e! Oh, I am
sure it was! I am as sure of it as I am of being alive at this time! Oh,
Mr. Lyle, don't you remember the wonderful personal resemblance between
Craven Kyte and Mr. Lytton? They were counterparts of each other, except
in one small particular. Craven Kyte had a black mole on his chin. And
he was deeply in love with Mary Grey, and she could have done whatever
she pleased with him. She could have persuaded him to personate Alden
Lytton at that marriage ceremony; and I am sure that she has done so. I
feel a positive conviction that he is the man."

"The explanation of the mystery is a very plausible one indeed," gravely
mused the minister, with his bearded chin in his hand.

"It is the true and only one," said Emma, emphatically.

"Where is the young man now? Has he been heard from yet?" inquired Mr.
Lyle.

"No; I believe not. He is still missing. He has been missing ever since
last September, when he went away for a holiday. That is another link in
the chain of circumstantial evidence against him, for it was in
September that this marriage was performed."

"This looks more and more likely," mused the minister.

"Mr. Lyle, this is what must be done immediately: Advertisements must be
inserted in all the principal newspapers in the principal cities of the
United States and Canada, offering great inducements to Craven Kyte,
late of Wendover, to return to his home, or to communicate with his
friends."

"Yes, that must be done immediately, even upon the bare chance of his
being the man we want. But if he _be_ the man, there is little
likelihood of his making his appearance, or even answering the
advertisement. If he be the man he knows that he has committed a
misdemeanor in personating Mr. Lytton under these circumstances. And he
will not be likely to place himself within reach of justice."

"Then we must also supplement these advertisements with others, offering
large rewards for any information as to the present residence of the
missing man. And this must be done at once."

"Certainly, if it is done at all. The man must be found and produced in
court, to be confronted with Mr. Borden beside Alden Lytton. My dear
child, your woman's wit may have saved your husband."

"Heaven grant it!" said Emma, fervently.

Next Mr. Lyle informed her of the proposed arrangement by which the two
newly-married pairs were to give up their bridal tour for the present,
while two of them, himself and Laura, should go home t