The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-04-10

! thing! And she thinks such lot of
! me- too, bless her dear heart!
/ She thinks I'm a sort Of immortal
1 CraWley, and if ever she were to hear
, OF this nights work, if ever she were
10 know that had been mixed up in
business of this sort. why she'd
she nate me-yes, she would, She's
the very soul of goodness and purity.
She could never understand anything
lhat was evil Oh, God. hate to
/ think that all this time my darling
mas been sleeping and thinking I
nave been doing nothing but come
down here for important papers.
Crd"ley,Ivc never lied to her in my
life, and somehow I've got the sort of
feeling that. because I've lied to her
tonight. ] shall never be able to look
/ her fair and square in the face again!
COD bless my darling wife,"
CraWley WINGED and turned his face
away. If only Brooke knew, And as
surredly he must know some day. It
was too great test to put upon his
phenomenal luck to hop that the truth
might be kept from him forever And
when he knew the truth! What them"
Brooke shook himself like a huge
mastiff.
Come, come" he groWled. this will
never do! Getting sentimental in nv
old age F.ie, file, Godfrey, He laugh
ed. 1t was poor travesty of a laugh.
Switch off that light" he said. we
have got to go warily. The thing isn't
done with yet. That's right: Now
come along. and we'll retire for the
night and trust to luck.
He switched off the remaining light
as he spoke, but it did not leave the
room in darkness. The freight flick
cred fitfully on the walls and ceiling,
and outside was lurid glow
Poor woman said Brooke gently,
poor woman. I suppose she knows
now-knows what a rotten world it is,
and perhaps she understands and for
gives us. eh?"
Don't" groaned CrawIey. Don't
man. for heavens sake, talk like that,
I can't stand it,"
Brooke froWned
Yes, you're right" he snapped.
angrily. I'm a fool! Pshaw. Come
along. Let's so upstairs. We're bound
to be disturbed later. and then, mark
YOU, will come the test. Country po-
licemen are not such fools as news,
papers would have US believe You'll
have to keep yourself we'll in hand |
or course, you can't be expected 10
be as interested or alarmed as ] must !
be, Don't forget that Don't overdo it, !
! bat will be fatal, you understand >"
What afterward happened was pith, !:
lily described in the columns of the :
local paper the next day. The report. !
which was given prominent position
in the journal, owing perhaps more to !
the paucity of general news than to ,
It's local Importance. ran as follows:
{ Extract from the Guildford Tribune.) |
A disastrous fire, causing much |
Cd mage and creating much excitement, |
occurred on the property of Sir God |
frey Brooke, the new K. c. NJ. G., of
the Laurels. Hatchington, in the early
hours of this morning. The cause of
the outbreak is at present a matter of |
pure speculation and, though there are
suggestions in certain quarters point
ing to deliberate arson, so far, We
understand, the police are, on the in
sructons of Sir Godfrey, not taking
the matter up.
The alarm was not received by the
fire brigade at Guildford until long
after the conflagration had obtained
to total hold of the old barn of the
which was half full of hay.
and on the arrival of the fire engine
The. flames were quite beyond control.
The brigade made gallant effort
10 save the farm buildings close at
hand, which were in imminent danger,
and to large extent succeeded,
though they are considerably damaged.
The haystacks bordering Clansden
ane are totally destroyed. A high
wind was blowing at the time, and
this was in large measure the cause
Of the extensive damage. No less than
i've haystacks and the barn we're en-
.irely destroyed. The sight from a
spectacular point of view, was grand
n the extreme and attracted quite a
;roVd of people, who were at first un-
Ter the impression that the Laurels
Itself was on fire"