Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-09-10
Iloodsbot ewes keenly in his face.

or, if you like the phrase better, don't for the
sake of me and mine"
Yours, fellow Your wife, whom you
have so long held in cruel bondage through
her fears for her son, has at last shaken of
that chain James Harper sailed two days
ago from Portsmouth for Bomboy sent her
| the news two hours since"
Ha Is that indeed so ?" cried Dandy
with an irrepressible start of alarm. Why,
| then- But no matter here luckily, come
| Mrs. Arbuthnot and her son. ALPS right
She will, know, stand bail for me, aud, if
need be, acknowledge the genuineuess of her
| husbands cheque"
| The fellows insolence was becoming unhear-
| able, and was about to sieze and thrust him
| forcibly from the apartment, when The sound
of wheels was heard outside Hold one
moment" he cried, with fierce vehemence.
" That is probably the officers must be
brief then, and to the purpose. Pray, madam
do not leave the room for your own sake as
| for you, young sir, | command you to retain p
! What what does he mean ?" exclaimed
| Mrs. Arbuthnot bewilderly, and at the same
| time clasp!ng her scn-who gazed On Dandy
with kindled eyes, and an angry boyish def
| auce-tightly to her side Did the mans
strange words give form and significance TO
| dark, shadowy indistnet doubt that had pre-
! yiously haunted her at times | Judged So
! The rector appe ared similarity confused and
shaken, and had sunk nerveess and terrified
/ upon sofa.
You guess dmly, see, at what have to
say" resumed Dandy, with a malignant sneer.
Well, hear it, then once for all, and then,
/ if YOU will, give me up to the officers. Some
years ago, he continued. coldly and steadily
-" some years ago, woman, nurse, was
! placed in charge Of two infant children, both
boys one of these was her own the other
was the son OF rich, proud parents. The wo-
mans husband was d gay, jolly fellow, who
much preferred spending money 10 earning il,
and just then it happened that he was more
! than usually hard up. One afternoon, on vis-
iting his wife, who be had removed TO g dis
tance, ne found that the rich mans child had
sickeued Of the smallpox, and that there was
no chance of its recovery. A letter contain
ing tie sad news was on the table, v hich be
the husband, took the liberty to open and
read After some reflection. suggested by
what he had heard Of the lady-mo,hers state
of mind, he recopied the letter, for the sake
of embodving in it certain suggestion -
That letter was duly posted and the next
day brought the rich man almost in state OF
distraction but his chief and mastering ter
! rur was lest the ucthcT ot the eircaiT dead
! infant should hear, in her then precarious state
I of what had happened. The tiiings, be was
! sure, wouli xiii her Seeing this, the canning
! husband of the nurse suggested that, for the
! present. hiS-the cunning ona's-child might
! be taken to the lady as her own, and that the
truth could be revealed when she WAS strong
enough to bear it, The rich man fell into the
artfui trap, and that which the husband OF the
nurse had Speculated upon, came to pass eveh
beyond his hopes The lady grew to idolize
/ her fancied child-sae has fortunately had no
other-and now, | think it would really kill
/ her 10 part with him The rich man could not
! find il In his heart TO deceive his NIfe-eveTy
I year it became more difficult, more impossible
TO do so aud very generously | must say,
/ has he paid in the pure for the fOrbearance
of the nurses husband Well now, then, 10
sum up; the nurse was Mrs Dandy the rich
/ weak husband Mr. Arbuthnot the substitut-
! ed child that handsome bOy-nv son ~
| A wild scream from Mrs. ArbUthnot broke
/ the dread silence which had accompanied this
| frigbtful revelation. echoed By an asouizerl
CRY, half tenderness, half rage from her hus-
! band who had entered the room unobserEed,
aud nov clappet her passiouateiy in his arms.
! The carriage wheels we had heard were his
| Ii was long before | could recall with calm
ness the tumult terror sud confusion Of that
Sc-ne. Nf. Arbuthnot stroSe TO bear bis wife
/ from the apartment, but she would 20. be fore
ed away, and kept impiorIng with freRzied
vehemeuce that Robert--that her 10y should
not be taken from her.
1 have no wish TO do so-far from il,
said Dandy, with gieeful exuItstion e Oal-
! folks must be reasonable, and lot threaten
! their friends with the hulks 81"
/ Gire him anything. anything brrlse in
the unhappy ladv 20 Robert Robert -
she added. with renewal burst I'll hysterical
griet. L" how ceald you deceive me so -
| have been Puhlsb.d. a gues. :" he answer
ed, in I husky, broken v.lce, " for nv we'll in
tended but criminal weakness cr-ellv punish
ed 6r the eTer-Present consciousness that this
/ discovery must one day or other Dc surely
made. What do yon want; p he gfse- awhile
added, with recovering 6rmness, addressing
Danhy,
! The acknowledgement of the little bit Of
paper in disPs,e, cf coarse and say genu-
I inc ore 20 tie same a.noantn
Yes, yes" exclaimed Mrs. 4rb1thnos still
widely scbbing, aud holding the terrified
bov strainiDg in her embrace. e. if She feared
! he rtghs he wreHehei from her by force
Anything-paE him anything :"
| At tbs moment ehsrcins 70 look toward.
the door Of the apartment, | saw that il was
| partially opened. and that Daubv's wife was
listening there. What might that mean !?
Bu, what Of hopeful meaning in s9ch a case
could il have!
Be- il 50, love said Arhuthno. soothing
". Danby call tomoEroy At the PARK
And nos. hegone at once
t. | was thinking" resumed the rascal, with
swelling andaeity, that We might as well at
the same tine come 20 scne permanent ar