Charlevoix county herald., 1915-06-26
CHAPTER XIX.
Another Confession.

Another Confession.
In spite of DR.. Maybrooke's assur-
ances, Harcourt was worse the follow
ing day. A fever had seized him, and
he was in delirium when Major Mar
ston and Grace arrived the next morn
ing. By common consent nothing was
said to Grace about the presence of
Kandwahr, who had been put in the
care of Marston's Indian servant, al
though the major was told of the
facts, and during the course of the
morning visited the lodge where
| Kandwahr was confined.
Nervous and anxious, Grace sat by
Harcourt's bed, listening to the wild
raving of his disordered brain. Much
of the time Harcourt's cries were in
coherent, but now and then he talked
quite plainly of the crime he had COM
mitted, and begged imaginary persons
at his bedside to take him back to
London so that he might give himself
up to MacBee. The little household
divided itself so that they might take
turns sitting up with him, for they
feared to leave the invalid alone a
| single moment, lest, in his madness,
he should leave the house and escape
/ from their watchful care.
After few days Of tortured mental
condition, he become quieter, but not
before Grace, who was almost con-
stantly by his bedside, had become
nearly exhausted under the strain.
I She had been forced to listen to raw
iings that cut her to the quick-that
! strengthened her own fears and de-
stroyed every hope she had stead
tasty held out as to Harcourt's in
nocence. And now and then the hor-
ror of it grew worse as she heard him
accuse enemies who were forcing him
into the position he had awakened
one morning to face.
| Vic IulCtCl fhOiC
critical point of Harcourt's illness,
when his life hung in the balance by
slended thread. Gradually, however,
the turning point came, and at last he
was on the road to recovery. 1t was
nearly a month before he was able to
sit up for short while at a time
yet even then he showed no signs Of
returning memory.
Meanwhile, there had been no fur
Their signs of MacBee's presence in
the neighborhood and the fear of the
detective had almost passed from
those gathered in the hunting lodge.
Darlington and Adele took long walks
together, and Cornish had almost be-
come resigned to having younger
son of an English house for son-in-
law. In fact Adele's willingness to ac-
cept Dicky was becoming apparent to
every one, and Darlington could hard
ly conceal his delight.
1t was during an interval when
Harcourt slept one afternoon, that
Grace slipped away from the house for
breath of air. In the garden she
wandered about listlessly, knowing
that the glorious atmosphere would do
her good after the stuffy air of the
sickroom, although her thoughts were
still in the narrow chamber she had
eft and her heart was there, too. AS
she moved slowly back and forth
among the trees, she became aware
Of someone moving amid the shrub
berry about her, and suddenly she be-
came aware of the futter of flow
ing garment nearby. There was a
familiar suggestion about the thing,
whatever it was, and she called the
name of her fathers Sepoy servant.
"Bajhabp
In an instant the Indian was kneel-
ing before her upon the gravel walk
prostrating himself upon the earth,
and calling upon her to forgive her
most humble servant for his presump-
tuousness in daring to address her.
ooh, gracious lady," the Indian
half chanted, "Deign to overlook the
daring of your devoted slave, but be
gracious enough to accept this token
of his well wishesw
Grace looked down at the PROSTATE
figure before her, and saw in the
brown, appraised hands silver chain
with curious charm hanging from
{. Her eyes started as she noted the
,urious carving of the talisman and
the Indian saw her disquiet a. he