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UNION, THE CONSTITUTION ANDTHE LAWS THE GUARDIANS OF OUR LIBERTY!
Vol. XXXI.
AVKD.KHDAY CCTOnER CO, IfSO.
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Jfl
if ,;I -1 i 1 I I J;J Id
;
ed With i!it ywir; tnJ Vslfrul widow,
lie was ronstsntfy hrgipg her steps; snd
I notirrt! alb surprise and lonie litile ir
ritation, that hi vu'rar bow was fVmtlv
returned ly i1e lady as the y passed each
From Cffes tUSbVarg Journal, .
ftJECOLUcCTlosf or A foiiei oTHcrx.
C2 WIECT7.
tathe winter of loo"J t it'littrfWlr,!wM d th.t her recognition of him.
Itfl, m I l Ae lime rouUtmt help think- n.l distant as il . not unique nl
In. preTrdufrty kr,rl UttrrMfjr.;1 accompanied by t bluih. whether aria
1 .J itif. Uh-rl uf the Ulands ahi. h dot I rC from pleasurable emotion or ihe re-
Ifca BriLh Channel, in q-esl of get.lle- I W not lor some time determine.
' . f then. l.ih thmrtM tha: There i a turnery aboot Mushes, I an.
1 S e k Exrha, who, il w.s slleg ed. had . Df 1u' ' lf' '!J P""'1";
amended th a aery large. um of o- ttpthVj th( ,f wtuowe, I
a r intrusted to him lr investment by fn'thJ epon that P'" 0
i at -
Baronet rfon-idcrabte jiifluei.re is ofl
' riul quarter. , r rorn rertam rirrurualan
, rr, ii waa aormiard thalGneraey aroulJ
be hi firi t-.tJinf pUrt. and I waa obliged
pol U ihe aray ta Weymouth in order
toae die mail prkel, atbirh left thai
plar oil ihe Saturday ereninj. or Bighl
ra her.witli the Channel !Und mail. Mr.
had eotie.it araa rortjectured, br vay
ofSnuihainitton. ly aeareh. promptly and
, zrainuKiy a I i wcU by int unentM-y
' autlmriiief; pre tug vain, I detf-rmined on
' fin?on u Jcraey.whenaleuerarriml by
pl infor tiling m that t' e peraon of hoin
" waa in pur-uii had either nol inteinW to
defraud Itin etirnt, or thai hit her. had 'ail
' ed him al the thirhn!d of crime. .A few
hiHtra after I had left Indoit he had reap-
peatfd, it neema, i hia eountiiig-houae.
after hating i few minutee pretiouly rf
' fected the investment of ihe otoner ,r
. eordanee with hia client' a inatructiona.anil
waa now, llirouch hu attorney, threaten
inf ihe areuari and all hia aidera and
aSettora with ihe aeteeabte prnceaaeaa that
in England uauallr follow aharpty at the
hrrU of aurh rah and htf proceeding.
( My mission oer, 1 prnpoaed to. retrace
mr atena immediately; but unfortunately
found mraelf detained in the it-land for
nearly a 'week by the hurricane-weather
which mluenly eel in, rendering it mi'
poVill for the mail or oihei aleam pack,
eta to croaa' the Channel during ita cn
tinuanee. Time limped alow ly and heaaily
away; and frequently, in my impatience
to he gone, 1 walked Cown to the back
pier, and atraincd my eyea in the direction
in which the atearoer from Jcraey ahould
appear. Almost every time I did ao en
countered two pertona, who, I eould are,
were even more impatient to be gone than
myrelf, and prohahly. I thought, with much
'more reason. .They ..were i widow lady.
not certainly more than thirty, yeare of
'age, and) her aon, a fine eurly haired boy,
about eizht or nine year old, whoee na
tural liuht-hpiriedneia appeared to be
cheeked. Bnldued. by the deep grief , and
aadncaa which trembled in hia mother
fine esprea nit e eye, and ahrntuled .her
pale bnt handsome face. 1 lit had her by
4h hand : often clasping it with both hia
tiny one, and looking up to her a ahe
turned ikmpodingly away from the tacant'
. roadatead and rnging waiere, with a h!f
frightened, hMI-won-fering expreaion, of
ansinua lure.' which would fruquently
cause hi mother to bend down, and hur
riedly atrire to Aim iway the orrowlul
alarm depicted in the child' face.' These
two being strangely interested mej chief
ly, perhapv beettuae, in my Compelled
idlene, I had little ele except the obsti
nate and angry weather to engage my fct
lention or owipy my thought.' There
was an unmistnkb!e air of " better daya'
abont the widow a grace of manner
Jay, whea he happened to be a landing
alone open the pier her little iy, waa
gazicg throogh a telescope I had borrow,
etl of the landlord of the hotel where I
lodged he approached, and before ahe
waa well aware ol hi intention, look her
hand, uttering at the tame time, it eemed,
word of compliment. , It waa then 1 ob
verted her fcatnrea literally flash with a
vi idne- of expression whirh rerealed a
beauty I had am before imagined ahe po
aeeaed. The ft-How absolutely reeoiled
before the roneenlralt d srorn wiiirh flush
ed her pale features, and the indignant
geature with which ah withdrew her
hand from the contamination of his touch.
Aa ahe turned confusedly and haaiily away,
hia eye encountered 'mine, and he : muu
teml eome unintelligible aentencra during
which the. widow and her, aoq left the
l""- . . ... - .
I he laJv, aid I, a soon a ahe wa
out of hearing, teem in a cold bitter
humor tht morning; not unlike the weath
er," ; " .
Ye, Mr. Wat I beg paulon, Mr.
What your name, I would ay!" ....
M Wateis. aa I perceive you know quite
well. My reeolleeiion of youia not ao dis
tinct, i hae no lememhrance of ihe
fashionable clothe and brilliant jewelry,
none whatever; but the rematkable coun
tenance I have seen., . ..
dare ay yon have. Water, he re
plied. re-anming hia insolent, swagger
ing air. H I practice al the old Bailey; and
I have several time een you there, not
a now, in the masquerade of a gentleman,
but with a number on your collar."., ,, .
I wa silly enough to feel annoyed for a
moment at the fellow's stupid, sarcasm,
and turned angrily away, -. :,
There, don't fly in a passion, con
tinued be, with aa exulting chock le. f " I
have no wish to be ill friends Vith so
smart a hand as yon are..; What do you
say to a glass or two of wine, if only to
keep this confounded wind out of our
stomachs!. , It's cheap enougluhere.". It
) I hesitated a few seconds and then said,
I have no great objection; but 3 first,
whom have I the honor if addressing?
- Mr. Gates. William Gates, Etquire,
attorney et-law. '
- Gates 1 Not the Gates, I hope, in the
lite Rrvant afTah?"i
i, Well yes bol allow me lo say.
Waters, that the observations of the jndge
on that matter, and the consequent pro
ceeding, were quite unjustifiable; and I
waaetrongly advised to petition the House
on the subject; but 1 forebore perhaps
Mnvrh-ely.". ;- ' --..-. y 1 S
Frotnconaideration chiefly, I dare say,
for the sge and infirmities of his lordship,
and his numerous family?" '' 4 '
Come, eome." rejoined Gates, with a
laugh, M dnnt't poke fun in that way. The
which her somewhat failed and unseason-i truth is, 1 get on quite as well withoni as
-ti j j ft- .,;v.t
aoic raiment remiereu oui mi inu tun
ing and apparent. Hei countenance, one
perceived at the first glance, wasof re
markable eomeliness; and upon one oc
ens ion that I. had an opportunity raf ob
serving it, I was satisfied that, under hap
'pier influences than now appeared to over
shadow her, those pale, interesting fea-
In re a would light up into beauty as bril
liant aa it wa refined and intellectual.
fi This introduce another walking mys
tery, which for want of something belter
to do. I was conjuring out of my fellow
wat.'hers on the uiefV lie wa a stoutish,
slrongly-set man hf forty years of age, per
is joar opinloa cow tf the propecls of the
minisrry ,. ;. , . - j
1 law that it was useless attemptinf to
extract.any tnformaiioa froutsarueoMtg a
rascal ; and hattdy excusing myself I
roe abroptty.tnok my ieve, moie piz
xled to acroBt for the et ideal connection,
in some way or other, of so f.ir snd eleg
ant and woman wiih alow aitorttey, struck
off ihe rolls for fraudulent misconduct, and
now acting in the name of a person scarce
ly lets disrcpuUbte lhan himself. - Oa
emerging from the tavern, 1 loond that the
wind had 4 only sensibly ahu'ed, hut
had becomo more favorable to die packet's
leaving Jersey, and that early the next
morning we night reasonably hope to em
bark for Weymouth. . It turned out. as
we snueipated. .. I he same boat which
took roe off Uie roads conveyed alto the
windowMr. Grey, I asw by the eaids
on her mod. at luggage and her son.
Caies followed a few minutes afterwards,
and we were soon on our stormy voyage
homewards. r . , ; .
The passage wa a very tongh, onplea-
ant one, and t saw little of die passenger
in ahoin, in snite of myself, as it were, I
continued to feel so strong an interest, till
the steamer was moored alongside - the
WeyiiwHith quay, and we stood together
for a brief space awaiting the scrutiny and
questioning f the officers of the eutom.
I bowed adieu as I stepped from the psd
dle-ltox to the shore, and thought, with a
feeline- of re?rel. llul in all iirohability I
ahould never tee either of them again. I
was mistaken, for on arriving early fce
next morning to take possession of the
outside place booked for roe by the coach
to London through Southampton, I found
Mrs. Giey and her sou already seated on
the roof. Galea came hurriedly a few
minutes afterwards, and esconced himself
snugly inside. The day waa bitterly cold.
coun- and the widow and net somewhat delicate
lookint boy were but poorly cUd for such
inclement weather. The coachman and
myself, however, contrived to force some
rough, stout cloaks upon their acceptance,
which sufficed pretty well during the day;
but as nisht came on rainy and tempestu
ous, a well as dark and bleak, I felt that
they nut he in eome way or other goi
insi.le, where Uatea wa the only nassen
ger. . Yet so distant, so frigidly couiteous
waa Mrs. Grey, that 1 wa at a loss bow
to manage it. . Gates, I saw, was enjoying
himself hoeHy to his own satisfaction.
At every stage-he swallowed a large
glass of bandy and water, and I obaerved
that he cast more and more audaciously
triomnhant stances toward Mrs. Grey
Once her eye. though : studiooly I
thought averted from him. caught his, and
a deep blush, in which fear, timidly; and
aversion seemed strangely mingled swept
over her face. What eould it mean ? It
was however, useless to worry myself
further with profitless conjectures, and 1
descended from the roof to hold a private
parley with the coachman. reaaoaable
bargain was soon struck ; he went to Mrs.
Grey and proposed to her, as -there was
plenty of room to spare, thai she and her
son should ride inside, i ... s .' ' t
It will make no difference in the fare,
he added. and it's bitter cold out here
for a lady." ' :" "'.
Tlwnk 'you,' replied the widow, af
ter a few moment's hesitation ; we shall
do very well here. 1
I guessed the cause of her refusal, and
hastened to add, You had belles", I think,
accept the coachman's proposal the night
weather will be dreadful, and even I, a
man, most lake refuge inside." She look
ed, at me with a sort of grateful cariosity,
and then accepted, with many thanks, the
-Very odd. - u
' Yest bfttleWt see how ileanb
in say way roonrcw-d with litis Mrs.
Grey's affairs. . Bait, da yoa think it
would be of say use to sound Kier r i
know the frllow well, and where I should
be pretty sore to find hiss this evening.
It was err&ngt-sl be shM ao a, ana
I p-oceeded oa soherraid Street.' Mr.
Grey wa atone m the front apanmeatoa
ihe ground flood, and received wi h
murk politeness. Site bad, I saw, been
weeotne: her eree were ewoiien antf
blood-shot; and ahe was desdly pale;
but I looked in vain for any lodication of
that alter desolation whh h a woraia like
her, condemned to such a sacrifice, might j
natural' be disposed to feel. 1 frit great
ly embarrassed as to bow to begin ; but
at length I plunged boldly into the matter;
assured her she was cruelty deceived by
Gates, ho "was in no condition to pro
vide for her snd her son in even tolerable
comfort; sndl waa convinced he had no
other than a mercenary and delesuble
motive in seeking marriage with her.
Mrs, Grey heard me in so totally nomoved
a manner, and the feeling that I wa real-
rutcf itwiiiie ww . a ta- at . m
j -:r-'- ..tAn;i...i r.,.i IT meuuuog wnn tning mat utu ooi ai an
tf ws aj miu wa taw w w-ss aw.saj ivnuu i m ...
Galea there in m stats ol exuberant sat s. r..u,., wv r. u.
Robert account to be. should have sought
tbe bug wilderness of Iondon, seemed
marvelous, Her few Uiakets,snu nearly
all her scanty waidrube, fiobrns more
itiaa supcc ltd. were st the pawnbrokers.
Ths reel of the lodging bad not been
paid for die Ust crtontlt, and he believed
thai for some time past they bad not had
a sufficiency of food, aud were now in a
state of literal starvation! Still she was
cold and dUtant as ever, complained not,
though daily becoming paler, thinner,
weaker. :?. ,,.,-' -'
r Does Gates the attorney vlsli her?
1 aaea. . : .-
ft," No she w ould not cee fhStn rt
letters frura him sre hlmosl daily receiv
ed.;, "j i . i :,m '. .- -
Roberts, who wa a widower, wihed
my wife to see her: he wss rriou!y ap
prehensive of some tragical result ; and
thi, ap-irt from consitlerations of humani
ty, eould not be permitted for his own
sake to occur ia hia house. I acquiesced;
and Emily huntedty equipped herself,
aud set off with Roberts to Sherraid
Street, Uay-markeU , .. .
On irri ing st home, Roberta, to his
faction. lie waa waiting te pay any
claim Roberta had upon Mr. Grey, to
whom, ihe , ex-aiiorney exulttngly an
nounced, he was to be married on the fol
lowing Thursday. Roberts scarcely be
lieving hi ears, hastened up to the first
floor, to ascertain if Mrs. Grey bad real
tor
as I spoke to that unanswering rountea
ance, that by lite lime 1 had finished my
eloquent harangue, I waa in a perfect fe
ver of embarrassi-nent and confusion, and
very heartily wiVbed myself out of the
pUce. To my further bewilderment,
Mr. Gray, when I had quite concluded.
informed me in consideration, she said.
1 mwmi ttB.llm.2lw In Oaf.. Ia ..f
' - . i lit ..mi (.. I I... I ihAwn li.p jr n.n
her. He tapped at the door, and alainti' " , - -
viMce bidding him enter, he saw al once fHl-veleis-ihal she was
what had happened. f"" 'J "
I nafHMne k,s aaeeaei ntiMl mrswnar nn9
. mm a t 11 it ai'K live w aw iwiv s j wa f
Mrs. Grey, pale as marble, her yes in : -on.niin to ths union.
Bashing with almost insane exeuemeni, e.cfDt fPirded her son. was sesreely ! went to bis wife's nephew Mr. Skel
was standine by'a table, otmn whicn a ci, '.,i.i,i iit.fTa litrWkfl .iJMtf ' e,
large tray h.U been placed envereo w.tn ftul A- knew um Glef WM
were the witnmes td the eeremoBj,
hkh after due ptLHeaiia of banos, as
crlebrtied la Si. Gdea t hvrrh. . Th
young coople, after die mamsce. jited ia
ihe suietet poverty, the wit mesgn-ly
supported by tht pocket money allow
ance i-f Mr. Cztkif l Grey lo his ein.
Thus painfully eUpsed nine jears of life.
hen, about tarlie ovunhs previous to
the present time. Mr. Grey determined Ut
send bis son so Rombay, in order to the
arraogearient of some complicated claims
on a house of agercy there. It was de
cided (hat, duiing her hnsl aod's absence,
Mr. John Grey should it side in Guern
sey, partly with a view ! economy, and
partly for the change of air, w hich il was
said their soa rtqoired Mr. Gates to be
the medium through which money snd
tellers were to rrarh the wife. Mr.
Ezektel Grey died somen hat suddenly
about four months after his onsdeparti re
fromEngtand, and Mrs. Grey had bren
in momentary expectation or the arm al
of her husbind, when Gates came lo
Guernsey, and announced hia death at
Bombay, just as he was preparing for ihe
voyage to England ! The manner of Gates
was strange and insolent: and he plainly
intimated that without his assistance both
herself and child would be bergar and
that assistance he audaciously drclired he
would only afford at the price of Marring I
Mr. Grey, overwhelmed withgrii f foi ll
loss of a husband by whom ahe had bera
as constantly, as tenderly beloved, sod
dizzy with iil-dt fined apprehension, start
ed at once for London. . A copy of ihe
will of Mi. Ezekiel Grey had been pro
cured, by which in efleci he devised all
his estate, real snd personal, to hi son f
but in the event of Mr. John Grey dying
unmarried, or without lawful issue, it
soups, lelties, snd other delicacies, evi
dently just bfonght in from a tavern, ea
gerly watching her son partake of the
first food he had tasted lor two whole
days I-"Roberts saw clearly how it wa,
and stammering a foolish excuse lor Hav
ing tapped at the wrong noor, hteten-
ed away. She had al last determined to
very poor insolvent, she understood.
I rose mechanically to my feet, with a
confused notion swimming in my hsad that
M Skelton of Knightsbrig ?' , ,
Ye ; in cat of Mr. John Grey marry
ing, Skelton wit to be paid an immediate
legacy of five Utouiand pound. So far.
;buih of ua.at all event eould not be in 'hen. fortune went, the widow end
our rif hi ene. i This feeling mut have ner son seemeu aropiy proviuea lor. ?p
Mr. Grey thought till she had snother in
terve'tw with Gates, who unbluiingly ds-
a a. m . . .
ciareu that unless ahe sgreed to marry him
been visible upon my fare, for Mrs. Grey
added with a . half-smile, You cannot
" w' :i. .i. . . I
. a mm - a a a rV-rflllCIID SllB-fSSS 1'IIHI ITIlBi triisi SJU it iiuiiay I
saerthce ner.cn save ner cnm. . .. r-. Compre-b would not prove.thongh he had. bundanl
tinny, as tne retateu wnai sne nsu seen , , . , , ' . ,. miani 0r join- lht, lna ,fc hmA
, . : . c ,i iicnu iiirui unuiv k'ux. w wi.n. : r :. - - ---
ana nsaru, wcr wu r, ,n.,c gnc. ...u - wliinali0llf married at SU Giles' Uhurrh.wsa the son
I was screly le exened: the nmon of , H? KJ q.L u u, ,Jk. nf Kzekiel Grey, the eminent merchant!
.!.!V!rr: scribe a wAwm .mement that we seps, The name." said the scoundrel, will
TKen P ceremony hs been "fP you : there are plenty or John
Then Gatee wa. sp te of his windfall, as .nrm . n. . ial uniI' ,,;-. Grey's on that res ister: and aa for Anna
man I ....-. "w""l. ... . " . . . ' .
with the eertifieate. ' I transact businea
now for Mr. Everard Pre.ton: yon no
derstand!" ' 1 '
Perfeetfy.' I now remember where I
have eeen you. v But how ia h your dress
h.a JwniAft- sa suddenly chanced? ' A
r t.. :. .Aiini. III-. ' mvliniiii'l DUPf. . ; n !
nen we iig,'"s iirjnn vn
cu, Indon, I looked anxiously but vainly
round for some one in attendance lo re-
magnificent!'' ,t; ' s '
True, quite right I saw you observed
that.' First rate, isn't it? Every article
genuine. Bond and Regenl Street, I aa
snre you,he added, scanning himself com
phcently over. 1 nodded approval, and
he went on4 You see I have had a wind
fall; a piece of remarkable luck: ana so i
strong y-sei man oi iony vcars oi ngf, - ' " ' , i i . K;ti h
haps scarcely so nl..ch;siu.wily dressed in thought I would escape our of the d.ngy. ly l.ghlen.ng grasp, whd her
new glossy clothes; French 'varnished amoky village, and air myself for a few was remov el from the roo oft
bootsfihin'.oledenoligh.win.era.itwas. d-y.in the, Channel'- --'l V; i S! " Jft J",
eeive the widow and her son. She did
not seem to expect nny one, but stood
gazing vacantly yet sadly, at the noisy,
glaring, hurrying scene around, her child's
hand clasped in Iter's with an unconscious-
' a . a
?r luggage
the coach.
ild induce a mercenary .'7 h,Dl1 . ; i I , V ' "T
... 'I ri -il e .1 I , ! L
he called it, essentially
Besides and thi
myilery of the afTs
uttiat mnlirM rnnlil
.roiot. nnea lo unit- him.plf mar- Still confused, atunned aa it were, by
riage with poverty wiih destitution? The . lI had heard, my hand was on the
notion of his bein influenced bv senti- handle of the door to let myself out, when
ment of any kind was. I felt, absurd. The though! arose in my mind. ?Ia it pos-
more I reflected on the matter, the more Me. Mrs. Grey? I said. that you can
convinced I became that there was some &n deceived into a belief that such
villainous scheme in process of accom- promie, however formally laid down,
plishment by Gates, and I determined lo or the slightesl legal value J lhat the
make at least one reolute effort to arrive I" recognizes, or would enforce, an in
at a solution of the perplexing riddle, rumenl lo render nugatory the solemn
The next day.' having a few hours to obligation yoa will, after signing it, make
spare, the thought struck tne thai I would o !. hnor oby nd cherish your
call on Mrs. Grey myself. I according-; husbaud !' " I had found tlienghl chord
l nrweedid towards her residence, and l last. , Mrs. Urey, Bl 1 spoke, become
in Coventry street happened to meet Jack-, daly pale; and had ahe not eaughl at
son. a brother officer, who, I was aware, one of the .heavy chairs, ahe would have
from slew inquires 1 had previously made. Men unawe to euppori nerseii.
knew something of Gates past history! "Ho I understand you to say, she
and present position. Aflei cirenmstan- Utntly and brokenly gaspeu. - mat sucn
tially relating the whole matter, I asked greement as I have indicated, duly
him if he could possibly guess whal the "aled and witnessed, cotrid not be sum-
fellow object could be in contracting maniy eniorccu oy n"i
suchamarrinee? " "." 'j I Certainly it could not, my dear madam,
Object r replied Jackson ;' " why and well Galea knows it to be ao; and I
money, of course : what else ? lie ha am greatly m'utaken in the man, if, once
by some mean become aware that the! li irrevocable deed be over, m would
lady i emitted lo propertyand he U not be the firatlo deride your credulity.
for i drawfn.room: hat of ihe latest sent A delightful time of the year lor sucu
fashion; a variegated satin cravat, fasten- a purpose truly. Rather say you-eame to
ed bv.two enormous-headed gold pins, improve ynur aeqnaintance with the lady
connected with a chain, and a heavy gold yonder, who, I dare say, will not-prove
chatn.! from his wratcli "Vaisieoat-pecket ultimately inflexible ?' T 'l ' l
over his necki "The complexion of hi . s Perhapyou are right a Ihtle at Ieat
fiico was' a eadavcron ' white,' liberally yen may e, about the edges. Bui here
sprinkled and relieved with gin and bran-' we: are: whal do yoa lake port?" A t
dy blossoiti. w hilst the coaraenei bf - That as soon as anything else.'
hi not over-clean, hands was "with sin-" Mr. Gales wa, as he sard, constitution
aiiI . i.oi. ani nfTftnd disnlaved bv smnsi " llr thir.lv. and ahhouffh il was Still early
.. . , .. . . . . . : r.. - .1- J A t. a ..tick .nJ
nmi-ilogen glltteiing rings, t ieu grow- m ins uay. amna. won gi",
ing corrviciion," especially on noticing s industry. Aa he grew flushed and rosy,
sudden ebnnfre in the oual cunning, im- and I therefore imagined communicative.
pndent, leering expression of his eyes, as I said Well now, tell me who and whal
he caught me looking at him with some is that lady ?', i i t s ;
earnestness,' that I had somewhere had, The reply was a significant compound
the hmior of a previous introduction to him.
Thai he hatrnot been, lately at all evems,
iWed to srieh resplendent hahihmeiits a he
now sported, was abundantly evident from
hi numerous smirking self-surveys a lie
strutted jauntily alosig, and frequent stop
pings hei ire shops thai having mirror in
ihVir w-itvht'vs, afforded a more complete
vicv of hi charming person. ' This crea
ture I w- vinced was in some way or. guess wrong:
othef counseled,' or it any rate" ancquaiiit-: charming,' we hangt
gesture, comprising a wink of his left eye
and the lap of a fore-finger upon the right
aide of his nose. . I waited, but the panto
mimic action remained uninterpreted by
words. : ,' - v .
, Nol rick, apparewlyr",". f.
Poor a Job," v ? , )
An imprudent marriage, probably?'.
1 M Guess again, and I'll lake odds you'll
e wro'112: hut' suppose, s variety is
e the subject, unii
per latum
that his services must now, however un
willingly, be accepted by Mrs. Grey, I ap-
a a e a . a - l
proached ner, and satu somewnat nurrieu
ly," If, as I apprehend, madam, you are
a stranger in Ijondon, and conseqently in
need of temporary lodging, you will. I
think, do well to apply to the person
whose address 1 have written on this
card. - It is close by. He knows me,
and on your, mentioning my name, will
lret you with every consideration. , I am
. I ..1.1 . .-I
a police nicer ; nere is my auutes , iu.
any. assistance in my power shall, in any
ease and I danced at Gates. be freely
rendered to yeu. . I then hastened ofl",
and my wife an hour afterwards was even
. a a r . .t
more anxious ana inierestea lor tne myw
terinus widow and her son lhan myself.
About six weeks had glided away, and
the remembrance of my fellow-passengers
from Guernsey was rapidly fading into
indistinctness, when a visit from Roberts,
to whose lodging I had recommended
Mrs. Grey, brought them once more psin-
r hprnrn me. 1 lai ine wiuow
poor I was
that , a person
scheming to get possession of it as her
husband. . . ,
" ""My own conviction ! Ye. t the difli
culty of getting at any proof seem insurmountable-:
r SU i'.'iUV.
Just so. ; And by the way. Gates is
cettainly in high feaiher just "now, how
ever acquired. Not only-himself, but
Rivers, his head rlerk as he calls himself,
has cast his old greasy akin, and appears
quite spruce, and shiuing. And now I
remember what unl yoa say was the
lady's name,"., ,!,,, s; i-, h.
Grey.' K -t.. ; -:i v...--k.; .
"Greyl j Ah, then. I suppose it ran
have nothing to do with 11 ! It waa a
person of the name of Welton or -Skelton
that called on os a montn ot two ago a
boutGates." -,.u .--. t-,
-What was the nature of the comma
nication?' ... - - ,..-..
I ean hardly tell you : the charge was
so loosely made, and hurriedly with-
diawn. Skelton yea. il teat Skelton
he resides in nrettv srood style at Knights-
biidire called, snd said thai Galea had
. . . .
stolen a cheque r uralt Tor bve nunurea
pounds, and other articles sent Uirougn
him to some house in this city, of which
1 think he said the principal waa dead,
He waa advised to apply through a solici
tor to a magistrate, and went away, we
supposed foi thai purpose, but about three
hours arierwarda tie returned, anu in a
hurried and flurried sort of way, said be
I( thai be ao." exclaimed the unfor
tunate lady with passionate despair, I am
indeed ruined lost ! Un, my darling boy.
would that you and .1 were Bleeping in
vour father's quiet eiave l" .
- . . , ...
"Say nol so, l exctaimeu wnn cmo
. . M. . . i- .
lion, tor 1 was amicieu or ner tusirv.
M Honor me with your confidence, and all
may yet be well." i ; . 5
After much entreaty, she tiespsiringty
implied.. The substance of her story.
which was broken oy irequent ouioursis
of erief and lamentations, wae as follows:
. . . . f r " 1
She was the only cnnu 01 a ixmuon mer-
rhnnt. Mr. Walton, ws will call him, who
not. surprised to heart but had bees imt.uken.and that he wUhdiew
n . m erlv destitute of , re-ievery, charge he had made sgsuwt Mr.
I" r - " , . ... ... . .... . . i,.4.tf.
sources and rnends, Ihe anptareo ut ir--
Ciawford, she has been long since dead.
Mrs urey next called on Mr. Skelton, and
was turned out of the house as an impor
ter; and she having parted with everything
upon which she eould raise money, and
Gates reiterating his offer, or demand ra
ther, accompanied by the proposal of an
immediate separation, she had consented.
" Courage, madam 1" I exclaimed, at
the and of her narrative of which the above
is the substance and I spoke in a tone
of joyous confidence which, more than
my woids. reassured her: " I already 'see
glimpses of daylight through this maze of
villany. Gates has played a desperate
game, certainly, but one w hich we shall,
yoa may rely on it, easily baffle.". A
knock at the door interrupted me. I peer
ed through the blind and saw that it waa
Gates. " Silence secrecy I" I empati
cally urged in a low voice, and with my
finger on my lip. and left the room before
the street door could be answered ; and by
my fiiend Roberts' contrivance, I wss in
a few minutes afterward in the street, all
the time unobserved by the intruder. , ,
The next day early Jackson called on
me. He had seen Rivers, but he seem
ed lo know nothing, except, indeed, that
it was quite true Gatea had received a five
hundred pound draft from a house in India,
which he (Rivers had got notes for at the
Bank of England. There, were also in
the same parcel a gold watch,, he knew,
and some jewelry, but from whom it all
came, he. (Rivera) was ignorant. No
thing but that had Jackson been able to
discover. .'" ' ' . .
, ? Call you that nothing ?" said I, start
ing np, and hastily swallowing my last
cap of coffee. M It is enough, at all events,
to transport William Gates, Esq., ,
I had to wait that morning on special
business on the commissioner; and after
.the business upon which I had been sum
had lived beyond his means, and failed! moned had been despatched, I related the 4
ruinously to an immenae amount. His' ease of Grey rs. Gales as clearly and
spirit and health were broken by this j succinctly as 1 eould. lie listened . with
event, which he survived only a few great attention, and in about a quarter of
months. It happened that about the tune an hour I left him with as clear and unmis-
... . ...
of the bankruptcy she had becomo ac
quainted wiih Mr. John Urey, tne onty
son of an eminent East India Merchant,
but a man of penurious disposition and
habit. , ,! . : '
" Mr. Ezekiel Grey ?' ;
The same. They became attached to
feach other, deeply so; and knowing that
to solicit the elder Urey e consent 10 meir
union would be tantamount to a sentence
of immediate separation and estrangement.
it,. nnwinfelv. ihoucbtiessiy, marneu a-
K..t i.n months after Mr. Walton's death.
. . . ....
without the elder urey a anowieoge.
takable a path before me as it was pns
sible to desire. I was passing down the ,
stairs when I was re-summoned. ..
" You quite understand. Waters, that
Skelton is not for a moment to be lost
sifht of till his deposition has been tak-
"-.-
Certainly, sir." ", '
That will do then." v;
Arrived at home, I despatched my wife ;
n cab for Mrs. G rev. She soon arriv
ed, and as much a was necessary, of our
plan confided to her.
Mr. Gates had
pressed her earnestly that ihe ceremony.
Gates, an attorney, then in apparently I ahould take place on ihe following morn-
uir circumstances, wim wnom young ..ng. By my d ires lions she now wrote,1
Mr. Grey had beeotne acquainted. BMd t although hei trembling finger, made an
Anne Crawford, MariaWal tort's servants almost nninislligiblr scrawl of.it, that as it