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T. 7 ete / >}.ly yrlflht. 1005, by C. W picked u;> the paper again tm t?l r*pHUy. Kit uaiuo wa? lucnImj am U bu.*1 that the Buuii^e lady LWtw Im4 been arraotod refuacd to give qmf >a?. It aeeiuad that the vvcut to WMfwv* (karck au?l uakrd to tee tlio for wi;iu year?Uic regisffm of Mrha??. The sexton took the taa mm4 akmw*4 tW bejka. Then it qpmii that tk? rtruneu lady searchdi tar m fcovr The sextan left the lHtW| tar a few a i tastes. When lie MtUiueC be katt thst she had torn u , MM Mt mt ?> lw?L W-? *- ? ? - r-*>- ?- i/uvu. uciiijj luncu uy ; apprise, She hud tried to eoncotd her j theH, Hit fhe sexton seised her, re#?- < Seed Hi* torn page and ended for 08- i tMntiw. The end of tt w?n thnt th? 1 eimge lady?who was described ^ TtUft ft fore hern air- irns nrresi^. gad plated In prison, "It >s Lo>& , nH flungf breathlessly. r^a assented Bnwdeey, also paM? 3 1P)e ertflently tried to destroy the evl - i 4krace of yorrr mother's marriage." ! George gnre a cry. "Wnrgrovo," he 2 ?ntA, "tT?n?rove In Essex. It was In , v1 fee parish ehnreb that the marriage tetfk place. And Lola knew?Lola"? e paused. The eyes ef the twe men i CHAFTER XX. ?|T ~vrtn A o'clock when George left . Bawdsey. Tlie twe had spoken Tittle of the newspaper parage* pi whgch Infer wed them ef LolaV ^ \**er name waa no r/ . i W no doubt In th< use ef Rew ene mr? >? ... E, Thntr sW*r gave the year of keek f -JWe sheet was torn, ami i |fey \a?ed lo the yeer whei, j^hirrled?er had been sop osed K?^i^ffy?Roslnn Lockwood. Ant. *Ms the explanation of Lola's ab fVfkM frerg^OTm. She bad not fle<. fnm Ae of Brendon, bnt had MM to do . dm nn Injury by destroyRf Ae evhiiaee of hit parents' marVtag*. This finally wns tho moaning 0t her wild threat to Dorothy. Bswdsey wan much upset over the Rons. He woukl have fled immediately to Wargrovo, but some special baufuum kept him in town. Howover. he purposed to go tho noxt morning by the first train. But George was going thcrt very duy. Lola could not have known that his parents had been mar* tied at Wargrovo without having seen Mrs. Jersey's confession wherein the fact was probably mentioned. Therefore she must have obtained the copfees to a tn soino way. How alio achieved this, George could not conjecture. Tlion ho thought of Lola's hot Spanish blood, of tho stiletto?a peculiarly foreign weapon?and shuddered. It occurred to him that Lola herself must have stabbed the woman. t ' Be found that 11 train left Liverpool a street station for Southend at ten mln- v utee past 5 and that Wargrovc was ( a ttny rural town which could be reached fn an honr. Ever quick and expeditious In his movement^ at the appointed time he was on his way down 1 IM MKim*L. ft was a dull journey. It seemed i thnt the new town of Wargrove was t the ylaee where the train stopped, but i I eld Wargrove teas tbroo miles distant, *1 irsfl It was there that the parish ehurch waa situated. t As It prored, thero waa no necessity for George to go there. Lola was * stopping In tho policeman's houso prior to her > removal to tho prison at a Chelmsford. Her attempt at robbery had been committed on the previous ' day, and Brendon tbougbt sbe wouft, 1 have already been removed. Uov^wFr, * ho was Informed tbnt there vf jome delay owing to the illness $tf the t Chelmsford inspector, and therefore t Lola would have to remain In War- i grove for another twelve hours. Breu/ v' don was glad to hear this, as It would i ^) save bhn a 1< "** "'^thanked c tho po!iceinni\ 'ped and t was directed b\ sS the house of his superior officer, which was on j the outskirts of the town. George i soon found a semi-detached house with a notice ou it and on knocking at the e door explulued his errand to a brisk i ttttls woman. Sbo pursed up her Hps, t looked inquisitively at him with bright i eyeo and called her husband. George produced a sovereign, but the official, i although his eyes twinkled, hesitated . to take the bribe. It was then that Mrs. Policeman came to Brendou's as- ] fftstanco. "Nonsense, Jeremiah," she said i briskly. "Let the young gentleman ] see bis yonng lady. She's dying to haro a sight of him." i "It's all very well," grumbled Jeremiah. "But 'tis against the law." t j, ^ d can be presont at our Interview like." mere, Jeremiah, you can't have flie j gentleman saying fairer than that" j Here the sharp little woman nudged ] ker husband's arms. This wus n hint < tor blm to swallow hla scruples and take the sovereign. Jeremiah agreed,1 i and shortly the sovereign was In his I pocket and he was leading George to ' ( a back npstalrs room. Before Introducing George to this i abode It struck Jeremiah that the prls- I oner had been Inquired for, as "the . young lady/' He stopped 6rendon at the door. "Might yon know ber < name, sir?" "She Is the most celebrated dancer in ; m>d hfc. QA&i ih Lola Vefcs," , .. v ? ellow By FERGUS HUME, . Author of "The Mystery of a Iinuaic <jb(M Etc. > DlUincham Company said George. "I don't suppose she'll bo pv.ilu' e i truch for tills. Kile's iu:id at times." "CjIi. if s-!mr.u she'll get o.l' lightly. but them pe. ru> li register to be torn ?It'* bad woik that. IIy father were r. eexlon." explained .Jeremiah soberly. "Atul luiturull}' .vou tiiiuJc uiie. Voles has committed the moot atrocious of c.'mrs. l*>ut don't sl.ui'.l chattering here, tuy good follow. I have to return by lite t) tr;^i." "1*11 wait outsit." said Jeremiah as Ire slowly unlocked tire door. I/ola was Rented by the window starIng out Into the darkness. On the table was a small lamp, ami a five burned in tiie prate. BUtrreo up wnen tne floor closet! again. "Who Is?who Is?" plre asked In her rapid way. and came toward bin;. "Ixrln." began George, but be pot no Vurthrr. Khe ran forward and cried >*t: "Oh, my dear one, bast thou come in anger? Trample me, make tne as earth, beloved, but be not enraged?ah. no?ah, no!" "Ix>ln," he unld. taking n chair near licr, "I Ik?vo come an yonr friead." "Not in anyer?ah. but yes, in anger." "I am not I am very sorry." "Ah, l?nt in your eyes?they sparkle. \ gee Meos Yards. I d;> try to steal the hurch booku. You are furiously enaged." "I?ook ut nn! and see." But I-oln would not, so George took er cljin nini ?? " >- ?'r-r raze directly nto his eye:?. I.ola's were filled with - ! "Never I I do swear." ears, but after a time she began to imile. "Ah, you are not enraged. It vas for you I did it. I wish my dear Jeorgo to myself?all?all." "You know that is impossible." "But it Is not. I will have you." "Not at oil;"- said George delibcratey. "You will marry Bawdsey." "That pig?cow?horrible and miserible! No, ali, no!" She sprang to her 'eet. "Never! 1 do swear," and producng a am;-11 black crucifix from her Iress sire l i-.>ed it vehemently. "Now, Loin, I wish you to tell me he truth." "Ah, but 1 will. When you arc kindicss I toil you all." "Do you know that you have doue a vrong thing:" "Pschutt," she said contemptuously. 'I give that old mans knocks ou the leads, but he is alive. Oh, yes, I did tot kill him." * uiut i. uii'uii iu? assault, tuougu bat is bad enough. But your trying 0 destroy the register of the mariage." 'It is your fault," cried Lola iinpetlously. "For loves of uiy George I lid so. I wish you not to uiarry any >ut ine." "Wo can talk of that later, Lola, knswcr me a few questions, and make 10 remarks." "I will do what you say, my friend," mid Lolu, nodding. George thought lor a moment. "IIow did you learn ;hnt Wargrove was the place where ny parents were marriedV" "Ah, you want to know all and then rick me. I will not tell." "Then I will explain to you." "Aha, you cnunots?you know uotlings at all. Tali! La, la, la, hi." George spoke sternly. "Lola, I kuow More than you give me credit for. I iiave seen the dagger." This time he struck home, for she itarted. "What dagger?" "Tho stiletto you left in Mrs. Jer?ey's room." "I did nothings. I was not there." "Yes, you were. pFor all I know you niny have killed tho woman." "But it is foolish you talk, George. 1 did not. She wus frightened?oh, very much afraid." "80 ninch that she gave you the confession you asked for?" "Ah, yes?yes?yes," cried Lola, then seeing she had betrayed herself she began to be alarmed. "Ah, you will say nothing. I would not tell anys but my George. He loves me. He will not see me dead." "Good heavens, Lola, did you kill Ihe woman?" "That fat ladys in black silk? Ah, no, 1 did not Bat atf wM ?o afraJd oi t)? toil*." ???M??> ta??cw?W -4DR. I. M m den' Grown and Bridge Work a Specialty, "You left lier alive on that night?" "Why, yea. my George. We part? oh. such good friends." Loin blew a kiss from her linger tips. "Bbe quite pleased, immense!" "Well. Lola, as you have told so much, you must to!l me all." "There is nothing to say." she replied. turning sullen. George rose. "Then 1 shall go nwuy," ho d*?elare<L "1 came here to l>e your friend. Ix>la. and to save you from getting into further trouble. But If you will not he candid"? lie moved to the door. I "All, my heart, do not go. Soul of my soul, leave me not. 1 will do anyIbings what yon asl; of iue." "Then tell ino the whole story of your visit to Mis. Jersey." "But you will marry Mees Varxl!" "1 do that in any case. See here, I,oIa," he added artfully, "this marriage register which you wish to destroy docs not matter now. My grandfather nas acKnowictigeo ??? ?u hu heir." She looked at him with wide eyea and pale cheeks. "And you will be milor?you will marry Mees Vard?yon will?you will"? "1 will always he your friend, LolaF' | "You will marry Mees Vnrd?" she persisted. "Ixila"?he took her hand?"if we married wc would never be happy. 1 and you are different people. Po you wish to see me happy 7" "Yes?yes?but It is all so quick, my dear. Give times?oh, give times till I become used." She sobbed for a moment, then dried her eyes and sat down briskly. "I am ready, my George. You shall be happy, but you must n?t for. get poor Lola?ah, no!" "Of course not," replied George, patting her hand. "Now tell me the story. Walt. Was it your mother who tehl you of my father's death?" "Yes," assented Loin. "She often talked of your father." "I hennl elm wno I? l??? ?'??- - > I <u avio null BIIII, I aid George slowly. Loin shrugged her shapely shoulders. ' "That I know not. My dear mother was handsome?oh, yes, and dark, nnd fond of gnyness. She might have loved ?eh?it Is not impossibles." "Did she ever hint who killed ray lather?" Lola shook hor head. "No. Never ild she say nnytlilngs. EIo was found dead?stabbed"?she made a gesture - . "that was all?nil!" Evidently she could tell him nothing, so George reverted to more immediate matters. "Ilow about that night? You knew that I was going to Mrs. Jersey's on that night?" "Ah, hut yen. You did tell me." . | "Then wi-t made yon come also'.'. Lola pvt ! or linger in her mouth and looked down. "No, my George. I did want l!:at confessions of the fat old lat'.y. to stop you being mllor, and then I tlvuvht you would marry only poor Lola." | ' ii )',v did you know about the coni'o.u':" ** "That i "... man told me." "Ik:* d <\yV Why did lie tell you?" "Im.'..iu; i' : ::id bola contemptuously. "Ho i >,;-c ; : .o : >. I can twist and twist ?v i". id iii.i.'sa rapid motion with f.e :. crs. "Wo did talk of the death of your father!. 1 lamented that my po moii.o did lovers your fathers tin- . h.ersily. 1 did love you. And I was 11 .. ed l . i ik tli..t your fathers had Ik :. l dit. : sk IJawdsey who made ,j gave the death??eh, It is, r.o 1 a;d:c I." ::' ?? added, nodding. "lie couki not s-.y. lad he declares that I .( ...... ? * ...... .> t?ii hit?en, uui my fr:<. XI rr.."? "XI i*h. Ji'iniy. Bawdsey declared that she knew'?" Lol.i nodded. "It was so," she as- ' sealed. ".Mrs.?what you call that fat lauys- she write out all she know of your father's death and of his marriages. I say (o myself that 1 would got that confession and learn where the marriage was made. Then I would burn the book that no one might learn. After I would say to j'ou that I could tell who killed your futlier If you made me uindamo your wife." "That's u very protty ' plot," said Brendon. "80 far you havo carried It out. You have tho confession"? Lola put her hand on her breast. "He is here," she said, nodding. "I carries him always?always!" "Give it to me, Lolu." Her eyes opened in wide alarm. "Ah, 110, you will not ask me. I keep him to myself all." George saw that tlic moment was not propitious. But he was determined to get the confessiou before he left her. However, he begged her to continue her story. "LIow did you know the house V" he asked. "ii wan tue scurlct windows"? "I remember. Bawdsey gave you tbat for guide." "Bali! Ho knew not I was going," said Lola, with a shrug. "I got out of him the fool rnau all that I did waut. 1 thought 1 would get to the fat ladys on the uight you were with her, that 1 might have you for helps if she was enraged." "It seems to me that you protected yourself very well." "With the daggers?oh, yes. I aaid to myself that if my George did not come for the fogs, that Mrs.?what you say? J a racy, oh, yes, would be enraged, and I would have trouble. 1 took the stiletto to save myself." "How did you get into the house?" "Walt, ah, wait! I did not dance all that Uight. 1 said I was ill, and 1 k > ( Office Bank Building: J Union, S. O ? came arrays. I took tlie daggers and a cloak, and I went to the square?it is : not far from my houses"? I t "No. You just turu the corner of | the street," said Urendou. "Well?" i "1 walked by the walls. It was after 10 o'clocks. 1 walk round and round tlie squares, and I then sec a red lights. Tlie door open?It was open, and many people came out of the bouses. The fat lady was on the steps, waring her hands?so." Lola wnved her hand. "A crowd was around. I came into the crowd, and when the fat lady was down shaking with the handshake I aid slip Into the bouse." "That was clever of you," said George, wondering at the dexterity with which Ix>la had managed to eater without exciting suspicion. "And then what did yon do? Did you meet any one?" "Ah, but bo. 1 ram Into a place. There was n room with a Ight, and ' Ibnt 1 dhl go into"? "Mrs. Jersey's sitting room," marmured George. "Year* "I was nfrnhl to be thrown out, my dear, and I hided behind n curtain of the window ti>? 1US mi lllUJ Bill? U1U foiUG in and close the door. She talk- 8 ed to herself of Ix>rd Derrington com- 8 Ing, and did seem enraged at him wwh- ' I ing to come?yon understand?" ' "Yes. What then?" 1 "She took from a box"? 1 "A green box, I/ola?" x **Yes, n green box?she did take a * blue envelope, and she looked at a pa- * per?a white paper she took from the c euvelo[>e. She laughed, and said that 1 inllor would love to have this. I say 8 to luysflf behind the curtains: "It is the i 1 confessions, 1 will have it.' Then she 1 "did put it in the envelopes and leave it c en the tables. It was near me. 1 could steal"? 1 "And you did 1" said George iinpn- t tiently. * "But no. my George. 1 did try. and- 1 madnme she saw my arm. With n cry 8 she leaped to the doors. I come out 1 and say tliitt 1 wish to talk of the 8 deaths of Monsieur Vanes. Sho turns e most white, nnd did not cry no more. ' E Then she ask me what 1 wnnt. I told madnme I was of Sun Rcnio, nnd did ? talk of my dear mother, nnd of her love ' for Monsieur Vane. But this pig womnns insult my mother. I become en- E1 raged, I bring my dagger nnd wave it [ ^ ?o." Again Lola made n dramatic ges- j 11 turc. "I say that I kill her. She fall ! * on her knees nnd hide her face. Then b I did tako the confessions out of the n blue envelopes nnd hide It" 8 "That was very clever of you, Lola. e Did Mrs. Jersey see?" 8 "Ab, but no she did not I take it w when siyt.Uie,cyca. covered. n her so afraid, I had the con-1 P tempt look you. I say, 'There, thore,' ? and I throw the dagger at her feets. Then I go to the door and say I would depart. She beg ine to stop. I did atop, and we talk of Sail Uciuo and of e uiy mother. I say that you wore uiy * love, and that Monsieur Vane was the father of you"? * '"Then Mie knew who I w as on that E night?" ? "Ah, yes, but alio did. I say yoti ^ wish to sec her the next day. She say, b '1 will tell him nothings, and now go. for I huve to sec a great gentlemuns.' v 1 was quite happy." 8 "Did she not miss the confession?" v "No! 1 said nothing of wanting 0 that. It was In my pocket. Tho blue El envelope was on the tuble. She never * thought but what It was within. Then b she ask me to say nothing to any one f' about San Rouio, and we part quite h happy. She allowed me out of the I( door and closed it again, oh, so softly. P I saw her no more." tl "You left tne dagger behind?" ^ "It was on the lloors where 1 threw w It. I wished to get away with the o confessions led she should call me b thieves. 1 did not wait for to take the dagger. I departed. That is all." d "Humph!" said George. The story u seemed likely enough. After letting si Lola out of the house Mrs. Jersey then a came to see if ho and Train were in ^ bed. Expecting Lord Derrington and n knowing from Lola who he was, she ti no doubt expected George to interrupt I the interview. llut linding hiin, us p she thought, in bed, she departed sat- II is tied. Then she met Margery, and after locking her In her room went a down to moot her death. It wus 11 g wl en all this happened, and Bawdsey. h in the coat of Lord Derrington, nr- b ri vcu cioso upon 1^. xocreron, ns n Lola left Mrs. Jersey alive and Bawd- e sey found her dead, phe must liuve been killed in tho interval, and who- v ever had done this had used the dag- v ger left by Loin. ti However, George had learned all he v wished to know In the meantime, and r it only remained to get the confession n from Lola. She refused t<^.give it up. b Georgo entreated, cajoled, stormed, in- ti slsted, but she still held out. "No, I a will not; I will not," she kept eaying. n Finally he hit on n solution of the c difficulty. "If you do not give it to me t it will bo taken from you when you <1 go to prison." "Ah, but will it?" cried Loin, wide \ eyed with alarm. a "Certainly, and will probably be pub- g llshed in the papers. Keep it if you I] like, Lola, but don't blame mo if you s get into trouble over it. 1 assure you a If you keep it they will take it." a Lola pulled a white- packet from her 'o breast and ran with it to tho fire, f "foey will not have It. I burn?I bum.'" f and she throw the papers on the fire. I George shot past her, snatched them I i >ut before they could catch alight, and thrust them into liis pocket Lola turned on him like n tigress, and he thought she would strike him. She teemed inclined to do so. Then unexpectedly she threw up her arms and poIl into n chair weeping. "It Is the nd?you love me no more?we part? ac i?nrt. Tlie confessions will part us, ill?all. ulas!" CHAPTEIt XXI. GEOltGE returned to town with the confession of Mrs. Jersey in his pocket. On arriving nt the Liverpool street station he vrote a note to Kowlnskl telling him f Lola's plight and advising him to ngage counsel for her defense. In an thcr half hour ho was in his own ooins. After making a good meal, for he felt hti need of food to sustain him, he sat lown to read tlio manuscript of Mrs. fereey. The confession of the wretched wonan who lind come to so tragic nn end vas -written on several sheets of foolsnp loosely pinned together. She wrote 11 a most cold blooded way nnd seemngly exulting in her wickedness. All hrough her confession ran a venunous strain of dendly hatred toward Seorge's mother, nnd Indeed against iny woman who paid attention to i an?. Jenny Ilownnl was not spared, ind the woman Velcx, "who kept an >il shop," was mentioned. "My parents were of humble station," tegan Mrs. Jersey abruptly. "I believe ny mother was a lady's maid. She unrried my supposed father, who was i butler. 1 say 'my supposed father,' as have reason to believe that 1 was the laughter of a certain Italian count who ind loved and betrayed my mother. In ler moments of rage my mother would aunt my supposed father with this, >ut when calm she always denied that here was any truth. When I grew ild enough to understand she rebuked ne for usking about the matter. 'You ire my daughter,' she said abruptly, and the daughter of Samuel Stokes, who Is the biggest fool uud the great?t craven I know.' "It will be seen that there was no ove lost bctweeu my parents. My faher, Stokes?as 1 may call him, hough I believe the count was my -eal sire?was always very kind to me i?u nuiciaeu uie irom my mother's age. She treated me very cruelly, ind when fifteen I was glad to go out is a scullery maid so as to escape her ersecutiou. Shortly after I took up Ife on my own account she died In a It of rlolcnt rage, during which she roke a blood vessel. "It is needless to give my early life a detail. I rose from scullery maid o housemaid. Then I became parlor aaid in a suburban villa, where the rages wore poor and the food was ad. 1 took charge of children when ot doing housework and managed to et on. But I was ambitious. I wlshJ to get among the servants of the rlstocracy. A friend of mine who 'as maid to tho Duchess of taught le her duties, and I procurod a sltuaromlsod to QO nroeir'Tbr^w.. nn4_gfro ver, she died, and 1 was thrown uu | ie world. 1 saw an advertisemeut jr a lady's maid and got ths situalon. It was In this way that I beamo tho servant of that woman whom hated so deeply. MSho was called Itosina Lock wood nd was no better born than myself. Icr father was a low man who taught | Ingiug, and slio appeared herself on lie stage. I never thought she was eautlful myself. "At lirst I rather liked Miss Lockrood. She was kind to mo in hor I Illy way, and the gentlemen who | rcre in love with her guve me pleuty f mouey to deliver uotes uud other liiugs. There was one geutlemau 'ho was the best of them all?and the lggcst fool over her blue eyes and ilr balr. His name was Irelaud, uud e had plenty of money. Ho came to >arn siugiug from old Lockwood sillily to be near her, and proposed three lilies to my knowledge. But she rould lmvc nothing to do with him, rllldl nina fr?r\liol? ?o ,'"'1 ? ??? m.vm omm ivvi.vu, ?n UV UUU UJUUC/ , ud she could bnve twisted bim rouud er linger. "1 was a handsome girl in tbosc ays, though 1 say it myself. But if u ouinn is good looking why shouldn't be say soV 1 had a perfect figure nd a complexion like cream and roses, ly hair wus as black us night, and iy eyes were sparkling and large. 1 lught myself to read and write, and learned French. Also 1 learned to lay the piano and to conduct myself ike a lady, as I always was. "1 knew my own value and looked bout for the gentleman who would ivo me my rightful position as u idy. From my Italian father I Inerited aristocratic tastes, and I was ot going to remain a low, vulgar oinmou servant all my life, not me. "Then be came to the house. Percy ras his dear name, and his blood was cry blue. Lord Derrington was bis ftther, a most aristocratic uoblemun. rho wns an old brute, from my expeience of him. But he was of blgh ank 1 don't deny, and Percy had the lood of heroes in his veins. Lie came ? take lessons In singing. But after time I saw that he was In love with ay mistress. It was her arts thnt aptured him, else he would have urned froiu her to me. But he never id. "IIow handsome and fascinating vns my hero Percy Vnne! Pair hair nd blue eyes and the figure of a life nardsman?just the kind of man 1 Iked. lie was kind to me?for her ake, I suppose?nnd gave me money nd presents. She said she loved him. nd used to make me sick with talking f him. I let her think I was her dear rlend, as If she had known my true eellngs she would have sent me nwny. "Lord Dcrrington was angry with >ercy for. loving my mistress, and 1 V I Qon't wouder at It, a low singing: worn* I an. Perry bad some money of bis own. Inherited from bis mother, and ( be proposed an elopement. He said that Lord Derrington could not leare the estates away from him and that some day he would come In for the title. She never lived to be Lady Derrington. I was glad of that. "Well, they eloped. After singing at concert in St. Jumcs' nail he met licr outside and took her to Liverpool street station. 1 was waiting there with the luggage. We went down to u place called Wargrove, in Essex, and the very next day they were married in the church of that parish. I was furious, but what could 1 do? Had I told Ix>rd Derrington lie might have stopped the marriage, bnt Percy would never hav? forgiven mc, and I did not wish to lose sight of him. As Mrs. Vane's maid I had chances of seeing him <Ltily and of basking In the light of his eyes. LI was weak of me, but I loved him dearly that 1 would have douc anything simply to be In his presence. Itut I wish now that I had prevented the marriage. Since I could not get him, I didn't see why she should bear off theorize. "Afterward we went to Paris, and from that place Percy wrote to tell liia grandfather that he was married. I know he did not mention the place, for the letter was given to me to pout, and 1 opened It. I never gave It a thought at the moment, but afterward Percy's mistake In not telling where the marriage had taken place did me , a lot of good. 1 should not now bo i writing in this house but for that , lucky omission. Lor^l Derrington | would have nothing to do with liia son, and there was trouble with Mr. Lock wood. "I lived with the two of them duxing their married life. A sou was born, and she died. 1 was glad when she died, and 1 was sorry she left the boy. Percy was wrapped up In the child and gave him to me to nurse. Mrs. V&no was buried In Pere la Cbuise, uud thou Percy, with myself and the baby, wont to Monte Carlo. He gambled there In order to forget his grief, though I don't see what he hud to moan over, seeing what a silly fool his late wife was. Percy lost money and wroto to ' his father, who decllneil tn Then he went to Italy and wandered . about. Now that ho was I'reo I hoped | to marry him. When not nursing that horrid child I devoted myself to study so as to bo worthy of the tlmo when Porcy would marry me. I knew that the future Lady Dorrington would hold a high rank, and I qualified mysolf to fill the position gracefully. I did work. I learned arithmetic ami French like a native. I got an old artist to teach mo to paint in water colors, and I bought a book which taught tho manners of good society. Percy saw tho change hi me and congratulated me on the Improvement which had taken pince In mo since leaving England. "As to that child, I should have liked to drown it or to have given it to gypsies. As Lady Derrington I did net wish to be troubled with her brat. B#nursed him. Hut naa I gut na or tfce child?and 1 thought of a thousand safe ways I could have douo so?I should only have been sent away. "The cud of it cuine in Milan. We were stopping at the Hotel de Till#, and there was a waiter who fell la love with me. He wue an English bey called George Rates, a horrid, scrubby, red haired, nasty, pale faced creator#, who worried me to death. Besides, he was younger than I was. and I wished for a husband to protect mo. I should have had to look ufter George Rates, whereas Percy in the days to coiue would look after mc. Besides I felt that It was an Impertinence for a low waiter to expect me to marry him, me. who had done so much to Improve myself nud who looked forward to taking proud rank among the British aristocracy. "At first 1 laughed at him. hut bs became such a nuisance that I told him plainly that I would have nothing to do with him. He then accused me of ^mlnrv In lnvn r>-% m??af a%? T ?? knowledged It proudly. Why should I not? A woman should glory In her love. I did. I told George Rates that I worshiped the very ground Percy walked on. I gave my passionate feelings full vent and bore him to the ground under the storm of my Indignation. lie told the other servants, and they Insulted me, especially the English ones, as there were two or three lu the hotel. I was persecuted, but I bore all for his dear sake. Then It came to his cars. Percy heard what I had said to George Rates. He called mo In. IIo accused me of making him ridiculous, of being out of my mind, of n thousand and one cruel things. I lost my head. I told him how I loved him. ( knelt at his feet. I implored that he would reward my love?my long, long sufferings. Ho laughed In my tearful face. At that moment I hated him, bnt not for long. My life was bound up la bis. When he dismissed me I thought that my heart was broken. (TO US CON TIN UKD.] _ ,j? When m iHrl mm*. ries a roan to get riil of him she usually achieves her object. The meanest man in the world is any rich inan who' does not marry and give some woman* * a 'r chance to reduse his surplus. A latchkey is the .guilty accomplice In many a midnight carousal. It Is no evidence that a girl Is a good match because she flames up easily. V