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"THE TEMPLE OF LIES." By J. B. HARRtS-BURLAND, Jht<<Mf of "GabTiet ';anthry, "The Broken Law," The Gua-rdi&n of His Honour," "The Splendid Feion," &,c., &c. I BEGtN THE STORY TO-DAY Chapter I-In & cottage QD a CarehiTe  Emr?-a Morgau, a conenimptive, i8 being visited ? Dr. Jonea, << Trctho?. Emrys, who has only three years to L, re, per.9Uades him to Pro- e1&im his death. in order his motner might t*!< jElO.TCO ''or -tfhjch he was 'nsur?d.—Chapter II. Rn'da'! t4. motber waiting for news fror;1 her son. solicitor C3.!s whh. the .1<W1! that Emrys has been left .E3<M.OOO by a. Mr. Richard Morgaa. IMrecUy a.fter Gwlady! Morgan, the receives a message from Dr. Jccea tha? Emrys had "died." Emrys. ha Tin? pre-I deceased his r,-Iati?e, the legacy reverts to Owen Hughes. the hm.-Chapter 111. opens with an interview tween Ow,3n Hughes arcl A,;drey Anwyl, the daughter of one cf the richest men jm Wales, ji which h< confeaes his love tor her. Ajdtey tells him that she loves Emrys. 'MM-ria Anwyt. ,o\.udreY'3 father, enters, and a on tJkee p1aoe on the question of capital and labour, in which Anwyt losea his teoiper, Owen having championed the 1IIIeIl's Chapkr IV Dr. Jo "'OCei"e8 a from Gwlady m'gnntly uking him to come to C&rdift, when she attempts to brtbe him.—Chapter T. taHs how Emrys is about LO escape from the when there çomes a j knock at the (Ioor It out to be a wto I icbs Emrya. Emrys MizM a. whisty bcttte alld strikes I the mzz on the head, leaving him uncon,sci,?,us'-I In Chapter TI. a solicitor caug and informs 0Tn H'¡ghes of his good fortile- He (ecidt'S to use it for I vi his I arTives a.t Cardiff Docks, and sail: on the Hypatia. urder A blow tha.t would have knocked out a prize-fighter. j f the a99tMMd jmme of Wmiam Bees. He decider to aee Audrey an moze, an.d with that intention goes up VIII.-GW!adY3 ca.11 upon Audrey. In an of silnœ tilere comell a oba-rp tap upon the Gwladys aside the and, by ;,he aid of the sees move back Jnto the da!tns. In the morning Audrey goes into the and, to her consterration, picks up a xr.a.tch-boJ: wbic!:t he had given to Chaptc-r DaYid Jone-s reads in a of the tota.' os,! of the Hypatia- The only survivor ill' a man named Arthur The doctor then. upon Lawyer who informs him that MJ:9. intends to have her san's body exhnned. Dr. Jone returns oome and poisons himself. He leaves a mes;>&ge for hi5 sister Mr, in which he askø her to bide her time and then strike without mercy.—Chapter 7ears pa, and Owen HLig-bes is now a employer ot labour, with a:1 hii. men as share- lIe i8 busy in his office when his eolicitor a:1d the information that his (Mr. Bichajd Morpm) had been secretly married in London when he was 42 yean of age, and that a son bad been born. He the solicitor to advertise in the papers for this beij.—Chapter XI.—Audrey vistta a dying Her hU8band (James coming home drunk, attempts to kiM Audrey. She screams fM hetp. and Owen Hushes TU3he<; in from the street to her rescne,-Clla-pter at her bedroom window. €rw<adys Iorgan gieo a cry of fMrror. f<M- out in the st1'eet she fane4es she h36 looked upoq the tace of t.ie d€M[—he.r brother Emrys. CHAPTER Xt. (continued). For a f<<w moments neither of the two men tttored. Owen Hnghes waa half dazed by the terrible Mow. He had not been prepared for a.nything of this s.ort. as h& might have been !i James Roberts had act been so comptetely a.t hia mercy. He had been crotck. baft not quick enough with his guard, and had paid the usual penoJty of TiBder-e6tin:ating the' power of his adTersar3r. As a comseqoenee. be Was knocked out for a, few seconds, a.nd might have fallen if th-e wa,M of the passage had not been there to support him. J&mes Roberts, who migtht have won a-n <nsta,nt victoTy. if he had followed up bia t<e'mporary advvntoge, bad turned to look a.t Audrey Anfwyl. and he had a confused idea. thiM be had struck her as well a.s Owen Jfog<nes. The dtlusion ordy lasted for the tenth part of a. mMnzte, but when it had passed the ma.n who leant against the waJ! Tiad pa-rtly recovered himaetf. "Yon ?it out of my h<"nee, Roberta enabled. "&nd take her with J?Ou. RMh a.nd poor be aJNM m this. tha,t their houses be their own. No. I b ain't afraid of yon. for <u-l yimT aKmey. You gdt. MJd take her with yon." He advanced tb --ea t,-rtngiy t<ywa.rds Bughes. whom he now regarded 8.f! a. coward, and clenched his great museilor jig-ht ha<nd. "If yo-a don't, go. he growied, "I'n do for you. by Cxawd, I wtll." Hughes gqaared his shouMeT- ahifted his left foot a few inches, and wa-tched the brute's face. The next moment Roberta struct a I Mow that would have haM-kilted a. mam if it 1:a.d fotHtd its ma.rk. As it was. howwer. it passed harmlessly ()r Hughee's ehouMar. .Roberts stamped back, hutching at hM breast with both his ha.nd- feU to his kneee, t).nd then rolled over on the ground. H<tIoghe.s -had jabbed him over the heart with a btow that would have knocked out a prize-a.g'hteT. Paying no mttention whatever to the faJAem ma.n. the young coaao-r strode paft him, Tucked up Aud-rey in hia a.rmB a.nd. m-,rvmg her into the sitting room. laid her on a. haa-d sof,a, Then he retm-ned to the ball door. ajtd htew a. police wbistte. The street was eimpty, but a)t the ao<n!d of that shnll and weil- known call. doors and windows beg.an to open. and Mrs. Thomas from next door waa 6rNt on the scene. Thepe is a. woBMtn ill nspetMrs." he aaid. .-pk-a. go to her at onc< and te41 hea- tha-t nofbimg :s the- master. I 3nd the poolOOe wiU <te&l with the rest." Mra. TTtomas looi!<d at the a-rca-t body whdch TMif blooked up the. ha.M: grinned, and p&aeed vp the stairs. &<he returned with the informa, tion t'hat the door w" lotted. an.d that she bad picked up a key in the passage. "Try tha,t." H ugh &aid curtly. "and if it doesn't 81. I'H have the door broken down. Speak to Mrs. Roberts and tell her the.re is 'tithing to fear A crowd had gathered outeide the doer by mow, and a bnrly policema.n forced bis way through the g-&Piuc men and women. It was not the &rst time he had been summoned to tha.t hoose. but it was the first time he had lbu,,nd James Roberts so easy to deaJ with. Hushes explained in a few brief aentences. I wajtt a d)0<'to'r and a tajnca.b." he said tn "You must dea.1 with tba.t brute y. I'd send for the ambulajtoe if I wore yoa, and get hun away while he'll go quietky." Tbeal he re-entetred the atttin?-roo<m. closed ')&e door, ajtd set to work to try and recever A-ndfrey to her eenaes. He found Nome water tn & jog. and 9oame rat0'k, but powerful brandy in the capbowd. In two OT three min'ates she opened her eye& sighed. and closed them ag'ain. He g, bar a Bew tnore drops of the spdnt, and she ,oacobed tiN. the tears ran down her cheeka. "Everything ia all rigrht." he said with a on-t smiHe. "Bobea-ts has been 9a<fely*dia- poeed of. I am unthart, aj)d the womaji )H)Sta.)Ta Eeems uaed to this sort of tbi,,g Yoa a.)Fe the only one off us that rm amxtous <tbout. "I—I'm better." she sajd i)&inX.ly. "ATe y<m sum you a<re not hurt?" Qmie aape. Aodrey." he repjied; "t.he fellow «mgtt<, me a na<et-y <dip ower the head. but J I cot my own back. and bl&ve oo"ne ot)' =30M. I've aent for & Cob and t 4octo4 a.od aa aoom as yan're better X& you. homa." "Cit,?yM !MIl DØ& came, OW466" mar. mured. I think God must h&ve sent you." "RottTte works on my mine, be an s'wered gTaly. 3. heme on band, and I waited to talk to each one of the workera j indiyidna.Uy about it. That doee more ?ood than addressing' a meetin, But he'U work eLsewhere for a !it.tle while." :'Y<m will not be ha.rd on him, Owen," she plea-ded. "Remember uhat the blow will fa.U on his wife. and she is a dying wo-maji. a.nd her "Lov'es t'ha.t brut<e'" he exclaimed. "The idea rid;culoue." Yoe. she l';)ves him. Ow€'D. in spite of all abe has suifcred. at his hands. Please be merciful to him-for my 9a.ke." "F<M' your sake. Audrey?" he queried el<yw!y. Then the hot co-lonr r-uahrd into his face. "Yee. of Tourae. he added bo--tily.. I I wilt gladly do whatever yo'u wish. Love is a. strange and wonderful thin?. Audrey." It wa'! tho gir!'8 turn to change colour. Owen H-u.hes had referred to t-he love of Mrs. Roberts for- her husband, and had had no thoug-hts o< his cwn affairs. But Audrey Anwyl put another meaning into the words. I w-iU do what I can. he continued. but I cent for the police. a,nd the matter is now in their ha-nds. He will have to be punished, but I will him cTj the mine. if yoTi wish it, a.nd see that his wife does cot want whil-e he ie in priaon. j "I am sure you will do all you can, Owen. jShe has not a penny j "Xot a. penny?" he queried slowly, "a.nd yet !:iwt has been -etting good wa,gps, a.nd it was onl-y a. month ago that he drew thirty pounds 'M hn &ha.re of t,he year's pronts on Hie miine." I "H< haa not a penny. He haz lost it aJI ¡ bet.ting and gambling." [ Owen Hughes waa f-i!ent. The news waa a pevere a.cd cruel commentary on his scheme for the bet-tennent of the workim- classes. Then he la.og'h&d bitterly. This waa the kind of man that would b1 made aD example of, that 3hoa)d he shown no mercy. His I'pe tisttened and a, ha.rd look ca.m€ orer his Atce. The girl read his t.hoQg'h'tc. "The woma.n." she whigmred, "there is j "ething h-gly a,nd wonderfal in her love." j Hushes looked down at her white I face. th'en. seized by a &udden impTrlse, he I eeMtgbt hold of her hand and razeed it rere- ren't)y to his lipe. I "There is something wonderfu.1 and bo!y, he said tenderly, "in every woman's love." I I An hcTir later Owen Huglfee bad aeeQ Audrey sa.fe!y to the door of her father's h<M!se. and he was dnyioig home aJ<yne in the cab. Aa he Iea'nt ba<t: in the darkneae. with folded anms a.¡M a cigarette between hja Upe. his thoaghts were entirely' of the w<Mnan he had joet left, and aJI the other events of the eveuing were no more tha.n :i. background to tha,t !,tle-nder form ajid that delicate face with its deep blue €<;a8 a,nd com-ooloured hajr. For three yars his work had occupied his life to the exL,I,ur,ion of everything e.ls'e. Now suddeaty he seemed to ha.ve beem caught up and ttang baok into the pa<?t—that d-istant -paet. when his -heart was so much younger, 90 muco more capa.b!e of iove. He had never forgotten Audrey Anwyl, but he had witfuUy thrust a!I tAtoaght of her from hii;.i mind. He ha<d told himself again a.T'd again t-h-at there was no room in Us heart for And now be had held her in his arms, and had touched her .hajtd with his lips. The phystcaj contAct had Bcorohed him like A man May 8ee 3, eTy day, and if he is a strong ma.n, ma.y strajigle his tove with an iron ha-nd. Let him once' toaoh her, however, and his strength is broken Ow- Bughes knew that hu work would never be the same to him &g.a.i.n, that hence- fcrw&rd, to the day of his dea.t!h, it would sha-re, his heart with the woma.n he 14Dvd. CHAPTER XM. I Gwt&dye Morgan stood by the window of her bedroom and looked out M-ross the town Mta<t lay white and black in the moonlight- the town that aeemed to steep, yet never alept. Her da.rk ha4r hung down upon her shoulders like a, cloud and0framed a. face so dfth-Iy white tha.t it 8Garoelr seemed like the faoe of & living woiaa<n. Her lips were paa-ted &nd her ey&s seemed to he lookirtg a.t aomethinfr beyond the wreat city beyootd the dOOk8, wheN thei* was the {rUnt of moon- light on msmy a, poot. a.nd the miaats and fnnnbia of TeMets seeBMd no more than <4nsters of chimney pots and ciothea poles in the distance—beyond even the sea, where tJie'e was a white pa.thwa.y on the woateM, a.nid a sa.Hdba.nk ratn omt lilm the crook!ed nager of a. m&n's be.,nd. I See was ctad in a thin dressing gown. and the room was bitterly eooJd after the warm bed in whtoo. sh.Jhad ftpent two hmi-s of a. sleepier night. Bat Gwtadys Morgan did not seem to feet the cold. thocg-b her feet were bare. a.nd d, keen wind c&me nnder the -wainscoting. She st<x)d there. motionless as a, niarble &tatuc. with a frozen heart and a. brain of living na.me. On the dreaBrng table by b?r sikle, sitver- ba.oked brushes and trays a.nd boxes and trmkets glittered like st-M'S in the moon- light, MMi im bheir nttdst a. dia.mond star flamed btTie acd whrte and <M-a)nge. The room wao Ia<r?e and comfortabte. a.nd there were many h&ndaome dresaes in two nMtho- g&ny wardrobes. Gviadya Morean and her mother were no longer poor. The girl bad no furtner need to w<M'k with hf-r s, to be the general aervant of a poverty stricken household. For three yeara. thanks to the g'eaeroairty of Owen Hug-hes. they had lived in c<Mnpara.tiTe Imntry. Yet the money tba.t he gave- them had burnt into the heart of G-ladys Morgan, as though every aovereign of it had been made of whi-te hot gotd. LoTe. aa Aodrey Anwyl nad Mud. ie a holy <Lnd a w(Mulerfui thing, but th-e ba-tred tb<Lt fonows hot upon the heels <jtf lcvoe M a. devil unchadned from heU. For mo-re thd,n three yea<re the deareet wish of Gwladys 3torgu&s heaj't had been to tajte verummee on the ma.n wbomt o-ooe 6ite ha<t I<wed. Day aftecr da.y had she trted to think out some p'iem for bia,okeuftc his name aod roilling his «&reer. lOa'1n. after mfht ahe had dreamed of the Umi-wlwu abe ahmiLLd ItanAte htac in$8 dust. when he would cry ont to her for mercy. a.od wou-Ld find none. But stiH t:bese were only dreajM—the foolish (tr<*a<ms of a woTnan who ba.d no power to hnrt a, rich and gumegef-ul ma-n. And on thM cotd wintter' night, as she ?to<)d at the window and looked ouA beyond the houses. beyc-nd the docks, beyond even the water <?f the aea. she knew how uooless it a.ll N%-as, ehe knpw that s>h was wearing out her strength in wn. bsa.tin? with feeble ha.nds ag-a.ingt a waIl oû steeL 79ie other Ati-cimy Anwyt, the d?-ug'htor of Owen's most powerful e>nemy, eqnld- poe.rh.a.ps, have struck t.hc Mow. lmt 6'hoe. was helpkBs a child. And the taking of the money." ?he thought; :t is that which eats into jny sou)." Sh'e stepped a/-fide into the ¡;¡h:adow of the CnLrtaii,s, a m,a.ti oajne strolling &I<Twly u.'p the --)ad. w&it'ing for him to pass. Rut to b<"r surprise he did no<. paas. He stopped opposite! tbo h<).tT% and &a.rOO. up aA 'the, window. His back was to the TBooTi. ajid she oouid not see his fa<*e. She too-k no. inte- rest in him whatever. Hi<yugh it was late for anyone to be a-hroad. F<T'r five min'T.tee he rema,incd tb<rel, a ta.!L mtlie, sl-ondctT man, with a wide fu.r coU<M' to his c'oa.t. Then he wadtked on ag'a,in. and th'e li-ght of a. street lamp fell itpon his fea-turcs. Gwiadys gave a. ary of horror, a.nd frtpped the ctB-tain with her hand. She h&d looked upon the fa<ce o'f the dead. fTO BE CONTINUED TO-MORROW.)

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