The Ironmaster's Daughter.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8297, 28 November 1906, Page 2

The Ironmaster's Daughter.

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CHAPTER XXV.—Continued.

' r . ,; i«yll ",y *'•'<' , n - < "I'll shoot myselfc if t ,?absolutely above reproach.-'; ,He sprang up, and p&ce3 the^cati^pt 1 . ■ .His_jhias- ■ ter was amazed, "I love she has told me all her sad story ; •we are engaged to: be • married-r+r-and; • she loves \^^a&;' n ligly>'' u: awfe* He stoppefljto JwipW'ite tion, from hisface, and Dick regards < ed him kindly. \, ~. , . < "You truest fellows-breathing, Bensoii.i :o il: / should hate to see yoa make a > take. . , >•'*'>ajii »>T "There's t ftQ when?,, Hilda Craven dsiconperfi.ed*" b,e 0 -asj- 5 , severed - she were a cdnn'cir m- n the 'dock',- -I'd- 1 still know that it fault o! her 0wn.',;.,;.. "I honour your faath, Benson. But find out'forks'wMt':©itke(RwfJ i erell does %£ \ small, ponderous nameJoUßalmgral. me see—yesi--iL-i&'« a mile Park, or Victoria I?ark,-I'Mievgh|' is called." - "Yes, sirf 1" kiow taken myff ¥'* . JeJdß.M'af.'A A ■)>; nor zmls-izvl n is iny aM;3ei|lon: ! Deverell is an ol'd 'schMfemW l aB(P an ©ld enemy, too. Just find"slit-'-s what he is 3#" ] & .14-,-'>U • «j w ill—rfr'Will* this "No greater#?-' M"*vr m*U ?oi I. "I'll go now r'ira no trouble. got my active —alerts all at .Qi&Pa.: .j ( Jbsj rgjjjjss sparkled. ' 1 f l j Groveii"is, all right—l know ;: tHat' , ShßiS r © ly used angel. >■■*'/ 'v-it '"(•'itit- 1 * "Good night," DicV^rgWltig 7 his hand. al * other, hundred a yeftr to get married on, Benson." ( , , n The chief clerk father "Who wouldn't work governor as lie is," te thought. - "Hut iiv'swigni; 5!^": v: He mounted his bicycle and Sped away. He had never riddQß ; . faster,,J in his life. He wanted to find out 1 all about Duke seVMl'- ■ -reasons. ... , ;l/ ;: , u ., ; .. w1 . i,r, Away through the quiet, mopnlit lanes; -past gardens t fieldsjj.ana_ houses he-'whizzed■ir policeman- called wpo»;him .to but the Mediate ; -B6'nsotf : 'la.ttgh^d l ' | in , ; his face. chase, ptife 1 on; speed. ... .I'lll Soon he saw. the glow of the furnaces—he heard thef ling of Bfflbfevand He slapkened ( Ki TA| he wanted |was onJy/:,[at down the hill.- - He - dropped -off-the. bicycle, and' 'wheeled-' thfe' curbstonel";\;T:W ; ;%bo^a^:m^^ by a great E 'ftp? he examined-' the.- hotises'i' owerioiby one. Ah/fe the one at" tlife eM;' surr6tinfled J by 'an old fashioned garden. .; AlPat- once^^Qypr^^th^(Jw^ lamp stood why.. thel pqlice^fta y , ( been so insistent.!. .'He to a-djust it, and whi|e he" wasl "'&mbliiig''f6r matches", Ke/ J heard' 'the 1 voice of a and :i a: '!: He would have*! known in a million!;:It ri 'Hildai .Craven's, and she

' tl / ...J/"'-"ShalkiTsee-iykib tomorrow, mn-t: •. ing, :: • She '"4';;; '"She.ia.gobg.to.the.concert with me," thought Benson. Qh, how.his? heart leaped. ' "No, it isn't safe. I'll • write if anything happens;" ; •;' •■: %■•- ~ The man growled something, . raised his hat, and Hilda sped .tor . wards Smethwicka s ' ■ i-= t The man stood" irresolute for a few minS^s'j. ihfiir lit"£i '.6i^ar. 1 '-As • the match flamed utf B : re£dgj' : ; <mzed him// ]tt was puke 1' * The cigajf finii- !! ihe' man swsr&'" c ' "Hard.as a robk!" he : ; s&id,'- aloud, flinging'jt/away.'*' \vislr that #d •' gone bacl':sb HiMa." There's'noQijpg to bed." ' J , ;i ' : '' ' {6Wjr; He turned into the garden, and ® heard and £»W« of jroiu^ag he was heavy chains, •' _ At f t' J'-Jj'liiil i.-iiu-f.f JovVi" :ju i

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Dick Tressidy_ watched his chief clerk speed amy in the deepening dusk, with .'many "How many good men have been spoiled, jQri&mpulous -women?'' he.. reflected. A dozen names in history flashed through his mind; then he became <» hvaaqs wa*n seething,., The..smallest .mental ex- r ertion , TOrt^'reS I hM , bey 6M J ' endift'- t ance. .i>\l oiuS > "I feel i-iiiSomieawas;jfthat'c:l*aw standin^'bn^he'-foWii 1 !? 1 ' and'havc n$ vfltMffi'iwA?i i muttered. He turned to the letters. The first was one of condolence. He had a hundred such, and among

them expressions- o£--sympafcky from .royalty. In i be - a greatliian liaci' 'ssss§■] ittwayi r l | - - •'i''!Then >he •.>American* let'tetrand ' jejMit'to^riead." u ' ! u ' be coiwfiiroteD.j"P ~ - J -BO I'Ji i.'r.lclhl'