The Cotton Factory Times. — 1897-03-12 (Manchester, Greater Manchester, England)

SIS OF PREVIOUS INSTALMENTS. The story opens at Chateau Va!heck, a solitary- man• siou in bAgii;•n, whith-r beatris Rohan, an orphan beire., has becn kidnapped by her guardian uncle, Colonel Brawl, who from meicenary motis ,leaigns to forcibly marry her to be son Randall. 11 toe heroine thee before reaching the !tile of 21, her fortonn passes to her aunt, lira. brand, who threatens Beatrix (wde kept in ['foie confinement) that culeas she consents to marry Randall the Brandi will.!;radually starve :ler to death, rind by that means accomplish their vile ends. Beatrix bravely avers that life wiai Randall Brand woLlil be a 'min; death, and stoutly defies her tormentors. "Night aiter Engin, she toils rv. the window Mars of her prison with a broker. knife, and at lait effects her eAca.ee. An alarm being coated by thn barking of the watch-dog, hot chase on the right FICE:I4 is given bv her eraillieS, and in watt torture of soul BePULA Ctic3 "1 ..na. loyt ! lam loot  • Lying on me qtassy road side, Leatrix is unnoticed by the Brands, who uia pelt in hot pursuit. Beatrix inkes her way in a singular manner to Antwerp, Wb.nCOsliO decideg to proceed by way of Brussels and Usiais to I:tigland, taking this rooniabout course the titter to elude the vi.4itenee of her enemies. In Antwerp she experiences a itosof !1 rght. Whilst engaged in the solitude of her chalkier at an obscure inn, I,.:e.reting about her person a sole of £4OO in gold and Bank of England notes. with grett h uwor she perceives, pressing against the transom window over the door. the face of a murderous looking Mikl, his eyes keenly rivetted on her money.  In Chapter 4 the reader :s introduced to a Miss Berrnyugharn, only child and lvireas of a deceased Nwailtny Catwat& merchant, and her ntnid, Agatha Walden. The two women are on their way nome from travell.ng alone in a first class compArtneent cf a to IA train on tt,c. ;iont'l-Elastern Railway. The boi. y Wert: tuacniug London I . ••. ,1 and maid, Agatha Walden, con. - :e -f persaniating her lat.. mist ;a •.g the r.'d, Miss Berteyughain, and p ...a dead b at that of her servant. A rapid exchange of sundry articles of garment and jewellery is effcctocl, and as the train stops. the iinnostor, in we!l• simulated distress, raises an alarm. The false Blois Berroyngharre arranges for the inquest upon and interni,rnt of the body of her late mistrere, being thoronghly conversant with whose history she is able to play her pert almost to perfection. As a Stet stop he proceeds to haughorn 1.1.0 vi, forms her plans for visiting the deceased lady's sant Folliott in Lincolnshire. winning her way into seciet-c, and marrying Sit Lioucl Cbmiton, a cousin of her late mistress.  Iletc.rix Robin escapes her threatened peril, and has an exciting and adventurous passage to the milway station at Antwerp. Aa a fellow traveller he forms thc acqua.ntance of an elderly lady who giye3 tho 111:14; ct fif:a. Trevor. They agree to pass the night at the ilotel de FlAndre, Firuar,?l:::, where oar nw hue, on retiring, heholtla in the etaireaan hall of the hotel, her 'vont enemy, Randall .Brand.  CII PTE it