Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1925, Page 43

Who Stole-the Bride? And Why! The Night V(Lf fllg Wedding e who sus. t of his old tour scien the cou omy ‘and £ Roney o disap nted sis. ove with ho fell “I Wanted Her to 8 EANWHILE [ S5 don't W such thi Because, if that it's your duty, much understand Anson e your word not to leave the have that,”” Wells “Only force would get me s as you are—more pment hd not re. his best iffeur, from swed without any the housekeeper m 1 what she knew, ause Ans ird from one of constabl » had it in rom a servant) that Mrs. Gillett had e very queer things in her ant was human enough to enjoy questioning her, for his own im ssion confirmed what was said her in the house—tk t nourning, d of delicate white at sts, with her long black gown, her black h two wide streaks of silver white face and her large she was like a st coal come alive her dead sic dark in c There was odd in her manner as in| appearance, t0o; soi d frightened, not just She had the air of glancing houlder to see who was be- when there was and her thin, beautifu lasped and unclasped at al country hou: Yet Sir Rawdon imself, he had hear arned whence she haped each no one had fter a very little from Mr he words she had been heard about “expecting something to “not wishing the honey- couple to come’—and ‘“seeing <" in_the music room and the tap- boudoir. suppose T am what is called peychic,’ ” she said. “I have pre- sentments. I'm afraid of them, be- cause they so often come true—too 4| mation about the woman herself. She enough if I| returned | & - | wedding night. turn | that had | .| that's why I came.” no one|s: ». | quarreled?” he asked. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1925. often! And if there are ghosts about u house I always see them. T, felt| | trouble was sure, if Captain and Mrs. | Haste spent their honeymoon here. I | had dream that frightened me. | There's a_ghost I've often seen since I | came to live at Hidden Hall Court—g woman who walks out of the tapestry in that boudoir and vanishes back Into | it. She has a wicked face. In my | dream she attacked Haste with L r. 1 told Sir Rawdon. I beg him to make some excuse \a not being able lend Capt. | | Haste the place after | Nothing that Anson ble to say | could drag more than this from Mrs Gillett; but if he had learned little that was enlightening about the disap. rance of the bride, he YAd at least ned some rather surprising infor was on such terms with Sir Rawdon Wells as to advise him concerning his private affairs! This made her seem terious than ever. Then | there was that daughter of hers, e eyes hetrayed a burning love “apt. Haste, and who had ventured while the 's honey- ct, on the down to visit her mother house was lent for Ha moon with another girl; in By the time Anson had finished his | unsatisfactory interview with Mrs. | Gillett, Capt. Haste had sufficiently | recovered to free his volunteer nurse. | illett followed her mother into den.” | Are you willing to tell me why il me to visi here just at this time?” the police sergeant catechized ‘. “Yes,” answered the V. A. D., with out an instant’s hesitation. came because something forced me to make myself miserable. “Miss Carroll wasn't worthy of Capt I wanted her to suffer, too. She wasn't worthy of any man’s se- rious love. She was just a vain little flirt. She'd been en; virtually engaged—to Sir Rawdon Wells, but broke with him after she met Capt. Haste. He—Capt. Haste— didn’t know there’d been an eng: ment. He wouldn't have believed it— | against her word—unless it could be proved. And I—thought of a way of proving it here. I wanted them to quarrel. I felt it would be the best thing for him to know that girl for she was—the sooner the better. As she spoke, Fanny Gillett looked Anson straight and boidly in the eyes. handsome. Her eyes and fea- re not unlike what her moth- st have been, but—there was some other resemblance. Anson tried to recall it, tried to account for it, but could not. “Do vou suggest that the pair had “That some- | thing had occurred which drove Mrs. Haste to leave the house of her own accord?” “1 don’t think anything had had| time to occur,” Miss Gillett answer~d. “I knew Sir Rawdon was keeping lot- ters from Evelyn Carroll. 1 thought I could find them, and I meant to put some in Capt. Haste's dressing room, where he'd be sure to see them. All's fair in love and war. I'm not ashamed | of loving him. I saved his life. He would h: ed for me if it hadn't been for that—flirt.” You thought you could find let- ' echoed Anson. “Did you find © gone."” m this room. FKFrom a drawer in that desk where you're sitting. I know they were there once. But I'm not going to tell you how I knew. It hasn’t anything to do with this affair. And I haven’t anything to do with it. But I'm glad Mrs. Haste has gone! I hope for her husband’s sake some other infatuated man has carried her away, and that she'll never come back into’ his life again.” “Some other infatuated man' The police sergeant saw a maze twisting ahead of him. It seemed to him that there was some reason for suspecting that both these women—mother and danghter—knew more than he was ble to get out of them. He began to be thankful, after all, that a detective from London was coming down. When he had dismissed Miss Gil- Jett, he had Josephine in—Mrs. Haste's maid—who had come down by train n idvance of her mistress. - And the answer to his first ion gave the old soldier an odd riction of the throat. “Yes, monsieur, 1 do kno thing to make me suspect wi Jf mademoiselle—1 said. Wells make her a threat one time; she told eet to me, for 1 been wiz her long time. She give me much confidence. Sir Rawdon say he will keel hor if she marry somebody not him.” “What, you tell me Sir Rawdon threatened to murder the lady, vet she | accepts his invitation to spen: honeymoon in his house?” blustered Anson | “Yex, monsieur, T tell you zat,” pe sisted Josephine, “because it ees ze oiselle, she ees too trust- | no man can do harm to | » not believe. At ze first, frightened—a leetle; Sir Raw But next day she ees only a joke. All| , she forbid me to repeat what | he say to Monsieur le Capitaine. She | is afraid if I do he will not let her | come to stay In zis house. And she wish to come. She wish eet very | much. She iz in love wiz zis ‘ouse. | She would almost ‘ave marry Sir Rawdon for ett, if she had not meet ze_capitaine.” | “You did not want her to come| here?” “Oh, no, monsieur! I beg ‘er not. But she say, ‘Stauff and nonsense!’ " | “You tell me you traveled down be- | fore the captain and his bride. Had | vou any idea that Sir Rawdon was at | the court? “I 'ave ze idea, ves, because I am | sure he will come.” But I know nos-| sing. I dress madame for dinner. She | is 'appy and gay. She 'as no fear. She forgets wat Sir Rawdon has said. Zis ees all 1 can tell you, monsieu The constable at the door who ush- ered Josephine out had a word for his superior. “The young lady, sir, Miss Haste, wants to know if you ain't going to question he some- at has mean [Blanersa TFB | tradequ chiyfor { Studebaker Powes Durability finish Yes, this IS a charming breakfast room! Jt's bright, summery, full of cheer and sparkle, as such 2 room should be. The floor s a rny Dutch tile pattern of Armstrong’s Lino- leum (No. 3041): her | ¥ “I hadn’t thought of doing so,” said Anson. ‘“She's so young—a child. They say she only turned up here while the Hastes were dining, or about that time. She can't have any infor- mation.” “She thinks she has, sir. She wishes to speak with you; says it's im- portant.” “Oh, well,” agreed the ser- geant. “Show the young lady in.” Pandora Haste came into the room. Police Sergeant Anson wondered why he had thought of her as a child. His first impression of the young creature with the mop of bobbed hair and big £yDSy eyes was of a girl no more than 15 at most. Now it was a woman who stood before him, a pale and tragically beautiful woman. The man felt suddenly embarrassed, and did not know how to address her. “I think you said, miss, you had some statement of importance to make,” he mumbled. “I suppose it's about this sad business. If you hap- pen to know anything that can help— “T know everything.” Pan broke in. “I wish you had called me first. I could huve saved you a great deal of trouble and—and *the others much pain.” “I thought to spare you, miss,” An- soh excused himself. “You are so young." ‘ ‘I'm grown up,” the girl sald. “I'm a woman—a very unhappy one. 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