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

The death OF the elder Collins In
Is4T put the son partly in the way of
GUIDING himself, for he published his
fnther'E life Ia two volumes the neat
.yenr. lie had been turning over bis
Experiences OF three yenrs' life Ia Italy,
md ia 1850 appeared his first novel,
|'Antoninn, or the Fall OF Home.y
"Basil" was published In 1852, and
'Hide and Seek" In 1854. He had not
attracted the attention of the public
ns yet. The great event OF his life,
IS however, came in 1851, when he made
the acquaintance of Charles Dickens.
III WAS a'close and sultry night ear
ly In August. And l. Walter Hart
- right, master Of drawing, aged
twenty-eight, was walking from Hump
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. I told her; and we parted.
n Ten minutes later a carriage passed
mo and few yards beyond stopped
near policeman. A man put his head
FROM the window and asked: "Have
|[sou seen a woman pass this way-a
|twoina.> in whittier She has escaped
from my asylum" At shake Of the
pollceman's head, the carriage drove
Rapidly on.
The next day was at Limmeridge
INN lnr In n Of
Frederick Fairlie, Esq. was there
70 instruct his two young nleces in the
brt of painting. / found Marian Hal
Afombe to be dark and ugly, but intel
llgent. Laura Fairlie. her half-sister,
Nas light, pretty aud dependent. They
were devoted 10 each other, and be-
fore my engagement was up, admired
ihe one and loved the other.
My feelings were the cause Of my
leaving Limmeridge house. Marian
lIalcombe brought to me a realization
pr my own heart. "You must leave"
Pie said, mot because you are only
Teacher OF drawing, but because Lau-
la Falrlie is engaged to be married"
A few days before l left Cumber-
land. while walking alone In the eve
ming. ! was confronted by the same
lace which had first looked into mine
Pm the London high road by night.
But l was startled less by Its sudden
Temperance than by my immediate
Recognition of an ominous likeness
Between this fugitive from the asy-
bum and my fair pupil at Limmeridge
honse. Still greater was my conster-
patton when the woman admitted hav-
ing come to the neighborhood for the
bole purpose of thwarting the proposed
marriage OF Laura Fairlle.
I left Limmeridge house, and soon
fter embarked on an expedition TO
Central America. The same year Lau-
Ia Falrlle became the bride Of Sir
Perclval Clyde, Bart, and with her
lister went 10 live at BlaclSwater park,
Der husbands country estate. Count
Fosco, an audacious and domineering
italian, and his wife we're guests of
ihe household. But all was not as
harmonious as an English country par
~ should be. Lady Clyde and her sis
Ter, as inseparable and conAdIng as
over. felt a perceptible GOODNESS rising
Between them and the two gentlemen.
GOODNESS turned to suspicion and soon
30 fenr.
Then IL was that Lady Clyde met
the Woman in White. The mysterious
person sole noiselessly up TO her In
Pie twilight one evening and whis-
pered: 'Tf ' vi knew your husbands
ecret, he would be afraid Of you. lie
you'd not dare use you as he has used
pc. I ought 10 have saved you before
~ VAS too late" Bur before the Sc
tret was told there were footsteps in
PIE distance and the woman moved
fteathily away.
Sir percival learned OF the brief in
,erView, and was afraid OF his wife.
Ne demanded, begged. threatened her
~ tpll him all she knew. What had
zen Il battle OF wits between the two
sters and the two men became a
ruIgle OF strategy, and the women
st the fight. Lady Clyde was de-
pye'i into leaving Blackwater park
20 C0unt Foscos London home. Less
pan two weeks later tombstone IN
cumberland bore this inscription; "Sa-
rec to the memory OF Laura, Lady
Hlyde."
Or my return from Central America