| Show II j Ii Tn DEPUTY Avi T ly no L pp Lt L V cam 4 By TU T 09 l Co Ca Synopsis When about abut to drown himself Paul Jar Jarret Jarret Jarret ret Is intercepted by John Clifford a mysterious old man Promised great wealth Jarret signs an agree agreement agreement agreement ment to do Cliffords bidding for seven years The Thew w latter then establishes the young man under the name of Paul Clelland In a magnificent ma country house houe and supplies him liberally with money Paul falls An in love with Margaret Margret Shenstone daughter of a judge and is encouraged in his suit by Clifford Too late the young man learns that he is heir to a n large fortune and tries in vain to have Clif Clifford Clifford Clifford ford release him from his pledge Mrs Beatrice Shenstone a rather mysterious woman mother of Margaret questions Paul closely I as to his identity and he afterward sees ses her in a mid midnight midnight midnight night consultation with a stranger Clifford in fur furtherance furtherance therance of his scheme of revenge orders Paul to shoot Judge Shenstone Paul refuses refuges and deltas defies him himAs himAs himAs As Clifford is Instructing another agent he is Ss told that the judge has been murdered On circumstantial evidence Mrs Irs Shenstone is accused and convicted of ef having killed her husband In a stormy Interview between Clifford and Paul P ul the discovery is made that they are father and son sen sen Clifford who is really Paul John Shenstone tells Paul the story of ot his wrongs at the hands of ot Beatrise Shenstone le CONCLUDED FROM FRO LAST SUNDAY CHAPTER Pardon e It was nearly dinner time when Paul arrived at atthe atthe atthe the HH Hall The ladles ladies are In the drawing room said the butler and Paul proceeded there As he entered they both looked anxiously at him How Is mother moth r Margaret asked Then some same something thing In n Pauls faM seemed seamed eee tol to strike her ands e ex ax exclaimed claimed You look bright Has the sentence been oem muted Better than that Margaret Your mothers innocence In Innocence is proved Rachel Falk Palk alk a women who was Miss idles Harries Herrl s nurse nur e killed your father said Hid Paul careful even then not to disclose dl the relationship to Hagar Miss Shenstone held up her bar hands In horror f Falk Falkl That was the name of the man my brother sentenced who was afterward proved Innocent Yes Rachel Falk Is his grandmother she never forgave Judge Shenstone It is a sad thIng as she was ft as a very decent woman I know It will m be a grief to Miss MIs Herries said Paul gravely You will wUl tell her I am sorry serry that this trouble has come to her but oh Paul it is a Joy to te know w that my mothers innocence Is proved But Bu you yeu told me If It she ahe Is better Surely this geed news will wW soon make her well Paul shook his head My darling I dont think your mother motter will ever e r be well again The doctor thinks she will not net live livemore more than a day or two Then my Is s with her Why Wry did she tell me not to come 1 Because Bause there was a matter she wished to dis discuss discuss 41 cuss with me a matter relating to the past Miss Mills looked keenly at him but asked n no questions I shall go to tomorrow said Margaret You will go Paul and you aunt she i added ded dedI I will wUl certainly go D the latter replied and P Paul told Margaret that he had arranged lUTan to take her but buther buther buther her mother wished to see him first fleet they would have to remain a little while at the hotel then he would fetch 6 them Just then the dinner bell rang ranI and they went to the tie dining room and they were a happier party than had for some time gathered round the table but as soon as dinner was over Paul asked that Black Sally she had been left at the Hall might be M addled saddled Margaret looked disappointed I wish I could have stayed but I am obliged to togo togo togo go to The Hermitage Can you be ready to catch the 11 train In the morning he asked as Margaret and he went to the drawing room Miss Shenstone discovering that she had left her thimble upstairs up Paul haul I feel happier tonight than I have done since my fathers death Is It wicked when my mother Is so seriously ill she asked a ked Indeed it Is not she he will die an Innocent woman and the world will know It It he answered God ha has answered my prayers prayer and made my I mothers innocence plain and Paul I shall never forget how you have Mye helped me in this time Ume of ot trial she said My Iy darling we belong to each other both In the footman Informed furrow Farrow and in Joy Then as him the mare mure was at the door he drew her to him and kissed her Ill come with you to the door said aid Margaret and atu anC as he rode away he looked back and saw her a graceful figure in if her soft clinging robe waving good goodbe goodbye bye be It was a beautiful May Ma night with the promise In Inthe Inthe inthe the sky sk of ot another glorious day but Pauls auls mind was too tun busy with all that had happened during the day dayt r ti to t notice itHe it itHe ItHe He wanted to get to The Hermitage and he did rot not spare the mare On arriving there he was warn shown into Mr Cliffords sitting room and as all Paul entered he looked up from the book he was reading I did not expect to see ee you tonight but I need not Jot tell you that yo are welcome he said ald Paul stood on the th hearth rug looking down at his hit father I nave have glorious gl news for you In the first fint place I must tell you that when I got to I found a telegram saying that Mrs l withed wished to tf see S me I went and she has ha confessed led all the knows about your uncles murder but she is 18 not mit as iii guilty ad a you thought theu ht Tom Jakee a poacher killed hIm What exclaimed Mr r Clifford startled out of his hia usual calm Yes but I will tell you the story as u she told it and Paul repeated what Mrs Mr Shenstone had bad told him hint alFo a IFo that her innocence was wu established As he listened Cliffords face fa grew brighter and by the tine time Paul had bad got loret to the end encl of his Me story ato Y his thole expression bad had changed Paul her confession must be made public 1 I have wished it if she had h been guilty as asIU ou IU are ars marrying Margaret Shenstone but now the 4 whole story must be made known You say NY th there re is It nr tn chance of or her recovery and I shall be a We able to hold bold up my head among my fellowmen tellow knowing that no one can say I am a felon out on Mrs Irs Shenstone is 18 quite willing to make a state statement went ment to the governor said Id Paul Clifford roused himself I 1 shall come came with Uh you ou to tomorrow morning and you can leave Miss MIM Shenstone and her niece with me at the Crown Of DC course cour e you will not nottEn tEn tell them that you you ou are my son lIOn That can be explained later Uter J Your news new about Rachel Falk has bas not sur surprised surl l me I knew that she abe regarded Judge Shea stone as the murderer of the grandson grand lIOn she loved and andone andone one cne or two things ls had bad made me suspicious Im afraid that Hagar has also suspected the truth They wont I hang ang her Poor Rachel said Clifford with a sigh At that moment Hagar entered the room roomI I did not know you were here hen she said Rid hold bold holding boldIng holding ing out her hand to Paul Then something in their faces as 8 they looked at her made her There Is fJ trouble and you are aTe keeping it from me Is It about grannies grannie Clifford rose ro e and put his arm around the trem tran hUng girl as a he said Id very tenderly tender Hagar my child your grandmother killed kilted Judge Shenstone henstone In her eyes eye it was wu retribution not murder mur murder murder der but she was as too brave and just juat to let Jet another suffer for what she did f Poor grannie grann faltered Hagar Hacar and burst burt into t tears Paul glanced at his hIa father We go by the 11 train in the morning he said Mid Midas as he left the room roomi i t i iThe The next day dy Miss Kiss KI and Margaret ac act t by Paul and Clifford took the train to and Paul P ul proceeded at once to the J 3 jail H 11 while the others wont went to the Crown hotel On arriving at the prison on he learned that they the rov gov had d informed inn med Mrs Mra Shenstone that her innocence was proved and as soon BOOn as Paul saw her he noticed DeUced that she he looked more peaceful though It was quite dent she had not long to live Youve heard she said In a faint tone Yes and Margaret Is very happy She wants to see eee yu but we arranged I should hould see lee you first firstI f es I am glad the the truth is known Ive been bean a wicked woman but Ive never shod shed blood and while the crime was laid on me Margaret would have been under a stigma Its more than I deserved to have all this tote made plain I who let a man live and die under an unjust accusation she said In a whisper whip r rPaul rPaul Paul bent over the bed saying In a low to tone Mr Clifford thinks you ought to tell tell the governor what yiu u told me Are you vou willing J Ii 7 ja it l T TI I 1191 I 4 k j I a 1 t S m A ory cry of pain pails burst from the girls 0 5 lips Ii pSt Quite then you can take your year own nun name What a pity your father is dead de d He was a proud man and it would have been bean a great Joy to him to have the stain lifted off ort his name she said In a Just then the doctor approached and Paul asked him if he could give ghe his patient a stimulant as she sha had luid something to say y to the governor Then he left lert the ward and asked for an interview with the gov governor governor who expressed great surprise when wh n he heard the nature of the statement Mrs Shenstone had to make Its a thousand pities she speak sooner The man died a few years ago There was a short piece in the papers at the time it was Iia sent by a 8 man who was with him at the end said the governor as they they went to the Infirmary Perhaps he may be living Jiving you ou know it was wu to his interest to be thought of ot as dead said Mid Paul The governor looked keenly at him himI I 1 hope if it his name is 18 s cleared that your surmise may prove correct he said as he opened the door leading into the ward The doctor had done all he could to give the dying woman a fictitious strength perhaps the thought of making reparation buoyed her up At any rate her voice was stronger and her eyes brighter as she he told the story of the past making the whole perfectly clear cleer As AB she concluded she said Ive suffered for tor what I did and it was through not telling the truth then that I am here The man whom Lady Lascelles La saw MW me with was at the time of ot my uncles murder an at the Hall and he saw Tom Jakes leave th room and me go in I Idid Idid Idid did not know this until after I had given evidence and my cousin was sentenced Then Ball the foot footman footman footman man told me I was in his power and he never meant to do another stroke of work I told him If he told what he had seen he would get Into trouble too but buthe buthe buthe he laughed saying he would get very ery little done to him that I should suffer because I had done all I could QuId to get the crime laid on Oft my cousin Ever since then he has kept reappearing when he wanted anted money and my husband frequently complained about the money I spent when in reality it went to the man Ball The night Lady Lascelles La overheard us talking he had been telling me that unless I gave him a large sum of money he would send an anonymous letter to tomy tomy tomy my husband and I then said I wished he was dead thinking I would rather he be died than know kno the truth The night my m husband was killed we had quarreled quarreled quarreled because he had discovered that I had bad sold a n garnet necklace I had gone upstairs and came down hoping to persuade him not to keep all my valuable Jewels under uDder lock and key as 88 he threatened when I found him dead I dont wonder the maid who saw aw me said I looked terrified If It I could only live my life Ufe over again I would do so differently I have proved that the wages of ot sin Bin is death she said her voice dying ding away way a in a Whisper At any rate you have tried to make reparation at the last and I think you need not fear but that God Gal will show you mercy m rcy as He did dd to the dying dyeing thief said the governor as he turned away If I fould uld only ask my cousin Paul to forgive me she said looking at Paul PaulHe PaulHe PaulHe He leaned over her herI I will ask a k him he said You And she gazed galled at him as ae though she Bite e would read his soul John Clifford of The Hermitage and Paul John are the same man he said in a 8 whisper Per Tor a moment she looked at him unbelievingly then she ahe said How blind bUnd I have been I might have known But he Is changed greatly changed And Hagar Hager Her Har Harries Herrle Herrise rise ries is the daughter of ot Captain Hartson Hartoon He was Pauls dearest friend and never neer believed belle in his guilt I heard when your father was in prison that Hart Hartson Hartson Hartson son had married a very beautiful young Jewess Jewe I Iwonder Iwonder Iwonder wonder I never guessed But you will tell Paul my cousin that I should die happier if It he would forgive me she said saidI I will tell him And Paul left lert her promising to bring Margaret and Miss Shenstone and on arriving arriving arrIvIng ing at the hotel he had a few minutes private con conversation conversation with his hie father who ho commissioned him to tell Beatrice Shenstone that he forgave her fully funy So much for the vengeance I longed for You have tamed the tiger my son lIOn It Is ia in my power to send seed the he woman who has lies ruined my life Ufe miserable ml rable and disappointed into the great hereafter and in instead instead stead ste d I forgive her Truly Paul we are complex creatures An hour later they all drove to the jail Clifford as the ladles ladies still believed him to be saying he wanted to have a chat with Ith tho the governor and when the ibe others had gone toward the Infirmary he was shown into the governors room and after alter a minute or two the latter appeared Clifford rose Perhaps Id better batter introduce myself mys lt Im Paul Patti John Shenstone henstone and as a my innocence Is now established established established I thought I should like to renew our acquaint acquaintance ance You Paul Shenstone exclaimed the other man gazing at him in amazement Yes I went to a n man In Paris who manipulates features I think he ho has been successful And now about that regulation I broKa broe I failed to report my myself self when I was out on Shall you lock me up because If It so Id rd like to get gat it over as soon loon as possible The governor laughed Seeing you were unjustly sentenced you need not fear any Inconvenience and Im very glad to see you Hartson Hartlon was an old chum of mine and he al always always always ways said that you wore innocent and ond some day the truth would come out But come Into the house you must let me Introduce you to my wife Stay a minute A woman Rachel Falk has cor con confessed that she shot Judge Shenstone Well Rachel f passed p as a the th nu nurse of ot my adopted niece who is 18 known non as aa Hagar Hr In reality rItty she ie is Hagar Hartson HartlOn Rachel Falk was the mother of ot Har on wife DO your test beet to get the tM sentence one on of of penal pearl servitude I suppose it be made mada into man manslaughter ft slaughter No but she lIbe wont be hanged Poor woman And so she was the mother of my old chums wife wite Strange how things happen in this life Itte Ill do my beet bast for her Now come into the drawing room my wife wile will wUl willbe willbe be delighted to give you some tea As 8 another day da dawned Beatrice Shenstone Shen tone passed out of the world where she abe had made |
