Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-01-27
bert and Mrs. Beamish retreated in.

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to another corner Of the yard.
But Lady Diana had scant time to
give to their affairs, for moment
later Lord Brancaster appeared.
He had received a letter from the
girl telling him how the Rev. Warner
Haslam had been taken to Falcon
hurst after the wreck, and how un-
nerved he had seemed. He had really
appeared on the point of telling some
thing to Lady Diana, but the next
morning had left Falconhurst with
out a word.
] Lady Diana had added in the letter
|, that Lord Beverley had applied for
warrants for Sartoris and Mrs.
D'Aquila on the strength Of an affi-
davit made by Tom Lambert.
Brancaster had rushed to Newman
ket the moment he received the let
| ter.
The young people were commiser-
ating with one another on the flight
of Haslam when that individual en-
| Ps~AN
and agitated and even trembled as he
advanced to the young people.
"Ah, Mr.. Haslam," said Lady Di-
ana, Il was just talking Of you. Why
did you run away from US so sud
denly at Falconhurst?"
II was afraid"-began Haslam and
then stopped. He raised his hand de-
spairingly.
"Of what?" she asked gently.
What 1 had DONE" he said.
You should have been proud. 1t
was splendid work. You saved all
those children. You crawled into the
wreckage when others feared to do
So"
And can't save myself-my soul
my life," he said in agony of spirit.
Come, come! Where is the dan
ger?" asked the young English girl.
A terror almost such as might come
to one demented at imaginary perils
crossed the pallid face Of the man in
clerical garb.
"Sartoris-Greville Sartoris," he
said, "the devil-loose-at my throat
next-save me-
"Mr Haslam, you are in no danger
here" Brancaster said reassuringly.
why not? Does he stop at any
thing?" went on the frightened vicar.
What do you rnean?" demanded
the young earl, now determined that
the scene should cease or that the
clerical should explain himself.
THAT am a coward" said Haslam
Fear sealed my lips. Fear opens
them"
There was a murmur Of astonish-
ment from Brancaster and Lady d.
ana, and then the pale clergyman
hurried on:
That was his work, wasn't It? You
told me-the accident?"
Tom Lambert had left Betty's side
and was now openly listening to Has
lam.
"I know it was his work. sir" in
terrupted Lambart, II heard 1t plan
ned between him and Mrs. D'Aquila."
The vicarswas looking straight be-
/ fore him. In the vacancy he seemed
to see horrible sights, hear terrifying
sounds.
"Murder!" he muttered. "a dozen
lives-a hundred--what did he care?
He would have taken them to gain
his end. Would he stop at mine"
why should he want?" Brancaster
began.
my silence forever! The silence Of
the grave" cried the wretch, almost
beside himself in his cowardly pas
sion. Because helped his villiany--.
he drove me to it by fear. Then held
me dumb-by fear. Now have seer
his work, his Observation-Disclosures
ess-remorseless-th crash the
torn bodies on the line-I've seen the
fire-heard the children scream
what is my life to him? Save me, If
you will. Put prison walls between US.
There I can atone-repent."
"Of what?" asked the young earl,
going closer to Haslam and looking at
him peculiarly.
Haslam raised his head, looked di-
rectly at the questioner and then at
Lady Diana.
1.-The lie that wrecked your lives"
he said.
There was a marriage. That Is
true"
Between me and Mrs. D'Aquila?'
demanded Brancaster.
"Between the woman-and one who