Show THE WHELP A story of time BY AMELIA E BARM BARK author ol of tho the bow do of orange ribbon 1 I 1 tho thou x and the h other ono on tl th ald of maln malden lane I 1 etc Copy copyright richt 1901 ty ly dom mcd comi ny all CHAPTER XIII continued then lie turned to matilda and led her to a sofa and comforted her ter and the men sern sen ants laine anie and took away the hp dead body and laid it as anthony w m asbed on his old master a bed and lu in the cicat salon balon now cleared of its offending jisi camlin sat bat comforting mathila and finally ques her in a way may that compelled her to rely in some measure upon him stephen was mas here yesterday he asked part of the Is da lie ho left here at four in the itter noon yet the mall niall rider under with swore this morning that it mas ft as stephen NN who bo robbed the mall mail she laughed queerly gut dilt ir if it was not lot stephen v who to was m as it he insisted and ho he looked with such a steady confident gaze into mn ma gildas face that thai she crimsoned crim to bet finger fingertips tips she could not nol meet his eyes and site she could not speak 1 I wonder mho placed at being ste phen p ten de wick he said gently and the silence between them was mas so BO sen lien that neither accusation nor con R salon vay maa eRbar 1 I wish that you had me you maht have lone dono so BO and you know knon it after anthony was nas burled his bla will an was as read lie ile left ei c or coining thing ho he pos hessed to the I 1 ady matilda do wick and no one offered a woid maid of dissent sir thomas seemed unusually depressed and his lady asked him if ho he was in any wai dissatisfied no lie ana answered it la Is the death of the loung lord neville that gives me constant regret Is ho he dead alas alas such a P happy handsome eiith auth it la Is inbred ibis ibi 3 said bald lady jen deeo era I 1 I thought lie he had run an away ay to the Ameil Amei leas cas with our gold and my aunts aunt a jewels spid matilda Mat llda I 1 wronged him I 1 wronged him ansi answered cred sir thomas X az I 1 dl it o 0 it 1 I kissed the rosy little brat that wretch of a woman at the hague never paid him a farthing never even saw him she intended to rob me and slay him for a thousand pounds but under question of the tha law she confessed her crime what do you think has happened to him I 1 I 1 I 1 think robbery and murder some one has known knon or suspected that he had tio asure with him ile he has been followed and assassinated or he has fought and been killed and little jane jana liam Is slowly dying of 0 grief and cruel suspense she loves hlin him and chev were betrothed a w as a short silence and then matilda said many braie brae young lords lorda have gone out from home and friends these past years yeara and never COMO come back Is nevilles s life worth orth more than my brothers brother a life than thou thousands ands ot of other lives I 1 trow not nut but in the privacy of her room she he could not preserve this temper i wonder onder if t slew him site she muttered and anon aaion I 1 ile he would think it no wrong ony only a piece of good luck if 11 might also bo be jealous of cluny I 1 emoke often of the youth a beauty I 1 did that out of simple mischief lff I 1 jt at rupert Is touch sometimes crul cruel always alaa bajer for lold poor janel I 1 CHAPTER XIV A lit e further on the sett leme it t of the affairs of an then theiry I 1 occupied sir thomas in much uch longer than ho bo expected and the a found the family still at ie do wick stephen had escaped as aa had also bin companion com panton conspirators mot mn son bon and blithe 1313 the and matilda could not but compliment herself a little on her share lo in seeming their safety towards the middle of september sir thomas roused himself from hla his life among flowers and shrubs and said he must KO go back to london lie ile had a sudden dealt dealie s for his ha wharf hart and ats office and aba bearded outlandish men that he would meet there and aft the ladies also wished to return to london the beautiful beau trul home quickly put PO on an air of desertion boxes lit ht teneil the hall ball they vote only waiting until amul the september I 1 lain ain storm should pass away amay and the roads become fit tor for at this lin unsettled settled time and in a driving amlin and doctor were mere seen galloping up tip the avenue one evening every ono one was mas gla baal I 1 at the pi aspect of aie news a and corn com pany sir thomas so BO much so that lie he went to the door to meet the doctor nobody could IB be mote moie welcome he said and pray ft what hat frood fortune beings you herec I 1 come to put my two nephews in huntingdon grammar school I 1 want thin to sit heia cromwell sat eat he bo ans answered ali ah this great cromwell said bald I 1 ady jevery but if he has haa the nily mariln at lila ills disposal why can call he not find out something about that poor ord lord 1 neville has col abiton re tui guined net or la is he also missing I 1 ile he returned some time ago lie ho discovered nothing of then I 1 suppose we me shall ahall see no moie trial e of lord neville I 1 nm am N ory cry sor ry lie he vaa ikas a good youth find and he loved juno jane S afkham very honestly 11 A weik after this evening the jev erys were mere in the their ir ow own it house and wa ala llda had bad sent void old to jane swaffham ham harn that she wanted to see lier ter she opened opined her heair on various subjects to jane more especially on anthony lynn a dra dramatic life and death and the money and luid lie he had left her of course she sald eald I 1 it la Is only tern tem horary when the king iving comes homo stephen will I 1 ie e rat fail I 1 do wick and I 1 shall willingly resign all to him in the I 1 intend to carry out anthonys anthony a plans for the improvement of tho the estate when this subject had been tallied well over jane named cautiously the lover in france much to her sur eur prise matilda seemed to en ell larae on the tha topic site she spoke herself ot of prince rupert and of the poverty and buffeting charles cobit were ere eu ell during and she regretted with many strong presence there I 1 all lie he makes Is swallowed Aed up la in the bottomless stuart pit she said even my auth and beauty have gone the same hopeless road there was mas a queer story about stephen robbing the mail and tearing up the three wai warrants rants for tho the arrest of blythe and mason and himself said jane dl did ani believe that jane the mall mail was mas robbed the war rants N were ere never found stephen has a daredevil temper at times when did you hear bear from him I 1 hear from him very often now tane lane for it la in the old old story money money money but I 1 am not going to strip do de wick a second time for them then drawing jane close to her and taking her hand she said bald with an imp impulsive calve tenderness jano jane acar jane I 1 do not wish to open a woun I 1 afresh but I 1 am sorry for you I 1 am indeed how can you bear it I 1 have net over it the balm ot of prayer I 1 have shut abut it up in my heart and given my beatt to god cod I 1 have said bald to god cod do as thou wilt with me inc I 1 ant am content and I 1 have found light in sorrow brighter than all the flaring lights of joy then you believe airn to be dead yes Is no help against such A onan ar and yet matilda alawilda there omes to me suh such an in pene hating sense hense of hla his presence prose nee that I 1 must believe lie he Is not far ayaay owa y and her confident hearts still fervor her tremulous smile he bet eyes like clear water full of the sky affected matilda with the same ampre hending bending arid and there was waa such a haunt ing sweetness about the chasteney chastened chast ened girl that matilda looked round derin de gly U was aas as aa if there ere freshly gat gathered herd loleta in the be room she remained silent und and jane aftel a few minutes pause sat said I 1 I 1 must go home now and rest a little to morrow I 1 am bid to hampton court and you will come and tell me all about your visit the voiad turned upside down Is an entertaining spec tad fact ann anil claires the market worn |