The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-09

knowing that you were involved
And yet"
"My darling, what are you say
ing?" VAR sas
| turned to meet Elizabeth's star
tied eyes.
Then she laid down her brush and
came and put her hands on my
shoulders.
"Can you get what I'm saying,
Richard? Or are you all int"
'I'm all right, my beauty, but I'm
too tired to make plans"
"I'll make them for you," she
said; land now listen to me. When
you leave this room, you must go
by the way that you came. That is,
by the picture-gallery. There you
must pick up Winter and enter the
tower. And so to bed. At seven
Winter cancels the horses - you
gave him that order last night, by
my request. He calls you again at
nine: but, because there is no one
to call me, l sleep till ten. Then !
find that Elsa has gone: and after
little I find that she's taken some
of my things. But you don't even
know that-because neither you nor
your servant were out of the tower
all night"
"Yes, I've got that" I said.
"It's vital, Richard-vital. If we
say anything, we've got to say ev-
erything. And, except for Old Har-
ry and Herrick, no one must ever
know what happened tonight" She
raised her eyebrows there and gave
little shake of her head. 81 don't
know what stuff I'm made of, but
it hasn't upset me at all. Neither
was fit to live-quite apart from the
fact that you did it in self-defense.
But the fact remains that you've
been the death of two men :.
and one of those men was the cousin
with whom have been brought up
My darling, listen to me. It
simply must not be known that the
man whom ! am to marry put Per-
cy Virgil to DEATH"
eyes, see that" I said some
how. "All right. I'll keep my coun-
sci. and Winter will hold his
tongue" / put my arms about her
and held her close. kiss me good
night, my lady. The dawn will be
coming up, and I want you to get
to bed"
| As kissed her mouth, she took
my head in her hands ~.
s'Good night I whispered.
Goodnight, my beautiful girl"
| let her 60, slipped into my sod
den coat and laid my shirt over my
arm. Two minutes later we stood
in the picture gallery.
| BY the light Of the staircase-tur-
ret, I set up the eloquent harp. Then
turned to her standing beside me,
picked up her little hand and put its
palm to my lips.
"Sleep well, sweetheart" ! whis-
pered.
"And you, my dear. Look. I'll
keep my door open until you get to
the hail."
So she lighted me on my way .
Il When came to the head Of the
staircase, purposely bore to the
left, and an instant later q torch
was flashed into my eyes.
"Well done, Winter" said !. "And
now we'll 60 back to the tower.
That's enough for tonight"
In my room gave him his or.
ders. One of these concerned the
suit which was so glad to take off,
"Let no one see you do it, but
when you can tomorrow, conceal
, this suit in the Rolls. And the next
time I send you for petrol, stop il
some lonely place, cut my name
out Of the jacket and burn the lot
every good, sir" said Winter
! blinking. "And-and what about
. this?"
j my shirt? oh, that doesn't mat
ter. Hang it out on" ~
And there I stopped dead.
, He was not holding my shirt.
{ What he was holding was one d
Elizabeth's dainty chemises will
7 which ! had rubbed myself down.
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