Sunday dispatch. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1845-1854, 1852-03-21

one of whom, Henry, when he became weary
Of me at last, wished to turn me over"
"Harrietp
Yes, Frances, believe me it is true 1t
is only a consistent part of the whole. Has
he heart, ask 1 answer, Mo-"
'' But the names of his acoomphces," said
Arthur, interrupting her
Thoir names, Arthur" Harriet answer
ed, you know and the men you may also
know. Their names are Elijah sherwood
and George Maudsley"
Arthur started, and Mrs Richards also
rose from her reclining position and gaEed
intensely upon her.
50 Harriet, is it possible ?" brother ana SIS
ter Of once calculated.
q Sure as heaven she answered, " they,
ike the man they assisted, are false as the
lowest depths Of perdition"
Here Arthur was for a moment silent
then taking the letter from his pocket which
he had opened and allowed Richards to read
previously, he glanced at the handwriting,
snd said, Z" This letter, making me aoquaint-
ed for the frst time, with the affair, purports
To be from one of the witnesses Of the osre-
monY but certain l am it is the writing Of
neither Of these persons"
Z" But from that circumstance can you
doubt its truth :" Mrs. Richards eagerly in
quired
Is not Harriet, sister, the living victim'"
he said in solemn tone.
"Forgive me, brother and you, Harriet" J"
she replied, tears again coursing each other
downwards. GA CLEAN Of hope for mo-
ment seemed to rise like sunshine before me.
But now all is waste and darkness. Harri-
ct, what will you think when tell you that
Maudsley is our cousin, and lsherwood has
for years been our friend ?" How strangely
We have become linked together |"
.sSuoh has been our destiny. Frances"
Harriet rejoined: Sc but the end has not been
as vet Shall tho crash wheR it does como
upon him fall with equal destruction upon
us and sever US or shall the fact of our be-
ing living wives Of the same husband attract
us more closely together ?"
"Why should it, Harriet p Frances cried
with energy "You little know my heart
if you imagine that, because you have been
the victim Of the same villain as myself,
wish to blame you, much less to hate you
Harriet, let us be one. We have both been
deceived, bitterly so; but, as in our earlier
days, VIC may still respect and love each
other"
They again embraced and then Harriet
rose to depart. Frances and Arthur looked
at each other; and Frances said, ''You leave
ne not, Harriet While this is my home let
it also be yours We shall be neither rivals
nor foes, and may pass together in an amica-
bic manner the little time that must elapse
before these painful matters are brought to
q conclusion"
And short chat time must be, indeed" !"
answered Harriet my brother will return
tonight or tomorrow, and then the end
must soon approach"
AS Mrs Richards had resolved not to re-
turn to her parents at ROchdale, but to re-
main in her own home until she saw what
| course her husbands affairs might take, the
presence of her oo-Wifo Harriet, like the key
stone in the arch, strengthened and upheld
her resolution. Her brother Arthur, happy
TO see this oneness Of sentiment between
them 30 suddenly established, left his sister
with greater cbeerfulness than if she had
been alone, promising when he went away
that his mother should return with him the
following morning from Roohdale.
We must now turn for q moment to the
suspicious Mr. Inkman, the assistant clerk
OF Mr. Richards. Before leaving Manchcs-
ter for London the previous day, Mr.. Ink
man, from various signs that drew his atten.
ton, was more than ever positive that Grease
well bad rascally designs in view with the
money he had to draw for the payment oi
the aoceptances to become due on the follow
ing day and he mentioned his suspicious tC
Mr. Everwel Everwell, however, was ex
ceedingly soeptical on the subject, and coulC
not believe that GreaseWell, with whom ht
had been intimate in the same establishment
for fourteen years, could harbor such guilty
schemes. He could not conceive why the on'
bank should refuse the cheques upon anoth
er bank, as safe and respectable as the banl
OF England itself, and acknowledged tina
there was a mystery in the matter. but ye
remained d sceptic. When, however, Ink
man explained to him the circumstance 0
the two distinct books kept for wages, au'
the disagreement between the items in eacl
page of the book he opened and the sums to
tai at the bottom Of each, his eyes began t.
z open to the light. He then paused and won
dered whether the work peoples wages wer
r raised when Mr.. Richards had ordere
/ Greasewell to raise them three months be
+ fore. and, by running back into the factor
. and privately inquiring, ascertained tbs
they were not Belief was now easy Grease
= we'll, ne saw, would rob his master to an
d extent, and to put barrier in his way, 0
T. at any rate detect him, should he attempt
I escape with 80 large an amount of money
% they determined, not to break their susp
10 cions to their master, but to set an oficl'
watch upon him, in the shape or bank cler
d Of a detective police officer.
|, g In the first place we shall go and ask o
20 interview with the manager Of the bank IN
which the money has to be paid" said Eve
l. we'll, "and if that tale be correct, why v
70 must trust the rest, you know, Inkman"
We So said, SO done They repaired to Il
bank, saw the manager, and with strict
IS, functions to secrecy propounded their que
/ ton. The manager was Of course amaze
he and Instantly scented plot, though for
ly time sceptical respecting Greaseweu.
r. never should for moment think" he sal
it with his back to the FIRE and holding
coat tells in his hands, g Of rejecting 81
h. cheque or cheques OF Mr.. Richards to We
er large amount upon any bank where he Ike
re accounts The house is good, know--ve
| good. l was going to say, 60 direct to Gre
ut wick, the detective superintendent,yo you kno
lot and he will instantly place some one on
watch"
b.~ Mr.. Creswick, the detective superinten
ed ent, was anything but Sceptical. He Wa
lat profound judge Of human nature, and KIN
lot we'll that the best of men, or men whom
ou blind world often consider the best, wh
.se placed in certain situations, often fall
he soonest Accustomed to look on and bec0
re- familiar with guilt and crime in all its ph
IN es, he could seldom look ON the bright g.
ou Of humanity, and hence in few mOmen
me and after asking few questions, set
on Greaswell down as rogue.
in s'He shall be watched, gentlemen, and
,lf. lowed, and If found likely to abscond W
property, shall be brought back" was
ar Creswick's finale to the interview and Ii
he man and EverWell, conscious of having d
ed, their duty, rolled of with the next train
London.
Of In the meantime Mr.. Richards, rest
ace and agitated with q thousand contend
of emotions, wandered through streets and
tered hotels, tossed off glass here an
ar glass there, which took No hold upon
to fevered brain whatever, but found it imr
or sible, wherever he went, to fly from him
But or annihilate his consciousness-the o
you true but impossible act of suicide.
hat scarcely expected to meet with Harriet ]
ou. son or her brother, as they he was assur
fe, we're in different places, and for that day
bit least would scarcely meet him in the sire
you or in any Of his retreats from the public
9th but when he casually met with any Of
we'd former acquaintance, and they, though
ore consciously 80 to themselves appeared in
his eyes to be cold and distant, or apprentl
er- shrink from meeting him, they seemed,
ned cording to his self-condemnatory way of ]
an soning, or rather to his guilty apprehen
US to be cognizant Of its delinquencies, an'
condem him with their looks. Guilt
rds, found out, when knocking at the door Of
ally science, if not naturally instinct with 4
eff titudes of eyes, yet creates lnnumer
cd eyes for itself, which, as if giariDg lik
many demons from ten thousand poinI
arm vision in upon the naked trembling 8
we'd lights up the fires Of its own hell, and be
- its own punishment.
by He had no business to do at Bolton, an
sto- had no occasion to proceed thither, the
,on- he informed Greasewell that he intende
sted go; so, instead of going there he resolve
take the earliest train and journey to r
,bed dale. He assembled Hunts Bank to the
but ton, he paid for his ticket fer the first
tab, carriage, and to hide at once from the
ance of all travellers and bangers-on around
took refuge in his seat. Still, 60 Wher
Ar would, he was recognised
only s'Jolly dog" cried one, shooting his
oper in at the window and shaking him by
IN hand ''happy to see you, Richards,
him husband of such fine girl Hope you
happy"
re- "Ged bless me, Richards !" cried anot
and holding out his hand from the opposite
Of the carriage, show are you since
And were splioed, as the sailors say Hap
l. I.