The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-09-24
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. word Of what she has written. II
h . vile attempt on her part to
blacken the memory Of . high-mind
"a and honorable man."
"Ydu DO my wife an injustice.
sihyl She did not hate your hus-
band. But she felt that she could
not die with this burden on her con-
science. 90 she Left Q statement to
b made public after her death"
II DO not believe . word Of II"
said sibyL quietly. But her face was
like the face Of q dead woman. her
voice like the voice Of one who Is
near to death. The poison had en-
tered her blood: II was working It's
way slowly through her veins.
Il don't know what to believe"
said Lowther. IL can say nothing.
bring forward no evidence except
that of my wife's statement. I am
only telling you what IL written In
that statement, % far ~ can re-
member It. ! have kept II al q Sc
crct for . year and half. for your
sake. I only tell you now because
the whole matter must be made pub
lie In . very little while"
Sibyl pressed her hand to her eyes
as II she were trying to remember
something.
"Loando's evidencef" she said al.
ter q pause. .'He said that he had
killed my husband"
Manuel Loando." Lowther re-
piled. was the brother of the man
who was shot by Capt. Haig in Cen
trail Africa. Manuel Loando hated
the Haigs. and 1t is not unlikely that
he killed Capt. Haig. I should say
that Treverton and Manuel Loando
were friends"
There was the ring" she said
with q shudder.
20. that could have been easily
managed. Sibyl: | don't want TO
shake your faith In your husband.
but you must look at things from
other peoples point of view. You
would rather your husband were
alive, suppose. Look here. Sibyl
try and look on the bright side OF
things. Perhaps your husband is
innocent. after all; perhaps he Is
the victim OF a plot on the part OF
Gyatt and Shil.
"He may have had q moment of
weakness and have agreed TO my
wife's terms, though he was limo
cent. hoping to save you from the
terrible shock that the arrest and
trial would have meant to you. Per
haps that is what happened. And
now you are well and strong your
husband may return to you. He
may have gone up country and be
unable to get back just yet. o..
Sibyi. how splendid II would be IL he
were to return and prove his limo
cence."
Lady Treverton walked slowly TO
the window and. resting her hands
upon the sill. stared out across the
lawns. Her little boy saw her and
called out and waved his hand. She
waved back to him.
Il will leave you now, Sibyl."
said Lowther. coming to her side.
Yes. please she answered. 'if
you don't mind" She did not even
look round at him.
Il have done what thought was
best" he faltered. God knows, II
has been hard enough for me TO do
IT."
Il am sure" she replied, that
you have done what you believe 10
be your duty"
"Good-by. sibyi."
"Good-by."
81 shall stay at Maitland for some
days, until can get at some more
of the truth"
She did not speak. frankie came
running TO her across the lawn and
placed his chubby little hands on
the window sill She stopped and
kissed hin. Arthur Lowther scowl-
ed behind her back and left the
room.
II think managed that all right,
he said to himself. as he set on
across the park on his way back to
Maitland. II have put the whole
thing on Joan's shoulders
He had done more than that. cIev.
or man that he was. He had shown
that he had been anxious to keep
the terrible secret; that ne had been
willing to disregard his dead wife's
wishes for Sibyrs sake. and that he
hoped that Treverton was innocent
and still alive--the victim OF cir
cumstantial evidence.