in the grass a while ago-Mlss Cornelia
was oblivious of how long a while ago.
Mr.. Carlyle was seated In his office the
next morning when Barbara Hare was
bara was Mr.. Justice Hare's daughter,
his only child now, he was accustomed
to think, for his other child. his son
Richard, had been mixed up In a murder
case, the murder of Mr.. Hallijohn, who
had lived alone with his flirtatious daugh-
ter Afy (chrlstened Aphrodite) in a cot
tage in the Abbey wood. The man had
been found lying on the floor of his kitch-
en- dead and Richard Hares gun was be-
side him. Richard had disappeared i'm
mediately after the murder, had been in
dieted for it, pronounced guilty and sem
fenced to death should he ever be caught.
Afy. also. had disappeared and every
body thought she had gone to join Rich
ard. The years had passed and most
people thought that Richard was dead.
The stern old father swore a solemn oath
before his fellows of the bench after the
conviction of Richard that, should his son
ever dare to return to West Lynne. he
himself would be the first to hand him
over to justice. OF his sons guilt he had
no doubt
Not so poor patient. gentle Mrs. Hare.
She believed in her sons innocence in
spite of all, and that some day he would
come back to her and prove his freedom
from crime Her heart was broken-that
yearning, longing mother heart-and day
after day and year after year she sat and
watched and visited and hoped and
mourned Justice Hare had no conception
of his wife's feelings IN the matter-couId
have none by reason of his temperament
obstinate, stern, Just, unsympathetic Mrs.
Hare's illness was largely imaginary he
thought, and he said she should arouse
herself. make an effort. OF course, hfs
sons name was a forbidden one in that
household after what had happened. But
In Barbara Mrs Hare found sympathy
and a consolation, though even Barbara.
with her robust health, high spirits and
strong will. was sometimes impatient at
her mothers ceaseless complainings and
lack of mental force.
The houses of the Hares and the Car
lyles stood side by side, and Archibald
and Barbara had grown up together like
brother and sister. AS sister Archibald
still regarded Barbara, but into Barbara's
heart there had entered another love than
that of sister-love for the young law
yer. She loved him and she knew ft-and
loved him and was angry that he should
not know 1t also. How anxiously she
watched for any little sign from him
that he regarded her not as a sister, but
as something deafer- watched only to be
But hope was strong in
Barbara-hope and determination. 1t was
her brothers affairs and not her own.
however, which had brought her to the
office of Archibald Carlyle this morning.
"Oh, Archibald" said she, "I have a
strange thing to tell you-Richard IL
here" Richard here, in East Lynne!"
exclaimed the lawyer. Yes. he appeared
last night in disguise, and he signaled me
from the grove of trees near the house
And, oh, Archibald, he says he is inno-
cent OF the murder. He has been in Lon
dom all this TINA
mention 1t, but he is very poor and Is
working in stable yard And he wants
some money. hundred pounds, and ma
ma has been told-I told her-and she Is
tc five 1t to him. And he wants to see
hiss I'd she wants to see him-we shall
try 90 arrange it for tonight, when papa
will be away Then the girl told him
Richards story of the murder as Rich
ard had told 1t to her
He had been a sutton of Afy Halli-
John, as had many others, among them
4 man named Thorne, stranger to
those parts, who used to ride over
nights from the direction Of Swanson.
a town ten miles away. Richard had
promised to loan Halnjohn his gun
the night of the murder. Afy had
come to the door and taken the gun
to give TO her father, who was pres
emily to return home, but she would
not let Richard come in--Thorne was
with her. Richard lurked about fro
place. filled with jealous but impotent
rage. In the woods he saw Otway
Bethel. ne'er-do-well fellow of a rood
family. always broke" and much given
TO poaching. Also he had seen Locks
ley, gamekeeper, there. After taking
A turn through the woods Richard had
come back within sight of the cottage,
when he heard the sound of a gun and
saw Thorne run out, evidently in great
excitement and alarm, mount his hore
and gallop away. Ricnard ran to the
house, opened the door and stumbled
over the body of Halli1ohn. A great
terror seized him. It flashed over h i'm
that the dead body would be found, and
his gun lying beside It. He called Ary.
but no one replied. He seized his gun
and started out Of the door. Lock sley
was passing. Richard opened the door
again and threw the gun inside Then
ne fed although Locksley called out
TO him to stop In the woods he en-
countered Bethel. who must have seen
Fhorne pass. did you see that hound
go by?" asked Richard. What hound?"
'Thorne." IT don't know any Tborne
and have seen nobody go by" answered
Bethel. A few hours later the young
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