CHAPTER XXX.-''CAN YOU

Lake County Press, Issue 2738, 13 June 1918, Page 2

CHAPTER XXX.-''CAN YOU

FORGIVE?" A telegram from Dolly recalled Mrs. Abinger to London to listen to a storv which set her hair on end, but had its consolation. The same day there ran like wildfire through the -bibs, the rumour that there was a law in Lady Trevarrack's marriage •crtificate; and that Trevarrack was u.t Trevarrack at all, but somebody >lse; furthermore, that Hugh was to take', not only his title and estates, but the lady who had met with these strange misadventures, by special licence and quite privately, as soon as the law would allow. What did it mean? Curiosity and speculation were rampant; there were people who would have given their right hands to know the truth, and others who made wild bets. It was reported variously that Frank had another wife living when he married Dolly Abinger; that she had contracted a secret marriage at school, and that the husband, not as defunct as had been supposed, had made a dramatic re-appearance on the scene, only to die by his own hand; that old Lord Trevarrack had not been his father's son; that Frank himself had been changed at nurse! But as both the Trevarracks kept out of the way, and "Lady Trevarrack" was not at home to inquisitive callers at Norfolk Street, and Mrs. Abinger, who onlv babbled when it suited her. confronted friends and enemies with the countenance of the Sphinx, trustworthy information was not to be had. Even the newspapers knew nothing beyond the few bald facts of the case, which, were already public property. (To be continued.)