The Washington times., 1913-10-15
THE HERITAGE OF CAIN
A GREAT BIG THRILLING STORY
Copyright 1a Frank an.v company BY ISABEL OSTRANDER
GREAT BIG THRILLING STORY
BY ISABEL OSTRANDER

, ing the servants probably. Bert got the
| Albany chief Of police and he's hurry
! ing the coroner and detectives up here
whole trainload Of 'em by the way hi
| talked"
I'VE can't do anything more but wait
until they come, / suppose" sighed Lu'
cille. Its the waiting that gets. or
| ones nerves so terribly-if only there
was something We could do!'
During the aimless, desultory conver'
| sation which followed while they lin.
gered in the hall to hear the doctors re.
| port on Dysart, Freddie Blaisdell drew
Robin out to the veranda-
II say, old fellow" he began, 1T wa:
| horribly unfortunate my bIundering in
| here like this in the midst of your great
| troube-of course ! was in ignorance OF
| IL. If you can spare me man to start
me in a general direction on this back
| trail I'll tramp 1t back to the station
it can't be more than 10 or L. miles
and take the night train back to town. -
Il wish you wouldn't go. said Robin,
tentatively. "Of course ! don't want to
drag you into the limelight in connec-
ton with the terrible affair of this kind,
in any possible way, but / should be
glad of your presence and advice.
Your influence and diplomatic ex-
perience may be Of great value, Fred
die, j won't hesitate to admit 1t, and
II you care to stay for few days and
see US through the necessary formalitieS
can close the lodge and take poor Vic
toria's body back to town I shall be
grateful
"Of course I'll stay if you wish,
Robin" returned Freddie: Sa promptly; II;
the most battling affair that has come
under my notice.
But if / stay cannot help getting
NY nose into it-have ] your permission
tc do little quiet investigating on my
a UrIa theory
or two, and I can't resist the tempta-
ton to put them to a test"
Indeed you shall. Wen need all the
help We can get to reach the solutiop
going to find that missing girl II ]
search the whole country, and farther,
for her-I'm sure the key Of the whole
situation Is in her hands"
Perhaps" Freddie remarked. But
there may be other ways of arriving
at the truth--look here, If I'm going
into this thing at all I want to ask
you some questions. They may seem
actually impertinent, but please be-
lieve that I'm asking them simply 70
satisfy myself on some points I'm not
quite clear. L mean to insinuate
nothing"
''Of course, understand Fire
away, old chap" Robin settled him
self on the veranda railing, and lean
Ing back against a pillar, regarded
his friend. who paced thoughtfully up
and down before him.
well. then" Freddie complied, tell
me something Of this other guest Of
yCurs-Mrs. Ashley"
oh, she's and old friend Of Vie
tcria's-knew her all her life. I be-
lieve. After the wedding / only met
her again about two wears ago when
l returned from that rhino shoot in
Africa She's a jolly good sport"
80 I gathered. Your brother, 7
suppose, has known her since his
MARRIAGE"
Some time before that-in fact, I
think he met her about the time he
first knew Victoria"
Where is Mr.. Ashley9'
Divorced three years ago-he was
a bounder If ever there was one.
There's daughter, Betty-pretty.
precocious little thing, twelve or thir-
where at school, I believe. Madge
Ashley lives near Dysarts town
house. and she and Victoria were
practically inseparable."
and your brother-what is hfs
attitude toward herr"
why. frankly. never thought OF
il one way or another. He Is SO re-
firing. he lives SO constantly within
himself that It is difficult to form
conjecture as to his personal liking
for those about him.
Il am quite sure, however that he
thoroughly likes and approves of
Mrs Ashley-in fact I think he has
sincere affection Tor her as Victoria's
very good friend. I live at the club
In town. you know, SO ] don't see so
much of them all as I do up here,
put ne always seems genuinely glad
OF her presence, and she can drag
MN out of his shell rs no one else
could, even poor Victoria But why
All these questions about herr"
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