The Washington times., 1918-08-26

srhat wtn do her no Ill" he said
mo illi How an I to believe
that-looEtnE st your
His bps twttehed painfully. TT
e not that drug alone which has
made me what am I have had
no wish to reduce Esther to my
state of degradation-on the con-
tRAry, have suffered very much
myself In my efforts TO spare her.
But this you cannot understand,
and will not believe. % 1t is use
lAss to discuss the point Let US
come at once to busineA You have
taken Esther away from me-
what do you propose to DO
nextr'
Il can hardly say what Esther
wfll do till she has recovered her
health" replied Lillian. But ! do
not think she will return to you:
ceftainly she will not do 50 II can
present it She has suffered
enough through her connections
with the Borradales."
~She will be . Borradale till the
end Of the chapter" said Harold.
1T is her destiny. And II was not
alone who brought her into the
family" He laughed sardonically
and mirthlessly-a horrible sound.
Lillian failed to understand his
meaning.
mo-" he replied. 81 shall inter
fere no further. Though you may
Dot believe it, acted as 1 did in
Esther's interests. I can do no
more waited in today ID order
% tell you this. This evening / go
away and doubt IL you will md or
zee me again in this life. Esther
shall know when l am dead, and
she will understand then very much
of what 10 . mystery to her now.
She will, know why I have yolun-
tarily sent myself to my death: she
will know what have to contend
with I do not think we need
trouble about any formal deed Of
separation Esther is her own mis-
tress. She may live in this house
II she 20 desires, or she may return
TO the Towers; shall not trouble
her IN either place. She may en-
g1ge her own servants II she elects
to 90 back to Helm, and throw
open the whole house Or, OF
course, she may continue to live
with you You will kindly make Al
this clear to herT
Yea
SBut, st IA aame time, I wish to
Put 700 both on your guard have
not been my own master in all this
II vas because of my love for
Esther that I separated myself
fron her and sought to hasten my
OWn end One day she will know
ths truth Of thiA But in the mean
YAz3N I WIrn you, you who have
eoasettuted yourself her guardian,
ehA4 . danger menaces you con
UxzuttI, you and Esther alike
ean DO nothinI to save you from 1t
I cannot tell you from which d.
roction u may coma But II u
ever present"
sWhy can you not speak, manT
cried ILlIHm, impuIsively. why can
you not put an end to this state
a. anaIrS3 Surely you owe IL to
your wife to protect her from these
unseen tsFrorL II seems to me
that you are forcing her to take
rsfuge In full publicity"
Publicity would not help you"
Ia said. what can you prove?
That / failed in my duty as hus-
band to Esther, that I have de-
stroyed my own Nfe7 All that is
admitted"
~I viii have the mystery of Ad-
Derby solved" cried Lillian. 81 will
have the whole secret probed and
laid open to the public The world
shall know OF your brothers,
Zorska, Cyril, and Basil. and that
you are not the true heir to John
Borradale-that the true heir Is
. mad thing, a creature in the
semblsnce OF a man whom your
father hid away from very DISCUS:
Of him-can you prevent me doing
6his?"
you could prove nothing" said
Harold quietly. Let the police
0verrun Addsrlsy. They would fail
70 discover any proof Of what you
maintain"
But there are those who would
talk, and their evidence would be
damaging"
Harold shook his head. There il
no evidence that the poor creature
who was kept IN confinement at
Adderley Grange is IN any way con-
nected with the Borradale family
on the contrary, evidence of his
birth and parentAge could be easily
forthcoming"
'Is II true, then, that he Is no
Borradaler" asked Lillian, excItedly.
HE Is the son OF my father" re-
turned Harold He Is my own
brother. So much 1 may say to
you in private. Cyril and Basil also
were my brothers, but they are
dead, and there Is no one TO prove
that they existed, or that. II they
existed. they were relatives Of
mine"
ssBut there IL another being hid
den away At Adderley-the woman
If II be q WomAn-whom you con-
eealed in your rooms At Helm"
what about herr"
sTde tales" he retortsd, cor so
any jury would believe. You have
no means OF proving the existence
Of such . person l am not going