The Stayton mail., June 14, 1907, Image 2

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n * r o u id F in t w n m .
A (lav or tw o a fte r George It. C o r
tel.vou assumed the duties « f S o r o ta r j
o f the Treasury, be w m t I si ted by au
e ld e rly man w lw wanted au apitulnt-
uient as coufld' nthtl elerk to oue o f the
assistant seen'tarles.
N otw ithstanding the fact that he was
very busy at the time, Mr. Cortelyou
»rave the elderly person a hearing. On
account o f his age. Mr. Cortelyou said,
lie fe lt that he could not comply with
the request. So. gently but tiruily, be
intim ated to the old man that it was
about time for btm to go. Tills, how­
ever, did not dampen the latter's spirit
(n the least.
“ Now. sir." said he. * a j I feel m yself
pecu liarly competent to till one
of
these confidential clerkships, 1 hoj>e
th a t you w ill further consider my ap­
plication.”
Then, wagging his head
m ost Impressively, he add ed :
“ Oh, Mr. Cortelyou, I could be so
co n fid en tia l!” — “ Success Magazine.”
T o ta lly
D iffere n t
C h iirftc ler«,
■
“ H e must be a gi»od fellow .”
“ Nonsense! W here did you get that
Idea?
H e never goes to a club
a n d ----- ”
“ But his w ife says he's a very good
fe llo w and when a man's w ife------”
“ O h ! Th at’ s another thing. T h ere’s
a big difference between a ‘ very good
fe llo w ’ and a ‘good fellow .’ ” — P h ila ­
delp h ia Press.
S e e k in g
S o m e th in * *
E a n le r .
“ W hy did that great financier want
to get into political life ? ” asked one
W a ll street man.
“ W ell,” answered the other, “ condì
tions are becoming peculiar. I t ’s hard­
er fo r a man to stay at the head o f a
ra ilw a y system than It Is to hold a big
governm ent office.’’— Washington Star.
A copy of Correggio's celebrated paint­
ing. “ The Hepeniant Magdalen." has been
seised by the police of Cassel, Germany,
and confiscated.
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A Dublin porter picked up a purse
containing £200 at a street corner a day
or two ago. and on finding the owner was
presented with a shilling.
The custom of burying without coffins
was formerly very prevalent on the con­
tinent. A saeet was the only covering
used.
A French torpedo-boat has been sent
out to engage in battle with the porpoise
along the coast o f Brittany. It is said
they are spoiling the sardine fishing.
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THE CHARITY GIRL
Dy E F F I E A. R O W L A N D S
C H A P T E R X X V II.
Jack had gone. 11c had «s ite d on at
the little cottage a weary week after that
evening when Jean had crept down anti
as gently as |>oasible had told him of
Audrey's at range aversion to seeing him.
“ It is only a whim." Jean said, hur­
riedly ; “ we must humor her.”
That same night it was. when they
were sitting alone in the
tiny dining
room, that Jack suddenly poured out the
whole miserable story into Jean’s ears;
the story o f that b a ll; of how he had
been hoaxed iu:o driving over to see Mr.
Benson, who had never Bent for him ; of
all the horrible things he had heard about
Audrey ; and, lastly, of how he had eoine
upon her in the summer house, with Bev­
erley Uochfort at her feet kissing her
hands.
“ Put yourself in my place, and judge
as I judg»sl. Ih> not view things as they
are now. or you will be harder upon me
than I deserve.” he still. as he leaned
his weary, aching brow on his band.
“ I will not be hard upon you at all.
Lord John," Jean said, very gently; "fo r
1 think I should have been misled aa you
were by such apparently strong circum­
stantial evidence.
I am glad you have
spoken out to me. and I only wish Au­
drey had done the same, for then we
might have arrived at the truth.”
"W hat is It you mean?" Jack asked,
looking up at her, eagerly.
“ I menn that I now atn convinced that
W illie is right, and that there was some
plot connived against you both at that
ball.
I hnve no definite proof, only a
woman’s intuition to work upon, but that
shall be enough. This must be sifted.
I.ord John, sifted to the very dregs. I
love you both.” she continued, tears dim­
ming her eyes. “ You have been more
than good to me, and now that Audrey’s
mother is gone I feel I must be friend,
sister and mother in one. You will see
that 1 am right, and that you and my
dear one were both the victims of some
conspiracy. l>n the face of it the w hile
affair is a!*urd.
Don’ t you love each
oth- r letter than all the world? I shall
write to W illie and tel! him all my
doubts."
And the result o f thnt letter was to
put W illie Fullerton on the track of
Murray, whom Jean seemed convinced
could throw some light on the sabject.
A week hid gone, and Audrey was
wonderfully better; it was her first real
day of e nvalcscence, and Jean was sit­
ting with her, rending. Downstairs Jack
was trying to comfort himself, when sud­
denly a fam iliar voice accosted him. and
he found himself shaking hands with
Marshall.
Marshall, grown older, and
looking very wan in her simple black for
her beloved mistress. It somehow com­
forted Jack to s ee h'*r; she seemed to
bring back a little of the sweet influence
that had surrounded Constance Fraser.
She had come direct from seeing Mr.
Fullerton, who had briefly told her all,
and she now asked to see Audrey at once.
“ Let me nurs“ her. my lord.” she en­
treated; "her, my d e ir’s own child. W ill
you go up and tell h"r I ’ m here, my lord?
Perhaps I ’d best not go straight without
saying.”
Jack’s face flushed : be hesitated; then
he rose and went out o f the room. He
could not bring himself to tell Marshall
he was forbidden his «dfe's presence.
He «-ent steadily upstairs and stood
outside the door. The handle was turn­
ed. and from within came the sound of a
faint, low voice. He ineflnt to have call­
ed Jean, but the soup «* o f that voice
stopped him.
It was Audrey speaking.
His heart
beat violently, then turned as cold
iron in his breast. She was speaking of
him. but how b itte rly ! Each word seem­
ed to go through him like a knife. Jean
had been pleading his cause, but he only
heard Audrey’s answer.
“ I refuse to see him, Jean ; I refuse tt*
bear his name mentioned again.
»••s,
yes; I know you think
me a foolish
child, a fretful invalid: but I am more
than this.
I may not be very old in
years, bnt I have suffered as much as
any woman of fifty. Do you forget ail
he wrote in that awful letter? Oh. Jean !
Jean!
You don’t know how his words
have struck home!
He says I have
wronged him— 1, who— who— who----- ”
H er voice grew choked for a moment,
but she soon mastered her emotion. "N o,
Jean; there can be no friendship or kind­
ly feeling between us. As he has ju d ged
me, so let rne live; my pride and my
honor « ‘ ill support me without him.
I
— I truat I shall never see him again ; I
shall be happier when 1 know he is far
away. He said h» was going on a tour
o f the world.
Why does he not start?
Why does he add to his former cruelty
by staying here?”
“ Audrey, you are unjust, you are un­
like yourself; you judge your husband
most cruelly.
I f you could only know
how he has suffered------”
Audrey broke in with a hard, bitter
laugh.
" I see he has won your heart, Jean.
W ell, we will say no more, except that I
am firm, and that if Lord John has any
pride left he will not force himself upon
me, but go at once.”
But Jack heard no m ore; he did not
know that the hard, contemptuous tone
suddenly broke with a little gasping sob;
he did not see the thin, small hands cover
the white, lovely fa c e ; he did not know
that Jean had slipped from her chair
and was holding Audrey's weeping form
clasped in her arms. No, hs knew non«
of this, for he had goo* straight down­
stairs, he bad picked up his hat and ul-
s cr. ami o|tenlng the door, he had walk-
<sl out into the wind and rain, looking
neither to the right nor the left, turning
his back deliberately ou all that he held
dearest in life.
Before the dawn was broken W illie
Fullerton had followed Jack Uletidur-
wood up to town, but though he searched
every club, chamber or wyll known haunt,
he nowhere found the man lie sought, and
when he awoke from a well-earned night's
rest, it was to read a telegram from Mr.
Sainimon, stating he had received one
from Jack, who had sailed the evening
before from Southampton in the Miuuata
for Australia, and might lie absent for
years, perhaps forever.
So
after all,
Sheila had b«>en partially successful, for
she had separated this man and wife.
It was deputed to Jean to tell Audrey
that her husband was gone, but she let
two days oln|me before she broached the
subject o f his name. The fit o f weeping
hail done good rather than harm.
“ I f only we had him here now, all
would be as right as ninepence,” Ihe
doctor had said to Jean on the morrow
following Jack's hurried dejiarture.
“ But he is not here, and he will not
eotne. so we must think of what will be
liest under the circumstances."
The young doctor had a look o f warm
admiration for Jean. What courage, de­
termination and common sense she |s>s-
sessed, and withal how large a heart!
Certainly W illie Fullerton was to be en-
-
' '
“ I nm afraid she will fret when she Is
told all,” Jean added, thoughtfully: “ still
it Is best all should he known. I shall
keep nothing from her. either now or in
the future,” and so, when at last she
spoke o f Jack's departure, Jean very
gently but thoroughly put all the facts
before Audrey that Mr. Fullerton had
manage,! to glean about the masked ball
nnd its miserable results. She was shown
Murray's confession, signed and attested
by Sheila Fraser. She was given all the
information there was to give, and then
Jean very sensibly, and with more than
ordinary tact, went softly «w ay, and left
her alone to fight the battle out by her­
self.
When they met again there were tear
stains on the girl’s white face, but she
was wonderfully quiet.
“ W ill you send for Jack's mother,
please, Jean, and ask her to come home?
N ow — now I am alone I should like her
advice.
It is only right and pro|>er as
his wife I should consult his mother.”
Ten days later news eggne to Mount-
berry thnt Craiglands «-ns preparing to
receive her grace of Harborough, who
was returning with her son. Ixird Iverne.
anil her daughter-in law. Lady John Gl<*n-
durwood, and, as may Ite supposed, the
village was greatly exercised in its mind
over this intelligence, having had its
curiosity whetted considerably by the
vague and unsatisfactory rumors that had
been circulated about the same said Lady
John.
Dinglewood House was shut up, and it
was understood vaguely that Miss Frnser
was visiting, though where no one exact­
ly knew. It was generally voted annoy­
ing that Sheila should have been alwent
just now. She could have thrown light
on a good deal of what «-as jierplexing,
and have, moreover, given the real ao-
eount o f what had happened at the b a ll;
whether it was true that I^tdy John had
flirted and behaved so abominably, or
whether Dr. and Mrs. Thorngate were
correct in saying that somebody had imi­
tated h v ladyship’s doinino. and cleverly
tri'ked the whole room o f guests into
imagining thnt it was Ledy John who so
thoroughly disgraced herself and her hus-
bnnd’s name.
Then Sheila, too, could
have given the exact history as to what
had occurred between Lord John and his
wife, and what was the meaning o f all
the extraordinary rumors that had been
circulated.
But Sheila was not on hand to tie
questioned, and, in default o f encourage­
ment, It « ’as really wonderful how soon
the excitement and curiosity Is-gan to
die away anti how readily everybody grew
to consider Audrey ns having been most
injured by the trick that had been so
wantonly played upon her. In fnct, by
the time Christmas was due. Lady John
and her doings were a theme too old t<i4
be mentioned anywhere, and the affairs
at Craiglands would have been passed
over as almost indifferent nnd uninterest­
ing, but tliat, just as the joybells were
proclaiming the birth o f a new Christ-
child. the icy fingers o f the death angel
were laid upon the heart o f Duncan, Mar­
quis o f Iverne, and he was taken frotr
his bed o f suffering to a reign o f peace
and rest.
C H A P T E R X X V III.
It was a week since they had carried
away all that remained o f the once hand­
some, merry young Ixtrd
Iverne
and
buried him with pomp and solemnity in
the Harborough vault. A telegram had
winged Its flight across the ocean to Mel­
bourne, from whence Mr. Sampson had
received a curt announcement o f John
Olendurwood’s safe arrival— a telegram
briefly giving the sad news of one broth­
er’s death to another, bnt no answer had
been vouchsafed, and the lawyer could
not but entertain strong doubts as to
whether the new Marquis o f Iverne was
gone still further on hia travels, and so
their message was unread.
Craiglands was very sad In those days.
The duchess seemed to break down alto­
gether after her son’s death. Yet, despite
all this, she wae gentle and kind to Au­
drey beyond description ; she could not
have given the girl more love If site had
been bar own child.
They were quiet
days, ami peaceful, and Audrey found
many little duties to perform which help­
ed to make the hours fly. She w m s very
pale and delicate, hut she refused to al­
low Jean to consider her mi invalid, and
was never wenry of flitting about the
duchess, eager to do all and anything lu
her power to alleviate tne sorrow which
was oppressing the mother's heart. The
only distraction was W illie Fullerton's
weekly visits, «-hen his breexy, happy
manner seemed to change the very atmos­
phere.
Snow hnd fallen heavily and It lay on
the grnuud during the whole month o f
January and onward. Despite this, how­
ever, Audrey would persist iu going out
as much aa (sandhie.
" I t does me gisal," she said to Jean,
who was fearful o f every odd wind that
blew on her darling. " I must go, Jean.
I 1 feel sometimes as if I should go
inad in the house!”
She had this restless feeling on her one
afternoon toward the middle o f February.
" I shall walk Into Mountherry. I want
to so' Mrs. Thorngate do you mind,
dearest?" she asked Ihe duchess, who sat,
hulf doling, half dreaming, by the fire.
"T a k e care of yourself, Audrey. Put
<>n stout boots! This snow la so ;>eo»-
trating !"
Audrey walked briskly over the snow,
a slender, graceful figure In her heavy,
black garments, her lovely face lovelier
than ever lu its somber setting.
She
was warmly greeted by Dr. Thorngate,
who was just leaving the vicarage as she
arrived. Audrey thought he looked worn
und troubled.
“ My wife will be rejoiced to see you,”
he said, nnd his gaze followed the girlish
form In an affection that was deepened
only by admiration and respect.
Mrs. Thorngate «u s troubled, too, and
though ahe welcomed Ijid y Iverne with
all her old love, she «-as not herself.
Audrey felt pained and full o f sympathy.
” ! am sure you would rather I did not
stay, dear Mrs. Thoriigate," she said,
simply, rising and drawing on her «Taps
ngiiin.
"Y ou have something on your
mind, and will lie better alone."
Mrs. Thorugate'a answer was to burst
into teara.
**My heart is broken!” she
sobbed
“ Oh. Beverley, my boy. my boy ! And I
hnve loved you, honored you, believed In
you so much !”
Audrey knelt down by her friend.
"I>»t tne help you. Tell me a ll," she
1 *egged, her own eyes growing dim anJ
misty with pity.
It was a very brief story. Beverley
hnd written to his aunt that morning.
He was in a terrible predicament Tw o
years hai-k he hnd committed forgery out
in A fric a : he had cleverly escaped de­
tection, nnd had come to England, think­
ing all danger gone, f ’ nlucklly for him.
his movements and real name had been
discovered; he bad been tracked. I f the
money were not forthcoming in the next
twenty-four hours he would be hand's!
over to justice.
"Audrey, what can I do? \Vhnt can
I do? I cannot sit here and know that
he, the boy 1 hnve loved, is condemned
to a felon's cell. He has lieen tny joy,
my one delight, and Oils refuses to let
me help him.”
Audrey felt her heart beginning to
beat with a sense of pain and apprehen­
sion. The very mention o f this man’s
name fell like a black shadow on her
heart. She trembled as she recalled nil
the evil his cold-blooded treachery hnd
worked between herself and Jack ; the
memory of his pnssionnte love words
mined a blush of shnine to her face even
now, but she put her own feelings on
one side to minister to Mrs. Thom gate's
sorrow.
" W ill you let me take this off your
shoulders?” she asked. "H u sh !
Not a
word. W e are friends, are we not? Rest,
and be at peace, for, by God’s will, I will
save him from what you fe a r !”
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