The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-06-23

the same year. 1 heard Of the death
ana Immediately visited the grave IA
l approached II, two women came 30.
wards me. One was Marian HaIcouho
the other was yelled. but when she
raised this covering from her face.
there looking at me. was Laura Lodv
Clyde. She was pale, nervous and do.
pressed-more perfect than ever I'm
per resemblance to the Woman IN
White. :"
Marian Halcombe told me wha, she
knew. She had found her sister in
an ayslum, and in the grave nj
our feet was her mysterious double
Sir Percivals holiness and Conn,
Fosco's cleverness had succeeded IN
exchanging the destInies Of the two
women. The circumstance had netted
these two gentlemen some 3OOO0
pounds. dc rived from the estate NJ
Lady Clyde.
The fortune was gone beyond recall
but Lady Glyde's true identity might
yet be established in the face OF such
evidence as her death certificate md
tombstone, and the lncredulity of her
friends and relatives. This I deter.
mined to do. Cast upon the world
alone. the sisters readily agreed TO nj.
low me to take up their fight, and I
determined that Laura should one day
re-enter her fathers estate recognized
by all.
1t soon was apparent that Sir Per.
cival and Count Fosco were the per.
sons l must fight. worked secretly,
but directly, for l had no funds with
which to carry on fight through the
courts. The secret with which the
Woman In White had threatened Sir
Perclvnl seemed to me TO be the key to
the whole situation. Through a Sc
ries OF inquiries, working always un.
der the watch Of spies, l found II OPP
perfume TO lOOk up the marriage regis
tration of Sir Perclvals parents. /
found 1t I'm little country church.
and 1t was forged. l was no sooner
In possession Of the knowledge Of his
illegitlmate birth than Sir Pcrclval. In
furious desperation to destroy the cv
ldence entered the little church by
night, set fire to the structure, and
through the agency Of his own stupid
ity and an old-fashioned wooden lock.
trapped himself into an awful death.
Laura was free of her husband, hut
she remained an outcast-a woman
dead to her friends and relatives.
was still determined this should not
be. My only hope of success lay In
Count Fosco, who alone had the evil
dence which could establish her legal
existence. But to acknowledge Lady
Glyde's identity would be to admit his
guilt Of one Of the greatest of crimes.
My task looked difficult, but an un-
known agency came TO my aid.
Count Fosco was a traitor to one of
the worldwide italian secret societies.
The knowledge came to me by chance,
but II served me In good stead. went
to his house one night and bartered
my silence for the evidence OF Laura's
existence. Count Fosco. In n long ex.
position, gave the details of his own
and Sir Percival's cunning. Then he
left England forever. To clear up the
last shred Of mystery surrounding the
Woman in White. sought out her
childhood home. pieced together her
story from her old friends and rela.
tlves. Fate had made her the illegit'
innate half-sister of her counterpart
and the chance possessor Of Sir Per.
clva's secret.
My labors ended. Marian Halcombe
and her sister. who was now my wife
returned to the happy companionshir
Of those days ut Llmmeridge house
before Sir Perclval's cunning 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 fortune OF
the house Of Limmeridge.
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