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_=:=-===-=-==--=- ft: [AT,L RTRITTS RPSXRVPI). THE LEAGUE OF TWELVE. BY GUY BOOTHBY, Author of "Dr. Nikola," "The of Esther," "Pharos tlie K-yptinn," "Long Live the King," "My Indian Queen," Ac. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CIIAI'TKKS :Jaek Trowbridge, the owner of Streffmi Cast le near Great Brackford, has been impoverished hy unfortunate speculations 011 the part of hi* fatiler, and fie and his sister, I) >r>th«-a, who are still left after their parents' death with comfortable 42,OW a year, find it desirable to "ve in a smaller house in the neighbourhood. lth some difficulty a tenant is found for the juasue, a foreigner nauvd d'Alvaro, who i* of t uTp "'opd, and hails frotn S.mth America, fif In-. t° 'M11'111 to witness the arrival ai,"T a °rat ^ackford Kail way Station K M U S,truck a11 of a heap, a< he phrnses it, bj the beafttiiul woman who ao^mpAui^l him. Th same evening the Hon. James Onnbv. » resident of the place, calls at Trownri.itfe's and^proposes muriate to Miss T.-owbrhlge. wh-m 'las loved for years. R" is accept'ni, and leaves, declaring liis intention to call again morning, H,• fails to do so, however, and Jack, on calling at his residence, finds he lmi not returned there. CHAPTER III. Jack Trowbridge stared at the housekeeper (iftaylet.ely taken aback. "What do you niean ? he inquired. "Have you not seen Mr. Ormby since he left for my bouse the night before last ? "That's it, sir," the old lady replied. "He drove away from here in his dog-cart, saying that he was going to dine with you. Williams, the groom, says that he left your house at, a quarter to eleven. He was just driving up to our gates when a man stepped out into the road trom the path and held up his hand. Mr. Urmby pulled up. then he got down and went away with the gentleman, and we've not seen tior heard anything of him since." "That's most extraordinary," said Jack. Who on earth could the stranger have been? Have you made no inquiries ? "Lor' bless you, air, yes. We've sent up to the farm ahd down to the village, and Williams has been to the police-station, but we can't hear anything of him." "Do you think he caught the midnight train at Stoleby ? The man may have brought, him news that necessitated his going up to London at once. "You'll excuse me, sir," said the old woman, but in that case he would have driven to the station, net walked. No, it's my belief that something foul has taken place." "Let's hope not. Besides, who would be likely to injure Mr. Ormby. He is as popular as any man in the neighbourhood." **Tnen, sir, why doesn't he come home? He must know how anxious we all are. Oh dear, oh dear! To think that I should ever live to see this day, me who nursed him tvhen a babe in arms." "For Dot's sake I must take this matter up, and at once," said Jack to himself. Then, aloud to the housekeeper, he added: "Just let me see Williams, will you. I should like to put a few questions to him." "If you'll step into the master's smoking- room, sir, I'll send one of the maids out for him. He's back from the village I know, for I saw him ride by my-window just as your bell sounded." Jack followed her along the hall to the oosy littie room at the end he knew so well. If the truth must be confessed he was more troubled by the other's disappearance than he cared to admit. The whole affair seemed so inexplicable. Who was this mysterious stranger ? He could not have been a well-known acquaintance, or Ormby would have invited him to the house. By the same reasoning he could not have been a mere beggar, or the latter would not have deecended from his cart and have walked away with him. lIe had known the missing man all his life, had been at school and college with him. He was not aware that he had made any enemies, or that he had any particularly un- desirable acquaintances. Presently Williams, the groom, put in an appearance. He was a dapper young fellow, a superb horseman, and had held his present position ever since his master had left the vargi ty. "Well, Williams," said Jack, "this is a very ■extraordinary aff-ir. I don't know what to think of it." "Nor do ±, sir the groom replied. "When tile housekeeper w,ld me that Mr. Ormby was not. at iioine at breakfast-time I give you my word, sir, dIat yon could haTO knocked me down with a fca' r." "Tell itio all can about it," Jack replied. "There iF 1, very much to tell, sir," Williams auweiec. "After we left your house we drove straight home. When we were about ftft., vards irom gate a man stepped out of the shadow of rh;* hedge and held up his hand :vi iii. iu Stop." "Just wait a moment," Jack interposed. I take it that you were sitting behind ? "That's quite right, sir, I was; but I had just turned round to see if the gate was open and that's how I know." "Can you give me any idea what the stranger was like ? "No, sir, I am sorry to say that I can't. All I noticed was that he was dressed in a long Newmarket coat that came nearly down to lua heels and that he wore a felt hat." "I am afraid that won't be of much use to us. But we must do the best we can with it. Did he speak to Mr. Ormby:" "Yes sir, he said something very quiet. I didn't listen, so I couldn't tell you what it was." "What happened next ? "Mr. Ormby told me to get down and lead the horse home. Then he jumped out. He "Would follow in a few minutes, he said." "In which direction did they walk ? The way we hid come. x "Then the station theorv and the trip to ijonaon won 1 nou: water, saia Jack to inmseif. Then, addressing Williams, he continued: "Have you seen any strange men hanging about here lately or, in fact, anyone suspicious ? W iiliauis shook his head. There had been one or two trumps, but no one resembling this mysterious stranger. "You have made inquiries in the village, the housekeeper tells me, and have also com- municated with the police?" "Yes, sir, I went down there lirst, thing this morning. I hope I did the right thing? Qiiite. I shall now go on there and make further inquiries. If I were you I should keep a quiet tongue in my head and at the same time keep my eyes open." "You may be quite sure I shall do that, sir. I do hope nothing serious has happened to Mr. Ormby. I'd give a bit, s:r, to know what it all means." "eo would I," said Jack. "Now I'll be off to the police-station." He accordingly left the house and, mounting his horse, turned its head in the direction of the village. The police-station was a very small affair, the force consisting of a sergeant and two men. Seeing Jaek dismounting the sergeant rose from his seat and saluted respectfully. "Good-afternoon, Giles," said Jack. 11 1 have ridden over to have a few words with you regarding the disappearance of Mr. Ormby. His groom tells me he came down to see you this morning, ifare you heard anything frrsh since then ? "No, sir." the sergeant, replied. "1 have got both my men out searching now, and they ..rend;n me out extra assistance from the town. As soon as the tackle arrives we shall drag the river; {.hough, for my own part, I am certain we shall not find anything there." "Unless there's been foul play," said Jack, j "Doesn't that strike you as being possible ? "Of course, sir, it's po.-sible. Anything is possible in a case like this. IJut there's another way of looking at it. The groom says this stranger was a big man, well, so is Mr. Ormby. Then again, if he anticipated any harm, do you think he would have gone off so quietly with him ? No, sir, the theory I formed is that the man who called him out of the trap is somebody he was somewhat ashamed of and didn't want to be seen with. If he went to the village station he would have been recognised, so they walked into Brackford together, and, for all we know to the contrary, Mr. Ormby may be seeing him off at Southampton o-day." Jack shook his head. Something within him told him that the sergeant's reading of the | iddle was not a correct one. There was more I behind his friend's disappearance than that. What time do you expect the men from town ? II "At any minute, sir," said the sergeant. TI]PT should have been out here by this time." "Then I think I will wait for them," said [Jack, "and accompany you in your search. Mr. Ormby is an old friend, and I am naturally very anxious on his account." "I can quite understand that, sir," said the ■ sergeant. "Let's hope we shall find him before very long. A few minutes later a cart made its ap- i pearance, and in it were seated four police- constables. They had brought with them under the seat the gruesome dragging appliances, at which Jack glanced with a shudder. Heaven help his friend if those terrible articles were necessary, for discovering him Leaving one of the men in charge of the station the sergeant mounted to the cart and the three others returned to their places. "I thought we would search the meadows first and the river," said the sergeant, "then we might try the mill-pool, and after that the wood behind. As you know, there's a path across the meadows that makes short cut to Brackford, and as Mr. Ormby is acquainted with it it's very likely they would take it." "Drive on, then, and I will follow you," replied Jack. "Don't let us lose any time. If, as I fear, there has been foul play the sooner we pat the police all over the country on the alert the better." The sergeant whipped up the horse and the cart ratMed down the road in the direction of the meadows which formed a portion of the missing man's property. Every portion of these were diligently searched, but without success. They then turned their attention to the river, a stream which wound its way round the foot of the hill towards a quaint old mill, a mile and a half from Ormby's house. For the greater part of its run it was scarcely more than two feet deep, but there were a couple of pools where an eight feet rod would barely touch the bottom. Here the drags were brought into play and the result was awaited, by Jack at least, with breathless, anxiety. But though they tried backwards and forwards all that was brought to light was a tin can. From this it was evident that Ormby had neither thrown i himself, nor had he been thrown, in there. The samo result was achieved at the next hole. Afterwards they proceeded to the mill to which I have already referred. The pool itself was of considerable depth, and at the moment of their arrival was flowing under the building at a prodigious rate. Assisted by the miller and his mftn they dragged and re-dragged until they were tired. The result, however, was the same as before. No trace of a body was to be dis- covered. Leaving the mill they continued their search down stream for another couple of miles and then turned to the small wood on the other side. The path to Brackford led through this. and, had the stranger meant any harm to his companioni here was the spot for him to carry out his intentions. But although they searched I it from one end to the other, and peered into every hole, and clump of bracken, their trouble was not rewarded. A disused chalkpit on the further side was next visited, but with the same result. They made inquiries at the little village half a mile further on, but every person they questioned declared that neither he, nor j she, had seen anything of Mr. Ormby. "I think, sir, you will find that it will turn out as I have said," said the sergeant, mop- t ping his dripping brow. "I don't know where else we can search in the neighbourhood." "Nor I," Jack remarked, dolefully. j Then, when the sergeant had promised to communicate with him should they make any discovery, he turned his horse homewards, a totally different individual from the happy-go- lvuikv follow who had treated the children in Mrs. Gabbage's shop two days before. "Poor little Dot," he said as he rode along, "this will prove a terrible blow to her. I wonder how I shall be able to break the news." By the time he reached the Croft he had made up his mind as to his course of action, and with a heavy henrt be rode up the drivo and gave up his horse in the stable-yard. Entering the house by the back way he pro- ceeded straight to the drawing-rooin where he found his sister. She was sitting there making a pretence of sewing, but it was very little work she accomplished. There was an anxious, harried expression upon her face that told its own tale. Her brother fancied that she had been crying, but he did not s.%y anything to her upon the subject. On seeing him she rose from her seat. "What is the matter?" she asked. "Why does he not come ? "I'll try to tell you if you'll sit down," Jack begairin It faltering voice, "but you must promise me to be calm, Dot." The girl gave a little start. "Then there is something wrong?" she gasped. You have bad news for me ? Tell me, Jack, for pity's sake." "It is bad news," her brother replied, "but we mustn't give up hope yet. The fact of the matter is Jim has disappeared." Then he told his storv, softening it as well as he knew how, but it was impossible to do so very much. The result was that the poor girl was crushed tLe beneath an avalanche. She buried her face in the cushion of the sofa and rduiied to be comforted. "I thought we were going to he so happy," she wailed, "and now he is taken from me almost before we knew that we loved each other. It is too cruel." .Tack did his best to soothe her, telling her that she must not look on the black side that even now it was still possible her lover might be alive. "No, no," she answered through her tears. "If he were alive he would have come yesterday or have sent, word to me. No, I feel certain that he is dead." Thinking that it might do her good Jack left, her to have her cry out. When lie returned in an hour's time she was calmer, though, as may be imagined, very cast down. When they had discussed the case for some considerable time they arrived at the decision that the only point in favour of the sergeant's theory was the fact that up to that time the body of Ormby had not been found. On the other hand, any moment might bring it to light. Until that happened they could only possess their souls in patience. As Jim sat down to his solitary dinner that night--for his sister had gone to her room and did not come down—he found it difficult to believe that the man who sat at his board only two nights before had vanished so com- pletely. It was almost impossible to realise that in all human probability they would never speak to him again. "A sad business," he said to himself for about the thousandth time. "I would have given anything to have saved poor little Dot from it." After dinner he informed his sister that he intended driving into the town to make further inquiries and to discover whether the police there had received information of any sort. "You are very F(,d to me, Jack," she said. "I don't think 1 h1\ll ever be happy again. I know now that 1 loved him always, and when I thin-k how I pisved with his affections I feel as though I could kill myself for having done so." Hush, hush You must not talk like that. Jim, poor old fellow, would be the last to with it." A quarter of an hour later Jaok set off on his drive to the town. As he went he thought of the new arrivals at the Castle. He had been too unhappy and too busy all day to bestow a thought upon them. Now he found himself re- calling that beautiful face he had seen for the first time at the railway station. What an amouat of trouble had come upon him since he had described her to his sister and had spoken to her about calling upon them On reaching the police-station he left the cart and entered to make inquiries. The officer on duty informed him that so far they had made no discovery. The body of the missing man had not been found, nor had they received any information to prove that he was still alive. "We have made inquiries at the railway station," said the official, "but the people there are all unanimous in declaring that they saw nothing of Mr. Ormby on the night in question, or on the morning following. Scotland Yard is now taking the affair up and inquiries are being made at all the principal seaports. Unfortu- nately, however, the very meagre description the groom is able to give us of the man who stopped the dog-cart, and who went away with Mr. Ormby, prevents us doing what we might other- wise have done had we more information to act upon. You do not know, I suppose, how much money fee had on him when he left you ? 96 Yeo, I can set you right, there," said Jack; "not more than a few shillings at any rate. I know this, because after dinner we had an amioaWe dispute over a horse he had lately puroiweed. 'Bet you all the money I have in my pocket I am right, he said, producing about half-a-dozen coins at the same time, most of which were coppers." "He may have had more money about him, but, if he had not, that is another argument against the theory that he went away by train," said the inspector. "I don't know why, but I feel convinced that he did not," Jack replied. "Unless he went suddenly mad I can't for the life of me see why be should have done so. He had the best of all reasons for calling upon me yesterday morning, and I am positive that no business, save one of life and death, would have prevented him from coming. Somehow I am convinced that he has been murdered, and I think you will find eventually that I am right." "i hope not, sir," the police oflicer replied. After which Jack bade him good evening and left. the office. It was with a sorrowful heart that he drove home. His dismal anticipations had been fulfilled and he had no good news to give to his sister. She, poor child, had fallen asleep so he did not wako her but proceeded to his study, where he threw himself into an easy-chair. He smoked one cigar after another as he endeavoured to solve the mystery. But though he tilled the room with smoke, so that lie had to throw open the French windows which led on to the verandah, lie was no nearer unravelling it than he had been before. He was lying in the most. comfortable chair in the room, a deep wicker one. His head was thrown back upon a cushion and his eyes were fixed upon the ceiling. Suddenly it seemed to him that he heard a peculiar noise, that, was not very much unlike the sound made when a card is flicked across a room. He sat up and looked about. him, but he could see no sign of anything such as I have described. Ascribing the noise to his imagina- tion he lay back again in his chair and once more contemplated the ceiling. It was not until he rose to retire to bed that he became aware of a white object lying upon the carpet near the window. Crossing the room he picked it up, to discover that it was a letter addressed to himself in quite an unknown and uneducated handwriting. "What can it mean ? he asked himself as he broke open the envelope. And who on earth threw it in here ? That must have been the sound I heard." Withdrawing the contents he read as follows: If you wants to know where your friend is you'd better ax at the Mitcham Shipping Office, Liverpool. If you don't know why he run away I ain't a-goin' to tell yer. That's enough for the present.—Yours, A WELL- wisfilmit. For a moment Trowbridge stood with the paper in his hand not knowing how to act. Then he turned it over and over, examining it in every way. Was it genuine or was it a hoax ? What was more -who was the author, andliow was he connected with the missing man? Whoever he might be he must be a daring sort of individual to present the letter at such an hour and to throw it into the room as he had done. During the next half-hour Jack perused it again and again, though at the end of that time he could not, for the life of him, see how he was to act. Of course, if inquiries at the Mitcham Shipping Office meant his learning something regarding his missing friend it was his duty to make them. On the other hand, was this an attempt to lure him out of the district, in order that the real culprit might have a chance of escape ? Next morning he shewed the letter to his sister, who, without hesitation, declared it to be a trick. "I don't believe that Jim would act like that," she said, her eyes filling with indignant tears. "I will never allow that he would be so base as to tell me that he loved me and then run away from England a few hours later. You, who have known him so long, should surely not do him the dishonour of believing what this letter insinuates." "Nevertheless it behoves us," said Jack, not to neglect a single chanoe of discovering him. I shall take this letter to the police at Great Brackford after breakfast and hear what they think of it and then, if they are disposed to place any credence in it at all, I shall set off for Liverpool and make my own inquiries. For my own part. like you, I do not attach much importance to it, but the extraordinary fashion in which the letter was delivered must lead one to suppose that the author was in earnest. If I go up to Liverpool to-day I shall be back to- morrow. According to the arrangement he had made, after breakfast Jim drove into Brackford and shewed the letter to the police. They examined it were all unanimously of the opinion that it was of no value whatsoever. "It is either the work of a madman," said the inspector, "or a very cruel hoax. You will' find, if you go to Liverpool, that they know nothing of Mr. Oriiibyat the office in question." "In any case I am going to test it," said Jim. "I should not be doing my duty if I did not. From the police office he drove on to the station. He had taken care to bring a small Gladstone with him containing what he would require during the short time lie would be away, and also a photograph of Ormby. He had not any too much time to spare, for he had barely written a note to his sister, ex- plaining what ho was about to do, and handed it to his groom, ere the train entered the station. As it commenced to leave the platform he became awape of a tall, handsome man, irre- proachably dressed, who, as the carriages passed, closely scanned each compartment. To Jack's amazement the individual in question was none other than his tenant at the Castle, Monsieur d'Alvaro! ( To be coniintud.)

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CORWEN. COUNTY COURT.—Friday, before His Honour Judge William Evans, John Williams, sur- veyor, Corwen, sought to recovor from Mra Roberts, of the Crown Hotel, the sum of a 19s 6d rent alleged to be due in lieu of six months' notice for the premi-Aes of Gwalia House. Plaintiff said that the agreement on taking the premises was for one year, certain, and so on from year to year. An agreement re fixtures containing a clause referring to the tenancy was not upheld by the Judge, who gave judgement for defandant without costs. SEQUEL TO A CORWEN DIVORCES SUIT.-At the Corwen County Court, on Friday, before his Honour Judge William Evans, an application was made for an order to be made against W Reea Davies, petitioner in the recent Corwen divorce case, by the co-respondent, Lewis Edwards, butcher, Corwen. Mr J R Jordan, Bala, was for the plaintiff, and Mr J G Hughes, Ruthin, for the 1efendant. The costs in the case, as against the petitioner, amounted to JB120, and it was stated that he is in a very poor way of business. The divorce action, which caused intense interest locally, was decided in the Divorce Court in December. His Honour ordered the amount to be paid ab the rate of 6s per month. PARISH COUNCIL.- Friday, Mr. David Wil- liams, presiding, Mr Evan Williams brought up a report as to the state of the footpath near Cilgwri farm, and after some discussion, the matter was referred for further information. Mr Hugh Jones called attention to the want, of railway facilities at Glyndyfrdwy for loading • and unloading cattle, ana it was arranged that Mr Hugh Jones should see the Superintendent on the matter. A letter was read from the Engineer of the main roads, calling attention to the flooding of the road in the middle of the town, caused by a stream leading from the mountain, and asking the Council to take steps to remedy the matter. The commusication was ordered to lie on the table. Considerable discussion ensued on a proposal by Mr E Richards, Glyndyfrdwy, to constitute the parish an urban district. The matter was adjourned. The Librarian reported that during the preceding month, 63 books had been lent for home reading, and 135 had taken advantage of the facilities afforded by the library. CORWEN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of the Edeyrpion Agricultural Society was held at Corwen on Friday evening, whfln the secretary presented a statement showing a balance in band of 9122 2s 8d. At the last show, which proved one of the most successful in the Principality, the sum of iE234 9 bad been expended in prizes, and an honorarium of X30 had been granted the secre- tary. The majority of the efficers of the fseciety were re-elected. The total receipts amounted to £ 515 5s 6d, of which .£19! 10s 6d were subscriptions. An application was i c- ceived from the Carrog Branch of the North Wales Women's Temperance Union for per- mission to have a refreshment stall in ihe Society's show field. The application was granted. It was decided to apply to the Kennel Club for a licence for the dog section at the forthcoming shew. The secretary (Mr R H Morris), was thanked by the coiiamittee for the able way in which the accounts aid the arrangements on show day had been carried out. The continued success of the society is due to the energetic and industrious manner in which the secretary carries out his duties.

410 LICENSING SESSIONS. At these sessions on Friday a deputation attended from the Corwen and District Temperance Association and presented a memorial praying the Bench to stringently use the powers conferred upon them by the new Act with a view to reducing the number of licences and thus arresting the spread of drunkenness. A petition in tho same connection was also read from the Free Church Council, and cae from the clergy and ministers of Corwen.-The Chairman (Hon C H Wynn) assured the deputations of the sympathy of the Bench. Mr J G Hughes (Ruthin) again applied for the transfer of the Blue Bell Jnn, Gwyddelwern, from Mrs M E Roberta to Mrs M E Jones, Plas Clough, Denbigh- shire. Mr Jordan: I object to the application on behalf of a number of residents in Gwyddelwern, and I submit that my friend is not in a position to make any application whatever in regard to the licence, except an application for renewal to Mrs Roberts, the old tenant. The new Act stated that no transfer could be effected without notice having been given. He submitted there- fore, that the applicant was entirely out of court, and that the magistrates had no option but to dismiss the application. The Chairman said the Bench were unanimous, on the advice of the Clerk, that Mr Jordan's petition was fatal. They were quite willing, however, that the case should be adjourned to the adjourned sessions to allow compliance with the new Act.

ABERGELE. TnE NEW QUARRY.—A Manchester syndicata have decided to spend a sum of £ 60,000 in tre erection of a lime and cement works at Clipterfyn quarry, between Abergele and Llan- ddulas. The necesss ry land has been leased from the Countess of Dundonald, and the Cjrniission of the Postmaster-General and tha onden and Northwestern Railway Company is all that is required to complete the schemc. The limestone will be conveyed by an aerial railway to the railway and shore, where a jetty will be erected for steamers. The amount of material will exceed 150,000 tons per annum, and the new undertaking is expected to materially benefit the town of Abergele and stimulate the trade of the district.

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