HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1897-12-31, Page 2Waken, "there were trivO parties sworn him to leave town?" ‘. coffee," replieel the good• -hearted souh Late that night Jaspes Lamotto applies he hacl made a blunder. "They have
toaley, who ilia not te4 all they knetv sirt" startin and coloring, , chore_ ..
-117e "I hope and beast tint si'vbil s .. .
t • ' " - tor acanittance at the door of his &nigh- hunted up SQ1110 pretty strong evidence
eoncerning this affair. e One was—Mr. hotly. ter's sick room. Constance opens the door against Heath, and the coroner's jury
, will recover very soon; laSt if tche strows
laritneis Lansitie." '• --------"li, you araware of. that feet. NVOlSe, you must let me
• ebelp yen all I softly, and. as his eyel& fall upon her she brought in a verdict against hint. You
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• dycls." ,,1 "Ilow clicl Heath treat it?" aim mid darkens his batman' °mutton. At this moment there came a soft tap
i tinge rolled swiftly acres:4 the bridge and ,
Rey colsna hOtly', alla half Stal.'tS from "With utter indifferento." : towinds Wardour; and seis Mrs, Allston, ance. Of comae it is obly a fancy. In on the outer door, tvhich Constance at
' 1 shock thlit fell upon the house of Sittgik. another Moment he is asking after his 0/1Ce recognized. Mechanically sho moved
bitt wet. O'Meara lays down hie pen, and "So! And did ho, to your Imowleage I for the thno at 'mist, ,, vas spared the
that individual proceeds with unruffled
tar iterosg r.t his dint -temporary, but re:vivo other warnings?"
"I am quite sure lie d not." I ton, scarce fifteen minutO later—thtenewe didt,iler ert with grave stilleitude.
In le is mine ; A lot mus not, e e-
' t I • t ' b di fortvard and opened thoscloor. Mrs. La-
motte stood on the thresifold.
serenity. ': "During, your call a •Warclour Place, t ' n 1 ' 1 - - "- "II 1 1 1 '-' turbe,(1;" eo Constane I tells him. .And
' of 7 1 11 3.3erell'a muraniS, • d tho Intl:nit Seeing the doctor and i onstanee, she
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at amazement, she heart all there le to —watt woula Ova' ttne thousana ciol. guess ati tne calanaty that has nefallen
ytt St..,4V.r;
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, ot home ill IIeathle toll, ell that the servants know. .A. airs two! throe! It Rhea he done t I
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Xf4X1,4 )k4 X 14.• 1..4 X64 X? unte..1." Fhell be free! free! Sass! Hal hal Cott- rflui tWo women exchanged glances of
sower came tellin on! the Lame fasts
s, ...0 • r , ' .4 id ... 64 4.4 ,
L. "Qnito at home.11 1 Joh% Burrill's body has been found lu
; "Thank t-ou, Mr. \ andt-elc." Mr.
otC"... ,...,/Ect. yItille. Fsitb.11ri(lisi; tittirntiap ttoariatme N'v! 1.1.;11trs ali;
d'a'rv-, ..itle 'k:...‘ Weciron draws hack from the table and.
;1St i tor tho sonata time to -day you. have
LA\73.177N"Cii 'M. I.ViNCI-1 ...... 1 pvg,c,co. 1padirg questions, and withbeld
rok Inor.> than you heve told. Tait I won't
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,r t "'‘ Lear roam I, eeei that ,von aro resolved
Atti:mt of. °A Vrrnattofs Crime," "S•gtal Artistes Waszli' "The Lett '1.1: I not- tell why Mise Wardour summoned
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e.• ^,4i7 ' find cut In some other way,"
...Sat Sat 1 %ate .1,, assistattt atettga ate' ata at-• Natattstja sits 'w,a.w..- sna ...t,e' .\ ?.,14, ‘4.1,, '.. e ' "Tizzoik yon," retorts Ray, tatter
site atenta- ga ye.,: &teats 'asst.. pntnes tia...iotte, et, . a t et. to. , s.; on. . "It win be 11, rOlief to 111P, if you.
stairs.
sat an. -. a st 1...'11\ ••?•7"; ,i'l ,!tt ,Pi.•••'N-.4"?!..>li::'-rt ".4‘ •^!..!!;:7;i3:::!!!!‘ •.e.Z.,43.77'4,1 '.1:%..•'..1;')C... 11 IAN did tho news. she had twat heard below
• en. aet slit:it:sat t'Sh. si t7li's.n-;;IN is-R-Pita•sitnaTastt.• 'St IS ,-"ii-S•ai a t I a' s Stat s m t ..-- nut ma oa , ean e() so. Qa.a 1 anstota any tame (Inca,
' I.ntense feeling has ben tor so long
, s A., Ale UMW:. or over -Mee scruples•, besides, ' tini1rt sil•-•'''
".N Ot tcanight. ,Ana, Mr Vand.v.ok, as frozen out of that hipanbred, haughty
• "Oh! hot" cries. O'lleararubbingIii
!).... feloncl. of Clifford _Ranh's', we tz. a you
kande together briskly. "Sol we are Wak- I know too much already. We three are
face, that the look of thi eyes, the cam-
iere to help .Clifford Heath. Mr. Vest-
ing up! why didn't yen mention ali this I ) iseip is, am,[ to same our confidence. preasien of the Pp, that:KM 4MA hour
ayelc, can. ,you not trust to our discretion; "
, - , of the entire czenutenanea, amount alsallet
beton)? But there's time enough! tittle - Note, we must Dona mit fitet, if Constance .
. you may Lo able, ;unknown to yoursea,
.enough. yet. I'll hese the body examined.; Warstour is enen, •1 t 1
es rt(1- . 0 t -asnoTtel and to a trinisiStou•ation.
to speak the word that will free your thh, .1, the' e
I. and by the best surgenns, sir; and ru see 0 es go:gement be- , She dsows Consamee away from the
I.- you: to-raorrow, early; good evening, ty-eelint hers'elfalaliediDotO 1 Heath. Can.vou I
friend from the foulest charge that Wes S'
t . ca • ." ' o '
ever preferred against z man, tyiii you • bed, arid into the dreesing room 1
suezooet a plan?" Then, in a veice husky with flIp1.1%*Q.,04.1
U‘',1'01111.
i glleSti011.5 ankly, or—must iat, „ .
. "I'm blessed if I understand all this" angwer 111Y ...OF, relates Bay
place 1117 11011C3,., my S gughter's life, the.
"Conetance Ware° r, I am :theist to
1
Wlinettr "A 'SIenr:er Clue," 44 Dang,Ilacts. Osersasst;'
int old cellar; Frank. has just gore ritl-
ing a. madman, to see. • that tie body
tared for, and to. bring it home. Airs.
Lamotte has been tala the horrible news;
has received. it Ilito an icicle; has ordered
them to prepare the drawing room for
the reception, of thg body, end has. gone
bactk to her deughter.
AM tide Constance hears, end. then,
strangely startled, and treguely thankful
that liazink Is" not in the house, she goee
up to the sick room. Mrs. Isonette riw
to greet her, with a look upon her face
that startles Constance, even more than
e smile breaking
for airs. Allston,
1,1111t1 t stl t. y p z have me."
mo \vita Lily mouth stelpped all through The ettlra,. resolute times of the Btranger "Good!" cries Ain" Wearon. "IS:sea-
I this queen canfeb. I wont a little light have tbeir weight: with. the mystified Rey. knee, -
j cm this subject. What the deuce ails Instinetively he feelS the power of the •
, Heath, that he won't lift his voice to de- man mat the weight: of the argument. : •
fend birocE? And what the mischief do "What do you wish to Lnow, sir?" ho CHAPTEIS XXXII.
mese:ton, she caldresses, her as foil:in:a-
1 burst out Day* Vandyels, tvhen they had wo set detectives to hullit for the inform- nt..et his snot osenti
1 ation you could so ate: y give?" ' aot am bey os, v
you. 3,,t lam throw autty his best elm/tees staistlY. "I am ready to serve During the n11' -h- that FnIV Sybil Bur -
tee? I never liens' of sueltfoolhardiness." Cliffora Death." rilPs l'041Sql1 shot vest. under the long,
"Yonne; , team" rentrts the lawyer,
with a eneer einint upon: his face, "just
,at pett •• hey), no ZiF0;fOr that tongue
• ot r!te7 i`e 0:5'OS and ears,
the szleto toe hater; nut I'm going to in-
clude yo' Nen^ inmortant private-
consoltatiae; 41W, tion't op n your
111 I asks you to; and
tlei : ..n oge open quick enough
Errd tmou
"
nis XXXI.
"We111!"
1: 17.4 WC1:•;-•(,"1 or 'the 7:70W Torte
nits- •t lie sits
at it•-• c•'.- in the little antt•ats
• sass 1:ton: a; Intl& anti is ht s aies, end
a • etarols S
d5s1 ; a hstr:•••• t""•1;.:. sf:14:011iy
1•111'0 11Z• has
loan to •Wv(1.11.i11{ und
he is ant 'goals waioleg ;to !eta how
twa :et ":„..rol.OF0 to save it:IV!: the
gi-110Ws 'P.••tt W11,1 will make no effort
to sove las -..11.
; tin Wedron. nt liave
seen t:`;', •,•;;. "..t^•
'W 'lasts ann.'
••
;.•?'•
z etetrictedf. Fos, .1",,`?('in
my note : ass. I to. o l'orS '1',4•14:18
,I0411 ;,',.1:1•S011."
05Si-sea, tonic a '.:.; nom bon; za.el"SiM to
hie. goestioness the Ion 1" rents
rapidly, cat 151,-..0M.- ;•e
his h at.
1‘St," he 1:, irst• hie eye& tram. the
noto "no' ar Heath tofet t to de-
fend 1‘1•USI(Ve;t, • • 'IrMMITI:t
s$1.11.410111.-: ;-!Mit . (loos, sla anew
yew.- chste vi 1 • o • ; tvitth te look itt,
you,
Noe zt timished,i but otteying
onion& like , it -...i.01;t11,
11.111tf4y.
77".7 • SIL Wearcii, with
• 000d ',it "let's eta down to
usienigs. snelyen. . I tr.I11 .11(1`e to
Se CI; ancl I i." .; itsts cze tie) In-
qu s., I S. M..' long expetlioies in this
sort or 1 errive iit 71,7 coa-
elm-lolls. nos • '7-, co ter a tc-:+*- oi- •it- own.
OSineore., p sre to write- it. tele:eels of
our letzaots.••
"Ot te.too i•ncesninee," cortatt te.. law-
yer, arowina mm snd paper toon-sel jam -
self.
"02 nit s• -,. :innings then. ; Flag, ; txa you
rents. 0' ,....:iso?''
Logy."
"•aa:11, ;Voss ; and don't etop to be aston-
ished ot sigiting 1 nuty say. First,
Citing:I 'Moo. log.ws williIstole his home"-
kerealtt; • ;•••1 w1-.•; stole hig anat.. n
A Snanz. oS tcoprobation .Sror 1 U'aleara;.
a stays el tetenitianont from Roy.
'iSr ansa tatton, Heal). has resolved
to cant -at ., he 11-,14.' Sclutch, seratch.
"Bet Ito (lees Tlet itsa at eill sure that the • completed, Sara Latinate herself armearecl;
' "Yes v • t• ao on." 1"
ono wit& ett.:• his belongings is the one "I eta -used. myself to Ilcath, and, just she was pele ante heavy eyed, and seemed
' who etmeic. the llow." ., as I was leaving the °take Lamotte came much agitated. .
s llsn stares in eattonishirient. "Parcion my intrusion," she bagan,
; in. He challenged me, . in handinage, as
though. he had a tight to say who familia "As Heath's lawyeriPt The room
'Now 1ell. thite 11LS been a piot on hurriedly; "I am uneasht about Sybil;
. fooe easing_ Iatith, lind 1 toelitwe him to : : tis ) man; she keeps aloof frotn the drawing -
visit -Sarum% Ho °Yellen -id 1110 telling ' Silo is ,growing very restless, :told for 31101'0 ro011li shuddering when eongtelledto pass seenied to swim about her. She turned
hate Leen invota of IL" ',He is looking Heath where I was •toina." -. ' than an hour has called 4 nceasiAgly for instinctively' toward the door of the
,F,closed doors; living, .I.ohn Bmaill was •
guinilly. "During my eall, 1 4de some allusion ; tvould come to us this niasning? Her- The day passes, and Doetos Heath does close to late old doctor, lifting her pale
' "' s-tra AlT• to Lamotte, speaking of him as her ac- strong, coohnerves might ?tave some in- not visit his patient At Intel-11as. Slur- lips to his ear.
SSut down this, CUMe•tre " o
Weoron, antaenly withdrawnies nis gaze. copted lover. She -did ndt deny the charge fluenee- upon poor Sybil. t ing the. long Afternoon thea have dis. I on t undels end you, actor. 1 t
"Doctor Heath hils nothing, to "Slush for rely language implied, a d I came away "I am sure she will . come," replied cussed the 'question, "What ' shall we do has Mr. O'Meara to do with the murder?"
In hie past. He withholds his stain- lallevina her engaged t . L• notte When Mrs. Allston, warmly, "and without a t k , the'Alert ulet'vhen the doctor ' "Hey? What's that? What is O'Meara
throcitta pride, not through tear; but it I returned to Heath a °glee Lentotte had moment's delay. I will drive home at emeta• going to do? He's going to defend young
may 7A° 11000SSar7 to tell it in court, in gone, and Heath asked me, tether ; once, Mrs. Lainotter and send Con. It is Constance who soles tho problem.
it Heath." Then, seeing the startled, per-
, ,
,john Burrill previous to the met tins. in ' "We must send for Doctor Benoit, Mr. plexed look uPon her face, Is it possible
order to prove that he did not know abruptly, if I believed Miss Wardoue stance back."
would marry Larnotte. ;a replied, that 1 I "Not until you Mao Ilea' breakfast, Lamotte; Doctor Hazth's, tardiness will you have not heard about Heath's iirrest?"
name Burrill's cottage; and, if he roruses did believe it then, for the flret time." ; Mrs. Allston. And how can. I thank you furnish sufficient amuse' ant. Doctor She shook het heed, . and again lifted
to telt his story, 1 nmst tell it for him." oAse het; teas, vanehen, ono you aware . for your goodness, and your help,. during 13enoit's partial deafness will reuder him
. • • her mouth to)lis ear:
It le O'Slcrott's turn SO be surprised, that on this sante day, this Mondr)y of . the past horrible night?" • 'II have heard nothing; tell me all.'•
and he writes on with eager eye and "By saying nothing at all about it, my our safest physidian." -
which you spee.k, Cliffotd Heath received ' ,. it is a happy thought; Doctor Begat "It seems that there was an old feud
bated I,reath,
"Alt, very good ;" signing, to O'Meara,. liorrille ermin thst had borne upon it;
do yeu Imow if he lizza recently had tiny Frank Losnotte's eleorished lames, and
-11- 01 Share it with l'ae, for Lathebil's sctl'Oe, I will ful dazugst ne 1i 111131 Isulitsy, anti aolds "let us go to Lynn at once."
4 .
" t' f'1:C, " " 11•11s•ndt of.' DeeT°T B:ent•lic the ifiglit that witnesstel tha downf 11 '
trv to 11 VO this teitipeet, as I hieve 1 * ti f 7 1
..t ..o -10 _ rzA.).. 1.v. 5-..,y drain ea' the I They messed on to the lower room,
trontact, ;my nitiozpoltdmettrt 15-e ls a clotted the earthly ettreet of John Burrilli
: biaved. others; if you refuse"—slie paused liquor, and. presently relopte into toilet, . lei:Lying (Joust:Ince and ITritnk face to.
young nsao 11 t, he fteen. jiltal, or—" 1 ltlre. Linnets() end lira. Allston hovered ' a 31 '13113 and then ts%ispered Iterizelya- It is mitinigitt. In the it hrary ef .S4:14)10- ; face.
"atn•nn11: ' 1,\ t4 in °'McitT:t I '`whY• over the bed whet:0111y ;lybil, DOW tossing t ,. . ., . .
. sea rat'use I will lock that chant- ' ton Jasper Lamotte eits ar. his &Rh', por- ; Constance movedlicade a pace as if to
ber doir, cznd Sybil Lainotte shall the In ing Ovt,r. a rale of pzir.sr.,,. Ilin .( 114 „tins • re-enter the (knitting -room, blurt no mit 1
dame, tb.. door , stectorc•ly •, anxiety os she was, to hear more eon -
in deliriuim 110W sinking into 171S01151- ! •
bility. Early in the evOiling Dr. Heath ' her t. 131)112 ti 033' 1 twill rill* an oar aro -cdciadt:
con -
11 130011 sunnuoned, abd he lmd respond- t that I cannot itust ngthin those . walls, loeltea. Stow cod ihrii Ir• ritca: sod ItiCeS : corning Cliffold Death, her womanly net
ed promptly to Mrs. Lanot•te's maw call. . or the head. of la possible enemy to ad- eat:catty up iota caste 1'1i- mom. neetien. 1. etinets were too true to permit her to
'Xhey could do but (little just,. then, ' ask information of her discarded suitor..
Minister ono life -sexing dr/night." .
eave to administer opigtee; he told. them , Ow.lr the face of Constancre Wardour lating flercely,and weerIng Kuala look as ' But Frank's voice stztyed her movementq.
there was eveey imnipthm of brain fever; crept a look of homer indescribable. In 11E18 never been seen upon the caultenanee . 1' Const nice, only one moment," he • .
by to -morrow he walla lcnow what coarse cm maim? her- niind is illuniinated, ' and of the .Titsper Lamotto of salects
lizvvton ai.stw- ' with me now. Have a little pity for my
. mad, appealingly. "Have a little pittience
of treatment to pit- 1(2 until then keep It ie naanight. • In the
all tho fearful 111)10 31 of Miza. Lionotte's"
the patient, quiet, humor all her tylihns, ir g room, all that remains or Si I i n t mr- . notary...
stranes) words is cratiped and mastered.
se as mots postilati give her no stium- rila lies in solemn solitary emi to and, His misery! Tho words sounded
She reels as if struck by a heavy hand,
face eownutstu: 111' 11 . hYpocri•tical; he, had never loved John.
tants, and, if there 'MIA 4.1ny in 1111.5(1 and a low 1110all brecit0 frau bet. opt. (Sewn in his cell,
change send. for hint at once. Ins pallet,' lies Cliffoed Death, broad ! Burrill over much, she knew.
So long she stands thus, Mate and D.We-
The two anxious women hung v.pon awake, :ant bitterly reviewing the -wrongs i
si rickets that Mts. LaiSiotte can b.ear the "I bestow my pity Whenever it fs truly
his wordq. afterwitixl, they both lantana heaped ;upon him by fate; realizing, to '
strain of suspense no tenger. .. , needed, Fizaak," she said, coldly, her•face
his ow -n ael lessuess• and the ' • •
"For God's :sate, . STM&I,h," she gasps; the full, a . • P • - a ' whitonmg with the anguish of ber in- •
peril before him, and doggedly resolving .
"thtTe have been those of your race who • ward. thought. "Do you think you aro
to die, and make no sign. - the only sufferer in this miserable affair?"
"I ant the only one who can not enlist
1 -
CHAPTER XXXIII. , your sympathies. I must live without
: your love; I must bear a' name disgraced,.
Doctor Benoit was old and • deaf; he . yea those who have bronalit abeut this
-
was also very talkative. One of those . family disgrace, even Cliffeza Math, in
plutsicians who inwiriably leave a tittit '
of news alongside of their ponders and a felon's cell, no do.ast you will aid end
polkts. A. constant talker is apt to be cm. pity; he is cii 111tzr ,.. It- ' a wane 1—"
indisereet talky:, and, very often, went- "While you—go on, 'sir;" 'anon et orn
ing• in. tact. Doctor Baena was not so shining from the may eyes; bitter sar-
much claacient in tact, at in memory. In e115111 111 the v• ice.
growing old, he had grown forgetful, ana "'While I," coming ager and faiely
not being it satiety man, eocial goseip hissing. the words, "am set ;icicle Inc him,
tvas lees dear to his ha., t then the news .a, felons Oh! you ea`e a • proucl V.)1 ,4.31
OS political outbresks, lensiness ,etelyings, and you. keep your secrets well, : yen
anti. about -town sensationt. Doubtless he en not kb' ham me tit, feet '-' . tv• !-
had lidera, like all the meta of W—, since the amused day thet broughtt
that Doctor Clifford I-leath, had at ono ana Limn t , cath togethen 1.0 iis sti. i
time, been an sepirant for the favor of the anon preferred. by you. If 1 Isom 1 st,
the proud lieireet of Wcirdour, and filet you, you. have note toe less lost him;
.steldenly ho hati fallen from grace, and listen."
wee xn) more seen wIthin the walls of I3efore she is aware of his purpose, he
Wardour, or at the eiSe et its mistrees on has her 1.1V0 wrists in. a vice -like ariPl
social occasions. If SO, he told entirely ancl bending down until his lips almost -
forgotten there facts. Accordingly, cans touch the glossy locks 011 her averted
Mg' his sceond call, made on the morning head, he is pouring out, in tnVitt cutting
after the inques'a he began to drop eoft sentences, the story of the tient:at: .11
remarks concerning the recent horror. the damning evidence is swiftly re'nearsedz
' Mrs. Lennotto was lying down, and ,nothing that can weigh egoinst his rival,
Constanee had decided not to. armee her is omitted. . ,
when the doctor arrived, inasmuch as heeling instinctively t at he utters the
the patient STOS in one of her stupOra, truth; paralyzed by VI , weight of Ms
and not likely le) rouse front it. . words; Stall& AVIZA hoed drooping
The arrest of a brother practitioner on more and more, nith cheeks growing
such 0 charge as was preferred against paler, with hands that tremble and grow
Clifford Heath, had created. no little cold in Lis clasp. .
• comMotion in tho, mind of Dr. Benoit, He sees her terror, a sudden thonscht
and he found. it difficult to keep the sub-
ject off his tongue, so, after he had given ITO BE CONTINUED.]
Con.stanee full instructions concerning
the patient, he said, standing hat in hand
near tho dressing room door
"This is a terrible state of affairs for
w—, ns Warclourt Do you know,"
'drawing a step nearer, and lotvering his
voice, "Do you know if Mr. Leman) has
been informed that O'Meara, as. Heath's
lawyer, demands a surgical OX/1111inft-
ti011?"
heuor at; all my , in your lands.
Tizere n't; IMOthet:, 11Fille; TT:41g 111
W..,!0111 to tura caul I mast trust; sane
one. I must, Inc my chiltl's sake, have
relief, • r reason, too, will desert me.
Consames, that sick room holds a ter-
."' 1 • see- a Stbil'o eecret vas con
etimeo, you': diamonds aro eafer than. relief,
nano—but what aro diamortele-1 shall "If she receives no , shook ,until be
livo a lie—let me adorn myself with lies. mental balance is fully restored, her re -
Why nett Why care? I will be free. You cowry may be hoped for; otherwise -11
have been the tool of others, Air, Bel- "Otherwise, doctor?" ' 11/
'map, why hesitate to verve ane—you "Otherwise, if she retains her life,
want money—here is, half of Ita-when tvill be at the cost of her reason."
It is done, when I know It is doms "OW" moaned, the mother, "death,
will cane Imre again—at night—and the would bo.better than that,"
Taere was the sound of a door open,
rest; is yours."
leans forwara, and lays a hand upon her . their oyes that way to see Frank Lama%
With a stifled 11101111, 'Mrs. Lansotte lug softly down the -hall, rimy all turned
emerging from Even's room. Do came&
Companion's atm,
"Constance—do you know what she • hurriedly toward thenn and Constance
noticed the nervous unsteadiness of his
mosaInms;.1'7'•
and elmaderlintly, tho earl ess- gait, tho pinchea ana pallid look of his;
face, •the teverish fire of his sunken ayes.
SW,it,:A1r8ifF: ‘ai_r—tithttatbiLltz.100I-toonzeolill,Lontr , "Mother," ho said, in it constrained, ,
Voice, end without glancing toward Con -
"Must be kent, :ars. Lamotte; for stimee, "I think you test better have
Sybil's sake, it must be kept, by you or Doctor Benoit 144.0 N1-1111 1141Vti been
ine." with ban all night, end tun thoronglily
- It is midnight. In Evan Lainotto's worn,
room lamps are burning hsightlY, and "Wbet ;tile Evan, 'slunk?"
the funiee of strong liquor fill the air. "Too much liquor," ,with a shrug of
On the lied lies Evan, with flushed awe, tho shoulders. nEe Is on tho verge of
and mud bespattered clothing; 110 is in a the 'brandy madness,' Ito eometinws sings
sleep that is brolze,n end feverish, 'that of. De nnist boivo pewogful narcotics, 'and
boaters in fact, upon delirium; beside im cessetam et his stinmlants, or we
him, pale as 41. C.0111,70, With 2101'700 will have ; him saving abOut the house
strung, and tin:Sailing, sits Frank La- 111:e 41 veritable madman; and-nI haVe
Isitiolytte,4.ttt,nriinngtilt.No.tilicslyic;111.1011os.,ha,oniVozgarl:mtos A look ,
of contrition came into the'
am told him about Burrill."
more i-Sstleee, and Unit starts up Mith mother's face. Evan had kept hi room.
wild ejecta:aims. er Musts of dentonaie for days, but, in her anxiety for her clear -
laughter. At suen timts, Frank Lamotte est cbild, oho' Nal quite forgotten him.
pours, from a hatle ItiA side, a power- . "Come, doctor," tam Faith quicklyt •
Cian'.. t ou : 'k ille thttt Weelron? Upon
I:!y rend, 1113.70 imeasimletity about this
sosie 1111:4111, PS." •
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What do yeti know? 'sou 'won't he over
"nen tam the litness stand, sir.
(131111 .11 in tsinging fotts to the slit:face,"
"Vaiye" zultliims, h14 hands serenely, "1
con't see your ta•itt, Weeirma any more
roan. can Vomit -vie here; but 'I huvo heard
Sirs. O'Ssiegn, 't 31013131 the motable future
cn. Clisorel Death tu1111 1 bave it by
heart. Not loint zone elle l'?'41:4!stire he,
Hosea, was in iovo with alise. Wardour,
and We ...11 thellftht 1'.ihe rather , fevered
him :tithe:sea We load to guess at tt 170-
1111.11'S real icelings. Dater, quite lately, . nered how cheerful, howls -a -mend strong
in fact, the thing soonzeit to no all off, - he seemed that night t how gentle his
mei my wire has con4ented on it not a voice was; how kindly'. his glance; how
little." i . soothing esnd reassuringthis manner.
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"UM" ejaculates Mt: Wedron. "And— . In the gray of th6 morning, Sybil
had Doi ter Etsith any risalst" ; dropped iuto one of her letherhies after
"Miss Wordous a - s plenty of lovers; hours of uneasy meanings, thot would
but I believe that Mi. Fmnic: Lamotto have been mad ;ravings ;but for the doe -
was the only rivid he yeer had any reason tor's powerful opiate.; and then, after a
to fozzr., ' , word combat with airs. Lainotte, just.
"Alit so Mr. Frank Mainetto has bee:a : such an argnment as has occurred by
Heath's ...Nal? Ilanatome fellow, that hundreds of sick beds, Who o two ;weary,
Laratent! Mr. Viaelyek," turning taid- ninalous watchere vie With each. other for
Lenly upon Doe', `Sato itte is nava turning
the place beside the bed, mid. the sight
Wren; (.a) you know, o-: think, or 'believe, • to watch in weariness, Sylaile the' other
about this ottachinent to StiissWardour?". rests; arty! such an argitinent, Mrs. Alis -
"1 thinle that Heetli really hopea to ton yielded to the solicitations of her
win hor st one tine, and I believed his hostess, and with:kens to refresh. herself
eliancts tvere good. Something, I don't . with a little sleep.
know taken has come blsween them." . The vigil hasi been •ein. unusual one,
"Ds you think. she bes refused him?" and Mrs. Allston 47410 very -weary. X0
"I•jent;-!.y, I Son'tsia. I think there is pound disturbed the quiet of the elegant
a maszniesstiortannt." guest chatabor where she lay; c;nd to it
"Aut. -young I.:emotion what of hirn?" happened that a brisk rapping at her
"I suppose he has come in ahead; in door, at• ten o'clock lia the morning,
fact, hews Tory geed cense for thinking . awoke her 'from. heavy, dreamies.s shim-
lxim 1.,13:'..1 -ed to Miss Waraour." . . her, and Feb her wandering tvits to W011-
'' D....ii 1" .:1.'-'8 O'llectrit,. contemptuously, . : tiering vaguely what all this strangeness
"I don't laileve it. There's nothing sly ' meant. Then suddenly rocalling the
about Cestaczame. She wOuld have told me eve•nts of the previous night, she sat up
or illy tvite." in bed and collect out:—
"I'll toll you my reatenis for ertying , "Who is there?" .
this, gentlemen," says 111.7,. after a mo- "It's ton o'clock, maclain,". replied the
naent's hesitation. "I'll teli you all I can ' voice of Mrs. Lansotte's timid; "end will
about the luelness. Se3110 'time ago, you latve breakfast in yeitsr rooln, or in
shortly after IIestlas last encounter with tho. dining room?"
Burrili, I come into -tow% one day to keep ' Slipping slewly out fran the downy
an impoinement with hien." , bed, Mrs. Aliston crogted to tho door,
"Stey 1 Can you recall! the date?" and peeling °tit at the tesvant, esid:—
"It, wzat on Alonclay, II:believe, and early "I will brettlefact here, tEllen. How is
in the month." . . Sybil?" e .
"tto on." •"She is worse, 1 thinli madam, and
• •,:" a
"I met one of the Wardour servants, Mrs. Lamotte is vely . measy; I think
who gave inc a note. It wag tl request . she -wishes to Speals ' th you, or she
that I wait upon Miss Wardour at once; . would not have had you wakenocl."
she wished to consult, mi on route private "Tell her 1 • III come to her at (meet"
matters. Miss 1,Vardouriand I, tr.= must ' and Mrs. Allston Closed ; tho door and
underg •nd ere very old friends." . ; began a 'hurried toilet; I before it was
coula not abandon a fatlen friend..
Over the cheek, and neek, and brow,
the hot, proud, loyal Wasaotm blood
tames- surging. The gray eyes lift them -
wives with a proud flash; low and firm
comes the answer:— ,
"The Wardours trete ' 110T01: Summer
friends. Sttbil has beets a sister in pses-
peritt-; I shall bo no? lees than a sieter
now. You may trustme 310 you woula
yourself; and—I inn yells glad you sent
for me, ana trusted no lather."
"God bless• you, Cone:tenet)! No ono
else can bo trusted. WIth your help I
most do filiS NVOi•i: ',AIMS:" .
Then comes a cry froni the alok room;
they go back, and Constence enters at
once upon her uew strabge task. Her
heart heavy; her 'hand 'firm; hen ears,
i
smitten by the babbling recitation of
that awful secret; 411111 tor lips sealed
with the seal of the 'Weird:our honor.
All that day she is at her post. Mrs.
Lainotte, who is resolved to retain her
strensth for Sybil's stacet lies down in
the dretaing room, and sleeps from sheer
As the day wears on . there is move -
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exhaustion,
ment and bustle down Stairs, they aro
bringina in the body of the murdered
Man. The mules -takes goes about his
work' With pompous air :old solemn vis-
age; and when darlynateb fells John Bur -
rill's lifeless form •Iiee in Stilt° ill the
drawing room of MaPleton, that room
over tho splendors of )tt-hiell his plebian
son). has gloated; his cOvetous eyes feasted
and his' ambition.% laiSom etvelled with
a eeren of proprietorstp. He is clothed
in finest breeds:loft:4n surrounded with
costly trappings; brattnot ono tear falls
over him; not one hesirt grieves for him;
nob one tongue uttersie word of sorrow
or regret; he has Bel -wined and sinned, to
L'0031110 a member of the aristoerae.y, to
ally himself to the prima Lamottes; and
to -night one and all of the Lainottes
breathe the freer beeztase his breathing
• has.fmayer ceased. Eveff Constance War-
den]: hes: no pitying thought for the dead
at chamber doped it softly, and . came very
Ilsy, gad that young man starts eyes.:1
Constance. Do you _think your rd eee odious to her; dead, he istlostheome.
ellelIFII1011.$ note in 11, feminine kind. dear. and by ordering the 'carriage tho is old, and partially deaf, but he is a bettveen Heath and Htuaill," began tho
".A.nd troW, O'Mearat4 concludes Ith'• vicanarnbes'hint against' danger, and 'begging itionierit I have swallowed. a cup of dector, beginning to feel that somehow
therm -10-3y good and reliable physician.
Ilay breathes agoin. you Fee that note, Mr. Vandyck?" fancies that a look of fierce hatred gleams know the bOdy WAS found in an old eel-
• cam,"
11 Half an hour Inter tho tranotte car-
" The other was—MA Ilaymond 'San- "I dal," uneasily. at her for a moment frail thoett sunken ler, close by Heath's cottage.
Little more than an' hour later Con- he, glides away softl. nunsnusing ins at once inferred that Sib , was the sub -
"Mr. Vandyek did not tell all that he (lid Miss Warclour mentioi. Doctor Heath." I, of tho body.
knows, 1031213 :o 110 feared, that in Fame " Vt I. t hisIs 1 h; r's friend as ho seat under discussion, anc to insure the
; Way his testimony nfireht be turned patient again being distarbed, beckoned
... apecinet Clifford Ifeittlinfiere ho can have
r no such Fieruples. Our first step ill this
come 111114.1i 10 to filld 4nt lila) Cliffora
S; Heath stispecte; and w
..e. Mount* him."
I "And that bide fair
ittertelansta' sa, s tt'Ate
"hot et all, Mr.. 0
ghat this yotina man c
Saldp we nett.
-
"I," horst out Hay,
Ob I? ; 1 Owl not help you.
"Softly, sir; softly;
. . ' .
stance Wardour sprang Aunt the carriage gam
"She did. Can you geectil what Was
seta." • I at the door of Arepletont and 171n hurried- It, is midnight at Mapleton; in Sybil
the doctor to come outside.
"It was soon after that street encanner i. Lamotto's room the ' I t heti% din I , As he stepped out into tho hall, Con-
ly up the broad steps. - he uter door
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With Harrill. I related a e circumstance; 1 rit�ocl IV ( e OpCll, 3111 (1 . rsotIP of serYauts and Mrs. Lamette and onstninee sit 120011 stance, hoping to get a : ittio information
he will not do. eat- as rio I t.' I Were huddled about ti) d ir of the draw- the bed, listening. with sad, set faces, to from him, Caln° f°Twar • ' t'll r
and s ndin
' Ing room with pal ' e riahted 2 'cos
in the doorway, partial]: ; dosed tho door
"And did she seem I -loudly toward i - t - " Is ; " • I the -ravings of the deli tis girt
and panic-etricken int ner. behind. her.
Vt. "On the emits:My, I al tilt she -Was, and I ' - ' • - • . -- ' - tn arms aloof. "How wel yottplzumed that, ' "Doctor," sail. Atte. Lamotte, anxious -
Seeing them Cons en at onee tal-ss
rises to her limas—
Does Lamotto go there on?" "if; Syhii—is Mrs. Hurrill 1,4srael" and plotting to keep --and it's often
- he it tough tua Roth?"
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done-
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tars. I expect Is, hie friend."
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I be very ill Indeed. !intently' the uestion •
37,
he triad() a prot, See of rattdying , ' iles eesy ;to do, Hush! Mr, Belknap, I
"Yon mistake, 1 Iben
37, "do you sea any change in Sybil?"
He shook his head gravely.
"There is no marked change, madatoe
but 1 see a poseibility that she may re -
with Heath, but he nev steak close to ' en s e hears tho strutting trate.
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