The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-04-08
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been strangely absent from her
ssnae fz London for rs nsonths.
Rer ssothcr and sister, Lorna,
have been forced fs comnauni-
eate with her through "A for
~vvsrding address in Paris.
HENRY EMERSON, step
father of the two girls, has now
assented himself In a nys-
1erious from a summer
resort where he had been stay
lag with Mrs. Emerson and
Lorna.
DIR. JULIAN EMERSON, who
claims 10 be a relative of Henry
Emerson. las toll Lorna that
Henry Emerson Is missing be-
cause he had no right TO marry
her mother. Lorna in turn has
explained 10 her mother that
her husband was rushed TO Lon
Gen because of sudden Illness.
Lorna and her mother accept
yaifan's offer TO take them TO
ASnd0n and are instead hurried
10 a strange house in the eoun-
try, where they are held vir-
smafIy as prisoners.
GERALD CRAVEN, LOrna's
lover, has exhausted every pos
sibIe means 10 find his sweet
hear but without avail. He
finally relates the whole story
az a @NVA
nNntual friend. They are having
luncheon in Mrs. NOrthwo0d's
hotel when Mrs. NOrthw00d
spies a guest whom she believes
to he Pauline M~afiingate. In
v~estigation shows that this
young woman is now as Mrs.
Creswold. residing in Yorkshire
not far from Mrs. N~OrthNvOod's
country home. She decides to
Investigate.
In the meantime Julian has
gene 10 LOndOn leaving Lorna
nEd her sick mother I'm the
guarded house. Lorna APP
HrOaches n woman servant and
demands TO know whether she
is aware hat mother and
daughter are guests "by force"
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
T1HB woma answered hel
IL promptly:
"Oh! is that so, miss? Oh
well, I suppose DR.. Emerson brought
you here for some good purpose.
know he is very anxious to do all he
can for your mother"
my mother was not H." Lorna
answered coldly. "She was well, for
her: and very happy yesterday, until
this man appeared on the scene.
don't know what part you have in
this scheme, Mrs. Brown, but
think I ought to warn you that you
are playing q very dangerous game.
! am staying here, not because DR..
Emerson has ordered me to stay, but
because / see that 1t will be quite
for me to move my mother
immediately. But I want you to
understand that I am very indignant
at the treatment which we are re.
ceivjng and that later on there will
be a reckoning, not only with DR..
Emerson, but all those who serve
She turned and went down the
and the woman TO whom she
bad been speaking stood and watched
per go with something like dismay
"a her expression.
There was a gate between the
back and the front garden, but
she tried to open it, Lorna
found that it was locked, and re-
ell her efforts. Suddenly she
bad a queer sensation that she was
not alone, and turning quickly she
found standing behind her a tall
lark-skinned figure wearing the
yarb of an eastern servant.
The girl drew back from this fig
ire with something like a cry Of
ear, but the man made her a low
VOW, spreading out his hands as if in
Iomage. and then he smiled. show
ng his very white teeth.
who are you? What do you
rant? Why are you following me?"
1quired Lorna Mellingate nervous
z.
The man shook his head and still
niled. 1t was evident that he either
ould not speak Or that he did not
Understand her. But he forced home
] her the fact that she had to deal
18th a very astute and a very re-
,urcefuI enemy. Moreover. the
ystery deepened. What WIS this
in eastern dress? What were
. duties in a house Of this class. so
'twarSly English in atmosphere