Show I For or s Sin in B By BERTHA M. M CLAY I Continued From Yesterday Morn Morning Who were her parents repeated Lady Carew Hoi Hel mother wa was I believe a a. German German Ger Ocr man lady She spoke slowly and with great hesitation S SS S And a ver very beautiful woman she must have havo been if Adelaide resembles her h ho he replied with well assumed carelessness s but it was not so 80 much of or her mother I was thin thinking Icing Who was her father was he in the arm army was he hc distinguished for anything I Ineer never neer hear his Ilis name name name-I I never neer even remember the least mention of or It I think he hc was very ery unfortunate she sho replied Your father said Mid but hut little about aboul him How came my father tather to know now him so well when he hardly ever left Brooklands and this Mr Carlton Canton lived out of ot England land My I dearest Allan I do not know know know- r J cannot tell teH General Clavering I suppose knows the whole hl history tor I must ask him She caught hold of his arm and clung citing to It with a desperate grasp ras Do not do cia that for heavens heaven's sake ake Allan n Allan you ou will kill me Inc Why Vh mother what can enn it matter to You yon on How can It possibly hurt you ou that I should know tho the details of my wife's wIles history 1 She made a desperate effort to re recover recover re- re cover from Crom what sho now saw was a aery avery avery very ery false falso step I You frightened me sho said I 1 I hardly know what I am doing or sayIn sayIng saying say- say In Ing when I J hear you t talk lk In this way I cannot see ECO how or why you ou should be frightened mother What is more natural than that I should like to hear all that concerns m my wife Certainly it is Iser very er natural but Allan AHan my dear son do 10 not ask questions ques ques- of General you Clavering-you you will I distress me mo and distress him I entreat en en- treat of you for my sake do not I 1 would do anything for tor your our sake he replied but I cannot make an any promise mother It appears to tome tome tomo me mo that some fome m mystery ster some secret that I ought to know is being kept from me nc and to tell you the time plain truth I feel that I must know it She interrupted him with a gesture of expostulation but he continued l I My only wonder Is that I havo have not thought bought more seriously of these things before but I havo have not I have taken everything c too much for tor granted ranted Oh Allan Allan she cried and the he agony In her hel voice startled him do not sa say such things Is it not rather all a a. fanc fancy a chimera of ot your our own brain What mystery should there thero be 1 That he replied frankly I r cannot cannot cannot can can- not even Imagine but I I- I The sentence vas as not finished for at that moment a servant came up with a message for tor his lordship and he went away Went leaving Lady Carew a 0 prey to the tho most horrible anguish She stood silent for some ome minutes where he had left her then she sho raised her hem clasped hands handa Rather let the tho heavens tall fall and crush me me rather let lot earth open and hide mo rae me than that I shoud toll tell to him bin the story of ot his th fL fathers father's rs r's sin Sho She went into the house t to seek comfort from Lady Adelaide She Sha sought her herand and found her In inner her h r own room but Lad Lady Adelaide's beautiful face was pale her eyes oyes swollen with tears tear Adelaide said Lad Lady Carew CarcI I am living with a sword over m my head i It will fall faH and destroy me Allan says there Is a secret and that ho Is determined determined de do- to know all aU I have feared It for Cor some time Isee I 1 see no help for It Child cried the older elder lad lady indy wildly how can you speak so cool cooly of that which would be m my death What can I do to avert It 1 I havo have sacrificed everything c in life liCe If by giving 11 up life itself if b by m my death I could avert it I would give Ive you OU m my life liCe just as cheerfully as I have havo given von nil 11 everything bright and beautiful In It It I I believe you said Lady Carow Carew touched b by the time girls girl's devotion If It b by lea in leaving home this moment never to return If by bj living In obscurity obscurity ob oh- and poverty I could avert it I would do that thai bul but humanly speaking nothing that you or I can say or do will help us If the general had never returned all would have been well we could have kept our secret at tho the price of or long life-long happiness It Is In his han hands s. s not ours A look of ot settled calm despair came over Lad Lady Carew's face I wish he ime had md not come she said 1 I fancied danger anger from the first Adelaide Ade I laide e what do you suppose Allan will do when he ho knows I cannot ot even en guess she replied Hoping against hope I trust he ho may never know He lie will l leave o a. home home home-he he will go away never to return he Ime will n never ver bear benr the shame shama and the exposure There Thera need not be any exposure He Ho can be prevailed upon to lo keep the secret as we have kept It said Lad Lady Adelaide Never No Ho lie is a proud man so eo proud he will eo o away He lie 1 is I ismy my only son but while I live live- I shall never see him him again when once hek he ho k knows All h her r courage her pride her ber fortitude fortitude forti fortl- tude seemed to break down at once She wept hot bitter tears she sobbed with a passionate anguish that made mode the younger ladys lady's heart ache for her Sho She tried to soothe her to cheer her There Is no need to fear tear the tho very ven worst she said It Jt may all pass over yet But even as ns she sho said the words a messenger came to the door bringing General Clavering's Cla compliments with wilh wilha witha a a. request that thal Lady Carew and Lad Lady Adelaide would join him in tho the library at once Who is with the tho general asked Lad Lady Adelaide and the answer was Lord Carew It has come said Lad Lady Carew with tho the calm of ot despair the sword I I has fallen Adelaide help me mp to bear hear I the blow S ChAPTER PTER CIL I will wm end this state of things at once said Lord Carew when he had hi his business I could not live Jve In this suspense a day Ho went vent in search of or the general cn rl and found him not certainly In the best of ot humors plainly speaking Genera Generl Gen Gen- era eral erl Clavering was very cross He had sent directly directly- after breakfast to ask La Lady Adelaide to walk out with him nn and she had excused her herself Passing through the shrubbery half halt an nn hour afterward he had met her looking very veT ill I with wih traces of recent tears tear on her face tace So the general was very ang angry angry- What on earth had she to to cry about about he hc asked himself She was CT I always crying there crying there must be somethIng something some- some thIng wrong and ho was quite de do- to find fini out what wha It was Tho The two gentlemen did not was meet In the brightest of or humors humor Allan AJan was anxious full tull of won wonder er and arid suspense Lord Carew Carow found the thc general In the library reading the paper and lookIng look- look log Ing ver very crossI cross I have been wi wishing hing to see seo you ou general he lie said And I have been wishing to see you Lord Carew Then we are arG we well met mot replied his lordship with wih a e. e I II met your wife wie some time since said sid the general and she had been crying I found her the tha other da day weeping and sobbing in this very ery room b by herself herselt and I want to know what hat It means I I am not such a simpleton continued con con- the general as to fancy that man and ane wife never quarrel Thank heaven I have never had hadi a wife wiCe and andI I never want one but I understand pretty well wel how aggravating women I are are no no man under heaven could possibly possibly pos pos- i sibly keep his patience with them But Dut Adelaide Is not like Je the rest she rest sho Is so sosweet sosweet sosweet sweet so good rood so gentle gente What has sho she to trouble her Why does doEs she weep so much 1 i It I would be better beter If i you OU asked her sir not me I Much use that would v be To tell tel you the truth sir while that fine lady duchess was here I suspected you were running after aCer her and making Adelaide miserable I acquit you of that thal now now now-It It was vas as a a. mistake sho she Is gone thank heaven But I tell you what Is strikes me that there tel must be something ver very wrong to cause so o many tears I think the same thing myself general I am afraid there Is something some some- thing thins wrong and I have come to ask you ou to help me roe find out what It I Is General laid down his paper and looked at the young O JS marts mans mans face In great I I You havo have come to me eh th h a I crabbed old bachelor who never novel had 1 anything to do with what is 15 rightly called caled the soft sex In my life and you OU want to know what la Is wrong In your own household 1 I How Howen can I pos pea sibly tell tel you S Because Because- I suspect you hold the kc key to tho the m mystery In your own hands General tell tel me me-I me meI I as ask you ou honestly honest candid candidly frankly tell frankly tel frankly tell rae me is there any mystery about tho tho birth Ct of nf I my wife Adelaide J S Continued Tomorrow |