The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-17
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.,>.,1,rLLE, greatest Of French
y 800. 80 WAS ushered into the pres
co','" ~ fine strange and fear-com-
.'." VALLEYS, the English-Serb who
w., w. lust Inherited the title and estates
' .--s murdered uncle, Lord Winton.
. Ilv.s had stood between the
,.rr.ys and the wealth Of his
L@. g.. both OF Lord Winton's sons
-',' ....sd in the great war. Only one,
'..' ..g-r..l an American left an heir
.l... heir a daughter, was barred by
.r.-4,5 law from inheritance.
i. L,- cara the murder Of Lord Win
'".4 r-a inheritance of the estate by
~, strange powerful and morose Lord
''''' GO ON with the story.
CHAPTER II.
,~.. murder II Lord Winton, the
.- r,re,jsu authorities attributed to
.o Lord Valleys continued coolly.
.~..y srqrsd no effort to fix it upon
That they were unable to do so is
, think attributable to this thing
,.,g SOU call Providence.
.r is attributable rather, I think, to
o.. .r,al,tecacc Of my legal counsel and
70 myself
~, looked directly at Monsieur JON
,.rs His big. placid face lifted; his
,or. vas even and unhurried.
81 am net embarrassed to discuss 1t
rorg.aur" he continued. When the
,,r had ended with the death of Lord
rrton's sons. J was, by virtue of
rta, Won have SO aptly called the &C
c9,pt of BIRTH next in succession to
.a title 1 thought it both advisable
nd courteous TO present myself to
lord W.rtar and l went to England
Tor that purpose.
Lord Wmton was an eccentric per-
son. As he grew older, and after the
death Of his sons, his eccentricity be-
came more dominant. l did not find him
ca his estates at Ravenscroft; he was
a, this time in London in a little old
house which the family has always
owned in a street toward Covent Gar
bon,
"Oa the night that I called to see
Lord Wiu.on, IL was quite late.
FOUND him alone in the house. He
feemed disturbed to see me, but he was
rl-teous and cannot complain of his
Welcome. lie seemed, however, not to
rea.Ize that / had grown into a man.
BIZ seemed to regard me as a queer,
ITolgn lad 10 whom he owed some OBJ
.gation Of hospitality"
Lord Valleys stopped. He leaned a
.te forward in the chair, and his voice
1ok on a tirmer note.
Monsieur" he said, II am saying to
lou now a thing to which 1 testified at
te England trial. and which was not
Believed. Lord Winton told me that he
Expected q person to call on him within
very few minutes and TO remain for
'erhaps an hour. He asked me to re-
urn at the end of an hour. I got up
go. AS ! went down the stairway, "a
ansom, entering the street from the
breton Of the city, stopped before the
Ioor. The door was closed but the
ound was clearly audible.
Lord Winton, who was behind me,
ame also down the steps. On a con-
ole in the hall were several candles
hitch the servants, according to custom,
ad placed there. An idea came to Lord
F!nton, for he stopped me as my hand
.as on the door to go out. He took up
ne OF these candles in a tall brass
'ndlestick and touching me on the
rm handed it to me,
Instead Of going out he said,
suppose you so down into the wine
eIlar' There should be some bottles Of
Burgundy Of a famous year stored there
" your grandfather. See if you can
Ind them, and we shall have a glass
4 wine with our talk. I have a great
Zeal to say to you. my nephew. The
pine will sustain US
You Will see, monsieur. that this
pea that was merely a grown-up lad,