The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1885-09-12 00:00:00

4TURDAY,

OA.TFIERINE'E

A SECRET. F

CHAPTE]

MRS. FAUNCE T/
111'13tArlt the flaming gas-lai
°ll'et /day night, a vocnan stx
Le! Passing by. She we
~144(1Y in appearmace and mi
xle stood, forlorn and de:
-'IIIY and venous were tl
ttrolled by'her ; she regarde,
until 'ore passed with
'bel? of a mem with a purpos
Yler listless eye gathereid
111411315-,' eagerly, at him, an,
I°Wed him ',until he turned
014 from Oxford-street, and
ilie RtliCl'EpOke.
"Sir, -you are an Ingestre
Re turned upon her in an
" And how do you know
ou have the Ing,estrt
anld know them well), an
aild bright as a hawk's—s
Ltet you in the Arabian
°Qauld have known you for
A " True enough; I am Ing
'ma you want with me?"
" Qf you, rather—charit:,
Charity! good heavers
leggar," he laughed scorn
'aye a halfpenny in my pa,
°ltering it ? "
"Put by your raon7,
returned, gently thrusting 1
Vith the coin in it. "Mon
itlY strait. In this great cit
tleither friend nor acquaints
WWhorekre;
llcavinnfinnt
L "Who and what are you,
daallre°sinpee.ctall.
it you know about the In
"I know, or rather knew
kany years ago. I lived
til I married. I have b
lifferent services, and only
,kother, whom I find dead
tp"s.7e neither friends nor h
4aloce ; and what I want
a° housekeeper, or lady's-1
Person's family. I knew yov
that emboldened me to
Ingram Ingestre had set
alleaking.
„ 4And so you know tint'
ulat thief—that-- Ah ! 1
With you. Are you telling
Truth, sir—truth, as 1 1
`` You don't look like v
address; if you are not a]
1.2,1.1 to-morrow evening at
-41 You if I can do anythini
I will come, Mr. Inge
'ank you, from my heal
tracefay to him as she sai,
A very well-mannered
:"alking on, as a sort of ex
1118 hat to her as she went a
I think she will do wel
'ue knows George Ross, cm
Re walked for ten mini
iettitered one of a row of hoi
Was a street of bygone gl
Ateatilitr, and the great ho
:eaoes of the same nature. It
ioblem; now it was 1
tb"u° could afford to pay t
-'l.? accommodation. And v
?'`, oak staircase—the ver:
rilgestre, Esq., had two ro
'tie for his idiot sister.
Re did wrong to curse
111(,)1's° in coveting what was
b„8 a bloodhound for the v(
4" in one corner of his har
tosoft and kindly spot—a in
this idiot sister.
kilt wretched creature she
pl°llthlng and grinning on
ha,ce, never even lifting hi
tWtance. She was a won
eelltY, with face, hands, /
1/4?oarred and seamed. Her
her face, her dress wi
pie:2l, and her attitude wa
ile'r'ed some paper to pieces

llis was Anna Ingestre,
e
Os, tenderly and reverent]
Iniserable object that s
6„-ssed her scarred face, t'
-iers, and asked her if shE
Yes," was the ravenol
'1311erl"
t ,Slie should have it, he sai
Is'ard, and cut her a huge
and snatched it from his
6'eed of a wild beast. ThE
, side to eat, with eyes
h „Patiently and kindly hE
i,yernents, and then, draw
'"(1 What she had been dc
-cql left her that day. She
°II
/41/1 with a sort of glimn
t'
‘`
And what do you go foi
hil I go to teach music, Ani
ti-,lllusic you used to hei
When you were a littl
lan a little girl now; c 1:4
II Wish, brother, you w
gle said, pettishly.
heshs tnyself ! I want my
'egan to whimper.
to ‘ Alld you shall have a se
kf,,„
i-',orrow. I have a new
to keep some one t
get you a nurse, Anna,
le 'int her thoughts had tra
hae,at' and her fingers were Ix
Picked up from the gro
I have seen the devil to
Pnaop;enrottotphleaydewvii,tlh.
b: A black man, though;
and black hair, anE
gairlv". I knew him. He
13r,;;,11e had come for yoi
Le-'37 paper, but not to
hind the thing up there;
411:4 he was gone I got it f
lallghed gleefully.
I 'l,llgrana looked closely al
vvt gad been a letter, with
h
t °„rd Wasto be deciphered
`i tilinutest shreds. n
3,Mrern."
1111,:e Went down-stairs, an,
044 stranger had been int(
tit;,ce raoulodrniter:l,g. save a Slllf
111-'bßilt she had heard a n
Nl,P'ato went back unen
44"tning Redfern lost tl
11118;„,\Tho could have brougl
14e;ered to his sister's dt
Vt.,l°)aed her gently and
tile'eq from her declaratic
,te acid left some paper.
I(es, she knew it was.

CHAPTE
TILE MUSIC

, was
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no
klOpi,. The old ancestr
the tents of its broad lands
rri
laoq,erB
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tp„, were
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nd his sister , du,
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,Zere eshut up, an"-` rs- and
1
t'ajlight into the rows, d r
414 brolzen Windows, an
who w
e Young man
..t of
tliretv back the charity tc
t'eth,_,,i,ent from
like-1"'
a hc
Llster, and worked d
fuel
't their mouths, an
of 1,•
h.'s lawyers.
d'
0 pira„s a Cleverand l;ohey by
means that
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a_ ta
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ned.
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y la
ti
h ti 4t. Ris Clever, sml'l;ltise calculationSo even
e atie
money by them in
NI
/tonic' have thought hi
tkl,
have
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he
c
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uis
man er
(11 that Chancery suit, an
t(Z,I'leY, and yet he was a n
a
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o, a 3
laaZeA• A large house,
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ui",
ic,i and iet no monek) '''
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hestrt that Nature n
,4%1 !
tj:4l'N tlaau. most men's, It 2
14 suit had terribly 1
If l, 114, at six-and-twenty
, 484 4108ey-getting man' V
tit4c'ther at his• heart, and
NI
,'.
' other's possessions
about half-past fei
kihsl4:4l3lsatr°4faigVinne, ' house]
o h
, ' 4°l*-tlittg the door-
ta.‘ LtlNre the goo q)
dnes . ''l- •
1 ‘,VVI7 said.
4e
d..
?" -
Nil, te srkl4---organ-master,!,.
t_"k'tcli„a,t the servant, 'pa fi
th'4" toe for anythtng 1
ll'hl3aalvs tone was rest
er;",,l. as he asked Win
Nati,' kne organ was, ' 41141 A (YOU gee be WaS D
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