The Brussels Post, 1891-1-2, Page 21HJ: iltl.SSl�iLS k'OST
JAN. 2, 11891,
STRANGELY WEDDED
A TLIRTLLI'NG STORY OF RCMANCF AND ADy17NTU1iU.
CHAPTER XXVt,—Omerrtteee.
top of a long wooden rod whish be-
longs in some way to the windows
—I fancy for flanging muslin cur
talus to,
I could go ou on this subject for
the rest of the day, but as my read-
ers may find the ebullition au in-
tolerable stupid digression, I will
bring myself to a stop, hoping that
tbey will forgive the for baying
drifted off the regular track of the
story. I am ashamed of myself for
I know my faults, one of which ever
leads me to wander a field and fol-
low u' other snbjeots than the one
in hand. Forgive me, reader, I
have been very earnest minded in
writing this novel and promise you
that I •.ill wander no more until I
have written the last word.
So to go book to my story I Well,
from the day that llladatne Welen•
ski first came down from her own
flat in obedience to Ethel's sum•
mono. not a day passed by but they
spent some hours together. Either
Ethel went up to sit with Madame
or Madame mane to lunch or per-
haps spend the evening with Ethel,
and some days they drove out to-
gether—and became, iu feet, the
closest of friends. And indeed
Ethel at that time was sadly in
awed of sums one to cheer her and
sustain her during a very trying
state of affairs. For one thing the
tedious euquiry had been a severe
etrain upon her ; and for another,
Lord Resatrevor ratnaiued in Nor-
folk and he wrote to her every two
or three days, still the lettere were
all from the new Jack whom she
did not like and did not tend to
comfort her or to improve her spirits
in the least.
I can't tell,' she said piteously to
Releue-yes they Lad become sutfi-
eiently intimate to bo Ethel and
Helene to each other—I can't think
what has cotyle to Jack. He and 1
have always been such friends, and
—end
,011! I would not worry about it,
my child,' said Helene kindly.
'Lord Rosstrevor taiuks it is better
to wait a little before he comes up
to Town again and is Been here very
much. And it is better, little one,
far, far better and wiser. You
would not like to set the gossips all
talking, would you ? What you
call here, 'Mrs. Grundy."
'But why need his letters be dif-
ferent 2'
'Ah 1 it is fauoy—mere fancy.
Wait a month or two and then you
will see that he will be just the
same as ever. Why, perhaps he
thinks that you would not like him
to be just the same. Remember
how much hes happened to disturb
all your friends. He way be think•
ing that perhaps you are now =oh
more sorry tor the husband than
you eves were before.'
'Yes,. perhaps;' anewerecl Ethel
doubtfully—bat in heart of hearts
she kuew perfectly well that Jack
was aware that she was not what
Madame called 'sorry' fur Oosmo.
She had been grieved beyond
measure it his traeio and umexpect•
ed end, she would have done aoy-
thiug 10 bar power to hive averted
that end ; but ;Lethal grief for flim
she had none, not as his loss as a
husband affected herself. And elle
was sure that Jack knew it. How-
ever a fortnight went by without
her seeing him, indeed he was still
in Norfolk and there was no sign
apparently of hie returning to Town
again. And it must bo owned that,
at thin time, Ethel was wretchedly
unhappy.
With regard to Major Dennie's
death, the police seemed to be at a
complete standstill. ' They investi•
gated every thread by which they
might be able to uuravel the mys-
tery; but, es Judge put it, 'they
got uo forreder.' For one thing,
shore happened to be so many in-
' fiances at work to repress certain
facts rather than to give informa-
tion which night help those who had
charge of the ease. Firet of all
there wee the widow, who was not
unnaturally most anxious that it
should not be lino•%n how indiffer-
ent a hnebend the murdered man
had been to her. It was perhaps
somewhat old that she should have
had this feeling, but in truth it was
more from a Ruud of wish to pity
respect to tri, memory that her an-
xiety arose Mian 11'n111 any mare per-
sonal feeliug. After all—she had
argued to herself the day after the
murder—after all he might have
been a very much woree, more ea-
tively worse husband than he lied
been. to her. She bad always had
unlimited pin mousy, had always
• had every luxury she desired, she
had been the ruling spirit of her
own house and perhaps the only
thing he had ever denied her was
horse exercise. And if be had been
Ufa/thine, Ile had let her have, of
late, at least, alfree hand to mimeo
herself in her own way ; and she
was not able to shut her eyes to the
fact that, on her side, elle had been
wanting, inasmuch as she lied never
loved hien, and that he knew it.
So she had wished to base the
fact of that Iaet quarrel Rept out of
the evidence, and if possible also the
incident of that woman, Valerie,
who had hunted him down so per-
sistently during the time they lived
in camp at Oherteey. And as it
happened, those who knew the facts
of both incidents had been easily
able to keep them secret.
Naturally enough the police had
from the first been of opinion that
the crime had been committed by
some person living within the build-
ing, but—naturally also—the man.
agement had scouted thie idea and
thrown all the cold water possible
upon it. Therefore the clerk in
charge of the entrance and aloe
had received instructions to be as
careful in hie evidence to discredit
this possibility as was in accordance
with the dictates of ells own con•
soience. The lift -man had also
been warned, bat he, being an old
soldier with all a soldier's detesta
tion for every form of the police
system, had his own reasons for be-
ing a very hard eharaoter out of
whom to get any information. Aud
Judge having the same feeling
and being moreover mindful of Mrs.
Deunie's wishes on the subject, was
more than usually alone. At the
second enqguiry the chief features
was the evidence of the golden -hair.
ed lady who had attended the funer•
al and. had shown 'such signs of
grief. To this woman they had
traced the many letters signed
'Dottie' and she gave such evidence
ae she had to give sensibly and
cheerfully enough.
She deposed that Major Dennis
had been for mein than two years e
very great friend of hers t that she
knew that he was married but has
never seen his wife, nor has he ever
spoken of her, except in the most
casual manner ; that he frequently
took her to dine at one of the large
restaurants and afterwards to the
theatre ; that be was one of the
kindest and most genial of men,
one of the beet friends she ever had
in her life.
Yes, she had dined with him the
evening of the murder. He had
fetched her from her house in Pim-
lico, and they had gone to the
Oafs Royal and to the Princess's
Theatre, and afterwards had a little
supper at some supper rooms in
Oxford street.
She was that night suffering
from a severe attack of neuralgia
and she went into a chemist's shop
and bought a small quantity of
morphia for the purpose of deaden-
ing the pain. Yes, she took the
morphia at each times, that is she
injected it into her arm.
That evening Major Dennis got
into her brougham bat parted from
her just outside the Flats. She did
not get out of the carriage but
drove straight home, injected the
morphia end went to eleep. She
never saw alder Dennis again after
be said goodnight to her at the car-
riage door.
When asked wiry she had not
come forward voluntarily, she re.
plied that elle would certainly have
done so if elle had thought her evi-
deuce would be of any value.
Well, the enol of it all was that
the police were completely baffled.
There was no evidence which would
fix suspicion on any person can•
seated wtth the dead man. The
weapon with which the foul deed
had been clone was, of course, in
the hands of the authorities ; but
this told no tale. It was a fine,
long and uarrow Dtimaeeue blade,
with a neat handle inlaid with gold
and eilver. Such a dagger, in fact,
as yon may see on any lady's bots•
doir table, where it fulfils no more
nmrderous mission than that of
cutting the pages of the last new
magazine.
Therefore after nearly an hour's
deliberation the inquiry was
brought to an end and the jury re-
turned a verdict of wilful murder
against some person or persons Liu
known.
(To be Continued )
It is estimated that 0,000 railway
employeee are now on etsilre iu
Scotland.
The Belgian Radical Oongeoes
hae passed revolution in favor of
universal suffrage and the reprsseu•
Intron of minorities.
On Ohristmae eve John Simpson,
a young colored man of Amherat,
burg, Ont., was shot dead, He and
Ohara were comparing revolvore
while attending a Ohtietmas tree
entertainment, and whether the
aftwir was en accident or not the
coroner will endeavor to ascertain,
The SerVioe oY Praise in the
tt3abbath Sclxool,
The following paper was read by
Wm. Pollard at the Walton Union
S. 8, Oonvorltion held 'recently :
Allow me, kir. President, to eller
you my oougratulatione on the how
arable and somewhat enviable posi-
tion you occupy an the first President
elect of this loe:tl Sabbath School
Ooneeution, and alga to the commit-
tee for the very neat and well ar•
ranged propene they have put in
our hauda. It certainly would do
credit bo a county convention. 1
trust this coaveutiou will be fruitful
of much good, by stimulating ms all
to duty anis to diligence. I elope it
will not be thought vain in me when
I tell yon that I was glad when I
saw my name on that program ; not
from the fact that I might figure in
this convention, but to know that I
have the confidence of my brothers
and sisters in Christ. 'fids 1 prize
more than gold.
The subject which stands ass°.
(dated with my name on this pro,
gram is "The Service of Song or
Praise." Tits is a paramount sub-
ject, and is ono worthy of a mind of
greater calibre than I possess.
However, it is a source of relief to
me to know that there nae those
present, to follow in discussion, who
will make up for the deficiency on
my part. The question (night be
asked, What is praise 2 The answer
that we give ie that it is the emotion•
al nature of man, voiced forth in
song, and we credit God ae its
author. Infidelity and skepticism,
with their deseeoting knife of reason,
does not detect anything more than
the material mac; and pronounces
man an animal of the higher order.
But we will place man under the
powerful lens of God's word, to the
law and to the testimony, and how
do we see him 2 When God created
man He gave him a physical being,
forming his body from the dust of
the ground, but into that body was
put an immortal spirit. God breath-
ed into man's nostrils the breath of
life and he became a living soul, and
that eonl of yours and mine will live
parallel with God's existence. liow
much greater is the composition of
the spiritual than the natural rnau.
He also endowed him with a social
nature. It is not good for man to
dwell alone, so God created woman
and called her Eve. Every Adam
should have his Eve. He also made
him an intellectual being, from the
fact that God put man iu the garden
of Eden and told him to take care
of it and dress it, and also put him
in possession of the other works of
his creation, and, as we have said
before, gave him also an emotional
being, enabling him to respond to
God's goodness, and bearing some-
what of the relationship to his Maker
that the moon does to the sun, a re.
fleeter of God's image.
But we find that man sinned by
transgressing God's law, bringing
upon himself death of the body as
well as death of the soul—dust thou
art, and to duet thou shalt return—
and we find on the account of sin
that those noble qualities or elements
which go to make up the perfect
man have become impaired, and we
have as the reedit physical ailmeute,
s0 many of which flesh as heir to.
The social eletnenis have beading
disturbed iu more than a thousand
and one instances. The intellectual
faculties have become blunted, and
consequently the emotional theta
momater has fallen corrospoudingly,
and while we pause for a Inotneut to
look at man in his fallen condition
it is pitiable indeed. So much so
that God himself was moved in pity
and in love so that He redeemed, or
brought him beck, from his fallen
state. What was the price 2 "Goof
so loved the world that He gave His
only begotten Son that whosoever
believeth in Him should not perish,
but have eternal life," while he that
will not believe will be damned in
our fallen condition. We cannot
truly praise God but in proportion
as wo realize our reetorattion in
Christ, then we shell be enabled to
sing with the spirit, and with the;
urder':tauc1ing deo'; than we rhaal
be enabled to say, lilts David of olds,
"Lie live taken my feet from an
horrible pit, and from the mire and
the clay, and hath set them on a
rock and established my goings and
put a now song in my mouth, even
praises to God,"
We believe that song was used
early in the history of man, although
I fail to find any direct evidence of
this. Wo find that after the Israel•
itee
this..
the Red Sew that Moses
composed a tong of deliverance and
the people sung it. unto the Lord,
r.nd if they could praise God for a
temporal deliverance have we not
greater reason to praise God for a
spiritual one 1' David as a shepherd
boy was a swept singer and a skilful
player of instrumental music. He
wee engaged to play before (ling
Saul, and the church of his day was
much enlivened by song.
The greatest event that has hap
petted in the world's history—the
birth of Christ—was accompanied
with songs of praise, "For unto you
is born this day iu the city of David
a Saviour wi,icli is Christ the
Lord, etc.," and we believe that all
along down the ages of the Ohristian
ehnrch that song has cheered and
comforted many of her weary pil-
grims. Christ and His disciples
after partaking of the last supper
sung a hymn before entering into
the garden where he was to be be.
frayed, and many a Christian has
received courage and strength to
encounter their last enemy, death,
and have gone triumphant to the
evergreen shote. We think that in
no age of the world's history has
song been eo universally used ae in
the present eentuary.' 'This may
truly he said to be the age of song,
and we find it is signally owned and
blessed of God. All our revivalists
and evangelists are booming alive
to this fact. Moody and Sankey,
Sam. Jones, the Salvation Army,
are singing the gospel into men's
hearts, Singing seems to soften
men's hearts to receive the truth as
fire softens Iron so that it can be
fashioned as the workmen may c1e•
"'e.
If we grant that song is essential
in carrying on the cause of Ohrist
end if we want veil aiuging in our
congregatioua, then we must begin
with the children, and we cannot
begin too soou. Mothers sbould
sing Christian lullaby songs while
rocking their children in the cradle,
by so doing they aro cultivating the
young ear as well as leaving ins-.
press upon the mind• We have
known many instances whore child-
ren could sing a tune accurately be-
fore they could speak the words pro.
pally and iu all of our bonne muuio
and sacred song should be encourag-
ed. lu the Sabbath school work we
think too much attention cannot be
given to this element. The Sun-
day school work would become life.
less and uninteresting without it.
The supertutendent and teachers
should see that the children are in
their proper places, and in alt cases
the smaller children should have
the most prominent place. All
.ahouid have boosts and should be
encouraged to sing. Supposing
there may be some discordent notes,
that should not deter any from tak-
ing part. An organ and a few adults
to lead is very essential, but the
young children should never be lost
sight cf. The hymns and tunes
should be selected with great care
and we think they should be read
by the superintendent before being
snug as this will prompt those who
are nut very good readers, and all
ebould be impressed with this fact
that when we sing we are talking
to God, and if wo do not meats
what we say then it is nothing more
or less then mockery. We should
alwaye try and sing with the spirit
end with the understanding also.
A number of passages of soriptnro
were cited by Dir. Pollard as to the
prominent place the service of
praise should occupy.
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