The Washington times., 1912-11-26

tion to the bookcase. This she proceed.
ed to examine. Book after book WAS
taken down. shaken. ana the binding
carefully :crutin.ed. havlms cisHreH ssn,n S.s E
pocket and tapped and measured the
back and sides Of the case itself
What on earth could she be looking
for. wondered Cyril; Not . WI surely:
ds. es q; ~ Ss sHu;n; %s:rss. sss been
safely deposited with his solicitor. A
later will perhapsf Ono in which she
hoped that her master had rememoered
her. es he had probably promised hcr
well, there was no further need Of con.
cealment, he decided. 30 parting ths
curtains he stepped into the room.
Whist are you doing hersT No DE-
His own voice startled him. II rang
out 90 loud and harsh In the silence OF
Vaidriaues kneit on the noor with
her back to him and It seemed 90 II thc
sudden shock had paraiysed her Tor @sor
hand. arrested in the act Of replacing
. book, remained outstretchsd - II Il
had been turned to stone.
1T is !, your master: Wnst are you
doing hefe?" he repeated. .
then slowly she raised her head. and e
her great tragic eyes met his Cynl wss
conscious OF q revuision OF feeling to.
ward her. Never had he seen awning
20 hopeless: yet 20 und;sn.;SudS ;rsn;ndS.d 4 him sns
curiousiy enough. OF . look he had once
seen In the eyes Of Q iioness. who with
q bullet through her heart stili fought
to protect her young. a..
stasserinS little snased E: sns TO- 70 draw
herself UP to her full height. - 4.
m,neAmine,!: am %s:s' she repeated almost
"e:yrili' cyril pulled himself together. y ~.
to be Impressed by her strange person
ality.
"A likely story!" he exclaimed. and
the very fact that he was more than
half .inclined to believe her made hin hin
otherwise have done.
Think what you like" she cried
shruRgips her shoulders contemptu.
ously. "Have me arrested-have me
iansedIwhs. Hanged ;~l ,I % I caro- Death has nc
80 YOU confess that II was you who
murdered his lordship7 All! ] suspect.
| ed Il! Your sancttnonious airs didn'
/ deceive me- exclaimed Cyril triumph
mo. I did not murder him." she re
piled. calmly. almost indiHerently.
| II think you will have some difficulty
! In convincing the police OF that. 70,
nave no alibi TO prove that you wcr,
murder. and now when tell them tina
II am no Their" she interrupted hin
with blaIing eyes; Y tell you. ! cam
DO YOU really expect me to believe
that? Why. II what you say were true
you would not have had to sneak In
here in the middle Of the night Yot
know very well that I should have
made no objection to your claiming
your own"
so you say. But II had Eone e
you and told you that great lord hat
robbed me. a poor woman. Of some
thing which Is dearer to me than III
itself. would you have believed me? !!
had said to you. 4 must look through
his iordship's papers. / must be free I.
search everywhere would you hay,
never!
You think I fear you; that II was be
| cause ] was ashamed OF my errand ina
came here at this hour! Bah! Al
from discovering the truth. IN.
dropped and seemed to forget Cy
rii's presence. 1T 10 here. some where.
and her wild eyes swept feverisnl,
around the room. He told me It va
here-and vet how can I be sure Of II
He may have lied to me about this q
he did about everything else. How ca,
II tell? oh. this uncertainty 10 torture
cannot bear II any longer. 0 m!
God" she cried. claspinE her hands an'
lifting her streaming eyes to Heaven
Thou knowest that have striven al
my life to do Thy will: l have born
the cross that Thou sawest ut to Ia.
upon me without a murmur. nor have
. once beRRcd for mercy at Thy hands
But now. now. Oh, my Father. ] beseec
Thee. give me to know the truth befor
! die"
. Cyril watched the woman narrowly