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A BITTER BIRTHRIGHT
LADYGILMOKES TEMPTATION
BT DORA nCS ELL
Author or Footprints n the Snow The
liroken Seal Tho Track of the
Storm A Strange 2Ioi
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CIIAPTBR XXXIX WAITING FOR GERARD
The next morning tho 30tn of April
wag a line day That is the Bun shone
out in fitful gleams between the broken
fast driftinc olouds and as its rays stole
tbrouph the blinds of Mays room at the
Rookery near Maidenhead she rose
went to the window drew up the blind
and tried to shako off the depressing ef
feots of her bad dreams of the night bo
fore
I hope tho wind was not so badat
sea she thoucht pitifully for her
mind Btill lingered on the old days and
the old man who dwelt on the storm
washed coast Poor father she
kept thinking softly recallinR how
vividly bis rupcod wontherbeaten
features bad appeared to her in her
dream and how kindly John Sumners
blue eyes had Razed at his absent ohiid
Then her thoughts turnod to Gilmore
to Gerard as she still always called
him and she kept musing on his strange
fate
We should hnve been far happier if
tbev had never taken him from Cragside
farm Bhe reflected sadly enough
he would have been content with me
then and not ashamed of his wife as he
is now But I must just try to make the
best of it and dress pnd be more like
the ladies be mixes with 1 suppose
In pursuance of this resolution poor
May got out her lasi new morning gown
a delicate soft blue material trimmed
with cream lace which suited well her
fair skin and light hnir and proceeded
to adorn herself In it in expectation of
her husbands return Then after
breakfast sho went into the rainwashed
garden tho leaves still spangled with
moisture and selected some pink hya
cinths to adorn her rooms placing one
also near her own pretty throat After
this she ordered lunch taking care that
the viands were those that Gilmore loved
and then she waited for him but she
waited in vain
Noon came when he had said be
would be back and then the afternoon
glided away and still there was no sign
of Gilmore May was not exactly un
easy because when ho went up to town
be sometimes remained a few days but
to do him justice he always let her
1 know when he was going to do this
But when the evening came and then
night and be was still absent she
began to be very anxious and afraid
And the night passed as the day bad
done and then the next day but on the
third day May could bear It no longer
She thorefore wrote on urgent letter to
Gilmore at his roomB in Piccadilly tell
ing him bow uneasy she was at not
baring hear from him and asking him
when be received nor letter to telegraph
a reply to it
She waited hour after hour for her
telegram and none came Sho waited
until the last post came in and there was
no letter and then sho felt sure that
something must have happened to her
husband Could no be ill or and her
heart seemed to faint within her and her
face grew deadly pale Could he have
left her for another iio had been
changed ot late May knew well changed
and cold nnd was this tho end of it
May tortured hertolf by those surmises
and miserable doubts al through a sleep
less night and then on the fourth day of
Gilmores absence she wrote to Mr
IVhittnoro whose address she knew and
whom sho knew also to be a friend of
Gil mores asking him if ho knew any
thing of his whereabouts
To this lotter she received a reply m the
shape of a telegram from Mr Whltmore
on tho same day that she sent it to tell
her that be would be at Maidenhead
early the next morning Then another
sleepless night had to bo borno a night
haunted by dire forebodings and about
twelve ooloek Mr Whltmore arrived at
tho Rookery and with trembling foot
steps May went downstairs to bear his
news
Ho had none to glvT her Ho had
neither seen nor heard of Gilmore and
oould not understand his diseappearanco
He went up to town onthe night of
the 29th of April said May with
faltering lips be said he would be
home next day ho said he was going to
a danoe given by some baobelor friend of
his be left hero in time to catch the 9
train
It would be Escourts dance in
terrupted Mr Whltmore eagerly as May
paused I was there and Escourt told
me Gilmore was expected and wo won
dered that ho never cait up and the
next morning
But now Mr Whltmore paused nnd
hesitated and cast down his eyes
Oh goon cried May toll me
all you know
I am afraid of alarming you but
still I had better tell you I think
Woll tho next morning after Escourts
dance I went to Gilmores rooms in
Piccadilly as I thought he might be in
town and I saw tho landlord Gilmore
bad not arrived in town the night before
though be bad been expected for he had
sent on a portmanteau there during the
day as he always did when he was com
ing up for the night This is all I tnow
and the noxt thing I heard of him was
when I received your letter yesterday
Then then something must have
happened to him burst from Mays
pale lips aud she olasped her hands to
gether despairingly
It is very strange certainly suppose
I go to the station hereand inquire if be
did go up to town on the night of the
29th tbey are sure to know him by sight
thereOh
Oh yos yes Oh please go Mr
Whltmore Oh what shall I do
Dont distress yourself Mrs May
aid Whltmore kindly I dare say
hell cast up all right hes a thought
less fellow you know but he certainly
should have written Howevor Ill go
to the station and inquire
And Mr Whltmore did go to the
station and inquire and the station
master remembered tho night of the
29tb ot April perfectly because it was
the night of the storm tho man said
And do you know Xord Gilmore by
sight asked Mr Whltmore
Oh yes sir very well indeed
answered tho stationmaster ho
constantly comes and hangs about
the bookstalls here and gets the
papers and that sort of thing
though 1 have not ssen htm for a day or
two when I think of it
And did he go up to town on the
I 29th ot April on the 9 oclock train
J now inquired tVhitmore
The stationmaster smiled
Not in tha 9 sir but In the
11 train ho answered and to
tell you tho truth I thougnt his lordship
was u bit on when he came Into the sta
tion to toko his tioket for be bad a queer
wild look altogether but of course
there Is no mistaking him on acoount of
his figure
Kb of course not and you are quite
6ure he went up to town In the 11
train on that night
As sure ns I am standing here sir 1
spoke to him and said what a wild
night It was and be answered somowhat
indistinctly and that was what made me
think he had taken a drop too much
It is very odd ho wo expected at a
dance in town that night aud ho never
appeared 1 am really beginning to be
afraid something hns happened
The stationmaster was of course all
curiosity and sympathy and Whitmore
walked back to the Rookery with a
moody brow and an uneasy heart ne
was forced to tell May what ho had
beard and he could not deny that Gil
mores disappearance was to say the
least both alarming and mysterious
She broke into a passionate lit of tears
when she heard what he had to tell her
and seemed overwhelmed with grief
Otil I dreamt that night something
was following him she cried some
thing evil OhMr Whitmore what
shall wo do
Woll I think the best thing will bo
for me to go back to town at once and
if nothing has been heard of him at his
rooms or at hb clubs I think the police
ought to be nt once communicated with
and a regular search instituted
He may have been robbed and
wept May who was sobbing as if her
heart would break
Wo must hope for the best please
do not distress yoursolf so dreadfully
Mrs May I will telegraph to you at once
after I have made the Inquiries In
town
And the stationmaster was quite
sure be went by the 11 train not by
the 9
9Quite
Quite sure and he said ho seemed to
have been drinking Was ho quite sober
when he left here
Quite quite sober he would take
nothing at dinner but a little caret I
noticed be took much less than usual
Then he must have been somewhere
you know in this place from 9 oclook
until close on 11 when he woufto the
station Does he know any of the people
hero
I dont think he knows anyone
sometimes he goes with young men to tho
hotels but very seldom young men
who come down from Loudon
I had best inquire here tlrst then
said Whltmore but no one had seen
Lord Gilmore in Maidenhead on the
night of tho 29th of April until he had
gone to the station
Whitmore returned to the Rookery to
tell May this and then started at once
for town leaving the poor young woman
a prey to the most terrible anxiety
Hour after hour sho spent pacing her
room with restless footsteps or going to
the gateway of the garden looking eagerly
out for the expeotcd telegram from
Whitmore
It came aboul 7 oolock nnd was very
disheartening
No one had seen or heard of him In
town have communicated with tho
police one of the inspectors and myself
will be with you early tomorrow
Whitmore
Then when May read this she felt
her cup of woe was full and In passion
ate and brokenhearted aocents she
called on her father to come to her and
the servants listeniug to her wild words
knew something dreadful had happened
and It began to be whispered about that
the bunchbacked young lord had disap
peared and many strange surmises were
made
Hes just got tired of her and run
away with some one elso suggested
the women
He was a wild young fellow and was
probably drunk whon he got Into the
train and some scoundrel has knockod
him on the head for tho sake of his
watch and purse said the men
He must have been somewhere from
9 to 11 oclock said the police but the
remarks made no ono any wiser
Gilmoro bad left the Rookery about a
quarter to 9 oclock on April 29 nnd
nothing more could be beard of him
again in Maidenhead until he appeared
at the station at about five minutes to 11
oclock Whore he had been In the In
terval no one could find out after he en
tered the train ho was never seen more
CHAlTKR XL JUANS SONG
The next day the London deteotlves
arrived nt Maidenhead but their in
quiries elicited nothing further They
questioned May minutely regarding Gli
moros habits aud learned from her
that nearly overv afternoon lately he
had rowed in Mb boat alone up the river
Did he go on the 29th of April
tbey asked
No but he did the day before on
the28tb she answered
Entirely alone
As far as I know yes
What time did he return on the
2Sth
About 730 In time for dinner
And ho lived here asked one of
the doteotive3 looking curiously at the
pretty though griefstricken young wo
man before him
Generally not always answered
May with a sudden blush
But she oould tell them nothing but
what she had already told Mr Whit
more She knew of no acquaintances
that be had in Maidenhead she said as
the friends he had to visit him always
came down from London Then they
went to the boathouse where Gilmores
two boats were kept The man in charge
of the boats entirely confirmed Mays
account regarding Lord Gilmore going
out to row alone nearly every afternoon
lately He used to start about 330
oclock the boatkeeper said and gen
erally was back by 7 Ho did not go on
the 29th of April
Were the boats ever out that day at
all
No sir never replied the man
Could Lord Gilmore have gone with
out your knowledge
No ha could not I always keep the
ey of the boathouse and go up each
morning to the Rookery to get his lord
ships orders
Tho detectives then decided to row up
the rlyer and inquire at the various vil
lages and locks if anything was known
of the missing lord Several people up
to a certain point in tho river knew a
young hunchbacked man by sight who
generally was alone in his boat and also
generally wore a light blue cloth cap
But thoro was not hlug to explain or ac
count for his mysterious disappearance
eipeclUly as he bad been seen slnoo he
could possibly have been on the river
But as Mr Whltmore and tha detect
ives were rowing down the river after
their vain Inquiries one of them pointed
out the little riverside villa where Mad
ame do Costa dwelt
That Sp3nfshlooklng fellow was sit
ting fishing thore when wewent up
said the detective and thero he Is fish
ing still suppose we row in and ask him
if he knows the hunchback lord by
sight
They followed this suggestion and a
few minutes later rowed up to the stook
ado wherevJuan was sitting Ashing rod
in hand with his mandolin lying on one
of the props of the stockade beside him
Juan smiled politely as tbey ap
proached laid down his rod and went
to the landing stage to recoive them
They addressed htm la English but
Juan only shook bis head grinned out of
his wbite teeth and gavo them to under
srand that bo knew no English Then
Mr Whitmore tried him in French but
again Juan shook bis head and began
to tell them volubly in Spanish that that
language was his native and only
tongue
Neither Mr Whltmore nor the detect
ives understood Spanish and therefore
it seemed hopeless to further question
Juan Mr Whitmoro pointed to Juans
tnnndolin and the bluokbrowed
swarthy rogue instantly accepted this as
an Invitation to perform before them
He took up his poeticlooking instru
ment to which long and varied colored
narrow ribbons of deep rich hues were
attached and having ilung tho ribbons
over bis shoulder began to troll forth in
his full melodious voico some love ditty
of his romantic land
His song Wsiwell worth listening to
and tho whole appearance of the man
was so picturesque and striking that Mr
Whitmore considered the performance
quite worth the shilling which he flunii
atluuns feet who picked it up grinned
and took off his tall pointed hat and
seemed perfectly satisfied with the im
pression he had made
Hes Bno looking fellow said
Whitmore as they rowed again into the
opeu but he looks a bit of a scamp I
wonder who he belongs to
Probably tosomo Spanish merohant
who is settled in town answerod one
of the detectives these people take
the e small places down tho river for the
summer months
Most likely answered Whitmoro
carelessly and thon the subject was
dropped and the little riverside villa
whore Gerard Lord Gilmore had sat so
often of late soon faded from their view
And all their researches and inquiries
proved as vain as this row up the rivor
Hundreds of people knew Lord Gilmore
by sight but no one knew anything
about his movements on the 29th of
April the day he disappeared except
Mrs May and the servants of the Rook
ery and tho stationmastor Nothing
would shake the stationmaster In the
statement which he bad made that be
bad seen and spoken to Lord Gilmore on
the eveniug of the 29th of April at a
few minutes before 11 oclock and that
he bad seen him enter the train
If he loft in the train then it is no
use looking for him at Maidenhead
the detective decided and therefore
quitted the place aud a search along
the whole line of railway from Maiden
head to town was at onco instituted
In the meanwhile poor May unable
any longer to endure the misery of her
positioi turned in her loneliness and
wretchedness to the father whom she
bad forsaken To the intense surprise
of John Summers therefore about a
fortnight after the disappearance of Gil
more the rural postman ono morning
delivered at bis house a letter in bis
daughters handwriting
Johns rugged brown face flushed
scarlet the moment his eyes fell upon it
and then he drew out his born spectacles
and having with trembling bands ad
justed them began to read the piteous
heartbroken words
My dearest father Perhaps you
will be too augry with me to read this
yet if you knew all the misery and trou
ble I am In I think you would not be I
know I behaved very badly in leaving
you as I did but Gerard my poor poor
Gerard gave mo no ohoico We
were engaged to be married whon
Gerard lett Scarley and then when
he became Lord Gilmore he wrote to me
to meet him in secret and said he would
keep his promise and marry me but that
our marriage must be kept a secret from
every one for the present I prayed
very hard to tell you but he would not
couseut and at last I gave in We were
married in London at u church all right
and then at another church because
Gerard bad been brought up a Roman
Catholic I loved him very dearly dear
father and we wore very happy though
I fretted about you and about people
not knowing that we were married But
the dreadful part of my news is yet to
come A fortnight ago on the 29th of
April Gerard told me he was going up to
London to a dance which a bachelor friend
of his intended to give on that night 1
forgot to tell you that he has bought a
house for me down here and that be
generally lives here but he has rooms in
London where he stay a when he goes
there Dear father he started in time
to go to this dance and 1 have never
seen or heard of him again All sorts of
cruel things are said about his disappear
ance because people do not know that we
are really married and some think be
has just run away nnd left me But I
do not think this because ho has a good
heart I thiuk something dreadful has
happened to him and I am in utter
misery about him Dear father will
you forglvo me and come to me in my
great great trouble I will not write
any more now for 1 am broken down
with grief but hoping soon to hear from
you and see you 1 remain your affection
ate daughter May
John Sumner read this sorrowful letter
twice aud then sank down on his knees
in solemn heartfelt prayer It had been
more bitter than death to him the
thought that his child wag living a life
of shame nnd the knowledge of her
marriage swept a great black cloud
from his soul Long he knelt there
pouring forth in untutored language his
thankfulness and gratitude praying as
ho bad sometimes prayed when in great
danger on the deep when the mighty
waves had opened as If to swallow him
and his small craft and yet He who
made the sea and the wonders thereof
had brought him safe to sboro
When presently he rose from his knees
and began to set bis house in order like
a man going on a lone journey settling
all his acoounU and drawing Ave hun
dred pounds from his bank oos to have
funds in hand to help bis daughter
And having made all these arrangements
he loft Scarley without a word of fare
well or boasting He knew very well
what bad been said about May but ic
was not the Idle gossip that had cut him
tothesoul He was a Godfearing man
with his face turned heavenwards and
the thought that his prayers had been
answered that bis child had been given
back to him was too solemn for vain
words
And two days later poor unhappy
May who was beciuning to receive cold
looks from those around her from those
wbo had eaten her bread and belonged
to her housshold because it was believed
that the young lord who bad protected
her was either dead or bad fled from her
two days later then after she had writ
ten to her father as she cat sad and si
lent in oue of the rooms which opened
from the hall she heard the door Dell I
ring and ever eagerly looking out for j quickly
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news she sprang to her feet and listened
And she heard a familiar voice the
voioe of her father and the next mo
ment had rushed into the ball and
olasped him tightly in her arms
Father father she orled with
her oheek against bts rugged one
John Sumnera was a man of few
words and for a minute or so be did not
speak though his lips quivered as if
about to do so Then with his deep
voice broken with emotion ha said sol
emnly
Thank God my girl thank God I
have found thoo safe
CHAPTER XLI A HAUNTING SIIADOW
Again we must turn to the night ot the
29th of April when in the darkness and
the storm Lord Gilmoro disappeared
and was seen no more The morning
after this night Nancy rose pale op
pressed and with the shadow of coming
111 lying heavy on her heart Sho was
afraid to face her husband to go
into Hugh Gilfords dressing room after
the terrible words she had heard him
mutter iu bis sleep aud after seeing the
terrible expression of his face as he stole
into bis room in the midnight hours
The nurse came for the child and she
went dowu to breakfast and after wait
ing till pnst 10 oclock she nt last re
luctantly slowly went up stairs again
and passing through her own room
rapped at Hugh Gilfords door
Hearing something like a permission to
enter Bhe nont in only to start back
shocked and terrified Hugh GIfford
was in bed nnd his face looked haggard
and evon ghastly and he bad evidently
been drinking heavily
Are yon ill Hugh faltered
Noncy
111 he answered with a drunken
laugh Ive got brain fever brain
fever feel how It burns its coals ou
Are
Shall I bathe it for you asked
Nancy trembling
No but reach the brandy thats a
good girl theres nothing like drink it
drowns it drowns everything
Oh dont take any more Hugh
she prayed
Give me it I insist he shouted
starting up but when Nanoy went to the
bottle ot braudy whleh bad been stand
ing in his room she found it was empty
But he ordered hor to ring the bell for
another bottlo and went on drinking all
day and by night was in u raving fever
But the pale young wife who tried to
control him allowed no one else to enter
bis room and dure not send for a physi
cian Strange words broke from his
lips a haunting shadow of horrorseemed
ever to pursue him and again and again
Nancy listened with a shrinking heart to
the words she had beard last night
Dont do it unless you are sure he Is
dead dont put him In alive
All night Nanoy sal up with him and
towards morning he grow very pros
trate He then became a little calmer
and nt last foil into a heavy sleep from
which be awoke about 11 oclock the
next day pale exhausted and very ill
but sober He lay still without speaking
for some time and Nancy noticed that
his eyes fell when thoy met hers and
he moved uneasily Presently he said
Ive made a tremendous fool nf my
self I am afraid Nanoy but some men
gave a swell dinner at tho club and
1 drank far more than was good for mo
and have been very near brain fever or
delirium tremens I believe and I dare
say have been going on in a very absurd
wayBut
But you are better now Hugh
answered Nnnoy soothingly
I feel bad enough I can tell you I
hope you did not let anyone else see mo
make an ass of myself
I have been with you all the time
Hugh no ono elso
Thats all right then now Ill try to
get to sleep again
But he did not easily recover and was
In bed more than a week after the
stormy night of the 29th of Apirl when
he had returned horn in such a terri le
state All this time Nancy nursed him
nnd gave out In the household that he
was laid up with a very severe cold and
that he could not bear to be disturbed
Ha asked for the newspapers and bis let
ters and one morning before be was
awake Nnnoy having carried up tho
morning papers for him sat down to
read one of them until be roused himself
and was ready for his breakfast
And she bad not read long before a
paragraph caught her eyes which as
she read and reread it seemed abso
lutely to swim before her
It was headed Tho Missing Lord
and detailed the strange facts that we
already know How Lord Gilmore had
mysteriously disappeared and had been
last seen by the stationmaster at
Maidenhead at Ave minutes before 11
oclock on the nigbtof the 29th of Aoril
The 29th of Aprill Nancy gasped for
breath and mentally counted back the
last seven days As she did so a sharp
physical pain darted through her heart
and she had the greatest difficulty in re
straining the cry that nearly escaped her
whitening lips That was the night
Hugh returned in the midnight hours
with the fixed look of horror on his face
the night when he bad begun to drink
what c6uld it all mean
She grew faint and cold and grasped
the chair on whioh she was sitting for
support No one knew as well as she
did how Hugh GIfford had bated bis elder
brother with a deadly hatred that never
grew less Sho had indeed censed to
mention the elder brothers name as
she saw it was but a vain thing to at
tempt to reconcile them And that he
should have disappeared Gerard fllleJ
Nancys heart with tha uirest apprehen
sions
Presently she rose and tottered from
the room giving one look of fear of ter
ror at the face of the sleeping man lying
on the bed as she went out Sho was
quite overcome and going into her pret
ty drawingroom the door of whioh hap
pened to be open as she passed it she sat
down there and covered her faca with
her hands
Long she satthe most terrible thoughts
crowding through her mind Then a
kind of piteous cry burst from her quiv
ering lips
For babys sake for baby s sake
sho repeated rocking herself to and fro
Yes for the childs sake she was telling
herself she must hide In her own heart
the haunting shadows that ever after
would pursue her footsteps She must
keep her fears hidden from Hugh from
everyone If Gerard were aead Hugh
would be again Lord Gilmore and Nancy
shuddered at the thought
About half nn hour later she heard
Hughs bell ring and trembling still In
every limb she crept up stairs and found
him sitting up in bed reading the very
paper which had caused her this terrible
shockWell
Well hasaid as she entered the
room theres some news about our
family in this paper 1 see my worthy
elder brother has run away
Ho said this in a bitter mooking tone
and it seemed impossible to Nancy to an
swer him and Huch Gifford looking
suddenly and suspiciously at her saw the
pallor of her face
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I saw Gilmore was missing an
swered Nanoy with difficulty
Hugh GIfford gave a harsh forced
laugh
Missing with somo ladylove no
doubt he said scornfully I
heard there was a girl he lived with
down tho river somewhere no doubt ho
has got tired of her and has run away
hell ast up
Nancy said nothing more She moved
about the room and rang for Hughs
breakfast and she thought by the face
of the man servant who carried it in that
he had heard tho news too It had
already Indped been discussed down
stairs and freely commented on If
Gerard Lord Gilmore were dead then
Hugh Gifford was the next heir they all
said and they respected the next heir
accordingly
There were many versions of course of
tho same story but tho most generally
believed one was that the unfortunate
young hunchbacked lord had been In
toxicated whon he entered the train
and had been murdered for his money
while in a state of semiinsensibility
What had become of his body no one
cnula tell but the whole line of railway
was being searched and it was pro
posed to offer a largo reward for its re
recovery
It naturally was greatly talked of
Hugh Gifford had of course been well
known in society as Lord Gilmore and
the strango events which had deprived
him of the title were also well known
It was strango If It should so soon go
back to him people said therefore the
efforts of the police wero followed with
the keenest interest Only Hugh GIfford
affected utter indifference about it and
would shrug his shoulders when it was
mentioned to him
Ho will cast up you will see he
said when be reappeared after bis ill
ness at bis clubs and some of his friends
began talking to him of his brothers
strange disappearance and he said the
same to Nancy at home the same to his
mother when some rumor having
reached her oars about her eldest son
Lady Gilmore wrote to Hugh to make
inquiries
But during all these days the most
miserable anxiety hung over Nancys
heart and told so visibly on her appear
ance that when her old friend Maj
Erne called one afternoon to see her be
felt absolutely shocked She was pale
with violet rims round her heavy eyes
in which there was a strango new look of
fear
nave you been ill asked Erne
with real concern
Ivo not been feeling well I get
nervous headaches answered Nancy
without looking at his face
I am so sorry you ought to go down
and stay with Miss Gifford for change at
Gnteford She told me that I was to be
sure to call on you and also to be sure
to ask to see your little son
Poor little baby said Nanoy with
tremulous lips
Kioh little baby I think smiled
Erne
Nanoy sighed and Erne could not un
derstand bow oven the baby now failed
apparently to make Nanoys heart more
lightAnd
And this story about your brother
inlaw he said presently How
much of It is true And he noticed
that Nancy grew paler as he spoke
I know nothing but what I have
seen in tho papers sheanswered
My husband was ill at the time when
Lord Gilmore Is said to have disappeared
and I was nursing him and we heard
nothing of it for days Hugh says he is
sure to cast up again
Tot the police think very seriously of
the case I believe
It certainly does seem most strange
What does Miss Gifford think about it
Oh Miss Gifford thinks it is only a
freak that Lord Gilmore has perhaps
run away with some one
Well we shall know soon 1 sup
pose said Nancy nervously
Time clears up most of things
answered Erne But you must let me
see her boyas Miss Gifford calls your son
or I dare nqt face the old lady
Nancy smiled and went out of the
room to fetch her baby and returned
with him in her arms A handsome little
fellow this wbo put out bis small band
andgrasped one of Maj Ernes brown Au
gers wbo stooped down and kissed the
little list
Ho looks remarkably well he Is oor
talnly a lucky little chappie said
Erne smiling
Who knows answered Nancy
Whocan tell And she sighed and
tenderly kissed the babys face
They were still talking of him when
another visitor was announced and to
Nanoys great surprise Father Hay ward
was ushered into the drawingroom
Tho good priest looked very serious
and having shaken bands with Nancy
and Maj Erne he asked Nanoy If her
husband was in the house
I have somo strange news for him
he said gravely
Not about Gerard asked Nanoy
with unmistakable agitation
Yes about Lord Gilmore an
swered Father Hnyward
Have tbey found him then al
most gasped Nancy
1 The priest shook his head
Unhappily not but can I gee Sir Gif
ford
With trembling hands Nancy rang the
bell ana inquired of the servant if her
husband was at borne
The footman thought not but went to
see and a few moments later returned
to the drawing room and said Mr Gifford
was out
Then can I speak to yon said the
priestTos
Tos of course faltered Nanoy
Upon this Maj Erne took Lis leave
snd the nurse was sent for to take the
baby and Nancy found herself alone
with Father Hay ward
1 We had a strange visitor at Wroths
ley yesterday he began But will
you not sit down Mrs Giflord Xou have
grown so pale
Then Nancy sat down and with a
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