Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-07-11

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PROOFS OF Luke's guilt. A warrant is is
sued for his arrest but because of his
staIion In life the police secretly warn
rant Is served. This he prepares to do.
louisa sees him and asks him pointedly
Tor the truth. He confesses his guilt.
CHAPTER XVu-(Continued.)
Very WE'LL" hi said after awhile,
We'll leave 1t at hat. Lord Rad
ciyfrc-I ear promise you this-shall ON
no account be disturbed without per-
mission from you. How soon will the
nurse arrived"
within the hour. The night nurse
will come after tea"
Doctor Newington wrote out and
signed the usual medical certificate to
III effect that Lord Radclyffe's state
OF health demanded perfect quietude
and rest and that he was unable to see
any one or to answer any questions.
He read his own writing through very
carefully. then folded the paper in half
and handed it to Luke.
This" he said. will make every
thing all right. And I'll call again in
a couple of hours time. You won't for
get the COOKE"
mo. l won't forget the cook
When the doctor had taken his leave,
Luke stood for a moment quietly in
the library; he folded Up the medical
certificate which he had received at
the hands of Doctor Newington, and
carefully put 1t away in his pocket
book.
You won't forget the cook?"
l don't think that ever in his life be-
fore had Luke realized the t%rivialities
of life as he did at this moment. Re-
member that he was quite nan of
the world enough. quite sufficiently
sensible n shrewd and English, to
have noticed. hat the degree of ia
militia ritV In tho f1nOfrvpc ~orno~ ho1
passed the borderland Of what was due
to himself: the tone of contemptuous
Indifference ,savOured of impertinence.
And there was something more than
that.
Last night when Luke wandered up
and down outside the brilliantly lighted
windows of the Danish legation. try
ing to catch q few muffled sounds of
h voice he so ~passiOnately loved to
hear. he heard the first rumors that an
awful crime a been committed which,
for good or Ill. would have such far
reaching bearings OH his own future;
but he had also caught many hints.
vague suggestions full Of hidden allu-
siOns. of which the burden was: Seek
whom the crime benefits"
Luke de MOuntford was no fool. Men
OF his stamp-we are accustomed to call
straight outlook on life. They are not
hampered by the psychological prob
lens which affect the moral balance of
a certain class of people of today; they
nave no sexual problems to solve.
Theirs Is a steady, wholesome and
clean life. and the mirrors of nature
have not been blurred by the breath
Of psychologists.
Luke a never troubled his head
about his neighbours wife,. about his
horse. or his ass. or anything that is
his; therefore his vision about the
neighbor himself had remained acute.
Although l must admit that at this
stage the thought that he might actu-
ally be accused Of q low and sordid
crime never seriously entered his head.
he nevertheless felt that suspicion how
cred round him. that some people at
any rate held It possible that since he
would benefit by the crime, he might
quite we'll have contemplated It.
The man Travers thought 80 certain
~; the doctor did not deem It impos-
sible-and. Of course. there would be
others.
No wonder that he stood and unused.
Once more the aspect of life had
position from which the advent OF the
unknown cousin had ousted him 20
easily-the cousin who q come, had
seen. and had conquered the one thing
needful-the confidence and help OF I'm
Gle Rad.
By what he had succeeded In
doing that had been the great mystery
which had racked Luke's mind over
since he felt his uncle's affection
slipping away from him.
Uncle Rad who had loudly de-
nornced the mar as an imp.ostor and
him. was ready to give him love and
confidence the moment he saw him:
and Luke was discarded like an old
coat that no longer fitted. The afHec-