Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-28

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that she experienced tuft hunter should have lived
in close companionship with Viscount for four long
days and snubbed him rancorousy and without cease.
There escaping the net she had contrved for
her own ENHANCEMENT. She had actually written to
Peter Vanrenen that she deemed her duty Cyntha
chaperon to acquaint him with Simmonds detection and
the filling of his place by Fitzroy, a most unsuitable
person to act Miss Vanrenens chauffeur, indeed,
young who, she sure, would never have been
chosen for such responsible position by Mr. Van
renen himself.
And Fitzroy was Vscount Medenham heir to the
Fairhome estates of the most eligible young bach
elors in the Kingdom Oh blind and that she had
guessed the truth The car the luncheon basket,
the wne the the silver the very candor OF
the wretch giving his real his instant recogn
ton of Jimmy Devars mother, the hints OF childhood
passed in Sussex-why, even the aunt he spoke OF on
Derby Day must be Susan ST. Maur while Mllicent
Porthcaw had actually met him in the Bournemouth
hotel These and many another vivid index pointed the
path of knowledge well versed she in the
trcaces of Debre The very attributes she had taken
for impairment apng OF the manners OF society had
shouted his identity her deaf time and again
Even an intelligent West End housemad would have
felt suspicion of the facts when confronted by
these piled up tokens She remembered noticing his
hands, the quality of his lnen his astonishingly good
appearance the only occasion that she had him
in evening dress. She almost groaned aloud when she
recalled the of her sons departure from Bristol
and imp in her heart raked the burnt ashes of the
fire that had devoured her when she heard why Captain
Devar requested to resign his commission: OF
this proud young aristOcrat recognized him at
and had brushed him out of his sight might
brush fly off windowpane.
aster? Why had not her warned her? Did Marigny
know and that the explanation of his sheepsh de-
when she and Cynthia were about to enter the
that morning? Indeed, Marignys quiet acceptance
of the position difficult understand her
failure to grasp the significance of all that happened
since noon on Wednesday. This very day. before
breakfast, he had to her room with the cheering
that information to hand from London would GER
tanly procure the dismissal of Ftzroy forthwith The
Mercury registered in the of the Earl OF
Fairhome the obvious deduction being that his Lord
ships chauffeur careering through England in a
valuable without shred of permission. The merest
whisper to Cynthia of this discovery, said the French
man. would send Fitzroy packing.
And again. what had Cynthia meant when she re
ferred at Chepstow to the Norman Baron scow" with
which Ft5rGy had favored 9 Margny s Was she too IN
darkening Wye and wriggled her chair in torture
XIASS it all right about the telephone, ma ann" said
!" a soft voice at her
She started violently, and the maid contrite.
I'm very sorry, ma am. she said; but see Mr..
Fitzroy down the river
Where where?" cried the other, rather gain time
to collect her wits than ascertain Medenhams where
aboutS
The girl pointed. I'm that little boat all by ITSELF
ma am. she said.
"Oh it was of no importance. BY the way, and Mrs.
Devar produced her purse you might tell the people
Of named Dale, if he rings up from Hereford. He
is only chauffeur, and shall him in the morning
Perhaps it will be BEST if he asks for Fitzroy again to-
night to tell him to await arrival
"Yes, ma am and the maid went off, richer by half
crown Mrs. Devar's usual tip sxpence for
weeks attentions: 50 it would demand an abstruse
arthmetical calculation to arrive exact estimate
of the degree of mental disturbance that led to the
ent lack of proportion.
Left alone more her gaze followed small skif
speeding up the placid surface of the svery
Wye Medenham rowing. and Cynthia held the
tller ropes; but Mrs. Devar's thoughts turned her
minds eyes inward and they surveyed gray prospect.
Dale the monster who had struck this paralyz-
ing blow spoke of the Frenchman.' Lord Fairholme
had charged both Dale and the Frenchman" with
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