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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1892-3-17, Page 2UIIGET PRIVATE AFFAIRS. CHAP TER III,. OPENING TIM DRAWING -MOH OF GAR\FOOD.. MUSE. "Dream or fact? --dream or facts—dream or fact ?" thought Nellie Morton, as she lay on op the bed of her owntoom after Mrs Bathurst ie i�d had left her. Had she heard this, man say he was hopelessly ruined ? Had she dream- ed that the old woman indicated that she, Ellen Morton, could save him? If she had not dreamed, what could the words and gestures of Mrs Bathurst mean? Only one thing—only that this monstrous creature should come by whatever money her father lied saved. How was that to be done? Only in one way—by this awful, this monstrous man marrying her ! What a horrible, what an intolerable position was hers ! Colonel Pickering had bidden tier good-bye, and she bad no ad- dress for him between the leave-taking and Gibraltar. In all the world she dill not know a soul on. whom she could rely for help er advice. She thought of her old school, but that was in Yorkshire. Most of her acquaintances in Leighton were con- netted with the regiment, and on the move with the Colonel. She had never gone a journey by herself, and she felt like a lost wanderer in a desert, or the sole human be. ing on an island where beasts of prey lurked in every shelter. She was alone in Garwood, alone in Lon- don, aloue in England, alone in Europe! There was no one to whom she could appeal. She was imprisoned within the highsills of these lonely grounds. She was certain it would be worse than useless to ask asses. tauee of any servant in the house, The old woman who had opened the lodge -gate would, site knew, refuse to let her out. Even if she succeeded in gaining the public road, whet d e She d 's cool she do there , 1 e au at t wan- der 1 a t der about day and night. She had only a lit- tle money in her pocket, and even if she had ten tinges as nitwit, what could site do with it? She never in all her life had bought food or been across the threshold of an hotel. But what was the use of thinking about liberty? From the grounds of Garwood House she could no more escape than flee to her fattier in remota Brazil. Mrs Bathurst had chilled her, had sent the blood back into her heart, until she felt suffocating, ate in g, tfntii she awoke to shadowy terrors threatening her in the distanees and silences andspaees of that oppressive house. In any other house the nooka and corners had been no more full of fears than an esplanade orterrace or countrylene. Here nooks and corners were the hiding -places from which ghosts fled on one's approach Here the vast spaces over the stairways were the haunts of shrouded mystery and and boding echo. Mrs Bathurst bad chilled her William Bathurst had made her blood freeze with terror. The hideous- ness of his appearance stunned her, and at sound of his monstrous voice and sight of his revolting eapers, she had swoon- ed. And then to thiuk--if she could trust =her numbed senses—this old woman had indicated tint tithe hideous man was to be Eller suitor ! She who had never heard word lot love from man was by a vile conspiracy to be forced into the ares of this loathsome creature, in order that his ruined fortunes might be made whole with lier father's money ! Surely no one in England could to- day contemplate so odious a crime 1 Sho would die, q, dio a thousand deaths of agony before yielding to so hateful a fate. Could ib be that she gathered the real im- port of what had gone on while she sat half conscious ? There was no room for doubt. Had not the old woman begun with a reception chit. lier than December? Had she nob told her this William Bathurst would never marry? .And then, after learning that her son bud lost his money, had she not spoken in terms of affection, nay, of endearment, to the girl, whose presence seemed a burden and an in- jury an hour before? What mare confirma- tion was needed? She was the centre of a vile plot, encom- passed by inviolate walls, alone, helpless, friendless ! Oto, would not merciful death come to deliver her ! Inviolate wall? The grounds were not closed in on all sides by walls -at the foot of thegrounds flowed the river ! Nellie rose from the bed. She was dead- ly pale. She caught up the hat worn that day in the grounds, and stole out of the room, out of the housed and following the dip of the land, took her way towards the Thames. When William Bathurst had left the house at the bidding of his mother, the old woman rang the bell and ordered` the lunch- eon things to be taken away. She then crossed the great hall into the.large gloomy drawing -room. At ordinary times, months went by without a visit from either herself or bar son to this great chamber. The blinds were always kept down, and in spite of the blazing unclouded June sun, only a dim twilight filled the place. She drew up the blinds. That was her first act towards changing the aspect of the house, as an indication that all within had changed. Up to this day she had her mind made up her son would never marry. This day she made up her mind William should take a wife. She raised the blinds as the first act of preparing the hou'e for her son's marriage. PUREST, STRONGEST', BEST, Contains no Alum, Ammonia, Lime, Phosphates, or any Injuriant.. E. W. GILL! T T. Toronto. Ont. Never broken —Kabo. The "bones" in the B. & C. corset are made of it —warranted for a year, too, It's a corset you can wear a few weeks, and then get your money back if it doesn't Suit, But it's pretty sure to suit —else it Wouldn't be sold so. Tor sale by J. A. 'Stewart, Exeter. URE FITS' whoa 1 say I cera I do not mean merAy.to atop t,t(r0 f r s LUDO and then have them xetum .tn. n. I mean a rmilral cure. I have made the disea o Af ir15, EPIGsr• SX er PALLING. o SICKNESS a nfe.lang $tidy. I warrant env remedy to cure the worst tiles. 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Tho repitiationfor fairness gained by TRw AOR10uvreee04 ti tee past is ample guarantee that this Competition will e conducted in like manner. Send Sc stamp for full >art iculara, to TES AQR1OULTURIST, Peterborough - ((maga semomsrmeemernmorece A viaduct over the River Lea, in Bolivia, for the Antofogaste Railroad', is described es the highest viaduct in the world. It is 0,833 feet.ab'eve the sea level, and the height of the viaduct above the river is 4,008 feet.: It it l0,4'J7 feet long, the highest pillar is 3,130 feet, and the weight of the structure is 9.11.tons. She had been the inspirer of her husband's speculations in the City, and he left all he died worth to her. This was not the house where her husband died. He bought it a short time before -his death, but had never lived in it. The widow let it until her son began to be troubled with those alarming hysterical seizures ; then, it being quiet, re- tired, surrounded by high walls and large grounds, out of the way, and. well qualified to keep a secret, she went to live in ib her- self, taking her son with her. When mother and son moved into Gar- wood House, the place was furnished for ordinary fam ey use. Mrs. Bathurst bad not then decided William should never marry. But as years went on, the air of retirement deepened around the house, the isolation of its inmates became more strict, until from year's end to Year's end no stranger .entered its gates. The raising of the drawing -room window blinds to -day was to let in the dawn of a new era. William bad lost all his merry, and all her money as well, in those villainous South American speculations. But the very same day that news of the disaster reached London, this girl, Ellen Morton, strayed tinder their roof with a fortune lerge enough , to save William. Nay, more, the finger of fate pointed indubitably to the match'; for, out of the. South America which had engul- fed William's money, the money of this girl. had been rendered into their hands, and the very day which brought ruin to the City from the south brought news from the south of the death of the girl's father, and thede- parture of the girl's friends from England, thus leaving this Ellen Morton with her for- tune completely in their power. The old woman knew all her son's affairs sve those connected with the speculations she had discountenanced. "Once you go south o£ the equator I abandon you," she had said to him long ago when he first broke loose from her counsel. You're not to men- tion to me any of your affeirs hit that region of tlfey es and revolutions. All I will ever hear of South Atuerica is that Christopher Morton's money comes safely out of it, end does not go back there to be lost." She knew that by this time the amount of Christopher Morton's investments must be thirty or forty thousand pounds. This was not a large fortune, but it ought to be enough to give her son time to recover him- self ; and sho was quite sere William would never again disregard her advice, and that, with the aid of this girl's fortune and her advice, her son would once mdre bo able to hold up his head as a member of the Stook Exchange. She know that in the will lodged. with Christopher Morton's lawyer the dead engineer had left all his money to his.daugh- ter, and appointed her son and Colonel Pickering guardians and trustees. The father now was -dead ; and the other guard- ian and trustee would be out of England be- fore tnorning, and would not be back again until this girl wes of age—until she was married. Mrs. Bathurst rang the drawing -room bell, Which lied not sounded for no one knew how long. "Let this room be thoroughly done out to -morrow," she said to the servant; "and for the future, when the sun is off this side of the house, let the blinds be pulled up." While Mrs. Bathurst was taking a first step in arrangements for her son's future, that son was hastening back to London to stop disaster in the present. Having once trade up his mind to use Cristoplier Mor- ton's money for his extrication, there was no difficulty in the way, thought there was possible danger of the direst kind. Christopher Morton being dead, and Colonel Pickering as good asout of the eeuutry, it was necessary only to produce the signature of a dead loan on a certain decament, so as to enable William Bathurst to raise money that very evening. There was no need to tell any oue in the City that Christopher Morton was dead. In fact, it would cause fatal delay it the news in the telegram from Brazil got abreact. The mes- sage had been forwarded from his office nu- opened, so he was safe from premature dis- closure. Bathurst lad no moral scruple about; creating the doetunent he required. It was' dangerous work his fabricatingafsignatures, even ofa dead man; and dangerous this concealing of the dead marl's death, and dealing with his property as though the , signature were genuine and the supposed siguatory alive. Bathurst did not in his mind use the word fraud or felony, but he was not blind. to the gravity of the act he contemplated. Morton was dead, the girl was under his roof, the other trustee on his way to India months, of undisturbed 'possession of the money could be counted on—even if the girl did not became his wife -•-and in months all could be put right. Even the girl did not know of her father's (leech, and was not to know of it until there had been time for e letter to come from Brazil. Truly, as his mottles said, • fate had played into his hands ! If he had beon allowed to design tloa situation, noth- ing could have been bettor ordered. Luck ! Yes ; he believed in luck. He had always been Lucky until he touched South America, and the very inomentSouth America, proved a ravenous quicksand under his feet, from that self -same South America a hand of succour was stretched forth to him 1 A hand of succour strctebed forth to him? —or was he stretching forth his hand to rifle the tomb of a friend? Bah ! Such thoughts were childish, aud could not be of use to a keen roan in the City this day of hideous disaster 1 Re had told his clerks in Langley Court, Fenchuroh Street, that he was going to Garwood. He had not said anything about coming back. They did not know whether they should see ]nim again that day or not. When he walked in at five o'clock they were not surprised. That .day no one was surprised by anything done in the City, William Bathurst went straight into his private office and locked the door. In a quarter of an hour he emerged, pale aud anxious, and hurried out. That day the banks shut their doors at four as usual, but private dices forgot custom andwero open long after closing -time. In less than half an hour, Bathurst was back, had saved his house, had borrowed money on a signature which was not genuine and on the faitirthat Christopher Morton was alive. Once more he curned his face towards home. Inthehurry and excitement of his operations in the City the necessity for do- ing speedily what he was about prevented thinking. Inthe cab which took himto the train and in the train that carried him away from town he had plenty of time for reflection. " Saved !'' he thought, as he jnmped into the cab. "Saved 1" ho thought again as he flung himself into the cushioned corner of the railway carriage. *Saved from imminent and complete ruin 3 How easy it had been What a trilling effort it cost him to place a secure barrier between his house and des- truction ! To -morrow, the names of all the houses sucked down in the whirlpool would be known in the City, would be known throughout all commercial world ; and but for the thing he had just done, the house of William Bathurst would. be in that black list 1 Favonred by eircutnstances, and aided by his mother's advice and his own held vigor- ous action, he had been± able to save him- self from bankruptcy—from being pnsted as a defaulter—he posted ! who had for years held his head so high, and being regarded asa rook of good sense, as a slow -going, stoney -making speculator ! He heed kept his dealings in South America to himself. No ono need now know that he had burnt his fingers, to say nothing of escaping an- nihilation in the fire. ' True, he had been' obliged to run risks.; but were the risks worth takinginto count? Supposingg the worst, were the risks very great ? O. For, even if Colonel Picker- ing were not going abroad, he would he friendly and allow his fellow -trustee to do pretty muoh as he liked ; for the Colonel, no doubt, knew that the dead man had placed unlimited faith in William Bathurst. When his mother suggested his usingthis money, she did not take into count the risk he would run. No doubt sho had no suspi- cions there was any risk beyond that of. using another man's money without his authority or knowledge. In, the hurry and confusion, her notion most likely was that he could get Morton's money as "readily as the money standing to his own credit in his own bank. .'!here would be no need to un- deceive her. Or, indeed, it might be chat she knew exactly what he had been obliged to do. What 1 She, his mother, knew that he Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoriai was at that moment a felon ! Monstrous His mother know he was a felon 1 His mother approve—nay, suggest that he should commit a crime ! - commit two erimes ! In- tolerably monstrous1 Masculine as her mind was, still first of all she was hia mother, and no man ever yet could believe that his own mother world urge bins to crime !. Ugh 1 he would think ntnore of this ghast. ly side of the affair. He would dwell alto- gether on the fact that he had beon threat- ened with destruction and had saved him- self. He reached the door of (Garwood in pro. found cogitation. Ile had resolved to take his attention away from unpleasant aspects of the affair, and yet no sooner did lie for a moment forget this resolution, than, like a spring at the release, his mind flew back to the question ; Did his mother know what following her advice involved, a crime on his part ? Where is Mrs. Bathurst 1" he asked of the servant who opened the door. "In thotlrawing-room, sir." "In the -drawing -room 1" cried he awak- ing out of his reverie. d' Did you saysin the drawing -room ?" he asked in astonished incredulity. Doting all their years in this house she had never awaited him in the drawing -room before, "Yes, sir ; the mistress ordered dinner to be put back, and said that when you came you were to be good enough to go to the drawing -room, where she is alone." Re hastend actress the hall, and entered the room which he had not seen for.—months —years. His mother was sitting in the arm of an old-fashioned sofa at one of the win- dows. She motioned him to shut the door and come near her. " You are snrprisecl to find tine here. I have drawn up the blinds in honour of Miss Morton --in honour of your future wife. Sit down here," She pointed to the other end of the sofa, "How did you get on in the City ? Did you arrange everything sat- isfactorily?" tto Xs. There was. no Bitch,„ He sat down at the other end of the sofa, ” I am glad of that. I air greatly pleased you acted so promptly. You have taken all means to ensure safety? " "Ori yes, all the means." "r4,nd there is no going back upon what you have done ? Evon suppose you thought gofo chbaacknging your mind SOW, you could not "No. 1itave drawn Merton's money, and the proceeds have been paid way against my undischarged liabilities of to -day. What could she mean by asking could he go back? it ;seemed clear from Ole that his most horrible suspieion was true. .It was nosy plain she trust know he could not have extricated himself withoutorime. This was terrible, "I am glad to bear you cannot go back, that you aro now obliged to go on towards prosperity once more. Something has oc- curred slum which made me for a moment fear you night be able to go back upon what we this morning resolved to do." "And you think if I could I would ? What is it that has happened ?" The cold sweat broke ono on his forehead. That morning he had been distracted, driven frantic, matte half mad by the things that had occurred in the City. Never in his life had he felt fear until now. He felt cold with fear, clammy with fear, sick with fear. rr An unexpected event has occurred here since you left," " What is it?" He was not sure flat his voice uttered the question. "Colonel Pickering came hack." "Why?" "He found a telegratn for him announc- ing Morton's death, when lie got to town. We never thought of that. We never thought Morton would have said that Colo - net Pickering, also, must be telegraphed to if bo died." " No ; wo never thought of that. Tele - grains from Brazil are so dear, I fancied one would be enough." Yes ; we never could have been prepar- ed for this. Does it make much differ. once ?" "Perhaps. I do not know; 1 cannot say yet, What has taken place here ?" He groaned acid wiped the cold sweatfrom his forehead. "He came not thinkinglwehad word of Morton's death. I did not tell him we had a telegram"--- " Thank elegram"— "Thank Heaven for that 1" "He said he got the cable, and ran out to break the news to Miss Morton. I sent a servant for her. She was not in her room The servant supposed she had gone into the grounds, as her drat had disappeared. Col- onel Pickering said he would go out look for her." She pointed to the window. "He had only just left me when you knocked. Does it mako much difference ?" "I thought this man was leaving London to -day ?" "He says if he can get away by a train near eleven to -night he can catch the ship. — I asked you, does it stake much difference, and yon have not answered me. I ask you again, Does it make much difference 9" "It may." Again he groaned and wiped bis forehead. "It may." He loosed his collar at the neeit and stared. His face was ghastly, his jaw dropped. For a minute silence was unbroken ; each sat regarding the other. In that brief in- terval he knew site must know all. In that brief interval he knew more than associat- ing with her a lifetime had taught him. In that Brief interval' he knew she valued as dross the wealth he had believed she wor- shipped for itself ; and that for her heart,he and he alone, the ugly duckling, the Croco- dile, was the only gold she saw or worship- ped. In that brief interval Ile knew she had devoted all her life to him, because she had come to the conclusion no toher woman would ever love him. In that brief interval he fathomed her plan of con- centrating all his mind on getting money in order that he might have a pursuit which would not stale with time—a pursuit that would grow in interest and become more ardent and absorbing with time—a pursuit which successfully followed would make him powerful and respected m spite of his trrot- esquo figure and his 'odious face. In than brief interval the son saw through the mystic robe of the sibyl deep in the bosom of the woman, the heart of the woman blazing with the in tolerable glory of its unselfish love. ` Blinded endowed, like Moses by the fiery. bush, hewas mute. "If it is too much," she said, "you will try to remember I .am a mother, and all I did I did for love, and it is hard for a mother to help loving too much." He held out his hand to her, but could not speak. ' She caught his hand, and sinking upon her knees, raised' it to. her lips in a transport of gratitude, crying to herself r "He will forgive me !'He forgives me'even now 1" At that moment Bathurst saw a man run- ning towards unning,towards the house with somethingin his hand.; He raised his mother hastily and flung open the door into the grounds. The man shouted : "I cannot. ,find Miss, Morton. She is not in the grounds. 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The nead surgeon Of the Lubon Medical Company is 11.0W at Toronto, Canada, and may bo consulted either in person or by letter on all chronic diseasespeculiar to man. n, young, old, or middle-aged, who find themselves nerv- ous, weak and exheusted, who are broken down from excess or overwork, resulting in many of the following symptoms : Mental depression, premature old age, loss of vital- ity, loss of memory, bad dreams, dimness of sight, pelpitetion of the heart, emissions, lack of energy, pain in the kindeys, head- ache, pimples on the face or body, itching or peculiar sensation about the scrotum, before the eyes, twitching 'the muscles, eye lids and elsevvhere,bashfulness, deposits in the urine, loss of willpo.wer, tenderness of the scalp and spine, weak andflabby muscles, desire to sleep, failure to be rested by sleep, constipation, dullness of hearing, loss of voice, desire for solitude, excitability of temper', sunken eyes surroundedwith LEA.DEN oily looking skin, 'etc., are all symptoms of nervous debility that lead to insanity and death unless. cured. 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For more than four years I suffered un- told agony. I was reduced almost to a skeleton, and hardly bad strength to drag myself about. All kiads of food distres.sed me, and only the mot deli- cate could be digested at all. 'Within the time mentioned several physicians treated me without giving relief. Noth- ing that I took seemed to do any per. mauent ,good until I began the use of Ayer's Sarsaparilla, winch has pro. duce& wonderful results. Soon after eorninencing to take the Sarsaparilla 1 could Dee an Improvement in my condition, my appetite began to return and with it came the ability to digest all the food taken my strength improved each clay, and after few months of faithful attention to tour directions, 1 found myself a well woman, able to attend to all household &Ales. The medicine bas given me a new lease of life, and cannot theadr yt.lu winch." `"We, the undersigned, citizens ot Becoltway Centre, Mich., hereby certify thiet the above statement, made by 14 vs. Lake, is true in every particular wat etlnseinDtirtiliegilgitsot. full credence."— 0. P. Oh emberlaine G. W. Waring, C. A. "My brother, in England, was, for a long time, linable to attend to his mon. paten, by reason of soros on his foot. I sent him Ayer's Almanac and the tea. timonials it contained induced him to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla. After using ite a little while, he was cured, and is now a well ream working in a suger mill at Brisbane, Qneenslamd, Aestralia."— yee's Sarsaparilla, PEEPARED 33Y THE EXETER TIMES. TIMES STEAM PRINTING HOUSE Sun melee tor, 0 t,, byttoha White Jc Sons, Pro. era tom. 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The courts have decided that refusing to takonewspapors orporiodicale from the post. office, or removing and leaving them uncalled oris prima facie cylden ce of intentional fraud INTEROOLONIAL RAILWAY OF CANADA The direetroute betweenthe West and all points on the Lower St. Lawrence andBale des Chaleur,Provinee of Quebec.; also for Sh. Pierre. Express 'trains leave Montreal andnalifalt esely (Sundays excepted) and run through withoutobange between those pointsin 09 hours and 55 minutes. The through express train cars of the In- tereolonial Railway are brilliantly I.ghted by electricity and hooted by steam from the locomotive, thus greatly increasing the etnn fort maul safety ot travellers, NOW and elegant buffetsleoping and day Canadian -European Mail and F'assetger Route. Passen gots for Groat ritain or the conti- nent byleavinghLontu cal on irriclay =tanking will tell) outward steamer at Halifax on Saturday. superior factilit les offered. by tide routefor the transport onion r and genorot merchan- diae intended. fur timEasteirn Provinces and Newfoundland ; 0300 for shmnents of grain and produceintended. for tile Eiirop earner Tickets may be ()Wined and infer ation about tho routo ; aiso freight and passenger rates on application to 93Rusain House 3 lock :York $t .'.Vo rent ;Ian 1st 91 steeeett whet-. •-eetieetteeele LABORING TIENT REMEDY ST. JACOBS OIL, THE GREAT REMEDY FOR PAIN, CLINES Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Wounds, Soreness, Stiffness, Swellings, Backache, Neu- ralgia, Sciatica, Burns. THE CHARLES A. VOCELERVOMPANY, Caltimore, Md. Canadian Depot: TORONTO, ONT. 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