The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-06-25

VT WAS a'close and sultry night ear
" in August. And /, Walter Hart
- right. master of drawing ageu
+,,,entv-eight was walking from Hamp- |
stead to London. In one moment every
drop of blood in my body was prousnt
to a stop by the touch OF mana iaiu
1,ontlv on nv shoulder. There, IN the
middle of the high road, stood "on-
on dressed from head to foot in Whlte
garments. She asked me the way 10
Tondon. I told her; and we parted.
Tan minutes later a carriage passed
me and a few yards beyond stopper
near a policeman. A man put MS neau
FROM the window and asked: -HaVe
Won seen a woman pass this way-a
Iuoman in white? She has escapeu
from nv asylum" At shake OF the
noliceman's head, the carriage uro'e
rapidly on. -idoo
The next day I was at Limmerloge
ho,so Cumberland, in the service OF
Frederick Fairlie, Esq. was thet
to instruct his two young nieces IN tnt
art of painting. 1 found Marian Hal
connie to be dark and ugly, but intel
Iipent. Laura Fairlie, her half-slster
was light, pretty and dependent Inc.
,,ora devoted to each other, and De
fore nv engagement was up, admire'
the one and loved the other.
nv feelings were the cause OF m
leaving Limmeridge house. MAT"
HaIcombe brought to me reallzatio
of nv own heart. "You must leave
sba said. mot because you are only
teacher of drawing, but because La'
"a Fairlie is engaged to be marrieu
few DAVIS before left Cumbe
land while walking alone In the eV
rIpp was confronted by the san
fdce which had first looked into mil
on the London high road Dy hlsi
Rut I was startled less by its sudo'
reanpearance than by my immedia
RECOGNITION of an ominous hKene
hctween this fugitive from the az
INN and my fair pupil at Limmerlu
bouse. Still greater was my cohsu
nation when the woman admitted ha
inc come to the neighborhood Tor
sole purpose of thwarting the prOpO'
marriage or Laura dhAO'
left Limmeridge house, ana 81
after embarked on an expeditlon
Central America. The same year
70 Fairlie became the bride OF
porc,val CLYDE, Bart, and with
sister went to live at Blackwater pa
her husbands country estate. 70
Tosco an audacious and domineer
italian, and his wife were guests
the household. But all was not
harmonious as an English country
tv should be. Lady Clyde and ner
tsr aa inseparable and conhding
@ver felt a perceptible GOODNESS ri
r,atwean them and the two gentleI
CooInesa turned to suspicion and
TO fear. -.
Then It was that Lady Clyde
a. woman In White. The myster
nerson stole noiselessly up 10 ne
The twilight one evening ana
rared: ''If you knew your nusDa
re.rot he would be afraid OF you.
..-o,,Id not dare use you as ne mas
- oueht to have saved you D'
too late" But before tn
a.ot was told there were footstel
the distance and the woman IL
stealthily away.
Sir Percival learned OF the pri'
+eryiew, and was afraid OF ms
NJ demanded. begged, threatene'
to tell him all she knew. Wn islI
1900 hattie Of wits between tn'
o.~.a,s and the two men becai
Str,,go,e of strategy, and the W
lost the fight. Lady Glyoe VIC
coyed into leaving Biackw vsa
for Count FoscO's London nome.
than two weeks later tomDs.o
cumberland bore this inscription
cred to the memory OF Laura
Clyde" An
On my return from Central An