El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-16

not as harmonious as an English
country party should be. Lady Clyde
and her sister, as inseparable and con-
fiding as ever. felt perceptble cool
ness rising between them and the two
gentlemen Goodness turned 10 sus-
picion and soon to fear
Then il was that lady CLYDE met
the Woman in White. The myster-
ious person stole noiselessly up to
her in the twilight one evening and
whispered: IF you knew your hus-
bands secret, he would be afraid Of
YOU. He would not dare use you as
he has used me. I ought to have
saved yoa before It was 100 late"
But before the secret was told there
were footsteps in the distance and
the woman moved stealthily away
Sir Percival learned Of the brief
interview, and was afraid OF his
wife. He demanded. begged. threat
ened her 10 tell him all she knew.
What had been battle Of wits be
tween the two sisters and the two
men became a struggle Of strategy,
and the women lost the fight Lady
Clyde was decoyed into leaving
Blackwater Park for. count Fosco's
London home Less than two weeks
later a tombstone in Cumberland bore
this Inscription: sacred to the mem
DRY Of Laura. lady Clyde"
On my return from Central Ameri-
ca the same year. ! heard Of the
grave. As 7 approached II, two wo-
men came towards me One was
Marian Haicombe: the other was
yelled, but when she raised this COW
erinE from the face there. looking at
me was. Laura, lady CLYDE She was
pale. nervous and depressed-more
perfect than ever in her resemblance
TO the Woman in White.
Marian Halcombe told me what she
knew. She had found her sister in an
asylum, and in the grave at our teet
was her mysterious double Sir Perci-
vars holiness and count Fosco's clev-
erness had succeeded in exchanging
the destinies of the two women The
circumstances had Melted these two
gentleman some 10000 pounds, de-
rived from the estate OF lady Clyde.
The fortune was gone beyond recall
but lady Glvde's true identity might
yet be established IN the face of such
evidence as her death certificate and
tombstone. and the incredibly OF her
friends and relatives This I deter
alone. the sisters readily agreed to
allow me TO take up their fight. aud
] determined that Laura should one
day Renter her fathers estate rec
ognized by all
It was soon apparent that sir Per
ciVal and count FOscO were the per-
sons I must fight I worked secretly
but directly. for 7 had no funds with
which to carry on a fight through the
courts The secret with which the
Woman IN White had threatened sir
Perciyal seemed TO me 10 be the key
TO the whole situation Through
series Of inquiries. working always
under the watch OF spies, found IL
opportune 20 look up the marriage
registration OF sir Percivals parents
I found Il in a little country church
and il was forged. was no sooner
in possession Of the knowledge Of his
illeEitimate birth than sir Percival,
in furious desperation to destroy the
evidence entered the little church by
night. set fire to the structure. and
through the agency OF his own stupid
itv and an old fashioned wooden lock,
trapped himself 10 an awful death
Laura was free Of her husband, but
she remained an Outcast-a woman
dead to her friends and relatives. ]
was still determined this should not
be. Ny only hope OF success lay in
count FoscO, who alone had the evil
dence which could establish her legal
Glyde's Identity would be TO admit his
guilt OF one Of the greatest Of crimes
Ny task looked difficult but an IN
known agency came 10 my aid.
Count Fosco was traitor TO one
Of the world wide italian secret So
cieties. The knowledge came TO me
by chance. but IL served me in good
stead. I went 10 his house one night
and bartered my silence for the evi-
dence Of Laura's existence Count (
Fosco, in a long exposition, gave the
details Of his own and sir Percivals :
cunning. Then he left England for Z
ever. To clear up the last shred Of I
mystery surrounding the Woman in !
White. 7 sought out her childhood I
home 7 Dieced together her story Z.
from her old friends and relatives. /
Fate had made her the illegitmate 4
half sister OF her counterpart and the 4
chance. possessor Of sir Percivals .
secret
Ny labors ended. Marian Halcombe .
and her sister. who was now my wife, 7
10 the happy companionship I
OF those days at Limmeridge House .
before sir Percivals cunning had I
usurped the contamination Of our (
love. On the death OF LaUra's uncle .
some months later her son and mine (
became the heir OF the estate and I
fortune Of the house Of Limmeridge-
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