Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-20
BY SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
Copyright by BobbsMefrili Co.

Father Blair insisted that should
do So .,
..They were valuable. these jewels =
"The rings were. intrinsiealiy, but
what I most valued was the neck
lace of rose topazes. They We're the
Grosyenor topazes.
"a family RELIEF
mot my own family. My hus-
bands mother left them to me. They
came down to her from her grand
mother, Camilla Grosvenor.
You speak that name as II II
should be recognizable by me-"
perhaps it would. If you were a
| New Highlander she was rather
famous person in her time. c. l.
Elliott painted heroine of his finest
portraits, | believe. And-and she
was remarkable in other respects
Would you mind being more spe,
/, cific? 1t isn't mere curiosity on my
part
s'Why, my uncle could have told
you more He knows all about the
| Grosvenors. My own knowledge OF
Camilla Grosvenor is merely family
tradition. She was a woman of great
force of character and great per-
sonal attraction, believe, though she
was not exactly beautiful. When she
was still under thirty she became the
| leader of band of mystics and
star worshipers.. l believe that she
became infatuated with one of them,
young German, and that there was
an elopement by water. This | re-
member at least: Her body washed
ashore on the coast not very far from
Hedgerow House.
AT Lonesome Cover"
yes The very name of it chills
me- For my husband it had an un.
canny fascination. He used to talk
to me about the place. He ever,
wanted to build there. but Mr.. Alex
ander Blair wouldn't listen to it."
would you know the face of
Camilla Grosvenor?"
"Of course The Elliott portrait
hangs in the library at Hedgerow
House"
Kent took from under his coat the
drawing purchased from Elder Den>
nett.
THAT is the same" said Mrs.
Blair unhesitatingly. 1T isn't quite
the same pose as the finished por-
trait. And IT lacks the earring which
is in the portrait. But | should say
1t is surely Elliott's work. Couldn't
it be a preliminary sketch for the
portrait?"
Probably that is what it is"
Can you tell me where it came
from?'
From between the pages of an old
book. 1t must have been carelessly
thrown aside. The book has Just
been sold at an auction in Martin
dale Centre, and the drawing found
by man who didn't appreciate what
it was. / bought it from him.
That's rather wonderful, isn't it %
There are more wonders to come.
Tell me how your necklace was lost,
please -
81 don't know. On the afternoon
of July l left Hedgerow House
rather hurriedly. My maid, whom
trust implicitly, was to follow with
my trunks, including my jewel case.
She arrived, a day later with part
of the jewels missing, and a note
from Father Blair saying that there
had been a robbery. but that I was
to say nothing of it"
July fifth remarked Kent with
his lids dropped over the keen gaze
of his eyes, 1T was the following
morning that the unknown body was
found on the beach near Mr.-near
the Nook
Her face showed no comprehension.
II have heard nothing of any body"
she replied.
did none of the talk come to your
ears of strange woman found at
Lonesome Cove?"
mo. Wait, though. After the fu-
neral one of the cousins began to
speak of mystery, and Mr.. Blair
shut him off,
Your necklace was taken from
that body"
Her eyes grew wide. ''Was she the
theft" she asked eagerly.
"The person who took the necklace
from the body is the one for whom
am searching. Now, Mrs. Blair, will
| you tell me, in word. how your
| husband met his death?''
Her gaze did not falter from his,
but look of suffering came into her
| eyes, and the hands in her Zap closed
and opened, and closed again.
Perhaps I can save you by putting
| 1t in another form. Your father-in-
| law gave you to understand, did he
not, that Wilfrid Blair met and quar-
| relied with-with a certain person,
and was killed in the encounter which
! followed?'
How shall / ever free myself from
the consciousness of my own part in
| it?'' she shuddered. 'Don't-doh't
speak of it again. I can't bear II"
You won't have to. very long,
Kent assured her Let us get back
| to the jewels. You would be willing
to make a considerable sacrifice to
recover them?"
| Anything"
Perhaps you've heard something
of this man."
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