Show t u ba JS FIetcher bj h cot 1 rwjr Y WENT soft Is engaged by a as VS alter a us iter t pet put UP P at wood lel moor is e y eally mr air kishlo TER l 2 to youre to for or ive DAKAJ 1 ele else to lod I 1 ral t council ir i sal sible yone it ilias yoo law w be it us as by yee yes emroll we atre talk 14 edlord at t nil his garden 4 1 i 1 mm ive NEVA r b be continued ll 11 they rhey 14 hid acon c boda knows ra bat put it is JOM thil this ild flints mj my aa lia and r la one of mr blom c eagars it at tit ih moment it laid said thie this I 1 started so leial it jumped fron from bel lva idd and fell to the boor door tome e tint that a whole ege age log ilke I 1 e elapsed in the if stool oi ing inland and recovering I 1 wondered at the calm flana lity of my reply when of again aan looking it at him tk I 1 laid said quite stead to called the be elder lady arston re and the younger a shelia meri 1 here musgrave there P ti be ille knows no better am but i tiling you I 1 my wife laddie and the lighter daughter and I 1 way but of the I 1 lie of and all to yu a i pause between beti reeo ni us a sit I 1 twiddling his bla and as u he be had discarded aclee i A it blight ight cast st in 10 ma I 1 somehow ome how sl ulster i jew ithe the mystery in bim him that bis his we wei to 0 o me orad personality 1 lentard len tand I 1 ald said at 91 to a nake make you under W be ie answered thie this of it yon good looting looking la IS merchison Merc Merch hlson fun eure sure bd trough call her ertelt and to doubt 1101 to call herself eo o li is tel W Ws mine heroff thear 1 aio ato ait that too he aid sald at ill correct and plop p op been my legal alme for ad and till remain eo so kro and not riot tem I 1 too 00 and I 1 married and IOD I 1 mra 13 she narried ried to ulphin aay any more id L 24 he be answered TU alwilla iasi as I 1 PUD ran iod maytie a ft tanele tangle ai as it seems poin I 1 tet bold hold oid of one cad i of and poll pull steadily at nt it it mother died d hen I 1 I 1 youngster and after ith 11 my near selkirk flirl across the af then he ailed when about oot two bcd twenty wentY 4 10 ali 1111 be had hat a tidy id 11 and 41 that put 10 what 4 bad 1 left nada r ne lab nan and I 1 was I 1 ind impetuous s and said al ill my own way ind QI mere there I 1 to keep wp me from hav bay cwm of from andul gal I 1 that at a e into ato my arlu ime ac rose Is ailigh f in that tc WAS P tty much to respect aad we tore ire than the I 1 usual bet all to rel doe u wan it 1 liked ked ill it acred s ite 04 W ed nothing bolit apt 1 and obstinacy suj t we found we were harnel to pull to toire rether lher abit WL ted I 1 baw r th I 1 la feal a things W 0 never took matters ini m y t the a III sober mind ansi 4 of the but as tills 1 id 1 vieb to a Y edged b to see recy 04 div divird iId abr t I 1 into two a made one fast a 1 I less alre haj it at gifol I 1 ba fifteen bobp A year of her own hit took slid all occur cl for ovo my ol 01 ad way from her I 1 4 put it that led will I 1 did al to candidly d it was the pitiless It iless therod late quiet othe awis A depart ure ahe to toy any C berda I 1 abe tirl we afternoon 1 da I asked the born tsuta ht with em aba after have een ced im sure cow now I 1 hare hate gone cone but the he VM was neither burn born nor I 1 know the was to be born sho she facie came eight months after id leav left you heard of 14 it tf then len I 1 nested ou BUce otei wever never knew of ot it till todail jo je exclaimed ot of course urs mra ai as in has he i known here he believes you tc tco be drader I 1 euk ahat gos vilta oot saying YDO on to be surer surel he answered she this Elphin stout a ew years back just before tie lie bought this Mar estate aye ale she he believes bel levee rue toe dead as adum adim md lod here im alive I 1 what whal are you coing going to dor dol I 1 asked what would yon you do yourself 1 te he replied anxiously tell roe me your plain opinion annl all lot tot be offended at anything you IOU sly 1 I 1 thick I 1 should juit just go aawar saying nothing said L after ill all you left her and if f you aereal yourself menu mean tweaking breaking op up W ints probably liro bably a catl let set lement mr sad nd the oh ob by all account accounts they lull each other ai as well an we suited each other til ill 11 1 he broke in aye ale this settlements all right bit but the girls 1 my daughter shell never know you mr lr una mazis rov ron I 1 remarked ilia ills bronzed checks cheeks reddened at that and be shook his head bead tour youre right holt youre right 1 he aid almost humbly and its my own fault faull well tip to cow dow nothing happened happen edt nobody knows but yourself after all these yeara years it would be something of a startling revelation I 1 observed it needs souie sowe reflection and but then a new idea struck me and I 1 fayra re rdoe him doubtfully 7 suppose eup poe if it it came ta h 14 it b have ve to prove that that balla salim mazaroff lj Is andrew he interrupted oh abst can be done there the cist east in my eye and the birthmark on my right arm aad theres papers bad people not just at hand to be cure sum but bit that can sub start latt all that haw came yon to take ench such in 10 unusual came I 1 ventured to I 1 ask sk him he ile lathed softly ai as it the rem InIs cence pleased him ill tell you 1 be answered answer td when I 1 first went ent off it as india I 1 knocked about there a it good deal cod god in the Il persian erslan gulf and in adjacent parts then I 1 sent further to durban and thence into thoi interior the diamond Us and in durban I 1 fore galb ered with an old man with like tastes k mine in fact he and I 1 lived tott ber and traded together ills dame was mazaroff Maza and be left roe me alt all fits mone yno no little leon oil con on I 1 took it L so I 1 did rhy not at that time ume id no intention of ever coming bick back to Er england ipland pain and cow now there a the situation I 1 what are you tong soling to do about lir I 1 liked asked 1 I 1 dont know he tie ans ansfred wred frankly oNo thing in a hurry burry and as I 1 say nobody knows but you ind and me there a no fear of my beang rem ive talked to a doten people today who knew me mo in n tile old day days and in to my blue spectacles they the least idea as to abo I 1 really wee was ile got up then tien and went oat out to stroll about the front f tile tan nn alone that night he baij no more on the subject of his re revelations relations elAt Ions T nor did he mendro the matter in the moraine morning we ive spent most odthe of the day in motoring to some ruin twenty bilea miles away when we returned in the tile evening there wai was a f pod od deal of being done at itt the inn men were returning in number numbers from a fair after dinner mr ur mazaroff remarking to me that ho wanted to have ft a good think all bv bw himself crossed oer to the open MOO roo oAd pad strolled away across the heather I 1 never saw him win alive I 1 went atit oit myself soon on yard fard cud was wits out until past al nine le hen I 1 returned to the inn lam lie ile had bad not dot come back nor r had bad he lie come nl al ten and when eleven struck from roin the old grandfather doc la in the stone welled hall I 1 sought out Sint grive god lils ills bilte ife rented at their supper table after the file toll tolls of an AD unusually busy eve ainz the landlord and landlady we were not inclined to any ally uneasiness or alarm durfor our forty hl h hours hurs urs stay ay they bad bid that mr ur was as its they rut IV it nn an liable affable and friendly gentleman inclined to their present opinion was that he had dropped in nt of one of the moorland houses ind and was stol there comfortably fort ably chuitt chatting im B when twelve clock sounded and god be was till liti sent Mis groves raves face n d lind and he bc beggi bee to talk about the wl Is Islin liness of going out in to the tile w ind and dar dark li it strange 8 places there theres places be fall over ov in the dulick and ires othere bog bo isad that tie he could sink into before he knew where be was durk or light 1 them that know those wa after dark wander I 1 bout lem tot lit items for T ster toe and himself A 0 w t G u t on tile and dispersed aren d ift tot dare eions e r listening always for cry of dast r ets ie ere out to that way until it a at gral light begun to show beyond the haj at that vie went back 10 the inn none of us abd or seen anything any 1 ebster au I 1 I 1 got some foj and hot coffee and went jut arala he one way I 1 tile other billue took me toward file dawn gaps and slid denly I 1 calle rg ce to face with the SA 1 I whom I 1 had been tb laking for to LYS hl iella chaffen chancil 11 II mouths fa bial sitting by one of the th posa but et ill amp KM tile heather and the mope un of 10 any pretence sare that of A ea spaniel bo gal it her h ahle she had drawn off her alad and da libling her feet and ankles in was the dark eteri the spa illel camigi tight of me filid barked film mistress looked ins in mj my direction saw an me seen led to realize alze she e had seen me rne before and sad hough though the blushed at atla orol delos caught in a ame mme wh th a I 1 asart situation 2 ed it calmly she gave pie me a friend ly nod and at he the sime time ume becan to put on her too footgear 1 lear I 1 our pur amely remained in to hie t 1 le rear until the she jumped to her feet faced me and laughed au shed pointing to the pool theres a superstition tit toa about shout that well the sall without preface or Healt atlon bey lay say that if f you log ed cl i ial I 1 chow came you to take such in N ariell I 1 ventured to ask him dip your feet in it elx six times wu with lo 10 an hour of sunrise suy liy time between and martin mas dim you 11 II live happy ever after so 1 is trying it t 1 I 1 hope it 11 come true I 1 eald said OAS As for my felt im not at ajl all happy just now A lk ivok of 0 concern came come into her eyes eyel vol ehe she responded 1 I believe you saw me yesterday no the day before near the woodcock with nn an elderly gentle antle hinr I 1 eald said you went by well hee bes magsin los he ile went out from the inn last night after din ner der alone end sad he hee a never returned you know these part parts are there places there are many dangerous Pl places acell the interrupted hastily baa ally icae you searched several Sei Se eral of us all night nl ht I 1 an beje seen nothing beard nothing not liing of liliu lour our eatherl fa lher therl she aked eyeing me half sympathetically noa no a filand with whom rin trawl lne I 1 replied 1 ira in awfully anxious at nit nal it was unusually dark list crenin ci ening and im afraid hee hes cow cam to over tonic thing or into something i then told bt mr dame and my on 1 I wonder if it cr keepers you knijf bave heard if it yon yond d walk with roe me to the hoe she pointed across the he moor to where the gables and of Marra Mar Fdale tower lower showed above the trees we might hear something there gue she continued we can go there in n a fet few we came before long to dale dole toner in hie courtyard talk ill ng to broin man in 1 velve velle teens ue e met mr Liph instone a tall thin gray baad laired stud loui look 1001 ng man who at me ale over the to op gf f fin u JAI large rge pair of LT pa ills stepdaughter led me up I 1 to 0 him this Is mr nolt mr mervyn jolt she said he ile and a friend of his mr mat iroff an on elderly gen lemon have motored from JA U adon and nd are staying for a few tow days at he oo last lin macroff vlen went I 1 ont out alone on the moors and he bes a never returned mr violt wanis to ald him hes bes fins ioui mr who looked to roe me to be one of lause men w who h 0 take tille in things very iery leisurely nodded and fc lanced at lit the man in lleti ma sent twan lt on the neer mr he be said unil go and inquire s the men biel in the lie it and in the girdens su iott lit night th vear dearmen met rr brwon won I 1 yo you u come in 31 rier ri er my name Is abit air I 1 eald sold fromming prom Ming ml his holt ell 1 be with I 1 a sadid gleam of interest ulal I 1 was S at a merton a a 8 mac mite of that bomp he lie and I 1 were areal u owr I 1 ing ne men lles lle he s vicar of tome soma coin corn fr ry parish in am shire nov DOT I 1 tra to fr lons long vince anc we vie twi forteath fort 1 I think mink yon ion tire peaking of BI my f M t b t 31 clr r ai I 1 rid re i rk e cje aked fit iverton If erton god bes now near lle ile im turned ave gave me lit his 1 lion hind 4 hj ing mine in a evident h high 1 Z h d 0 ilal t balegal 1 mel a dovir nr J at 11 balne it III I 1 this Is a art stant rocile 10 avile tvile lul 1111 Is nt I 1 ile II 11 pushed ne re be before fort him into a room here air wil emiliy wil tillo 1 for her humbar hun barid ld and daughter she did mt 1101 get me at first rig concerned wo with Ipa maUng g but die she P mr sen sei tre yon you and nd shell shelia ner neler coin in 1 ill breakfast ohe phe de mandell the ten then tile li turned and arid saw nc me and I 1 saw tafil vit recognized me we a v the young into whom slit sh had find pasted avio no day days before mr pushed toward forward I 1 marion I 1 be he exclaimed A italy trul most and fortunate thin I 1 this young gentleman Is the tile son of my old friend tom float I 1 fig hutli t it extraordinary extra that he be should drop on n me ine froni from the he cloud clouds ilie hill lie ile camo came itt lils s see bow flow did he lie come oh I 1 remember now brought him to be sure otes laid sheila lla and youve already forgotten for cotten why will I 1 brought bihli the went vent on r rapid ty lit foil poll ti is staying at the wood cock with that old gentle m a a we SAW him with the othe r day thyr motoring and the 0 old id ten cen tic allai li Is lot lost and mr 11 unit nit hai beca two oat out all night searching for bla 0 o alm gave me i A polite I 1 welcoming if it somewhat loine what frigid handshake then im quite quito inre sure mr sir holt will da do with some breakfast 1 ibe the mid sold la to practical fashion fath fASh lon IOD attend to him shelia thi this ie Is vei vey y kind of yoa you 1 I aa ald id but I 1 really ought to be looking looka for my wy miming friend ur mr eat sit down helped ht insela to some fish flab and after a lev few tips sips at a cop cup of tea lea leaned across the table toward bis his stepdaughter how would it be to inquire at at nih 1110 cap lodge he suggested bernees ern tre people might have beard something or know something boodt goodr aid said shella 1 take mr holt acres across there presently eliat the continued turning to mt la is my cousin vorner coort court bopes place high cap lodge will to go tee we him bin we each made a burrl burrid d breakfast mil rind set out our way lead toward the hills and u rugged and lonely NUI cousin has a I small shooting party at his lodge lodged announced shell as we came in sight tight of our destination theres meres himself and his manager Court bopes hopes are bank er era jou know in the city a man named Armin whon I 1 loathe and sad another man a london doctor Eccle share whom I 1 detest I 1 I 1 sup post vre we shall all find ind them at break 1 bhe elie was wit evidently well tel ted with high cap lodge and its fr tr ments for without any cere diony or delay ste itc led me la in by tie tit front hall hill down a passage and thrust open the door of a room tint looked oct out on a fine one stretch of moor three men loun lounging ing around a veil vell spread breakfast table turned in astonishment at our en trance examining me closely L 1 in my turn took a good close look took at them individually and cob cot for I 1 remembered that khen mazaroff bad intimated to me talat he wanted to spend first day at t thu tho woodcock alone he be had bad also bald said that here there was a mac in the neighborhood whoa whom he want ant ed to see on business and for the moment it flashed gashed upon me that as a all three ma were froni from 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