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Three days passed without any further
dings from Mr.. Flint, and vehemently fear,
that his journey had proved ftuitless on
when, on the evening previous, 10 the day al
pointed for the conference at Seyton House,
! hackney coach drove rapidly up TO the offic
door, and out popped Mr.. Flint, followed b
two strangers, whom he very watchfully ei
Corted into the house. 'Mr. Patrick Mullir
and Mr.. Pierce Cunningham said Flint as h
shook hands with the in way which in cor
/ junction with the merry sparkle of his eyes, an
the bo>terCus tone Of his voice, assured me a
was right. 'Mr Pierce Cunningham wi
| sleep here tonight, he added so Collins ha
better engage a bed out
! Cunningham, an Il~looking lout of fellow
multered that he chose to sleep at a tavern
Not if | know it, my fine fellow reione
Mr.. Flint. 'rou mean well, dare say: bu,
cannot loose sight of you for all that. Yol
either sleep here or at station house.
The man started with surprise and alarm
but knowing refusal or resistance to be hope
less, sulenly assented to the arrangement, ant
withdrew TO the room appointed for him. vgi
lanty guarded For Mr.. Mullins we engaged
bed al a neighboring tavern.
MIR. FIint's mission had been skilfulv ant
successfully accomplished. lie was convinced
by the sullen confusion of manner manifesto
BY Cunningham, that some villainous agency
had been at work, and he again wa,tel
on Mullins tie stonc.cntter. who gave vor
The order for the grayes,one p he asked MIR
Mullins referred to his book, and answered that
he received it by letter. Had he got that 2t
tcr?' Very likely he replied, as he seldom
destroyed business papers of any kind "A
search was Instituted, and finally this letter
said Mr.. Flint, worth an earl'S coronet, torn
and dirty as it is, turned up This invaluable
document, which bore the London post.date of
June %, 1882, ran as follow
ANGLEsEA HoTEL, IlAYMARKET,
LONDON, June %, 1892.
SIR-Please to erect plain tombstone at
the head OF Charles Gosf1rd, Esqure's grave,
WHO died few months since at Swords, AGED
thirty-two years. This is all that need be in.
scrbed upon it. You are referred to Mr..
Guinness Of Sackvillc Street Dublin, for pay
meut. Your obedient ser.ant,
EDWARD CHnToY'
you see, continued Flint, the fellow had
inadvertently LETT out the date of Gosford's
DEATH merely stating it occurred few months
previously :; and Mullins concluded that, in en-
terinE the order in his day.bo9k he must have
somehow or other conounded the date Of the
letter with that Of Goslord'a dfcease. Armed
with this precious discovery, | again souah,
Cunningham, and by dnt of promises and
threats, at last got the truth out Of the rascal.
Il was this Chiffon, who returned to this coun-
try from the Cape, where he had resided for
three years previously, about two months ago
having some business 10 settle in Dublin, went
over there, and one day visited Swords, read
she Inscri ,ton On Charles Gcs iord's grave-stone,
and Immediately sought out the gravedi igger,
and asked him if he had any record Of that gen.
teman's burial. Cunningham said he had, and
produced his book, by which it appeared that il
took place December 2tth, 1881 That car,
not be-, remarked Chiffon, and lie referred to
the head-stonc. Cunningham said he had NO
ticcd the mistake Il few days after it was erec-
ted; bnt thinking it Of no consequence, and
never having. that he knew Of, seen Mr.. Mu'-
Inns since, he had said, and indeed thought,
nothing about il. TO Colclude the story--Chil-
ton u'uma'eiy, paymentofleu pounds down.
and liberal promises for the future, prevailed
upon the GraYt-jiggcr to lend himself to the
Infamous device the sight OF the grave-stone
had -HLges'"d 10 his fertile, unsCrupulous brain
This was indeed glorious success, and the
firm of Flint aud Sharp drank the Countess of
Seytons health that evening with great enthu-
siasm, and -lecfuIy Thought Of the morrow
We found the drawing room Of Seyton House
occupied by the Honorable Jane. Kingston, his
solicitors the Messrs. jackson, Lady Scyion,
and her father and sister, tp whom she had at
length disclosed the source Of her disquietnde.
The children were leaving the apartment as
we entered it, and the grief-limmed eyes Of the
Countess rested sadly upon her bright eyed
boy as be slowly withdrew with his sisters
That look chaugcd to one of wild surprise as
it encountered Sir, Flinl's shining, good-hu-
mored counlenance. was more composed
and reserved than my partner, though feeling
as ylvlJIy as he did the satisfaction of being
able not ONLY to dispel L,dy Seyton's anguish
but to cXtlGgulsh the eXultation, and trampe on
the hopes, OF the Honorable James Kingston, a
StIH, grave. middie-aged piece of hypocri,ca
pToprIety, who was surveying from out the cor
ners OF his aitectedly unobseryant eyes the fur
nItNre and decorations oflhe splendid apartment
aud hugll0g himself with the thought that ali
'hat was his Business was immediately pro-
c'cded With. Chl,tCn was called in. He re-
peaied his former story rcrbaiiW, and with much
illency and confidence. lie then placed in the
hands Of jackson senior the vouchers signed
by Cunningham and Mullins. Tue transien,
light faded from Lady Seyton's countcnance AS
she tnrned despairingiy, almost accusingly,
towards us.
'What answer have you to make to this gen
lcman'3 statement, thus corroborated ? de,
nauied Jackson senior.
Quite a remarkable one replied Mr.. Flint
rs h. rang the bell. Desire the gentleman in
he library to step up he added to the foot
nan who answered the summons. In abou'
hree minutes IN marched Cunningham and
Mullins, followed by two police officers. An
exclamation Of terror escaped
lhiIton which was Immediately echoed by ilr
'Iint's direction To- the police as he pointed
owards the trembling catlif; THAT Is your
nan secure him..
a storm Of cXclomation3, questions, ren5n-
trances instantly broke forth, and II was Soy
rul minutes before attention could be obtain
ID 70: the statements Of cur two Irish wlncs-
es, and the reading of the happlly-tound letter
The effect Of the evidence adduccd was decl-
i've, ccctrical Lady Seyton, as It's full sig
lllicauce flashed upon her, screamed with con-
ulsiyc joy, and thought must have tainted
rom excess of emotion. The Rev. John Hay
~ returned audible thanks to God in a voice
uycrmg with rapture, and Miss llayley ran
mt OF the apartment, and presently returned !
with the children, who were Immediately haltI
.uothcrcd with their mothers ccstatc kisses !
\ H WAS for a few minutes bcVildprmant iov |