The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-12-22
CHAPTER XIV.
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SIDNEY CREMEhS CHAUFFEUR.
Il 10 letter was forwarded to the
Hill Farm from the theater at
Bonnerstown for the very
\ good reason that Miss Moon,
having found one for Mr.. r. Gordon,
opened, read and out Of sheer spite de-
stroyed it. with its several Enclosures.
The envelope was addressed In Bill
Vikings appropriately beautiful
handwriting, and there was a short
note from him saying that he had
great pleasure in inclosing two letters
Just arrived from England; also that
he sent his ''undying love to Lille de
Lisle."
One OF the English letters blazed TO
the actress dazzled eyes with gilded
coronet and began: MY Own Darling
val-How can you ever forgive me for
not answering your poor. dear cable
gram? But of course thought II was
from that horrible wretch Foxham. 1t
seems now he sold your ticket, for the
Baltic and sailed for Australia. All
sorts Of reports came in about him di-
rectly after you must have sailed. and
/ learn now that even before you left
James Marlborough suspected him be-
cause of some forged check he'd heard
of-I'm really too confused and upset
TO remember how or when or what.
But In any case it was most remiss Of
\ James not to have instantly warned
you against the man. even on the
slightest suspicion"
Tbs was only the beginning or the
coroneted letter, which had no para
graphs and very few Fluctuations.
Jealous still. Miss Moon was relieved
to see that the signature was Your
Adoring Mother" but she was at q
loss to understand illusions to duch-
esses and other persons Of title. In
deed. it would have appeared to her
like a property" letter TO be read on
the stage by an aristocratic hero OF
melodrama had il not been for the post
Office order for $500. which II contain
ed. This she threw into the fire that
Gordon might not benefit by 1t.
The other letter inclosed had no cor
onet and was signed your affection
ute cousin. Betty" At the end was 4
postscript In different hand. which
seemed somehow 10 suit tile rather
dashing signatlre-"Jim."
This second letter was even more
difficult than the first for an uninitiat-
cd person TO understand. and II .rri-
tated Miss Moon TO high pitch OF
nervousness.
."It was partly joke and partly ear
nest, but Il had good motive wrote
Betty. II guessed the morning your
really very conceitcd letter about the
New York intpductions came that Jim
had something quaint up his sleeve
10 spring upon you when you'd arrived
in America. but | didn't know what.
To tell the truth. Val. was even more
disguised than Jim bv your cool way
OF assuming that sou had only 20 show
yourself 10 pick and choose among all
the incest as well as richest girls. !
should have loved TO box your ears.
and I said. or course we won't give
him any letters, and I'll tell him Just
what we think OF him: then maybe
he won't CO. But Jim said: Yes, we
will give him the letters. and he shall
90. We may find another way OF
teaching him lesson, way that will
DO him good IL he's worth being done
good to-
THAT was all. end as Jim didn't re.
fer TO the subject again after We post.
cd the letters Of introduction the con.
versation slipped my mind. l didn't
think any more about Il until weird
things began to be copied into London
papers from New York ones and your
mother wired Jim to ask what. IL any.
thing. could be done TO punish Fox
ham. You see. she thought you were
on the Baltic.
"Iini soothed al her worries. so you
needn't be anxious aboat her. as Of
course you would II you thought she'd
been alarmed When I saw para
graphs III the papers | talked 70 Jim.
nnd Il was only then TINT be told me
what he'd done. how X WIS all his
fault really. aud be was very sorry.
because everything had turned out a
bot worse for you than he'd ever
dreamed Of wanting IL to Be. Fate
took n hand in the game and played II
for al Il was worth Jim said.
1T seems that Foxham. your man.
asked Jim to cash check signed by
yau ore night not long ago. Don't you
remember when he and were nt bat.
ticinead and you came down for Sat.
day 70 Monday? Jim suspected some.
thing wrong. bit wouldn't speak 70
sou iill he'd made sure. because that
Mou'dut have teen fair, and Foxham
was suc.i sn invaluable valet. A few
! days later. when Jim was making in.
quirics about the man. he found out
. that the horrid creature had actually
impcrsonated you nt two or three no.
tells aud run up bills IN your name. II
. was the very evening before your let
ter about America came that Jim gol
, the first part of this information. and
, day BY day more Kept coming in up e
the time when we heard Foxham had
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