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PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT. IN SHEEFS CLOTHING. BY BEEADON HILL, aether of "The Ooean Kiog Mystery." The Sentence of the Court." "The Kis8 of the Enemy," Link by Link." Ac., Ac. [COPYR PRINCIPAL CWAXACTEtM AND INCTDENTS 6iT GEORGE LIPSCOMBE, pn-ncip&l employer of labour &t Gra-ndport- .WIL.L CARWARDI-NE. a repreaentative of Labour, formerly an employe at .Lips<x)mbe'a 'works. OWEN LIPSCOMBE. aon of Sir George. BESSIE CARWARD.DfE, WiU'a ra-ther nighty wife. LORD WARGRAVE, the villain of the piece. WFLMER KITE, caretaker a.t Lipecomee'g vorks, &nd a. m<tleYoi?nt en?my of Cw<'n.. l MARIAN BOURCKIER, &n Am?ric?n heir&sti. m iove with Owen, but desperately beire. by Wo.rgra.ve. i The MARQUESS OF LIS:J;K!.RD. Warrave's f&ther. ABE BeTRY. a,n ajn&t.eur detecttve and a friend of Owen Lipecombe. SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. SIR GEORGE LIPSCOMBE is defeated in a j Parliamentary eiection by WiU Ca.rwar- dme. and after the declara.tion of the poU is found iu his room at his works enot. i dead. CARW ARDIXE',8 hoar of triumph is saddeBed by the death of lue little girt while Me wm e.np'ed at the pollinz booth. a,nd disireaaed by the fretful reproachfs of h'.s wife, who complains that the election has been put ftret by evervbody OWEN LIPS-COKBE deecribea the anding: of the body of his father, and hia te,.¡timony that Sir George was left-handed put oft vI the court the Srst theory that tha dea.Lb of the latter was S<infi'icted. WILER KITE iMinua.ies that Owen kB<ywt inore about hn father's death than he statee. LORD WARGRAVE, who had been heipint; Sir Greorge :n the election, andde-nly leavea for Loi-don just before the result of the poll ia dtclared. i }1.AIUA)i BO'JRCHIER forces her way into the room wher-e the dead lay, and, for a rCa.8n which becomes apparent drcpe her handkerchief near the chair en which Sir George ws found iyin? dead. Wa.rgra.ve had told her t:h<n Sir George corn- mitted suicide. a.ntl ne '\Va.r¡-rave) ba,d '.eft his cigarette case tn the room. Ma,nan Beg your pardon, lady, but is there a large party for the yaoht?" eecuree it, ajid hands it back to Warcra.ve. ) After Bessie Carwaj-ditM's suppoaed ca.U. Ma.rian refuses to see Owen. Later. she writes him to go to Gra,ndpoTt and w<Ltch Wilmer Kite for evidence to clear himself of the suapicions levelled against him. BriE CAR W AB.D I E, left alone in dreary London lodgings while her husband is in the Rouse of Commons, resolve to have an evening out. At a music haU she M accosted by a man with the silkiest roioe I fihe has ever heard. He introducee hiot- teif aa Lord Wargrave. and with his plausible manner insinuates bimsetf into Beesie's gocd graeft, arci takes her to supper at a -,estaurant. He sends her home in his motor broupha.m. ami tells the ohauneur to ca,H at the Ca-r!ton and a<sk Miss Bonrobier if Owen Ldpsoombe is there M Mrs. Ca.rwaj'dine has called for him. He also ineUncte his ma.n to swear, if necee- ca.-y. that the c.a. belongt to Lipacombe j Arriving home. Bessie 6nda her tmaband there before her. He inquires the owner of j the car and is told. "Mr. Owen Lipscombe." The )U.RWCE&; OF LLSKEARD. Lord Wa.r- gra;ve's fa.theT. is found fallen in the street by WILL CAR.WARDINE, who esco.rts him bome- wards. When cross.ing the street they are run down by a motoJ'-ca.r. driven by the nhauffeur who h&d brong'ht Bessie home. t Wil) is taken to the oia.rQuess'a house, where, when be recovers consciousness. WargT-a.Te visits him. L&tter offers to con- vey message to Bessie, and !a.ter inducee the !a?ter to consent to a. trip with heT :husband, on Wargrave's yacht, the Dragon. To Miss Bour&hier W-argTa.Te sta-tea tha.t n is hiding a.t Lipecombe under a ctoud. a.nd to Will he iCentions that he haa lent the Dragon to Owen for a. cruise. Will -retuT-ns home to find that his wife had left by Tnot-or-ca-r to join him on the yacht WiH. in his desperation. caJig ttp<m Miss ) BoTtpc.hier. who. in course of convers&tion. i tens hi-mthat Owen was not with her when the motor-ca,r called art her h-oMl. ABE BINTRY takes a hand in the gam< and a.dvi8es Owen to send a frigid reply to .Miss BourchieT. CHAPTER XVt. t IN THE JAWS OF "THE MAOOM." Besme Carwardine lay back m the front I aeaA of the great Daimler aa it swept out of Daisy-street. for the benent of the children I da-ncing round the piano-organ 'at the corner etrivmg to look as if the car and all that it I implied were hea-s. Soaring ambition could detmand no higher consummation than this. To be riding in that wonderful machine I owned by the eon of a, marquess, on bar way to join a yacht which was also the property I of that amiable nobleman. seemed too good to be true. tl If only her fellow-workers in the millmer e <tbop at Grandport, where -he had ti-Mmmed hate three years before, oould see her now! I How their mouths would water with envy, with what gracio-us ami-les she would re- I pay them! Bessie had never appreciated her I husband's hard-won contest at the election, I bur. now that she had sheared fruits of vic- I tory beyond her wildest drean?, she was fully prepared to revel in them. j Nor wm the author of thMe new dehghte I forgotten in the apotheoBis of her triumph. Che cave him his full, if somewhat tardy, due the prÏme cause of her social adva-i-cement. Bbe longed to aee him again and tell him so, a.nd to admit how eiorry she was for not from the &rst recognising; that it would take at least a month to make their footing sure ou I the heights they had attained. She mould confess to him with tears that it had been only IJaby's death which had upset her, and that she had been secretly prottd of him <tii !oBfr. WH1 had certajniy been a UtHe grim and ttta-nd-off tow,M-(is her since her evening of Tevott. But she could make every allowance I for that, and would beg his pardon for it at the nrat opportunity, slyly hinting, perh.%ps, at the 6am<- time tha.t if she had not done that little splash on her own account he 'would have been too busy with his musty blue-books to take the social p Fun-go himself. It wag still broad daylight when the oaf eroeeed Ya.uxha.ll Bridge and dived into a I maze of southern suburbs, sordid at nrst but improving preaently to the quiet streete of villad<ym, which in turn were merged in [eafy I e<yuntry roads. Inexperienced motorist as she I wa* BMsi." ('uld not help noticing that after they had left London behind they were not coing so fast &s oi-her cars which passed or met. them. and this caused her for the erst time to address the eitent 6?ure at her aide. We shall be there in time? she aeked, a Mttle nervotMly. The sphiiix-like chau.tfeuT 1a.nœd down at her. his immobile featuree perfectly rigid. In time for what, madame?" he eaid in a voice devoid of all expression. For the sailing of the yaoht. I ab<mM not like to be left bei)iod." replied Beesie, won- dering if the man were in-tempered or <mly ttupid. The yaehi lwffl not sail without you," the ehanffeur amrtmed. and there was the faintest Hicker in hiN steely eyes as he bent over his wheel. After a pauae. as though he feared test his uiMonunnnioatiTenees micht be taken for rudeness, he vouchsafed: His lordship ordered me to drive atowly. He wi-shed to be on boaJ*d to recedve you. I think." Had he and my husband started froon Lht- ua.Td Hoo'se when you left to fetch me? de- ma.Ttded Bessie, emboldened by the addition. T.Va,t, madam. I cannot eay. I brought Ute oa-r froTH the garage 'without calling at Liskear,4 House," wae the reply. OhiUoed by the man's ma-nner. Bessie made tM rurther attenrpt at conversation, but ga.ve b,o,reelf up to enjoyment of the calm beauty cf the summer night. It wa-s like Lord War- grave's thoughtful kindness, she told herself. to give her this novel treat ae a foretaste of the iarger hospitality to follow. Sho wae Der- IGHT.] I fectly frank in her lf-eomuninE as to his lordship s -motive in offering such a whole- hearted friends.hin to people who till a fc'.v days ago had been utter strangers. He had an eye for a pretty woman, and what harm was there n that? We--e not the photo- graphers' windows full of the pictures of pro- fessional beauties beyond reproach both aa to rank and morals? That Lord Wa.rgra.vc had included her husband in his generous consideration was proof positive that therEf was no harm. As they passed through NorthSeet the impenetrable driver bent forward and scruti- the dock in front of the car. Th-Bresult I was that, with a exciama-tion, he immediately increa.sed the opeed. and Bessie, glancing at the clock, which bhe had not pe'1'oeived lwfoïe. tmw that it was t-vcritY minutf6 to ten. At the "ame time she shrank ba,ck in a,la,rm, for the car waa rUthirtg for- ward a-t forty miles an hour, and it was now pitch da.rlt. I have c-ut it rather nne. but they won't start without you." the chauffeur shouted in her ear. "Why a.re you going so fast then?" fcrea.med Bessie, holding on to the arm-rest. ,omething. and it was only the pace. was beginning to caLMe her vague alarm. The leisTirely progret:s, fotlowed by this sudden rufh through the darkMCge, se'emed incon- sistent and inexp-licaMe. She hoped tha.t Lord Warg-ra.ve's silent tervant was not mad. But his answer wa<; evidence of sa,nity. if a confeasM'i of incompetence. I rsisca.lcu- La,tetl the distance," he said. His lordship will he angry if I a,in't the-re on time. There's no dans-er." So they whirled along the Kentieh highway a-nd came to the lights of Gravesend before Bessie had made n.p her mind whether or no to complain of the chr.nn'eur's strange beha- viour to hie ma",te,'r- He slowed down. and broT'g-ht up the car with such a grand sweep at the pier-g-at.es that she was half inclined to forgive him—especia.Lly m there were not :L I few specta-tors to see her alight. The yacht's boa-t will be waiting for you at the end of the pier, madam," said the chs.uB'eur. Ask for 'The Dragon's' boat One of theae men will carry your luggage." There enaued a scramble of longshore loafers to secure Bessie's modest trunk. and it fell to the lot of the fattest of all the pack-. who, curiously enough, was also the most agile, to poageee himaelf of the prize. As Bessie followed him in to the pier the ca.r which had brought her swung off along the front and, turning into a by-street, was lost to view. The stout porter panted and snorted under hie load as he led the way towards the land- ing stairs with the shambling jog-trot of hia tribe. He had covered half the distant when he half turned his head and addressed his fare in a thick, throaty wheeze;— Beg your pardon. lady, but is tnece a 1. targe party for the yacht? If there axe any more coming I'd hang about for another job, but if not I may ad well get home to bed." "So far is I know there are only two gentlemen besides 'myself, and they are on board already." replied Bessie, taking it for cran<ted that 3he was mrr4ect in her assertion. One of 'cm will be the lord as owns the yacht, lady ? persisted the porter, who seemed to be alcoholioally a,Sable. Yes, and the other i& my husband. Mr. Ca-rwardine. the member for Grandport." re- joined Bessie, moved to tender the informa- tion by a desire to nnprese even this rough fellow that the proprieties were observed. The porter appeared satisfied. and trotted on to the stairs, at the foot of vhich a boat was rocking on the tide. Lady for the Dragon, he called dowa. bringing oioe of the two sailors up the .steps to relieve him of his load and help Bessie into the boat. "Expecting any more?" asked the incraiai- tive longshoreman, spitting on the ehilling handed him by hiJ fare. "Mind your own busineaB." retorted the yachtsman, sharply. The boat shot away from the pier. and Bessie, sitting in the atern. saw that it waa making for a row of lighted port-h.'Jles a hundred yards out on the bread river. Ae they drew nearer the shapely form of a email steajner of two hundred tons loomed into view. and the fair passenger in the dinghy ¡ heaved a -igh of re!ief. which, to do her juoa-ce, waa largely due to the approaching reunion with her husband. It would be good II to have her sturdy mate's arms round her again, and to hear his own assurance that that he W-a.8 none the worse for his mishap. But at the yacht's gangway a severe act- back awaited her. As soon a.s she reached the deck a map stepped farwaxd, and, ra-i&- ing a. braes-bound ca,p. int-roduced hunaeLf a<s the captain. I regret to inform you," he added, "that an hour ago I received a tele- gram from his lordship saying that he had been unavoidably detained, and that be and the other would not end till to-morrow morning. In the mean- while we were to do everything to make you comfortable, and I was to be paj'ticulaj' to eay that the delay was not due to Mr. Car- wardine's health." "You are sure of that?" said Bessie, choking down a &ob of disappointment, "Can—can I aee the telegram?" Tt-e ca.pta.m. a b<]rly. Mackbeo.rded man with ahifty eyea. seemed for the mo<me<nt at a ioRo. "Weil, no madam." h? replied, laugbdng g'ruutv. "The fact is I didnt think it would be agked for, and I tore it up and chucked the pieces over the rail into the riveT. But it wa.s as I've told you. Here is the steward. madRm; he'l! show you your ca.bin, and eerve you with supper in the sa,Ioon." With which, as though he had said the last word in the. matter, he turned on hib heeLa.nd wajked away. There wa? nothing for it but to bow to the incTita.bte. and Besste followed her c<md'u<'tor to a p.retttily-deeorated deck ca.bin which showed sig-ns of ca.rei'uJ prepa.ra.tion. The electric light phoTte on silken hangings and a weaith of nowers. The s.tewa'rd deftly unstra.ppoed her trunk, but. sorrowfully aj&an- doning the idea of a.I"I"aving herae'lf in the Mou.se upon which she had been bu'-y. she totd him tha-t at; slhe wa.. aJofne ahe woud<t not make any change in hear a.tt-P-e. In the a luxurious meal of ge"e.ra.l courses was brought to he'r atUd, t&ough it her loneiinew, it in ve wa.y increased her sen--e of seoanty to note thia.t the table was laid for three persons. She had bearun to wonder whether she not the viot.i'm of somel.hing' more siniater j than una voidable de-lay, and it waa re- j a.93 tiring to have this pfroof tha't the o'rigdna<l I' 'ptIaQ had been provided for by thjose on boo.rd. She remembered, too, the cha-uffemr'a I' aJanu a<<; nnding thajj he waa la.te—a.no'tibecr j pmo'f that the owne:r'a ajbeeaice was unfoa-e- j eeen. WTwn she had refreahed he'raelf she <mJy I lingt'tred on deok a few minutes to watch the twinkling lights on aho-re and riTesr. a.nd tbeii retired to heT oa.bin. The sooner she got to aLeep the sooner woold the moiTow cocB<e. bsneng Will and the teirmina<tion of ain experience not to her liking. The bed in the bwbk was loxoriously soft a.nd oumtortabla, aod being drowsy with har dir- she was soon wwapped in deep shNmber. So she retoained for many hours till just as diawn was breaJcing she a.woke with a starl An instinctive pMsoMttoe of coming evil nited hor with teirror. causrng hen' to leap oub of bed and Toah to the poTt-hcta. The ah&re. close to which they bad been a.n<?h<yred tbo night beffore, was a mile a,way. The yacht was &tea,ming steadily down tjie river towarda the open &ea on a favouring tide. (TO BE CONTINUED TO-MORROW.)

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