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| iand. BY memorandum o. Il eubseQucu
date. Mr.. Chiffon was to have all the none
and other personals he might die in actual pos
session OF, after defraviny the necessary funer
al expenses. This will, Mr.. Clifton stated tn
deceased gentleman had expressed wish il
his last moments to alter, but death had bce1
too sudden for him to be able to give effect +
that good, but too long delayed intention.
il cannot be- supposed that the long-brfort
practically widowed wife grievcd much at TIT
final breaking Of the chain which bound he
t. 50 unrrniH. a mato bat "a lady Sevton wa,
entirely silent upon the subject, our suppositiot
can only rest upon the fact that A;Ihur Kings
ton-vho mad some time previously. in consc
Quence OF the death of the Earl Of Sevton an,
his only son, an always weakly child. preceded
a few months by that Of his own father the
! haronet, succeeded to the earldom and estates
| FASTENED home on seeing the announcement o
(Io>tord's death in the Dublin paper, from the
continent where he had continued TO reside
since his compelled departure six years before
and soon afterwards found his way into Devon
shire, and so successfully pressed the rene we'd
offer OF his hand, that lhe wedding took place
slightly within six months after tie decease OF
NJ. Gosford. Life passed brilliantly and hap
PLY with The E,rl and Counlcss-to whom
three children (a boy and two girls were born)
till about five months prcvious to tue present
tjtnc, when the Earl, from being caught, when
out riding, in a drenchjng shower Of rain, was
attacked ty fever, aud after an acntr illness of
cuy two OF tnrcc days duration, expired. The
present Earl was al the iima just torned Of five
years ot acr.
1u, blow, wc comprchendcd from The sudden
teas winch filled the beautiful eyes Of the
Countess a. sine spoke OF the EarI's deceasc,
vas "A severe our. St;jl the grief Of widow
hood must have been greatly a--uaG'd by love
for her children, and not incon-ilorabIy, alter a
while, ~c may be sure, by the brilliant position
in VII ch She was ictt--as in addition 10 being
spleujid'y jonlured, she was appointed BY her
husbands will sole guardian Of the Young lord,
h.r SON.
a terrible reverse awaited hcr. She was
sitting with her father. the rector, and her still
unmarried sister Jane iiayley, in the drawing
room of Say'on House, when noc was
brought to her, sig"cd Edward Clifton, tie wr-
ter O. which demanded an immediate and pri-
,a,e Interview on. he alleged, the most lmpor-
lant business. Lady Srylon remembered the
name, and immediately accai,d To the mars
request. !Ie aun"nncco,in brnsqnr, iusolen'
ion, aud manner, that Mr. Go,tord had not died
at tie time his d alh was announced to her,
iI,it NV i'i u biN li.I'tl It' ule VI cAIfttt,
from which he had unexpectedly recovered, ard
hpd lived ,ix months longer. The truthis,' ad-
ded Chiffon that CHANGING the other dav to be
locking over a 'pccragc,' noticed, for the first
time, the date of your marriage with the late
Earl of Sp,'on, and have now to inform you
that it took place Ir,ciscl, eight days previous
to NJ Gostord's death that it was consequent,
" no marriarp at all, and that vuur SON is no
more Earl OF Seyton than | am.
THIS dreadful annource meut, as one MIGHT
exrecl, completely overcame the Countess -
She tainted but not Till &c had beard and CON-
pj5hondrd Chlitons hurried iliaucuuns to Sc
rrocy and silence. lie rang tie bell fer assist
aucr. and then lott tie house. The mental an
ony cf !.dv Sc,ton. on recovering conscjor =
ro-, n.- irJr e. ard she. WiDa C-eat lIllirulDy
concealed ~ calsr from herHuNiuus and uni-
G1nug relatives. Another interview with Cml-
'au .nuparct to confirm tie truth Of bis story
b.yuru d not or question. IL proauccd a fo,-
iuily drawn un d. cumcut. .e...r,... ly one Pierce
Cunrirr'qm. rrav,.1lIcer Of Swords. which
SIT forth that Lrsr'e, G5siord was buried on
the 1brl of June. lA5! and that the ins cr;p,ion
on his tombstone set forth tha, he had died Jane
23I Of that wear. Also a written avermont of
Patrick Mullins, of Dublin. that he had Ietrercd