The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
By HEDLEY RICHARDS.

while to Mrs. Shenstone it had been pres,
nant with meaning Also she had seer
the likeness to the man Kyle Thompson
| his mothers cousin. Evidently Mrs
Shenstone had known his mothers people
better than the man she married had
! known them.
He would look at the advertisement. In
! the light Of recent events he might CLEAN
some information. and Paul went to a
| table on one side of the room that was
| piled with newspapers. 1t had always
| been fad of his to save the newspapers
until the year was out and look at them
| occasionally. After taking up his abode
! at CaStlesteads he had given orders that
| the. papers were to be left in his room.
Taking Il pile from the huge stack of
papers. Paul placed them on table close
! to his easy chair and began searching for
he couldn't find it, and he was about to
fetch another lot when his eye chanced
to rest on the following:
IF Julia Shenstone or her son, Paul
ShenStone, will apply to Shanlon & Co,
solicitors. Chancery lane. they will hear
of something to their advantage.
Paul sazed at the words Julia and
Paul" They were his mothers name
and his What did the Shenstones
mean?'' Mechanically he went to the
table and fetched some more papers,
which he examined carefully, and in d
little while he knew that two days after
the advertisement for Paul and Julia
ShenstOne ceased to appear, the one for
information as to the address of Paul
Jarret appeared. and this was also in
serted by Shanon & Co
Paul sat staring at the advertisement
In reality he did not see anything; he
WAS irving solve "A mystery
Were Julia Jarret and Julia Shenstone
the same woman? If that was so, then
he was no more Paul Jarret than he was
Paul Clelland. but his real name was
Paul ShenStonc. Why. then. did his
father hide his identity under the name
of Clifford and hold himself aloof from
his relations? Possibly it was all part
of his scheme of vengeance, but it was
certain that many years must have
elapsed since Mrs. Shenstone had seen his
father or she would have recognized MIN.
If he could only know the truth. and for
moment Paul felt disposed to return
late as it waste the hermitage. and de-
mand an explanation. Then he remem
bered the imperious manner in which he
had been dismissed. and he realized that
it was quite possible he might not get the
information he sought
Like a flash of lightning he remembered
the papers in the locket He had been
foolish to let them be replaced before he
had seen them.
Removing the ribbon from his neck, he
examined the locket carefully, but there
did not appear to be any way to open it.
For half an hour he did his utmost. and
was just giving up all hope of sue
ceeding, when the back flew open, and in
the little cavity he saw the papers. that
were folded into the smallest compass
possible.
The first proved to be a certificate of
marriage between Paul John Shenstone
and Julia Malliard: the other was a GER
tifcate of the birth of their son, Paul
Shenstone. The date was the date of his
own birth. and as Paul looked at it he
knew that there could be no mistake:
but there was mystery, and he made up
his mind he would discover it. II his IA
ther refused to tell him he would apply
to the judges sister, Miss Shenstone. His
parents had been married by special Ii
cense in London-that meant that money
was plentiful-yet, looking back, Paul
could never remember a time when they
had not been forced to practice rigid econ
omy. If Mrs. Shenstone had indeed been
the means of separating husband and
wife. Paul felt that it was little wonder
his father was bitter against her, but
nothing could justify the revenge he had
. The summer morning had dawned be- |
fore Paul went upstairs. and he fell into
a heavy, dreamless sleep. and it was long
after his usual time for rising when he |
awoke. AS he dressed he decided that di- |
rectly after breakfast he would ride as |
for as the Hermitage. and demand full |
explanation of all that was mysterious.
"A groom from the Hermitage has |
brought this. SIR said the butler, hand !
ing Paul note as he sat at breakfast
Opening it. he read:
VIII you come soon rs pcssible. l hare mnch |
to tell you. JOHN CLIFFORD.
Tell the man to say / shall be at the |
very soon. and. order Black !
Sally TO be brought round" said Paul |
Then he went on with his breakfast. feel
Ing happier. There was not to be a tus- |
sic: the explanation was to be voluntary.
Half an hour later Paul was ON his way /
70 the Hermitage. going at pace that |
took It out Of Blsck Sally: but. like q /
knowing beast. she put her best foot first. /
Possibly she realised that the man on her