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, A LOCK Of RED HAIR Oil.APTEit VI.- (CONTINUED. ) Lucy who, had. 2unk into a. chair at the foot of tho bed, alone was dryeyed. She felt a. tight chokin!'( sens~.tion in her thros.t, but could find no 1elief in tears. As ehe sat, staring in front of her, communing and wres ;ling with her hard spirit, rnd_ d enly her eyes fell up.on two obj.ects which enchained and fascmated them. For an instant she sat in motionless horror, then, awakening to fall intelligence in a moment, and uttering a piercing scream, she threw herself upon her kneea and graaped them In her hand. "Good Heavens, dear Miss Lucy." cried Mrs. Mitchell, thinking it wa.s an hysterical attack, and hurrying i;owarda her, "don't give way like thiB I" To their great aatonisbment, she -gprang to her feet, her eyes blazing with excitmenn. " Come close to me, all of yon. Mra. Mitchell, don't let one of them leave the room." "No, no, dear mies; we are all here!" "See-~ee whab I hold in my hand!" The women pressed round her. "Why, it's master's pencil-ca.ml" declared Fanny. " .And this 7" continued Lucy. " That looks like a lock of red hair. Where can it have ccme from 1 What does it mean ?" "It means," cried Lucy, groaning with anguish, "that your poor mistress has been murdered!" "Murdered!" exclaimed every one. " Yes, cruelly murdered!" "But by whom 1"-·· By her husb11nd." "Oh, dear Mias Lucy, think what a dreadful thlng you are saying !"cried Mrs. Mitchell, fearing for her reason. " What proof oan you have of what you say 1" " These I" replied Lucy harshly. " Bub whab do they amount to 7" Master no doubt left his pencil-case with missus." "I am certain l>e did not; I saw him put it into hie pocket just before he left the house. 1 told him the ring was thin ; and, see, it has broken through here in this very room. Providence has ordered it so that this terrible crime may be brought home to him. The red hair I do not understand ab present-I suspect it is pa.rt of some disguise that he has used ; but no doubt an explanation will come." "But wbab ought we to do 1" hiquired Mrs. Mitchell, her ruddy face pa.le with horror. "l cannot think. Let us rnnd for Doctor Maurice and take his advice. But one thing I implore you all to promise me, by the love you bore your poor mistress; and that is that you will keep the secret of her death faithfully until Doctor Maurice arrives. I am certain in my own mind that a fearful crime bas been commited here ; but I cannot convince you by myself; he will help me when he comes. Now, Mrs. Mitchell, will you prombe1" " Indeed I will I" cried Mrs. Mitchell, on whom L ucy's xesolute tone had produced a great effect. "Oh, Miss Lucy, I begin to fear you are clearer. '..lighted than we a.re l I!.ly poor, poor mistress r "Emily, Fanny, Harriet. you will do the same, will you not 1 You ir.ll loved your mistress." "Ay that we did I ·we've lost our beat friend," cried Emily, the epokeswoman. "As Mrs. Mitchell has dcne ao, I promise too." "And I," "And I," said the two others solemnly. "Now two of you go and fetch Doctor Maurice. Don'i; wait for him ; merely lea.'Ve word that he ts wanted here at once; and, Mrs. Mitchell, lock up this fearfol room, and let me !lO away and think." Tbe old woman did as she was directed, looking at Lucy with a sad questioning expresaion, and then followed the weeping servants down-Btairs, shaking her head mournfully. "Poot M:.ss Lucy!" she t hought. "I wish she could cry ; it'n r.ot natural for her to take it so 1a1d like; I fear me e.he will give way soon. I shall be thankful to see Doctor Maurice " M eanwhile, Lucy was walking up and down her. ro om, endeavoring to calm h6r· self, to think rationally Jf the fearful oc· currence that had taken place, and to find some method of elucidating the mystery. That Richmond had beGn in the houae during the night ehe was perfectly convl:c.ced, and tha.the had in someway.hastened the dell.th was r·lso a foregone conclusion; but b eyond lhatevrrything was dark and obscm:e. "Thank. H eaven, I have a fric nd near me!" she thought. "I should go mad in this terrible trouble if I had no one to con5ult. How ha.rd it seems not to have time.to mourn for one who I am sure loved. me dearly l But I must plan and think, and, when he is brought to justice, there will be time to grieve- the cruel, heartless, treacherous wretch!" ~he said to hers~lf. "Heaven grant me strength to go through with it !" After bathing her aching, burning brow, she went down into the breakfast-room to wait for Doctor l\f!lurice, taking with her Richmond's letter to his wife, the pencilcaae, and the mysterious lock of red hair. OH.APTEH VII. In a very few mlnute11 Doctor Maurice ca.me Into tho room. "What Is It~,, he aaked hurriedly. "ls she worse ~" And then, catching sight of Lucy's pale, worn face, he stopped suddenly. "Heavens I What has happened~" he cried. " It Is you that are ill;· tell me, tell me whab lb ls." . At the sound of his kind voice, Lucy's &trength utterly forsook her, and she would have fallen had he not caught her in his arms. "My darling," he cried, forgetting every· thing but that ehe was suffering, and that he loved her, "tell me your trouble I I love you so dearly that I could devote my whole life to your happiness if you would let me." "Oh, hush, 'bush, fol:' pity's sake I" Lucy cried shrinking from him, and covering her face with her hands. " Thia is not the tlme to think of ourselves!" And then she told him, with many breaks, and in a tremluous tone, what had occurred. " Good Heavens ! The ghost ! This ly an artful · fellow ; thorn let ~era pror<' thou is an explanabion of itl Oh, the tha.li. " , '.Ah, yes, Mr. J,,bson l How do y,.. .. crnel, c·owardly villain l" · ' What do you meim r' ea11erly a.eked ace unt for th0m 1 They completly bafU Lucy, for a moment bewildered by his ed us " m11nne::. "Very likely," he answered drily . : . "Do you not see 1 This man has im- "but they are in reality easily Eee11 pcn. 'l·mated the ghost; and, in order to through. Ha mo&t ha.ve had a confetle,. stilt further terrify l:is unsuspecting vie- a~o f\t Boulogne. You say he told you tiro, he has disguised himself by wearing not tn expect answers to your letters for red hair. You remen.ber she told us, r·ur d~ya; that would j nst give them poor thing, that ,he was perfectl( aware ime t,{. ~end them backwards and for· of her st range, morbid antipathy 1 1 wa ·df.. nv firm lmpreseion 18 that he '·Then the eonnd I heard In the pa:i- hal'I 'l6 vt r , :>ft England:' sage is explained." ,. When tltey ca."Jle b a.ck, J obson looked unmistakably puzzled. " Cei;j;a.inly it fa l" "Oh, what shall we do 7" cried Lucy 7 "I can't find a trace of any kind," he " How are we to bring It home to him sa!d. " I must go into the ga.l'den and Help me, Doctor :Maurice; pray think smoke a pipe and think. In case any of the men see me," he added, by way of caufor me." " I will do my very ut most to help you," tion, "you h!!.d better aay Mrs. Richmond he sa.td gravely, "not only for your sake, Is worse, and I am a consulting physician but for the sake of justice ; only you from London. You can keep them out of must trust me Implicitly and believe I the kitchen too by stating that the house woa.ld give my life to save you from pain must be quiet ; for I am afraid, if and sorrow. In the first place," he con- you give t.he women much cha.nee of talk· tinned, "I must go up-stairs to the room ing, the secret will not be safe. How with Mrs. Mitchell, and In a few minutes they have kept it all this time I cannot I will rejoin you here." imagine ; they must be a very unusual When he returned, his face was pale, sort of females, and it's of the utmost imand wore a very serious expression. portance it sl1ould not be known, for I " She evidently died in a fit, poor crea- am ~·-;ry much mlshken if Richmond has ture, induced by excessive teuor. She ever left tile nelghb::mrhood." must have suffered horribly at the 133t , With that b.e went out; and Doctor Now," he said to Mrs· .Mitchell, who had Maurice and Lucy saw him pacing gravely followed him into the room, " let me see np and down the garden for over half an the servants; I wil!h to speak to them." hour. Watching him silently, they at When they were all aasembled, he said, laet saw him suddenly stop, than turn to· "I have just been to see the body ot your ward the house, and walk rapidly in their poor mistress, and have no doubt what- direct!oo. ever that her death was caused by an aw"Be haa hit upon something," remarkful fright of some kind. You all know e:l Doctor Maurice ; and then they wa.ithow ill she was a few days ago, after hav- ed breathless with anticipation, Ing seen, as she believed, a. ghost. I said J obson came in with a look of brinmrh at that time, should anything of the sort in his eyes, occur again, 1 believed that the conae· "I think I see my way clear now," he quences would be very serious. Now began, "though perhaps you and the I am firmly persuaded that no ghost ever young Indy may objecb to the means we appeared to your mistress; but tha.t your must employ. However my motto la, master, for some wicked r eason of his 'Treachery should be met with treach· own. disguised himself . by wearing r ed ery· "' hair, and so rncceeded in frightening her "Bnt what do you want us t o do 1" ask· to <!.,,,.fh ,, ed Doctc: Maurice eagerly. · When they had left the room, the Doc"Why, this-and I see no other w~y tor asked Lucy to break the seal and read of fixing it v!.l him--for I suppose, eir, the letter. no doctor would hesitate to say Mrs. Rich· " W e may Iearn something from it, " mond died from naturai causes T' he .said. "Certainly; I should have said S'.> my· It was to this effectself, had I non known of these suspicious "My dearest vVife,- I am awfully sorry circumstances." " Well, then, our· only chance ill to get I am prevented from coming this evening ; I am so afraJd you will have been anxious. him te> criminate himself ; anJ I think But the fact ls it i.a almost impossible for that may be done in this way. You, Mias me to leave for a few days, unless I make S tarr, must write a letter t o him, aa;ving up my mind to lose everything. Of comAe that his wife is very much worse, in conaeif Miss S tarr were not with you, I should quence of snothe,. appearanca of the gh< )st, come, notwithstanding this ; but, as It and that Do.itor Mauric3 believes if any I think it would be weak to doeo. Write sach thing ahould happen again, in her at once, as I am very anxious for news of present shatter ed stat e of ne1·ves, t he re· you. In great haste. sult might be fatal. Then add that you "Your very loving "EDGAR. a.re compe1led to go home on Friday for " I suppose there is no doubt thia fo a few days by the 5 30 afternoon tr,.Jn, Itiohmond'e handwriting 1" inquired Doc- and that Mrs. Mitchell is confined to he1: tor Maurice. · bed with acute rheumatism. You must "yes, 1 am certain of that." urge him, in t11ese circumatnncee, to re" Well, it is of no use our bewildering tum before night on Friday, as none of our brains unnecessarily. r will telegraph the younger servnnts will consent to re· to Scotland Yard immediately, and we main in Mrs. Richmond's room, and she must be guided by what the detective has absolutely refused to have a iltrange will advise. I will return in the afternoon nurse." and, In the meantime, you must try and be "And what do you expect will be the as cool and quiet as you can, ~.ndhave Mrs. result of this letter 1" inquired Doctor b f Molurice. Mitchell to slt with you. G ood - ye or "I firmly b elir ve we shall bave an a.na few hours. "- He preased her band, looked lovingly and pi tyingly at her 11nd left awer from him, saying that he will arrive the room. here l!hort.ly after Mi6s Starr has ebrted ; AU day Lucy r-zmalned alone, restless and then that h e will come in the night, and miserable; she did not send for Mril feeling sure that the coast la clear, t o finMitchell, as shdelt the old woman's garru- ieh hie fearful work. I propose fur ther louil lamentations would be more than she that Mita Starr ahould r eally leave by the could bear. Every now and then the re· 5 30 train, which stops at Meltbam, five membrance cf Doctor Maurice's worda and miles from her e, tak ing hAr ticket for m;iunarbroke through the gloom; buhshe London, ani th!'t she should get out ab would not allow herself any c.Jmfort, and Meltham, and return to this house by anre~olutely turned her thoughts in another other direction." direction. "Wt1ll, and what then?" In this way the dreary day passed, un"Then, e!r, I advise that we should con· til, late in the afternoon, Doctcr Maul'ice ceal ouraelves in the bedroom at night and arrived; and, an hour after, the dettcGive, wait to aee what may happen. Poaitlvely Mr. Jobson, was am1ouncad. catching him In the acb is the only chance The poor lady's J obeon we.a a q aiet k een-looking m1m, I see of detecting him. with a soft, pleasant. voice. He wae quite body mueb be removed to another room." unaware of the particulars of the present ··But why ahould M!.ss Starr r eally leave case, Doctor Maurice's telegram merely here ~· ' Doctor Maurice a11ked. stating that a clever cletectlve wa8 wanted "Bacause I e~ pact he will watch in liome at Fernhurat at onci;i. He listened r e- way to make sure nh e is absent before he &pectfully, and with a most ~ympathetic, ventures here. . I presume h~ had means expression, to the story ; and, · &fter re· of ascertaining t hat you were not in t'\J.11 fiecMng a moment, saldroom laab nlght, Miss Starr 1" "I quite believe with you that Jl.11. "By watc'a.lng ha could have seen the Richm;md wa.15 the cause of his wife'H !igb.t in my room, and I sat at my window death; but at preacnt we have no oonclus· for some time before lying down on my ive evidence aga.inat him." bed. H tt might also have h eard us saying "But how a.bout the pencil-case and good night if he bad listened- everything lock of hair, Mr. Jobson 1 Surely they was so still, and, the lower rooms not "re very ~uspicious 1" being lofty, tho windows are not far from " B ut suspicious circumstances are not the ground." eufficient, thank goodness, to jmtify a "Then he prob.lb!) waited untll he felt charge of murder I And then, aga!.n, 1>ure you were eafely a.sleep before he enthough, mind you, I myself foel co11vinced tered the house. Now w1 at do you aii.y of the truth of what yon say, and believe to my plan?" I shall find means of proving ib, no jury "Iti::i a fead ul course to have to adopt," would think anything of the pencil-case answered Doctor Maurice; " but I sell no evidence. Mi's Starr herself admits tha.t other way d accomplif.lhing our ends." the ring which h eld it to the chain was " Bu b," cried Lucy, " it aeems so de· nearly worn through; what so likely, t hey grading to spread such an awful trap I would say, but that ii! fell off directly h e Cannot we do ou r dear friend justice withleft you,:that 11/Ira. Itichmond ~aw it, plc}r· out ao much dec1.1lt and fa!sehood 1 " edit up, s.nd took it to her room 1 Tne "I can think of u.o other way, " replied lock of red hair is very much the more J obson coldly. "01 course it would b e important evidence of the two, as that cer- pleasanter to go through the .wotld with ta.inly indicatefl that some man was in her out d!aeimulation of any kind ; but society r oom that night. It is, you see," he said must be protected, and it seems in such a aa he 1 nmined it, ' 'a portion of a theah· case as this t hall the end will quite justify rical beard with straight h a.ir, which, as it .the means. I t would be straining honour h'ls no foundation, has evidently been t oo far to shield rnch a ruffian as thia I " stuck upon the face with spirit-gam In "I must own I egree with Mr. Jobson," different portions ; the gum here has fail- said Doctor Maurice gravely, "though I ed, and the lock ha.a fallen off. I have grieve from my h eart that you should be seen so many of these. things that 1 can mixed up in 11uch a horrible affair." tell at once what they are. It is necesaa· "Then I will do as you wish," Lucy ry in these cases to know everything," he agreed, with a shudder. "I am sure you continued. would not counsel anythin~ you felt bo be "Dues Mr. Richmond benefit pecuniar- wrong; bub you must tell me exactly what il:y by his wife's death 1 And did he seem to say ; I am q 11ibe incapable of collecting attached to h er r my thoughts. " Even J obaon looked at h er with pitying " I can answer · Yes,' to both of those questions." replied Lucy. " Mrs. Rich- interest as h e saidmond had ten thouBand pounds a year, " It does seem hard on a young lady entirely at her own dispo~al ; and I be- iike you ; but it cannob be helped; any lle'Ve she has left it all to him. And h e one else writing would at once ,a rouse certainly seemed devoted to her." Richmond's 11uspicionll." "Ah, that makes it mor e difficult for Lucy sat down, and, with a hand which us," remaked J obaon, cheerfully; " but she vainly endeavoured to steady, at thG ir there was clearly a motive for wishing the dictation wrote the following letter"Dear Mr. Richmond,- Pray come poor lady dead! N ow, sir, if you please, I should like to go up-stairs; and t hen, home at once. Ycur poor wife is much after tlmt, to make a careful examination worse. She had an oth er attack last night, of the house and grounds. If we could and waa found this morning insen.sible. find such a thing as a footprint, it would I am compelled t o go home on F riday for be worth something to us as evidence; but a day or two, and Mrs. Mitchell i11 ill In I don't supp!JBe we 11hall. He is evident- bed and cannot be moved. Let n othing prevent yG Ul.' coming befor e nigh ti, as all the yoong sel'vants are 1w dreadfo!ly nervous. They have positively refused to remain !n l'l'irs. Richmond'a room, and we cannot induce her to have a strange nurse. D icwr :Maur ice say11 another attack d the aa -ue i;or.t would most likely prove fatil. I leave by the 5. 30 t rain. I trust you w!ll manage to be hero before I start. " In great haste, yours faithfully, "LUCY STA.RR." "Now," sllold Jobson,·· I will wish you good-night. I will post this on my w:i.y to Lulmouth, and, if you should want me, you will find me at the I~perial Hotel ; but I shall be round here early in the morning. " He bowed regpec~fully, and left them. Fur a few minutes they kep~ complete s!l· enca ; and then Doctor Maurice said hesitatingly" Dear Miss St&rr, I cannot go to-night without one word from you. l epoke im· pulsively this morning ; had I known the dreadful trouble you were in, I would have waited; but now, having spoken, 1 cannot rest without some asaura.nce fro m you. The happin'lss of my whole lifti hangs upon your answer. Ah, if you knew how deeply I love you, you would forgive me l" "Oh, De>ctor John," cried. Lucy, burst· ing into tears, "don't press me for an answer now ; it is disloyalty to my poor friend to think of myse!f now." "But," persisted John fently, " may { speak to you again when brighter times have come for both of us, as please Ileaven they will?" " I feel as if I should never know a moment's peace again," sobbed L ucy; "but if I ever should," she murmured "dear Doctor Maurice, you may speak." "Heaven bless 1 nd comfort you, my darling I" he cried; and then, taking her hand nnd kissing ib lovingly, he went away. "How h appy I might have been," thought poor Lucy ; "but now a cloud has come over my life which nothing can dispel! ' Save money by buying your goods at ' · 46-3m. TYRONE'S CHEAP CASH STORE, JAMES STRUTT, Proprjetor Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Glassware, Pat ent Medicines, etc., etc. !'yrone, November 13. 188~. 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