The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 18, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 4, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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SYNOPSIS.
But my last thought that talght was
of Lady Edith and the look In her
brown eyes as she held the little key.
love la like a red, rod ro
it's r.owly blown In June;
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Threo girls — Elizabeth, Gabrielle and
Ellse—started for Canada to spend the
summer there. On board 3teainer they
were frightened by an apparently dement-
ed stranger, who, finding a bag belonging
to one of them, took enjoyment in scru-
tinizing a photo of the trio. Elise shared
her stateroom with a Mrs. Graham, also
bound for Gfcftada. The young women on
a sightseeing tour met Mrs. Graham,
anxiously awaiting her husband, who had
a mania for sailing. They were intro-
duced to Lord Wilfrid and Lady Edith.
A cottage by the ocean was rented by
the trio for the summer. Elizabeth
learned that a friend of her father's was
to call. Two men called, one of them
being the queer-acting stranger on the
eteamer. The girls wore "not at home,"
but discovered by the cards left that one
of the men was Elizabeth's father's
friend. The men proved to be John C.
Blake and Gordon Bennett. The party
■was told of the search for smugglers In
the vicinity of the cottage. Ellso visited
Mrs. Graham to find that her llfo was
not the happiest. She learned that the
dlth were acquaint-
halr from Mr. Gra-
fell into the hands of Elise.
Grahams and Lady Edith were acquaint
IIdw ' ' " "
li
lal
young
in tlx* basement of the cottage and a mo
ed. A wisp of ye
ham's pocket fell
Mrs. Graham's hair was black. Durtni
a sto i the
women heard a crasli
ment later Mary Anne, their woman serv-
ant, tiered, her arm bleeding. To as-
sure them there was no danger, Mary
Anne descended to the basement alone
and quieted their fears. Lady Edith told
the girls of a robbery- of Jewels at the
hotel. Fearing for the safety of her own
f;ems, she left them in a safe at the cot-
age. Mr. Gordon Bennett was properly
Introduced, explained his queer actions,
returned the lost bag and told of mysteri-
ous doings of a year before connected
with tUe cottage. Exploring the cellar,
one of the girta found a sphinx cuff-but-
ton, the exact counterpart of which both
Gordon Bennett and Lady Edith were
found to possess, also. Elise, alone, ex-
plored tbe cellar, overhearing a conver-
sation there between Mary Anne and a
man. He proved to be her son, charged
with murder. The young women agroed
to k^p the secret. Lady Edith told a
story of a lost love In connection with
the sphinx key.
CHAPTER VIII.—Continued.
I could Dot think of anything to
■ay, (or at critical momenta my vo-
cabulary always proves Inadequate,
eo I merely took her hand and Btroked
It gently.
'1 don't know why I have told you
this," she Bald, "but you have all been
so good to us that we are no longer
strangers, nor even mere acquain-
tances; and my heart Is still so heavy
sometimes. We all have graves in
our hearts, we women. Yours has not
come yet, and I hope it may be long
deferred; mine is still green enough
to be painful when I visit it. For-
give me, dear; you look quite sad,
and, indeed, I am not worthy of so
muoh sympathy."
"You are very brave," I said, admir-
ingly.
"I do not show the white feather to
the world, that is all. But tell me
about Mr. Blake, whom I met here the
other day. Who and what is he?"
I could tell her very little, for Mr.
Bennett had proved uncommunicative
about his friend, and beyond the fact
that lie would be here for an indefinite
period I knew nothing.
"But do tell me," I remarked, as
she rose to go, "has Mrs. Bundy heard
anything about her jewels?"
"Not yet. Poor old soul, she is
quite heart-broken. It Is generally
believed a detective is in the hotel,
posing as a guest, but he does not
seem to be making any progress. I
feel perfectly comfortable about my
few possessions, however, thanks to
your goodness."
She went away then, and I sat
alone in the hammock, thinking of the
two secrets I had learned that after-
noon, and watching the glow of the
setting sun, which turned some sails
pink and others pearly white, as the
boatloads of merrymakers sailed home
After a while Qabrielle and Eliza-
beth appeared, rather the worse for
wear, and inclined to be indignant.
They had not enjoyed themselves; the
shops were no good whatever, Lady
Edith had been unable to go, ami there
had been some misunderstanding, for
Lord Wilfrid had not met them at the
time appointed.
Altogether, the day had been a fail-
ure. and it was not until a good din-
ner had calmed their aggrieved spirits
that I began to relate my own experi-
ences, giving the history of Mary
Anne with as much pathos as I coald
manage.
"Of course," remarked Elizabeth,
"we ought to discharge her. It is not
pleasant to think of a murderer being
concealed in tbe house."-
"Good gracious!" exclaimed Gabri-
elle, in an alarmed voice. "What are
you thinking of? Think of her
waffles."
"Oh, I was not going to do It; I only
said that wo ought to. She is too
valuable to lose, especially if he real-
ly is going away."
So we told Mary Anne that It w*s
all right, and we would allow her son
to escape as he had planned. She was
pathetically grateful, and promised
never to allow him on the premises
ngaln, so we felt quite comfortable
about hlra; and, after all, why should
we inte' fere with a fellow-creature
in his effort to preserve life, since
the life be took could not be restored
by h*a capture?
INSTALLMENT 11.
CHAPTER IX.
"My
That'
Mi love is like a melody
That's sweetly played In tune."
It was a baritone voice, so clear, so
strong, and yet so sweet ifhat Involun-
tarily we stopped talking and listened
until the end of the verse.
"Where is It?" I questioned.
"I think," said Gordon Bennett, "it
must come from a boat; lit will round
the point presently."
We were walking along the beach,
and had wandered farther than we In-
tended, almost to the point of the is-
land, In fact, and, quite tired out, I
had seated myself upon a rock to rest
a while before going back.
"I wish he would sing again," I re-
marked ; „ "don't you ?"
"Well, no," returned my compan-
ion; "to be frank, I would rather have
your undivided attention."
"Why, please?"
"I suppose it Is because I was born
with a selfish disposition."
"Listen!" I exclaimed, fljf the song
began again, cloae,r this time, with
every word distinct and clear.
"So fair Is she, my dearest dear.
So much In love am I,
That I would love her all my life
Till all the seas run dry;
Till all the seas run dry, my dear,
And rocks melt Wi* the sun—"
The boat was qtiite near now, and
the song ceased abruptly as the sinper
stood erect and waved his hat cheer-
fully; a white parasol In the stern also
they are waving
said Gordon Ben-
nett, briefly, "and your friend Lady
Edith." i
"So It Is." I was genuinely pleased,
for I could see they wanted us to join
them, and I was more than willing to
avoid the walk home.
"Get aboard," called Mr. Graham, as
the bow grated against a rock. "You
can do it, if you don't mind stepping
from one rock to the other."
"We can do it easily," I replied, "if
Mr. BennetUwill give me his hand to
steady me."I
"Would you not rather walk home?"
Mr. Bennett's voice was certainly
not encouraging, but I ignored it, for
I wanted the sail.
"Come, Mr. Bennett," called Lady
Edith; "we have plenty of room. I
have been spending the morning with
Mrs. Graham, and we went out for a
sail just after lunch, but she could not
be persuaded to join us."
sal'u, & I 'oo)c,Mr.. Gra-.
ham's outs<;retched ^an(I aluI stepped
into the b(jat' which wobbled unpleas-
antly. "It is awfully nice—after you
get in."
"It is a bu,ly da)r for a Bail," he re-
turned, hls face glowing with the
pleasure had given h,m- "l only
wish you Would talk a bIt to Mrs. Gra-
ham and get her to come out J,lst
once. Sh,e has n0 i<Jea how flne lt ls-
"My wiie-" he explained to Mr. Ben-''
nett whoi had followed me into
boat, "has an unaccountable aven/lon
to the wa-er* an<l ^ n°t t^ng^
herself on IT^ /
"Indeed!'* remarked Mr/BSnnett,
dryly, "She must condemn herself
to a good many hours alone, for I no-
tice you sire out constantly."
"Oh, yeis; we agreed that I was to
go whenever I chose. She does not
wish to keep me at home, and we quite
understand each other on the subject."
"You wiere singing," I said, as the
sail filled and the boat cut through the
water; "wion't you please go on. I had
no idea you had such a lovely voice."
"Yes," said Lady Edith; "do sing
again, Mri Graham. It was quite love-
ly, and y<i>u must not be selfish with
such a ta|ent."
So Mr. ^Graham sang again, and we
listened entranced, for his voice was
very melcfdious, and he sang as the
birds do, jwith no apparent effort or
consciousness of his charm. Lady
He looked at Gordon Bennett as he
spoke, and pn^if for a reply.
"1't was quite unpremeditated;" said
that gentleman. "In fact, your sister
and Mr. Graham were kind enough to
pick us up a good bit down the beach
and give us a lift home."
"Was any one else with you?"
"I took a short sail with Mr. Gra-
ham, Wilfrid," said Lady Edith. "I
am sorry if you have needed me, but I
thought you Intended fishing this after-
noon."
She looked steadily at him, and he
lowered his eyes instinctively. But
his face, as he watched Mr. Graham
push off and sail away, was heavy and
lowering, and his fingers twitched
nervously.
"Listen," I said. "Mr. Graham is
singing again." , \
He was standing by his sail now, the
light of the sun full upon him, appar-
ently unconscious of the picture he
made.
"And I will love you still, my dear,
When all the seas run dry—"
The words of the pld song died
away, and I turned to my companions.
"Let us go home," I said; but Lady
Edith and her brother had already
gone.
SULTAN DETHRONED
BROTHER SUCCEEDS
the shado
less
/the
iw of
her parasol and said but
little, yet!I saw her eyes grow misty,
and remembered our conversation
about the' little gold key. Was she
thinking <i)f the man she loved? I
.wondered 'dreamily.
"I'll land you at your own dock,"
he remarked, as he steered for the
shore. "A|ad I'm sure I am very grate-
ful for thei nice things you say about
the songs.' I sing because I like to
sing—Just I as I yield to every Im-
pulse whenever I can get any pleasure
out of it. It seems the simplest thing
to do." i
It was rjather a dangerous theory, I
thought, although as I looked at Mr.
Graham's ruddy face and heard his
careless la'ugh I quite understood that
he would Generally live up to what he
said. And I had a quick recollection,
too, of tfcle package Elizabeth had
opened; was that caused by a sudden
impulse, IJ wondered, and had he ex-
tracted his.1 full measure of satisfaction
out of It? I '
Lord Wilfrid was waiting on the
dock when we landed, his cap pulled
down over his eyes and his manner
the reverss of cordial.
"I have [looked everywhere for you,
Edith," he. said. "You did not tell me
you expected to go sailing. Did you
rualce up j'our party this morning?"
CHAPTER X.
If there are any who, like Mrs. Gra-
ham, dislike salt air and object to the
constant intrusion of the ocean, this
narrative will not Interest them.
Looking back upon it now, it seems
to me that everything we did that
summer, indeed, almost everything
we thought and said, was In some
way connected with the sea. And per-
haps this is not so strange after all,
since we looked out upon it from every
window and its murmur was never
absent from our ears.
It was Gabrielle who originated the
plan of a supper on the rocks. Gabri-
elle was great in originating, but we
used to tell her she liked to watch
other.people carry out her ideas. She
sat in the hammock and urged her
project, while her hair blew about her
ears and her book slipped unnoticed
from her lap.
"We will ask the Campbells to join
us," she said, "and Mr. Bennett and
Mr. Blake of course."
"And the Grahams," I added.
"If you like;" the tone was not en-
thusiastic. "I must say she gets on
my nerves; she ls so mysterious."
Gabriella dislikes secrets unless she
happens to be-a party to them. She
now returned to the subject with re-
newed vigor.
"It is full moon, you know. Think of
the water dashing over the rocks, and
the fire we'll make out of driftwood."
~ "?rwrw-nfk-~tnrka and nankins for all
those people," ruminated Elizl
"to say nothing of things to eat. It
will be a lot of trouble."
"No trouble at all. Just get Mary
Anne to put some things in baskets.
In fact," Gabrielle nausqd ajnoment
before break iflg_.Lfro~news, "I have"&V
readyMr. Bennett; I met him in
rfeTvUlage when I went for the mall,
and it suddenly occurred to me it
would be nice to do this to-night."
Of course after this startling dis-
closure it was impossible to demur
further, and Elizabeth rose to the oo-
caslon.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
* BDUL HAMID GIVES WAY TO
MEHEMMED RASCHAD EF-
FINDI IN CAPITAL.
THE VICTORY IS CELEBRATED
UNABLE TO SEE THE FUTURE.
Short-Sighted English Statesman De-
nounced Penny Postage.
"Of *11 the wild and visionary
schemes of which I have ever heard
or read it is the most extraordinary."
That wan the official comment made
by Lord Lichfield, postmaster general
of England, on Rowland Hill's proposal
to establish a uniform postal rate of a
penny throughout the United King-
dom. And that was at a time within
the memory of some men still living,
only 71 years ago. Despite Lord Lich-
field's condemnation of It, the scheme
was within three years an established
fact. And men who in their childhood
might have seen and read the first let-
ters ever sent from one part of Eng-
land to another for a penny may this
year see and read letters sent around
the globe and practically to every part
if the English-speaking world for the
same small fee. The achievement will
be not only a most Impressive rebuke of
the short-sighted and timorous admin-
istrator of two generations ago, but
also an equally impressive demonstra-
tion of the constantly accelerating
progress of civilization.
Ready for the Dollar.
Marjorie, aged eight, had not been
having very satisfactory reports from
school. Her father said: "Marjorie,
for the first hundred you get I'll give
you a dollar." Time went on and the
reward could not he claimed. One
day the child was taken violently HI.
Her mother sent for the doctor. When
he had gone, Marjorie said: "Mamma,
am I very ill?"
"No, dear; your temperature 1b a
little over 100, but the doctor thinks
•you will be all right in a day or so."
Smiles broke through Marjorie's
ears. , *
"Now, mamma, I can havo my dol-
lar. Papa said he would give it to me
if I could get 100 in anything."—De-
lineator.
4o one was.
Constantinople Residents Give Them-
'*;> selves Over to Festivities—Cere-
monies Marked by Simplicity.
Constantinople, April 28.—The reign
of Hamid II. ended today with his de-
position and the accession of his bro-
ther, Mehemmed Raschad Effendi, a
Mehemmed V., a variation of Mahomet,
:t being considered inappropriate to
assume the precise name of the
prophet. Mehemmed V. is the thirty-
afth Sovereign of Turkey in male des-
cent of the house of Osman, the foun-
der of the Empire, and the twenty-
uinth Sultan since the conquest of Con-
stantinople.
The^wo houses of Parliament, meet-
ing as a National Assembly in the fore-
noon, approved the decree of deposi-
tion, which was read by the Sheik-Us-
Islam, Chief of the Ulmahs and Su-
preme Judge on ecclesiastical ques-
tions. The document recites that Ab-
dul Hamid's acts were contrary to the
sacred law, and set forth a long list
af crimes, the whole making a terrible
indictment.
The Assembly chose Mehemmed
Raschad Effendi as Sultan and ap-
pointed committees to notify the de-
throned Sovereign and his successor
of its action. The firing of 101 guns
announced to the waiting people that
a new S'lltan had been proclaimed.
Constantinople, April 27.—Tha eity-
is quiet this morning and is gradually
resuming its normal aspect. The dec-
laration of martial law and the fact
the Constitutionalists have full control
promise for the maintenance of order.
The question of what will be done to
the Sultan in all probability, will be
.determined by Parliament.
Schefket Pasha, commander of th
Constitutional army. Is the man of the
hour. Leading civilian members ol
the committee on union and progress
desire him to be grand vizier in suc-
cession to Tewflk Pasha and he has
been assured the majority of Parlia-
ment would gladly support a ministry
under his leadership in succession to
the tTwhIc resigned to-
day.
Constantinople e3f>erienced last
night the effects of th*
declared yesterday.
lowed on the streets
the evening and the
by civilians as well as1
of news likely to crea
was strictly prohibited.
A court martial MonTf
five men to death and they
this afternoon. A major of the gu;
at the imperial palace at Yildiz con
fessed he was paid $6,500 to act with
the palace conspirators.
Constantiuople, April 26.—The You-
ng Turks army from Salonlca entered
the city at 4 o'clock yesterday morning
Contrairy to expectations, however,
this was not effected without reslstan<
en, and several thousand of the gar-
rison were killed, wounded or missing.
The Sultan having surrendered to the
Young Turks is a prisoner In the
palace.
The sound of heavy guns and rlfio
firing was heard from the direction ot
the Taxim and Chichili barracks at 4
o'clock. The firing died away at about
8. It was impossible, however, to
move about the city, as all the princi-
ple points were held by troops of the
San Stefano army. V
No attact was made on Yildiz Kiosk,
the principle fighting being at the
Tache Klchte, Taxlm and Chlchill bar-
racks, which were bombarded with
guns.
The fighting in the Stamboul quar-
j.er occured at the Porte, where the
garrison refused to surrender, but
after a sharp fusillade, they were ob-
liged to hoist the white flag. There
was stiff fighting at the Iplik Haneh
barracks, where the mutinous artilery-
men, who recently arrived from Tchat-
alja, were quartered. Perhaps the
most remarkable feature of the attact
upon the city was the great number ol
people ot different nationalities, in-
cluding many Europeans, who throng-
ed the streets immediately outside ot
the aone of the firing. Everybody
showed that confidence had been In
spired by the discipline, valor and
friendly courtesy of the invading army
particularly the gendarmes of Salon-
lca.
While this attact was preceding an-
other corps of Salonlca Infantry en-
countered a sudden attact from the
artillerymen In the Taxim barracks,
but these were only supplied with
rifles. Mukstar Bey, commander ot
the Salenlca force, fell dead, and many
were killed or wounded in the Aral
assault
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