The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1888-01-14 00:00:00

tARRIER BETWEEN;

REPENTED UNTO DEATH.

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CHAPTER H.—(continued)
tit looked eagerly around.
" prom my son—my long absent son? Harold is
corning home! nay, he is here now, and you seek to
Prepare me to receive him !"
" Oh, no, sir. Pray do not jump to a conclusion so
lax beyond the reality. Harold has not come—is not
c°llllng, but something that must add greatly to his
happiness has occurred."
Be regarded her doubtfully, and slowly said:
" TIl You give me a riddle I cannot solve, Amy.
ere is but one thing that can increase the felicity
of fiarold and that he must cross the Channel to
elaim."

!"That is the error, sir, into which you have all
alien, for I will not affect to misunderstand you. I
tlave long since told you that your son and myself are
°lll3' good friends, and the event I come to announce
Will at last convince you that I am right."
Mr. Danvers grew perceptibly paler, and his blue
Vees emitted a sudden flash of anger—so sharp, so
,etl, that it resembled the bright glare of forked light-
ihng• He kept hi Ji searching glance fixed upon the
ghrinking girl before him, as he slowly said, after she
had told him all the news—
And it is you who have taken it on yourself to an-
to me the marriage of the man who should
hare been your own husband; who you know loved
vou
• above all created beings? Amy Cunningham, did
Yotz cast my boy off at last, or, if—if it is not so, may
malediction of the father, whose name he has dis-
lionoured_____,,
Anly started up, and deprecatingly clasped her

"oil, sir—oh, Mr. Danvers, pause before that
'errible denunciation is completed. Harold, for three
Lea, I's past, has been as free as air, to woo or win
'room he pleased. I gave him back his troth before
Parted; see, lam calm—l voluntarily took upon
iself the task of revealing his marriage to you.
'-ould I have done this, if my own hopes had been dis-
aPPointed ?"
The old man was still trembling with excitement,
%A after a pause of some length, he said:
" I am bound to believe you, Amy, for you have
always seemed to me the very incarnation of truth ;
but you have wronged both myself and my son. I
l‘ished to have you for my daughter; you alone
611ould have been the wife of Harold. Ahl my dear,
Who can ever fill your place to either of us ?"
'llls new bride will doubtless be able to do so. See
----here is his letter to you—read it, and see how
tlowingly he describes her. When she comes to your
kc'ne, she will 80011 rival your poor Amy, even in your
Neart.,,

_ "Never, child. Don't talk nonsense; no one else
...'an ever come so near my own children, as you have
ntrived to do. Break the seal of my letter, and get
...lei illy glasses; or, better still, Amy, do you read
e at he says, for this unexpected announcement has
4nsettled my nerves." .
Bhegently suggested—
" This LU ' ilii}l- . ' , Ikli '•'i •
sugges
e " This letter was designed for your eye alone; had
not better read it yourself, sir? I scarcely think
narold would wish me to be the first to look on its
"Itents."
" Who cares what he wishes ?" replied the old
!eontleman, testily. "There can be nothing in it that
pl cannot see, and the vagabond may be glad
e!'at I will permit it to be read at all, in my presence. BOARD or TRADE RxrunNs.--The Board of Trade
:-chat do I care who he may have picked up in his returns for the month of December show imports
'ravels, and given our name to, since he would not amounted to £34,173,968, this being an increase on the
r, me the only daughter I ever desired him to bring corresponding month of last year of £162,685. The
`) line? Read it, child, I bid you, for Jam getting out exports amounted to f 20.385,464, this being an increase
°I. Patience." , of £3,231,954. The total figures for the year 1887 are:
1 t,
' Imports, £361,935,006, this being an increase of
' •-• , • : . £12,553,920; and exports, £221,398,440, this being an
CHAPTER 111. A ,; , f 1 increase of £8,965,686 as compared with 1886.
MR. PARNZLL.—Mr. Parnell still remains at Avon-
THATIe-e UGLY LITTLE PERSON, dale, his residence in Wicklow. He appears to have
, -`4ll Amy, thus commanded, unclosed the envelope, improved in health, but it is not expected that he will
r?kl, 'with a great effort, steadied her voice sufficiently attend the meeting which is to be addressed in Dublin
, Obey. She scarcely knew how to rend the lines by Lord Ripon and Mr. John Morley.
:Vat seemed to flicker and fade before her; but she CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. —We are
ldid so without faltering. The letter was almOst a promised a visit in London of a delegation of Canadian
Provincial Premiers. They are coming, so it is said,
tcunterpart of the one to Mrs. Anderson, but at its
ticee was a message to herself, which ran thus: to urge the establishment of a commercial union
between Canada and the United States, and the amend-
"l_ am aware, dear father, that you have long ex- ment of the Act of Confederation, so as to strengthen
rted that Amy and I would finally cast our lot the local Governments according to resolutions which
„fi'_gether ; but I despaired of winning her. Tell her I were adopted by a recent inter-provincial conference.
tin my heart of hearts her image will ever be AN ERRATIC ENGLISHMAN IN Pertis.—An English-
./°°rn : though, alas! nothing but this shadow can man, who had been imbibing probably too much
'l-er be mine. Had she been within my reach, no absinthe, created some consternation in the Rue do
°tlier woman should ever have been claimed as my Provence in Paris the other night. He was walking
Wi.fe. Amy will understand this, and you will both about in one solitary garment—his shirt—and was
till_r their happiness. m
ink of your wanderer and his bride with kind wishes howling and gesticulating like a maniac. When the
" police came up he made a desperate resistance, but was
eventually carried off to the station. He is reported
Thelosed in the same envelope was another epistle, to have said that he was lying in bed 'when a bank-
efitten in a delicate female hand, and that, too, Mr. messenger, crowned with a cocked-hat, and wearing the
'envers silently motioned her to read. With even blue livery of his office, came into his room and
Ireater reluctance, Amy unclosed it, and glanced frightened him into a fit. He thought the financial
t°wri a page, closely written in French; and, with a employe was a erogue-mort or funeral mute, who was
°rt of 'elf mockery, she read aloud the eloquent and about to carry him off to the tomb.
graceful address of Mrs. Harold Danvers to her un- ROYAL HONOURS.—It is announced in the Ga:ette
.11oWn father-in-law. It was composed with singular I that the Queen has conferred the honour of knight-
i egance, and was so charming a letter, that it was hood on Mr. Henry Cockburn Mac Andrew, Provost of
Possible to avoid being prepossessed in favour of Inverness. The Queen has, by Warrant under her
' 6 writer. Amy's heart contracted painfully, d
t an Majesty's Royal Sign Manual, placed the name of Mr.
James Allanson Pickton, M.P. (in lieu of that of Mr.
he mentally said: Henry Broadhurst, M.P., resigned), upon the Royal
h.." This woman is worthy to be loved, and Harold Commission appointed to inquire into Market Rights
ns evidently been fascinated by her. Well, I am and Tolls. I
P4l that it is so; she may niake him far happier than NEW ZEALAND.—The New Zealand Parliament has
4 could have done." been prorogued. All the financial proposals of the
The listener was evidently pleased. His features Hon. H. Atkinson's Government have been carried by
rtstaxed in a smile as he took the letter and scanned large majorities. The new loan, which the Colonial
Pages. Treasurer announced in his recent financial statement
thA highly-educated woman could only have written is for the amount of one million pounds. This is in
eels, Amy; and Harold says she is accomplished and addition to the raising of the North Island Railway
Well, well, since you would not have him, Loan of one million pounds authorised in 1882.. No
new works will, however, be undertaken, and the
,Thaps he has done a wise thing. But he does not Government will engage not to borrow any further sum
-"Y a weed b about coming home. I hope the foreign rid than these two million pounds on the London market
ee e will not expect to keep him always away from for three years.
:-..ugla.ne. Eh, my dear, do you think she would be A Crre or TIIE DEAD.—The discovery is reported of a
exacting ?"large cemetery in Turkestan, a veritable city of the
ti;' I cannot tell, lam sure, sir ; but if Mrs. Danvers dead. Recently nine of the graves have been opened,
been educated in Paris, as she probably has been, which are of very strange construction. Besides
D'rce many other Italian ladies of position are, she skeletons which crumble on being exposed, a greatynany
a, °bably shares tfie opinion of Madame de Steel domestic utensils made of baked clay are found in these
to the impossibility of living contentedly in any graves—pitchers of various forms, dishes, cups, &c.
:,tber place. At any rate, Harold must bring his Among the metal objects discovered are part of a
h±fe home to visit his family, though in these letters candlestick, pieces of iron clasps and of an iron knife.
A flint-knife has also been found. The excavations are
e has net hinted at such an intention."
~," I will write to him to return immediately, if being actively carried on.
TRLEVHONY.—The results obtained in the long-
"'seible :Z I must see his wife before I die, and I have distance telephony on the New York-Philadelphia line
ia great while to live. Three years is a long time, are so, satisfactory that this line of telephonic communi-
er nly son has been away till my heart pines for his cation is being rapidly extended. A line from New
le °knee, But where are the pictures of which ' York to Boston with 30 wires, as well as another service
narold speaks? Did they not come with the letters ee to Albany, will probably be opened fo6r traffic early in
"Colonel Fredericks brought the letters from Paris , January. The wires are carried on poles from 45 to
Ith Government despatches, yesterday. The box 50 feet high, which are strong enough to carry 50 wires,
although only twelve will be placed at first.
arlel be sentley mail, I suppose. Ah, here is Madge;
THE CHANNEL Tueeeee.—The vertical boring at the
May have heard something of it.
Channel Tunnel works at Dover has now reached a
'5 Mrs. Anderson entered, she glanced apprehen-
depth of 700 feet.
of ,7!3' -towards her father, but the calm expression
FALCONS V. PIGEONS.—The German military authori-
lus face reassured her. She came forward, kissed ties are training a number of falcons, with a view to
I, '
"n tenderly, and said: capturing carrier pigeons.
511" You have heard of this sudden marriage, father, CLOSING THE THEATRES.—The municipal authorities
thd You seem reconciled to it. I am so happy that at madrld have decided to close all the theatres of the
e news did not excite you, or give you one of your town which are not lighted with electricity.
°ld attacks." Scums STATISTICS.—During the past year 341
11,4, Pool,, child! there is cothing in this affair to persons, among them 68 females, committed suicide in
h aRe me ill. Harold has but done what he should Vienna. This is a decrease of 17 as compared with the
:Ye done years ago; only he has not taken the right return of 1886.
e..ife. But if Amy, here, would not say yes, the boy MYSTERY GOLD.—Mystery gold is an alloy composed
laB right to find one that would. Has the box come? of copper, silver, gold, and aluminium. Owing o
to the
presence i
of the last-named metal the re-action f
a ain impatient ,to see the evidence of my new
ea nitric acid upon copper s considerably diminished, so
ughter's artistic pkill." that it is difficult to distinguish it from gold.
le" Yee, sir; it hasltiSt arrived, and I gave orders to Citenenyea's DAUGHTER.—The death is announced
e it opened. of Madame Rosellina, the last surviving daughter of
ee" Have it brought in here, that I may see it done." t Cherubini. Her husband was an Italian savant who
ie the command was issued, and the box was brought took part in a scientific expedition to Egypt. She
With the childish eagerness of old age, Mr. Danvers died at Pisa in her 88th year.
i atched the opening, and aided in placing the pictures NEW ZEALAND DEFENCES.—The total cost of the
,n• the best light. Four landscapes, brilliantly coloured harbour defences carried out in New Zealand to the
'll the style of the modern French school of painting, close of the last financial year was £155,243. This in-
eve taken out. They represented Alpine scenery; eludes the amounts paid for land, buildings, Szee- but
4116 as they 'were ranged side by side for inspection,
not for guns, ammunition,
wlasnBd3.torpedo boats, the cost
of which amounted £3
who was also a tasteful amateur artist, felt a
BITU3IINOUS COAL.—Beds of bituminous coal have
Ltaintee in her own mind that they were from been discovered near the head waters of the Puyallup,
n-erent hands. The drawing, colouring, and general in Washington territory, and within some 30 miles of
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atinent were entirely unlike, and a cold weight fell Tacoma. Mining is already carried on to a large
Ilarbon her heart at this evidence of deception on the extent, and the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Why
oferiarold Danvers and his newly-wedded wife. 1 has expended large sums in increasing shipping facili-
h Why was this done? What was the secret of this ties..
14t3' Union? She trembled for the answer time might i CHRISTIANITY IN Rtessre.—The Russians are pre-
to these fineries, and looked with deep compassion ' paring to celebrate at Kiev, the nine hundredth anni-
nee
- -11 the father and sist4, who seethed equally pleased . versary of 'the introduction of Christianity into their
Nvith these evidences of Mrs. Danver's accomplish. country. Among other proceedings, it is proposed to
restore the church in which the bones of Vladimir,
reee
A -ts They had no fondness for pictures, and Mrs.
eee ' their firstmCohohrisdtooftianyed. Prince, rest. This building is
e. erson had inherited from herfather an eye defective
't'; the judgment of colours; they saw not the dis- ''''''
NArenee GAS.—Rich veins of natural gas have, it is
etl'„alacy whiCh was so glaring to the cultivated taste said, been struck at Cdurtright, Canada, and also at
to4e'llse Gunnieigham ; and Mr. Danvers ordered them Port Colborne • and experts, who have gone over the
th r hung in the drawing-rooms, and exhibited to ground, say that there is very good reason to believe
eir friends as the production of his new daughter. 1 that there is gas in the neighbourhood of Toronto.
tb While the three were engaged In examining them, Should this prove to be well founded, Toronto is likely
t ° servant drew froni the box a smaller frame, and to becoree the Pittsburg of Canada.
ree tauen SKlNS.—There are millions of little tubes lying
es d it from numerous wrappings which* had been
underneath our skin' It is-estimated that on the Ltefully placed around it. He placed it on the low
average there are 2800 of them to every square inch of
....arble mantel, and, as Amy turned from her survey
the surface of the body. Every one measures when
"01. the other, paintings, she was startled to meet the
straightened out a quarter of an inch, and so we find
e`ttin smiling eyes of a most life-like portrait. It re- 1
e,ese
11,i nted
hi that altogether there must be 28 miles of this minute
a woman of five-and-twenty, dark as a gipsy,
rib a full, well-rounded form, and features which, if metubing beneath our skin.
COUNTY sCor Wonx.—The City Press states that
fl
q;' beautiful, were full of an indefinite attraction that during the past year 27,426 cases have been heard at the
1,2 could not analyse. It was not the face of one to City of London Court, the fees received for which have
or trust,yet the eye was fascinated, and returned amounted to £15,303 14s. Bd., as compared with 26,145
h,gaitl and a eainto scan its lineaments, and discover, if cases in 1885, with fees amounting to £13,946 ss. 2d.
\'`-rse slble, wherein lay the spell that attracted it. There The sums sued for during 'the year amounted in the
as in it finesse, strong will, and an expression Po nesse, of eggregate to £141,726 2s. 9d., as agains , t £l3B 828195.1 d. ,
Wer, which seemed to give Amy a clue to the event
in 18e6.
i OLD BlRDS.—According to the Eleveur, many birdse
Ivhich bad so suddenly wrecked her own future.
' such as the eagle, the swan, and the raven, live mor,
iThis woman had loved Harold Danvers, and she had than a hundred years. The parrot, the heron, the goose;
k;lthinhed over his vacillating character through the and the pelican have been known to live for 60 years,
0 tength of an unscrupulous nature. Such was her the peacock for 25 years, the pigeon 20, the crane 20-
qutioo of his mysterious marriage; and she became the linnet 25, the goldfinch 15, the lark 13, the black ,
' en the misery that must bird 12, the canary 24, the pheasant 15, the thrush 10,
gt.exe
...a...A-I 4 • She had no longer the cock 10, the robin redbreast 12, and the wren only
.01 ft
ele'" the poor consolation of believing that Harold three years.
ART IN Nrw SOUTTI WALES—The . Government-of
ight be happy with the wife he had chosen. Chap 3
New South Wales has granted to the Anglo-Australian
vc,,,A small card was stuck in the corner of the frame, OH Society of Artists a room in the National Art Gallery,
b 'ucill was written, "From Adelina Danvers, with her i Sydney, for the purpose of holding an exhibition of
est love to her new father." 1 pictures.
th.L4ny had thoroughly examined it before the others 1 SLAUGHTERING ete ELECTRIC/TY.—Some experiments
tZnigd, and saw it smiling upon them. Mr. Danvers i have been recently made in St. Petersburg with the
claimed: 1 idea of slaughtering cattle by electricity, the results
' ith ! here is the best eift of all. This shall remain of which have been highly satisfactory—death being in
1 all cases instantaneous. I

pair—broken aspirations, and bewildering anguish;
but gradually the waves surged back, the lofty nature
regained its lost balance, and she bowed her head and
_ _

prayed earnestly for strength to lift this great burden
from her life, and go upon the path appointed her,
with faith and courage for that future which now
looked so dreary.
(To Ee continued.)