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The Yellow Holly By FERGUS HUME, Author of "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab." Etc. Copyright, 1903. by O. FT. DilHnohctm Vompanu (Continued from ?Jrd page.) was dying," cried .Miss Bull vehement ly. "I wouldn't raise n linger to save her life." Hrendon said nothing, and in a few moments Miss Bull composed herself sufficiently to tell what she knew. "My father was General Howard," she said quietly, "and Violet was my only sister. We never got on well together. Violet was jealous of admiration, and as I was said to be prettier than she avas she hated me intensely." "You hinted that she took my father away." said Brendou. "She did?at least she tried to. But ji iiv 11?111 uui uri'ii iiuiruvi i'u i snuuui have been Mrs. Vane in spite of Violet's arts." "Well, tell tue how you cauio to San ltenio and met my father." "Oh, I knew him before that. We were six months at Coino and saw your father frequently then. lie and the general used to talk polities. Mr, Vane was always bringing us books and magazines, and we used to cliinl Mount Bisbino. What a delightful summer that was! I remember you then," she added, looking at George with interest. "You were scarcely twc years old?a dear, good, fair little fellow. I met you and the nurse some times and often carried you." "Was the nurse's name Eliza Stokes'/" "No. It was?let me see, sonic Scotch name?Jane Eraser, I think." "Ah! Then Eliza Stokes was not at Corno?" "I never saw her. Mr. Vane told nic that you had had another nurse, but that he had to dismiss her at Milan for impertinence." George saw that Miss Bull was not keeping strictly to the truth, and corrected her at once, "You knew Elizu Stokes at San Itcmo?" "So I did, I quite forgot." Miss. Bui, put her hand to her head, with a puzzled air. "But since my illness I have forgotten so much. It is all a blanl to me." Brciulon remembered that she hat been in an asylum, and thought tha jut ilium was sun woaK. it lmgnt i?? that after all she had not tolil an uu truth, but bad quite forgotten Kllzi Stokes. George was continued in hi! supposition by her next remark. "Eliza Stokes. 1 remeuiber. Mrs Jersey." "You knew she was Mrs. Jersey?" "Yes. That was why I came to tbi: house." "Did you like her then?" Miss Bull's eyes Hashed. "She was another Violet. 1 bated her. Oh, liov I hated her! I found her through mj sister mentioning that Lord Derring ton bad given her this house, so cauie hero to board." "But your sister knows tiolhiu; about you. She says you ran awaj and that it was supposed you we it dead." Miss Bull laughed bitterly. "Mj sister knows perfectly well that 1 livi here, but it suits her to disown tin iciunuiir>iii{>. 11 is my wish aiso, am for that reason I changed my name." "Itut if you hated Mrs. Jersey"? "I did?I did, but she was the oulj person who could talk about Mr Vane. She loved hiiu also, but not a: I did, and we have talked for hours ii this very room. We quarreled, cer tuinly, but at times she was very nice 1 miss our talks greatly." "Did she know who killed him?" Miss Bull shook her head. "No. Sin never knew. No one ever knew, sometimes thought that Violet?but sin declared that he feft her at the doo >f the ballroom." "Miss Bull," suiil George, growinj inpatient of this disconnected recital "will you go on with your story?" "Story?yes, it is a story?a sad to luanee." She passed her hand agait over her forehead as though weariei and resumed with an effort. "Mi Vane left Como and eame to Milan afterwat.l he went 011 to San Heme My father, who liked his sor ely, join ed him there. We stopped at the Ilotc d'Anglctcrre. Klk'.a Stokes was i housemaid there, and it was while at tending to our bedroom that she toll tne she had hoen your nurse. She wa a large, stout girl, with red cheeks. A Mrs. Jersey she was vastly improved hut as a irirl"? Miss Bull kImiiMoisw in a prim way and continued: "Yet she had her admirers. A waiter, call ed George Kates, wished to marry her She had accepted him, hut while with in sight of Mr. Vane she could not lov< him." "How do you mean?" "Well, Eliza used to spy on Mr. Yam and follow him in his walks. She was quite insane about him. 1 told Mr Vane, and lie kept away from the ho tel. And George Kates was jealous 01 Eliza's Jove for Mr. Vane. Kut h< never loved her, nor Violet?lie lover no one but me." "And he told you so at the masker ball?" \ "Yes. There was to be n masker ball, and both Violet aitd I were mix lous to go. We made a fikcnd of Eliza and she got us two bliJo dominos That we might recognize one auothci we each wore a sprig of yellHw holly My father was supposed to\ know nothing about the matter, but w\ toli a young Oxford cousin of ours.Xtlr met us at the ball and afterward Violet away. r-Youm&^r. Vgne,. iwV, r' & i we danced together. He did not know me at lirst, hut afterward, when we went into a quiet room, I umnasked. He was vexed at first that I and Violet should come to tho ball unattended. as lie said my father would be so angry, which was quite true. Then he told me that lie loved me and asked me to become his wife. 1 accepted, aud he kissed me." "Did he speak of his tirst wife?of my mother?" "Yes. He told me how dearly he had loved her." "Did he say where the marriage was celebrated?" "No. I never thought to ask him. I always thought there was a marriage ' ?wliy should 1 not??until I later heard that Lord Derrington denied the.t such had taken place. Rut that was after 1 came out of the asylum," added Miss Bull, with a troubled air, "so it might lie my fancy." "No. It is true. Lord Derrington did deny the marriage, but he now recognizes that it took place. We wish to tiud where." "I cannot help you, Mr. Brcndou. Mr. Vane never mentioned it to me. lie told me that he love 1 me. Then he went away to get me an ice and said he would take me home and return for Violet. 1 waited, but as he did not appear I went to look for him. lie was gone"? "With your sisterV" "Yes," said Miss Bull, clinching her lists. "Violet overheard a part of our conversation. She had just eontc down front the box of the Marchesn Btfl1 trnmi"? 1 "That was where she ttntnasked and ' Mr. Ireland recognized her." 1 "She must have seen ute with Mr. Vane," continued Miss Bull, taking no ' notice of this interruption, "so she stole behind us and heard what we were to one another. Then she slipped on her mask and followed Mr. Vane. 1 She said she did not want an ice, but that she desired to go home at once. Mr. Vane wanted to wait for her"? "For VioletV" "Yes. He thought that I had run after him, and as Violet wore a blue domino with the sprig of holly he fancied she was I." 1 "I understand. So he took her home." "She said lie left her sit the door and then came back to look for?for 1 Violet," said Miss Bull contemptuously. "She disguised her voice, and ho ' quite thought she was myself. But from what Mr. Ireland said. Mr. Vane J saw Violet home to the gates of tlie ; hotel. I waited for a time, and as your father did not come back 1 ran * home alone. Violet was in our bod1 room and said that Mr. Vane had left her at the door of the ballroom and had gone back for me. Then the next 1 morning we heard of the murder. 1 i never knew until you told me how Violet had managed to get Mr. Vane away from me." "She tricked you," said George sym pathlzingly. * "She tricked every one. When 1 heard of your father's death I fell very ill. The world became a blnnlt * to me. When I came to myself I warin an asylum. Tlien I grew better ami >' was lot out. My father (lied, and at annuity was allowed to me. I heard 1 about Mrs. Jersey taking tbis house and, wishing for some one to talk ti 5 about your father. I came here, ami '* here 1 have been ever since." - "Then you do not know who killed my father?" ' "No." Miss Hull sliook her head 2 "He was struck down on the parade 2 when returning to the ballroom. II * must have been after ho saw my sis ter home." "I>o you think Mrs. Ward knows ' the truth?" "She might. Perhaps some one fol * lowed, and Violet might have been 1 mistaken for some otherporson. I know there was a married woman in San Itemo deeply in love with Mr. Vane"? "What an attractive man he must have been!" 2 "Oh, he was the handsomest man li 1 the world," cried Miss Hull, with gen 2 nine enthusiasm, "and so kind! N< wonder Klizn Stokes loved him. Hut In loved no one but me?no one but me!' i "What did Eliza Stokes say whet ' she heard of his death?" "Oh, she almost went out of hei mind! 1 did altogether," said pool ' Miss Hull, with a wan smile. "Ant ' as they found her a nuisance in the ho tel she went away. George Itatei ' "Did she marry him?" "Xo. I asked her wlieu I met hoi ' here as Mrs. Jersey. She said thn !l she returned to England and thai Hates had been run over and killed it I the street. She then went to Amerier * and married Mr. Jersey. Ho died ant s left her some money. Then she set ui > this house." 1 "So she said nothing of the annuity from Lord Derrington?" "Xo. It wasn't to her interest to d< so. She could hold her tongue wliei she liked." 2 George rose to go. "Thank you foi telling me so much, Miss Hull," h< said. "What was the name of tin 5 foreign woman who loved my father?' "Oh, she was a common woman wlic kept a shop. Velez was the name." "Velez!" eried George, and added tc r himself, "So that Is how Loir knows." CHAPTER XIX. AS George stepped out of tlx front door he came face t( ^ face with Bawdscy, who was mounting the steps. The mar seemed excited and carried a careless ly folded newspaper which lie had apparently been reading. "I didn't expect to see you here," li said, with a certain degree of rough ness. "I did not know that this house was 1 interdicted to me," replied Ilrendon ^ iUfrpIy. "I smsM. to wwt xoui ' however, as I wish to have a few | wonls." "1 am too busy to give you any | time," retorted Bawdsey and tried to , enter the house. "Nevertheless you will give me a quarter of an hour," said George, blocking the doorway with ids stalwart form. "What 1 have to say cannot be left until a more convenient period." "I tell you I am busy, Mr. Bren, don." "And I It'll you that 1 intend to have this interview," rejoined Brondou imperiously. "You talk a great deal about gratitude, Bawdsey, yet you are unwilling to put yourself out for ine in the least degree." Bawdsey became penitent at once. "It is true, Mr. Breiulon, but I am very worried." lie east a glance at the newspaper in his hand. "However. you have lirst call upon my time." No more words passed. Bawdsey mounted the stairs and led George into a well remembered room. Breudou I took a chair, and Bawdsey. with an anxious look, threw himself into another. The man's face was Hushed, his red hair was in disorder, and his eyes were bright. As a rule he was calm and self controlled, so George conjectured that something particularly important must have occurred to upset him. "I had a conversation with I.ord Rcrrington the other evening," George said deliberately, "and we talked of you." "Then you board no good of me," AClUiVU I?.l U , Willi ?| MIVt'1. liUlU I Derringion duos not like me." "That matters little. No liking can i exist between a man in Lord Herrington's position and his paid servant." "Oh, yon call me that, do you. sir?" "What else are you? Lord Harrington engaged you as his agent to watch me, and that you have done." "Not lately. I have given you n free hand." j "In any case 1 have a free hand," said Ccargo loftily. "You were grateful enough for inv service in saving your life to release me from your os| "/ am to,i busy to ijin you tiny time." I pionage, but. had you not done so 1 should have taken means to put a > stop to your dogging my footsteps." 1 "You would not have known had 1 not told you. Mr. lhvndon." I "Ol.t yes, I should. In any ease, 1 should have seen tuy grandfather, and . he would have told me." ? "No. sir. "tie is your enemy." t "'J i'.at is where you are wrong, . | isnwuuey. Jie is my friend ami in( tends lo recognize me i?s liis heir." j -lias ho loarnetl whero the mar| riagc tool; place?" ask oil Bawdsey, starling from his seat and again glancing anxiously at the newspaper which lay on a small table at his elbow. "No. We have yet to liml that out. But he is quite satistied from the hints of the late .Mrs. Jersey that a marriage did take place." "Whew! What means did you take to force him to recognize youV" "I used no force at all," responded Brendon very dryly. "Lord Derrington would not climb down unless he were made to." "As a matter of fact he did. The olive branch was held out by him. All this is none of your business, Mr. Bawdscy, and I only toll it to you to clear the ground for what I am about to say." "First, Mr. Brendon, I should like to know your exact position." "Oh, that is easily explained, and there is no reason why you should not know what all London will kuow soon. Lord Derrington will join with me in searching for the register of marriage, and meanwhile will recognizo me as his grandson and the heir to ids estates. In a fortnight I leave my Kensington rooms and take up my ) residence with Lord Derrington in St. i Giles square. Then I shall assume my real name of Georgo Vane." r "And you will many Miss Ward, I ; suppose?" t "That is entirely my business," said ' George placidly. "You will gain noth> ing by insolence, Bawdsey." The man rose with a wounded air. > "Upon my word. Mr. Vane," he said, i giving George bis correct name to show that ho reeogui/.ed his new position, "I have not tho slightest intention of being Insolent. I am glad for , your sake that things are as they are, , and pleased for my own, since Lola i may now give up thoughts of you and , turn to me." "That's nil very well, Bawdsey," said I Brendon quietly. "You profess a great friendship for me, but how can I trust , you?" "Why should you doubt mo?" asked Bnwdsey, still wounded, i "I can only Judge the futuro by the ! past, and since you are qulto ready to E-?Pjg?_Lotd DerrJjogfon false"i L *, *S -Who says tliut?" cried the man, sitting ?.town. "1 say so. Lord Derrington has told me nil." "All what?" demanded Bnwdsey, willfully Ignorant. "All that took place on the night when you en me to this house to Impersonate him." Bawdsoy laughed, and his face cleared. "If that is your disagreeable bus!-.I uess, sir, I can easily put that to I rights." "Can you explain why you drugged i him, why you threatened him?" "I did not threaten him." "Lord Derrington informed me that you threatened to get him Into trouble. That was why he consulted me, and that is why I have come to tell you that if you fight Lord Derrington you will tight mo also." "Dou't press too hard, Mr. Brendou. I am willing to do you a service, and you are misjudging me." said Bawdsey. "1 am willing to hear what you have to say." "If you are satisfied with my explanation, will you endeavor to get Lola to marry nieV" "1 know nothing about you save what my grandfather told me, and his report does not bias me in your favor." llawdsey shrugged his shoulders. "Lola is well able to look, a'.'ter herself," he said. "1 think 1 mentioned that before. But if you are satisfied with what 1 am about to tell you will you lieip uioY" "I'll do my best," said George impatiently. "But 1 shall not advise her to marry you unless you prove to mo that you do not intend to blackmail Lord Derrington." "Nothing was farther from my thoughts," said llawdsey earnestly. "It was to my interest Unit your grandfather should hold his tongue about uiy lmving been to this house"? "Ho would not have known hail you not told hiui voluntarily." "Oh, yes, he would have discovered in some way. 1 thought it best to be ou the right side by confessing voluntarily what 1 had done. 1 said I eould get him into trouble?and 1 admit that 1 did threaten him so far?simply to make him hold liis tongue." "You were afraid lest you should be aeettscd of the crimeV" Bawdsey looked at George in surprise. "That possibility never crossed my mind," he replied calmly. "I certainly dai not kill the woman. Do you think I did, Mr. BiondonY" George shrugged his shoulders. "Going by circumstantial evidence"? "Oh"?Bawdsey Hipped away that objection with a snap of his lingers? "that's al! right; 1 will explain. No, Ml*. Brendon; why i wished Lord Derriugton to be silent was that I might (Continued on 8th page.) Petition for the Appointment of Guardian. State of South Carolina, ) Court of CornCounty of Union, y mon Pleas, l'lx Parte, D.C. Gist. In lie, Kstate of Victoria Alice Gist. To the Honorable the Court of Common pleas: The petition of D. C. Gist respectfully represents; That ho is the father of Victoria Alice Gist, an infant under the aire of twentv-one vears. That said infant is the sister of Marv, Annubelle, Lavinia anil Inez Gist and was born subsequent to the appointment of the Judge of Probate for Union County, by this honorable eourt guardian of tlie said Mary, Annabelle, Lavinia and Inez Gist. That there is in the hands of W. H. Gist as receiver a sum of money, the exact amount of which cannot be ascertained as same is the rent arising from real estate, which should be distributed among said Mary, Annabelle, Lavinia, Inez and Mary Alice Gist in equal proportions. That said infant has no general or testamentary guardian, and 110 lit competent or responsible person can be found who is willing to assume said trust. Wherefore your petitition prays, that the Judge of Probate for Union County be required to act as guardian of the estate of said minor Mary Alice Gist, and that an order be granted appointing said Judge of Probate such guardian and authorizing him to receive the esstate of said minor and to sign and seal all necessary and proper releases and discharges relating thereto. And your petitioner will ever pray. JAMES MUNRO, Attorney for Petitioner. Union, S. C., Nov. 19, 1904. State of South Carolina, | County of Union. ) Personally appeared before me I). C. Gist and on oath says that the foregoing petition is true. I). C. Gist. SslVGfn f i~\ 1 in fnrn nin Va? Ul IfMil vvy uv?VIU IHVi 11UY. JU, C. M. McWhiktkk, Notary Public. 48-2t Notice to Trespassers. All persons are hereby forbidden to tresspass on the lands known a* the Sheriir, Robert Macbeth lands, either by walking, riding, hunting, fishing, cuttiug timber or otherwise and for each offense will be prosecuted to the extent of the law. R. C BISHOP, Lessee and Manager. 17-ftp. Final Discharge. Notico is hereby given that States It Aycock, Guardian of the Estate ol Elizabeth llolcoinb, now Sanders, hat applied to Jason M. Greer, Judge ol Probate, in and for the County of Union for a final discharge as such Guardian. it is ordered, That the 2(>th day of December. A. D., 11)04, be fixed forbear ingof Petition, and a final settlement ol said Estate. Jason M. Gkp.eu, Probata Judge, Union County, 8. 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