Year: 1877

While the events last recorded we're taking
place, Major Lyndhurst's health had been
improving and feeling great anxiety concern
ing Evelyn, from whom he had not heard for
a considerable time, be determined. though
he could not travel himself, 10 dispense with
Rogers attendance, and sent him to inquire
after her welfare. Roger gladly undertook
the journey and arrived at the door of Eve
lyn's quondam residence on the very day at.
ter her disappearance, to find her landlady in
q state of much disturbance, and quite una
BILE to give him any information concerning
her.


"Sbe went off to the Jail yesterday evening
sir, in carriage. 1t was quite uncommon, for
she's always been in the habit Of going there
in the morning, which she did every Thurs
day, regular, poor dear, never missing the
privilege of seeing her husband, as was natur
al but last night she didn't come back, and
got awful worried about it, and sat up until
eleven, expecting her, though knew the Jail
was locked up at nine. couldn't 60 to see
after her, sir, because Garsen't leave my lit.
tie children alone in the house; and so I've
Just been tormented in my mind ever since
not knowing any more than babe unborn
what's become of her-and nicer young
lady, I'm sure, was never seen."


Martin hurried off to the Jail in great alarm
When he got there he found that Julian
had escaped, that Lindsay was missing. and
that suspicion attached to the latter of having
abetted the prisoners flight. He also learned
that Evelyn had been discovered making her
way out of the Jail yard in the night, and had
been tracked to her residence on the next
street, where she was at present under arrest


"Under arrest" exclaimed Roger. "Why
I've Just been to her residence and she's moi
there. Nobody knows anything at all about
her."


II reckon you went to the wrong place,
was the reply; and being directed to the house
where Evelyn had actually gone, the old man
set off anew on his quest. Perceiving the
guard at the door, he merely inquired, when
his knock was answered, for the mistress Of
the house, and being admitted into the psrlor
and making sure that he could not be over
heard. he proceeded to question Dicks sister,
who finding him friend, told him all she
knew of the circumstances of Evelyn's escape


II cant at all inform you where they're
gone," she said, "for my brother kept very
dark about it, which was all right, of course
lest might be questioned ; and if they come tc
search for her, which I'm expecting now every
minute, and find her of, I'm to know nothing
about it when I'm asked. You see they think
she's all safe here, so they're easy enough
about her. My brother said he thought he'd
be back in ten days or couple of weeks.
wanted him to stay away longer, for fear he'd
be arrested, too {; but he said should never
fear, he knew well enough what he was about
Do you think he'd be imprisoned, if they
found what he'd done?"


On this point Roger could give her no in
formation, aad indeed he was too much tor
mented by anxiety about Evelyn to be able
to think of anything else. That she had
gone to Join her husband he felt little doubt
but knowing nothing of the measures taken
for her safety, he could not judge whether OF
not it was probable that she would be able te
attain her object. To endure the suspense he
now felt, for ten days or fortnight longer
seemed an impossibility yet there was abso
lutely nothing else to be done. He felt it tc
be his duty to let Major Lyndhurst know the
state of affairs but, unwilling to agtate hin
in his still feeble condition, he wrote to Rose
in whose discretion he knew he could con6de
telling her all that he had learned, and leav
ing her to impart to her father as much or al