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THE PARMENTER MILLIONS
. \ . A Stirring Novel of Love, Conspiracy and Adventure . . .
(Copyright. 2907, liy Arthur W. Msrchmont.)
Bv ARTHUR W. 3fARCH3fONT.
Author of “By Right of Sword," "When I Was Crar," Etc., Etc.
Synopsis of Preceding Chspters.
Ollre rerracnter, heiress to Gregory 1’sr-
sseater's millions, Is esgsge.1 to th* future
I,orti Bolborongh. of Oxfordshire. ITngleud.
Gilbert Merrldeir. with the Sid of the Hon.
Mrs. Taunton, schemes to win the girl.
Ollre's father receives s mysterious tele
gram signed “Itsehel," and appears greatly
excited.
Ollre's father Insists that her marriage to
Jack take place at once. He gives as n res
son that hla heart la troubling him and he
fears that he may nnt live long. Olive end
l ady Belborouh, upon the latter's arrival,
have a war of uords.
lady nelborough takes occasion to tell
Olive that ahe does not regard her with
Its
favor, and even Insults the girl, Olive's
father becomes very III, hot Insists upon st
anding the wedding ceremony.
Just as the Hergvmau Is nbont to pro-
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woman enters the church and forbids the
marriage. The excitement causes the death
of Ollre's father The woman, who says
The two doctors, who had arrived
with the lawyer and Mrs. Tlsley, Mowed,
and both directed their gaxe earnestly
upon Olive, while Mr. (Mather* ex
plained the nature at the case. ;
“We must of course speak-to this
young lady alone," said the London ape.
clatlst, with a glance at hla young col
league, who bowed In answer. a
The reet rose and as they were leav
ing the room a servant brought In a-
telegram and handed If to Mrs. Merrl-
dew.
“It la’ for you." said the latter ,to
Olive: but she herself opened and read
It. "it la fretn Mr. Casement! and la
certainly extraordinary. I had better
read It, as we are all concerned. Tour
message retelegraphed to me hnre'—"It
Is from London.” Interposed the lady—
Tou are evidently laboring under some
strange .hallucination. »I know nothing
of you at all and never heard your
name. Richard Casement.
The lawyer shrugged Ms shoulders
smiled significantly.
and
the' woman's claim. ' ' the great specialist. . _
Lawyer Cs-etnent learns that tbsre Is a I leave me the telegram. I should
record of rsrmcmcr's marriage to lira . to discuss It with this young lady.'
Mcrrldew. Parmenter'a will *** *ot be Ollre saw clearly enough now
round. Jark Inslxts on marrying Olive, flbe
declines until the mystery Is seived. 011-
hert Mcrrldew makes tovs to Oliva. She Is
*iuipl<ionii.
Mrs. MerrM-w orders Olive from Silver-
beech. Lawyer Casement offers a boms to
the girl. She decllues. declaring her Inten
tion of solving the mystery snrroun»lng
• father's life. Jack calls at the lawyer's
office. He
son calls
charge of
she Is, — ...—.. ...
rarmenter's wife, whom he deserted.
|
Ollre saw clearly enough” now' that
there had been foul play Indeed; and
although deeply affected and quivering
with Indignation, strove resolutely to
maintain her self-control for the com
ing Interview. Aa soon as the others
had left the room she turned with a
quiet, confident smile to the two doc
tors. on whose word her very liberty
now depended.
CHAPTER XII.
Mad or 8ane.
"Now, my dear young lady. I have no
doubt all this matter ran be cleared up
without any difficulty,” began the great
specialist, very kindly, ns lie. turned to
Olive, with the telegram from Mr. Case
ment In his hand. “I wish you to feel
perfectly assured In ypur mind that Dr.
Larkhall and myself are your friends,
and have only your best Interests at
heart.''
“Certainly," assented Ills colleague.
“Now. I understand that you tele
graphed to this gentleman. Mr.—er—
Casement, In the belief that.he knew
you and would come down here to meet
Cisemeot learns that Mcrrldew has found
nr stolen s paper containing a Nat of the 1
millionaire's Investments. Jack and Olive
have to Intorvlrw at the lawyer s home.
Ollvs still irfu«-« t., marry Jack.
Olive starts for sh'-ffi.-bf nnd Is attacked
In the train by ('abadlsguiatsl ass woman.
The girl pretends to faint. While the role
led- Is, counting over the valuables be has
taken from Olive's poekete abe plans to se
cure bis revolver ami turn the fables on
him.
She gets possession of the pistol, only to
And that It Is unloaded. While the train Is
passing through a long tunnel she opens
the door of the * —------
Then she drops
neatb it seat. — -JUBPBIPRBII
committed suicide and leaves the train at
the first opportunity, Olivo learns that ho
was commltslonsd to hill her and leave n
note making II appear lhat the had taken .
her own life. 8ho reports the affair to the I us7"
railroad officials. They refuse to bollove «u.
hot. I
Olive Is arrested. On the way to the sta
tion house the party la met by Mrs. Merrl
dew, who professes great indignation at thu
Indignity forced upon the girl.
A Sheffield vlraso declares Olive Is her
demented daughter. Mra. Mcrrldew takes
the girl,to. her house and Olive soon find
she Is a prisoner.
"I suppose you ate quite sure all that
happened,' Miss Parmenter?” asked
Mrs. 'Merrldew, who knew what she
was doing.
"If'I were not, I should be ns Insane
as this miserable old woman declares."
"It Is certainly very extraordinary.'’
was the dry comment. “And you say
ttlere was a paper left In the carriage
signed by yourself?"
•'A paper with my name forged to It."
"it would not be possible for you to
have written sqch a thing without
knowing It, of course, would It?"
"I think we will -not discuss It Rny
further," said Olive curtly.
She did not like her companion’s man.
ner at all; and when hour after hour
went by and no reply came from Mr.
Casement she began to grow uneasy.
She was so positive he would send a
prompt answer to her urgent message
und would come down ut once In re
sponse to - her call for help that she
could not refrain from fears of further
treachery.
But she did her utmost to maintain a
calm front and to hold these rising
fears In check; and when the lawyer
and Mrs. Tlsley returned In the after
noon and there wok still no response to'
her message, she met them with un
flinching loaMfldeBck.
, -"Has Mg.. Casement arrived?'' was
• Mr. 1 MaihVtAt ifrft ‘question. “I hope
so."
"Unfortunately not.” replied Olive. "I
do not understand the reason; but pre
sume my message has not been de
livered to him.",
"Tou db not suggest It was not sent.
Miss Parmenter?" askeil Mrs. .Merrl
dew. T can answer for that posi
tively.” ,
"This It Sir Anthony Browick. mnd-
tm, and this Is Dr. Larkhall. u well-
known Sheffield practitioner."
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and awoke me up. and t would lie there
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proposition to turn'over, and meant a
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from the kidneys were dork and thick
when allowed to otand. I could not
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Casement has known me for
years, nnd had he received my message
would have come at once." replied Olive.
"My message has not reached him. and
that telegram does not come from h>.i."
"Obviously no(. |f you are correct In
your belief.” wo*-the answer. "And
what Uoca* ho know of you
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‘ Having been so successful, for so many years, in re
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He ivss spy -father's solicitor for'
eight <{r nine'years, up to (ho lime of
his death, a. little more than a week
ago."
"Votiv father?”
"Mr. Richard Parmenter.' the mil
lionaire, who lived Ht Nllverheach, Bel
borough. In Oxfordshire,"
“A millionaire?'’ he tchoed. with a
slight lilting <■( the brows us he glanced,
at his rhtlexgue. "Then you are a very
wealthy young woman?"
“No. Under the circumstances which
need hot' be fully explained he
lost my rightful Inheritance. He left
no will.”
“How very, very sad," he exclaimed,
sympathetically. "Then this Mr*.—er—
Mrs. Haley's statement Is altogether
false?" «'
. "Monatrously false and preposterous.”
said Olive, Instantly and vehemently.
"Mr*. Merrldew herself knows how false
It Is.”
”1 gathered as much.’’ he replied, with
a kindly nod of the head. “And now
tell ine something of your life sit Sll-
verbeech. That was the name I think?”
Olive told him at some length, giving
a few details of her dally life there and
mentioning spell names of people ami
places as occurred to her.
"Wonderfully .circumstantial and
clear. Quite surprising. Quite."
"Wonderful,” agreed the other doc
tor. . "one would really Imagine"—
"I think wp. afc agrped oiv that,” In
terrupted the-.specialist quickly. “Ant
so. r.h ypur .lamented father’s death,
you found yourself suddenly without
means of uuy son. Most distressing,
Indeed. And how did you proposo to—
er— to maintain yourself?"
. "I sold nearly all my Jewelry to ob
tain money to. accomplish a certain
task. I may tell you. Certain matters
were alleged Against my father, and as
1 believe them to he untrue, 1 uni seek
ing the truth. Sir. Casement knows all
this."
"It is Intensely to be regretted that
he Is not here. And so you came down
to Hheffteld where, by a strungu co
incidence. this Mrs. Tlsley lives?’
"I cume because 1 have certain
things to find out.”
"Yes, 1 see—the task you have set
yourself. Of course. Then you are
afraid there Is some—what shall 1
term' It?—some sort of wrongdoing of
-vhgxhi twv vitas the victim’.’ Home con-
sph-ncy against him ns well a* against
yourself. In fact?”
"My object Is only to ascertain the
facts" i,
•Yes, ye*. That we iierfectly under
stand. It Is a molt worthy mission
for any young lady to undertake," he
declared. Indulgently. "Now, have
you any Idea a* to the persons who are
concerned in this scheme against you?"
"Yes; a very clearidea. Indeed. But
I do not wish to mention any names
now."
"Better not, perhaps. But you do
not suppose that this Mr. Casement Is
In any way mixed up with It?"
"Certainly not. He la my best
friend.” said Olive, with a smile.
"Kxactly. Nor this Mrs. Tlsley?”
"Until yesterday I had never seen
her."
"Nor Mrs. Merrldew?"
Olive hesitated. "I would rather say
no more about that."
"Very well. Very well. Of course,
you would not care to speak against a
lady In whos* care we And you Just
now. Now. why do you suppose Mr.
Casement, being such a friend as you
think him. should have sent this sort
,-f message?"
i have already told you. I don't be
lieve lie has had my message. I am
mre he has not."
"Yet Mrs. Merrldew knows that It
was sent, and here Is the telegram, ob
viously In reply to your message."
"It has 'not come from him."
"Then do you think that Mrs. Mer-
ridew has ssnt your message to some
one else and arranged for this reply to
be wired In response?"
"Yes, that’s It,” agreed the younger
man.
"I can give no explanation. But I am
positive that Mr. Casement would not
dream of sending such a message as
that." declared olive firmly.
•'Well, we will leave it there. Now a*
to your terrible experience yesterday on
the Journey down. Caij you deserihq'to
us what occurred?" '
"I have written out a full report of It
tills morning. Intending to send Its to
Mr. Cssement. Here it Is."
The .two doctors read It together, and
In the course of the reading whispered
to one another with many suggestive
shrugs and nod- and glances.
<)!lw was wiueiilng-tlreiisclosely and , nn
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MRS. INA BAYTES
Lavers**, Teas.
celved from these gestures that they
did not believe her.
"I think tho railway authorities were
not disposed to credit that any attack
had taken place at all?" asked Sir An
thony, looking up ut length.
"I received Infamous treatment at
their hands. They were actually going
to give me In-custody for traveling
without a ticket." .
"Disgraceful. Disgraceful," he agreed.
“And only Mrs. Merrldew'* Intervention
nnd payment of the fare caused them to
release you. 1 think. The lady who, as
you believe. Is concerned In t)U* con
spiracy against your safety and happi
ness?” .
"I wish now that she had not Inter
fered.'' declared ©live. "I should-have
been safer In the hand* of the police.”
"Ah!" exclaimed both of the men
In a breath.
There was a pause, and then Sir An
thony said: "I think that's all. Dr.
Larkhall. don't you? I am satlsfled."
"Certainly. I made up my mind some
little time since," was the reply.
• Oh. by the way, there Is one other
question, perhaps. Can you think of
any reason why Mrs. Tlsley should
make *uch a statement—assuming, of
course, that It Is not true?”
“None whatever—unless she Is paid
to make It." ,
The two doctors consulted a minute,
And then Sir Anthony said:
"Well. I think that will do. We are _ ■ _
both extremely sorry for you, mjr dear j Sho shot the question at them sharp-
young lady; extremely sorry. We think J ly. "The - woman" WlW ’ pretends that
- M ' — ‘ • she' Is mr mother clearly cannot af-;
verely and that a little rest, Just for a
time only, of course, will be beneficial—
Is necessary. In fact; but that In a week
or two, as soon as your system ha* had
rest and quiet, your nerves will entirely
recover tone. But for the present you
must have rest.” ,-
Olive listened • with painful eager
ness to every word of this decision,
and whan she grasped Its resl mean
ing her color faded. For ,a moment she
could not bring herself tp speak, but
making a strenuous effort for self,
mastery, she asked very quietly: "D(
you really mean that you consider me
Insane?" * ..
"Oh, no; not that at all!” replied
tho great man with the Indulgent oJr
Olive hud come to detest. "Only that
you need a little rest. It I* for your
own good."
“But have you power to Imprison
me in this way?"
"We are not Imprisoning you at alb*
said the younger than, ..sharply- "Of
course we have power .tq-aay thst you
should lie detained for a time.”
"Am I to have any further oppor
tunity of CQmtnuidcaUng with my
friends?" she asked next, after u
pause.
“Why. of course,, you will,” Sir
Anthony assured her. “You are going
to stay with a medical man really a* a.
sort of guest. Tour friend* can come
and see yon whenever you nnd they
nleose.”
Who Is to'pay for my detention?
that under the strain of recent, clrcum.
stances your nerves have suffered se-
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ford such ft thing/
"Really I know nothin* about that;
nor has It anything to do with tu4**
and both doctor* roue. **t rtneerely
with we could hate made a different
report.**
"I'warn you. gentlemen, that tbt* Is
merely a*scheme to prevent me from
-surying on the Inquiries mentioned,”
said Olive, with aome excitement.
*T beg you to keep calm. Nothing
l» woine than excitement of any sort
for you under the circumstance*;” and
with that the specialist walked to the
door and called to the reet to return.
He announced their decision; the
lawyer added that the other to
tie* would be completed that day or at
the latest'on the. following; and once
more Olive and Mr*. Merrldew were
left alone.
The latter profe**ed the strongest
sympathy; but Olive stopped her.
“We need not- pretend any longer,
Mr*. Merrldew. This Ih yourdolng. I
am not under any misapprehension a*
to that. I am paying the price for my
folly in haVlng accepted your help at
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"If you ask the rest, you will hear
that I have never ceased to protest
against this being done," declared the
elder woman.
•‘You know perfectly well that I am
Olive Parmenter, and you have In some
hoodwink these doctor*. Where do you
Intend to place me?"
"It Is nothing at all to do with me.
I have no voice at alt tn the matter. 1
will even now do anything to help you
that you please. I believe they have
selected the establishment of a Dr.
Selwyn In North Wale*.’’
“I am powerless to resist, of course;
hut my friends will find me, and then
some one will have to pay a heavy
reckoning."
"Your suspicions are cruelty unjust,
I declare on my honor," said Mrs. Mer-
ridew; "and the moment I know where
you are to go I will let Mr. Casement
know, or Dr. Gregory, or anyone you
please.”
"That Is all I ask," replied Olive, not
believing a word she said.
She fully realised the danger which
threatened her, and for the rest of the
day occupied herself in trylng,to think
of some plan by which she might yet
escape.
Taking advantage of Mrs. Merrldew’*
offer to chmmunicate with her friends,
Olive said she would write letters which
could be posted, and Mrs. Merrldew.
thinking In this way to keep her quiet,
agreed. But while writing them, Olive
contrived to write and secrete two
others—one to Jack and one to Mr.
Casement. Just a sentence of urgent
appeal for help, with the names of the
two doctor* who had certified her In-'
sanity. These she hoped to And
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uui.uui. ' < .-VII
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