The Detroit times., 1915-08-10

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CHAPTER ~
Two years later James Trevertor
stood ct the great oriel window o
the library of yerney Hall and look
cd out across the lands that LAY
beyond the park wall at the foo
of the hill. For 500 years the prop
erty had been the heritage OF thu
Trevertons; for ~ years 1t had beer
In other hands.
Now once more 1t had come bach
to the grandson Of the man who hat
sold II. II had been reprchaset
with part of Sibyl Lowther's great
fortune, three months after her mar
Rage with James Treverton.
They had been married now FOL
nearly q year. and 1t was three
years since the night that Alice
Treverton had left her husband
Nine months had elapsed before
Treverton had gained his freedom
A bare month had been sufficient
TO establish his wife's guilt
Four days after her departure he
had received a letter from her
posted In Paris, and on the top Of
the sheet Of paper was stamped the
name OF the hotel In which she was
staying with her lover. Evidence
had accumulated slowly, but q month
had been sufficient TO gather In al
that was available. The chauffeuJ
of Capt Haig's car had been found
and had told his story.
The landlord OF an Inn In . vii
lage few miles north OF Folke
stone, the proprietor OF the hotel In
Paris, a steward of the Boulogns
boat, a clerk In q shipping once al
Marseilles, where Capt. Haig and
his wife" had booked their passage
to Suez--all these had been able to
give evidence.
The guilty couple had made no at
tempt TO cover up their tracks. They
quickly passed beyond the reach OF
the English law and disappeared In
the great country that lies to the
south of the upper reaches Of the
Nile. No writ was ever served on
Capt. Haig. But there had been sui
fcient evidence to give Trevcrton
his freedom. The two letters writ
ten by his wife, and the evidence
Of the chauffeur and the innkeeper
1t Gawthorpe had been quite enough
for his purpose.
That he followed up the trail any
further was due to a desire on his
part to learn as much as possible OF
his wife's movements from the time
she left his house to the time she
disappeared In the great silence OF
Central Africa.
The divorce had been easy
enough, but the shame of 1t had been
hard TO bear. Mrs. Mowbray had
come forward with her letter, and
both she and her husband had done
their best to blacken Treverton'a
character. Their spite did not AFFECT
the result in any way whatever, but
they had the satisfaction Of doins
an injury to . man they both de.
tested.
Then had come the six months OF
waiting, and then the renewal OF
friendly relations with the people II
vemey' Hall. A year later he had
proposed to sybil Loxthsr and had
been accepted. The marriage had
taken place In Compton verney
church, and the honeymoon had
been spent in italy. Soon after their
return the verney Hall estates had
been repurchased from the Austins,
and Treverton had realised one of
the ambitions Of his life.
But Treverton was thinking of
none Of this 90 he stood BY the
great oriel window in the library
and looked out across the park at
the broad lands that were all his
own. His thoughts we're conferred
on his wife, soon to bear him a
child.
Years seemed to have dropped
from his shoulders ss he stood
Ahsrs. casing q suniit Geld and tree.