The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-05-04


to prevent being overheard, he sunk into q
chair, and said with low voice
"tHush! / have found him at last >,
"tNo! said the attorney-sWell done my
dear Sir; well done =.
sssHe lies concealed in wretchcd lodging
in Camden Town, said Heyling-sPerha it
is as well, we did lose sight of him, for he has
been living alone there, in the most abject
poverty, all the time, and he is poor-very
poor
"sVery good said the attorney-sY on will
have the caption made tomorrow, of course.
s-'Ycs,' replied Heyling. Stay No! The
next day, You are surprised at my wishing to
postpone it, he added with ghastly smile
but I had forgotten. The next day is an
anniversary in his life let it be done then
"sVery good said the attorney-sWill you
write down directions for the Office?
"sNo. Let him meet me here at eight
o'clock in the evening, and / will accompany
him myself
They met on the appointed night, and hiring
hackney coach, directed the driver to stop at
the corner of the old Pancras road, at which
stands the parish workhouse BY the time they
alighted there, it was quite dark; and proceed.
ing by the dead wall in front of the Veterinary
Hospital, they entered small by-strect, which
is, or was at that time called Little College ST.
and which, whatever it may be now, was in
those days a desolate place, enough, surround
ed by little else than fields and bitches.
"Having drawn the travelling cap he had on
half over his face, and mufied himself In his
cloak, Heyling stopped before the meanest
looking house in the street, and knocked gent
ly at the door. 1t was at once opened by a
woman, who dropped curtesy of recognition
and Heyling, whispering the officer to remain
below erept gently up stairs, and, opening the
door of the front room, entered at once.
''The object of his search and unrelenting
at bare deal table, on which stood misera-
BILE candle He started on the entrance of the
stranger and rose feebly to his feet.
"'What now, what nowT said the old man
what fresh misery is this? What do you want
here" ,t.s. .-.-
GA word with yoss,' replied Heyling As
he spoke, he seated himself at the other end
of the table, and throwing off his cloak and
cap, disclosed his features. ssr., .
tsThe old man seemed utterly deprived OF
the power of speech. He fell backward in his
chair, and, cla.ping his hands together, gazed
on the apparition with a mingledlook of abhor-
renee and fear. - HS'
e.This day six years said Heyling,I claim,
ed the life you owed me fors my, child's. Be.
side the lifeless form of your daughter, old
l.
never swerved frommy purpose for a moments
space, but if I had, one thought of her un-
complaining, suffering look, as she dropped away
or Of the starving face of our innocent child
would have nerved me to my task. My first
act of requital you well remember; this is my
last ~
s.The old man shivered, and his hands drop
ped powerless by his side, .l.f...t...s.r
2"sI leave England, tomorrow, said Hey
ling, after moments pause. TO night con-
sign you to the, living death to which you de-
voted her-a hopeless prison a,
.'He raised his eyes to the old mans counte-
nance and paused, He lifted the light to his
face set it gently down, and left the apartment
"sYou had better see to the old man. he
said to the woman, as he opened the door, and
motioned the officer to follow him into the street
| --eI think he is ILL., The woman closed the
door, ran hastily up stairs, and found him life
less. He had died in fit.
s'Bencath plain grave-stone, in one of the
most peaceful and secluded church yards in
Kent, where wild flowers mingle with the grass
and the soft landscape around forms the fairest
spot in the garden of England, lie the bones Of
the young mother and her child. But the
ashes of the father do not mingle with theirs
nor from that night forward, did the attorney
ever gain the remotest clue to the subsequent
history of his client"