The Yakima herald. [volume], July 11, 1889, Image 5

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i«W»Kt *r AWITCH— laatlasKi
*'k>r of too frees which it woe proposed to
lake down
“Wbat are you doing tba-wf mid lha
a|ui(v. to a raelsi cboly voire
“Marking, squire.'
‘Than you way m- wall save yourself the
trouble, f r toe riser trill twlung to some
bkjr elw twl«,rr ' .1* sap It up in those i«lk*
“Now. »quirc. don't y«n» iwgtu to folk like
uat. for I d-a't haUava it . hat ain't ago
L'*tt to happen."
“Ain't a goiiig to happen, yea stupid hi
kw. ain't a going to happenr answered tba
squire, with a dreary laugh. “Why, look
fhrra'' -ba pointed iu a dog can which bad
diawn up on tba read la such a position (bat
'.way could tea it without iu occupants using
l -jeta—“thav are taking i-otas already.**
George looked and so did Ida Mr Quest
wsa tba driver of (La dog wart, which ba had
pulled up ia such a position aa to command
a view of the castle, and bis uMupaulon, la
whom Georg* recognised a wail kvown Low
—-U umkionser who wtuetitaas did bmtnsm
in these parte, wu standing up, an opsw
notebook iu bis hand, altcraalaly looking at
ba uobla lowers of tka gateway and Jotting
down memoranda.
“D-u him, and so ha bo,” mid George,
oiterly forgetting bia nuuman.
Ma looked up and mw her father’s aym
filed ut-on her with an oiprsmioo that seemed
lossy: “Sm), you willful young worsen, sea
(b« rain yoa Lavs brought upon us."
Ida tmwad away ; she could not bear it,
a ad that vary sight sba cam# to a dstennlna
uon. which was In due course vommunluAtad
I'l Harold, and him alone. That dstarmiaa-
Uoa woe to let things ba for the present, upon
toe chance of aomatbiug happening by smuii
uf which the dilemma might be solved. But
If noibing nappaoad—and indeed it did not
w»« probable to bar that aaytbiag would
happen—than she would sacrifice herself at
iba last moment She behaved, indeed As
knew, that As aanld always call Edward
l oamy back to bar if sba liked. Itwasn
compromise, and, ilka all compromises, hod
ss elsmsnt of waaknem; bot It gave time,
and time to bar was ilka water to tho dying.
■Blr." mid George presently, “it's Bolting
l»am quarter morions tba day after to-mor
row. ain't itr (Mr. da la Molls was chair
man of quarter ssssioos.i
“Yes. of course It in"
George thought for a minute.
* I'm thinking, aquirn, that if 1 aren't
wanted tbut day 1 want to go up to Lunnou
shout a hit of basinsss.''
-Go up to London f* said tba Nuboi "why.
slat do you want to do ibavot You wart is
I/»!k1uo the other day."
•Well, squiro. La answered, looking Inez
prewLbly shv. “that ain't no matter of n»
l<ndyV ft’s a bit of privets affaire."
“.Hi. ail right,” mid tba squire, his Interest
dying cut; "you are always full of mystor
an l ha voctlauad bia walk.
;lut George shook bia fist la the d* teUan
• f the road down which the dog cart had
•I <vaa.
“Ah! you devil,” ba said, sdhadlng to Mr
Queer, “if 1 don't make Bolaingbam, yes,
*v: i a’! England, too hot to bold you, my
i.atua ain’t George. i'H giro you wbat for.
« y cuckoo, that I wllir
CHAPTER XXXIII.
OHO BOB’* DVLOIUnO nun.
George carried out bit intention of going
to London. Tba morning following tha daj
wh»« Mr. Quest bad driven the auctioneer in
<b« dog cart to Bonham, Georgs might hare
!-#*s wd as hour bifora it was light por
( bating a third darn rotors ticket to Liver
pool afreet Arriving there Is fcafety, ha
partook of a aaound braakfaat, for It waa 10
o'clock, and then taking a cab be caused hlm
s».f to be driven to tea and of that street in
PWlro where ha had gone with the fair
Ldthia," and where Johnnie had made ao
qoaiutenc* with his aah etlokt
D mi lining the cab. ha made his way to (he
limit* with (be rad pillars, batoo arriving
we* vmti'irrably takas aback, for tba place
had every appearance of being iwriii
there were no Winds to tba windows, and on
the stops wars muddy foot marks aad bite of
rag arJ straw which eaemed to ha tba Utter
wf a rectoi removal Indaad, there «o the
•vat were The broad wheal marks of tha van
• bod carted off the furniture. He stored
en be sight with dimay. Tha bird had ap
• uivnt.v flown and left no address, and ha
rad caci Lie trip for nothing.
lie prowed upon the electrla ball; that is,
be did ihfs ultimately. George waa not ao>
t uaroaied to electric bells, Indeed ha had
never seen one before, aad after attempting
to vain to poll it with hit Angara—forks
.caw that it most baa ball because there was
:0* word itself written on it—ha as a last ra
tonnsa condescended to try it with hi* teeth,
intimately, however, he discovered bow to
ns* it, tat without rvsait. Biker the battery
t ed been taken away, or II waa oat of gear.
* •iu.t eshe we* wondering what to do next be
made a discovery—the door was slightly ajar.
U- pushed it aad it came open-ravaging a
o : rry ball, stripped of every scrap of fund
•uw, Entering, be shut the door and walked
rp the tteirs to tba room whence ha had lad
after i brothing Johnnie. Bara ha pansad
aad listened, for he thought be heard soma
Jody in the room; nor waa ha mistaken, for
crvwntiy a well rmsmhsrsd voice shrilled
one within:
•Who’s skulking about outside tksrsr said
tba voice. -If it 1 * on# of those bailiffs he'd
batter book It, for there’s nothing Ml here."
tltorge's countenance positively beamed at
tea sound.
'Bailiffs, manor ha sung out through the
doer: “it aiat no varmiaty bailiffs, it’s a
friend, and Just when you're wanting ess
seemingly Can 1 coma iaP
“Ob, yaa, coma iu, whoever you are," mid
•ha voice. Accordingly ha opened the docs
and entered, and this waa what ha saw. The
room, lute tba rest of the boose, bad base
stripped of everything, with the solitary vs
cvpuunsof a ho* aada msttraa, beside white
Caere were an empty bottle and a dirty glam
On the mattrem ml tba fair Edithla, alias
Mis. D'Autigne, alios tbs Tigsr, alias Mrs.
G'<sa*. and such a sight as aba presents*
Mg* bed never seen before. Her laroi
to>w bore traces of rsosat bsavy drinking,
an 1 was moreover diny, haggard aad dread
iol to look upon; her hair woaa Croniy mat.
-a ao*aa patches of which tha golds* dye bad
.adsd, Jvarmg it its aatoral baa of doubt
nil gray She had no collar on, aad bar linen
was '"pen at tee neck; oa her feet ware a
Hi by pair of whit*satin slippers, oa her bach
that same gorgeous pink satin tea gown
which Mr. (Jurat bad observed oa tbs oocw
sioa cf his visit, now. however, soiled aad
torn. Anything more squalid or move repul
give than the whole picture cannot be im
agined, and though bis stomach was pretty
strong, and in the course of his Ufa ha had
am* many a sight of utter destitution. Georgs
literally recoiled (ram it.
. “Wbat’e the matter C said tha hag. sharp
hr. -aad who tba dickens are you! Ah, I
know bow, you are tee chap who whacked
Johnnie,** aad aha burs’, into a beam* screen:
of laughter at tha recollection "It war
aaaan of you. though, to book it auu J-avs
ma. Me pulled me, tha devil, and I was
fined two pmmh tv tba beak.”
••Mean of him. mirm, wot nsa, bat he was
a west* varmint a*i<<pu*r. be was; to gc
■ aad pull a lady, too. 1 i iver heard cf such a
thing. Lut, loarm. >f 1 udg,.t say so, yo»
ammtahain t/uubte her.-,’ ami fc« looks
east upon tbadvai U>a.
* {:; I sr.v * • I wsaia trouble
lialVa iWM Ml IMeHM »i tba Imm. that
«. here* beau Mm Aerations—«m tm
ui *» awl taxes. on for • butcher's MU. and
for rent. They all caiua loceibor. and
uu; I t like wild cata for tbaduds That was
•wm I day, an-1 you #*• all tber have lafl roe.
-Waned out everything down Vo my u*w yai
o* aatiii, and (tarn askwi fur in or* They
wanted Vo know where in; HMrv was. tat
I bid tb«iu tbara. bra. liar.
“Meaning. mar m ('
“Mean'ng that I hid it—that la. what was
left of It—ui.dara board Uat that aiu't lha
•orm Whan I was a(bat d*vil Elian,
wbe's bail her stare of tba swag all thee*
years, gut to Ilia u.aru and collar*.) tba
thing*, au't bolted with them. and look wbat
<b#'e W: ma instead,” and she held up a • rsp
if paper, "a taralpt for fl»* yca.a' «agr*.
and ab«'a ba>) them oval and over again Ab,
if aver 1 ga: a itisiu-v at bar.” ano aha
iuuMa-l bar long tiatal and made a motion aa
of a person scratching "Siba's boltad and
laft ma liara to atari a I haven't bad a Lit*
Moor yvatordsy, uor a drink atShar. and tbat'a
rorw Wbat‘a (o bwvir.# ».f m*» I'm starr
mg I suailuave tba work bouse.
Vaa, me." a'aaaunvu ... a -ream, -ma, wba
havasjwul llicuaunda I ■ball bar# to goto
a work nuu-w tika amiunu woman.'
“It's uruvi, inarm, cruel, ’ mid (lie sympa
thatic Gauigv. “and you a lawful welded
wife till death do as port.’ But. inarm. I
mw a public over tba way. Now. imulum.
out you’ll let me Just go over and fetch a bite
ami a sup."
"Wall,'' ab* answered, hungrily, “you'ras
cant,you are, tb«<igb you rs a country one
Vou go. while I Just make a Intis toilet,
usd aa for tba drink, why, let It ba brandy "
"Bread; it ahull na." said tka gallant
.Jaorga, oad dapaiUA
in tan mleutoa ba ratunwd w.tk a sapply
uf beef patties, samv idatea and glasses, and
* bottle *f good strong British brawn,
which, os every bud y knuwa, is safttcieut
luanrity to render are# privalee or two bto*
isckats drunk and iacapabie.
Th* woman, whs bow prsasatsd a slightly
uor# rsspactabtaappearance, oabwd tba lot
la, and, pouring about a win* glassful and a
jalf of its con toa tr into a tumbler, mixed it
wltb an equal quantity of water aad drank
it off at a draught.
“That's bat!*?," aha said, “and new far a
patty. It's a real ptcslo. tola (a.*
Ha banded bar one. but sba could not oat
uor* than half of it, for alcohol destroys the
usalthiar appetites, asd aba boob flaw back U»
Jm brandy bottle.
“Now. mam, that you are a littla mora
■join for tab!*, perhaps you will tall ma how
you got into tbka way. and you with a rich
husband aa I wall kaowa to love aad cherish
••ou."
“A hoabaod to km and ohartah mar ah
ai'l; “why I bavs writtau to him thraa time*
o tall bun that l*a starving, and oarer a
wot baa ha given ma- and them's no allow
turn dua yet. and wban there Is t hay'll taka
.t, for 1 owa hundred*. r
•Wall," aaid George. “1 call it craal- |
cruel, and ha rolling is gold, Thirty thou
•and pound* ha baa Just made, that 1 know j
of. Yon moat be an angel, rearm, to ataud I
it, aa aogal without winga If it ware my ;
boi>band, now, l*d know the raaaon why.”
“Ay. but 1 daren’t He’d murder ma He;
aaid ba would.”
George laughed gently “Lord I Lord Pba 1
•aid, “to aaa how man du play it off upon poor
weak women, working on tbeir Mrvse and I
that lika Ha kill you/ Laryar Quest kill I
you, and ha it the bigg**: toward in Botelug
oamf But there it y. fhla i* a world of I
wrong, aa tha parsusMjya, and the poor shorn
lambs moat jamb tbeir tails down and turn
tbeir backs to the wiad, and an must you,
mariu. No it’s the workhiw you'll be in t->
morrow. Well, you'll find :t a poor place,
the skilly ia that rr-ugh it do fare to taka tha
•kin off your Ihi out. ar.d i.»: a drop of liquor,
not even a *;upof but tea. and work, too. low
of it-scrubbing, maria, errulibingP
This vivid picture of naan lea to come draw ,
something between a anb and a bowl from
the woman. There ia nothing more horrible
to the Imagination of such people than the idaa
at being forced to work if tbeir notion* of
a future state of punishment could ba got at,
(bay would ba found, in nioaoaaaa out of ton,
to raaolva themselves into a vague oouoej>
cion of bard labor in a hot climate. It was'
(be idaa of tha acrubbtog that particularly
effected the lifer.
“Iwoa’t do it." aha said, “111 go to ohokay
“Look here, marm," aaid George, ia a par
native voice, aad pushing tha brandy bottla
toward bar, “where'* the need for you to go
10 (ha workhua or to choker either—you
with a rich husband as m bound by law ta
support you aa becomes a lady* And, marm,
mind another thing, a husband aa baa wick
edly demited you- which bow Ue could do ao I
ain't for me to any—ond i* living along of I
another young parly."
Bha took some mote brandy before aha an
•wared.
“That's all vary wail, yon duffer." aha aaid.
“but bow am Ito gat at Limf 1 tall you I'm
afraid of him, ami even if I weren’t. 1 haven't
a eaut to travel with. aid If I got there what
ain 1 to dof
**Aa for being afraid, marm," ba answered.
“Tve told you Laryar Quest ia a long sight
more frightened of you (ban you nra of buu.
Than as for money, why, marm. I'm going
down to Boiaingham myartf by the train that
taavM Liverpool street at half past I, and
that's an hour from now, and it's proud aad
pleaaad I should ba to token lady down and
ba tbs maana of bringing them ao baa boon in
holy matrimony together again. And as to
what you should do whan you gate tears,
why, you should Just walk ap with your
marriage line* aad my, ’You are n«y baa
hand, aad 1 call oa you t* cease living as you
didn’toughter.and take me backhand If he
don’t, why, the* you swears an information,
and it's a cam of warrant (or bigamy.”
Tha Tiger chuckled, aad then suddenly
seised with suspicion, looked at bar visitor
“What do yon want n* to blow tha gaff
forr aha mid: ”yon*ra a I wry 01-l hand, you ;
are, for all your ample ways, and yon*v* got
«om* game on, Ml taka my davy
“I a game—lT p.iwwered George, an as
premie* of the deep, si pain spreading itself |
jror bis ugly features. marm—aud
wbeu one has wanted to help a friend, ton.
Well, if you think that-aad no doubt rata
fortune hev made you suspicious- the best I
can do is to bid you g»«l day, aad to wish
you wall out of your trouble*, workbus and
all, marm, which I do according,” and bs
rose from his ho* with much dignity, politely
bowed to the bag oo tee mattress, and then
turning walked toward tea door.
She sprung up with aa oath.
“Mi go,” she mid. “Ml taka the change
oaf of him. 11l teach him to let hia lawful
wifaetarvaon a beggarly pittance. Idual
care if ha darn try to kill me. I'll ruin him,’
and site stamped upon the flour and screamed, I
“Ml ruin him, I’ll ruin him.” presenting such I
a picture of abandoned rag* and wickedness 1
that even George, whose nerves ware act
flatly struag. inwardly shrank from her
“Ah, marm,” ha sold, “no wonder you're
put out. When I think of what yau'ea bad !
to suffer, I own to tnafcaamy Wood go a filing ,
through my veins Rut If you are a-coodag, (
perliei ■lt TTimlii Uaevll to ■*<!• ntrelßg
and put r.«r ha*. for «r t.ava got t-» <«u*b ,
tha train,’’ en*t ’«• pWated to a >-*sdgcar
chiefly made o: • iwl at d’iitpMatad >.«*• I
wk lecfbe-s *•**• *l. ’le NWff- _
& U P P I. K M K N T.
bad aitbar ..varmukm. or Ml to rough pdf. :
bhr put on bar bat and cloak, and than ga
in g to tba buia banaatk tba board, oat of
which aba aald tba wumaa Elian had atolaa
bar Jewelry, aha extracted lha copy of tba
aartu' -v# of marriage which that lady had
bot apparvativ tlnugni worth stealing, and
put It in tte ffockot of brr pink silk paignotr.
Thm Utvig*. Laving Oral secured tba ra
■talodwt of ita l ottia of brandy, which ba
put Hiiu hi* capacious pocket. I bay atartad,
and. finding a hansom, drora (a Uvarpoel
■rest. Sink a spectacle. aa tba Tlgar iookad
■poo tba platform. George was wool, (a aflar
days, to declare L« i«i«r did sea But It «aa
easily b* imagined that a flare*. dimelat*.
hungry looking woman, wltb ba lt dyad hair,
who had drunk as much ss aras good tor bar,
dfsswd iu a bat mad* of shabby psaasok
feathers, dirty whita tboan. an alstar with
■urua buttons off. and a gorgeous but filthy
pink' silk laa gown. prepared a aufiMaaliy
curious appearance. **|<ocial!y wbkß caw
toasted auk h*r c*«w; iumi, Iba aobar and
mslstiru'4. i.H.km*U«i. «ge. who wee arrayed
Iu bia pepper and sal. Kmidqy suit.
Bo curious indeed n» »heir aspect that lha
people loitering about tbs platfona collected
round tbam, and Gemge, who was baartiiy
ashamed c( the position, was thankful auougfa
whan uuca iba train averted. He bad. from
motives of economy, taken bar la a third
class ticket, and at this point she grumbled,
saying tbst she woe accustomed to travel ilk#
a lady should, first. tint ba appeared her with
tba brandy bottle
Ali iba Journey through La talked to bar
about bar wrongs, till ■» last, wbat bat warn
tba liquor and bks artful iucitatnauto, she wsa
inflamed Into a condition of savage fury
age. i:»i Mr Quasi. When uuca aba got to
ibis point ha would let bar have no mors
brandy, seeing that she wsa bow rips for bis
purpose, which was, of course, to use bar to
ruia tba mao who would ruin tba boom be
served.
Mr Quest. sitting in .tales* clerk to tha
magistrates assembled In quarter semi on* at
(ha session* bouse at Koieingbaw, little
gtiasavd that tha sword, at whose shadow be
bed trembled all thaaa yean, waa even now
failing « u bis hsad. or that tha hand that rut
tha hair that bald it was that of tha stupid
bumpkin wham warning ba bad despised.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
ru awoan or oauocun.
At last the weary journey waa over, and
to George's Intense relief ba found himself
upon the platform at Boiaingham. Ha was
a pretty tough subject, but ba felt that a
very little more of tbs company of the fait
Edith ia would ba too much for him. As it
happened, the station master waa a par tie
ular friend of bis, ai:d the astonishment oJ
that worthy when ho saw tha respectable
Gacrga tu ench company cannot ba expressed
in words.
"Why hoar! Well, i never 1 Is aba a far
rinerf h# .•itf'u luted in astonishment -
“If yon uwu< me, you dirty, wheal grew*
lug Steam Ujw, v-j," said Rditfaia, who was
by now in a line bellicose condition, “I’m no
morn foteig.. .b -n you era. Shut your ngiy
mouth. ca’i'f you..« ’—and aba took a atep
toward the stout *'•»' .on master. Ba retreated
praeipiuteiy, .aug-o. his heel against the
threshold of tbv bcAiag ogles, and vanished
backward wlvb a .wash
“Steady, marm, steady." said George.
“Save it up, now, do, and a* for you,don't you
Irritate bar. none of you, or 1 wont answer
for tha cousrqiteuces, for she's an injured
woman, she is, and Injured woman ia apt to
ba dangerous. 11
Aa chance would have it, afy which bad
hreoght eomalwdy to tha atoltoo waa still
standing there, and into it Georgs bundled
bis fair i bat gv. talbrg the driver to go to the
evasion* ham*.
“Now. inarm," ha aaid, “lietoo to am; l a
going to take j ou to tha man aa has wronged
you. He's sitti'ig ns *• erk to tha magistral—
Do you go u .ai. i t-eil him your husband
The* he'.. ;aii ihu ; i ■'.iceman to toka you
away u * you eiog out for justice, ba
nue. j.» >p. using* out for justice every
body's tK.and : ■ iislet.. and my tbokyon want
a wa mu; agm.i* huo to/ bigamy, aad show
ihem low tiuiV.-;»sa -.nHcala. Do>t]wib.
pu. (>«i, and uoa t yon spare him. If you
don't stari is h u you'll never get anything
out of him."
“Bpaia him:'* she snarled; “111 maha him
ait up. I*U have his blood. But look b-e, If
he’s put ia <-boksr. where’s tbs tin ta aoma
Ifomf
“Why, marm." answered George, with
splendid mendacity, "it’s tha bass thing that
ma happen for you, for if (hay collar him
you get tbo property, and that's law."
- “Oh." aha answers*, "if I’d kaowa that
he'd nave been .-’bared long ago. I ma toll
yoo.”
“Cihbo," mid Qsorgv. asslug that they ware
nearing (heir destination, “have one more
aip Just to keep your spirits up," aad ho pro
4uosd (ba brandy bottle, at which aha teak a
long puIL
“Now," ha aaid. 'go for him likoa wild
mt."
"Never you f •er," she said.
They dMMuuttiod from the eah aad sutsred
tbo ecu: . lrnu-» Without attraottog say par
ticular wAfitt T»vcourt itself was srawdsd,
for a .-ase thick had axeitod publie lotormt
was coming to a omclnsiou. Tha jury had
given tbeir verdict and isutsnoa was being
pronoun.*’! by Mr. da la Hoik the chair
Mr Quest waa sitting at Ms table below
tha hanfli taking aoma notes.
"There’* yo husband," ha srhhparad;
“now do yim draw oa."
Georges part ia tba drama waa played,
aud with a sigh of relief ha fall hath to watch
iu Anal development. Ba mw tha fierce,
tali W .man slip through tha arawfl like a
sunk* or a pautber to ite pray, aad tome
compunction tutu-bed him whan ha thought
of tba prev Jm gimiced at tea elderly ra
epcrtoMt- Inc!;mg u Tiflnmea at the teUa, aad
rufUctm! (Vet iw, ».«•>, was walking hie pray—
(be obi srju*:-* -») " e ancient house af Da/'
Mol's Vtfn li> i-omptuudiaa vanished, a*
ba rejoiced to > ii-.k that ha would ba Us
mean n of dtatruyiug a man who, to fill hie
pockets, did no: haeitata to destroy tha tern
Uy with whkh hie life aad tha Uvea of his
forato*hare f«r many geaendtena hod bean
intarwohrar
By ihi* time tha woman had fought her
way thr.agb tee prem, bursting tha rasnam
ioe borrow off »>ei u:*t*r la an doing, and
waoiivd tus bai which eaparatad tha epao
tutors frton the suiwa is served for the off
date Op tba further aid# of tha bar was a
gangway. thca cam* the Uhl* at which Mr.
(Juestmt. U* had beea busy writing some
thing all thl* time, now ha rose aad pasted
it r»» Mr d* la Moll*, and tea* turned to aft
down again.
Meanwhile his wife bad araaed bar long,
lithe body forward over the bar Mil bar band
sms ahnoat level with tea hither edge cf (ho
table. Thera aba stood glaring at him, bar
wicked face alive with fury aad malice, for
the brandy aha had drunk bad ceased her to
forget her fears
As Mr. goes! turned, his aye caagbi the
flash af color from tha paaenok feather hat
Kruse tbaoos it traveled to tba face Iwmalh.
Ha gavaagaap,aad tha court w-wued
whirl ran ad him. Tha award had falle-i, I«
daeti
"trail. Bitty." whisfwred the hateful v<**
“you aaa Kva came to look you up."
fth a dsseevsta effort ha rwwvarvd him
self. ▲ iioUcamuu was ling i- jr him.
Ha beckoned to him and t-j!«J Mm t«» remove
tiia womau, who was druuL. Tin. |oiicemaa
a Ivoucad and toacLed bar ua tlw arm
•Voma. you he off,' - be said, ‘•yoo'ra
druuk."
-\l lluit moineut Mr da la Moll# ceased
glv iug J-jilgmant
“I ain't drunk," said lha woman, luud
enough to attract tba attention • f tbo whole
court, which now. f..r lha (into, ob
served bar extraordinary attirw. “mid Tvas
right to ba In tba public -ou.*;. '
“Come on.” mid the jv .lu-aumn. “iba clerk
says you're to go."
“Tba clerk mys aa. does bar sba ansa ami,
'and do you know who lha clerk la* I’ll tall
you all.** and »b« ret*?! her voice to a scream,
"hs's my buslwnd. rjy lawful wedded bu»
baud, end bare's proof of It.” and she rook
(be folded certificate friun hsi (MickaC and
flung it so that it fell upon tba desk of caa
of tba magistral**.
Mr Quest sunk Into bis ebalr, and (bora
was a silence of oaionisbtnaut through tba
ouort
Tba squire was the first to raeoear himself.
"Silanes," ba said, addressing bar; “sllenoa.
"This cannot go on torn."
“But I want Justice,' she shrieked. “1
waul Justice. 1 want a warrant against that
oiau for Ugumy.” (Renewed acui«tiun.|
"Bs's left rue to start s, rue, his lawful wife
Look litre," and she lure open the pink satin
tea gown, “1 hsvau'i am-ugh clothes on me.
tba bailiffs took all my cU-thm, I have suf
fered Lis cruelty for yeum, and burn* it, and
1 can boar It no longer Justice, vour war
tliips. I only ask for-Ji.-siW.”
"Ba silent, woman." mid Ur. da la Moll*
-If yoa bar* any criminal charge to bring
agsiuet anybody, there is a proper way to
■taka it. B* silane, or len va this court."
But ab* only screamed th* more for Justice,
and loudly detailed fragments of .her woes to
the eagerly listening crowd.
Theta policeman wer* ordered to remora
bar, and tbara folio««i ■ most frightful
«wia Bha shrieked and bit and fought in
such a fashion toot-it took four iusn to drag
her to tba door of Uw court, . where sba
dropped axhanstad against the wall in the
corridor
'Wed," Mid the obaerrant George to bim>
•elf, “aba baa dona tba trick proper, and no
•uictakfc Couldn't bare been better. That's
j master one, lhatU." Then be turned bis
attention to tba stricken man before him.
Mr Quest was sitting in bis chair, bis face
ashen, his eyM wide open, and bia bands
•Oacsd flat on tba table before him. When
•i lance bad bean restored, be rose and turned
to the bench, apparently with the <oteuUou
•if addressing tbs court Out be said noth
ing, either because be could not And words
or because bis oourago failed him. Thera
was a moment's intense silence, for every one
In tbe crowded court was watching him, and
toe sense of it seamed to take what resolution
be bad left out of bim. At any rate, be left
tbe table and hurried trom tbe court In the
passage be found tbe Tiger, who. nurrounded
by a little crowd, and with her bat awry and
ter clothes half tom from bar l«ck. was
huddled gaapiug against tbe wall.
She saw him and began to apeak; but he
•topped and faced ber. lie faced per, grind
ing hie teetb, and with such an an fui lire of
fury in bisey«e that sfoo rbrunk frpm him in
terror, flattening barer!f against the wall.
"What did I tell you#" bo said, In a choked
voice, apd tbpn launod ofl. A few paces down
Up paseagn be msTty* <»# -hie >»wn rl»rk«, a
‘sham fellow enough.
"Here, Jones." be said, "yea Wd that wo
man there. She bee mr.de a charge against
me. Watch her. Sec where ilm goes to,and
And out wbat slm lcg< <ag t:»d«. riven come
and tell me at the oflic.-, if you lom sight of
bar yon lom your place ?r*n. IKi y on under
stnndr
"Yes, sir,” mid the astonished clerk, and
Mr. Quest was gone.
Be made bis way direct to the office. It
was dosed, for he bad told his clerks that be
toould not oome back after court, and (bat
they could go at half past 4. Ha had his
key, however, and, entering, lighted the gas.
Then he went to his safe and sorted some
papers, burning a good number of them. Two
large documents, however, he put by his side
to read. One wee his will, the other was in
dorsed: “Statement af the circttfMtoMm asm
■acted with Edith."
Pint he looked through hie will. It had
beea made soma years ago, pod was entirely
to favor of bla wife, or rather of hie reputed
silk, Bella.
“It may as wall stand,” be said aloud. “If
anything happens to ms she ll take about ton
thousand under it, and that was what she !
brought ms.’’ Taking a pan he want through
the deeumeot carefully, and wherever the I
name of “Belle Quest” occurred be puts j
areas, and insertsd them words: "Gen nett, '
commonly known as Beds Quest ’—(tenuett
being Belle’s maiden tuune- and initiated the
correction. Rest be glanced at the stale- ,
asst It contained a full and fair account ,
of his connection with tbs woman who had
ruined hte Ufa “I may as well Wave It," ha
thought "Someday it will show Belle that 1
1 was net quite so bad as I Beamed.”
Be replaced the statement to a brief novel- i
ope, seeled and directed to Belle, and Anally
marked Ui “Rot to be opened tiU ray death. |
W Quest* Then be put the envelope away {
to the mfe and took up tbe will for tho same !
purpose. Rest it oo the table lay the deeds '
ensouled by Edward Coamt, transferring the j
Honham mortgagee to Mr. Quest to oou- I
•(deration of hte abstaining from the com
aiiaosmsat of a salt for a divorce to which
ho proposed to join Edward Oosesy so co re- |
spoudsut "Ahl* ho. thought tar : himself,
"Chat game is up. Belle is not my legal
wife, therefore 1 cannot commence a suit ,
against her to which Cbtoey would flgura as J
co-respondent, sad so-the cootidsratioo jails. I
1 am sorry for that, tor I should ham liked !
kirn to lota hte thirty thousand pounds as I
well m bis wife, bot It cant bs helped. It -
wee a gams of bluff, and now that tho blad
der ha' bean pricked I haven’t, a Ig .t) |
•toad on." .
Then, taking a pen, ha wrote on a sheet of >
paper which be inserted in the will—"Dear
B,,—You must return the Bonham mort- j
gages to Mr. Edward. Coemy. As yea era
sot my legal wife, the consideration upon
which ho transferred them (kite, dpi you I
cannot bold them to oqntar, nor I suppose I
waald you wish tardo eo.—W. Q.”
Having put all the (Mgers away, he shat ,
the mfe at tbe moment that the cla k, whom ,
ha bad deputed to watch the Tiger, knocked
at Ike door and entered.
"Walir mid his master.
"Well, sir, I watched the woman. Bite ;
■topped to the pasflsge for a minute, and
then Georgs, Squirede to Moites ram,mme
out nod R>oke to her. 1 got quits close, so as I
to bear what ha mM. awl he said: 'You'd |
bettor gat out of this. *
“’Where tof she enawwtqA ‘I ru afraid.’
“’Back to Loudon,'be said, and gava her
a sovereign, sad she g««t u,» without a word
and tluak off to the fltattou followed by a
mob of people. Bbeh to the rsfrufensut
room now, l.nt Georgs seat word to my Uwt
they ought not to serve Iter with euy drink.’'
•Wbet time dum (he neat train go—7*l4. :
•luce >1 u-Af’ mid Mr. Quest.
-Vw,.lr,- j -j
I -Well, g« keek to the static: end Vwpaa
1 »>s ap»u <hat woman, sax when tin- time
.eoNte* get me a (ten class rein o to
I t/Midws I shall gonot-it-w'' •>sl r**ehur {
Is charge there. H<-re .» nunc money,” and
Lc gn.a Luna five (ojud note, "and lo.il
bai e. J •mwis. you need not trouble about rh*
ehungs '
"Tbans you. sir. Tin u.rv.” said Jones, ic
WOHU. bis -alary baing % guinea a warn, on
which La snpi aiad s « fa aul fstuily a gift
of four fM’*vla was aaalta
"Ouu't iiisut nv\ Uii fu as I tali yoa I
will be down at tba »uti<>i st 7:10 Meat ma
outside and give ms the ticket. That will
da"
When doom lied gout Ur Quest set dawn
to think.
So It WM George wuo bad loosed this
woman on him. and dial was Mi* moaning of
bis mysterious wsrr.ln.: How bad b* found
b*r» That did not mailer, bw tusd found bar.
aud la ravsug* U r the action taken against
tii* Ds la Mulle family h* bad brought bar
bar* to danoniu-a Li in It bad been cleverly
managed, toa Mr Quest reflected to him
self that ba should osv«r bars given tbs man
credit tot tbs bruin* Well, that was wbat
cams of underrating |«x»p!e.
And so Ibis was the end uf ail his hopes,
ambitious, shifts and struggles Tba story
would ba in every paper in England before
another twenty foui hours war* over,
beaded “Ratnsrksbla occurrence at Seising
bom quarter scasiom.-Altagsd btgazay of a
solicitor.” No doubt, too, tba treasury
would take it up and institute a prosecution
This was tbs end of bis strivings after ra
•portability and tba wealth that brings it
U* bad overreached bi:na*lf. H* bad (dot
tod and, schemed, and hardened his heart
again*. Am He U Mode lamlly, end fate bad
mad* am of his smve** to destroy him. Is
another -few months ha lisd expected to b*
able to Wav* this place a wealthy and r»
sported man-and sow I Ra laid his hand
epou ik* labia and reviewed bis past life
tracing it from year to year, and seeing bow
the shadow of this accursed woman had
bauutad him, bringing disgrace and terror
and mooted agony with it—making his life a
misery. And now what was to badonal Ha
was ruined. Let him fly to tba at moot parts
of ibasarth, Ist him borrow in tba rsnsasss
of tba cities of the earth and tus shams
would find him out H* was an impostor,
a bigamist, one who bad osdnoad an innoeon)
woman into a mock marriage and than taken
her fortune, to boy the silence of his lawful
wife. Mora, ha had threatened to bring an
action (or dtvsraa against a woman to whom
ba knew h* was not really married, and
made ita law to axiort vast stuns of money
or thair value
What is tbsra that a man In this noeition
can do I
Ha can dp two things—ba oaa revenge him
self upon the author of bis ruin, aad if be
U> bold enough, ha can put aa and to his ex
isteno# and his sorrows at a blow.
Mr. Qnaat roe* and walked to the dour
Halting, b* turned and looked round ih.
office in that peculiar fashtos. * herewith the
aye* taka their adieu. Than with a sigh Im
WrtOl.
Keaching bis own booM be hesitated
whether or not to enter. Had tbe news
reached Belief If so, bow was be to face
kerf Her hands were not clean. Indeed, but
nt any rote she bad no mock marriage in ber
record, and ber dislike of bim had been uu
concealed throughout She had never wished
to marry him, and never for one single day
regarded bim otherwise than with aversion.
, After reflection lie tiyoed end went round
Iby the beck wey Into thp pardon. The ear
1 teim of the French windows were drawn,
bot it wee e wet end windy night, end the
draught occasionally lifted the edge of one of
them. He crept like e thief up to hie own
window end looked in. The drawing room
wee lighted, end in e low chair by the Are
mt Belle. Hbe wee, u usual, drvssel In
black, end to Mr. Quest, who loved her, end
who knew thnt be wee about to bid (erawall
to the eight of her, she looked more beeutif ul
now then ever. A book ley open on her
knee, end he noticed not without emprise
thet it wee e Bible. But the wee not reeding
it. her dimpled chin reeled on her bend, end
her violet eyee were flxed on recency, end
even from where be wee he thought thet he
ooek! see the teen la them.
She had heard nothing; he wee erne of thet
from the expression of her £eoe; she wee
thinking of her own sorrows, net of his
he would go in.
CHAPTER XXXV.
now ran oam nrnn,
Mr. Quest entered the house by e side door,
end, having taken off hie bet end ooat, went
into the drawing room. He bed stiU half an
hour to spare before sterling to oeteh the
J train.
“Well," aeid Belle, looking up, “why era
, you so peter
“1 have had e trying day* he answered,
i "Whet have you been dotogT
"Nothing in particular.”
' Reeding the Bible, I am”.
I "How do you know thetf she asked, dolor
ling e little, for she had thrown e newspaper
| over the book when ebe beard him coming
in. “Tea, 1 have been readis* the Bible.
Don’t you know that when everything else
i in life has failed them woman generally take
. to religion t '
“Or drink,” be pot in. “Have yon seen
| Mr. Coasrr lately r
"No. Why do you ask that* I thought
1 that wo bad agreod to drop that sahjoct.”
{ As a matter of feet, it bad not been alluded
|o eiboe fid ward left the boose..
“Tod know that Mteeido le.MoDe will not
merry him after ell/ ’
I . Mbs wUI not many him be
j cause yon foAwd' him to give ap the mort
to be much obliged loam Are
! you not plains if’
! “No.* Jno longer wi« about anything. I
am tired -U passion, sod sin, end failure. 1
: oera for nothing any mors.”
V H "earns that wo have both nuched the
ape* by different roads.”
* Y-ouT she answered, looking op; “at any
J flpte/onare not tired of money, or you would
net do wbet you hers Urine to get If.”
, “1 nsvfv eared for money Iteelf." he aeid.
; “I only wanted money that 1 might be rich
1 and therefore respected.’’
"And you think any mean# juatifleble so
. long as you get itf*
1 “1 thought so. Ido not think so now.”
"I you to-night, William.
, It is time (or me to go to dram for dinner.'’
"Pout do just yet. I’m Waving In a
‘ minute-..
"fieavlagt Where fori”
•Lou.Um; i have to go ap to-night about
Is.oieb'wiusMi.’’
"Indesdt wheo areyoaooming backr
"I d>nt ijolto know; to-morrow, perhaps.
I wonder, (tells.” ho went on. bis voice stick
| tog a little, “if yon aiU always think afl
badly of me as you do now.”
"ir she saw, opaniug her eyes widely:
“whoam 1 that 1-sbuaid judge rout Row
ever bpd Tommy be l am worse.'’
ere excuses to bo made for ;
ah of gs/. he sahl, “perhaps, after nil,
re is n-j sm-b tb|ug "• -free wilt, end ae
are pothiiW but (wane floored by a higher
power. Whi» know*/ Bat 1 -Will not kevtt
you day Mftger ttexsl-hv—Bette'-
-May iKhipmUfauelgof” ,
Site teohad at Mm hi astont-Ament. Her
flrst impulse was to refuse, lie bad not
kissed her for years Bid scats*Hl *ln the •
man's face aroused net umw always ara
lined and malancbol* face, imt i<> night It
wore a look which to ter seemed almost aa
eurtbly
Yes. William, if you wish." she mid. -but
1 wuiKlar that yoo cart to ”
"lM tba dead bury ihalr dead.” ha an
swared. and stooping ba |>ut ids arm mund
her delicate waist, and drawing ner to blm
kissed bar tenderly, but without imsston. on
tba forehead. “Tbara. good night.” La said,
“I wish that 1 bad bean a bettor bust wad to
yoa Good night,” and ba «ugouo.
When ba reached his room ba flung ntuiaetf
for a few momenta fee* downward upon bis
ted, and from the convulsive motiou of bin
back an observer might a.inost Lava iwltavod
that La was sobbing iVnau be nes. Low
aver, tbara was no (raoa of tears or Under
ness upon bis fsaturm On tba contrary,
they were stern sad act, like tka foatnrsa of
one bant upon same terrible endeavor Going
to a drawer, ba unlocked it and took from
it a Coltb revolver of the small pattern. It
was loaded, but ba look lha eartrldgm out
and replaced them with fresh ones from a tin
box. Then ba want down stairs, put on a
large ulster with a high collar and a soft felt
bat, tba brim of wbiob lie turned down over
bl» face, placed the pistol in tba pocket of the
ulster and started.
If was a dreadful night, tba wind was
blowing a very heavy gala, and between th*
gusto the rain comedown iu tosses of driving
spruy Nobody was about tba stroHa-tba
wujtlH-r was far too bad, and Mr Quest
reached lb* station without meeting a living
soul Outside tba cirri* of light from tba
lamp over tba doorway ba paused and looked
about for the clerk Jones Presently ba saw
him walking backward and forward aadsr
tbs shelter of a lean to. aad, going up.
touched him on to* shoulder.
Th* man Jumped up and started bach.
“Bava yon got the ticket, Jonesf ba asked
"Lord, sir,” said Jonas. “I didn’t know yon
in that gat up Too, haras tba tickst.”
"Is toa woman there stiur
“Yc* Mr; aba's taken a ticket, third atom,
to town. Bha has boon going on Ukaa wild
thing bsoansa they would not give her any
Bqoor at th* rsfrtahmant bar, till at last she's
frightened them into letting her have six of
brandy. Than she began and told thagirl
all aorta of lalm about you, sir-aaid she was
going back to London because she was afraid
that if aba stopped bars yon would murder
bar-end that you war* bar lawfaJ husband,
and that she would have a warrant out
against you, and 1 don't know what all I
set by there, and hoard bar with my own
ears.
“DM sba—did oh*, indeedr said Mr. Quest
with an attempt at a laugh. “Wall, she’s a
a common thief, aad worse, that's what she
is. and by this time to-morrow 1 hope to am
bor safe In Jail Ah I her* oomm the train.
Good night, Jonas 1 can manage for myasif
now."
“What's his gamer said Jonas to himself,
as bo watched his master slip on £9 the plat
form by a gate instead of going through the
booking ufflou “Well, Cra had four quid
out of It, any way; vnd It’s no affair of mine,”
and Jones went home to tea.
Meanwhile Mr Quest ni standing on tbs
wet nod desolate platform qafte away front
Mm letup*, watching the red liguto of the ap
proaching train oome rushing on through
the *tonn and night. Presently the train
draw up. Mo passengers got out.
“Now, ma'am, look sharp if you're going
criod the porter. an.i the woman Edith oama
out of the refreshment room.
"There's the third, forward there,” mid
the porter, going to the other end toeee about
the packing away of the mails.
On she came, passing quite close to Mr.
Quest, so close that be could bear her swear
tag at the incivility of the porter. There
was a third class carriage just opposite, and
Into this she got It was ose of thorn oar
riages that are still often to be sssn oo pro
vlncial lines in'which the partitions do not
go up to the roof and was, if possible, more
vilely lighted than usual. Indeed the light
which should have illuminated the after half
of it bad either never been lighted or had
gone out Thera sma not a oonl in the whole
length of the carriage.
As soon as tbs Tiger was in Mr. Quest
watched his opportunity and, slipping up to
tha dark carriage, opened nod shut the door
as quietly as possible and took bis smt ia the
gloom.
The engine whistled, (here was a cry of
“Right, forward,” and they ware off.
Prwmtly ha aaw the woman aland ap In
bar compartment and peep over into the
gloom.
“Mot a blessed soul I” he beard bar matter,
“and yet I feel as though that deeil Billy
was creeping about after me. Ugh lit most
be the horrors. 1 can ssa the look be gave
me now."
A few minutes Inter the train stopped at a
station, but nobody got in, and presently it
moved on again. "Any pamsogsrs for
tffryl* shouted tha porter, and them ted
been no response. If they did not stop at
■ffry them would be no halt for forty min
utes. Now was hie time Ha waited a little
till they got ep the speed. The line here ran
through miles and miles of felt country, mom
or leas drained by dikes and rlmm, but still
wild and desolate enough. Over this great
flat tha storm was sweeping furiously—even
drowning In its turmoil the notes of tte trav
sling train.
Vary flofatiy he roes and climbed ever tte
low partition which separated hie oompart-
Very qvUUy he rose and etimbrd avr.
■Not from that in wblob tba woman *u
She wo Mated in tba ooroor, bar brad back,
ao that tba frnbla light from tba fa* «<§
it, and bar ayra mrtdwd.
1 HaaMd bimaalf along tba mat Uii ba <ma
••ppoaita bar, and than ba and k»*«d
at tba Onto, wickad face on which drink and
paint and yaara of evil thinking and living
had Mt thair marks, looked at tba talon tika
bands, tba long, yallowlah toatii, and tba half
dyad hair banging In tags baaantb tba gaady
boonat of peacock feathers, and looking,
Tbara was bis bad gantaa, tbarv
was tba eraatnra who bad drlvaa btm from
| avU to aril, and Anally dmtruywi Mm. Mad
Itnot baaofor bar band*nt bavabtaongaeu
1 and rsapariad man. gad not what ha was
Beauty
It dselryd Md admired by til. Amsng '
the things which may bast ba dona to
§ enhance personal '
heaury Is tha dally •
oaa of Ayar't Hair
what tha color of
tha hair, thia prepo
ration givaa it a lua»
Ire and pliancy that
ad da groatly to la
diartn. Should tha
hair ba thin, harsh,
dry, ar taming gap,
Ayar't Halt Vigor
will restore tha
color, bring oat a
new growth, and
render tha old toft and shiny. For
heaping the scalp clean, cool, and
healthy, them is no better preparation
in the market.
“1 am free to confess that a trial of
Ayer's Hair Vigor has convinced mo
that it Is a genuine article. Its nee haa
not only caused the hair of my wife and
daughter to be
Abundant and Glassy,
but it has given nr rather stunted man*
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••My hair was coming out (without
any assistance from my wile, either).
1 triad Ayer's Hair Vigor, using only
one bottle, and I now bare as fine a
bead of hair as any one could wish for.’*
—B. T. Bch mitt mi. Dickson, Tenn.
“ I have used Ayer's Hair Vigor is my
family for a number of years, and re
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original color. My wife lias used it for
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Thomas Hill, Mo.
" My ktir was becoming harsh and dry,
bnt after using b*lf a bottle of Ayers
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nn PIOSIIB
Sewing Machine Man,
I* new Oenenil Agent for the Beet KitwM
Pianos Onam ariSeTiajlaAiitt
I get ray floods direct from the different Man
ufacturing K«tabll*hn»enU, m I eat ea steal la
Sell Cheaper,
■*—And to Otea—*•
BETTER TERMS
Than any other Agent In the Held. r
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Gf. A.. Bailey
With Brdllrid. rnhrlin Ann.
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