Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-06

run for her sake fell somewhat Hat since
it seemed to rest on the mere possibility
of his having been mistaken for some
body else. She could scarcely believe
that his feaa of NJ. Dubois had no other
foundation. She even ventured to sug-
Eest that he could easily have proved the
detective in :he wrong.
He wouldn't have paid the slshtest
attention to anything | could say. Siyne
assured her tartly. He wouldn have
asked any questions or listened 10 any
statement OF mine. You don't know any
thing about the outrages that are com
fnitted every day by fellows like that on
men like myself who have no fixed resi-
dence. Sallie. and no powerful friends TO
whom TO appeal against such Internal IN
justice. / can't tell you how thankful III
be, on your account as we'll as my own.
when were married and safely settled
down, with a home of our own TO feel
safe in,
Look, there's where we'll live when
were in Lolldon.
Sallie looked out They were whirling
past one of the most imposing houses i'm
C;rosvenor square. lis ii hotel?' she
asked. and observed that all but one or
two of it's t-pmost windows were dark
Its the Earl of Jura' 5 town house,
said Slyne. apparently somewhat piqued
at her seeming indifference. Its yours
now-or will be as soon as the chancery
court wakes up again
Sallie glanced back and caught another
glimpse of It as the taxicab slowed up
again to take the corner of the square.
Slyne had picked up the speaking tube
Get us to the station now as fast as
You can he told the driver. and then.
having glanced at his watch. lighted
cigarette. lie seemed to have no more
to say at the moment. and Sallie was
busy with thoughts of her own. She was
wondering whether Justin Carthew could
be living in that great house. She could
not understand. But she dld not
dare to ask Jasper Slyne for any infor-
nation. since he had shown her more
than once already that he did not intend
to tell her any more than he thought fit
When they finally reached the station
they found Mr.. Jobling awaiting them
there and very anxious over their late ar
rival.
We drove round by Grosvenor square,
Slyne told tie lawyer. nonchalantly- And
we're in lets of time"
Mr. .Iobling looked cross. Five min
uteS more would have lost YOU the train,
he remarked somewhat souriy. And
where woula Capt. Dove and / have been
them
AS it was. however they found Capt.
Dove in his berth, sound asleep although
still fully dressed. And, as Slyne ushered
Sallie into The double compartment re-
served for her and AmbriZette. Don't go
to bed just ret he begged. 81 want TO
show you something by and by. You'll
nave Tune d IOiS steep pcloi
we arrive
.'All right, Jasper she agreed. 'Tn
wait up till You come for me.
When he 1T length knocked at her door
again Mr.. Jobling Was still with her. She
came out batween them into the narrow
corridor Ssyne rubbed clear one Steamy
window to let her see the wintry land
scape through which they were travelling
at express speed. And Sallie looked out.
delighted, RI the sleeping English coun-
1ar dc. nd h.l-n
brown acres. coverts and coppices. hedge
rows and lanes, with here and there a
grange or =. group of cottages. all still
and silent, dashed into sight and so dis
appeared, until, overlooking them all
from a knoll on the near bank of a
broad winding river, there doomed up a
most magnificent mansion, Embedded. IN
lordly seclision. among many gnarled
and age-old oaks. with gardens terrace on
terrace about it, tall fountains among
their emptJ' flower beds, a moss-grown
sundial at the edge of a quiet silver lake.
The mooi, was shining full on its in
Vulnerable windows, SO that it seemed to
be lighted up from within. although in
reality all were suffered and dark Aioot
and very stately it stood on that MINDLESS
night, an empty palace which came and
went in a f.w moments wing after wing.
with its staalins and courtyards. and still
more gardens. all within an endless, IVY
clad encirci.nS wall
what place is that?" asked Sallie. in
an awed tone. soon as the train had
rumbled across the bridge.
That's Justice Hall, Lady Josceline-
your Engliah country seat, and one or
the finest properties in the shires." Mr..
Jobling informed her before Slyne could
speak You'll be living there within
few weeks~and forgetting all your old
friends
Her brain was far too busy. She could
scarcely believe that less than week
had elapsed since she had stepped ashore
from the Give Branch.
Nor could she yet reconcile herself to
the fact that her new life must lie amid
such scenes as those to which Jasper
Slyne had so far introduced her. She
had liked Monte Carlo and Paris and
London, as any girl might. The great
house in Grosvenor square she had mis-
taken for Z. hotel. But the calmly ar
rogant grandeur of Justice Hall had
merely oppressed her. And the idea that
she might have to live there did not
please her at all. For how could she,
creature of the free air. of sunshine, and
wind, and sea and the worlds waste
places, be happy immured within that inn
mense edifiae, encircled by servants. hem
med in on every side by unaccustomed
convention.Clities. all as distasteful as new
to her. She. made up her mind. there and
then, that, If she might have any say on
that subject, Justice Hall should stay
empty.
But-wou.d she have any say on that
subject or any other? She did not know.
Jasper SlyIse had SO far told her only SO
much as he thought fit of what was be-
fore her. she lay quite still i'm her mar
row berth. gazing out at the window.
whose blind she had hidden Ambrizette
loose from the catch. a hundred puzzled,
helpless questions thronging through her
head, till the moon failed her and all was
darkness hit for the flashes of red or
green or yellow light that swept past as
the train seed through some wayside sta
ton sleeping town.
Then she. too fell asleep at last, and
so forgot her difficulties till she awoke
again in a new and most wonderful
and WIDE dark moors; white. tumbling
torrents on hillsides, in deep ravines: for
ests of stately fir and pine that looked
like maStS of ShipS-a world. moreover.
which seemed in some sense familiar and
friendly to her.
Day was breaking and Ambrizette was
already astr. She had come quietly In
and closed the curtains during the night,
and was i.ow once more looping them
back to let in the first of the sun. Sallie
lay for little longer watching the sun
rise warm those enchanted solitudeS into
a golden se.nbiance of fairyland.
There WIS snow on the near mountain
tops that tlrned from the tint of pigeon
blood rubics to pink, from pink TO amber
and SO to the purest white. The train
was travelling through an extensive plan
tation of silver bircheS, amid which a
lordly stag, paralyzed by its swift APP
proach, stood starkly at bay with A timid
hind at its heels. A myriad rabbits were
diving madly into the bracken on every
side. Above. in the blue. belated wild
goose was winging its hasty way to some