ecret. Hence his
terror of seeing Pesca.

I immediately made use of the weapon that had been placed in my hand. I
went boldly to Fosco's house, and offered to effect his escape from
England in return for a full confession of his share in the abduction of
Lady Glyde. He threatened to kill me, but realising that I had him at my
mercy, consented to my terms.

This confession completely established the identity of Laura and she was
publicly acknowledged by Mr. Frederick Fairlie. Laura and I had been
married some time before and we were now able to set off on our
honeymoon. We visited Paris. While there, I chanced to be attracted by a
large crowd that surged round the doors of the Morgue. Forcing my way
through, I saw, lying within, the body of Count Fosco. There was a wound
exactly over his heart, and on his arm were two deep cuts in the shape
of the letter "T"--the symbol of his treason to the secret brotherhood.

When we returned to England, we lived comfortably on the income I was
able to earn by my profession. A son was born to us, and when Frederick
Fairlie died, it was Marion Halcombe, who had been the good angel of our
lives, who announced the important change that had taken place in our
prospects.

"Let me make two eminent personages known to one another," she
exclaimed, with all her easy gaiety of old times, holding out my son to
me: "Mr. Walter Hartright--the heir of Limmeridge House."

* * * * *

HUGH CONWAY

Called Back

Hugh Conway, the English novelist, whose real name was
Frederick John Fargus, was born December 26, 1847, the son of
a Bristol auctioneer. His early ambition was to lead a
seafaring life, and with this object he entered the school
frigate Conway--from which he took his pseudonym--then
stationed on the Mersey. His father was against the project,
with the result that Conway abandoned the idea and entered his
parent's office, where he found ample leisure to employ
himself in writing occasional newspaper articles and tales.
His first published work was a volume of poems, which appeared
in 1879, and achieved a moderate success. But Hugh Conway is
chiefly known to the reading public for his famous story
"Called Black." The work was submitted to a number of
publishers before it was finally accepted and published, in
1884. Attracting little notice at first, it eventually made a