CHAPTER 20AN HEIRESS IN TROUBLE
“And yet you have some doubts, Miss Templin, whether it really is your father’s body which lies in that vault back there?” commented Nick Carter, as the young lady indicated that her story was told.
“Yes.”
“And that Mr. Lonsdale, your guardian and affianced husband, has in some way deceived you?”
“Mr. Lonsdale was my guardian. I am now of age.”
“But you have not answered my question.”
“Well, I had rather believe that if I have been deceived about my father’s death, he has been deceived also.”
“Why not wait, then, till he arrives in New York before making this investigation?”
“No. I greatly desire that it be made before he arrives.”
“And if you find that the man you saw last week is not your father, you do not want Mr. Lonsdale to know that the inves
