Show I The Hidden Hand HandBy By Mrs M Z J D. D L E. E H. H Southworth I Continued from Yesterday Morning CHAPTER q Thus far our fortune keeps an onward Con course cours And AmI We wo are ure graced with wih wreaths of or victory Sh Shakespeare le Leaving Mrs ts Le L Noir Trever c wont Went down to the stable saddled the horse that had been allotted to I his use and set et off otT of for a long on days day's Journey Journ to New tV Orleans whore when late at nig night he arrived and put up at the St. St Charles CharieR He lie slept soundly from fatigue un until late hate the next morning morning when he w was awakened by the sound of drums drum trumpets and fifes fres an and amid by general r re re- re Ho arose and antI looked from rain hi his wi windows windows win win- dows lows to a ascertain the c cause ul e and sa saw sw the square full ful of or people In a state of oC the highest excitement watching Ii for fora a military procession Ion c coming up tho ti tiit street it t It IL I was the United Slates Lates troops um under under un un- der their gallant galant commanders wI who had bail from tho the steamboats tim that morning and were now marching from the he quay I a up nip to their quarters at ti the St. St it Charles As they advanced ad Traverse Tra eagerly eager cage I ly 3 upon the lookout recognized li his own r regiment and presently saW naW W Ma Mr Major a- a jor jOI ml Greyson on himself lr withdrew from tho the window window win win- Ia w dow low hurriedly completed his mis toilet toile and hastened downstairs where whore hi he soon Ori found round himself taco face to face fco ace with wih sI Herbert who vho warmly grasping hi his hand amid exclaimed You here old friend h Why I thought bought y you u were laWn down in Ba East t Fe Fc- Fc Helana with wih your interesting patient 7 It I 1 15 is for the Interest of or that Interesting Inter Sting esting patient that 1 I am ao here hem Herbert Tier Her bert hert crt Dl Did I toll toil tol you she he was one o oie of the ie victims of or that demon Ie Le No but I know It from front another source I know as much or more mote o of or her er perhaps than you ou tIn do do Ah Aim exclaimed Traverse In sur SUT- prise rise eYe e. e Yes Ye I know ow for or Instance that she slim is Caplola's mother th the long long- lost los widow of or Eugene Eug-ene Le La the tine mistress of oC Hidden House House and and the gho ghost t who drew OW folks folks' curtains there at night night Then you tb do know about abou her tr but hut how did you arrive at your our knowledge By UBy the Mast last dying speech and conCessIon confession con con- CessIon of or Gabriel Le Lc Noir Noll confided to me inc to bo ho used In restitution after his S decease But come there Is the thc second cond bell bel our mess mes are going In to tc breal breakfast join Us and afterward you OU OUan and an ti I will wi retire and compare notes notes said ald Id Herbert taking tang the tIne arm of or his hit friend end as the they hey followed tho ho moving Into the breakfast parlor After the tine morning morning- meal was concluded concluded con con- the friends withdrew together to the chamber occupied led l by Traverse Rocke Hocke where the they sat down for fOI mutual mu mu- lual ii explanations Herbert first related to Traverse all al that it had occurred from Crom tho ho time that hat tho latter had left the tho CI City of ot Mexico Including luding the tho arrival of ot Craven Le Lc LeIn In at nt the dying bed of or his father tho tIne subsequent c death and funeral of ot Col- Col ni Lo Le Noir mind find the Into C rn on 1 hJ lie C. C ui i he bound the he r re recently for gor ar S of Or explorers thy discovered gol gold a ot of Cal Cal- Call Call- j I IThe tim The civilized world I In iii then rd ot said tho the uncompromising two villains at once promising musing Traverse ra Herbert terbert tool too from his pocket the thc confession of oC Colonel Lc Le which he said ho he was now at liberty to use a 3 as ashe he thought proper for Cor the tho ends of or Jus- Jus thought of or the disclosure parts e that Certain sure 0 Intimately concerned Traverse Rocke eke to whom he should therefore road read iii the whole rhe The confession might be he briefly summed up as aH follows Tho The first Item Hem was that list ho he sought to win the thc he affections of of Marah flock Rocke the supposed wife of or Major ajor Ira Ira Warfield War War- arfeld ar and anti had Imd sedulously waylaid field id he feld followed her with his suit ul during the she had constantly repulsed re repulsed re- re mole summer constanty pulsed Iced and arid avoided a a him he hC listening evil had bribed to his own passions assions her hr r maid to evi admit him in the dark darl to Marah's Marahs imah's cabin upon a certain night ht Marh's cabi lIn I when her husband was absent that return ot or Major Warfield War War- arfeld ar the unexpected 0 had hiatt tracked him him to the field Id who hal feld the success of had prevented house Use hll fe but had not saved the I hi his evil purpose hal evi reputation of or the innocent wife whose believe Infuriated husband would not her r ignorant of the of or the villain lain in lii her house that he Gabriel GabrielLe Gabrieli Le i Noir in hatred as well wel as an In shame had a until now to male make the might explanation which he hoped now nv late In life UCe as It was bring bring the thelong together and establish severed pair long Ig their In lish Ii Marah Rocke Hock and anI her hm son legal al and social rights rights The Thc second item Hem in the he black blac list of or brother broth broth- elder crime line was the death of his whom he d declared he lie had not In Intended In- In er card tended tende to lo kill Ho lie 10 said that having debts which ho was watt contracted largo secretly secret secret- returned he lie had hud unable table to pay ly Iy from his distant Cu quarters to demand demant brother rother who n I hind had the C money from irons his l often helped him that hat meeting 1 ins oren brother in the tine woods h he made marie this re request re- re reproached him him for hit his ils quest gu Eugenic Eugene ene extravagance extra ance and anid folly and amid refused cd ensued ii in encounter r to lo aid him bin an which Eugene foil fell foI J He lie Gabriel Le Lc by the he curse curs of or Noir f foil pursued l. l 1011 before he be Cain and reached hi his own quarters had been sus ens' his absence fore Coro ore even n His agency In the death of hi hl brother wa was not riot s C eon Con on h by hi his his- crimes the tho outlaw accomplice In other called Black Donald who thinking t to caled gain an a ascendancy over ocr ono one whom h ho falsely pretended rel t to toI called hi his patron caled with Du Eugene ne Le Lc oh I have ha c ma made e way va wih for fOI r the tine sake o of his younger brother Time The third item Ien of tho the confession conCesion I the abduction of tho thio ant and was abo laho babe of the young oung widow ot or Eugene time the circumstances of or which are arc al already al- al ready eady known to the tho rea reader er The fourth In itt tho dreadful list com com- the tine d deceptions wrongs and persecutions per pcr- practiced upon Madame Eugene Eugene Eugene Eu Eu- gene Le lAc Noir Noll and the final Inal false Imprisonment Imprisonment Im Irn the thu of oC that lady un under er charge of or In insanity In the private madhouse madhouse mad mad- house houle kept b by Dr Pierre Pierro St St. Jean ii In East Easl Feliciana In conclusion h ho spoke sole of or the tho wrongs done to Clara Da Day whose pardon lardon with wih that of others he begged AntI And Ii he consideration of hi hison his hisson hison prayed that in that as was pO possible son on as little publicity might be given glnn to thc these crimes crimes DurIn During the tho rea reading of or this his confession confes sion slon the tine eyes eyes eyed o of er Traverse e Rocke were the fixed In won wonder vonder er and amid half hal Incredulity upon the faco face of Herbert and at it i its conclusion ho t said ld What a n ma mass of crime But nut that thai ha hawe w we may lat not dare to ll question lon tho the mere o of the Lord I 1 should a ask k if i these o wen sins that Ho Ito le would c ever cr r pardon ler Her bert It appalls ii me me to think of o Itt HI bert Then I after deep thought he a added This then was vas the tIne secret eclet of or in m dear mothers mother's long long- Shi Hh was Major Warfield's forsaken wife wie Herbert I feel Ceel as though I never could forgive my father Cather nu cr if Major Ua ha Traverse I ln wilfully anti and wantonly forsaken your you our mother I should sa say that your resentment resentment resent resent- ment was natural and right Who Wh should be bc an honorable womans woman's champion If Ie not her own son 7 flu But Major Warfield as welt well wel as his wife Ue wa watt was more sinned against than sinning Your Yom par parents w were re both hoth victims ot of or a n cruel con conspiracy and he suffered a as much in his tile way as she did In hers said s hl Herbert Herbert J J always thought somehow thamy that tha that m my dear deal mother was a a rOra forsaken n wife She never mover told me so but there was wa about her circumstances and manners manner her retired If life her condition condi condi- ibm tion ton so much helm below her deserts her he never speaking o of her husbands husband's death which would have ha been natural fe for Cor her to do had hat she been a widow ahl widow widow-aI all somehow went to give me tho ho impression s- s mien sion that my father had abandoned U us Latel Lately I had suspected d that Major Majo Warfield had something something- ot do with wih the thu thead sad mad ad a affair In I r. r though I r never once suspected suspected sus sins him to be m my father so father so much minuet for or natural instincts said ald Traverse with wih a a melancholy smile smie Traverse TraYer o said saih Herbert with wih a design design de de- sign ign of or drawing him oft off or from Crom sad re remembrances rc- rc of or his mothers mother's early trials rials Tr Traverse this In is con conC confession signed and wine witnessed Cd as it I l I is will wJ wonderfully won won- I derr simplify your course of or action acton in ri regard to the tine deliverance of Madame Lc e Noir Noh Yes Ys so it wil vill m salt said Ahl Traverse ere Tra with wih animation There Ther will wi bo be no need mood now OW o of applying Ing to law especially if ir you Oil ou will Ihl wl come como down Iown with wih me mp to Enst yon Ol oil nun and ane hrin bring the conCe confession lon with wih I r will wi set out with wih you this vcr very morning if IC you wish as I am on leave lea e. What That to hasten haften the r release ease of or Caplo- Caplo las la's Ils Il's Ls L's mother I would set out at midnight mid timid night ight and ride rido straight or o for a eel eel Ih I Ah h there there Is he no need for such cx- cx fonts feats of or travel travel It I Is now 10 Ci o'clock if we start tar within an hour we e can reach the tine Calm Retreat b by 11 o'clock tonight tonight En a avant ant a van I. I then exclaimed Her Her- Herber Herbert bert ber nrC rising and anc ringing the tho ho bell bel Traverse ordered horses and anti in 20 o mutes the friends were ero on the tIne road roach to I East Feliciana The They reached the Calm Cairn Retreat so m late that lint night that there was wa no nono noone noone one no but bul the tine porter awake to admit thorn them em Traverse fr tool took hl friend up to his own vii dormitory saying laughingly It I It I Is an of time ne since you xou and I occupied the same bed d Herbert Yes but it is not the first h by five hundred times Do you remember Traverse averse the time low attic where we us used d to sleep p and how on stormy nights we weed used ed to listen to tho the rain pattering on I the roof within two or three Inches of oC our faces and how we wa used to bo be I half haIr hf afraid to turn turin over o er for Cor fear that we I should bump our heads against tho thin timbers of or the ceiling Yes Indeed said ald Traverse And thereupon thin the two friends launched Into a n discussion oC or ol old times Ures when the two widows and their thIr sons lived together together the tho two women occupying occupying occupying one bed and th the tho two boys theother the other Anti Ami this discussion ton they kept up Lii until long loner aCtor they thea retired L tl e and md I. I r 1 t i i I until t ir corn con next auert t e ed d his friend down to to the bre St. St parlor to Introduce him to Dr Joan Jean J can who as soon as he perceived cd the forward for tor- orward or- or young youn medical assistant sprang spang ward exclaiming Grand Heaven Is this then hen you ou Have Flare e you ou then returned What for r. r did you ou run a away with wih m my horse Orleans In great I went to New Seat important bu business very cry haste upon tim sir si Grand Crand Dicu Dieu I should think so I 1 when Crane you ou rl ride c off of on my horse without with with- wih- wih It had been my out Dut saying a word nord If I a I should have been In ambling pony penny despair I Your Yom business s so hast hasty I I 1 and Important was wa accomplished hope Yes I did dil m my errand with wih less trouble than I had hiatt hac anticipated owing owing of or meeting circumstance to 10 the tIne happy who has liris come down my friend more here bud busi hither connected with ih the same ame ne ness 9 to see your friend Ah h very ery happy In the tIme medical profession I 1 suppose sup sut- pose Allow AHome me mo to No sir tIne in-tIne in- in tho army AHo him Major Herbert Greyson present of or the lie th th regiment of or ca cavalry del this Is tho the Out Oui a ay Grand brave the distinguished the tine illustrious honorably mentioned In the tho so o dispatches of oC the Invincible Taylor and little IHU the mighty Scott Scot said sid tho the Frenchman bowing his night-capped night head down to hl his toes toes oes Herbert smiled as he lie returned tho ho bow And then the tine little French doc doe Trav Traverse rsc said tor or turning to But your business s so Important and iut so hasty which has Inns brought this his illustrious down here what here what so Is it my friend We I Yc rO will wl have the honor ot or c explaining explain Monsieur le Ie Docteur over our tn ing It I to o cr coffee if It he Inc will wl oblige c us b by ordering the servant to retire said Traverse to adopted In Inn speaking wino who sometimes ho the time old Frenchman his old formal sta I of or politeness Allez Allea lez done don John Go ic then LInen John Traverse Tra Tra- As soon oon as the time man mun had gon gone S said verse ert to tin dl this discuss this business 1 propose S because e It will vilI save ave coffee over r our I wil oV morning meal and I 1 know Inow that lat Imme Immediately afterward you yuu will go your our wl Jf usual sual round o of visits to your our patients Eh Ek bion bien proceed my son OI pro limo Ce ed Traverse e Imm immediately commenced ninth ind related till all that was necessary n concerning con con- nI unc the thc corning the lie fraud practiced upon Institution b by introducing into It an am unfortunate w woman man represented to tt tobe be he maul mall hut hub bu really realy emil only sorrowful awl annul excitable And nd to 10 prove ner the he truth ot or his words Traverse lr-l. lr eti cd cl Herbert to read from th the confession confes confes- relating to this fraud lon sion th the tho portion porton and to show the doctor tho the signature of the principal and tho ho witness winess To ft have seen the tIme old French doctor docto then J I rejoice in a Frenchman for lot forthe frank abandon with which he lie gives give ives the thc wih his emotions Our doctor doc doe to himself up confession tom tor after staring at the took tool oter hold of or tho the top of his blue tasseled tasseled |