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: EA noes for that reason is never sold in bulk. Your grocer sells this delicious blend. Try SALADA. my 'odd! One imed Mr. r, it's most disposed of, a i ST fave not diepoped of th on ts have wor suggested: Lord Kl. - = 4] don't anticipate any trouble in answers quarter," ved Mr. Carles. "The real Lord Marketstoke, if ha were alive can easily be identified. He lost a finger when a mere boy." "Ah!" exclaimed Mr, Pawe. "Good --excellent! Best bit of evidence I've heard of. Well, we shall see you at "Remember," warned ess, "Miss Wickham must know nothing of your conciusicns, until they are proved." 5% T ; Three o'clock found Miss Wickham at the office of Car.ess and Driver, Viner remained in the background, Li Middle of Things Author of "Black Money," "Scarhdven Keep," ete. ig CHAPTER XVIIL let Him Appear CHAPTER XVII The Claimant Lord Elingham was already there Methley and Woodlesford wasted when they arrived--in conference with his solicitor, Mr. Carless. "I say, Pawle," the latter exclaim- ed, turning at once to his fellow-prac- titioner, "this appears to be a most extraordinary business! His lordship has just been telling me all about no time in getting to the business on hand quietly watching, while Mr. Pawie effected the necessary introductions. He was at once struck by what seem- ed to him an indis le fact--be- tween Jord Elingham and Miss Wickham there was an unmistakable family likeness. "By Jove!" Carless whispered to Paw'e. "I shouldn't wonder if you're ight.' gi, he placed Miss Wickham in an easy-chair on his right hand, and cast 'a preliminary bernevoient glance on her. "Mr. Pawle," he began, "has told us of your relationship with the late Mr. Ashton--you always regarded him as your guardian?" "He was my guardian," answered At Mr. Pawle's request they imme- diately produced the documents which | were to prove their client's claim. | These proofs - consisted of letters, | memoranda, and a will, all of which | the two calls he had yesterday--first | pointed to the conclusion that the] from two men whom he'd never seen! claimant was indeed the long-lost] before--then from you two, who were Lord Marketstoke. also strangers, Sounds like a first-| Mr. Carless hastily ran his eye over | c.ass mystery!" em. | "You forget," remarked Mr. Pawle 'Very interesting, gentlemen," he with a glance at Lord Ellingham, remarked. "But you know that the "that we don't know what it was that mere fact that your man is in posses- his lordship's first callers told him." sion of all these documents proves Mr. Carless looked at his cient, nothing whatever. He may have stolen | who nodded his head in assent. {them! What else has he to prove that! "Well, as I'm now in possession of Le's what he says he is?" the facts," said he, "I'll tell you| "He is fully conversant with his Pawie. The two men whom you saw !family history," said Woodlesford. coming away from Ellingham House "He can give a perfectly full and-- were Methley and Woodlssford, two, so far as we can judge--accurate ac- solicitors--I know of them, quite a' count of his early life. He svideny| respectable firm. Now, they came tol knows all about Ellingham Hall, Lord Ellingham yesterday afternoon |Marketstoke and the surroundings." | with a most extraordinary story.| "If your client is this man They said that they had been called! claims to be, why didn't he come! upon by a gentleman now staying at| straight to Carless and Driver, whom Yre) of the private Tosidential hotels | he would remember weil enough, in- | n Lancaster Gate, who was desirous | .,, : 3 of 'egal assistance. He then told] sited of going to Methley and _Wood- them that though he was now passing | is ord? asked Carless. e : under the name of Cave, he was, in| 'Obvious thing to do--if his story strict reality, the Lord Marketstoke|lS 8 true one. For there are three per- who disappeared from England many [5018 ni this office who--but wait! years ago, who was never heard of | He touched a bell; presently an| again, and whose death had been pre- | elderly, grey-haired man appeared. sumed. His story seemed consistent! "Our senior clerk," observed" Mr. | and plausible but Methley and Wood- Carless, by way of introduction. lesford are limbs of the law. They | Fortiethwaite, you remember the! asked iwo very pertinent questions, | Lord Marketstoke who disappeared First--why had he come forward Some thirty-five years ago? after this long interval? Second-- | Mr. Portlethwaite smiled; » what evidance had he to support and| 'Quits wel, Mr. Carless! prove his caim? ~ Ho answered as | SWered. : . i regards the first question that of late| "Do you think you'd know him he had lost alot of money in Aus-ji&2in, Portlethwaite, after all these he an-| tralia through speculation. He re.|Y¢ars?" asked Mr. Carles. { plied to the second by producing! Ihe elderly clerk smiled--more as-! certain papers and. documents." |suredly than before, then bent for-| "What were the papers?" demand. | Ward to whisper something in his ed Mr. Pawo. {employer's ear, and Cariess sudden'y "Oh!" replied Mr. Carless, "Getters, | laughed and nodded. certificatcs, and the like,--all, accord- 'To be sure--to be sure--I remem- ing to Methley and Woodlesford, ex-|ber now!" he said aloud. celient proofs of identity. But now,| "I tell you: what, gentlemen!" he Paw'e; we come to the real point of {went on, turning to Methley and the case. 'The Caimant had no de-| Woodlesford. "If you will bring your | sire, he to.d Methley and Woodles- | client here, there are three of us in ford, to recover his title, nor fhe this office who can positively identify | estates. He wanted to go back to the him on the instant if he is the man | country in which he had settled. But/ he clams to be. Positively, I say, and' | as tit'e and estates were really his,|at once! There!" he _wantad his nephew, the present| 'May one ask how?" said Woodles- holder, to make-kim proper payment." | ford. : "On receipt of which, I suppose,"| "No!" exclaimed Mr. Carless. observed Mr. Pawle dryly, "nothing 1 "Bring him! I assure you--we can would ever be heard again of the|tell in one glance! That's a fact!" rightful owner of all that Lord Ell-| The two solicitors went away, and | . Ingham possesses? Truly an admir- Viner followed them out and hailed | able spirit! I am convinced of this} Methley in the corridor outside Mr. | Carless--that whatever the papers Caress' recom. z | were which were produced by this! "May I have a word with you?" man, they were stolen from the body hie asked, drawing him aside." "I saw of John Ashton. I'll stake all I have you the other night in the parlor of on that!" the Grey Mare in Notting Hill. I Caress nodded and Mr. Paw'e went | heard you ask the landlord a question on to tell of the theory he and Viner \about a gentleman whom you used had evolved concerning Miss Wick-|to meet there sometimes. You never bam's parentage. knew that man's name, nor who he Mr. Caress suddenly bent forwatd.| was. He was John Ashton, the man "A moment, Pawle," he said. ~"If who was murdered in Lonsdale Pas- this man Wickham really was the lost sage!" $2' or Lord Marketstoke, and he's dead, and| Viner was watching his man with he left a daughter, and the daughter's , alt the keepness of which he was alive--then, of course, that daughter capable, and he saw that this an- e-- nouncement fell on Methiey as an A clerk opened the door and glanced | #bsolute surprise. at his employer. "God bless me!" he exclaimed. "Mr. Methley and Mr. Woodlesford, | "You don't mean it! Dear me, dear #ir," he announced. "By appointment." me! A very pleasant, genial fellow. Ti tonished, Mr. Viner." Viner resolved on a bold step--he 1 would take it without consulting Mr. 4 Ashton had been murdered. HG | Methley was utterly taken aback f 'and after. declaring tbat he and his "ogo partner were -in..this transaction -in- as he entered, Mr, Carless smote his hand on the desk before him. £ "This is certain!" he exclaimed. "We must have this Miss Avice concerning Miss Wick- ham's parentage. es | Mr. Carless explained that i "suspicions were well fuiindsd, Paw'e or anybody. He drew Meth- ley further aside, and explained his good faith, he went away promising to do his best to find out the truth. Wickham here--at once!" 4 'CHAPTER XIX 1 Wickham: was Countess of Ell in, n right. interest in the Ashton murder, and his conviction that the papers Meth- ley's client heid were those for which Viner returned to dr. Carless' room. The threes men he had left there were deap in conversation, and i Under Examination In a few words Mr. Paw'e ac- quainted Lord Ellingham with his suspicions ' remai Tr Miss Wickham. "My father left me in his charge." "How long, so far as you remem- ber, did you live with Mr. Ashton in Melbourne?" "Not very long, I think. For a little time before we sailed, I lived with Mrs. Roscombe, with whom I to England. , She was the widow of some government official,' and she was returning to England! in consequence of his death. She | used to visit me regularly at school, every week, and I used to spend my holidays with her until she died." "What. schoo! did you attend?" asked Caress. "Ryedene School." "Ryedene! That's one of the most expensive schools in England. Now, did Mr. Ashton never tell you any- thing much about your father?" "No, he never did. But I have an idea that he meant to tell me some- thing--what, I, of course, don't know. He once or twice--hinted that he woud tell me something, some day." "One or two other questions," said Mr. Carless. "Do you know who your mother was?" "Only that she was some one whom my father met in Australia." "Do you" know what her fhaiden name was?" "No, only her Christian name; that was Catherine. She and my father are buried together." "Oh!" exclaimed M~. Caress. 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