Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1902-05-17 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

WILL DIE AN INNOCENT GENTLEMAN, AND NOT A SUICIDE."  Partially sCreened by a dense thicket, he kneeled down and examined the turf in front of him. It undulated ightly, and betrayed signs of recent displacement. Nicholas wrinkled his forehead, then pulled out his clasp-knife, adjusted the blade, and began to dig. He had struck upon the exact spot where, some days before, those shadowy figures from the tower had been interrupted in their unexplained task by the breaking of the branch that had secretly served Nicholas Foley as a means of espionage. While the sailor worked, a small figure was strolling leisurely towards the tower. Its masculine outlines and [scrupulous morning costume marked it for that of the Golden Dwarf. Otto Hare was accompanied by a great liverhued maatiff. Unconscious as was Nioholas Foley of the fact, the Golden Dwarf had become aware both of his presence and his occupation. Picking up a stone, he teGeed it lightly in the direction of the thicket that hid the operations of the sailor. The dog darted after it with a fierce bellow. Foley leapt up, startled. The mastiff swerved, recoiled, and rushed in again, to catch the sailor by the throat. The clasp-knife fell from Nicholas's grasp as he reeled back. He struggled to thrust his thumb into an eye of the creature, but the brute bore him to the growid and worried him.  Her blue eyes were limpid, her fair cheeks wet with tears.  "You don't understand, Felix," she said; "it must be all over between us. For your sake it must." Felix Dering put a palm on the clustered curls and drew them from Esther's white brow. "Poor child," he murmured; "you are frig,htemed, I can read it in your face. What is the matter  Esther gathered his firm fingers in her own tender on, a terrified glow had dilated her sensitive pupils. "Dearest," she whispered, "Mr Hare knows about your—your coming back to Wyresdale that evening; oh, I kept your secret, he did not learn it from me. But he says he could de you an ill-turn and would, if he thought—forgive me, dearest—if he thought you continued to insult me with your attentions."  Her lover started and clenched a brown hand.  'The little asp!" he cried; "so his Liaii is, by threatening me, to foroe you into accepting him. But I will spoil the plat and in a way he does not look for. I will ask Brasher to arrest me and take my trial like a man. Why should I fear, lam guiltless. Whatever happens, thou, you will be free of the Golden Dwarf—he has no hold over you except through me."  NM; "I i 1 1 le, 7/fii er ,r,,,,,,, i , „,,,,,,,,,„Ni, 4, i& 9"-4,1 i• 'it i.p' I Ad 4(114, 4 .r, i, (4 •" -. ' !/%11: f 111 N„, ~fro, / 4.;.•-, 4. - --' .f.i.,1 , . ' . 4'., ;f, r. 4 , 4;4. WA, I , , , //,,,.A.f.-,•,,,''', t; ~\, -ii-r--,,,, --, . ''::' 4: II /.4,-7 li „I-v., , . i ~,,, , , i, „et. ~ ...,_ , ( ffi . 40/34,...,,!-- ;i' P.:. i 1+,1%1 di; ./` '. A ..„t // ~,i„ ti. 41,..,„,,,. , ..„.,.. 'lOlll ~ ''/4 \'' - ' hir '''' ---1:-:-:-.-- '1 , gbitt kn-. --_,...--=.• —ll-----w----/ ,-- .----_-_-_ 1, 5,4 ~.- - _.---) II • / '''' ' t\l'in',(?: \ ' , f\' \• V, / ~..---<-*I -:-----:-----::"-.i • qy, \ , \ , , „ef-.---'°. / , ~4 1, ' ~,'sl), ..,..;,, '‘', •i y 4 ,L.-e----.--._ . djJj, 7 ‘.l (N . ril .I ! ; slp,.-o itk,„, ti ! it..,1 1Q,,4,,..... ~; 1 ‘,/ it •I ---0 _ , ~iii i, , 7/07e4 / ~..... • ...,.._