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A LURKING PHANTOM: A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY,
BY
JOHN BLOUNDELLE-BURTON (Author of "The Hispaniola Plate," " The Year One," ***A Vanished Rival," &c.).
CHAPTER XVI. DESPAIR
The toneliest part of the Thames Embook ment is, after dark, that part which runs from the Victoria Bridge in front of Chelson Hospital, and it castingne to be so until it reaches the modern mansions by the old-time Physic "Gardenza.
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Along this part of the Embankment, at about a quarter to seven on one of the first nights of | October last, a woman plainly clad in a dark sorge dress and wearing a hat trimmed also with bisck, and with nothing in the shape of colour or ornament about her, was walking slowly in the darkness which had lately so in.
Had there been on this occasion anyone to ROBINSON,
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Also to accept proposals for LIFE ASSUR.follow, her, that person would probably have considered she was some shopwoman waiting ANCE. Prospectuses on application.
for another person to keep an appointment. TURNER & CO.,
For, to and down that long stretch of A gants. embankment this woman had now wandered
thought, too of une other thing, of how e- tween Van Vloet and her husband, and by play. ing them off against each other, she might so obfata it as to atuase no suspicions in the latter's mind.
But, as she did this think and schome, she despised and loathed horself for doing so she exourated herself, yet, iu bor desperation, she recognised that whatever she was driven to do must be done it once. The thing admitted of no delay.
"It must be done," she whispered to herself, as now she sat in avotber cab on her. way to the dressmaker's. It must be done. I steep my self deeper and deeper in lies and duplicity each day; I ans becoming so foul a thing that I dare dog reflect no
of
for what! hide the weakness, the folly an innocent, trusting girl; of a woman whose love drove her to madness. For that reason
om as base, as intriguing, as false as a woman who desires her husband daily, a woman who is the vilest of her kind. God help me, where will it all end? Where? Want will, what can become of me, at last P
Madame Van, Vloot rocaiċod hor client with all the empressement which was due to the wifs of a wealthy man who was soon to be er. ated s peer, yet she was studying Lady Battroll's face all the time, and, as she did so, she said to herself, "Miladi is worried about something. What is it? What? Ah! parhaps we shall soon know. She wants somezing."
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distance from Victoris. Bridge to the Physie Gardens, and sometimes going even farther, till she was in front of old. Ühelsien Church; some- times, also, going on to ono or other of the bridges at either end of the distance she seemed to layo marked out for her walk, and sometimes Cglancing over the river at Batteries Park, as thengh" pondering on its now shut up and deserted appearancĎ.
More than once, too, she bad thrown herself on one of the benches distributed along the embankment, and had sat staring hollow eyed across the river, peering into the dnsky veil of night that hung over it, and then. jumping up hurriedly, she bad leaned over the parapet and glared stodfestly a: the tide as now it targed. For turned it had, as she could very will see by observing how the garbags on its bosom, the vid bits of drift wood as well as other drift-which all stood out white, even in the darkness of the night-were now slowly being carried back in, the direction from which they but previously been brought
Towards London," she mused; "towards the foul horrors of the river below the bridges, where to-morrow, or the next day, or a week [honce my body will be found if it is not carried out to sea. And I have come to this! My God!"
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Whatever milli might want was, however, anly thing which she apparently wanted was to give some extensive orders.
"It is time. Madais Van Visok," she said with a smile which she could not prevent from being a cary wan one. "that you and I bad the little conversation about one or two im. portant matters."
"I am charmed to talk about anything miladi likes."
"You know my daughter will by married sooner or later according to the state of Lord Bobuz's hith, and of course, there is the trous- sean to be discussed. Then there is the roma
tion-"
"Ah! yes. Moa Dien there is the Corono- tion: Ah! the Coronation! MoaDieu !"
That will all be exponsive!"
It is all good for the business, miladı." "Quite so. Good for those who will make money, but not so good for those who will have to spend it."
"Ob miladi."
These are expansivo tims, Madame Van Vleet. Now I suppose you would like to make Mias Bottrell's wedding outfit and everything necessary for me?"
Al, milli Van Vloot repid with an upturned glance which denoted, be was ceant Ah, miladi-BA to donate, suprams raptara, But at the same time she was saying to herself, "It is coming Ab, Waiter you clover man. The lawyer will come in pow. Twenty-fir per cent. Subject to renewal. Mon Dien!"
"Well, you shall do so," Lady Buttroll went on. Only
Only! Yes, miladi?" a Ettle eagerly. "You will have to wait for yone money till Christmas. Ishall not be able to pay you till then."
Oh, mikti!" with a shocked look, a look that seemed almost to venture to suggest that Van Vlest was hurt at such a thing being oven noticed, though to herself she was now saying,
"I wonder." she went on now, as she walked away from the spot she was staring at, wonder if they will ore; know what has become of me I hope not, I pray not. There is no marks loft on any of my clothes to tell who or what I am. There is no sign on my body by which I can be identified; nothing. I shall be supposed to be some wretched waif of humanity who was sick of life, who had no longer any thing to live for, who had no longer anyone la love, or to be loved by. I shall be buried in some unknown grave and never heard of again. And at last-forgotten. Forgotten by all." Wherson the woman wept, while adding a mo- ment later, "Well, it is better so. Far batter." A man passed her as she mused thus, one who was by his appearance of the better glass; aud he spoke to her, looking down under her hat as
"I cannot pay you before. Bu, then, if it he did so and saying," It is going to rain, dear, you will get wet, and then starting back horror-suits you I will. There is such a dreadfal stricken at the face he saw underneath that hat. I nonut of money to be spent now end -and- Horror-stricken at the dark eyea that starod Sir Geoffrey is-so-methodical from out the white laggard face, a face like that of a corpse within its shroud; all the eyes that pierced him with sombre contempt and scorn, as fixedly as the eyes of a basilisk would bave done.
"Ged!" the man mattered to himself as he moved away swiftly. "God! I shall see that face for days, for sights, in my dreams."
Then the woman, who had se transfized the man moved on herself. going nearer towards London, until she came at last to sound stepa leading down to the river, some steps that, since the tide had set by now been ebbing more than ta quarter of an hont, had the water almost up to the topmost one, And, standing on the last step, the step which was wet by the water which had only a few moments hofors recadad from it, the woman murmured, Mand, my darling, God keep and bless you always. Geoffrey-my husband die loving you. Ah! this is the end."
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Yet, at the same time that she had done so she had aleo recognised that, whatever chances ware open to her, whatever opportunities there might be of obte ning money-it there were any There was no time must be utilised at once. to be lost, as Challis manner showed; a manner which it was impossible not to recognise, was dally becoming more and more menacing as well as more ominously suggestiv of what would bappen if Mark Lambert should appear in
London,
Bah! I though she wanted money, a little ready as Walter calls it. Bh! Where does the poor lawyer come in how, and the twenty- five per cont., subject to renewal
*Yes, yes, miladi," Van Vlert said, while thinking as she did so how her boloved Walter wonld curse Sir Geoffrey's methodical habitu **Yes, miladi. But when he heard all this money is, can be, always forthcoming. Oh! if miladi will pardon me, but-but-il miladi did require a little of the rea- little ready money a few thousands"
"No. No. Laly Bottrell said. "No. No. Nothing of the kind. Not now at any rate.".
"Ah bat, miladi, everyone wants money bow And I know so many in these expensive times. other ladies who ure borrowing a little. I know, too, a nice lawyer--such a nice kind man business. If miladi should want a little money he would be so proud, so happy--not to disturb the methods of Sir Geoffrey.
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"Not now, at any rate," Lady Bottrell said. Later, perhaps, But I do not think I am likely to want it though, as she spoke, she was Avditating whathor she would not ask Van Vest to obtain a loan of five thousand pounds from the lawyer she had spoken of, and so, it possible, fizial for ever with Mark Lambert und Ira Challis
Finish with them! Yes. If they would let her, if they would aver permit her to escape from their clutches. It they would!
For, if she should borrow that five thousani pounds she would have ten thousand pounde at her disposal, siure, now, after her interview with the arvestaker, she know where the first five thousani was to be obtained.
She knew, and, God help hor-her, the un- happy woman treading deeper and desper avery hour in duplicity and deceit !-the put the ab taining of these fire thousand pounds into practice at once, while feeling so sure that, how, they wore as good as in her baads that she sent off that telogena to Iri Challis
The expenses we shall be put to over one
thing and another." she said to Sir Geoffrey that night, will be tendons I want some ready money to go on with.-Quite a large sum. Van Vieet, and sho cursed herself as she spoke, cannot provide for all she has to do this
"I must do something, and at once," stre said to herself. At once. That cheque for £500 and the promise of an equal som shortly, is useless. They want more and they will hare it."year on credit."
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But at pressut she could only deliberate ou one thing namely, how to obtain a large sum of money; a sum which should, which must, bg its vastness, keep both Mark Lambert and his representative from torturing her for some time at last.
Dearest, you need not ask her or anyone for credit. My money is yours and you know it. All of it, and always, Tall me the sum required. and don't be afraid to mention it, however big. The cheque shall be drawn to morrow. Darbug, you know how I love you. How the pleasure of my life consists in making you happy. D you not p
But for answer, Sir Geofrey received only a whispered Yee, and a quick, hurried embrace from his wife ere she left the room on some protonce
Then, suddasly, she resolved that she would
Ere abe. laft it to hide herself in her own apply to a scond forson from whom she cos- sidered there was a probability of either obtain-room and staking into a chair, to reep as ing money or being put in the way to obtain though her heart was breaking or was broken.
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