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Jown voice) prople will begin to think that you live some reason for keeping in the background. You know what gossips there are in the worldly always. enger lo scent a mystery,
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the prisoner in the dock, realistically sure through me to think that shefar. You are an imposter, and a black-
should let me champion her.
I don't know how I love lived through this evening, she began. Hir Trafford, my name is Isabel Mortimer
The shock of surprise held a silent
she glanced with els inlifference! for a second, und beique Tcruld speak round the crowded rumu, as a blasce i she went on, her words ansteinmed like worn of the world surveys the pit a mountain torrent, parring at her She declared herself innocent of a theatre from her box So protract story.
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mailer, working on the fears of n de- fenceless woman!!
What do you mean ?* die sputtere:l, forgetting in hi excitement the Irish brogue; how dare you - '-
be distasteful to her, or to any other woman, to sustain shed a cóf: und if arranged by Be Hard: She sat I could love stopped the performance, quile still, and apparently indifferent. I would willingly have done so But Even her wonderful eyes appeared us Hilliard haul shown extraordinary energy treless and apathetic. Her heal brows I was not looking at Mrs Macintosh, indrilling his company a judgemul three, were slightly raised, and one or twice
For answer I stoppel quickly forward, but could tell by her wadden move- or four barristers who happened to be ment that she had half risen fras here in the house, had nadertaken to supply
and before he guessed my intention. chain. There was silence for a few mos die legal element, had the matter had
whisked off the curling white wig and the chin bead, leaving him a inre-faced, ments, silencin which Bould not help gone so far that I amely head to
od were the proceedings, thus ut eleven, of her hashmad's death (I only needed sandy-haired man ́of forty. Now; I feeling was pregnant far her. Then, intorture. she spoke in a voice which she struce it The pig bego in the large drawing they had to be adjouried to Che fol. to look into aeneyes to believe that), say-said, worapoak on gran torms. I shall vain to reguler unten.
mon som after kianer. int had lowing night, and the party broke up, ing that she would have saved him if not allow you to stop in this house worked like a horse caching his many crowding reand Mrs Macintosh she could, but that the bank crèmbled, another hour. I have called a groom, witnesses, and he appeared wonderfully to congratulatis ber on the way she had; and he was gane before she could stretch and he is getting ready a dog cart to
band. out a
She felt that the drive you to Bingley to catch the early familar with the details of the played her part. Thank you a hundrest tine s **erini real trial. The opening spouch of thas
I disliked the entertangent, exaved- ! trial had left a stain on her life, and mail to London. Before you go, you Hilliardettively, springing up. That prosecuting counsel was delivered with ingly, and, irritated and vaguely ex- she wished to disappear from the world will hand over to the the forged letters is very good of you. I know I can greint elaqence; the examination and cited, I did not feel inclined to sleep, which bad known her, and live some with which you are born threatening dløperezi on your promise. Now I must cross-examination of the witnesses was: When my guests hind all gone to bed, where in country peacefulness. This Lady Mortimer. An evil glare came go and attired in the details, and settle conducted with as much ernestness as I wandered out into the garden. The she might have been able to do had it with the ther performers.*
if it had been a case at the assizes; and night was beautiful-orisp with frost, not been for the very man who bud first Stop
she called, as he was harry the audience listened with an almost silent and starry. There was no one in mised suspicion against her-James ing away. You have not yet toll no painful, interest. Other names
w sight, not a light was visible in any Fox, her husband's cousin, and only wint past. I am to play."
choss, insteal of those belonging to the window, sare in eve room on the first relative, to whom all Sir Henry's money I thought I had explained, he' principals in the genuine cast, but the floor, which i knew to be the private would have gone haut he died a bachelor and with an oath Jas snatched, a answered mastily. It's a kind of trial, facts were the sanes They showed that sitting-room occupied by The liard. This man was an actor, so elever that package from his pocket and flung it fie know-
Luly Mortimer had been the wife of a Ho eat up late, and keeping whiskey in he could change himself in a play (even on the tour. Picking it up andgris A trial cried Mrs Macintosh.
man, eklerly and irritable, at the time his room, often entertained some of the is volert so that his best friends world-forring it to my own "cuat, I told him Oh, that is horrible! No, cuinot- he married the beautiful men after the rest of the house had gone at rognise him. He could not bear to pack his things all onec, standing to lose the money, and he had conceived over him while he did so; and exactly But I have your prondes? Jos said niless girl, and who, after mariage, maliciously, and I cally e't let you developed a furious jealousy, which! The stable chick struck one, and the idea of forcing Lady Mortimer to twenty minutes later, I continered in of now. He moved away without almost autoanted to monocitia. It soothed by the beauty of the night, I marry him. He hul hor watched, and downstairs, through the site hase, giving her time to now. A ment was admitted that he made his wife's life walked on, passed through the gate followed her everywire, pretending put him in charge of the gaon, and or two latte, when I had satistical Lady miserable with his useless its of that led from the garden to the pack, that he had letters from her husband he was driven off into the darkness. Hendry's curiosity about the birds, I passion. One day they lid gene for a and took the path to the river. I could stating that he stood in fear of Then I went back to the drawing- that she room. Never alt i forget the light had to pass Mas Macintosh on the way walk together along the high clins near hear its music as it swept rapidly along, bis ifo from hör, and
meant to poison him. She know in a pair of glorieus violet eyes, when i back to my office. I had spoken tew Sidiouth, where they were staying for black and fierets under the high banks wards to her since she had been in the Sir Henry Mortimer's health. In a The path presently came to the river, that these letters wer forgeries; but I tell Ars Magintosh wint had house, sure the formal ones of greeting couple of hours, Lady Mortimer which it followed, wiling with the she could not endure the shame of any done, and gave for the letters to when she arrived; and now, as bowed returned alone, saying that her husband course of the stream Itounding a correopening of the case, which was what to her, she looked up into my face. My hul slipped over the edge of the ner, I suddenly caure in sight of the hes persecutor threatened unless she heart leaped as our eyes swan. together, precipice and fallen to the beach below. rustic bridge which spanned the astream mrrieži hing for as plainly as if she spoke, I could Sho was pale and excited, and begged in its broadest and deepest part. To my
Deil
to lech
read her thought I am a woman, al that help might at onco be given. The astonishment, I saw a tall, "darit figuren
village police started for the scene before me. As looked, it moved quick-
one and in despair, her glance said.
I want the help of a man true man.'
I stopped before her, thrilled, besitat Ang my lips putted to speak; Int the violet eyes were inweed again to her book, I getaway, wondering deeply
of the necilent, with two or
fishermen, and Sir Henry was found ou
For the rest of the day I was scrupied, the precipice had crambled away.
in the fellow's eyes. You'd better book sharp,' I cried. I am a stronger mau than yon, art I'll take them by force if you don't surrender then.”
The fellow was at heart a coward,
I ever know she said brokenly
destroy. You are the only ra man
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I felt the blood ruch up into my Can you not guess now who is the
fuee; and then Fösked her a question. olling himself De Hilliard ?" The coward! Lgjaculeted.
Next day, in answer to many en- Then she told me that so clever was threely on to the bridge, swayed and threw i
up its arms in gesture of supplication his present disguise, even she did not quiries, I stated that De Hilliard had gon expectedly called "wagin the sands with a broken neck. A to Heaven. In the fraction of a second, know him at first, as she had only sean examination of the spot from which he realised who it was, and spring for hin previously with a heavy red beard,usiness, and what veing came, and had julen, showed that the odge of the ward. Before she had time to hap, I am a fair, florid skin, his own sandy of the pops were eager for the was at bir side, and he caught "lur bair, and no spectacles: but when he tunnion of the trial, I stood up, has involgied bear to the pay, and saying that much to my regret I would and it was late to the afternoon when I first no one thought of bringing around the waist, learned that the entertainment Dr necusation against the young widow, Her body throbbed under toy bands, when she realised what it was about, anggest that the affair be slowed to Hilliard was preparing was a mock trial, but, as the inquest, a man tarned up who, and we stood silently looking into each she saw that it was another stroke of hop. I added that I thought last founded on a case still fresh in every- was a cousin of the late hushurd, and other's eyes Still in silencs Ila her her relentless enemy, and she had wishugh it had somewhat overstepped the bands indicated by good tuste, and ed to end her misery in death. body's memory the Dial of the beauti-his only ritive. The cocusel 3 back to the path' ful Lady Mortimer,, at Ebeteg, for the ployeel took a strong line ¿ginst Lady If only you had been a moment le
For an hour we walked in the remoter that. Mrs Macintosh had been un parts of the park, and hecore 1 Ind her pleasantly affected by her part in the wurder of her ehlerly husband by push-Murther; servants who had heard ter!' she cried.. ing him over the high difs at Sidareuth, quarrels Jetween the husband and wife Thank God I was not! I answered. back to the house again, I knew that entertainment. Not withstanding, I an affair which led excited the kreuest came forward a dismissal mid of You have kept me from death now for the first time in my life I was went on, she had been inclined to con- interest, and divided the public into Lady Morchner's swore that her mistress but you can't keep me from madness passionately in love. The light still tiuus," but I had assorted my authority two camps sove declaring that tip led one said she wished Sir Henry which will be the consequence of one barned in Dr Hillard's room, and not ay landlord, but as her atunced resolved to act at ance Leaving lady husband-to forbid it. And I hoped prisoner had weaped only owing to are dead; while the wilow herself had more right such us this.' favourable summing up of a jego admit in the box that she Ived I wish I could help you! I ex-Martiner in the draiving room, Tran that, in the circumstances, not only. upstairs sur tapped lightly at his door.might I he forgiven but congratulated notoriously seak and tenderbe sted extremely unhappily with her husband, clained. whenever wernans concy-rued, and hul ones actually said, in a ment Ob if you could--if anyone could! Though I could see the was surprised, as well. Then I looked afre o was ready at once with his artificial Macintosh', (whom no he would over vthers maintaining that die fan of of anger, the words which the maid had she muured. spotless innowned and that even to attributed to her. The coroner tonk
Then let me try. Let as walk here, smile, and his effusive manuers of-good-kiny my, more, as Lady Mortimer) suapeet he was a scandal. I felt fierce serious view of the case, and Lady away from that black river. I would fellowship: but when I looked the door and the smiled up at me--no-longh a towards the Irishinani when I saw how Mortimer was brosted.
give my right arin to help you 174 behind me, and took out the key, the säile; and somebody started thic
song, For he's a jolly good follow !! sinile became a stony grin,
being a Boullave had had other than commercial advantages, after all,
Mr James Fox, I said quietly, this
he had inveigled Mrs Macintele into, During the progress of this macic She walked by my side-nerose the playing the port of the reused in the trial, my eyes and those of many others, great park, she and 1 alone under the. mook trial, for I wasure that it ust were rarely absent from the face of starlight, and a strange thrill of plenare of yours has gone far enough--100
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