The Detroit times., 1910-05-09
CHAPTER Xiv.

Found!
Is NJ EXPRESSION OF shame. no woldICf
regret came from Lady Altamont. she
turned away IN the direction OF the
door She was beaten all along me
lime. and she knew IL. II was nothing
no her that she had practically heeh
accused of the attempted murder ol
her own sister. She made NO attenhp.
ia DENY that she would have been
lgulty OF that TO hide her crime. NJ
the same time. she was puzzled an"
.Lafaed She had not been entirely
'told how her enemies had got the best
of her. Burles followed her thoughts
with a grim smile on his face
III seems TO me that YOU are Ne(
Iweu out OF this" he said. on are
lucky not TO be standing in the docs
10 answer most serious charge We
Twin not detain you any longer
THAT Is very good OF You. Lazy
Altamont sneered. "Will you kihdN
show me the way back again
Burles expressed his Willingness 10
Ida so An awkward silence foHo"e"
lrhe exit of the two. Then, before any
body could say anything. the door
hurst open. and Colville came IN
Aflsa followed close behind.
Ailsa had come straight back after
seeing Grace home. She had tarTled
lust long enough % make sure tEaV
Burles was no idle boast AZ to the dls'
monds Surely enough the Drown
PAPER parcel had reached the genera,
tpostoffice all right and Scouahuya'u
had already taken steps to prevent Il
being delivered.
And now | can go back with
fairly easy mind. Ailsa smiled.
What is your next move. Mr.. burles
Are you going my way
~ am most certainly going next
door TO YOU. Burles responded grlhiy'
| The time has come to have htti"
Interesting conversation win Lazy
| Altamont. | should not wonder III the
least if we met under your roof before
many hours are over.
II was different Ailsa from the
pallid. shrinking girl who had ieft me
house q few hours before. she ie'
strong enough now for anything. only
she was lust a little taken aoack 10
see Colville enter the house Just De
fore her. The old man had gone
straight 10 his own room. he had car
RED some papers in his hands lie
seemed TO be greatly disturbed ABOUT
something.
But Aiisa's first care was as To the
invalid She was going up the stars
in the direction Of the bedroom wheh
Colvlhe preceded her. He was 50
put out and disturbed that he didn
seem 10 see that Ailsa was there al ali.
And what did Colville mean by gong
M like this straight 10 the nValo
bedroom?
The cid man was muttering to MN
self he seemed to be angry ABOUT
something. He did not know that me
girl was so close behind him.
His face was white with passion. MS
grey hair was ruffled over his Tor
head. So threatening was his aspect
that Ailsa drew instinctively nearer
to the figure in the chair
so have got TO the bottom OF thiS
business at last. Colville foamed cor
the last week or two YOU have beeh
, nursing my vile in my own mouse.
As 10 you. Susan, you can PACK UP am
clean out at once. Your husband mas
come home. II will he sufficient pun.
ishment for YOU 10 meet MIN again.
But old Susan trembled at the name
of her husband no longer She smiled
softly. II have friends who VIII look
after me now" she said II am not
likely 10 act as domestic drudge ana
slave any longer shall be glad 70
90 back 10 my own sphere OF HE IL
had not had the misfortune TO marry
o scoundrel, | should never have come
Gown TO This My secret is knowa
now: the history OF my husband ~
mot a secret 10 the police. am never
he
20 his own way for me. Tell him so,
IL YOU like Tell him that, If he at
,enipts to see me. | shall say only one
word TO Inspector Burles. OF Scotland
ward who Is now in this house, ann
then Thomas can look 10 himself. And
/ look to yourself also, Archibald Col
vile DO YOU suppose ! have been IN
1 this house all these years for nothing
DO YOU suppose that could not tell
"A rale? Ave. YOU may sheer, and sug
gest that | have PLAYED the caves
= drcppcr. IL does not hurt me But |
, know enough. and more than enough,
land YOU are aware of IT, care moth
ing now that have powerful friends
behind me And this poor wife of
yours"
, Coyile suddenly changed his man
luer lie glanced from Susan TO the
lady In the chair In vague and undo
cided kind OF way II was quite evi-
p dent that NJ had met his match.
, Everybody is against me-. he said
, 4 am the victim OF conspirators.
whose names even are utterly un-
known to me- Thomas was lured all
, the way 10 America by an ingenious
r fraud and then kept ont of the way
: lby my enemies Everything played
for their hand even the t0ct thar ny
eye-sight was failing And that rascal
John Stern posed AS Thomas and
learnt everything there was 10 learn
Then the real Thomas comes back to-
day. and he finds things out for M.
Though, why my wife should hide
= here
she didn't hide here Ailsa suid.
She WAS brought here az the point
% death When she came had M
idea who she was bui Susan knew
everything Md thi, she told me-
Nour poor wife told nae her history
700 II is wonderful thai she looks So
Young considering what she has hal
tu go through She married YOU cx
pectine good home She did not know
THAI Won married on uf pique AZ thu
loss ut another woman The was
Young and pretty then. she was 'o-t
beginning \tO make progress Oh the
stage And by your neglect and your
Tyranny YOU drove her from YOU into