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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1907-05-24, Page 7I laccooccoccovD0000200 3 0 CO al° coca R "Rutherford had placed the ring upon a fa er a any rat, nd was holding it there and repeating after the curate the words of the ritual, 'With this ring thee I wed; with all my worldly goods I thee en- dow,' -when a slight noise at the door ceased him to look around. He started suddenly, dropped my hand, rushed to the nearest window, dashed it open, and threw himself out of it: "At the same instant the church was. filling with constables and the posse comitatus they had summoned to assist them. They were led on by a London police officer, who bad slowly traced the criminal down to our obscure village, and who carried in his hand a warrant for the arrest of—" "Rutherford, of course" "Thugsen, the criminal, at whose name all England shuddered! Thugsen, who had eluded the police, and hidden himself with us until he eould secure his retreat to France- Thugsen, who, under the name of Rutherford, stood. with me at the altar of the church of Swinburne. "My poor foster -mother was struck with consternation at the danger I had so narrowly escaped. The clerk and the curate were both appallel, I, in the midst of my great horror, felt an awful thankfulness at my deliverance. The officers, as soon as they found he had fled from the church, dispersed in search of him, but ho managed to make his es- cape. Afterward, I heard that he had fled to the Continent; and long after- ward there was a confident report of his death. He was said by all the news- papers, to have been killed in an emeute at Paris. "1 believed him dead until this night. This night he suddenly appeared before ' me. He dared to claim me as his own; he dared to promise me forgiveness for what he called my inconstancy, if I would fly with him to the Continent: dared further, to threaten me with a criminal prosecution if I refused to ac- gompany him' "And you, Rose—what said you?" "I said that I would refer my cause to you, and take my fate from your hands. And I do, oh. my husband! ob, my judge! my sovereign! I am yours, to dispose of as you list. I know that what you decide will be right, perfectly right; -and if you banish me from your side forever, I know that .it will be be- cause you are obliged by honor to do so, and that, even then you will give poor, exiled Rose a kind good -by!" 4...,, • He looked, at her sitting there so 'pale, so sorrowful, so :resigned, and he opened his arms, saying: "Rose, you are an honorable woman. Come to my boson, my beloved wife; you are mine own, and iny arm shall shield you against the world!" And with a cry of irrepressible joy, Rose threw herself into his arms and swooned away:, He laid her gently on the sofa, and without venturing to call assistance, he applied such restoratives as wore et hand, until his efforts were crowned with suc- cess, and with a deep sigh she recovered, and opened her eyes. Almost the first words of her returning consciousness were:' "Oh, what will your mother say?" He knelt by her side, and speaking very gently, as he bent over her, said: "Dear Rose, my mother and sisters need know nothing as yet. Remember that to -morrow they set out for Paris, on their way to the south of France. They will be travelling over the contin- ent all the summer and winter; before they return this threatened misfortune may be warded off. Compose yourself, dear Rose, and remember that you are nay wedded wife, whom I will shelter and defend against the world." And so, soothing, comforting and sus- taining the delicate creature, whom he had vowed before heaven to cherish un- til death, he led Rose to the door of her dressing -room, and gave her into the af- fectionate care of the little French dress- ing maid. He went to his own room, and passed a night of silent agony. Very early in the morning a message game from the duchess dowager to know bow her beloved daughter-in-law had passed the night. Rose sent word that she was much better—in fact, quite well. And, with a superhuman effort at self -command, she left her bed, and, af- ter a careful morning toilet, repaired to the breakfast -room, where, with a heavy heart, but a cheerful countenance, she met the family. The travelling carriages were at the door, and as soon as breakfast was over; the Duchess and her daughters took leave, and departed. "Thank heaven, they are gone! Oh, that I should have lived to see the day upon which I thank heaven my mother and sisters have left me!" thought the Utica of Beresleigh, as he watched the "Mow= vonxamo.nnolatrammolawmrsonoraminem....r.sn two carriages roll off and disappear, and then he turned into the breakfast -room, where Rose stood, pale and frightened. I Well, love!, he said, going to her side. "That dreadful man threatened 1 should hear from him before noon to -day. And the clock is on the stroke of 12!" she said, trembling. They were interrupted by a knock at the street door. Rose shuddered, and clung to the duke. The next moment a stranger was an- nounced. He was a civil officer, bearing a warrant for the arrest of Rosamond Wardour and Etheridge, Duchess of"Ber- eeleigh and Baroness Etheridge of Swin- burne. CHAPTER XXLX. Happily, the Dowager Duchess of Ber- esleigh and the Ladies Wardour had quitted the kingdom before the fall of the thunderbolt upon their ancient and noble house. More happily, the unaffected humility, the simple kindness, and the innocent gayety of the young duchess, had made as ninny sincere friends as her surpassing beauty, exalted rank, and distinguished success had made secret enemies; and thus, though society was shocked to its foundation by the news of her arrest -up- on so grave a charge., yet she was r,ot left without warm advocates ameug the most eminent men and woman of the world. And, most happily, Rose vets as in noeent as a child, not only of the crime Wipe -led to her but of every thought can- neeted with such sir.. With the most aboilcal exaggeration of malignity on the part of her enemies, the indictnnrmt cf bigamy had been preferred at the Old Bailey, where, among the lowest and worst criminals of Newgate, Rose sieud- dered at the thought of appearing. Willingly would Rose have fled alone to some remote region, whence she never more might have been heard of, could she have borne away with her into the wilderness the sorrow of her husband, leaving him happy. But this could not be. Rose was greatly beloved, not only by her husband, but by many devoted friends, who remained faithful to her in her deep distress, and like a child in her humility, gratitude and trust, she placed herself in their hands, to be guid- ed by their united counsels. The proceedings instituted against her, and based upon so slight a foundation as an unfinished marriage ceremony, might -possibly have been quashod,:but the arrest and the charge having been made public, it was deemed; by the duke and his friends, essential to the fair fame of the young duchess that she should be vindicated by an open trial but not at the Old Bailey, For, though her legal right to the title of the Duchess of Beresleigh, and the honors and immunities belonging to the rank, was now questioned, yet, as the Baroness Etheridge of Swinburne, she had a right to claim a hearing before the highest tribunal in the realm. It was therefore by the advice of her friends, and the express desire of her husband, that she exercised her right of peerage, demanded a trial by the House of Lords, and remained quietly in London to await the issue. The trial was arranged to be com- menced on the fourteenth of the ensuing May. Meanwhile the enviers, haters and maligners of the beautiful young duchess were busy with her name and fame. Her antecedents were brought up, with many exaggerations, distortions and inventions. The particulars of the alleged first mar- riage were not known, but what was missing in fact was supplied by fancy. The blackest slanders were circulated, ad in order to set the seal of truth upon the packet of falsehood, they said that the Duchess Dowager of Beresleigh and the Ladies Wardour had abandoned the young duehess, a circumstance, they argued, that looked very black for the latter. The duke and duchess were sitting to- gether in the drawing room late in the evening, discussing the new calumny, when the door bell rang. "Who can it be at this time of night? It is an odd hour for visitors to call," said the duke impatiently, Rose, frightened at the very idea of visitors. listened like a startled fawn. Then followed the opening of the hall door, and a little bustle of arrival, and in another minute the drawing room door was thrown open, and a footman an- nounced: "Icer grace the duchess, and the young ladies." • CHAPTER XXX. The duchess dowager, with her hands stretched. out, and her eyes full of tears, cca Convalescents need a large amount of nourish. Ilentin easily digested form. Sc©it's Emlgel s'ion is powerful nourish- ment—highly concentrated. It males bone, blood and muscle without putting any tax on the digestion. ALL. DRUGGISTS; SOc. AND $1.00. .4040.041440 ' advaneed towards nd his wife, sa;Ying:ly or "My desaest Gedrgel nay d, dear Rose ! Yatx; °could let me depart „ and remain abroad, while this great trouble was ire ending over you! ",Db .Gorge, could yeti ",doubt your aria"tber's love? Could your Rose, doubt one Who has tried to fill a another's place toward you? Doubt no :more! If sorrow has come upon you, xray children, your mother must bear it with you! If dishonor, alae must albare' it! Tho hour of adversity and danger is not the time for a family to be sepairated. `United we stand; divSihdeedl oweet efdailli'ke!" queen ,or a goddess, as she stood''therat:a her noble rectitude. The young duke • released Rose, and with a burst of irrepressible .emotion, turned and clasped his another to his heart. Rose, released front his embrace, sank at cher mother's feet, sobbing forth:. "Oh, madam! Oh, lady! I• had rather died than have brought this sorrow upon you:' ". The duchess stooped and raised her up, saying: "Come to niy • bosom, you wounded dove, :and believe that all evils from wwhithich yave cannot save you, we will share ou." "And—the Ladies Wardour?" said the duke, turning a• questioning glance to- ward theme ' "They axe my daughters Mand your sisters," said the duchess. significantly, while the young ladies, with tearful eyes raid extended bands; came forward and silentl3; ,embraced their brother and sister-in,law. No miserable egotism, no mean question as to how the impending calamity Might affeet them and their prospects in;::life, hadany place hi the souls of these noble girls. ",But oh! Is it pot:i',,le!" said inose, with her voice halfelrowned in tears, "that hearing of my arr: st upon such a dreadful charge, and knnwing nothing of the particulars, you still hard so much faith in Tate that you could not believe ane guilty?" •: "No," said the duchess. emphatically, and almost indignantly. "I knew you too well, sweet Rose. And now dismiss forever from your mind the .idea that you have brought this trouble upon us. Providence visits us all with a; trial in which you. 'have the hardestt,'part to bear, and we the duty of making it as light as possible,"' eonehaded her grace, tenderly pressing the hand of'. Rose. In an hour from that time there unit- ed family supped together cheerfully, as though no impending caalmity lowered darkly over their heads. Tlaat night, for the first time since her arrest, poor Rose retired to bed tran- quilized. 'And the next morning all Lon- don kneeethat the duchess dowager, as soon as• she heard in Paris of the arrest of her daughter-in-law upon a criminal charge, had hastened ,bonne to sustain. her through the approaching trial that was ;arranged to be eeniutmced on the,, 14th, of May. Inall" the woe ofi:.is, wortd'. there no anxiety so intense a- that which pee- cedes racedes a,, trial for Iife,. and no despair, s�o deep as that which follows the eentence of death Such an anxiety now held the anti of Laura Elsner in a state of tension to which a physical torture by the •Hack would have been as nothing. Such a de- spair loomed darkly before her. All the strong hopes that had supported her in the first days of t.'assinove's imprison- ment had utterly given•way and sunk beneath the weight of impending doom. Darker and heavier lowered the eha- eow over the devoted head. of- the pais- oner•. She had done all that was possible and had failed of doing any goad. The warrant that she had caused to be issued for the arrest of Pbs.igsen, alias Roberts, alias Rayburne, ,had been serv- ed upon him. Indeed, that mysterious individual, far from avoiding the officers of justice, had purposely thrown himself in their way, giving himself up, "to ,have the thing over once for all," au'he laugh- ingly declared. He had been,.ta:leen, be- fore the Bow street magistrate;?by whom he had been very carefully examined; but in the absence of any ,positive evi- denee aeair:et trim, he was diseharged—•a result that he had evidently` fereseen from the first. Laura Eirner's latest ,hope went out with the discharge of this man, :whom in heart she •bellieved to be guilty of the murder for which Cassinove was about to be tried. She knew Cassinove to 'bo guiltless, but she had no longer any faith in the necessary security of innocence. She could only •rememiber how often the guiltless seemed fated to suffer, and shudder at the inscrutable mystery. And as the day for the trial approach- ed, without casting any new light upon the dark seeeet of the murder, :her anxi- ety deepened to •despair. Yet her an- guish was confined to her own bosom, or confided •only* to her venerable friend, Dr. Clark. One evening, after taking ]heave of Oassinove, and hearing the doer looked upon him --a sound that always struck like a death 'knell upon her ear—she hurried home to her lodgings, and des- patched a note to the venerable physi- cian, entreating him to call en her at his earlielst convenience: enience: The good doctor waited upon her the same eveninog• ' dLe was shcked, to notice tato change that had passed over her queenly person in the few dieye that had::eilapsed since he had seen, her last. Thio emaoieted figure, the pallid face, looking palercontrast to the. large, dark eyes and ebon locks, the look and attittulte.of mute despair, touched his heart. .J . "Miss Miner," he said, lee a gentle, parental,1Ca ; ehect ting towards her. "Doctor, :this Is very kindesei;tdown," she replied, rising and plaea ar eltair for him. "Dotter," she comtirsteek,aea on as he was seated, " 1r wieled tai epi to you partieulax r this eveelang- -" 4hq heeitatedin, ennitheres repast, "Dear eldldl, speak on; but try to take scene hope and uonrfort to yang heart" "IIope?• ennfort? Ale c!uc:tor, when suspense Verges to near d spair, is it not better to lcraow and confront the worst at once? Methinks th, re wouid be the same relief in•tihat as in cl:'a•t!a:' "Despair is sinful, my child. You and I believe youngCaosinove to be guiltless, And believing film to be so, we must be- lieve that he will be acquitted, which is equivalent to'believing in the justice of God, which it were impiety to doubt." "You speak like one of the patriarchs of old. 1 grow strong and hopeful while I listen to you," said Laura Elmer, earn- estly. "It is the power of the -truth spoken, and not of the speaker," said the doctor, humbly, ".And now, my child, you must take care. of yourself. You must not neglect needful food and rest, and re - flashing exercise in the open air." - "Doctor, it was not to taik of my- self, but of Cassinove, that I requested you to come to me to -night. have you seen him lately." "No, my child; I have not had an hour's leisure, except early in the morn- ing or late in the evening, just before the prison doors are opened, or after they are elosed. But to -morrow I will make the leisure and surely see him." "He is fearfully changed, doctor; you will be pained to see him; he has grown so thin and pale from his long and close confinement in that dreary prison. And he is so desolate, defter; can any man be more desolate than lie is? Think of it! —friendless, poor and in prison, with- out father, mother, sister or brother, without a friend in the wide world, save only me-" She hesitated and her pale cheek flushed. "But you are all to him—his guard- ian angel." "1 am Id, betrothed. I do all that I may for him, ;vet not enough: I cannot be all that 1 might be to hint were I his sister—or his wife;" added Laura El- mer, in a lower tone. "Well, nay dear?" sail the doctor, see- ing her hesitate. "Ola, doctor. that I Wt. ro raly his sis- ter, or his wife, that I ,night ]gave the privilege of taring with him always, so that he night never more feel desolate and along in .hi, sr"rr:,w. Doctor, 1 can- not be his sister. bet ---" She hesitated, and again ger pais cheek flushed.. "You migl'.0 be his wife," said the doctor. finishing, her sentence. "1 proanised to be so long ago. Doctor, if instead of coming into Newgate, Fer- dinand Cassinove hacl come into an in- heritance, the first use Inc would have made of his property would have been to ask me to share it with him. Doctor, have I not the same right to share his adversity ?" cried Laura, with a burst of tears. "My child, I know not what to say to you," said the good physician, in pain - fu! perplexity. • "Doctor, listen to me farther. This privilege that I crave would be the greatest possible consolation to me — and. --take notice, doctor—the only pox- ; bleaelaisace..:p;f,safety to :Cassinove" • `•`The only chance of safety to Cas- sinove!" echoed Dr. Clark, in extreme • surprise: "Yes, doctor, his only chance of life rests in this relationship." "My dear Miss Elmer, explain your- self." "Listen then. In the confusion and', distress that immediately followed the discovery of the murder of Sir Vincent Lester, I was overlooked or forgotten. At least, I was not summoned as a wit- ness before the coroner's inquest. There were, perhaps, witnesses in plenty with- out me, who testified directly to those fatal eicumstanees that were deemed quite sufficient to convict Cassinove: And I was glad to be left out. But now the continual gossip of the people • and the press, concerning the tragedy at Lea - ter House, brings niy name more and more into the affair, and under the no- tice of the authorities. They hint at a cause of that murder that makes my cheeks burn and my heart shudder. I live in the daily dread of being subpoe- naed to testify as to this cause on the approaching trial. But if I bore this relationship to him, doctor, I would not be compelled to give evidence so seri- ously affect's Cassinove?" "It would put the seal upon his fate" "Miss Elmer, my child, tell me what this testimony is, that I may judge of its importance. You may confide in me with perfect safety, for I shall never repeat your words: and even if I were capable of such a breach of confidence, it could do no harm since 'hearsay' is no legal evidence." "It was a fierce anis deadly quarrel between Ferdinand Cassinove alien SSir Vincent Lester on the evening preceding the murder of the baronet," said Laura, in a low and shuddering voice. "I see, I we, my poor child! I see it all! Tell inc how I con serve you. What would, you have ane to do?" (To be continued.) "There i;n't a :t `•. I:iu.r much worse than a growing boy," said the boarding- house philosopher. "Ile:, all legs and neck." "something like a chicken, eh?" giggled the frivolous stenographer, who sat fur enoverh away from the landlady to say such things. • DANGEROUS PLROATIVES. Medicines •ef • This Class Do Not Cure-. Their Effect is Weakening. Nothing could be more cruel than to induce a weak, anaemic person to take .a purgaticre medicizae in the hope of fin relief. • Ask any doctor and he will you that a purgative medicine merely' gallops through; the bowels, weakening, the tender tissues. Ile will tell you a .' that a purgative cannot possibly Clan' disease, or build up bad blood. When the the blood Is week and watery, when the system y is run down, a tank is the one thing needed --Is the only thing that will put you right. And in all this world there is no tonic so good as Dr. Williams» ' Pink Pills for Pale People. Every dose Of these pills actually makes new, rich, red blood, which filly the veins, reaches every organ in the body and bringe health and strength to weak, despondent people. .Miss Annie ]3eaudreau, Amherst, Magdalene Islands, Que., says: "1 was pale, my heart would palpitate violently at the least exertion, and I suffered, greatly from severe headaches. I tried. several medicines which seemed actually to leave me worse. Then 1 was advised to try Dr. Willians' Pink Pills, and a half dozen boxes have made nae as web as ever I was. They have done me so =eh good that I would like every weak girl in the land to try them," It was the new blood Dr. Williams' Pink Pills actually made that re- stored 31iss ]3eaudreau to health and strength, and in the same way they will restore all sufferers from anaemia, indigestion, heart palpitation, neuralgia, rheumatism and the secret ailments that make the lives. of so many women and growing girls a burden. Sold by all medicine dealers or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 frons The Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. FEJT C0L0l ED GLOBES NOW. "The big glass =lobes filled. with col- ored rater which were once in the front windows of every drug store are not., seen now as frequently as of old," said a drug clerk. Of course, many aro still in use, but in the readjustment of the window displays in drug stores by res - son of the installation of the electric light they have been displaced. With the old gas pet arrangement there were but two or three separate illuminations, mostly placed behind the globes in (pies- ! tion. "The colored contents of these globes and their chemical constituents are a mystery to most persons and I have had women ask me if they contained col- ored perfumes, while bibulous men have not infrequently asked for a drink of ; the good staff that was going to waste in those big bottles. The globes are ' made in all sorts of fancy and elaborate ' shapes and designs and some are costly. Their history is buried in antiquity; but as they contain chemical compositions • they were primarily, as they are now, the arable= of this chemist. "The water is filtered and beautifully ' colored by chemical admixtures which i ahs eomposed of such chemicals thatel tney will withstand the rays of the sup and not fade. The exquisite pale green i which is one of the popular selections : for coloring is a solution of nitrato of • nickel, and most persons will be sue - prised prised to learn that it is derived from,.. rissolving the common 5 -cent niekei,9 piece in nitric acid. A few 5 -cent nickel pieces dissolved in this acid will produ enough coloring body to tinge sevora•j gallons of water and give a coloring' which is most pleasing to the eyes, "The red, which is also a very bright;t beautiful and permanent color and which shows very effectively, both by day anal when illuminated at night, is made from resublimated or metallic iodine. The 1 blue is made from sulphate of copper i and ammonia and the yellow is produced! by an admixture of bichromate of pot ash and sulphuric acid. Any person can make these beautiful colorings, big• peeiaily the green, but as the acids }}zzsed are very powerful, it is best to Fuatid them prepared by a chemist, as a droopp of nitric acid on the hand will eat a hale in the flesh. oev STARVING BABIES. The baby who suffers from indiges- tion is simady starving to death. It 1 loses all desire for food and the little .j it does take does no gond and the ohild is peevish, cross anus restless, i; Mothers will find no other medicine 3 as prompt to cure as Baby's Ou4n.i Tablets—they always do good --they can't possibly do harm. Mrs. James Savoy, Little Lameque, N. B., says: j "I believe that had it not been for Baby's Own Tablets my child would have been in her grave. She was coedit pletely run down, would refuse food, and was rapidly failing. Nothing I gave her dial her any good until 1 began the use i of Baby's Own Tablets, and these have i changed her into a well and growingg� child." Sold by druggists or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr, Williams l MMledicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Reviving the Gaelic Tongue. It will be fourteen years next July since Dr. Hyde in Dublin founded the . Gaelic League for the restoration of the Irish language, which is now 50,000 strong, with important centres in New York, San Francisco and the Argentine Republic. In the national and other ' schools of Ireland the native tongue of the fathers is being taught to more than 200,000 children. The speech width in • 1840 was spoken by more than two- thirds of the population of Ireland and which half a Century later had fallen into disuse and contempt ham taken it now lease of life, The corpse e has needed only to be touelted t a spring , its feet, Its there a parallel c.lee of l r.+. it re- suscitation on ,'Pr' ,r.1: lark World.