The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-06-24

AAse HhA t"O NOIumcS the
year. He had been turning over hts
experiences of three years life In ItuIv.
hnu in 1850 appeared his first novel,
Antonina. or the Fall of Rome 81
"Bnsii" was published In 1852, ana
Hide and Seek in 1854. He had mo,
attracted the attention of the public
az yet. The great event of his life.
however came in 1851. when he made
the acquaintance of Charles Dickens.
j WAS a'close and sultry night ear
~ in August. And l. Walter Harr-
right, master of drawing aged
fwenty-eight, was walking from Hamp-
stead to London. In one moment every
drop of blood in my body was brought
TO stop by the touch of hand laid
gently on my shoulder. There, in the
middle of the high road, stood a wom-
an dressed from head to foot in white
garments. She asked me the way to
London. told her; and we parted.
Ten minutes later carriage passed
mo and few yards beyond stopped
near policeman. A man put his head
IRON the window and asked: "Haye
you seen woman pass this way-a
woina.' IN white? She has ESCAPED
IRON my asylum" At shake of the
po'iceman's head, the carriage drove
rapidly on.
The next day was at Limmeridge
house, Cumberland, in the service of
Frederick Fairlie, Esq. l was there
to instruct his two young nieces in the
art or painting. found Marian Hal
combe to be dark and ugly, but intel
igent. Laura Fair!ie, her half-sister,
was light, pretty and dependent. They
were devoted to each other, and be-
fore my engagement was up, admired
the one and loved the other.
My feelings were the cause Of my
leaving Limneridse house. Marian
Haicombe brought to me a realization
or my own heart. you must leave"
she said. mot because you are only
teacher of drawing, but because I.au-
Ia Fairlie is engaged to be married"
few days before l left Cumber-
land. while walking alone in the eve
ming, ! was confronted by the same
face which had first looked into mine
on the London high road by night.
But ] was startled less by its sudden
temperance than by my immediate
recognition of an ominous likeness
between this fugitive from the asy-
lum and my fair pupil at Limmeridge
house. Still greater was my conster-
nation when the woman admitted hav-
ing come TO the neighborhood for the
sole purpose of thwarting the proposed
marriage Of Laura Fairlie.
! left Limmeridge house, and soon
after embarked on an expedition to
Central America. The same year Lau-
ra Fairlie became the bride Of Sir
Percival Clyde, Bart, and with her
sister went to live at Blackwater park,
her husbands country estate Count
Fosco, an audacious and domineering
Italian, and his wife were guests of
the household. But all was not as
harmonious as an English country par
ty should be. Lady Clyde and her sis
ter, as inseparable and contiding as
ever, felt a perceptible GOODNESS rising |
cN'"SSh thNli anu Tic tWO
Goodness turned to suspicion and soon |
to fear
Tten 1t was that Lady Clyde met
the Woman in White. The mysterious
person sole noiselessly up to her in
the twilight one evening and whis-
pered: "Tf Z, vi knew your husbands
secret, he would be afraid of you. He
would not dare use you as he has used
me. ought to have saved you before
1t was too late" Bur before the Sc
cret was told there were footsteps in
the distance and the woman moved
tealthily away.
STR rercival learned Of the brief in
terview, and was afraid OF his wife.
He demanded, begged, threatened her
to tell him all she knew. What had
been Il battle of wits between the two
sisters and the two men became
struggle Of strategy and the women
lost the fight. Lady Clyde was de
royei into leaving Blackwater park
Tor Count Fosco's London home. Less
han two weeks later a tombstone In
Cumberland bore this inscription: "Sa.
red to the memory Of Laura, Lady
CLYDE"
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