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to the classification of Exmoor BEETLES.
He treated my mother very badly so
vilely that even she, dear SOUL during
her married life held no further com
munication with him, and never mem
toned him to me by name. Now, one
day on Exmoor ne found lady who
also was devoted to BEETLES. At least,
she knew all that the Encyclopedia
Britannica could teach her. She was a
poor but handsome widow"
"Ah,"
at is delightful to talk with you. Alb
ingdon. Your monosyllables help the
narrative along. Sir Philip married the
widow. She brought him son, aged
5. There were no children born OF my
uncle's marriage"
"Oh."
when poverty overlook my dear one,
she so far obliterated cruel memory
as to appeal, not once but many times,
to the human coleopterus of Exmoor
but she was invariably frozen off either
by Lady Louisa Morand or by Messrs.
Sharpe & Smith"
Did they admit this"
"By no means. | am telling you the
facts. l am sull on top of the Py-
, renees."
Then how did you ascertain the
facts"
II have in my possession ever since
my mothers death the letters they
wrote to her They were fresh in my
memory when you and first met in the
Clerkenwell Police Court That is why
the name of Philip Morland was glib
on my tongue"
80 | have only heard historical
/ events, events prior TO the last ten
/ years?"
Exactly My uncle is now so years
| of age, Lady Louisa Morlands son Is
"a Her ladyship's whole aim in life
has been to secure him as the baronets
| heir The title, of course. he can not
| obtain. But, most unfortunately, he has
no penchant for beetles, Indeed, Lady
| Louisa = researches have long since di-
minished In ardor. Her sons interests
are divided between the Sports Club
| and the coryphees Of the latest musical
| comedy moths are more in his line. APP
| parently. My uncle, who is preparing a
monograph on the fleas which patron
! lie EXmoor wild ponies, came to town
/ last week to visit the British Museum
| Unhappily. he heard something about
| his stepson which disturbed his re-
/ searches There was a row
| "Why do you say 'unhappily %
1 Because ! am dragged into the
/ wretched business ON account of it,
! After a lapse Of more than twenty five
! IA yts
TO his solicitors. made a fearful hubbub
when he heard of letters received from
her and answered without his know
| ledge, and ascertained that she was
dead and had a son living. At any
cost. they must find that son. They
have guessed at my identity for some
time Now they want to make sure OF
it."
And what did You say
81 told them | would think over the
situation and communicate with them
further"
Were they satisfied
by no means They are exceeding,
ly anxious to placate the old man.
They probably control good deal of
his money
| "Um,'
"of course! You see the deicacy of
their position. After playing into the
hands of Lady Louisa for nearly quar-
ter OF century they suddenly find the
whole situation changed by the bar,
onet's belated discovery that he orce
had a sister"
You have not told me all this with
] Al Do want adj
vice."
Philips face was clouded, his eyes
downcast.
You understand he said, after a
long pause that some one, either the
man or the woman--the woman, | thini,
is morally responsible FOR my moth
er's death She was poor-w retchedly,
horribly poor-the poverty OF thin cloth
ing and insufficient food She was i'll,
confined to a miserable howell for weary
months and was so utterly unprovLled
with the harest necessities that The par
ish doctor was on the point OF compel
ing her to go to the workhouse infirm-
AIRY when death came, Am to be the
instrument of Gods vengeance on this
woman"
MI FApliEubllS "I' llhl iAStll W ilEli'
cigar placed a kindly hand on the
Young mans shoulder.
Philip" he said. with some emotion,
Il have never vet heard YOU utter a
hasty judgment You have prudence
far beyond your years, It seems to
be. speaking with all the reverence OF
man in face Of the DEGREES OF Provi-
dence, that God has already provided a
terrible punishment for Lady Louisa
Morland What is the name Of her
SON.
II do not know, | forgot to ask
II have wide experience Of the
jeunesse doree OF London. Hardly q
week passed during many years Of my
life that one of his type did not appear
before me in the dock, What is he
roue, Il gambler, probably a drunk
ard"
IAN these. gathered from the solici
tors"
And II your mother were living
what would she say TO Lady Morland %
she would pity her from the depths
Of her heart Yes. Abingdon. YOU are
] 81, x,-{fa -. H.,