The Twin Detectives; or, The Robbers of the Tomb — page 103: what you’re looking at

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94 THE TWIN DETECTIVES. ‘And, in addition to that, here is a paper that Archy has seen !” She held it out before the girl, who read the marriage certificate between Helen Ross, of Liverpool, England, and Henry Lyle of the same place. ‘¢T don’t understand,” said Jean. “No; but you will, when I tell you that I was Helen Ross, and that the date of this certificate is just three years before the date of the baptismal register that Hall has stolen from me. I intended him to take them, and allowed him to think he had drugged me.” | «< You were married before you ‘¢T was married before I met the Karl of Cuthbert. Yes, but, like you, I was beautiful and ambitious. My husband was a sailor; he had been absent for six months. 'The earl fell in love with me, and I left my home with him. He would have married me if I had been certain my husband was dead, but I dared not marry him.” _ © Did he know you had a husband living?” “No; he thought I was a young girl.” ““So you deceived him?” “Yes; I was only seventeen years of age, and very anx- ious to escape the dullness and tedium of my humble cot- tage.” | ‘‘“And your husband returned?” ‘‘Yes, but not until my son was a year old. He never found me, but my sister in Liverpool wrote and warned me that he was searching for me everywhere.” “Ts he alive yet?” ‘‘T cannot tell you. Mysister is dead, and I never heard of him except through her.” Jean did not answer; she was thinking of this strange woman, and wondering why her reserve had broken down. Jean felt sure that Mrs. Hall had no love for her. Why was she making her a confidante? 3d (E(0) => Gomicbooks ne