Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1921-06-24

the same year. heard of the death
and iamediatelE, visited the grave. AS
I Approached 1T. two lwonen -cainea to-
wardsme. Omewas Marian Halcorube.
the> ether Was -veiled.- hnt. whan she
raised this covering from her face
ssswre- fovkfneat-sBes~wss laura, Lady
Clyde, She was pale. nervous and de.
dressed zehOfe paffsef thai. ever IN
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Marlap Halcombe tpld me,, what she
kne* Sheihad found her. sister in
an ayslum, and in the grave al
oszte.f feet ssass hsHspiisti lions double.
Sir Percival's holiness and Count
Eoscp's. cleyerness, had succeeded in
exchanging the destifiies Of the two
women. The CIRCUMSTANCE had netted
these two gentlemen some 10000
pounds. derived from the. estate of
Lady Clyde . Dfi33.saf.t n
The fortune was gone beyond recall,
hut Lady Glyde's true sidentity might
yet be established in the face of such
evidence as, her death certificate and
tombstone. and the incredulity of her
friends and relatives. This / deter
mined to do. Cast upon the world
alone, the sisters readily agreed to all
low me to take up their. fight, and I
determined that Laura should one day
re-enter her fathers estate recognized
by al. 80
1t soon was apparent that Sir Per-
cival and Count Fosco were the per-
sons1 must fight worked secretly,
but directly. for had no funds with
which to carry on fight through the
courts. The secret with which the
Woman In White had threatened Sir
Percival seemed to me to be the key to
the whole situation. Through q Sc
ries Of inquiries, working always I'M
der the watch of spies. I found 1t on
perfume to look up the marriage regk1
tration OF SIR Percival's parents. u
found It in a little country church1
and 1t was forged. / was no s6on4r
in possession of the knowledge of hfs
birth than Sir Percival, ID
furious desperation to destroy the ek
idence, entered the little church ~
night, set fire to the structure, and
through the agency Of his own stu2i(1
ity and an old-fashioned wooden LOCI
TRAPPED himseifinto an awful death.l
Laura was free of her husband, bit
she remained AN outcast-a womm
dead to her friends and relatives. ~
was still determined this should n4t
be. My only hope of success lay m
Count Fosco, who's alene he'd the evil
dence which could establish her legal
existesees- But To- acknowledge La&
Glyde's identity would be to admit his
'gatlts Of ths, Of the saea test, of crim@i
My task looked difficult, but an uh1
known agency came to my aid. III
Count Fosco was a traitor to one a
the worldwide italian secret societidFl
The knowledge came to me by chandI
but 1t served me In good stead. Iwett
to his house one night and barterSd
my silence for the evidence Of Laurad
existence. Count Fosco, In long Ell
position, gave, The details Of his ov1
and sir Percivafs cunning! Then I'd
left England forever. To. clear up tie
last shred of mystery surrounding tie
Woman In White. sought out h2f
childhood 4onAt ~ pieced together h}f
story from her old friends and relAi
tives. Fate had made her the illegtti
innate half-sister Of her counterpart
and the chance possesser Of Sir P@i
cival's secret. u.
= NY labors ended, Marian Halcombs
and her sister, who was now my wife,
returned to the happy companionshfp
Of those Odays~Ht Aimmexidge- house
shsfsrar= RaEcixal:s GINNING had
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 foztpnS Of
tho Y nenss7ef Jn5a ~.
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