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IIEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 18, 18S7.
FIFTH YEAR.
NO. 230
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THEhGAZETTE
1SSUKD KVKIItl TUCIHOit irTKXOf!l. St
J. W. REDINGTON,
12.50 eer year, tl.W fur ii mor.t.'iff $1 for
thr moiithi. i.
iL. 1 . I - 1 -- - - -
Q PROFESSIONAL. f
F. J. HALLOCK,
1VSTTI1ANCE AEST. BEl'KKSKXTS
The Home Mutual, the Old rjjif.raia, Royal
Norwich-tnion 4 Lancasiiire, and the
State, of Salem.
A 1,1, or, him t the Itecorder'ii Office, Hspp-
ner, when jmir policy cxinn:-..
HKIPWORTII,
ysiat
f th ftbnTf firm, wilt fa'Tfo-
m of tiiM Morrow county cr
uit ovtixt.'' -yfop rnJ Uuwinww. iutnir,,i to thih
firm will reeoV& fnrniit ami irtful attention.
Hfj Waukk & MK1FWORTH.
J. J. McGEE,
mow COUNTY
lilTiYEYlill,
.ASD
NOTARY PUBLIC,
llanhnan,
Oregon.
AND FllinscDouft, Txcnl liiHU-timonU lrtwri
and CullocUontt made.
TCSTIN, LEASURE & ISRAEL,
Attorneys-at-Law,
Rooms 1, 2 and 3, Tlumjtn-Flack
Briok;
TENDLETON, I : OREGON.
J. 0. Tjcmmuh of hh'1 firm will lu'reiifler HUe-id
he wraiotih of iiw Circuit 'oiirt c.t rlcppnur anil
A i-im.tuii. Cliuiw will adrtrtus liinj at r'umilo.
tou, l-)r. aft-rm
Ui A. J. SUOi-E,
Physician and Surgeon
AXD
Justice of the I'caco.
Ha-pnn, .... Ohkuoi.
()
ilain Htrout. fiwt dour Houttt of
L. r. SIHPLEY, SI. 1).,
ucriTioxMt or
Medicine, Surgery and
Midwifery.
OFTt'fOH iwr liif rmidraioo on llio (hk rund
in tlx uortli JtJirt of Hopnurr, Or. Otlit'd
L. W. DARLING,
Notary Public and Surveyor,
OOMOOH, GtLMAM CoTJKTr, OltRlioN.
LANDFILINGJFINAL PllOOF
i si
j 1mkiv1 Inutruwiimtrt drawn, nl5-4t
i. W. REDINGTOX,
Notaty Public and Land Acnt,
Gazititii Ofiioe, Hcppnor.
IKK Ifrfuiiie pflottwrl in It.li'iblfl oin-
dwiiim. Utwd. uil MorUtanus uruwu ut'.
C. A.Rub, T. A. Kiuia, J.a.MiuiMKW, IWiisr.
BANK15.KS!
Hcppner, : t : Oregon.
wuvvrz nvjrr sunJKt.T to chkck
t-fRxmiAsaB Rou.irr axd Boijj.
G00J Kuten BousVit,
Wuaw vaudo ftir abort timie. Good personal Be-
cualy rctiuirud.
Mn (Imttul or Hnnl KUire Mortgage, takori.
tXHJCCIO!t MADK OK FATOBABL. TKM3.
, orncE hoi'ks from 10 a. m. to v. .
CUAfi. M. JONES'
Meppner Harbor Shop !
In Uie
ZMlock Building, Main St., Heppncr.
lfu.w hiniini; out W.n-;in. SliiunpiioH and Iliir
0 ivi. in ttie bisfita ittylo of tiio art.
LIBE r t y
MEAoT MARKET,
M'm. J. MeA TEE, Proprietor.
IMtKSMT BKKF, MUTTON AND FOUR TON
V nUmUy or Jinnd Ht nvwoimlile pru't'N; rIo
bolorit Htid ptirk ni-nK, hmd chrew, etc.
N"W CutilVrtnil. Mruu ntxcH, Hwpnnor. 1 H
$265.00 for $150.00!
churches, lodges, families i
Are hereby apprised that bu
ELEGANT NEW CABINET fJRGAN
Una arrived at Leezer A Thompson's
Hardware, store, aud will lie sold at tt
saoriliot -1 utops and warranted 5 j rs.
City Meat Market,
NOKTItUlK MAIN STPwKET, HKITNVU,
Keeps on hand a fuljstupplyof Frexh
aud Corned 2t and Pork, Fresh Mat
ton, Saustvje, 7w, Etc
T. K. IUXTOXt PROPRIETOR.
NOTICE OF INTENTION.
Nntio if ht'ri'by :ivtMi tli.t Him follmviniE-nfxitit'd
m'ttlor him hlfsi ialio cf hif intention to make
final nnf in mipport of his rlaui.Miul that said
irxif will ht- m;ul Ufun thot'ounty f
Mornw tHMinty, Orvifoii, ut Hrppuor, Onoii, ou
Ail. &h, vii:
Oliver (7. Corbitu
hK 2T for the N W 8tv. 0, T 4 S, R 28 E.
V M.
liinamti th follawina witnt- to priiT hn
ctntiptioiifi iHfeidt'uce uihtn, uul ciiltiHhon of,
twirl land, vis:
Gfirlnnd Stitt, T.l L. Mk IOwIr McAtw, W.
K. Ntwnuui, nil of Ht'ppntr. Orwn,
.5-JU Hknuy HiituiABT. IWirter
U v. i.uiu,
riMHt, I at.. hHeim tni Lsiiwr uu iiie '
and metre advrti.an.uts tor :t.
WAOER '&
Rliea-IM Maddock
f ROYAL Kttaj lj 3
Absolutely Pure.
ThitH iiowrtcr nror vari. A marrel of nurftv
HtreimtJi and ho.'ts!toiinmn. Morn rVouurnicul
tlitin tin ordinary kincta. and nan rot b hold id
oonilition witti thn multitude nf low t'wt. Hhort
weight. Hlum or phoHh;it ( powder. Hni.o o.Ly
inca.nh. JtuVAL liAMVi POWDKl. CO.,
JKI-tf'J HJtt Wall btnM.t. N. V,
PETER O. BORG,
HiU'i'Kim,
OltEGON,
KI.Kn IN
9
Watches and Clocks,
Jewelry, Etc. -
-ftu)
O O L D P E N S,
Amcilnjul, Camro and Diamond
Gold lUnijs, Gold, and Si leer
Watches.
Afl)
All other nrtiulcH usually ktipt iu a Jew
elry Store.
nEPAlJUXG A SPECJA LTY,
AND ALL WORK WAR.
RANTED.
CALL ON
The Belvedere
SALOOX
Opposite the Livery Stublo,
Ifeppiier,
Oregon.
At this favorite rosort will always be
found the beat luauds of
WINES. JJQUOUS,.
AXD CIGARS.
FIKST-CLAFS Billiard Tablo for the mrnu.e-
. mmil of im.inu.
E. fcOJIDYKE,
The Wagon Artist,
May In twuml Ht Mk thop nn ,
Street, : lleppnor.
Hf worku np hinibor into nil kinds of wjitcn
work luid nslonM Ii hwtitli wntofin (ippart'iitly
jmnt rM)ituplitiu, bi'Htdi doiti all kindtt ut wuotj
butrhoniDC.
Wit. G. Soott.
T'
Ill
V 0d III!
IMeeks & Sco,
Proprietors.
.Sixteen rjjjles from Tleppner.
Iwads and Plenty of Lumber.
Good
. FLOHKNOK. I l'IJ)iMl
FLORENCE BROTHERS,
STOPKUAISERS!
lliffNEU, - - . OKfJUON.
Cuttle branded m-.d ear-mark.Hl mtnliown above.
Humt'n 1' on richl Hai.ultl.'r.
Oar cattle runt., in M..rriw. Piillian!. Cmntilla
and VieKHM!omit..s. Wm mil r.a StIKl.OII i-m-
whpI for the hrrent taui cuavieliuu of ni.v er luon
McallUK our Rtocl,
. A
NOTICE OF INTENTION
tar.KilriceHtThc DalWOr.. July 11. '87.
Notice i hereby Kiven II..11 lh. follitwinf-nsni.i
I defter bics tiled mil lie of hi. lnteMMin to nm:
nrmt pnif in sileivirt of In. flami. ami tl,M .-.k!
ptSMif will lie m ute In f in tl'O oonntv ci-irk of
i.irrow cauut. Ort'm'i. lil:.i'i)ner. Oiin.'U. on
Au 31, ISSi. tii: 9
Hira 111 3Hi nja r,
DS Mrs. for the K 'S . N W S ? " 1 and SW
)t NE 8eo. a. I'ii 4 1: r. t, W
lb' narr:hti fi.llo-jfi:; wili.t--4. to i.nive
his coiitiimi.us rmid.-nce mihhi, and cultiva-
i f r, i.'.ti.l i;ui,t. V17.
i mm
ff
. L Tice Ailkirs, K.I rr.ieliiji. Wm. Mui.,Jr. Fraak
r airt.uit, uii of Unr.iinan. Or. v.m.
riV-50 i . A. UcD-)N ALD. E. Rit. r.
TlOTToxwAVd
Thrilling Talc of-The i rials
and Troubles of
HIE TABBIES AND TALBERTS.
Continued ' ora last week.
Tlirw rt:iy aftrrtliis
Jfivi:ry, r ratin r m:i!ilc
Suri'li made adis
li'd hiT i t m 1 1 i 1 into
. isv ticrtiniii-ily in
lu-ivn;' ri':.;n.itii.'.
iiy mirstiuu.-i ftUed
in
.It.. 4.1
ilil...ilirn,.I la
slid Km loiiou.1.1 11, ,11 M.e liiuuu uii
had been for soma Si.iei!of tim. mid wa.
veiuiow, iHirsiiinif alow intri-juu with n
girl. With !l.ishii eyc-t Mix MiUr wont
to Beatrice ami tohl ln-r this.
heatrleo heard her in silenee. Then she
spoke ooli'.ly nnd gravely. Events were fust
lnukliisf a woman of Iter. ".Sarah," she said,
"I will see Mr. ll"rvey, and if needful you
will fl.-o him I! .:tr in mind that, if join
eharjre.s nijaiiist him iv fa lie, you leave nit
at onee."
She took Sarah with her. told her to wait
In the, street ami then ent"ivd h-r hnstmiiil'r
room. .She tohl him eoldly and without af
par'iit emotion what slie had learned. Slif
cavn Hie uamo of a street, and the number ol
.1 house.
Horvoy of ormr-'e denial it, Uen'riee ttiwn
said she. would fi-l.-h his lilielli.r, who should
he properly dealt with, llervey wavered,
stammered, nml then at one" for all d nipped
the imsk. Ho, brutally told his ynumi wife,
to let him lmtnaie. his own ntrairs of that
sort in his own way. So eati?rV knew that
Sxnih h id k1cmi "the trith. AiC3th tliis
knowleik'R the love for this man which Imil
already been driven out wis replarod by
fi'eliu of absolute hato and contempt
Onee more and only once she sawWtiW A
few days biter he wrote, bade her come to
him, and threatened in case of refusal to
come to her. She. went. She scorned hiiu
too much to fear lilm.
lie renewed his request that she would
sin the false, declaration of age.
"I will not," slie raid.
"Vill you telegraph to your father, anil
say you must have, a thousand pounds tell
him it means life or death."
"I will not; nor would ho send it if 1 did."
llervey, who by now was getting tu know
somethiii': of his wire's character, felt that
nnlliing would make her bend to hlswilL
Willi nn until he raised his hand and struck
her. His true brutal nature leapt forth. He
covered her with reproaches; he reviled her,
le told her be had never cured for her, told
her he had but married her to stave off ruin,
thinking the small sum lie needed would he
easily raised upon her prospects. He vowed
to he revengeil for tir obstinacy. He would
nii'ke her-lii'o. a hell. He would drag her
laime through the dirt. Mie should rue until
her death the day on which -she ret used to
: ..!,(, M.l.l;..,. .
TT'I"".!'..-1 ' " . nil I n
hen bealnce got away l-om t ills st.irui
of words, she walked back home with a buz
zing In her head. Once inside the door she
fainted.
Three diiys afterwards she read that Moil
rieo llervey had been brought before the
Magistrates on a charge of forgery, and com
mitted for trial. She found means to send
him flf message, asking if he hud money to
pay for his defense, lie sent back word that
he should plead guilty, lie really did so,
and as the forgery wafc a crafty, premedi
tated, cruel affair, therjuilge very properly
sent hiji to penal servitude for tivo years.
HisM: as she read the. nentoneo gave a
groan of relief.
Now the weakest part of her nature, a part
no doubt inherited from Sir Maingay, show
ed itself. She let things drift. To a girl
just past eighteen live years seems as iuex-
rl-jjaiistinie as livo hundred sovereigns would
t ...
seem to a schoolboy. The remembrance of
her secret marriage hatujtcd her like the
remnants of a ghastly dream. Five years.
Five long years! Surely something must
haipen before they were spent. Something
did happen I
What were her feelings when the truth
first came homo to her? When she knew she,
could cheat herself no longer? When no im
aginary ailment would account for her con
dition? When in plain words the fact that
she was to bear the. burden common to wo
manhood was forced upon her? Then Bea
trice prayed that she miht die I
Even then she would not go to her friends
ami tell them all. S.ill those long uncertain
years stretched out before her. If she eouH
nn t v ci 11 u..;i I t hie m.w I I'm 1. 1. 1.i ulwi I , . I !.,..
Vealed her marriage, there was peace peace
for years. S.ir.ih was told what she already
guessed, and upon bearing her mistress's
wishes simply set about eecuti;ig them.
The child was born, and none save the
mother, and her maid knew the truth. J lift I
as was the task, it was no harder to Hentrici
than to others who, without the aid find
faithful service at her command, have con
cealed what if revealed meant ruin. The
elder woman armnged all. Sue left her mis
tress as a servant leaves; she prepared a
place, 'and when the time came Beatrice
found her grief lightened by all a loving wo
man can do for another in such plight. 0
f.lll"Cl. till.-., u a il. ...0 .!..,..;. .-......nl
ftiave forced iticlf into the girl's lite! There
Was a long visit to pay somewhere, a visit
from which Beatrice returned a shallow of
her funnel' self. Bat none knew, none even
guessed the cause. .
L'util the child was horn Beatrice's prayer
was that both slie and ii might die. Can a
sadder, more pitiful prayer lie framed by a
woman? The truth could thence told to all.
The early death would lie the lull expiation
nf her folly. mfB&rw who loved her would
forgive and pity her. But her prayer was
unanswered death never even threatened
mother or babe.
The chiiil was bom, the tiny bead nestled
on the. mother's breast, and a strange new
feeling awoke within her the overpowering
instinct of maternal love. Her thoughts
which had oii"e boon, in esse the child lived
to bate it tor the father's sake, turned to
purr, sweet affection forth? innocent. beli
less little being. S far from wishing it dea.
she would not now hate wished It uidoni.
When she returned to her home t.be left it
with many tears in Sarah's charge.
Fur yer.rs she saw it by stealth, saw it grow
nn to and more the piecire of li Tect child
hood; loved it and w.iisliipped it more each
time she s.,w it, and at las:, when she returu
eil to her father's house, and felt that her
visi's to her treasure would now perforce tie
less and less frequent, a wild craving to have
it w ith her always, to see it every day, every
hour, awoke in her pas-donate iieart.
Then came the second uuarrel.and the new
home. And cv. as she settled lo'go down
to her uncles' i.ie nucleus of the daring
scheme for retaining her 'hoy framed itself
in her brain, and was eventually shaed into
fot.i aiKi.'ted upon w ith perfect success.
But the five years were passing passing.
At the end of them stood what Beatrice
Jmviet who would I
iTVatrice had. iu-
deiil, rxpocltsl t.'ii'.t iniifi lirst arri-su."! he
wmld fjiiil vtiina vay .f l4'-liniiiiT his in;ir
riaire, if only in fulliliiij .irtiistl.re.it of
drHiriii; licriiam.' into Jirt.
Yet lie mnd- ii sinti" vas crafty nml
rak-tilaiiiiir. Tiie term olti e scnti-iKv -.vat
not t 1:1m an eternity. 1I1 -u it iuirt lip
knew that tiy keei.im; Uilf tTft he snntad
Iki in a linirp nilv.mt il'iki; jiosition to ' urn
... ' : 1. ,P.n...vioa .,,...1.1
lll.UITilO if 1 'Ml ll . M' .'. 1 11 v- ."film
IK Wl'll lilM IMtUir.- 'H'
n lai e ineiinie. ' He tu
1. i
111 rnuiiiiand of
to !e thor..ii,h!y
reveiiired for tlieoiistin
lirjie hiiddisil. '.ed
in ri-tusim; to nerjur
him tiictnis to buy uii t
c.d
iner.nt to have mo?''
This is tiie story
vcars upon wlii.'li '
arti-riuMiu. Tlit"i
mnii and the wuiium
v.'lio wri; to meet en
a dead! liuell
V nl tiver n A'
--aiun.it . naniu uii.. ,;,t. to Iht in
111 aeeentsof hate.lmte. She had attempt
ed to deceive him,' butt herself. In fact,
is seemcd).art of her ishment the hard
est part of all that i, loved Frank Cap
rithers. She had soil out the secret on
the faithful .Sarah's Lst. She had wept
through the weary lur.of many a night as
she thought of the uttiopelessness of love
betwefi them. Ills dug to Oaktiury had
doubled her grief. Siiad not only to la
ment "what lias heenAit to regret "what
might have been." 1 '
Blame her if you m a Forgive her if you
can I At least pity hert
CilAI'TlpiXT.
f AKINO I'l.Ol-.j'KKS I'.FXn.
rrnvideil he is l-itft-'rench journnlist
whose diiiopliig honor iirvtl by a scratch,
0 man about to Oghtaiel hits gcncrully
prepamtlons to inaka irieo llervej's ii
pniacliliig duel bi lngct peculiar nature
tin: preparations he mawprealsn peculiar.
They consl- ted of iiuf'i't the room he oc
cupied, which, In nn untested state, was
a nice tidy appartineut.look as disreputa
ble and dissioated us wHhe resources at
,ftr"(Tir.!lf!'f"i'i-tjti.ile. He gave no
orders for his liretl. fastings to be cleared
away, but added to t!ieli-.s of the meal a
bottle of whisky and a iss. He also laid
a short pipe ami atoixieciinch on the table.
With great satisfaction luund in a drawer
a dirty ps. k of cards; thtwere .'1ii,,JjJjtt,lJ,
in a position to carry etb Ue told tiie ser
vant luit to attend lo'hls ilrooiii just yet;
so that by his leaving thwir of eoininuiii
cation between the two rns open, a visitor
might have the privilege gazing on a dis
hevelled sleeping apartim, (.iiventhu ma
terials at Ids disposal, luade a very t.jf
elfeet with them.
He kept bis own appenre. in syiupathy
with the siirrouii. lings, i wore slippers
which be trod down at th?cL Bi- clothes
were too new to look shal, but by imltlng
011 a. soiled shirt, diseanf his waistenat
and cravat he niiU'.aged tin within ruasuu
able distance of his reipiiients. 4 - '
All these preparations Me inspire fm
eN(iiisue reiiiienienror mn
.Mela,''
ally he meant to bring. A
OVii
knees, ami hi
agreeable when It I
1. an 1 ne saw, is he ga
proved of his handiwork
, wish I hi my
prison suit here. I'd don i once mot for
your hem-lit, my lady." . i
He gave order that If aiady cnlloi she,
was tf) be shown up at one. then he.it a
cigar and lounged iu the easr chair, f five
minutes to twelve, just as tie man waitvnu
dering whether she would come or not and
if, iu the event of her not turning, It iould
he well tor his own int ifsts to sel her
at Hazlcwood House, Hit,' door openn and
Beatrice stood before lijtn. llo lauiied a
low mocking laugh and without chiging
his lounging attitude. lolced up at hi!
She took it all in, the disreputable 10k of
the place ami of its tenant; he could lelhat
by the quiver of her nostril, and theiok of
deepening scorn on her linn nuiiit Bis
eyes gleamed with ti lunii.
And she, as she looked it him, tlieiought
ran through her, how couM she evein her
most foolish girlhood's dats have lrcd this
man have lovmWiim even for an lur? His
features were We features she hf once
thought so perfect now nn human .earure
on the earth could have inspired It with
such loathing. She did not fear hinskmply
because she knew the worst be edd do
the heaviest penalty she could tie died up
on to pay. Or she thought shg fcnei
"Well, my aliectlmtite wile, ,10 said,
knocking the ash olf his cigar, ant looking
hi r up and down; "you've grown ito ipiiU!
a tine v'eee of goods, unite a tip-tupor, no
end of a swell. You haven't pineiliuch for
me, I guess." ;
She shivered ns she heard hi?- lice and
coarse, mocking cunipliinrnts, butihe kept
her proud eyes upon him. "You lifSirae
tiling to say to 1110 say it." & spoke
sternly.
"Say I I should think it wr.s for J11 to say
son tiling. You who sent me to i rri with
felons for five years. You who viiild not
stretch out a hand to save inc. Wht have
you to say?" He spoke with a vielus, bit
ter intonation.
She said nothing. She might rote told
him of misery which she had ureldgotie
misery which she had to undergo If which
his well-merited punishment wasast tiling.
"Xearlv live years,'' he went W':ik of
that iliilT'- Ly iT-'k.
IM..111 11 .1. ii'i 11 1 . . ,u .it. 'I Ml wi IUliJ
All through rou through yon) And now,
my swoet w ile, which do yi'ut Kpect me U)
do, to strike you or to kiss you?!
ile changed bis tone to that cf .raillery, a
tone. more, loathsome to Beatrice tin 11 that
which showed bis real nature. lie took a
step tW. ards her as he said the last wards.
"You have done bo'hto me," she said,
slowly and bitterly. "The memory of the
kiss i- to-day more degrading to inc than
that of the blow." lie scowled as her scorn
stung him scowled and look another step
towards her.
There was a sharp-pointed knife lying on
the tablo, Be.drie'' lingors mechanically
rested themselves In. (ho handle "If you
f. 'h me," she sai.Iaictly, "I think I shall
kill you.'
The man knew she meant it. lie threw
himself into a chair, niid laughed scornfully.
"Come," he said, "let us go to lcijiess."
"Yes. Business is the only qu. .s.i.m be
tween us now."
"Sit down. I can't t-'.k to you white yon
stand up there. And I've hits to say." "
T"ftaMJSW li!tl lt'"' '' M"1 slie
Obeyeu. '
"Now," he sal 1, "to como t ' the point;
what projiosal have you to maki ? ' I'm your
husband, and with all your piif-oti pride and
c irelesMiiss you kuov I have the whip
hand at la-.t."
Beatrice lnok"d at liiai and again wonder
ed how she could have ever loved this :f
fian. "I will do this." s'ie fl.iifr "On certain
conditions I w ill give you one-halt of my in
come." "And how much imy your income be?"
"Two thousand live hundred a year, I am
told." . .
shrank from jiirtnrinn,i
oii!iic bmiI claim his vifu
I
I
J.'f. and N
:ig.'d bilbl f 1
I oMhe I 'V
Uffi liokedtl t
i
lei rovtier
cm J. I.ltn tl I X
r . . run.. J-.
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s,lla "ervey coarsely. "It is
Beatrice flushed. She half rose from her
I S,-Ht. '"en returned to it without troubling to
ieiy.
laKe it for argument's sake it is so," said
tne man. ".Now lor the conditions."
"That you never seek me, never trouble
nie, n.'ver make known to any one that I am
your wife,"
"Vou h,e kept the secret then?"
"tbie oilier person knows it, uiy faithful
servant."
'That hag : Of course you hoped I shf.uld
die In the the years."
"S," saill Beatrice simply; "but I hoped
I might." v
The duel was tir,u.-m;.. 'rim
i x 11,-mn ,1111, Ki-
If yet gd been to Beatrice, lh rvey's turn
" hi in i onic,
"Listen," he said ; "1 have also a proposal
to make and conditions." Beatrice bent her
head. ,
"Von have two thousand five hundred
ar. Ihe liundreiH -- -
"Ulille. ,
She was silent for a minute. "Yes," she,
said, "1 will even do that at least for many
years."
llervey laughed maliciously. "How nice
to be so hated! I never made anything out
nf a womar's love, but her hate is profitable.
Now hear thft conditions."
"I have named them already," said Bea
trice coldly.
"Hear mine. I say," said llervey bringing
his hand down on the table, and speaking in
grim earnest. "I will go away, never seek
you, never trouble you so long as you jwv
the money; but before I go" here he "t
forward aud spoke In a )ow,Kriitii:g voice
"before I go you shall come to me here, in
these rooms, and for a month shall live here
as my wife. All your fine relations, all your
dear friends shall know you are the wife of
Maurieo llervey, forger, felon, and at. pres
ent, ticket-of-leave man. After that I'll
leave you and take the money.''
Beatrice made no reply. She drew her
mantle round her and rose. "Don't like my
M9," mocked llervey. "I thought it
out carefully thWgh thought it out night
after night for years am! years I thought it
out how I was to be paid in full for every
thing. I have you now I have you now,
my sweet wife."
"I think you are mad," said Beatrice con
temptuously. "Mid! Nit I'm not mad. Are you going
to loayo m.V Alter such a separation to
'ff'.'Ulue so soon !" She moved towards tho
door.
"Which means, I suppose, that you leave
me tu do my worst?" ..
"Yes. Y'ou must do your worst."
"Which means, take whatever the law
forces you to give me? l'ou know tho law
will give me something."
"I believe It will," said Beatrice wea'ily.
"Yes, I'll take what the law gives me. Are
you versed in tho law?" There was some
thing In his voice, in his triumphant look
which for the first time; inadu her l'uar.
"B'jmu know," he went on, "that the law
will give me tlu custody of a certain pretty,
golden-haired bojV That a wife who absents
herself from her husband and his home has
yo right to deprive him of Ids child. Here
is the home I offer you. I long for vou and
. He had. His thrust seemed to pierce he.r
heart. She uttered a low cry and grasped
the back of a chair for support "It is not
true," she gasped.
"Go to your lawyer and find out," he said.
"I have consulted mine. Tho hoy is my own.
Ah, what picture I shall find in his com
pany 1 How nice for him to he known here
after as the forger's son. Now will you ac
cept my conditions? Now have 1 got your
proud knees to bend? Now will you come
to me and avow yourself the wife of an in
jured husband?"
He almost shrieked tho sentences. lie felt
he hud bis full grasp of revenue.
"I must think, I must think," she mur
mured. "Yet, go and think. I've got to think.too.
I've got to tiiol out whether any quibble can
deprive you of the money. If so, you'll have
to marry me again and keep the first mar
riage dark. Hang tne! that will beeveti bet
tor." -
i.T it,i o wlin ml,l w
"Yes, you ran go. But conic to me ngaintyi
the day after to-morrow, men 1 11 mi you
w'hat to do. Ah, my lady, you'd better have
L'ot the money I wanted years ago. I told
you at the time you were a tool."
She did not hear his last words. She had
left the room, llervey threw himself into
Ids chair and laughed long am'.l.md.
"Revenge and money!'' he said. "I'll
bring her down to the very dust. I'll make
her beg on her knees for the boy before I
spare her even hiin. Luck I was there ever
such luck?"
CHAi'TI'tl XXII.
HAHItV I.KAliNS A NKW WOlin.
Iam informed, by those who ought to
know, that a credit balance at one's bankers
possesses great virtues as an elevator of both
morals and character. That, apart from any
sordid consideration or miserly joy, it en
ables a man to face with greater courage the
smaller Ills and annoyances of life, renders
him less liable to many temptations, teaches
(a to regard his fellow-creatures with more
utfectiomite eyes, and generally . acquiesce
In the wisdom of the arrangement which
made the world as l'is. If this be so, the
universal desire to gtuw rich may have for
its mainspring the noblest motives.
.TVs li. nine eases out of ten, a woman holds
r'loney ''n far greater reverence an.lawethan
a man does, the possession of such a balance
should be to her doubly gratifying and ele
vating. With inonev woman is a power. It
was the weak concession, begun years airo
for man's selfish ends, completed to-day for
the sake of justice, that a woman has any
right to hold property at all, which has led
up to the demand for womanhood suffrage.
Beatiice had a very large credit balance in
the hands of the family bankers, Messrs.
Fur.ing, Stephen;, Furlong, Seymour, and
Furlong, "an establishment which for the
sake of brevity, and on account' of its an
tiquity, was commonly known as the Black'
town Old Bank. It was a very large balance,
so large that it annoyed Horace and Herbert
to think of its lying at the bankers. With
their praiseworthy regularity the trustees
had every half-year paid their niece's income
to her account at Mes.-rs. Furlong's, and as
Beatrice did not siietid one-til'tli of It, the
inonev bred with its proverbial fecundity.
Until their niece carhe to stay with them
the Talberts had, without even consulting
her, invested all surplus income in good
dividend paving preference for debenture
stocks, chosen because they only paid four
tier cent no well-advised borrower sluuiol
think of offering more than four p-'r cent.
Itoing so creates mistrust. During the k-st
year Beatrice had asked them to let the
money lie auhe bank. So at the bank it
was, as Horace said, not bearing a fraction
of interest It vexed him to see'di waste.
Only at Christmas be had rtTuonstrated
with her. "You are simply miking our
friends" several memliers of the elongate!
firm lived in the neighborhood "a hand
some yearly present Paying one of their
clerk's salaries, in fact"
"Perhaps that was why V- Stephens was
so attentive to tne at dinner last week," said
Beatrice placidly.
"Oh, nonsense! It's a mere nothing to
them. But why should they have your
money mr nothing and lend it out at sewn
or eight per cent?"
Beatrice could give 110 reason. She simply
said she wished it to remain as it was for a
while. Horace and Herbert began to wonder
if she bad afoot any scheme f,,r endowing a
hospital, or restoring the parish church.
However, the money ley idle and at call,
and if Horace's explanation of the method
by which b.mkers iaKe fortunes was cor
rect the page in tl red basil-covered ledger,
headed "Beatrice Clauson," must have been
a gratifying sight for the Messrs. Furiosi'
and the rest of the linn.
Now ajeng other cashiers at the Hlack
town Old Bank there was perhaps there is
now one who shone forth pre-eminently, on
account of his general smartness and spruoe
ness. A young man who. mure, forrnn ito
than many, had lieen thrown into the verv
isition of Vfo for which he was suited, per-
11 ,11, V".1' '1 I'I I I'. Ill .-r.
Wl , a ' n'i? i',uTtllvJi
.1 lly-ir-iK-el, 11(1.1 the ussuriiifr infallibility oT
a chronometer. M'ho dotcetisl a false note
eg;- a forged check as if by inspiration. Who
"pointed" at the vy touch of a bad half
sovereign even as a dog points at game. A
cashier worth his weight iu bullion, and well
worthy of promotion which let usjiopu is by
now his.
One morning the very morning which
Mr. llervey bad appointed for his second in
terview with Beatrice a few minutes after
the respectable liveried porter bad drawn
the bolts of the tutor doors, ant's. ..laini-c-.yhat
the bank was ready for all comers,
a cheek for one thousand poffiids, payable to
"self or "bearer" and signed 'Beatrice
Clauson" was handed If toss the broad ma
hogany counter to the spruce cashier. To
him, not being in county society, Beatrice
Clauson was but a name, amPawoke ffo emo
tions. She might be young or old, beautiful
or ugly, so long as her balance covered the
amount of the cheek. But all the same, be
ing a young man who could think, it struck
linu that it was very unusual for a lady to
send a thousand-pound check to bo simply
cashed across the coiint' fy So before utter
ing the usual compound word query "How'l-you-hav'-it?''
our cashier gave the presenter
of the check a comprehensive hut inoifeiinive
glance. All he learnt was tli.it she was a
tall woman of an uncertain age, and was
dressed in black. Tin." was nothing to tell
him whether she wW "self" or merelv
"bearer."
He leaned across the counter and asked
her in the politest inaifiier if she was Miss
Clauson.
"No, sir," replied the woman. As she said
110 more, matters came Q; deadlock. The
cashier thought that the working of the ma
chinery of banking needed readjustment on
some minor points such nsthis. He hesitated.
Twice the curious compound-query trembled
on bis lljis.Wico hed it back. His in
spiration that something was wrong with
the cheek was not a very strong one, but, on
the other hand, his reputation for shrewd
ness was so well-established that, for the
ke of the fame and applause which might
be. gained, ho could afford to risk a rag of it
Moreover swing "bearer" glance nervously
at the nloek decided him,
Askin;
her to wait one minute, he left his
post oud telling the clerk next him to keep
hf eyp on tot;, .'uiui(fi, dlvinf itLougu- ttic
glazed do.ir nt the back of the Bank through
which such of the partners as chose could
see that their money-making machine was
going properly. He showed the check and
told his tale.
An alarm Jijf,othls Is contagious. Make
nn Indents with your teeth on a.sove
eign pasif'jt and if you could see thift sov
ereign in two days' time you would see it
bitten almost out of recognition. A coin
must be above suspicion. Once libelled it is
lost and doomed to the melting-pot.
The signature on the check was compared
with Miss Clauson'8 standard signature, and
of courso now that alarm wa'raised did not
seem quite right The cashier's breast swell
ed. The partners were smiling approvingly.
The young man returned to his post 'it
is a rule of the Bank," he said, "when cash
ing a large check like this for a stranger, to
ask for a reference." As he spoke he fixed
his eagle eyo upon the woman.
She looked very nervous, glanced towards
the door, and for a second or two did not an
swer. For that secSfd or two thefcas''or
was a proud young man. He saw the signs
of guilt lie had saved the Bank a thou
sand pounds. He was going tu punish the
guilty. Ills own value in the eyes of the
firm would spring to a higher premium.
Happy cashier!
But the supposed culprit spoke. "I did
not understand that," she said "Perhaps
you had better step out and speak to Miss-
Clauson."
This was a terrible shocl. but there was
yet hope Tho Miss Clauson outside might
be a confederate. As Beatrice had never
been Inside the Bank, the cashier could not
be expected to identify her. He report I
nrogress to bis chiefs and was vexed to see
the approving smile fade from their faces.
Thewpon -Mr. Stephens, a grey-haired old
gentleWm of tine banking plBencc; cour
teous; typical of the old school ; Tory to the
backbone, as, nil bankers ought to tie, put on
his hat and sauntered out of the Hank door.
Sure enough in a four-wheeled cab sat, Ilea
tt ice and her golden-haired boy. Mr. Steph
ens w ith the deceit sanctioned by commerce,
If not by Christianity, seemed surpfed and
overjoyed to pee Miss Clauson.
He complimented her on her good looks
old gentlemen of his type make a point of
conn iliriitinting every young lady. Heasked
after his 'excellent friends an(. neighbors,
lie remaked that the. lays would soon begin
to lengtlfen. He palfcd tin-kittle boy on i.is
head, wished Miss Clauson good-day, and
sauntered back into the bank. lie did not
speak to the cashier, but no doubt a sign or
a token pa-.sed between them, for w ithout
more ado the young man asked Mrs. Miller
"HowT-you-hav'-it?''
For once in the annals of banking.that sim
ple phta.se conveyed deep emotion. Much
seemed to have slipped away from the speak
er when h'' saw his chief's masonic sign.
Mrs. Miller would have five bundled in
gold, an.'ee Bank of England notes for one
hundred pounds eaoli. The money was
counMout. but the operation lacked the
cashier's ii'-un!
Miller ff.off'd
spring and vivacity. Mrs.
the notes inside her dress.
The hag of gold she placed In
lr pocktm
where with every movement it bumped
ii-avilv but reassuringly against her leg. and
Wdtiuib but painful show pr. timed that It
was safe. Then she rejoined her mistress,
and the cab carried them to Blacktown rail-wav-station.
They hooked to Paddinglon. As they
wanted no companions f hoy entered a Indie's
carriage. Kvery traveller knows that soli
tude is mi-t often found In those compart
nients reserviJ exclusively for the fair sex.
This is a deii ate compliment toman, but
not, perhap-Qful!- appreciated by such men
who, after t':ng .ieaut s.yits enviously.have
to enter a carriage more than thir-e jiarts full
of jx-ople.
The train started. For a while Beatrice
sat as one in a'reverie. Mrs. Miller whoj
held the Imy watched her face. Beatrice
sighed, looked up and met her companion's
gaze.
"H" will follow us," she said. She trem-
bled as she spoke
los, if neenn find us. poor dear! if
can 110 s.ihi hunt you to death. Well
whnr.i lift ..-., i',...l ... ri-i . T
.. ... .v ii, i in , nn., un, t acre we 11 wail 1
til he can trouble y. ut no more, my sweet.'
"Ah, wherfVill that be?" sighed Beat! i
"When he is struck down. When mypr
ersare answered. When you look on li
dead face, and know that vou are fre,.!" 1
"Hush! hits,;: How can you dare to pri I
for .1 man's death? I'.ven I, whom he has j
wronged could not force my lips to foi
mai prayer.
'Vh,tmy dm! my dear! that Is (moron1
iou woiini tie praying for yourself. GoJ
would not listen; but 1 pray only for youl
and I In ivill
"Sarah, be silent," said Beatrice. She ha
always set her face sternly against be
niai'lH religious llights. Hut, Mrs. Miller's!
1 e...-iiieni nan now reacneil a pitch whic
resisted even Beatrice's commands.
oeei sue said tu thrilling tones, which
made evuji the child open his eyes in wonder
ment, "last night a sign came to me.adreamfl
I looked il-wn rniia seiimwhere, an t saw
nr. sojgc ve. oesit was fix,-.) 1 should
be hek.ro the world begaa, whero tho worm
dieth not " i.
"My poor Sarah, be calm." It
"Where the lire is not quenched. V
myself, and I saw him. Ha was close at 'j
hand,
:i, vxim incite, ui siuive, ami sihiii,
very soon.
icM 5
ho ft
iter voice nan such mteustly.ncreyessuc
n w 1 lniiL- 11 1,1.11 t hit int.. IT....... ...1.
had watched her in that Spell-ltound manner l!
common to nective children, came to tho
conclusion Unit something was wrong, and
set up a lusty roar.
"See," said Beatrice, reproachfully, ''jo'.l ,
have frightened the liny."
The woman grewibn at once. The blaze
of fanathiKm faile.fe?roni her face, and she
was onccViore the attentive nurse and faith
ful servant. The train hurried them onward
on their flight.
Flight! Y'es, It was flight! llervey'
threat had struck home. It had carried con
viction. Beatrice never doubted his asser
tion that although it might be impossible fot
him to force her to come to his side, lie Could
legally t;?;e the boy front ben She deter
niine.1 to II y, leave no tnu'e, liidi1 for awhile;
and Jtt the man in her absence do his worst
If he told her friends the tale of the marriage
it would at least save her from the pain of
So doing. She had not vet settled whither to
The little boy, as was usual when ho at
peared in public, had attracted much atten
tion whilst they waited on the Blacktnwri
platform. So great Is the Interest excited by
such a perfect specimen rrf childhood thai
every w oman and not a few men turned and
looked alter him. At the first stoppages',
lady who saw him through the window actu
ally fetched her husband out of the refresle
ment room to look at his golden hair. She
was but a young wife, or she might have
known better. Pleasing as such admiration
must have been to Be.atricei it seemed to
trouble Mrs. Miller. As tho train resumed
its course she turned to Beatrice. "It must
be done, my dear. It must be done."
Beatrice, who now had the boy, hugged
him tightly. "I won't I can't do it," slie
said.
"We shall be traced all over the world b?
1 it l M .... n:ii., 11..
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vii, isiiiniii ii isioo cniei iiiiocrueu Deo.
let us twist lt uii and hide it."
Therewith she tUist.'u lip rntflVs isuunj
locks, turned them over on the top of his
head, anil fastened them with a hair-pin.
Ills cap was replaced, and very comical tin
boy looked with his hair growing upwards.
And very j.retly lie looked when a minute
afterwards, thinking this was a new sort of
gamoheO"ok oil' Ids cap, shook out the
knot, anuT presto! down fell the glowing
cloud again.
It was tucked up again. It was shaken"
out again and again and again. It was tine
Sport for the baby, hut Heal rice began to
glance timidly at her maid, who shook her
head ominously. "We shall be followed
everywhere," she said. t Beatrice sighed.
"He'll bo a big boy in no time, my pretty."
said Sarah, "then it must come oil'. Don't
run the risk now. There's not sticii hair in
the three kingdoms."
Strange that, a woman who believed so implicit-
in destiny, Mrsi Miller should be in
lior calm moments so calculating and fore-1
seeing.
'atric,e lSnl the soft clottd, and Said
that was why it was such a sin. Sarah, with
out a word, drew out a newspaper and a
largo pair of bright scissors. Beatrice turn-'
ed away to hide her tears.
Sarah cut a bole in the center .hrS''
paper a hole just big enough for the boy to
put his head through. He did so.and thought
it great fun. His blue eyes danced with ij j
light. "Hold the corners, miss," said Sarau.
Beatrice with averted eyes took up two of
them in her trembling hands. The cruel
work began.
Ruthless as the shears of Atropos, Sarah
plied her bright blades, and the boy's glit
tering looks fell hi solt masses on the out
spread SldiulnnU Never before bad the
columns of tiiat inlluential journal gleamed
so brightly. Clip, clip, clip, went the scis
sors, every clip seeming to cut Beatrice's'
heart. In five minutes the work was rough
ly done, and the glory of Harry's hair gone'
forever.
Beatrice positively sobbed. She gathered
up every thread of gold, kissed and wept
over the wreck, then put it away to be treas
ured up. She clasped her disfigured darling
to her breast.
"Oh, my poor little hoy!" she cried. "My
little shorn lamb! Oil, It was cruel, too
cril.' I A cruel, wicked mother 1 am to you,
my jict." She bugged the boy, and bewailed
the loss of his curls a loss which the late
proprietor appeared to view with intense
satisfaction. lie was O'.pericneing a new
sensation, and at every age anew sensation
Is a matter of great interest.
Presently something seemed to stir Bea
trice into gn. at animation. "Mother!" shH
said, "MotheiO Listen, my pet, say alter
me, mother."
He smiled his little smile, pursed up 11H
Hps, and made, for the first attempt, a very
fair imitation of the word. Tloitears sti-evn-ed
down I5e.fiee's cheeks. SW'kled tho
boy issionatelv. "Say it again say it al
ways," she cried, iiiother, mother, mother."
The little autocrat, being in high good
temper. ci,n-oted to humor u r, and all the
way to London Beatrice tai.gTt h.jjioy the
new word, even made bi nimly oompro-
lieim tnnni was in nuiir; 10-0:; me iiueoi
the person whom his lisping tongue had un
til now only given the name of B e-Bee, or
some such :,:ariti'o rendering of the style,
I I.I..I, l. l.,.r,l l,i,r ml.ln.wiJ
U illlH.ll llT, 11' 111 'l i. 1 ' .
The ctin fort which los rOliri'ss to catch
tip the lie'i word brought to Beatrice's Iieart
almost coin," nsated for t 'regret she felt
at the ruthless deed w hich bad been done by
the scissors.
CHAl'TKR-XXIH.
PAI.Vit I, IlITIKS.
After the two great crimes of "rcmovlnc;
the landmarks 01 the const it utioitto pander
to the masses," and notwiping one's "'.-ics
the one an hnjwrial, J- other a doinVslic
sin, yet equally grave unpuiu'tuaiity at
table wa the most heinous ntrenoe iu the
eyes of Horace and Herbert. Without being
r'ontiriicl on 4fh p-;.!
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