Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-01-10

Oslty. Anything the matter, Grace? Auy
thing amiss with Adeai She's not illlp
"She is at the opera, hear; very well, N
doubt" And then she inparted her suspicion
Just an allusion to theAl--illht her poor siste
was the culprit irna
"Graee," lac whispered, ~ don't mind telling
you that the same fear haunted me, and taxet
her with il. She Indignantly denied it,"
"Two Of the notes have been traced, 4" mur
mu ed Lady Grace lrHH ID ~
"Tracedi" t-
"Paid away by Lady Adsla, at Lady sane'
ly's" .. l'ts I
There was dead silence Lady Grace Ohenc.
vix did not raise her eyelids, for she felt keeny
the pain Of the avOwal, and an oininous shade
OF despair oversprea1 the merchants face. ia
"Grace, Grace, " he broke forth in anguish
what are you sayingip
"One OF them, for ESQ, came into my fathers
hands to-day, and he has traced it back to Adela.
Another of them she Paid, the same evening,
TO the Dowager Beck. What reference could
IdIaw, Mr. Grub, but that she---you know
what would say"
"Coud she descend to be a party to such
disgrace with Charles Cevelandf'' he grOaned.
Charles was no party TO it, cried Lady
Grace, wsTmly. she was her instrument, moth.
4 ing more. Whatever may be his follies, he is
the soul Of honor. And it is a sort Of chivaI-
rOus sense of honor, depend upon it, which is
causing him 10 shield her, now the matter is
come out. What is 10 be donei Charles Cleve-
land must not stand before his country lelon. ,
Heaven f,rbid-if he is indeed innocent
But Grace-after Adela's solemn assertion that
she had nothing to dc with it, when l eoujured
her to tell me, her husband, the truth, and |
would forgive and protect her how il is possible
to believe that she is guiItyi'
Lady Grace answered BY a gesture; her sis.
ter's assertions did not go for much with her.
i fear this passion for play has taken fatal
possession Of Adela, she observed, and that
she will stand at nothing to crafty it. You
must see Charles Cleveland, and get the truth
out of him.
Better get j. from AdeIal'
Ityou can dOub it.
And Lady Grace had reason. When he spoke
to his wife, the following mlrning, telling her
the notes had been traced to her, she haughtily
waved her hands at him for silence, stopped her
ears, and finally left his presence. declaring she
would not re enter it until he could drop ali al
lusiOn to the subject.
With q half curse-he SO temperate mani
Mr.. Grubb started for Newgate, and from thence
came back, and called at Lady 04kton's The
countess and her daughters were surrounded
with visitors; Lady Mary Cleveland was exhib-
iting her 0aby to them. Mr.. Grub made
sign to Lady Grace, and she went with him
into ano her room.
'jraee, what's to be dOnei' be said 'Ad4la
will not hear a word, aRd can make nothing
of Charles Cleveland. Upon my mentionin
Lady Adela-Ofcou5 only in hints, coul i
not accuse my wife outright TO him-he inter.
rupted me with request that would not in
N-,N N.uin Il A n. a. fl
matter; that he had brought the disgrace upon
himself, and was prepared to pay fOrit. don't
know what to think. l cannot believe, if nv
wife were guilty, that Cleveland would take the
penalty upon himself Transportation for life
is no light matter, Grace
Lady Grace shuddered. ado not let him suf.
fer it, she said.
Il would rather cut of my right hand than
punish man unjustly, were he my greatest
enemy. But unless can get at the truth of
this matter and find proof that your view of it
is correct, l shall have no plea, to my partner,
to the public, or to my own conscience, for
hashing it up; and the law must takeits course
'AlaIi elEsi muTmured Ealy Grace
You seem to overlook my feelings in this af-
fir, Grace he whispered, deep hue dyeing
his checks That she must have had some,
thing to do with it, her paying away the notes
proves; and to find the wife of your bosom
thus in league with another-You don't know
what it is, Grace
4 can imagine it, she answered, the tears
standing in her eyes as she rose to bid him
adieu. Believe me, you have, and always have
had, my deepest and truest sympathy; but
Adela is my sister; what more can sayl'
Lady Grace set all alone. The murmur of
gay voices came to her from tie adjacent room,
but she needed it not She leaned her hea
upon her hand, and debated with herself. 1t
was imperative that the real facts of the case
should be brought to light; for if Charles Cleve-
land were permitted to suffer the penalty Of
transportation, and it came out later, that he
was innocent, and her sist y the guilty party,
what fearful position would be that Of Lady
Adelai
Could not Charley be brought too confess
through stFatageml debated Lady Grace. Sup
pose they made believe that Adea, 10 save him,
had declared the truth, then he might speak
It was surely a good idea. Grace weighed it,
in all It's beaFnings, and determined 10 carry it
out. But to whom entrust so delicate mis-
sioni Not to Mr.. Cleveland, he would betray
it all to Charles at the first sentence not to Mr.
Grubb, his high sense of honor would never
let him assert that Lady Adela had confessed
what she had not; not to Lady Mary, for her
only idea of Newgate was that it was q place
overaOwiDg with infections fevers, which she
should inevitably bring home 10 baby. Who
next2 Herself! Yes, for Grace Chenevix felt
that none were so well fitted for the task az she
was-she who had the subject 30 much at heart
So she made a confident Of her mother, aud the
day for the expedition was fixed.