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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1886-9-3, Page 3.1111111111111111111 11. rHh HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, SEP. 3, 1888. 4111114 ti, zoo a family dtsvr.roe, a --what, 1 ply darltta. syr. �reu,ave W. for that 1 Why should IFyl leave me BY ADELINE SERGE1NT, Adria" u} iii a e't Wtr> ,• :after lrfueti ►alecircesee dr. CH AFTER XX VIIL IR Tat AYLIIUa. it was u►as u'eluak in the *timing There was no mien, only a Ammer .•1 starlight which scarcely penetrated the .ck bren;hes ••f the trees in the park al round the Towers. 111 oat+ of the long avenues -at the end ..f "loch the peaked roof of the houas could he awn in dem perpesure, awl the lieht.1 win- dows I...ked like rues ..1 festal limps wow,asi's tiiure, wrapped in a shawl. thread noiselessly i.eueath the sl.adews of the trees T:,ere was se•methine in her manner u( us•ovir.g which expresso. hesitation -not titnelity, hilt a certain doublfeleess--as if she were not sure whether ..r net she were in t1.., right track. dr whether ship del net hear some fs.'leaint 1,.•t,tep sir dista,.t call shah might les.l her to retrace her step. But at lest a man's gtore appeared in tide walk, awl adeau:sl lc.eard__ba, See *Meal f .r a n eureut, tken stet him and allowed hit to put les arm aroused her and kiss her upturned flee. After this, she slipped her hand into his stun sud wa'.ko1 slowly at Lis site denn the dark sveuue. Their eye., and tars were well ',eau. pied, or mire:), they *mild have seen and heard what startled the wild birds ie the brake mud sent the hares flying through the unlerwufrl ou either Land. fee that 1 Why .b,.uld it dt.tr's* yeti se 1'- I''vr she was imbuing lgalese hie alwuidet M be haorrer seas leer sob before. • Presently she calmed herself and lifted up her bead. "Anthony, what is it you mean. What do you Leos r Bet Anthony was ceutious. lis bad th.••'•thl mf tisrpld's misdemeanors, hut people's &driee." he knew that there might be other se- "Du yea not trust me 1' she said,; and tl•..sp of poor weak ticniti +Fah this gNti.. Autbo°y had to be He would commit himself to content. F` He accompanied her to the end ..f the avenue, where they husk leave of one an- other. He watched her until she reach- ed the side entrance, then turned back and walked slowly thrush the fart, to the gets by which he had come. And as he walked he was watched and followed by the uuaaeu witness of his interview with Beatrice -watched with an enmity which he had never excited in all his life before, follow with • deadly purpose by the one man who c.,nceived himself to be wronged by Anthony Lockhart in a way which in his eyes death only could avenge. The Last turn in the avenue was roach ea. it was • dark corner, from which a distant view of the lighted windows of a ali5bt smile. "Bet it is out pueatble yet, is it 1 1 must see Morten lir*'. lurelion coulee back tomorrow mid i w dr see what she says." "But you will um be guided by them,' sttiJ A11.15.roy with wine anwtety of man- ner. "11h, my love, my love, think how lung • iso. 1 have spent without you ! Think how nearly I bat lees you alto- gether, and pity ems • hide. Promise ne to follow the tostioets of your mon heart, and not to be tnluenced by utber omits thou !Lethven. as little as possible till Beatrice told t.itn more. ••1 know," he trail, "that nolhine but death shall c between you sod me. "But -disgrace r' she murmured. "It is let your disgrace," he sail. •'1'•.0 belong to lord blor.ele• fasuly, that is true ; but you neither inherit their weeklies' nor shall bear their pun• tahu,eut. What doss It matter hl you and me whet obey have dine 1 Will it hasten y,ur lova far me or mine fcr you? Are my own ancestors w immaculate that I should dare to cast a stew at your re at tons 1 limo rice, 1 protest sgainet the n.orbid folly that makes a w:..nan re- fuse to teary a man who love' her be - is some way astainat society. It is worse than folly ; it would bo wickeluesa fee yea to leave me because your -your e,•usin did a thing which brought him within danger of the law. 1'11 hear r.. mon of it ; 1 should never have thought that you would be bound by such mite yaated nes uf conventionality." Beatrice s heart Lave a throb of de light in 'a; is, of herself. What woman turned to look at it. For what reason did certain words uttered by his mother upon her dying bed recur at that mu- some hidden spring, for at that moment melt to his mind ? "The house is all it flew open as though by magic. Ra lighted up; there are two in the avenue," saw bete re him a tthall empty room ; bo- sh. had murmured. "You were newer penal it, there was another -was that in such danger of your life as you acre 1 Nppty too f Anthony heard a mean. just then." The words cane beak aith' A remembrance of all that Beatrice had such startling distinctness that he almost !said, of all that she had implied- fleshed fenclod ho heard a •',ice rcpeatint ;across hu mind, He carefully propped Aathumy that amuse lase aside limber I this deepest dejectiva How sesta e' than himself had been their* before hila speak to kw 1 How rouse hem faun that Dil cult as it looked, the way had trance of sorrow 1 etbe tweeted, with her been rendered really easy by these hand upon the door, and, as feeling that artfully contrived niche and trained ane were there, he suddenly raised his branches. He swung himself up by his head and looked her tq the face. hands and test, using cue indeed, he: blur was net prepared for what fo 'o re mai.ing h'e trey with contemptuous ew. ed. Ile rose from the who drew lose - Was this the cli8 that people had called self to his fall height, and IW.ked at bee fee a woment with haggard, desp.irii g eyes. Tneo he dragged himself tower. s her, and fell at her fest. She bead hien inaccessible 1 Tim Jerk hole in the side of the rock WAS reached at tut. The creepers that partially veiled it were easily thrust Dub. He cowered befun her as though aside. For a few feet there teas nuthiag asking forgiveness, and yet 1.e dol nut but darkness and dainp, mouldy smell- shako ieg walls uu either side ; and then, to This degradation of his manliness his ;;rest surprise, his course was inter- shucked Beatrice insxpreselt.Iy,but it did mut eaten her. She was audignent with him fur gteimg way. Dr. Airlie must have told Aim that she had heard the stury of Gerald's death --and now -new, she felt with a cold chill et her heart, now she knew that the story meat to true. Morten would never ley des n his pride befurejher if he were innocent. But it was terrible to see him there- at her feet, with wild s' bs shaking him copied by some hard substance ageinst which his hand struck. He fe't again : it was a wooden door. He pushed, and felt it rice way ; it was a crazy structure, half off its hinges already. Tiro he found himself in another passage, dimly iignted from the top he could not tell bow exactly -and ey and hie he came to another door, much strunger then the first. A•nthooy laughed to himself as he tried it. "This from head to foot. She could not bear is Tike s bit of rne!.draena," he said. it. She bent over hi:n and put her hand "Subterranean passages. secret rooms, upon his head. "1Iorveu, ' she sail, and all. Am I in the Castle of Otranto "dear eler:en ; be calm. - 1 wonder ? This is a modern door ; I supp.'se it leads into the house itself. I shall be met by the servants and taken fora burglar if I dcu't care. His ling- en were busy at the door as he spoke ; they must have conte into contact with iws nut like to be thoroughly maeturgid • them. And surely there was a strange the door open -.Iib a stone, so that he A wild white Lice :onkel "sit at theta ; by the man she loves? Beatrice did not ruuhnq among the trees : • ; should not find himself entrapped with- ,. stealthy (ewtatepe dogged them as Awe at all resent the momentary harshness i Anthony was not exactly s supenli- . out the power ..f escaping if he chose, -some Isy-but not now." 1 hear ria sir seeiiew himself up,turned wand and [aced the :. �t ie r' the sewed "F ri sea you :' sae ejaculated. lila. walk" o d�iearee Tthe n,ado followed ce,nren.tonalit It II did he mean 1 were w Ins that the man w'c state, tidos man, but a•mething like a thrill a and then west ..( his tune. Bet she enol to iertnne- forward to 1 Fut scarcely moots of the* f e•.nse a ion It 1* ekt mere y. Garnished, bet not owoomf.rte• a •.e_,• '. :-Btenuse," he went en, -"1 ..0 :....._ie fru abut through ha nerve. a ,few room. ere say- • int; , g is not onlyfcr what the w •ra would ' quarter front which the rusthu, came, , blet. The i cent, after all. I diol •nut fire, I wee fleeted to his can from time t . time say Y .0 woobl not lire it -yourself He saw nothing : but, althuch be I light was so dim thst at first Anthony I almost mad -eta -net quite. Altheteek upon the wind and lashed his palace By --• I ,• knew it not, he was looking straight into! could not sec mere than the outlines of i you lur.1 him--an1 I -I hared you, t:• fever height. His fingers closed Cott- „tit vein,., I 'Mould not like it ; ninth- i the eyes of the man who, with pistol in I a few articles of furniture -a bed,a table, i Beatrice -I dil nit' kill h'w,1nJ you •alsively ups'n v.methanq in his pocket ; sir wuuid y ,. It concerns you more rilland and murder in his thoughta,croucb• la chair er two. But the thing tat I tri l be happy yet." there seemed comfort for him in the con- cyan NMI ; aid am •ij to desert you be- ed among the shrubs and took aim at' moaned -where was it ' Sontethini � '•1 do taut kuow whet you mean," said ....416 —e tact with that something that was so a ame yee knee get something to bear 1 his riya['s heart turned itacli uneasily upon the lied- Beatrice, recoiling. " hard and smooth and cold. As he.turned and trimmed and moaned •;;stn. I "Did Lockhart nut see ms sail HAUL 1100 fw BualOiee, could you •i�ando n me if i But that lung, steady gaze disconcert- GrerComplsim, lnriusrioa, Bojo cowered amongst tie high bracken and ►'woe's int %noun !' ed the would-be murderer. His hand Anthony made a step for the bed, and i elorcen passionately. "His oyes l.uked tac.eai.at, Ho teems, haus,, ,n the Bad _c..tirener., a any di�.eas. arieelt from . dowariaw the brushwood, with an ill light shining "Never trembled and fell ; a mist carne over his , stopped. Ther creature -lois it a man, !straight into mine-- though ha saw ; 1 ir.r, De. i ,,.r'. L:vaa Cuss we 1 M losad •lar fn hs•eyes, he le .ked almost like some woman. child .'--saw it and cried aloud thuu•'ht he knew, I wss in the avenue / rd Cett'i' rs.ty. Then don't you see h ,w illogical you eyes. When he recovered himself, � NATUR['f R[M[Dr tierce animal stalking its prey *ref Do rim think w. tee of me than el Anthor.y was out of sight and nut of as if from fear. "1 am alive," i Said, "1 I last night ; I watched you both- -�oed rt'. awge•rr'.d roc's.. o I1,.. Chase'o l.;r.r Core i• What were they saying 1 lo welsh' who yourself ?.7 reach, although the sound of his foot• am alive ' Ian not mad : They are God : I could have tilled you wt'.i-but h N�'pu.w is Armi \D f,A"e. .II brow 4.edr regulator, soar brn a the silence first. It w.•u:J he hatter for ,o to hear steps could stiil be heard. And than the !going t , kill me -1 kn' c they ars'• I waitee till y••u had gone. Teen I rats- 1 xher .nv,iaah;e ,Dere hove. and lar, barieg , . .. t y, 1 L.nt try note 1 ' than for roe, ;'erhapr, she suxeested- miserwble man staggered to hu feet, mud Beatrice, where areyou ? He' Inc.elm h.nd to tire ; but L,cehart turned i redfdeds.t on t`.e sFid; ,•. at -mach, e.ls am P 1� s.o.a1 600,000 SOLD "My dearest, yes. Yee are in tam-' eoue,futly. thanked God that, after a11, his victim Beatrice Beatrice : I am net mad and loo cd -tut'. ,d at me as if he knew - riser e,,.,t;a-y e.oe,e• ri Dr. ( rase': Recipe sews til e "And I can help yon t"h' h I d I will take l loved "Not help you ' ,aid Anthr•ny, :n as- in that w• su nee it were the meat- name ? , cure, emit stood like a statue with her oat c y read.cal me. ea t arty�aut+ as . y ; p; the T"wen, in order to see whether anyj and ertti tea ernes the price of ilio wsdt..e. 11►wiahment. "Surely I nn d, e•'nethinr }frightful crime in the we.rid, what differ- ' But made the ins ser came, he knew. rye, 6;ced upon his still prostrate form. trace of DrAtrlie'' sinister occur tionsTRY Ctue['e CaTaass f1;t[. A ears sad pe.itiw 1,. 1 'f ,I Jleanwhile Reatri •e had returned t.., There was something hard and rigid in ; -n.dy. I•".v, ,• said 13Mti tee, earning toward him with g!momeye.CO.. as a to sake, sad FIE011110•• a sari PerAmes Flegende 411, Anthony ityou the t no yet seen . o rc t n,i ' that there should be a portion of the arrival had greatly disturbed her. 1 an I 1 y e A C C O etufo,rt ,ate, yo•a can c••nefurt me -and She was silent for a few memento ; house which nobody might enter but I, was certainly not right, according to the ; she said quietly. He started and held I ; ! !1 E Y/ L� N. �,e you can let Inc CO..' . then she said in a 1•.w tone. Stephen Atrlie and the friends W whom couceutiunal nut o•1 view, that doe his breath. Beatrice could 1. indexl• i i e DTVII; a CIO! - P' cee 'rd, tg :h Il' ty Ge where '" "What is it that you know ?" (he gave admittance. H• coed only ac- ' should be staying in the house after the 1 ble, when she liked -and yet he had 'Away (rem jou-for seer. I am h°thony hesitated, then ,puke told-' count for it by the .. • that Dr. recent rupture of their engagement, ea. I trusted, more than he knew, to her net tit to be Your wife. 1 have ee tri. ly. I aril tell you all I know some , Airlie had some such hold/ ow the Earl Peea11y as Mrs. Elton was away ; and • warn, -heartedness. He listened again, to say (rood by.. Now, do yea under- other time. I dont think I know every- as he had had on poorGerald Ruthven- she made up her mind to pack her buses( "Fur Anthony, I for.ire you," she ' sumo knowleeof put indisereti•,ns, next m. ening as won as possible and gel went on. "He is safe, you tell me, and 1 pnasibly td crimes which Lord Morden' elsewhere The minister's wife would 1 I trust your word. Bat what is that-- cue ..aim to shield from the light of ' perhaps take herire--. the Manse, and ' what is an intention compared -with en, day. Where was this wing of the Tow- Anthony -Anthony would be glad. She • r actual cri•ne 1 You ask my fersieenees ' wl ieh h. conducted 1 "ex •• smiled a little at the thought, elorretes I for what you did .e1 du 1 bei -lam tors stand 1' thing, Beatrice. Bat tied makes no "No." said Antheety. Be stopped difference," deft, and ►x•11 W-14 tie hand, ..oh, Ni 4 -Sew -it teas -we a looked g{gMily into ygt{ysc-"What Ass mcrnowt'1 tb"ight you knewee hareemsd, Beatrice :" ' •And jog cannot tell me 1 No, 11 sea In r pert "I caenot tell you.- won't ask yna to tell me. Ent wlhaltever meats 1" Anthony had a keen eye fur j probable sneer and mortification affected • nothing else to say 1 If you mast needs Ile paused, still looking at her. happens Beatrice, you a,s my own -my architectural , and had !bet but little. She knew that he would I show your repentance in this -:his un "1 hear that Lord Marven came h' me very own and nothing shall come be- already acquainted himself pretty well / ir. cexo3 ; but honestly she dial nut be- ( nosily way ---at least let rue know that this afterno n. Is it he why has i + i t Been ns. Least of all, anybody else's with the plan of the Towers ; he knew / liege in his love for her. 17'u are sorrowing also f r the wrong you change 1' maa''oir whatever the m� be---theft,,u d:4 t.. Gerald." iLt', y y also where Dr Airhe's apartments weary I She re early and began to make her y' „To Gerald :' he repeated with a "I have not changed," she cried • •' • or treachery, or warder, sir anything situated, but he did not see how there i arrangements. She breakfasted in her I almost wildly, but he only repeated los else that the world falls crime, but which could he • c'ntinued suite of rooms such ' own room, having a great wish to avoid groan, and yet with an accent of w L/ least. much wot.derment that it startled live question in a different totedmaybe the fault of circumstance -or as Beatrice described, un that aids of the , M"rven for the present -until, into a doubt of Dr. Airlie's ato.ry. "He pn euaded 7" a to ,;ire me diceate. I will try to blame no man house. "They must go right down into she had heard from him wine expres- as h rep l- harshly now : I leave done so too often, ' the rock," he said to himself reflectively. ; sion of opinion about her cs•neuct. She "Yes, to Gerald. Ah, Heinen,- sM sed that he had net written cried, brew cine down into tears as she tr No nn, Anthcny, how can you think Lod gi en you then it to call me hard i o people talk ..t roc:et p,ass•ge. and un- was •urprl , met the miserable eyes which at last he ao ! I have not *ren seen him since m7 and cruel ; but you must net punish me . derground rooms ; probably Airlie has 1„ herself ; and, when she had breakfast - Tilt urn. 'V otter dietrWei*plois, Dmitriee- -y raised to hen, "I did hot mean t. speak enured sum* e"nvenient altars for the art. she expected momentaril to receive Aatllht I am s+,rr•T fur all that. I hast "Whom hart you seen then i • he She felt that she crewed say no enure. 1 subjects ;of his scientific experiments. • message from him requesting an inter- 1 asked. I parted from you yesterday The tears were flout " from her a ea 1 said and d,,ne that gives you pain -but e1 f o If so, they must be "n the river silo o[ view. But, as teem caws one the day how can I fargice you it it tfthat e morning with your promise in m1 ears-- but they were happy lean er &ftall. I the house Can one get round that way, i wore on to the afternoon, sho rewlvtrd I true I'm - thatyou ki1'ed hornlike -that • and in my heart Hare you seen B.r. Anthony kissed them away. And then , I wonder ?" to seek him out. She wanted to tell 1 r him about Anthony ; and also to clear) were Gerald's murderer I- -- rens, tie 1' she admitted 'in &newer to his demands' I It was only pix c'clo.ck in the morning, ie/l me that it is not tree "' Hs spoke doubtfully. She shook her that she did net know him, and thus the land ho made his wayh • circuitous ,herself from the imputation of having head, and turned awaybet face. He 1 T.1 nr. ,•0NTi1(t•►D. two made peace. route to the riverside below the cliff on thn,wm litre over for Anthony • sake waited for a moment, and then continued But before she went back to the hoose ! which the house was built, without sere That, at least, she said to herself y•aietly. she te•Id him more --more than perks,»' countering a soul. Ile had to pick his with a burning blush, she had not 9 R sir �F Ra` wy� It,' "' hH ` �f and 'I know what it 1&. Yon have bees she resift to tett. 815. said how she had steps carefully, for there was no path• luno. When i she broke olf ler engace- wife ,owe ••or Inc.eto �tH11l)H'� ICON talking to Dr. Airlie. And he has been stcod in Dr Airlies mom and seen the ray at the steep bank, and the ricer was moot to Lord Reeve's dee httxl nut SI NPTII tN Cl' RE." Fur sale Iy .l. telling'you what s scoundrel h* thinks dog writhing, and heard the terrible cry acknowlel ed to hereelf that Anth•sn %Yawn, drat ist. soutewhat swollen. Anthony was, how- g I g+ - ms," for help -s cry about which even the; ere', • rwry g•"d mountaintxr, and was aid/thine to her ; certainly she had '0l , no, Anthony, no. Hs never dtxtor'a explanation ltd not make her fund no difficulty inkeeping has footing ! never dreamt of being anything to lain : Ir, the history of medicines nn preps i ukw of you -in that way, at least easy. It was •bird, no doubt, as he had 1 n the wet moss and slippery stones. He 1 Leta Morten, she was toil, was in I ration has received such universal a.rr "1 hay* laid a trap ("r you, my lar- said ►o -b'.' why should he keep : irds mend -Item, for the alleviation it stfarrl, (,end himself finally just below the library -alone. lesatrice knockedand tepermanent cert. tt effect* in ki4 t street Neat Market. AllE1ris &Johllston. ne, and you have fallen into it most convincingly," said Anthony, with a haif• triumphant, half -tender laugh, as be walked on at her side, with her Lana still clasped in his. "So it ie Dt• at the thought. And she toad all this to Ibmwat!t the house sane of her broken troth, but from s• ! g Sleepless Night., made miserwble by Airlie ! That is what 1 wanted to be Anthony. l Anthony mwaeoral the distance bo I� ` •t of the err that terrible cough. $ uloh's ('ore is dm sure of. New. what has he been l7M11 "You most I`e mine very 'eon, ' raid ribls story which ilio Airlie had pound I thatremedY (tx yon. Far sale by J. tVil.om, tea n himself and the mouth of the cave I Druggist and anima.* in that batt of the house, house, and, on lookfng up, he saw, at I at the door without hesitation. What except for purpose if torture 1 Beatrice. ! Mme dwere, &env, toe head, the patch had to be done was Netter dor.• quickly ; with her love f• r all "dumb" animals, i of darkness which toll of the traditional and she knew that her interview would felt a throb of keen indignation and pity I entrance to the paaeagee be a painful one -not only from the ney diorama as Dr. Van Buren s Kane}'t I 0.r.. its action in these distresarrg I . is simply wonderful. Sold by J. Wilson. 2m SEW to you 1" "I do not want you to know." "Bet if I eon guess r ee he at the last "and then you will itse • into her a'•r. And yet she meat have etch it seemed to tie with •can and hear no son of Dr Airlie. How -tor believed it when she could nsely• las soon can :t be, Beatrice r fol eye Tiers was nn path, n( onnree, and the side •,f the rack was nearly per she had rewired before she met her lov 'you cannot guess, Anthony. It N "Oh, not yet, ' she answered. p.i„Iie°lar ; and vet it .oemed to him er in the avenue) to give up Anthony on im h b 1 t IJ t ice difficult eta aao"unt. "Latta Lat' "And h tit + Why should we lest a to me," said Lockhart, drew n why lagher teiard dim. "I know some- ta>Iti of Air!ie's mottled.. 1 know Lis Ohre. !should not be sorprised to hear that he has ban working on your feel - ices by tallies" yoe s„methine that you 0( e that n scale t was not w wait t Yoe ein stay no longer in Lc -rd as at first appeared. There were strongly f he received no answer to her knock. h that trees. mnd creepers nearly e1! the After re owating it, and training a rest' M orPen s house : it a net right t y"° sr,wmg should be teem how. Make op 7000 way ; indeevl, he faneisJ that there were mini to erste with me 51 5 ton " P. r i- some onneenlent resting places for the bb." feel which did not owe their eilatense, nimble time, she walked straight into the room. 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