Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-12

ard, spite of NIL his efforts 10 snhdnr or cohceai
L., sparkling IN ILL -ye. hT'ahy, no' ae s'iS
9 could, Acquainted MN WIZ, I Nc ue -.
,n.ued ert rrIy un unnamed him; and II wa not
till an torr afterw rris that hr recovered sell
possession sufficiently to converse reasonably
ard roolIy uron his position. At last he be.
camc arinrently rrconciled 10 the sudden
oxaTc,oudIny II his imag;uanveiy- brilliant
sprcI.. and il was agreed that as he was q
1rla,tye of the widow, he should At once set on
10 hreak the sad news to the hcr. Well, few
day. after his departure. l received letter
from nm, stating that Lady Red wood dom
b.tore succ eeding 10 the baronetcy, she is enti-
tied TO that Appeilauon OF honor; we, however,
called her so out of courtssy-that Lady Red
W God, though prsmGtu-ciy confined in conse-
ouence OF the nttllises ce of her husbands I'M
timely death, had Tivel birth 10 female chud
and Lat both mother and daughter We're as
we'll as could be expected This, you will
Rgre, seems perfectly satisfactory"
ENTIRELY So"
$50 thought Mr.. Malvern was now IN
Quee;io3ably, whether Sir Charles Malvern or
not, the proprietor Of the Redwood estates,
buithened with n charge, In accordance
with the conditions OF the entails, of q thous-
and pounds life annuity TO the late Mr.. Red
woods infan daughter.
"Sir Charles returned TO Redwood manor:
house, where his wife and family coon after
wards arrived. Lady Redwood had been
Joined, understood, by her mother. Mrs. Ash
n. and would, when able to undertake the
journey, return TO her maternal home. 1t was
about two months after Sir Thomas Redwood
death that determined to pay Lady Redw ood
q visit in order to the winding up Of the per-
sonal estate, which IL was desirable TO accom-
plish as speedily as possible; and then . new
and terrible light flashed upon me-"
What in Heavens name " exclaimed, for
the first time breaking silence, "what could
there be to reveair'
:.Only," rejoined Mr.. Reptor, "that i'll, deli.
rious, as Lady Redwood admitted herself TO
have been, it was her intimate, unconQuerable
conviction that she had green birth 10 triRsi'
"Gcod God! And you suspect'-
ave don't know what TO suspect. Should
ing child might have been boy. You under
stand T.
II do But is there any tangible evidence TO
Justify this horrible suspicion ~
.sYes; the surgeon-spothecary and his wife,
a Air. and Mrs. " illians, no attended Lady
Redwood, have suddenly disappeared from
Chester, and, from no eIplainable motive; hav-
ing left or abandoned fair business there"
That hae certainly an ugly look"
"True and a few days age 1 received infor-
nation thar Williams has been seen in Biz
mineham. He was we'll dressed, and not APP
parently IL any business"
There certainly appears some ground for
suspicion. What plan of operations do you
THAT" replied Mr. Repton, IL must leave TO
your more practiced sagacity. can only un-
tertake that no means shall be- lacking that may
be uireG.''
AIT viii be better perhaps" su ggested, after
an interval Of re ELECTION, 'that l should pro-
coed 10 Birmingham at once. You have, of
course, an accurate description OF the persons
OF Williams and his wife readyr'
81 have; and very accurate pen-and- in k
sketches ! an told they are. Besides these,
have also here" continued Mr. Repton, taking
from his pocket.book sheet of carefully
folded satin paper. 80 full description Of the
female baby, drawn up by its mother, under
the impression that twins alw2vs-I believe
they generally Go-closely resemble each other.
Light hair, blue eyes, dimpled chin"--and go
The lddN-a very charming person. L 9.
sure you, and meek and gentle as a fawn-is
chiefly anxious ~ recover her child. You and
], should ourssuspicions be confirmed, have
other duties TO perform"
This was pretty nearly all that passed, and
the next day l was in Birmingham.
ITO BE CONTINUED