LILLIS; OR, THE Mystery of Langdon Abbey.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 125, 24 October 1885, Page 6

LILLIS; OR, THE Mystery of Langdon Abbey.

Author of " TheSt AhernGraoe^up.*'" Robbed of l Crime," "My Lady's Plot," » Mtgame Juliette^ "The Severed lives," &o.

fWe here give a synopsis of that portion of " Lillis " which has been already published, co that, after reading this paragraph, new .readers , can go on and read the rest of the story just the same as if they had read it all from the * eginninjr • The Earl of Langdon secretly adopted the infant son of his valet, Hood, as his own son andhoir. Beo^mlnßdisgusted with young Hood ia he grew up. the oIJ earl concluded to set him aside. The young man, Robert Hoodknown as Lord Robert-discovered this, and, cleverly disguised, murdered the Earl at his London resTience in Belgravia. As he fled from the scene, Ullia Ross, the heroine of the stoS-whose mother, Lady Ross, was the earl's housekwpe^eizcd him and, ir the struggle thought she recognised him. He escaped, but ww backed to his den by an accomplice, Anthony Folger.thathe supposed to be in Paru>, pe?Sn°Ung himself, so that he could prove an alibi in case he should be acoussd of the murder. But Folger had left Ma -erva.t to JrSsonate Lord Robert, and had kept on h s traak so as to have him completely in hie www. Lord Robert loved Lillis, and made aa JSeement with her mother-who w ,*f po £f' eeiashTand ambitious-that LUlis should be hia w«e;but Lillis refused to marry him. because she loved Cyril Chesney, who adoringly 10turoid her love. The body of ihe earl was taken to Langdon Abbey for sepulture, ard Lady Rbaiand UUis attended the funeral. Wi Robert had reason to believe that the old eSF had hiddenthe proofs of his (Robert's) true pI&SK ana also the name of the true heir to in the crypt of Lanardon Abbey, andSefore resolved to stay there and L hunt for the documents. It was arranged that Lady Rw should continue her situation m ■mistress of the establishment, so as to keep Lxllis at the Abbey and give Lord Robert a chance to win her: But Cyril Chesney had also attended tho funeral of the old earl, and how he improved his opportunities is told in the following chapter.]