The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1915-07-23

long cloth can a plain servants
nightgown. No, &c, Mr.. Betteredge,
all that is clear enough. The pinch of
the question is, Why, after having pro-
vided the substitute dress, does she
hide the smeared nightgown instead of
destroying it? If the girl wont speak
out there is only one way of settling
the difficulty. The hiding place at the
Shivering Sand must be searched, and
the true state Of the case will be dis
covered there"
"How are you to find the placer" l
inquired.
II am sorry to disappoint you," said
the sergeant, "but that's a secret which
l mean to keep to myself"
Not to irritate your curiosity, as he
irritated mine, I may here inform you
that he had come back from Frizing-
hall provided with a search warrant.
His experience in such matters told
him that Rosanna was in all probabili-
ty carrying about her a memorandum
OF h hiding place to guide her in case
she returned to it under changed cir
cumstances and after 4 lapse of time.
Possessed of this memorandum, the SER
geant would be furnished with all that
he could desire.
Now, Mr.. Betteredge," he vent on,
suppose we drop speculation and get
to business. l told Joyce to have an
eye on Rosanna. Where is Joyce?'
Joyce was the Frizinghall policeman
who had been left by superintendent
Seegrave at Sergeant Cuffs disposal.
The clock struck 2 as he put the ques-
ton, and, punctual to the moment, the
carriage came round to take Miss Ra-
chel to her aunt's.
Zone thing at a time" said the SER
geant, stopping me as I was about to
send in search of Joyce. 81 must at
tend to Miss Verinder first
AS the rain was still threatening, It
was the close carriage that had been
appointed to take Miss Rachel to Fri
zinghall. Sergeant Cuff beckoned Sam
uel to come down to him from the
rumble behind.
: You will see a friend Of mine watt
ing among the trees on this side of the
lodge gate" he said. "My friend,
without stopping the carriage, will get
up into the rumble with you. You
have nothing to do but to hold your
tongue and shut your eyes. Other
wise. you will get into trouble"
With that advice he sent the foot
man back to his place. What Samuel
thought I don't know.
The first person to come out of the
house was my lady. She stood aside
on the top step, posting herself there
to see what happened. Not a word
did she say, either to the sergeant or
to me. With her lips closed and her
arms folded in the light garden cloak
which she had wrapped round her on
coming into the air, there she stood as
still as a statue, waiting for her daugh-
ter to appear.
In a minute more Miss Rachel came
downstairs, very NICELY dressed in
some soft yellow stuff that set off her
dark complexion. Nothing that
could discover was altered in her pref
ty face but her eyes and her lips. Her
eyes We're brighter and ficrcer than
liked to see, and her lips had so com
pletely lost their color and their smile
that 1 hardly knew them again. She
kissed her mother in a hasty and sud.
den II on the check. She said
"Try to forgive me-, mamma" and
then pulled down her veil over her face
so vehemently that she tore it. In an.
other moment she had run down the
steps and had rushed into the carriage
as if it was a hiding place.
Sergeant Cuff was just as quick or
his side. He put Samuel back and
stood before Miss Rachel. With tho
open carriage door in his hand. at the
instant when she settled herself in hel
place.
"What do you want?" says Miss
Rachel from behind her veil.
IL want to say II word to you
MISS" answered the sergeant, before
you go. l can't presume to stop YOU
paying a visit to our aunt. l car
only venture to say that your leaving
us, as things are now, puts an obstacle
in the way of my recovering your dia
mond. Please to understand that, ant
now decide for yourself whether 70,
go OF stay"
Miss Rachel even answered
him. "Drive on, James," she called
out to the cOachman.
Without another word the sergean
shut the carriage door. Just as h.
closed it Mr.. Franklin came running
down the steps. "Goodby. Rachel" III
said, holding out his hand.