The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-11-05
HER IJSBAND'S
WIDOW
CHAPTER XIV.

81 ctsApTER XIV.
LeGi1o's heaTt soeDed TO stand still.
but m ~ the culver Of . muscle did
sshe bstysy any emotion u Erdslsy's
'apasuaeelnsnt.
/. Ut q vsFy good Of you 70 come al
.tke Wy from Dns1as,d to ten mo this.
fNy. ny-1r!' shs smiled It him ques-
ltlsatasly.
i Mr.. HSdsley my name n Drdsley.
II On surprised that you should have
|1asecttsu Il" ehs was ! different WON
lon altar oil, b Thought from the
lsh,inking sirl hs had insulted at
Hastingt.
'Yey hare come. suppose" she
went on, TO warn me that Sir Ralph
i: sssss e lay chain % my 'on'' IN
Lssiis spoke softly and looked
.dreantly across the lake.
Has she got some other card up her
'slsSvs?" was Ills unspoksn thought.
''No, nad9m, hSesaid aloud: Il have
scome .AsF9. - l have already told, ycu.
un1newu TO- Galveston. He does not
kAew that I am IN Europe. He does
not yet know what have discovered
Il plNasss you to hear that, eli?
He watched her narrowly. She
smiled darislvely.
ct DOES not seem to matter much
,whethDr he knows now or later. Nor
has the iueprmatiou he has paid you
~ collect 10 much importance as you
or ho appears to imagine"
ehs Va amused o. her own calm
aosr. Ii her heart she believed what
tho re:, Ind said. She wondered II
she had ever attached any faith to
Mrs. AOtns's story.
"it4 20 seea eiufitns IKE that. Mr..
hls native rudensss; I'm business
man and I know exactly how much
this means. ! know that your boys
9athsr lett no will-0aveston told me
that--and that this discovery Of some
viii spAii beg1ery and disgrace to you
and your boy That Il, Of course. It 1t
rSAoSos dAvesten's cars"
He locked At her naeaning1y.
.'Ms. ,Rrdsisy," she said graveiy,
witbsut returning biz look. what 81.
sssly ~, !: !. pour object :" COMING 70 toll
ar'n 4 rraet;ea, man, ana I'll come
face hot with excitement, II have no
paytiouiar love tor davoston, He wonid
turn mo down at tha first opportunity,
Ho hasn't always played fair In the
past, Hs'a q Thoroughbred wrong
'un, II oir Rainh. He hasn't even
played this hand straight. for he new
ior told nae who ven were. It may inter-
ept you to know how found that
"whsn ! got back to London went
70 tho address you had given IN the
old woman at tho lodgings remember
"a you quite we'll and gave me the ad-
dress Of tho bookshop at which you
were employed. ! represented myself
a. long.lost cousin. and at last /
wormed It out Of the manager that you
had married . man Of wealth and po-
sitjon. He wouldn't give mo his name.
but at once smelt . rat. looked up
varney's marriage certificate. and
there was the same name again--Les-
lie Morne. Not difficult, you see.
Leslie Moeks the
Man She Fears. {. !. u d
I'm slsd YOU were net put to- any
trouble Or expense" said Leslie, mock
1nsly. but you are long time com
Ing to the point" a.. ". .....
''Ill be there in a moment. Well, I
said to myself "This will be jolly hard
lines on her, seeing old Gaveston col
lar every blessed cent belonging to her
late husband. OF course, he wasn't
your husband, but you take my mean
Ing. So, being good.natured chap and
there being no love lost between me
and Galveston, l thought would like
to see you before disclosed this little
piece Of Information to our friend, the
honorable baronet. Now do you see
why l am here?"
"You are lucidity itself, Mr.. Erdsley.
You want me to pay you to keep the
secret?''
That's about IT.
He stuck his thumbs in his waist
coat pocket and looked at her trucu-
lently. ~. ......
f"And If I; don't, you duly report the
result Of your researches to Sir
Ralph. . ..-~-
Leslie let her gaze travel specula
lively over the man. from the crown Of
his soft felt hat to the tip of his brown
boots. He bore hi lself jauntily be-
meath her scrutiny. and smiled, as
though to say. We'll. I'm not such a
bad.looking fellow after all, am II"
But what would you tell Sir Ralph
she inquired in a meditative tone. as
II considering his proposal in bust
nesslike way.
"Oh. you need have no fear on that
score" Mr. Erdsley assured her. Il
should tell him I'd, met the Armenian
priest who was supposed to have mar
ried 'en. and could lay my hands on
him at any moment. That would keep
him quiet"
Your proposal. Mr. Erdsley," said
Leslie. lis practical one, but you
could hardly expect me to accept it