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CHAPTER X\'.â€"â€"an Pun Exrzsns hum. For three or (our do) I, Ellie ley et the Relie‘ lodginge et Luveewfc. eerioudy ill, but elowly improving; end ell the time, Mre Rel! end Edie wetched over her tenderly with unoeeelog eollcltude, eeI thou h ehe hed been theh' own denghter end tor. Elele'e heert wee torn every! moment h e devouring deelre to know; when Hug hed done. whet Hugh wel‘ dohg, w et they hed eeld end thonghtl ebonI her et Whluetrend. She never eeld eo dlreo‘dy no the Rolfe. of oonreezehe. couldn‘t bring hereelf yet to e o! it? to enyhody ; hut Edie perceived It tultively ' from her ellenoe end her words; end ether. e time, ehe mentioned the unmet in utterly ‘ confidence to her brother Werren. They| ‘hed both looked in the lone! pepore for ‘eome accountâ€"fl ~00!de It wereâ€"end new, ‘ ,_L_ â€"-_ e-|.-_ to thclr my} to that lurfir‘au, In" uv ..-.. -. nnywhero of e'l nudden din penrtnoe. Thin wu canons. not to ny o noun; (or in meet Englhh country villngu 5 young Indy onnnot mhh into Ipnoe on n enmmer evening, upeoidly flinging herself bodily into the senâ€"u Wuren Rel! did not doubt 1 [or n neoond Elgle hidden in the momenmy 7 â€"â€"-|â€"-â€"lâ€"- -lI-L_ w: I mun nun. uâ€"u---- __ V W , _ onln ~wlth- dupontion of utorriblo “uh out aching some sort of load on onlty u to when the [:9 gone o_r I!!!“ In: bwomo _I-L- LL- n.1,... W wuew luv uâ€" 5"... .. .._,,, of the body. We cannot emulate the calm social atmosphere 0! the Bagdad of the Califs where a mysterious disappearance on an en- chanted onset aroused but the faintest and most langui interest in the breasts of the hystan ers. ith us the enchanted carpet explanation has fallen out of date. and mysterious disa pearances, however remarkable. form a su jsot rather of prosaic and prying inquiry on the part ofhthose sence of any allusion in the Whitestraudl news to what must needs have formed a nine days' wonder in the quiet little village, ‘ quichened all Warren Bell's profoundest: suspicions as to Hugh's procedure. At Whidestraud, all they could possibly know was that Miss Challoner was missingâ€"per- haps even that Miss Challoner had drowned herself. Why shouldjt all be so unaccount- ahly hurked, sc strangely hushed up in the local news spars! Why should no report be divnl anywhere 3 Why should no- body even hint in the Loweslofl Times or the Ipswich Chronia'e that a young lady of considerable personal attractions, was unac- countably missing from a family of a well- hnown Sufl‘olk landowner! up...“ on the verv day alter his return would be unable to carry out his long-suma- ing on emeut to take him round in the H - rue to London. But as time went on, end no news came from Meaiuger, Warren Bell's suspicious deepened daily.‘ It was clear that Eluie. too, was lingering} in her eonvslesoence irom suspense and un- 3 certainty. She couldn't make up her mind to write either to Hugh or Winifred. and finite couldn't bear the long state of doubt 'ch aileno': entailed upon her. So at last. to set to rest their {oint fears, and to make sure what was rea ly being said and done and thought at Whitestrend, Warren Reli determined to run over quietly for an afternoon’s inquiry, and to hear with his own ears how rople were talkingl about thgwpic of the ‘our in the little vi age. A e Almu-nL vvvâ€" __-~V-,, Already on the very dny titer his return to Loweetoit, ‘1an Bolt Ind hastily tole- gnphed to Hugh Muninger nt Whiteatnnd this he we: detained in the Broads, and would be unable to «my 911.: his rlong-nund- A, J !_ LL- WU wynv III we l-vâ€"u .- -_.- _-V,, He never got there, however. At Almund- hum Station, to his great surprise, he run suddenly sgelust Mr. \\ yville Meysey. The Squire recognised him at e glsnce se the young men who hsd taken them in his yswl to the ssndhills, and begun to talk to him freely et once nbout all that bed since hup~ pened in the {snail . But Rolf we: even} more astonished w en he found that the subject which lay uppermost in Mr. Mey- s'ey'e mind just then we! not Elsie Chellon~ er‘e mysterious dinppenrsuce et ell, but his doughter \Vinifred's recent engagement to Hugh Mueinaer. The peinler wee still some years too young to heva mustered the wolound suthropologicsl truth that. evenwith the best of us, man a slwsye s self-centred We “ N ell, yea," the Squire said, after u few oommenpleeee of conversation hed been in- terchenged between them. "You heven't heerd, then, from our friend Mueinger letely.hnven’t on! 'meu riled 1t thet. He ned eometh n3 out of t e common to communicate. l ehould heve thought he'd heve been enxloue to let you know et once thet he end my girl Winifred hed hit things 08 emicehl together.â€"O. yea, it’- ennounced. definite v ennounoed : Society in Mine of it. Mrs. Meyeey mede it known to the county, to to epeelr, et Sir Theodore Sheepehenhe'e on Wedneedey evening. Your friend Meningor in not perhepe quite the preeiee men we mi ht heve eeleoted oureelvee bl- Winifred, ' we'd teken the choice into our own heude : but whet I eey it. let the young people nettle there thin themeelvee â€"let the youn pee le eett e them between them. It‘s 1: ey w o’ve got no live with one enuther. efter ell, not we; end they’re e greet deel more lntereeted in it at bottom, when one comes to think of it. then the whole ol the rest oi us put to- jaunt.” '~ And Min Challoner 2” Warren ukod. u noon 3: he could edge in 3 word conven- lently, dual- the Squire hand dale from man prints of viewâ€"all tqually prayâ€"wit dug}: Musing!) petition, OhN‘IOWI', 5nd prospeoth“ the It“! with you? I'm greatly 1:100de in her. She made .11 Im- mense impreulon on me fine dsy in the undhlllg."_ _ . ‘I _A_‘-_L-L n ‘11-- 'HE THREAD OF LIFE 'alluu um The Squall-0': (we fell nomewhu. “ h Chulloner?" ho echoed. “Ah. yes: gunmen. Well, to tell you the truth A__ _-I_A LI--L “In. nk-‘lnn gen elk me polnt-blenkâ€"Mlee Chellener'e a me 06 e little enddeanâ€"We‘ve been die- eppolnted in the: rl, lyou will hove It. We don't went lt te ked over in the neigh- bourhood more then we on: help, on Hugh Mewinger‘e nceonnt, more then enything‘ elee. because, ether ell, the wee n nor: 0! con- eln of hieâ€"e tort of cousin. though e very remote one ; u we learn now, on extremely remote one. We've asked the eervente to hush lt ell up as much :1 they con. to pre- vent gossip ; for my deuqhter’e eeke we‘d Ike to avold scalp; her I don‘t mlnd tell log you. In etrlce confidence. ee ou’re e lrlend ol Mealn r'e, thet Mlu helloner left us, We all eh nk. In A non: nngrntelnl manner. 1‘ fell upon no like I thunderbolt 0R, SUNSHINE AND SHADE. that no note In: ukui " Min "new. an v vâ€"v l “A telegram from London l” Warren Rolf-cried in blank surprise. “ Do you think ;Miss Challoner’s in London, than? That's 5 ve remarkableâ€"A telegramto Mas-ingot I ask you to send her luggage onto Lon- i don lâ€"ch're quite sure it came irom Lon- : don. are you 2" | “Quite enrolâ€"Why, I‘ve t it in my . hot this moment, my ear air." the Katrina replied somewhat testily. When an el erman say-“lav dear air" to a very much on er one, you may take it (or gran he ways means to mark his strong lsapprobatlcn oi the particular turn the talk has taken.) “Here it isâ€"look: “l‘o Hugh blassiuiekl. Fisherman's Rut. White- :irand, antic .lâ€"Aak Wianifred to sear; crest my uggage an property to Holmbury Place. Duke Street, St. James’s. Explanations by post breatheâ€"Eula Cmmxsn.'â€"And here’s the letter she wrote to Winiired: a very disappointing, disheartening letter. I'd like you to read ‘ it. as you seem interested in the girl. It's * an immense mistake ever to beinterested in 'EVU anybody anywhere! A very bad lot, after all, I’m afraid ; though she's clever of course, undeniably elevenâ€"We had ear with the belt credentials, too, from Girton. We're only too thanhiul now to think she should have associated for so very short a time with my dau hter \Vinifred." Warren R f took the letter and telegram from the Squire’s hand in speechless neon. isbment. This was evidently a plotâ€"a dark and extraordinary plot of Massinger’s. Just it first he could hardly unravel its curious intricacies. He knew the address in Holm- bnry Place well ; it was where the club por- ter of the Cheyno Row lived. But he read the letter with utter bewilderment. Then the whole truth dawned piecemeal upon his ‘ astonished mind as he read it over and over‘ slow! . It was all a lieâ€"a hideous, hateful lie. fiugh Massin er believed that Elsie was drowned. He ad forged the letter to Winifred to cover the truth, and, incredible as it seemed to a stra ht-iorward, honest nature like Warren R s, he had managed to get nhe telegram sent from London by some other person , in Elsie's name, and whave Elsie’s belongings forwarded direct to the club porter's, as if at her own request, by Miss Meysey. Warren Ralf stood aghast with horror at this unexpected revelation of Messinger's utter baseness ande xtraordinary cunning. He had suspected the man of heartlessness and levity ; he had never sus- pecwd him of anything like so profound a capacity for serious crimeâ€"for forgery and theft and concedment of evidence. Irom | clear sky. She kit I letter to: Winilud, uylng Ibo wu leaving for put: upknoyu, without around: thud. She .111 2- LL- _I-LL -- F-‘f u .IIU'II. 7' dipped “my, iikeethlei in the night, a the proverb uyl. toting inn. 3 until bond- ba with her, one (in evening; end the on y other communication we‘ve since re- ceived in a telegrnm from Londonâ€"uni: to Hugh Kissinger-“king m, in the moat mysterious, romnntio eohool-iirlieh Ityie, to iotwud he: lame end he onginge to en edfireel given. I, , _ Y -_J-_ I" man-An our His fingers trembled as he held and ex- amined the two documents. At all hazards, he must show them to Miss Challoner. It was right she should herself know for exact- ly what manner of man she had thrown her- self away. He hesitated a moment, then he said boldly : “ These papers are very important to me, as casting light on the whole matter. I’m an acquaintance of Massinger‘s, and I'm deeply interested in‘ 1the onng lady. It’s highly desirable she shou d be traced and looked after. I have some reason to suspect where she is at piesent. I want to ask a favour of you now. Will you lend me these documents, for three days only, and will you kindly mention to nobody at present the tech oi your having seen me or spoken to me here this morning I" To gain time at least was alwayefomething. N, ,,,_IAAL L-I__.. -L--L -L Than Squirérvviv; somewhut taken aback at first 13y this gnogpeot‘od requpat; but War- -, L- uuvv ~J v.__ , ren Bell looked so bone“ and true so he asked it. am, other a few words of hesita- tion nnrl explanation, the Squire. convinced of his friendly intentions, acceded to both his propositions at once. It flashed across his mind a 3 possible solution that the pointer had be,“ peatoringLElnie with too 7, ___3 A -4 UI_I_ _24I. pointer had been pesterin Elsie with too pressing sttentions, and t st Elsie, with hysterical girlish haste, hsd run away from him to more themâ€"or perhsps only to nuke him fol ow her. Anyhow, there would be no greet bum in his tracking her down. “ If the girl's in trouble, and you think you can he] her," he ssid vood-nnturedly, "I don‘t mind giving you whet mistenoe I on in this mutter. You can hsve the papers. Send them beck next week or the week siter. I‘m olng to Sootlsnd for n fort. night’s shoo g nowâ€"st Fsrquhnrson's of Invertsnsrâ€"nnd I shnn't be bsok till the 10th or 11th. But I'm 31nd somebody hes some ides where the girl is. As it seems to be confidential. I’ll ssk no questions at pre- sent shout her; but I do hope she hasn‘t gotinto guy serious mlschief.’: " "an. hea‘got um no mlachlef at all of any aort,” Warren Rel! answered alowly and aeriously. “ You are evidently labour- lng under a complete misapprehension, Mr. Meyeey. as to her reaaona {or leavlng you. I have no doubt that mine rehenalon will be cleared up in time. lea Challoner'e motives. I can aunre you, were perfectly right and proper ; only the action of another raon ha- led you to mistake her conduct the matter." Thla we! mylterlons, and the aquire hated myatery ; but alter all, it favoured hie theory â€"and beaidea, the matter wan to him a relatively unimportant one. It didn't concern hla own prlvate lntereat. Be more- ly Inspected Warren Bell of havln got him- ae_l1_ mjxed np__ln aorn_e goollah ove-afl‘alr with Ellie Challontr, his daughter-'3 govern- eu, tad be «firmly conceived tint one or other of them Id taken . ver remnrhblo and romuntio my of wring as out o! it. Moreover, at than preclu moment his truln name In 3 and since time Ind train writ for no man, the Squire, with 3 hasty farewell to the onngpainmrJnltalled himaolflorthwith on t e tomfortublo cushion: of a firstclau carriage, and Ito-med unconcerncdly out of | Mmundham Station. It wu melon {or Wan-on Rolf now to no on to \\ hlteotmnd. To show hlmeel‘. there would be merely to dlnpluy his hand openly before Hugh Musing". Tho 0o vice of clrcumntancu hsd nettled everyth n for hlm enotl n he would hove whhod c. It wu lucky ndood tint the Squire would be may for o whole fortnight; hll Ibunoo would 10 than tlmo loconoorl ucomobd plan 0 mtlon, use! to dovlu mun- lor pm- too Blah. For to Warn Roll an: In: now t 0 one gm: problem la the oneâ€"how to hush the _ whole gluptgr up. ‘wlghout ex; {KERR}? 36.1534 vhur't ' to dawn sud ”ya-without muting her the nutter o! nnnccouuy suspicion. or the whims of ogmnnn gqup ugd connoiloul Sufi-tor. “‘At Wlulu le- .vâ€"ur â€"â€" 7-“- all ooetl, it must never be aid that Miss Chelloner Ind tried to dtown herself in spite md- jedoue at \Vhiteetrend poplnr, because Huh uninsu- bud ventured to prggou to Winifred gay-9y. A . ,g A _ -.â€"- n In“. mnn‘t‘ [‘1va w n O..." “vii Th“ was how the dun 'Ind jsyu would put 1%. utter their odiou- klnd, over five o'clock by. §n_thoir_§emu§§ clawing-rooms. r__‘AA .LAII __ Juno... Wurren Rolf did not in the [out know. As yet, he ma only very in ace. ly informed as to the real state of a one in .11 it: minor deb-ill. But he know this muchâ€"flue he must. aoreen Elsi» at :1! In: ad: from the nlunderoun tongue- of five o'clock ton-tabla, and tint the awry must to kept a quiet a possible, Moguudod by himself, hil_mqthor, 0nd his duct. 0 L‘AL L_ Y._. v Unw- m. .- vâ€"--- _-_., tht Elsie herself Would. say to“: dl. or think of_dolng i3 fibefio‘ difficult olroum M-‘ 3.. AL- I---L “.53.; gkâ€"EK; K5£§1§dn buck to Lowe- Ihof to oomult n lohure on these new proo ‘0! Hugh__ Man-ingot“: guilt with hi- CHAPTER XYLâ€"Faou Ixroanulos Rx- CEIVED. At Whiteatnnd itselt, that umo unor- noon. Hugh Mal-Inger nt in his own little parlor at_ we‘vi'llngo inn. foul-h and _, LA-.. -8--- LL-A. L-.. aahiéitio couni'ellou. 3"" -v. _- r, a he htd ulwuyl been since that to:- rib 0 hi; when “Elsie was drowned," n he firmly lloved without doubt or question ; and in the hu- norou the plumage. a couple of new-cum“:5 rough_ wgt staid? cpuuoters, worev tallâ€"mg iohdi; in the seafaring tongué “out some nutter 0; their own geta‘pjng of beer and a pipe of tobacco. Hugh tried in vein for many minutes to interest him- self in the concluding verses of his Death of Alan'c ~nnythiug for an escape from this gnawing remorseâ€"bub his Hippocrcne was dry, his Pegasus refused to budge a feather: he could find no rhymes and grind out no sentiments ; stillsngry with himself: at last for his own unproductiveness, he leant baok in his chair with profound annoyance and litsened listlessly to the strsn e disjointed echoes of gossip that came to im in frag- ments through the half-open door from the adjoining taproom. To his immense sur- prise, the talk was not now of topsoils or of upinnakers: conversation seemed to have taken a literary turn ; he caught more than once through a haze of words the unexpeob ed name of Charles Dickens. "The odd“; Brita dcéurtencc in such com- pmy made him prick up his ears. Ho atnined fits hanging_ to c‘atgh tl_Jo_cont§xt. - Dâ€"vv- _â€" _-__-_ “ Yes,” the voioeadmwled out in a low London accent, tinged with the peculiar Wapping dialect ; “ I read that there book, Our Mtuual Frietpgi, I think_ '9 call: it. .A fi'ormine, ’0 mild t3 the right out at the time, “ Bill," axya 'e “ that there Dickens ’ave took a leaf {my o‘_ your bgok!”_ any.- ’0; uwv -‘.v_ w -7.â€" “ ’e’ ve been a- t-akin' of you 03: ’0 ’ve Show' od you up in grim: ’e’ ave, under the haliau -n 0-....- D A-’AAA n no". ’no "nn' vnn't‘ of Rogue Riaer’ood,”aayl ’0; "au' ou'd| oughter road it, if it was for noth ’on‘ earth but for the aka 0' the likeness."â€" “Ia that no!" say- I, never thmkln‘ 'o meant it, as the eayiu' in. “ It it," says ’0; “an’ you‘ve gotta look into it."â€"-Welll gota old o'the book, an' Iread It right through on 'ia reoommendatton : leastwayu, my missus Ihe read it out loud to me: ahe’ve ’ad a eddioation, my missus ’av : an’ it’ll a pack 0' rot, that’s wot I call: it. There axn’t no kind 0' sense in it, to my thinkin’.” “The cap don't fit you. than, any: you," the other voice retorted with agurgle of tobacco. “ ’E ain't drawn you so u 3 msn 001111 recogpine you.” "9 II , ,, H, !_!_l -!_)L “ Recognize me! Well, recognisin' ain’t in it, d'ye nee. Wot ’t say is just a lot 0’ rubbish. This ’ero Rogue Rider'ood, sword- in’ to the story, ’e‘d used to row about Lime- ’ouue Beach, 9 pgu-qhiu: for__bgdies." vu-v nvvv-vâ€" w _-w_-, " A-nearo'uin' for b35153 1" the second man repeated with an incredulous whiff. “ \Vy, wot the (10000 did ’3 want to so an’ (10 that for 2" “ Well, that's just where it in. don’t you! see! ’E done it for a livelihood. A live-‘ lihood, says I, won my missus reads that part out to me ; wot livelihood could a hog gar make out o' bodies! aa a I. ’Tain't as though a body was wort anything now- adays. viewed as a body, says I, araumenta- tive-like. A man as knowed anything about the riverside wouldn't never 'a gone writin' \auch rubbish al that, an' in a printed book. too, as ’ed ought to be wrote careful un’ sc- kershe. It’s my opinion. says I, as this 'ere Dickens is Mover-rated men. Abody now- sdsys. washer its 3 dzownded body or a not rel body. ain’t worth nothing not the clothes it stands up in, viewed as n body. 'Times wu wen n bod was niwsys noshelly a body, en' worth snv ’ for itself, eiore the 'Netomy Aok. But wot’s it worth now? Wy. ’erl n crown (or lsndln' it, paid by the perish, if it's loaded in Essex, or five bob It you tow it over Surrey side 0’ the river. Not but wot I grant you there’s bodies on’ bodies. 1! s7 nob drowns hiseeif, wy, then, 0’ course there’s sometimes as much ss fifty pounds, or might be a ’undred. set ugon the body. ’Is friends is led to st t e 00 se bsck, sn' svo lb burl reg’lsr n the Ismi y churchysrd. A toward's offer- ed freeenough for s nob, I don't deny it. But ‘ow msny nabs goes sn‘ drowns their- selves in 3 season, (1’ on suppose ; an' '00 as knowcd anythings out the rivet would go 3 lookin' for nobs in Lime’ouse Resch or wsy~dow9 Bermondsey way 2" 4,, I‘.AIA um H "u- ‘Iv‘vu nu. .â€"â€"_.._-' n- ‘ismndl to reuon they 'wonldn't, Bill.” the «her voice mweted with . quiet chuckle. v "0‘ course it lunch to reason," Bill re- plied with on em hnio expletivo. “ Won 3 nob drowns blue , ’0 don’t go on’ throw hin- Iolf 00‘ London Bridge; no, nor off Block- Moro neither, you wnrrnnt you. '15 don’t 0 an’ put his-elf out aforehand for nothln’ lro thnt tokin' o 'bnl into the City, on you moy any, one o' gure foolishness. ’E just claps ’ll ’31? on ’ll cod nn’ Itrolll dowu to \Voo'mlnotor Brld , a ll: mo be ’ero, or to Churln' Cross or ntorlooâ€"o at of ’om woes lover anrloo, perlico or no perllco ; nn’ '9 jump: in close an' 'ondy by ’ls own door. in the mnnnor o' aponhln', an’ is done with it. lmmejmaly.â€"But wot‘a the use 0' lookin’ for 'im alter that, below bridge, nwny down at Limo‘ouoel Anybody as known the river know: well as n body atariin' from Waterloo, or may bo from Westminster, don‘t go down to leo'oure. ebb or flow, nor nothin' like it. It gets into the whirlpool off Saundera'a Whnrl. nn' kotchel the brick-current, on‘ turn: round on' round till it'l throwed up by the tide, on you any lay. npword, on the 'ou'd mud n Mlllbuk. or by Lmboth Stunt; 80 than tuft no live“ ood to be made my ’0' by picking up bodle. down ubout Ulna- 'ouu; m’ “'0 “ways been In oplnlon over nine. than (tut an: than D10 on: in 3 very muoypvorrg‘gd person." . i. n AL- -LL..- -v _â€"°_ â€"â€"â€"-_5-_' v----_u own room. the-e “ran 0 lore of on elien convex-notion hed jun en e g utly end hor. rible facinouon. Theee men were soon:- tomed, then. to drowned oorpeeel They were oonnoieeeure in drowning. They knew the wan of bodies llke regular expel-n. He listen , epellbonnd. to notch their next unbenoee. There wee n short pen-e. during whichâ€"es he judged by the wey they breathedâ€"each wok a. long pull of. the pew- ter gang. end then the lee: speaker began k L..___Il L- ._.._ u"; There ain‘t‘ £71333 ubout it." the other wavered. "I! ’0 “id am, that. can‘t be no doubt tt 3“ shout ihf’ _ 33d; “ You‘dwo .7 heel- kno’w," ho m'ur- mured Inn-in ly, “ or I I'pooe there uin’t my mm on a river Anywhere- n '3! 'd to do with u mung bodie- u you ’nvo. u munu- .. I M.- Rnfi ism-um ”muted “Thet‘e no I“ the (int pcmn “rented emphaticnll . “Thirty you I've nerved the Trinity once, rein or shine. nn’ you don’t rovieion llght-chipe thnt long without; eernin' n thing or two on the way about1 bodice. The current cordon ’em all one way round. A body on etnrte on it: journey at Wee'minlter. u it may be 'ere, goes u are at Millbenk. A body a begin: at London Bridge, comee out, no 'ler u clockwork, on the (error end 0’ the ole o‘ Dogmâ€"It'e just the some nlong this ’ere out cont 'ere. I picked up that gel I’ve come ehont to~dey on the north side 0' the Or‘dlordneu Light, h the book 0’ the Trinity groyne or there- : nte. A body on come: up on the north aide of Orfordneu 'u nlwnye drifted down from the nor‘-weet'erd. So it stands to reason this 'cre gel I've got lying up there mull: n‘ come with the ebb from Wolbern- wick cr Aldehnrgh, or maybe Whiteetrend : there nin't no other way out of it eny’ow. Well, they told me at Wnlberewick there was n young lady e-miseiu‘ over ’cre at Whiteetrendâ€"e young ledy from. the ’Alllâ€" a Indy 0' property seemingâ€"and as there might be money on it, or again there mightn’t wy I come up ’ere 0 course to make all pr0§er inquiries.” Hugh Maseinger’e heart gave a terrible boun . Obesvene ! that things should have come to this pass. That wretch had found Lleie’e _body ! - . - 9,,,,,,_‘2L2I2L2__ .. , . In what a tangled ms 29 of impossibilitiea had he enmeshed himself for ever by that one false step of the forged letter. This Wtetoh hnd found Elnie’e bodyâ€"the body that he loved with all his soulâ€"end he could neither claim it himself nor look upon it, bury it nor show the faintest interest in it, without involving hie cue still further in endless complications, and routing mpi~ clone of fatnl import against his own charac- IIe waited breathless for the next sentence. The second maker went on once more. :‘ Alud it don’t fit 2" he suggested, inquir- In y. - g‘ No ; it don’t fit, dret it,” the mm called Bill answered in an imfietient tone. "She ain't drowned at all, the young lady u in missing at the ’All. They’ve ‘ed letters nn' telegrams from ’er',-de'ted later nor the tiny I found ’er. I've ‘ended over the body to the county perlice ; it's in the mortuary et the Low Light; 311' I ehm't ’eve no more nor art 3 crown from the parish after all for ‘nll my trouble. Suffolk and Euex in hell- norown counties; Surrey'Lmorg liberel; tor. HIV" iv..â€" -v" _.__ “g to five bob on ’01:). Wy, I’m more' In tahillin'a out 0' pocket _byÂ¥ tint there To Hugh Mauipger. titans npu't in bi: -_ -I2-_ gun already, wot with loan of time an' trav- eliin' expeneee an‘ that. Next time I catches a body unbeknown knockin’ about promiscuous on a lee-shore, with the tide runnin’, an' the breaker: poundin' it on its face on the shingle, they may whistle for it their-elveefihat‘e wot the may do; I ain’t agioin‘ to trouble my ’ee about it. Makea iveli’ood out of it, indeed i Wy, We all rubbish, that’s wot it gin. It's my opinion that that there Dickenl l was a very much overrated pergon."’._ Hugh hfassinger rose slowly, like one stunned, walked across the room, as in a m dream, to the door, closed it noiselessiy, for he could contain himself no longer, and then, burying his face silentl in his arms. cried to himself a long and b tter cry, the tears followin one another hot and fast down his burn g cheeks, while his throat - t was choked by a rising ball that seemed to I check his breath and impede the utterance of his stifled sobs. Elsie was dead, dead for him as if he had actually seen her drowned ' nody cast u , unknown, as the man so hideously an graphicall described it in his callous brutality, upon t elon spit of the ' Orfordness lighthouse. He ldn’t for one moment doubt that it was she indeed whom the fellow had found and placed in the mortuary. His own lie reacted fatally against himself. He had put others on a false track, and now the false track misled his own spirit. From that day forth, Elsie was indeed dead, dead, dead for him. Alive in reality, and for .all else save him, she was dead for him as though he had seen her buried. And yet, most terrible irony of all, he must still pre- * tend before all the world strenuously and ceaselessly to believe her livmg. He must never in a single forgetful moment displ Ly his grief and remorse for the past; his sor- row for the loss of the one woman he had really lovedâ€"and basely betrayed; ' his profound affection for her now she was gone and lost to him for ever. lie dare not even enquireâ€"Jar the present at leastâ€" where she would be laid. or what would be done with her poor dishonored and ne lected ‘ corpse. It must be buried, unheed , in a auper's nameless grave, by creatures as gees and:cruel as the one who had discover- ed it tossing on the shore, and regarded it only as a lucky find to make ha f-acrown out of. Hugh's inmost soul revolted at the thought. And yetâ€"And yet, even s0, he was not man enou h to go boldly down to Orfordness and calm and rescue that sacred corpse, as he trul and firmly believo ed it to be, of Elsie Chal oner's. He meant still in his craven soul to stand well with the world, and to crown his perfidy by marrying Winifred. Wood. the creel: Englleh jockey. testified under oath the other ey that his income was from 825,000 to 830 0(0 a year. His regular fees for riding bring him in $9,500 o yea, and his retainer: . end refresher- hie present: from gentlemen who win, on hielwte swell the total to the figure: above given. He owns two Iteblee, five hotel: and inns, end 3 lot of com on; he hu 3 820,000 interest in e coopen nelnm. end he be! eleo $60,000 lnvelt in innde. A Rich Jockey. 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