The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24

the same year, heard of the death,
and Immediately visited the grave. As
T approached 1t, two women came to-
wards me. One was Marian Halc0mbe,
the other was yelled, but when she
raised this covering from her face,
there looking at me, was Laura, Lady
Clyde. She was pale, nervous and de-
pressed-more perfect than ever in
her resemblance to the Woman in
White.
Marian Halcombe told me what she
knew. She had found her sister in
an aysium, and in the grave at
our feet was her mysterious double.
Sir Percivaps holiness and Count
Fosco's cleverness had succeeded In
exchanging the destinies of the two
women. The circumstance had netted
these two gentlemen some 10000
pounds, derived from the estate of
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 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 al
low me to take up their fight, and /
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 I 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 Sc
rieS of inquiries, working always I'M
der the watch of spies, found it OPP
perfume to look up the marriage regis
tration of Sir Percivaps parents.
found it in a little country church
! and it was forged. was no sooner
| in possession of the knowledge of his
| Legitimate birth than Sir Percival, in
/ fISious desperation to destroy the ev
! idence, 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, but
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 Fosce, 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 nay aid.
| Count Fosco was a traitor to one OF
the worldwide Italian secret societies
The knowledge came to me by chance
but it served me in good stead. Invent
to his house one night and bartered
my silence for the evidence of Laura's
| existence Count Fosco, in long ex
position, gave the details of his OWL
and Sir Percival's cunning. Then he
left England forever. TO clear up the
last shred of mystery surrounding the
| Woman in White, I sought out heI
childhood home. I pieced together hei
story from her old friends and rela
| tives. Fate had made her the illegit
innate half-sister of her counterpart
and the chance possessor Of Sir Per
cival's secret.
My labors ended, Marian Halcombe
and her sister, who was now my wife
returned to the happy companionshiI
of those days at Limmeridge house
before Sir Percival's cunning had
usurped the consummation 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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