White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-03-10

elegant and tasteful articles that had &C.
cumulated in home in which no wish
was left unqualified. Ever since the ses-
sion of the Probate Cont, the house had
been shut to visitors, If any there had
been. Mrs. Clamp had not been seen
once ont Of doors. But after waiting 6
time, Mark and his friend were admitted
As they entered the house, the bare aspect
Of the rooms confirmed the rumors which
Mark had heard. Mrs. Clamp received
them with kind of sullen civilitv, and,
upon hearing the GRAND, replied
CERTAINLY, Mrs. Davenport can have
her clothes. She need not have sent more
than one man to get them. Is that all o.
"N Not quite" said Mark. Perhaps
you are not aware of the change which
the discovery of the will may make in
your circumstances. l do not speak Of
the punishment which the fraud merits,
but of the rights which are now in me.
First, l am desired to ask after the plate,
Jewels. furs, and wardrobe of the FIRST
Mrs Kinloch."
Mrs. CLAMP was silent. A word let
fall by Lucy suddenly flashed into Marks
mind, and he intimated to the naughty
woman his purpose to go into the east
front chamber
"Fine gentlemen" she said. at length.
"to pry into lady's private apartment !
You will not dare enter it without my
permission % Hla f-- g. ~
And she stood defantly in the door
way. But, without parley, Mark and
Mr.. Afford pushed by her and walked up
the staircase, not needing the shout Of
Mr.. Clamp, who had followed them to
the house
at might seem mean" said Mark to
Mr.. Afford; "but l think you'll agree
presently, that it wasn't case for cere-
mony."i .rss- g-aeH Be-
He stripped the clothes from the bed.
The pillows were stuffed with valuable
iurS fine linen and eRIbroideries filed
the holsters. The feather-sack contained
dresses of rich and costly fabrics-the
styles showing them to be at least twenty
years old Aud in the mattress were
slowed away the dinner and tea services
of silver, together with porcelain, crystal
and Bohemian ware.
"What deal O. comfort body could
take in sleepiu' on bel stuffed like this
ere - said Mr.. Afford | sh'd think he'd
dream of the 'Rabian Nights"
"After this, Madam" said Mark. upon
returning TO the hail. "you can hardly
expect any special lenity from me. The
will allowed you an annuity of one thou
sand dollars while you remained single !;
since You are married your interest ceas-
es, but you shall receive two hundred a
year. The house, however. belongs to
my wife. Your husband there, has a
home to which yeu can CO."
eyes, - said the lawyer, "he has home,
and won't be beholden to any man for a
roof to shelter his family"
The pride Of the woman was still I'M
bent Though her cheek was blanched
and her lips were bitten blue. still she
stood erect and her head turned queenly
as ever. The glance she threw to the
man who called her wife was enough to
have pierced him. Tuning to Mark, she
said ----..
"If you viii come to-morrow-or
Monday, rather-you can have possession
of the house and property. My own
things can be easily removed, and it will
be simple matterto make ready for new
comers.'' $50 ss-la. sEelll @ -1-- i.i'
Il could keep them out of it year, if
l chose" said Mr.. Clamp.
'sBut l do not choose" said she, with
superb hsughtiness. .'f' e.
oval, good mornin'," said Mr.. AL
ford. 30 lfssfI 15R.s,. its.J ~
AS they left the house, Mrs. Clamp sat
down in the silent room. Without, the
wind whistled through the naked trees
and whirled up spiral columns Of leaves !;
the river below was cased Ia ice; the
passers- by looked pinched with cold, and
cast hurried glances over their shoulders
at the Inflated house. and the adjacent
burying ground. Within. the commo-
ton, the chill. the hurry, the fright, were
even more intense. What now remained
to bedone? Her son, vanquished in love
by blacksmith's protege, had fed, and
left her to meet her fate alone. The viii
had been discovered, and, as if by spe-
cial interposition of Providence. the VIC
tim Of her sons passions had been the
instrument Of vengeance. The lawyer
who had worked upon her fears, had
proved unable to protect her. The estate
was out of her hands; the property with
which she had hoped to escape from the
hated town and join her son was seized /;
she was a ruined. disgraced woman. She
had faced the battery Of curious,eyes, as
she walked with the husband she despised,
to the Sunday services; but what screen
had she now that her pride was humbled !?
The fearful struggle in the mind of the
lonely woman in the chill and silent room.
who shall describe it ? She denied adj
mission to the servants and her husband,
and through the long evening still sat by
the darkening window, far into the dim
and gusty night, - 10 ....,.;.5 !
Squire Clamp went to bed moodygif
not snrsgsd !, but when, on waking, he
found his wife. still absent. he became
alarmed. Early in the morning he track.
ed her through a light snow that bad
sifted, down during the night to the river
bank, at the bend where the current keeps
the ice from closing over. An hour after.
some neiGhbors, hastily summoned, made