The Washington times., 1918-08-21
The Wolves sOfNeU York
A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY
Esther Is OUercOme by Fumes of
PowerfuI Drug and Suspects
BO1rud1Le Is Responsible.


to her that she heard q voice
screaming. ':'Help. helpif' and that
the sound came from her own llpA
But there was no response, and al
ter moment she knew that this,
too, was but delusion. She was In
capable OF uttering q word.
Circles OF light began to play be-
fore her eyes. and the reality Of her
surroundings to fade. Why should
she struggle when the land to which
she was going. was full OF charmi
How foolish she had been to resist
The world was hateful world, but
there she could forget
Strange, arabsque figures noako4
upon the vall-the room became q
vast temple Of gold and red. Esther'B
tense limbs were relaxed In q sense
OF delicious lassitude,
Lillian found herself unable to
sleep that night. The day had been
so full OF events, so exciting to the
mind that she could not compose
her brain to rest. And there was
the proposed campaign to think out
as well; often as she told herself
that she would be better prepared
for this II she could but sleep
awhile, yet her mental admonitions
had no effect unless Il were 70
make her feel more wide awake
She rose from her bed at last,
slipped her dressing gown over her
shoulders, and switched on the elee-
tric light Then she sat down At
her little escritoIre and began to
write. 1t would be well, she told
herself, to have a plain statement
IL. - hAa ~
at Adderley, so that every point
might be made clear to Edgar Swan
and to Basil Fleetwood when their
first meeting was called. II was .
long job, and the more she wrote
the more she marveled at the ex-
traordinary events OF which ADDER
ley had been the scene. Her own
meeting with Grimstead and Cyril
Clare-she commenced her record
with this, and with the name OK
Grimstead she made her first mar
ginal note.
"Grimstead, she wrote, "attor-
ney to the late John Borradale, 10
in full possession OF the secret OF
the Borradale family. The affairs
at Adderley entrusted to him. On
John Borradale's death reported a.
much or as little as he thought
necessary to the widow. Connded
the secret to Harold on the night
of Harold's wedding to Esther. II
a man whose reputation as a lawyer
is not good. Can he be forced 70
speak?"
In reference to Cyril Clare she
made second note.
what is the origin Of this name
Clare taken by all three Of Mr. Bor-
-
der sons were acknowledged Query:
what evidence is there that these
three were undoubtedly the sons or
John Borrodale and Amelia, his
wife?
Lillian found that her progress
was slow and IL took her consider
able time to collect her thoughts
1t was constantly necessary. too. 10
pause for the purpose OF making
notes of points which required
elucidatfon- She wrote Of her SIS
ter's unhappy infatuation for cyril,
of her flight from Italy and irregu-
lar marriage at Adderley; OF the
subsequent events in which she
herself had taken part. and OF tns
general organization Of the Ad-
dsrIy establishment. She felt very
anxious to express herself clearly
she would like to have drawn up .
plan Of Adderley Grange ana
Manor with the secret passage
communicating between the two
houses.
aI shall have to make things very
clear to them" she muttered to her
self. cor they will never under
stand. Yet, superficially speaking.
things seem clear enough. John
Borradale desired to hide the exist
ence of his three sons from the
world. 1t Is probable that these
three were born during the nam
dozen years that he and Mrs Bor-
radale were travelling aboad- He
sends them to America and places
them in charge of Grimstead- Ad-
derIey appears the most suitable
Mace for their confinement, and ac-
cordingly Adderley Is fitted up Tor
ssNot very far away there Is q
real private asylum, DR.. French&
Rut II never would have done 70
send the three children there, for
ali sorts of inquiries naturally
would have been made. 1t is pos
sibIe. however, that DR.. French
was taken in part confidence Thls
done. IL seems that John Borradals
and his wife returned to Helm
Harold is born, and he alone Is
acknowledged as the legitimate
son and heir-probably because ne
Is free from the obvious defects
Of the other children. and. even
had this not been the case. tne
fact of his being born at Helm