The Detroit times., 1915-08-30

had not eloped with Capt Haig, but
with another mana man of the
ntme of uucane The woman who
haG left IN Haigs motor car had
turned out to be Haig's own wife.
Capt Haig had learnt nothing OF
the charge against him until he re-
turned 10 England lie had come
down TO Maitland and threatened an
action for damages
Jim had tried to hush the matter
up. Neither Ducane nor Alice Trey-
erton had been heard OF since Capt
l{aig was in want of money, and had
agreed TO take 10000 pounds for
saying nothing more about the mat
ter. II was that which the two men
had been discussing In the Long
copse when Capt Haig was killed
The whole business was very IN
pleasant but Il was nothing worse.
Il seemed quite natural that Jim
should have wished TO hush the mat
ter up A revival OF the scandal.
for the newspapers TO gloat over.
would have been terrible He had
acted from the best motives
Perhaps he had not done the right
thing. but he had tried to do II.
Then his conscience had begun 10
trouble him He had been worrying
himself about what would happen If
Ducane and Alice came on the scene
again He had been trying TO trace
the missing couple, and so far had
been unsuccessful. Small wonder
that he had seemed like a man with
great burden on his mind It, was
bad enough that his wife should
have run away from him
II was far worse 20 know that she
had pretended to go of with one
man and had actually departed with
another 1t was shameful, ugly
business. from first TO last, and there
was every reason for trying to keep
the truth from the world
Il am glad he has told me- she
said to herself, as she walked slowly
across the lawns. Life will be very
different now And if | can per
suade him TO stand for parliament
he viii have something to occupy
his mind
A tender light came into her eyes
as she thought of his career. For
the present she could keep in the
background, take no part in his
work, watch him with pride. by
the end OF two years he would have
established himself, have found his
feet Then they could go forward
together--hand in hand.
Kent had no right to speak to
you" said Treverton sharply Il
told him of my decision"
But, Jim, dear, surely we can
talk it over"
1T does not bear talking about
he said. taking some papers from
the writing table in the library and
thrusting them into a drawer The
doctors have made ii quite clear that
| can't do anything OF the sort.
Please don't try to persuade me.
Sibyl"
She looked at him without speak
ing. and her upper lip quiyered.
"Your life" he continued, closing
the drawer and locking it, is more
precious TO me than anything else
IN the world / Will not run the
slightest risk of injury to your
health"
She came to his side, placed her
arms round his neck and kissed
him
you dear old chap" she said in a
low voice But if we could live
somewhere near London--in these
days Of motors--I could be quite
quiet there, and you could
"That would mean leaving Verney
for the best part of the year" he
interrupted. Il don't wish to leave
here"
why shouldn't you Jim
He did not answer. He could not
tell her that he wished to remain in
the neighborhood until he could
learn something definite about the
fate of his first wife, that day after
da" slow and secret search was
being carried on In the Holt woods
by Gyatt, that he lived every hour
In an agony of suspense.
Lord Kent suggested Wimbledon
common" she said after pause.
There are some quite nice houses
there. he tells me-not like this one
of course; but the air is good. and
/ should be quite well there-and
jim. dear. | promise you that I'll
live just as quietly as ! do here
He looked mp al her with a smile.
and she noticed that his face was
very white and haggard
you are worrying about that wo-
man." she said reproachfully. Jim,
dear, is she worth ito"
Ito BE Continued
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