| Show A C MESS AS Cli chala kil I 1 CONTINUED I 1 X thoughts hew flew to my n missing love it it die she A were ere but beside me beside of gr gannt int hid left me vie I 1 for gp jealous together on that ile were but razing gazing ip birtt moon it m arm were aroun I 1 0 ad d my lips 11 whispering spering the words ilove into her ear art it I 1 her fingers fj tithe the soft c dressing touch A which I 1 well remembered were ere resting la in let lie kaid could boar bear it no longer I 1 turned grant and cried la in a voice of an tell me ill lant tell me where she ls arme T me moll I 1 jolt igieln ile turned at ill mv cry tho the moonlight full 11 on his pile fico flee ills 1 eyes j features e evinced incel deep s 1 compassion A fearful thought tf through me ahe she Is not il id ida I 1 gasped out 0 o she Is not beld thell where Is she for mercy lit e tell me see I 1 have bao been pa ailt I has have e not even iske aske I 1 out ou bilut time his come I 1 must know lip tw him knit his ills brows bros not in ily but as one in deep thought iv 15 fiere trembling in emotion so bit bat I 1 could not repeat the ques Belth lessly I 1 toted wilted tl ted for grant to falk k at last in a grave grane voice he lit ke silence ton you bellev bellei pd ed the words I 1 spoke im ahen hen I 1 thought I 1 was aas d diang dil ing ng could I 1 bo be with ou now noa if 1 I dl 1 not leve them till ou believe me m when hen I 1 say thit 1 11 be hippler for both of you if it n never meet or hear again of one rowl KUM 0 o I 1 will not believe that how ill it she the wife I 1 loved lem leaves es me hout bout one wold oi 4 NN ith my kis still ira rm on her lips she passes pases away aay i me it seems forever let me i her ber let me hear wh h she did this thie a ga G aint vit nas ras silent but once more he i ry hand land and p esse eseed d it sellme Tell rne I 1 continued remember matter after all tint thit has recently a justified in asking sou ou to explain part in the night flight this Is at least a tome me tes es aou ou are right it Is all that T tell on CHAPTER X OLIN 0 11 H D my hands and leaned forward eager to catch every thit wit fell f rai m 6 lips ay my iy future seemed to rest on what I 1 learned during the next few fea minutes grant began speaking in a calm and erate manner it struck me even that he wag was weighing eig hing every word ord lito to be sure of no more or ks than was nef d d ballan he said in order to un und my action in the matter ou 0 to t trot of all bear in mind the truth al ahyou guessed when we 4 01 met I 1 loved violi with all ill the ra a th of my nature I 1 had loved her years and I 1 was waiting in the I 1 that some dav she A would be mine min U a bitter blow to return home lad hd that chat another mm min was vlas about HE barry her it needed all my power 1 to hold my feelings from her 6 abat I 1 could to insure her hap ky 4 f fished to and was silent for a while wever he continued sharp as wg lug wae aas at the time it N 1 now a ot of the past I 1 have conquers conquered con quere rM it my love now nov tor for viola is that oth r to a sister you will be loriane this Lori lne he ile resumed in a lighter per er I 1 hive conquered it lt I 1 think I 1 effs pour all of my luve juve into my books I 1 it that timy I 1 worshiped hr 1 I 11 1 hal have e given my life to have saved hin on grief wish was to me a zaad azaad d her smallest request an dobli P 0 be discharged at all cost i r LS L S 9 this out of the question her r T confided conn ded her to me this la is 11 I 1 lid did not tell her I 1 loved her I 1 l self to wait until she was op then it waa was too late c a as t a other pause I 1 glanced at his C iu its expression was one of 11 eustace tace grant had conquered mess passion the memory of it kill leen keen 8 traber ber also he went on 1 I tm you I 1 long 41 made cp a P my mind not to inter tour our romantic up of ina I 1 name and portion position ie Is ac alt IM abia f tor or the I 1 bev ea 0 o I 1 per start with ith ta 0 strong emotions a to sy me 10 e for f str loh loll and n 1 distrust of 1 I tho ho man vhf ho was aas to ml rry her do vou understand under linder 1 e but for Y u t sake let me near hear whit hit 11 lupp ippie nel 1 on I 1 molas iola s tn twenty enta first ali at birthea birt bIrth hda dav 1 he began 0 NO o I 1 will aill not ghe his tits story ator in his ofin 0 11 or N i should bo be bound to brak it i hun ired times by the insertion of in and slone of on ferni vilt N hen lien ended it left me ia it in the d dirk irk as lin tore fore if it cleared N lola iola from the accusation cusa tion of vulgar antl belity it 1 plunged nip rno in n ten fol tol I 1 perplexity perplex lt r ra 9 to the motive which induce 1 her to fly from me ahls brielly briefly Is whit wh U grint rint told me upon reaching the solicitors solicitor 8 ac acco colding iding to appointment he found thit th it ioli had almeid arrived and was aas wilting for him in the room into which I 1 wis as ward sh shown OA n grint exchanged a fei words ft alth ath her tier then ant vent back to mr lr monk ml ill spoke gibout details of business ever thins ins wis in orar and read for ni my inspection when hen I 1 I 1 so grant rejoined my wife ire he lie had much lie coshel to 81 sly to her man quis lions to isk ask in ml I 1 as he hoped con to offer she appeared appe ired strange abent and oppressed he ile thought she site munt be ill so Sul I 1 leni to his hig be bewilderment she fell it his tits feet and in i passionate wi bes i him to tike hr her awl at daae her tier anNh erv hide hor her from her husband lt 14 hini elicier knort kno where there she was neer neier see her again at once this moment before she arri irchel e I 1 she must go in ml I 1 lel leue le ue e ro trie trac 1 all this sl gracd grant to do da be besought ought it absolutely on br knees the man blood boiled here a fortnight atter her marril marrage ge aa as the woman noman ho lie amed begging hini him ir gilld accents to sive her from her husband he ile could jump at only one conclusion I 1 hid in some a ia maltreated her I 1 is an utter litter Nil nillion liln NI malte ire had found out in nature and her refuge atas as night flight aas ae it for the man aho ho loved her to urge her to ledurn to ft hit from her tier ft lid ild and despairing prayers he lie gathered must be absolute iser no she besought his aid let him fling prudence to the wind and do her bidding NIt without hout asking why hy or there was no time to spare for questions viola seemed in an agony of fear at any moment my step might be heard grant who bellei believed ed that I 1 had in the course of a fen dis turned in love into bate hate felt no inclination to show me any an mercy he ile raised N lola iola and pro n ased to save her he ile led her out through the don doo which opened to the outer world called a aib placed my stife ire in it and drove off without troubling as to direction her only wish it the moment was nas to bold meeting me once within the cab grint tried to induce viola to talk rationally to gire some reasons justifying the rash step hie ills efforts were mere un unavailing malling all ebe she nodle siy sly mai that never iener bould she meet me again she must go far fir away if orant grant would not aid her fhe the mast go alone finding her so firm and not doubting but that my conduct had brought til ill this about he lie consented to do is 13 she dished they drove drose to ch ring cross and I 1 took the first mriln to folkestone Folk estone here he left her tier for the night it at a quiet hotel returned to tow i made his tits preparations and hid hill the encounter which I 1 have alread described with filth me the next morning as m my spy informed me the fugi fugitives thes crossed to Dou boulogne logne at this point eustace eastace grant finished his tale As I 1 have hae said it increased my intensity tenfold until the moment atha grant made what we me bochl both thought a dying avowal of chiq innocence violas flight admitted of a nit ural it if shameful explanation now that the elements of faithlessness and criminal love were mere removed the matter was mis simply inexplicable eustace grant might hire hive thought might even eden now think that my ill treatment of my wife bad had forced her from my elde side but I 1 knew better she knew better but nut grant had not revealed all go on I 1 said tell me more 1 I have told vou ou all I 1 can julian I 1 have explained the part which rightly or wrongly wro wron ngi gl I 1 acted I 1 promised nothing more I 1 tell me where here she la is that I 1 may see her and learn all from br her own oan lips she Is I 1 with good friends who love her ber I 1 can sav say no more la 18 nhe happy tell rne me the truth he besita hesitated ted 1 I dare not say ehe she to is bapp 11 be he answered but I 1 believe she Is as lapp happy as she can eau be tu 10 this u world orld lutse I 1 luge unsatisfactory answers were maddening grant grint I 1 I 1 bald bild fie clely reply for some reason vou you are concealing conc piling the truth from me I 1 cin c in not force it from front vou ou datil I 1 know it I 1 can cill not gay bay A hether tint reason Is right or rong but I 1 will work until I 1 find out thing hut tell me this do vou nov non believe bellee that in mv wife ire left me vie on i o 0 of r wrongs abich I 1 did her tier speak he ile m i IP to a i aluse I 1 can nut not answer that thit question 11 he ill ill doing so N ie id to othera others I 1 han have e ilat id alv too much 1 wi I oil have ana wired it if I 1 cried tri trl you ur ncr I 1 it N when hen you ahrea that pistol away aaa vou nou ill answer sm er it e evera er time 3 vou ou take tale mv m haul hill I 1 pe pery ery time you speak a orl or I 1 of 0 friendship to me so be it he said Nel nellil ril ani aioo ino knowing ing is do ill tell me if it you approve 01 0 N lot tolas A lei leaving meme who A ho 10 lovi k I 1 her abo above e the world the husband ho worship I 1 her tell me this I 1 can sly 81 no more I 1 am weir meir worn morn out help me to ni in room 1 I did lid ba u we parted tor for the night As he took tool mv my hind he boke looka I 1 ni nit straight on the face julian ho he be a ke an ani I 1 ask no yio more leave this and forget viola violi there is s no hope ml ul this concealment all that has apt n done la Is for your sake good night 11 1 I N I 1 T I 1 to my iino 6 and threw as bhelt into a chilt here until dign I 1 sit puzzling 0 over v e r grants words and trying to turn them into a key that unlock the secret door chich stood between my wife and in myself self my M efforts ere iere useless I 1 seemed like one surrounded by stone ft N ills 11 IS through thero there was nu no ase 11 e each kiy v ay iy I 1 I 1 turned I 1 ikas met alth some impervious obstacle for my sake this concealment haq for my sake I 1 am plunged in despair I 1 am told there la is no hope itt it ill this v as tor for my 0 own a sake the riddie gre grew more and more difficult of solution grant could doubtless aloe it 11 it if he chofe choe but he do so soa not he the next day I 1 once more at ticked him I 1 implored commanded even een threatened not one word would he speak I 1 was on the verge of quarreling with him but as I 1 fancied it nas only by his big direct or indirect aid I 1 could find N tola iola I 1 restrained my very natural wrath and on the subject of viola a sullen silence succeeded my useless questions I 1 lingered on at the firm lour tier eustace grant wis well uel enough to dispense with my services N here ese else could I 1 go from whom hom but grant had I 1 a chance of ascertaining aso my fifee present abode I 1 must wait and watch match A chanc chane word a letter anything might put me on the trick moreover I 1 bad had a presentiment that viola was as not far anay a ay people when driven to thel wita wits end put a vast amount of faith in pre presentiments sentIments much as I 1 had learned to love him severe is 13 were mere the twinges of remorse still felt for my murderous act it was all I 1 could do to force myself to believe lieve that thit grant wae as single hearted in his determination of keeping me in the dark respecting my wife the more so as it was nas my conviction tint thit could I 1 once meet her my pleading would be eloquent enough to bring her back to me to begin once more the happy life so strangely trin gey cut short on only let me see eo her once more take her by the hind gaze into her eyes call up the memory of those fe few short daya days when we me all the world orld to each other surely I 1 must then be told the truth and conquer one morning eustace seemed distracted distract tract P ol 01 and ill at ea a he ile answered my questions absently presently he eald said I 1 do you and making a short journey for mel me I 1 certainly not where to 1 I want mant several things not procurable here will vou ou go to lorient LOr lent for molt I 1 of course I 1 will taut how am I 1 to get there the diligence does not run today to day jean could drive vou you in the light wagon but that would be tedious I 1 will try and borrow a horse I 1 favored the horse twenty bilm in old wagon magon was aas not a tempting prospect pio so the hore bore hor bor e was as procured and I 1 decided to stay at lorient LOr lent for the acht and ride me back the next day my nty purchases could be sent by diligence grant grint gave me a list of the articles artl cloa he wished bought some of them it struck ir seemed superfluous aad and trivial and all might bare hare been ordered by letter then I 1 mounted and ard rode along the tableland table land down the hill through the sleep little village up the other hill bill and avay away on the dusty road to lorlene LOr VOr lent TO SIR |
