The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-04

i10 luS pO1CC SG2SIly q
Nun to leave the country before the war
rant is served. This he prepares to do.
LOUISA sees him and asks him pointedly
sor sne truth. He confesses his guilt
CHAPTER xvtn-1continued.>
We'll leave it at that Lord Rad
clyffe-1 can promise you this-shall on
no account be disturbed without per-
mission from you. How soon will the
nurse arrive2"
Within the hour. The night nurse
Will come after tea"
Doctor Newington wrote out and
signed the usual medical certificate to
the effect that Lord Radclyffe's state
of health demanded perfect quietude
and rest and that he was unable to see
n one Or to answer any questions.
carefully, hen folded the paper in halt
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, I won't forget the cook"
When the doctor had taken his leave
Luke stood for a moment quietly in
the library; he folded Up he medical
certificate which he had received al
the hands Of Doctor Newington, an6
carefully put 1t away in his pocket
book.
you won't forget the cook?'
I don't think hat ever in his life be.
fore had Luke realized the %trivialities
of life as he did at this moment. Re.
member that he was quite man o.
the world enough. quite sufficiently
sensible and shrewd n English. tc
have noticed that the degree of ia.
miliarity in the Doctors manne haG
passed h borderland of what was due
to himself; the tone of contemptuous
| Ind r no rn1 ~p1 49, 30
And there was something more thar
that.
Last night when Luke wandered uI
and down outside the brilliantly lighted
windows of the Danish legation. try.
ing to catch a few muffed sounds OF
the voice he so ~passionately loved tc
hear. he heard h first rumors that ar
awful crime had been committed which
for good or Ill, would nave 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. Mer
or his stamp-we are accustomed to cal
them commonplace-take a very
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
have no sexual problems to solve
Theirs is a steady. wholesome anG
clean life. and h mirrors of nature
have not been blurred by the breath
of psychologists.
Luke had troubled his hea6
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 I must admit that at this
stage the thought that he might actu.
ally be accused Of a low and sordij
crime never seriously entered his head
he nevertheless felt that suspicion hov.
cred round him. that some people al
any rate held it possible that since he
would benefit by the crime, he NIGH
quite well have contemplated it.
The man Trayers thought so certain.
ly; the doctor did not deem it impos.
slble-and. Of course. there would BIZ
others.
Nc wonder that he stood and unused
Once more the aspect Of life hat
changed for him. He was back in thai
position from which the advent of thu
cousin a ousted him 81
easily-the cousin who had come ha(
seen. and had conquered the one thins
needful-the confidence and help of I'm.
Gle Rad.
BY what means he had succeeded 4,
doing that had been the great myster,
which had racked Luke's mind eve
since he felt his uncle's affection
AARPAA eWoJ l. A-.
Uncle Rad who had loudly de
nounced h man as an impostor anf
a blackmailer before he set ewes OF
him, was ready to give him love anl
confidence the m he saw him
and Luke was discarded like an OLD
coat that no longer fitted. The affec.
ton of years was turned to difference
and what meant more still the habit
OF q lifetime were changed. Lord Rad.
clyffe, tyrannical and didactic. becam,
a %nonentity in his own household Th,
grand se1gneur. imbued with ever,
instinct of luxury and refinement. be.
came a snuffy old hermit, uncared for
not properly waited on, feeding badly
and living in one room.
All this Philip de Mountford hol
accomplished entirely by his mar
presence. The waving of a wand
devlPs wand-and the metamornhosi
was complete! What magic was Their.
IN the man himself? What in the tal,
which he told? What subtle charn
aid ne WELD. that the news Of his ter.
rlole death should strike the old mar
down as some withered old tree robbed
of its support?
Now he lay dead, murdered. on1,
Goa knew as yet by whom. Peonlt
suspected Luke. because Fate haf
gwen a fresh turn to her wheel anc
reinstated him in the pleasing nosi.
ton from which the intruder ha6
ousted him. na'
Luke de Mountford was once more