The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-06-04
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her husbands room and sees the un-
finished game of chess on the table
and two emptied glasses. At the
same time the gardener rushes in to
say that he heard Sir Robert and
another man pass through the lodge
gate; a bit of a struggle took place
Just outside, then there was silence,
and the gardener expresses fears for
his master'srlife. -
Miriam and the gardener search
the nearby woods. He disappears
among the trees and moment later
she sees q sudden lamp fare and
hears the report Of q gun. The
gardener is found dead by rescuing
parties. Later that night John Herr
tage, hearing Of the disappearance of
Sir John and the gardeners myster-
ious death, returns to help Miriam.
While they are trying to arrive at
some course of procedure, a stranger
brings a letter from Sir Robert say
ing that he intends killing himself in
the lake on the Wivefly estate SO
that Miriam will be free to 60 to
her sweetheart, John Heritage. They
are both considerably surprised, as
the husband showed no signs Of any
such action at dinner or later.
Sir Roberts dead body is taken
from the lake in the presence Of
Heritage and Lord Wiverly and a
Chinese valet named Ling Foo. whom
Heritage knows as the cleverest
scoundel in Northern India and
famed as a chess expert. Heritage
also finds that Wiveriy is a bounder
and brute. At the inquest Heritage
is under suspicion, as he was the
last msn seen with the baronet, but
a verdict Of, death by accident is
brought in.
The letter signed by Lord Robert
in which he practically accused Herr
tage and his wife Of causing his death
is stolen by a rascal named Smith,
who tells Heritage that he has sold
it to stranger for a big price. Herr
tage, thinking Ling Foo, whose life
he once saved in India, is in England
for no good purpose, talks Vftk Mn
and the Chinaman warns him against
Wiverly, revealing the fact that the
latter is in love with Miriam. After
establishing Miriam in . modest
cottage and providing for her, Herr
tage, who is Q major in the British
army, leaves to rejoin his command
in India. There he receives a letter
from Miriam telling him that Lord
Wiverly has proposed marrige to her
and she has not definitely refused,
fearing that he has her incriminating
letter. He has in the meantime fallen
in love with Ruth Farquhar, who with
her mother is the guest Of her brother
a lieutenant at the, fort where Herr
tase is Stationed The fort is attack
ed by huge army Of Chinese and
Lady Grimwoods in England faints
when the news appears in the papers
that the company shut up in the fort
! is cut of and will probably be mas
! sacred. Lord Wiyerly is present at
the time and, suspecting Heritage is
his rigal, sends word to the police to
begin Investigations agsin into ,Sn
Roberts mysterious death.
A messenger comes from the
Chinese to the besieged garrison
offering IMMUNITY If they will surren-
der. He is Ling Foo and threatens
to reveal the letter which he bought
from Smith if Heritage does not give
up. The latter refuses and later his
band, in a gallant dash, escapes. In
the crisis Ruth and Heritage had con-
fessed, their love for each other
though they agree that the msn i
henor-bound to provide for Miriam
/ Ling Foo, making his way b0&k to
England, sells the fateful letter to
Lord Wiverly and the latter uses it TO
try and force Miriam to marry him.
In the meantime she has learned BY
chance that Heritage is deeply in
love with Ruth Farquhar and going
to the latter tells her of her willing
ness to marry Wiveriy to save Herr
tage Of the suspicion of murder. She
sends FOR Heritage and breaks off
their engagement, then goes to keep
an appointment with Wiverly. Herr
tage suspects something evil about
the meeting and forces Ling Foo to
reveal the rendezvous to him. He
.rushes to the place just in time to
prevent Wiveriy, who is a raving
maniac, from killing Miriam. wiverly
has been driven mad by . mysterious
drug administered by Ling Foo and
that night browns himself in the lake.
Heritage is convinced Of the i'm
plication Of Ling Foo in Sir Roberts
death and Offers to play him a game
of chess for the damning letter which
the Chinaman has. He stealthilv