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1 H . m "IT T1 u L'Y A FAMILY AFFAIR. 10, 1 G BY.HUGH CONWAY. , nArv-sary." he went on, witn 8 w . w. it make a dec ' .X. mutter of form. to make a declaration You must declare "itself to be twentyone years of age." tmth is Mr. Herrey had boentq ; 1 11W t and - without the tuontioningLi .landers. Zibad endeavored cmrt of the usurers laughed in big be soon found One -whose 'Ijusiaeos; &ae3r.A ,vnred to negotiate 'a' loan' such 8ecuri1y;W;"riTO4f;iotui; lTOOO offered, v : tn refuse to lend -money on a bill or a false declaration provided the", S of the forger orthe per jurer were of ? STrtlmP who would pay money to avoid' : proceedings.-:.: i 7 : ' " ' t.'.. V-j crTnot auite understand,' said Beatrice. I - - , - 1. J would not understand. V.'.'.;':'.:. Ws a mere matter of form, my dear 'girl, x , t.orm.v It is onlv to ' "swear .-' von rtrt 1 1 17 J-i - " mt . Jjetwenty-one- I'm sure no one would doubt, kJLtrice covered her face with her- hands,? and tne w . . to hrJ xw v-wi What were fccr reelings -wnen' ttia trntti first came home to hcrf When. "she knew she could cheat herself nolongsrt Vrhennoiiaag- u-y.wuuBii.vuuw Recount ior ner conoi-t tion? "When In plain words the fact that she was to tear, tlie burden common to woman hood was forced upon her?; Then Beatrice prayed that she might dial '.-. ;7 Kven then she would not - so to her friends and tell them all. Still , those long uncer tain years stretched Ont before hr.. Tf Kh could only conceal this new trouble as sbi had concealed her marriage, there was peat. peace for years. Sarah was told what she already guessed, and upon hearing her mis- f ressT , wishes simply set about - executing thenul 1 . The child - was born, and none save the mother and her maid knew the truth. -' Hard a waif the task, it was no harder to Beatrice than - to others who, without the ' aid and faithful, service. 1'at ; her ; cotnmand, have concealed J what ' if n revealed mean? ruin.: The "elder woman arransred alL She left' her Imistress as a servant : leaves ; she prepared a place, and when the time came Beatrice found her grief lightened by all a loving woman can do for another in such a plight. . Of , course there was deceit- deceit deemed to have forced itself t into the' eirl's lifej There was a long visit, to ipay some where, a visit from which ' Beatrice returned shadow " of her former self, i But none knew, none even guessed the iause. .? - jUntil the: child was born Beatrice's prayer was that both she and it mi?ht die. Can a sadder, more pitiful prayer be framed by a woman! The truth could then be told to alL The early death .would be the full expiation of her folly. ;: The few who loved her would forgive and pity her But her prayer was unanswered death never even' threatened mother or babe, - ' ; . ' " The child was. born, the tiny head nestled on tne -motner's breast, and ; a strange new eeling awoke within her the overpowering instinct - of maternal : love. 7, Her ; thoughts which had once been, in case" the child lived,- 0 hate it for th6 father's sake, turned to pure, sweet affection for the. innocent, helpless little-being. ; So far from wishing it', dead, she would not . now. have wished it tmborn. When she returned' to her home she left it with many.tears in Sarah's charge. ' . v -; For years, she saw it by stealth, saw it grow more and more the picture of perfect childhood; loved it and worshiped ;it more each time, she saw it, and ; at last, -when she returned to her father's house, and felt that her visits to her treasure - would now per force be les3.and less frequent; a wild crav ing to have it with her always, to see it every 'day every hour, awoke in her passion ate heart.' ' "'' ' -1 , -' ' Then came ; the second quarrel, v and the new home. And even, as she settled to go down to her ; uncles' the nucleus of the daring scheme for regaining her ' boy framed itself m her brain, and was eventually shaped into form, and acted upon with perfect success. . But the live years - were passang, passing. , a.t, tne ena oi inemsrooa wnac jjeatnce shrank from picturing, a convict who would come and claim bis wite. Beatrice .had, in deed, expected that when first arrested he would nrid some way of - proclaiming his marriage, if only in fulfillment of his threat of dragging her,name into the dirt. Yet he made no sign.' He was crafty and calculating. The term of the sentence was not to him an eternity. When it ended he knew that by keeping the secret he should be xu a more auvanutgeuus pusiuuu w ixru matters to his own benefit. Beatrice . would be well past twenty-one, and m command of a large incpme. ; He meant to b thoroughly revenged for the obstinacy she had displayed in rerusing ta perjure nerseii, ana so una him means to buy up the forged bills, but he meant to have money also. . This; is the story of the life of the last five k properly dealt with. ; Hervey " waveredr . stammered, and then once , for; all dropped ' the mask. He brutally told his young wife to let him manage his own affairs of that sort . in his own way.i So Beatrice knew that Sarah had spoken the truth. And with this tnowlldge tiie love for, this man- which had already been driven out was replaced by a feeling of absolute hate and contempt. Once more and only . once she saw him. vA few days later he wrote, bade her come to him, and threatened in case of. refusal to , come to her. She went. , She 'scorned him , too much to fear him. He renewed his request that she would sign me ialse declaration of aga , ; "I will not," she said. - - . "Will you telegraph to your ' father and say you must have a thousand pounds tell mm it means life or death. " , I will not; nor would he send it- if I did. Hervey, who by now was getting to know ething of his wife's character, felt that nothing would make her bend , to his wilL : With an oath he raised his hand and struck , her. His true brutal nature leapt forth. ' He covered her with reproaches: he reviled her. hp toll her he had never cared for her, told i ner ue nad but married ner to stave off ruin. Hunkmg the small sum ; he. needed, would be easfly raised upon her prospects. ? He vowed to be revenged for her obstinacy. He would v mase ner ufe a helL' He would : draff her Be would make her Ufe. a hell . V , inrough the dirt. She should rue un- Zu T?1 7 on wnch she refused to .bidding. .... .'; of? Beatlice got away from this storm W v' 86 wallsd back home with a buz& ill head- Once iiudde the door she "UWJU. 1 , v , . - "ree days afterwards she read that Mau Hervey d been brought before the ates on a charge of forgery and --nea ior triaL She found means' to to pay " ' he money - that- h L "".ense. r : ne sent DacJi word so uTa Plead gtJ. He really did tawi J7 eiorgery was a craf ty, premedl- enTC-rathe Judge: very .properly Big 'T04, servitude for five years. - aoCff v6168 ot her nature, a part jJiM inhented from Sir Maingay, showed She let things drift; , To agirl just fiTe wl6 ?ea emH M inexhaustible as iKjhJ would seem to a V WriS;" remembrance,of ;her secret ' Sfv 3iaUntetW the remnants cf a sSv JS?: 'j year- Five long years! ore they .wmeuanz aid Happen! ' 4 i ' ' ' ' v. " Jisbe pushed his arm mj&J ? cannot do it," she said. ) -? ' ' flis trow grew black. - 'Iama ij ! -ybu" fsaiA not) ghe sala "iaccente! h h fold him she meant what she said. ."1 liifdo this much:' I have soine. jewelry; it T7n to placed m your hands. ? The . only for I ask is that money may be raised on it SLchawaythat same day I can get it rLfc fart of it was my motWs." r Hervey knew that her jewelry , would not help him. So he pressed .her to ; make the; ?,il flclaration. First, he commanded,; secondly he reasoned, thirdly he besought iri n abject way. "" Siuvcuiig - u- ' treaties for money, every atom; of love for:. ". him went out of the girl's heart. : : Love may gnrrive ill-usage, faithlessness and wicked-' pesg-meanness kills it ; She turned and left him before he could stop her. v : - : .1 She did as she had; promised. That even ing Mrs. Miller brought -him 'the packet of," jewelry. There were some valuable articles Sit, as Sir Maingay, who had great faitbr in his daughter's discretion, and .who-perhaps bad feared that if not given at; once, they would never be given, had intrusted her ' with some diamonds which ; had belonged to her late mother. So it was that Hervey" was able to raise some two hundred pounds on the trinkets. To his credit Tbe it said that he gent certain mysterious tickets to Beatrice which, upon inquiry, she found would enable her to redeem the things of which ' she : had deprived herself. . " . .. Three days" after this Sarah made a dis covery, or rather completed her inquiry int0 Hervey's real nature. By .pertinacity in tracking and watching; by questions asked in certain houses in a neighborhood to which she had followed him, she found the man had for some space of time, and was eyen now, pursuing a low intrigue 'with a gn-1. ; With' hashing eyes Mrs. Miller went .to Beatrice and told her this. , ' Beatrice heard her in silence. , Then she ' qke coldly and gravely. ! Events Avere fast making a woman of her. ' ' 'Sarah," khe said, "I will see Mr. Hervey, and if needful you will see him. .Bear iri mind that if your charges against him are false, you leave me at once." . She took Sarah with her, told her to wait in the street and then entered her. husband's room. She told him coldly and without ap parent emotion what she had learned.' She gave the name of a streejb, and the number of a house. t ' ". . , - . ' 14 Hervey of course denied it- Beatrice then said she would -f etcbriiis' Kber.-wo-Kndd4-iaPT back that trior! " tKrv TvrfontjlnVt-W Vi pn tne earth could - vhave iipired her wilh such loathing.; She did not fear hija, simply becausa she knew the worst he coulddo- the heaviest penalty she could., be called upon to pay. Or she thought she knew. v - - 'WelL- my , affectionate I wif e ha saidl knocking the ash off his dar, and looking ner np and down; tyou've grown into quite a fine piece of goods. Quite a tip-topper nc end of a swell. t You haven't pined much f oi me, Iguea.? : , ' , tjh& shivered as she . heard his voice anif coarse, mocking t compliments, but she kept her proud eyesupon hiin. 'Ton have some- tmng to say . to me say it She spoke sternly, bay!: I shouM, think it was fow you to say something. You who" sent me to herd with felons for five years. . You who would not stretch out a hand . to .' save me. ' What have you to say f? - He spoke with a vicious, bitf erTntonation. ..'..--' - " --. bhesaid nothing. She might have told him of misery which she had undergone misery which she had ; to undergo to which his well-merited punishment was as nothing. jx early live years, v he went on, vthink of that dull, dead ? drudgery. Week after week, month after month, year after, year the same. :- All through you through you! And now, my sweet -wife, which do .you expect me ,to do, to strike . you or to kiss you?" He changed his tone to that of raillery, a ' tone hiore loathsome to -Beatrice than that which showed his . real nature He took a step towards her as he said the last wordi - ' "You have done both to me," she said,: slowly and bitterly. "The memory of the kiss is , to-day more degradine to me than that of the bldw.1' He scowled as her scorn stung him scowled and - took, another step towards her. ' - - -. , : . ' ! There was a sharp-poirited knife : lying on ' the table. Beatrice's fingers meohanically ; rested themseives on the handle, ."if you touch me," she said; quietly, "I think I shall Kiuyou." , - - , , man and the woman the husband and wife who were to ineet on the morrow like foes in a deadly dueL And- over and above all this, there wa another matter ' ever present, in xhe girl's mind another name which came to her lips, not in accents of hate, but love. She had at tempted to deceive him, but not herself. ; In fact, it seemed part of her punishment--the hardest part of all-4-that she lovea Frank Carruthers. V She had sobbed out', the secret on the faithful Sarah's breast. - She had wept through, the weary hours of many -a night as she thought of the utter hopelessness, of love between them. His coming to Oakbury had doubled her grief. She had not only to lament "what has been,'but to regret "what might have been." Blame her if you must 1 Forgive her if you can! 7 At least pity her I . :, ;' : CHAPTER XXL , " r MAKING PB0UD S3TEES BEND. " Provided he is , not a French . journalist, whose drooping honor is cured by a scratch. a man about to fight a duel has generally preparations : to make. Maurice Hervey's Approaching duel being of a peculiar mature, the preparations he made were also peculiar. They consisted of uiducing tne room he .oc cupiedwhich, in an unmolested state,' was a nice, tidy apartment-to look as disrepu table and dissipated as, with the resources at his command, it was possible. - Me , gave no orders for his breakfast things to be cleared away, but added to the relics of the meal a bottle of whisky and a glass. Me also laid a short pipe and a tobacco pouch' on the table. With great satisfaction ne iouna in a draw er a dirty pack of cards : these were also placed in a. position to carry, effect. He told the servant not to attend to his bedroom just yet ;-so that by bis leaving the 'door of communication between the two rooms' open a visitorimight have the privilege of gazing on a disheveled sleeping apartment, txiyen the materials; at bis disposal, he. male a very "fair effect with them. - ,l 7 ' ' - He kept his own appearance in sympathy with the 1 surroundings. , y He wor3 slippers which he trod down at the heeL His clothes were too new to look shabby, but by putting on a' soiled shirt, discarding his waistcoat and cravat, be managed to get within reasonable distance of his requirements. ' . - ,' All these ' preparations "were inspired by an exquisite refinement of malice.. ." Meta phorically he meant to bring Beatrice down on her knees, and his cruelty fold him that to one of her type, the process would be dnnblv disagreeable when it took place in such a scene. ' "Gad!" he said, as he gazed round and approved Of his handiwork. "I wish I had m v nrison suit here.' rd , don at once more He e-ave orders that if a lady called she was to be shown up at once; then he lit mtrar and lounared in the easy chair, ' At five minutes to twelve, just as the man was won- derinz whether she would come or not, and if, in the event of her not coming, it would be well for his own i interests to. seek her at Hazlewood House, the door opened and Bea trice stood before him. , Me laugned a low. rn,virfnj- laucrh. and without changing his lonnattitttde,"lookedip at her." 7 ' She took it all in, the disreputable look o thn nlace and of its tenant:? he. could see that by the quiver Of her nostril, and the look of deetjeninz scpro n,ner nrmmouui.; i - Aiid hel e's she leaked athlm, the thought ran tHfougn her, oyf cbulcf "she7eyer :in her Uh'-hfar.lH cirlh'ood's days- ) loved .thi3 r.-.-trntP lnvd him even for an hour? His f.HQ. wpre the features she had once .. . . ..... .. . 1 -Urive tin to iie. cr dot. I oemara Ah. I Lava vou now lrt t f jL.e Ld. Cis tin st s?" .ed- to piarce her heart. She. uttered alow crv and EraFmrl the back 6,a chair ifor support s4'It .is' not true,? she gasped. . . ,v ;.-,..;, w Jo your lawyer and find ouy.he said ?1 have consulted mine. The boy is my own.7 Ah what pleasure I shall find "in his com pany! How nice for him to be known here-" after as the f orger'a.sonj Uowwlll , you ac cept my conditions? -Now have I got your proud knees to bend! Now will you come, to me and eyow yoursBlf .the wife of an injured busbandr?1 'v'Ci?;i' I " - ..:: f He almost shnskedftha sentences. He felt he had his full grasp t revenge. ' - . "l must .(think. 1 1 must think, w she mur- 'mured..-. v . .'. - -''--... "Yes,Vo and think. " I've cot to think. too, ; rve got to find. out whether any anibble can : deprive you of the money. If so, you'll have , to marry me- again and keep the first mar riage dark. . : Han? me ! that will be even better.? ,. - "Iiema go," she said. -"Yes, you can go. But come' to me again the day after, to-morrow. 7Then Fll tell vou what to'do.i An, iny lady. youM better have got the money I wanted years aeo. I told you at the time you were a fooL" " - - fone did not hear his last words. . She had left. thleonVJ HerveytlirewJ himself into nis cnear and laughed long and loud. ' 7 "Kevenge-. and ' money!" he said, "m bring her down to the very dust "111 make her Jbeg on her knees for the boy before I spare her even him. -' Luck! was there ever such luck?" ' 7 ', . V, .CHAPTER XXIL - .; . 7HABtY LZABNS " A NEW WOBTV ."l" ' 1 . I am informed," by those "who oueht to know, that a credit balance at one's bankers possesses great virtues as an elevator of both morals and,, character. That, t apart from any sordid consideration or( miserly i joy, it enables a man ' to face' , with greater courage the smaller ills 1 and annoyances of life, ren ders 'him less liable ' to man'v tfvmntfl.tnnTis teaches; him "Co regard ' his feUow-KTeatures with more ' affectionate eyes, and .generally to acc?uiesce in the wisdom of the arrange ment which made the world a3 it is.' It this be so. the universal desire to trraw rich rhnv have for ifemaing as in nine cases out or ten a woman holds money; in far greater reverence and awe than a manjdoes, the possession of such a balance should be ,to her N doubly gratifying and elevating. 4 With money! woman is ' power. It was.tb.e weak concession,' begun years ago 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. Beatrice had a -very large credit balance : hi "the hands rof !the: family bankers. Messrs ' I loekei denrn trom somewr-ra B.nri fcn'w If as I must be, as it wta xed I slumM K before the' world began, vrtzre the worm diethnot ' Si yilj poor fiarahj be calm.". -: -; " 7 Where the fire is not cuenched. T w myself, and; I saw him. He was closa ; at hand. Oh, God means to strike and soon. Tery soc7777";;-7!-r 7-7 ' " ' Her voice had such, intensity, her eves such a wild look in. them, that little Harrv. who had watched her in that spell-bound xnanner- pommon to reflectaver . children, came to the conclusion that-somethins was wrong1, "and set up a lusty roar. . . v - -t r "See," said; Beatrice, reprcajchf ully, yoii nave ingncenea ine boy." . - The woman grew calm at once. The blaza of fanaticism faded from her face, and she was Once more the attentive nurse and faith ful servant. The train hurried them onwards on their flight. . v. '":s r ,lightlf ,Yes, it was fliffhtl - Hervey's threat had struck home.7,3 It had carried conviction.- Beatrice never doubted his1 asser tion that although it mirfit be imnossible for. hii to force hey to come to his side, he could legally take tt boy from her. She deter mined to flyj leave no trace, hide for awhile, ana let tne man in ner absence do his worst. If he told her friends the tale ol the marriage It , would at least .save-her from the pain o sc doing. She had not yet settled whither to go, but she meant to-night: to be out of Jfcngland- - . . .: ' V'v7" , V . The little bey, as was .usual r when he ap peared in public, had attracted much atten tion while, they WAited ' on the Blacktown platform, 7 So great is the interest excited by such a perfect specimen of , childhood that every woman and not a few men turned and looked after, him... At the first stoppage a lady, who saw him -through the window actually : fetched her husband "' out of the refreshment'rbom.tdlook'at his golden hair. one was- but a,, youngs wife,' or she might have known better. Pleasing as such admi ration must have been to Beatrice, it seemed to . trouble Mrs. . Mfllerl r . As the train re turned to 1 Beatrice. my 'dear. It must be "Ithink lshaUkaiyou." r. : The man knew she meant it. He threw himself into a chair, and laughed scornfully." "Come," he said, "let us goto business.". "Yes. . Business is the .only question ; be tween us now." . . V , .- " , "Sit down. I can't talk to . you while you stand up there. And Tve lots to say." , -S To show how little she feared him she obeved. ' - - - - ' -; ' " "Now:"' he said," to come to the point: what proposal have you to make? I'm your husband and with all your put-on pride and carelessness, you know I've got the whip-hand at last" ' rr-' - : Beatrice looke-i at nun and again won dered how she could have ever loved this ruffian. - .. , "I will do this," she said. On certain conditions I will give you one-half of my in come." -. r , ' And how much may your income be?" ; "Two thousand five hundred a year I am told." . V- -. - . Y ou lie," said Hervey, coarsely. 'It is more.", , . - Beatrice flushed. She half rose fropi her seat, then returned to it without troubling to reply. , .- ' . " - : Take it for argument's sake it is so," said the man. -"Now for the conditions." - 'That you never seek; me, .never- trouble me, never make known to any one that I ant your wife." - ? - 7 . . v',, - r : 4iYbu have kejt the secret, then?," ; "One- other person knows it, my faithful servant." - - - 1 "That hag! ; Of course you hoped I should die in the five years." "No," said Beatrice, simply ; 7 but I hoped Imight. -s - - 1 The duel was progressing. The advantage as yet had been to Beatrice. : Heryey's,turn was to come. , " " " ' "Listen,1' he said; "I " have also a proposal to make, and conditions. 7 Beatrice bent her head.' : - . . '""'"..'-' "You have two thousand five hundred a year. Tne nunareas are quite enougn lor a woman to live on; tne thousands snail be mine.'! . '' V " , She was. silent for a niinute.r "YS" she said, "I will even do that at least for many years." - - . . - - , Hervey laughed maliciously. VHow nice to be so hated! I never made anything out of a" woman's love, but her hate is profitable. Now hear the conditions,! - "Ihave named them already," said Beatrice, COldly. .v '. ' "Hear mine, I say," said Hervey, bringing his hand down on the table, and speaking in grim earnest , "I will go away, never seek" you, never trouble you vso long asv,you pay the money; ;but before Igo'here he bent forward and spoke' in a low, grating 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 relatipui,. all your, dear friends,' shall know you are the wife of Maurice Hervey, forger, felon, and,' at present, ticket-of -leave man. ' After, that IH leave you and take the money. 7 . " Beatrice made no reply.- She drew her mantle round her and rose. 7 "Don't like my proposal," ' mocked Hervey. ; 'il thought it out carefully, though thought it out - night after night for years and 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 .wif gJ? ' ' ' ; . think you are mad,7 said Beatrice, con temptuously. . ''Mad! No, Tm not mad. 'Are you going to leave : me? After such . a separation to leave me so soon!" She moved towards the door. - 1 7 t Whiclj means, I suppose, that' you leave me to do my worst." . ,.. fJi; : K! :f "Yes. T jYou must do your worst' . ?i ?. 'Which means,- take whatever-- the law forces you to give me! -You know the law will give me something. ... 'I . 1 .7 . v . . . ."I believe it will," said Beatrice,. wearily. : , 'tYes, I'll t take : what , the law gives , me. Are you yersed In the ' law.: There was something in his voice," in- his triumphant look, which for the first time made her fear. w , "Do you know," he went on,' "that the law will give ine the custody of a certain pretty golaen-nairea Doyi. -inata mie wno aDsenta herself from' her husband and. hi3 home ha3 no riht to deprive . Lira of his child. Here i3 the hoie I oiler rov I lonz for you and U1 OP- SDliERi-illlLlIErilf -AT- i J.. v I HAVE JUST BETUNED FROM THE NOHTII ern markets with all the . Latest Nbveltic In MILLINERY for the are now opening. 0 summer season, which we Furlong; Stephens, Furlongr Seymour & Tut- brevity, and on account of its antiquity, was commonly known as the Blacktown Old Bank: r 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 Messps. , Furlongs, and as Beatrice did not spend Tone-fifth of; it; Uie money bred with' its proverbial fecundity.; , Until their niece came to stay with . them the'Tfelberts had,, without even consulting .her,- myested all i surplus income in good 1 dmdend-paying . preference or 7 debenture stoclcs", chosen because they only paid four i per. cent. no well-advised borrower should think'of offering more, tfcant four ; per cent. . Doing? so creates mistrust. 7 During the last ' yearTjBeatnce; had asked them to : let the money lie at, the bank. So at the bank it waSyfUf Horace .said: not bearing a fraction of interest It yexed him to see siich waste. 5 "tJvij?kt .tstnifts:' he "hdTrenipnstrated with her.".! "You are simply; making' our frends" several members of .'the elongated firm lif ed in the neighborhood a handsome yearly present ; Paying one of their clerk's salary! m fact" "-.- - , - "Perhaps that was" : why Mr. Stephens was so attentive to me iat dinner last week," said Beatrice placidly.' ; 7 . "Oh, nonsense! : It's a mer 3. nothing to them.. But why should they have your money, for. nothing, and lend it out at . seven or eight per cent.?". , ... ''.. kB atrice could give no reasons She simply said she wished it to remain as It was for a while. Horace and Herbert, began' to wonder if sheliad afoot any scheme for endowing a hospital, or restoring the parish church. '"- However,-the money lay idle and, at call, and if Horace's explanation of f the. method by which bankers make fortunes was correct, the-; usage .m; the red basii-co.vered - ledger, headed ''Beatrice Clauson," must have been a gratifying sight for the Messrs. Furlong And the rest of the firm. 7 One morningthe very- morning which Mr Hervey had' appointed for his second in terview with' Beatrice a few minutes after the - respectable liveried porter had drawn the bolts of the"' outer doors', and so pro claimed that the bank was ready for all comers, a check for one thousand pounds, payable to ."self" or "bearer" and signed Beatrice Clauson" was banded across the broad mahogany counter to the spruce cash ier, t ' - - - - v ' - Ha leaned across the counter and asked her in the politest manner: - ' . - , How1-you-hav'-it?" - , Mrs. . Miller veould have five hundred In golcl and five Bank"ofv England "notes for one hundred . pounds " each. The money wf counted out. Mrs. Miller buttoned the note. inside her dress. The bag of gold she placed in her pocket,, -., where with every movement it bumped heavily but reassuringly against her leg, and in dumb but painful show pro claimed that it was safe. Then she rejoined her mistress, "aiid the ; cab carried them to Blacktown railway station. - " ,'- -' They, booked to JPadtfington. 7 As .they waniad no companions Athey entered & ladies' carriage. Every traveler knows that solitude is mos( often found in those compartments , reserved exclusively for the fair sex. This 13 a delicate .- compliment to man, but not, per haps; fully appreciated by such men who, afte-. eying vacant seats enviously, have to enter a carriage more 'than three parts full of people. . 7 ' . ; Tho train started. For a while Beatrice sat as One in a reverie Mrs.' Miller, who held the boy, watched her face.'. Beatrice sighed, looked up and met her companion's gaze, f t "He will follow us," she said. She trembled ; as she spoke. .r".;-' ---. i ' . VYesif he can fmd us.' -- Fobr'dearilf. he can 'do so' he'll hunt you "to death. rWellgd where he caift ' find us:' There" we'U . wait ''Ah, when will that be?'' sighed Beatrice, '.'When he is-struck down., When my prayers are answered. When you look on his dead" fade!; and'khdw -thitryou 1 are' freef' .. V Hushl:hush1f; Howicajl ybtioe.td'jpray for a man's death?' -.Iwhonine'has :so rohged,: could not Jforcd myliptf-td 'form that prayer." ' " 'OH, my'deaf Ppay dearf that is different. You would; be pfaymg yourself. God would not listen; but I pray: only for .you . ;? ."Caraii be Klent,? said Beatrices She had always set her face sternly e'gafeistf h'erta'aid's iotoghti.Bttt'2Ii?;Jn8' excite ment had by now reached a pitch which, re siit3d even Beatrix's commaadi' ,' - :C.;V3eef..s.he, said In thrilling tones whica mr la even the child open his eyes in wonder meat, "last niht a signcaine tome. adreim. sumed it3 course,- - she "It must' be done,- linn. W T ' . T". -' Beatrice, who now . had the boy, hugged him tightly. I wont I cant do it," she said. - . - "We shair be traced all over the world by it, my dear," said Mrs. Miller, sadly. Q -"Oh, Sarah! It is too cruel too cruel! See, let us twist it up and hide it" . -.: Therewith she twisted up Harry's sunny -locks, turned them over on the top of his head, . and fastened them with a hairpin. His cap was replaced, and very comical the boy looked with bis hair growing "upwards. .. ..... ,: Anq very pretty ne looked wnen, a minute afterwards, thinking this was a" new sort of "game, he shook ; off his cap, shook out the knot, ; andV' xirestol down fell ' the glowing cloud again, j It was tucked up again. : It was shaken out again and again and again.' ' It was fine sport for the baby, but Beatrice - began to; glance timidly at her "maid, who; shook her. head ominously,' We shall be followed every-, whre," she saii . Beatrice sighed. 7 ' ; 7; tHell ba big boy in no time, my pretty," said Sarah, "then it must come ' off. 7" Don't run the risk now. "'There's not such : hair in' the" three kingdoms -"7-7: i Ski : Strangethat a . 4 woman ; who believed so implicitly in destiny.; Mrs. Miller : should ; be' in her calm moments so calculating and fore seeing. 7 - .'".f " 'Beatrice kissed the" soft cloud, and said that' was why it was. such a. sin.;. Sarah, without a word, drew out a newspaper and a - large pair of e bright scissors. ' Beatrice 1 turned, away to hide hir tears. 7 " ,'; ,", : . : I Sarah cat a hole in the centre of the news paper a hole just big enough for the boy-to put Ms head through He did s6, and thought ! it ;gieafc fun. - His blue eyes . danced -V with dftlight,rtVi'Hold1i.t,hff.. , Sarah.: Beatrice with : averted eyes took up two of .them ; in her trembling hands. 4 The eruel W0rkbegan;7viSy7iv77- T Kuthless as the sheara of fAtropos, Sarah plied her .bright bladesjahd; the boys 'glit-j tering locks fell in :t!iaaon.;e -.out-, spread Standard. . - Never-" before 1 had the ' columns of that influential"" journal gleamed so brightly- Clip,' J cbp,- olip; - went - the " scissors, every clip seeming to cut Beatrice's heart. ; In five minutes the work was roughly - ' Ladles so fortunate as to hare yet to buy their ' Summer millinery wulnnd some great advantaeef In seeing our New Goods and Low Prices. , ... .. - ....... .. . . -...... Great redcetlnn In th nriM nf an mwii i line since the spring opening. - -, . " Lariee variety of MlssesV and Children's Hatsl Call and See the Sommer Noveltiss 7- rZ - . - - , j V.- j. ' ' -- 7 - - ',-,....-. .', f ' - r -... ; - - . f . .' , V C. M. QUERY. -1 GRIND SILK 07- v CLOCKS AND JEWELRY.; ' DiamondsySilvfir and Silver-Plated :J rWret : ; V- " - , A i) l-'i'.i "t- ! 'i.il.'i 'j ; it , 7 -. t , - i '-'. v . . v 7 . ' 7 ' ' ' Prices vnt -down March 4th 1886. . from ' Thanksgiving Day to - Those wanting any of the above goods will please call and hear my prices, they 'are the lowest and tae goods are the best. . . ; - S. T. BUTLER. - v - Every clip seeming to cut' Beatrice's hearty done, and the glory of . Harry's hair gone forever,! " 7 '! - 7V, . - 7 ' . , - Beatrice positively: sobbed, r She gathered up every .thread of gold,. kissed and wept over the wreck, then put it away to be treas ured up.7 She clasped her , disfigured darling' to her breast777(-;'77A-j7!7:! - "Oh,-nay pocr little boy f she cried. ,"My little 6lwmjambr3,ph,- cruel ! A criiel, "wicked motheiI am to y bu, my pet," She hugged the boy, and bewailed the loss' of his cTirls-T-a: loss which the late proprietor appeared to. view with intense sat isfaction.7He was experiencing anew sensa tion, and at every age a new sensation is a matter of gre mterert"'' " " . I'resently something - seemed to stir . Bea trice' into '-'great animation. ? "Mother P, .she said," "motherl ' Listen, -my pet, say after .rrrT7 J -tZ, A 5 c " 'J It 1 Fayenevuie..; He smded his little smile, pursed up his sanfordi... ... hps. and made,.for the hrst attempt, a very Ore Hill. fair- imitation. ; 01,. tne sword. ,Tne tears streamed down Bafcrice'r cheekl. "She kissed the boy, passionately. "Say; it again say GREENSBORO, N; C. THIS 69th SESSION of this well established and prosperous school will begin on ,- 7' -. , - '" f The . 20 Hi or AKust, . This Institution comb'nes the comfort of a houiei with first-class educational advantages. , Locatloa neaiinrui . , , , -... -' Fare good. Faculty competent -and falthfoL In; structlon thorough. Charges moderate. JTor Catalogue apply to j - June2Mtf ; : V- T. M. J02JZ3. President GondeDsed .Time Table,. No.ll CAPE FEAR AND TADKIN VALLEY RAILWAY , , .' COMPANY. . ' ' To take effect at SHO a. m., Monday,- June 22nd-' TRAIN NORTH. ' - s ? Bennettstvtlle... I Shoe Heel. ,.--?.'. Fayettevllie.. AEBITE, vie uui...i , Libery Greensboro.......... 9.83 a. m. 12.15 p. m. 3X3 4.15 . ' , 6.25 6.i5 - - 8. C0 a. m. 9. n mod. ra 8.13. 20 minutes at Fayettevllie fcr '-ner. it j always,? she cried, motherj11- mother; mother, bein g " in high g ood all the TRAIN SOUTH. The : IftfleV autocrat. temper, consented to humor her, and iiyJ lxjndon Beatrice taught Jier boy the new word even made hhn. dimly; compre hend that it was in future to ; be the title of the person whom his' lisping" tongue had un til now only given the "-name of Bee-Bee, or some such inf antilerendering of the style by which hehear her addressed.-: J7 - ;-, 7f -" The coinfirt "which This ieadiness to catch up the nejr word brought to Beatrice's heart almost compensated for the regret she felt at the'ruthless deed? which had Jbeen done by .the scissors., , t,.?7 . . - ; ', Greensboro .. .... Liberty.;;.-;.... Ore Hill,.... ' Sanford. ;...... Fayettevllie. k Shoe Heel .... . .. . 4 . Bennettsrllle.... lf.CO a. m. U.E5 1.21 p. U. 8.W 20 minutes for dinner at Sanford. ; - . W.M.S.-DUN:J,Gennf:::?T Jinx IT." Ross Gen'l Pass. 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