The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-09-05

FROM HERBERT ON the lnsiae.
WHY. that's the ring Mr.. Langley gave YOU
@Wbat has he TO do with this" said Mrs.
Webster. Perhaps he
"He what, madam
.Perhaps it did not belong to him, l was
i eGTII saw it was no use to struggle; when the
l.cfficer came down he would explain the mis-
take. fg ls,8
9Wait. Uncle Joseph, what for?n
IGMadarn, this telegram orders the arrest of
vour laughter, and her detention here till the
arrival of an officer from London" a l
"l}ut what fOrW ss = 4
q cannot tell you; it is useless to complain
now. we must wait"
81 shall do nothing of the kind; 1 shall at
once go and get my brother and Mr. Tredgar
to come down." a Nti 4 n 1851 Z
/ spray don't madam; there's no occasion to
make more noise about this matter than can
be helped" a.ssu5 He i3.ls.s.
81 shall remain with Clara; you had better
| 90 on and say we are coming very shortly
"Your instructions don't include this lady or
myselfan ii H s,a.ss
/ mot at all, sir; you are both free to go at
any time, but the young lady must stay"
i eWhele?"
fsWell, sir, I'm sure there's some mistake,
and was so from the moment saw the young
lady; SO if you'll give me your word not to go
away, I'll take you into my house out of the
bustie of the station. la a6ss .s.,
Mrs. Webster went of, and Clara and went
out of the house. y iia a Z
fWhat can it be, uncle?" 4
HCan't say, my dear; it viii be something to
laugh at bye-and-bye, though it's not pleasant
now" q yeH s.iaaas 1eso.sf fafiF .as
TBut about the ring 9-do you think it pos
4 sible, that what mamma said ~ a'il ri ss Y
| 0P0ccihiQt INV doar iffa ri6i0ulOua If3Q a
hundred years old, and dare say belonged to
his mother before he gave it you."
Fl can't think what it can be-"
| 9Don't think about il. It's mistake, that's
all; it viii be all cleared up in few hours
We'Ilhaye some dinner, and pass the time as
well as we can" f-
@Do you know, uncle feel almost glad of
this, il seems like break in the dullness; It
| puts of my wedding at least q week; mamma
herself could not press it tor tomorrow after
this"
We had dined, and got to be quite cheerful
and laughing over the blunder as we sat at the
window, when rap at the door startled us
both.
oaa, centienan ie entered iaf ala'iif .'s.rl.a
Ciars horred ii3e rfflfta ssI
4Miss Clara Webster" he said, reading the
name from letter.
Clara bowed again.
He handed her the letter, which she opened,
read, and dropped on the floor, exclaiming -
Thank God Thank Godl OH uncle, / am
so happy" and then fell into chair fainting.
picked up the letter, and calling the peep-
lie bf the house, very soon brought her to, and
We were once more alone with the bearer OF
the letter, which ran as follows: ss ,f
"TREDaAR HALL.
.Mr. Francis Tredgar presents his compli-
ments to Miss Webster, and begs to state that
he must decline the fultilment of his promise
! to make her his wife. The unhappy circum-
stance OF Miss Webster's public arrest, on the
| charge of being IN possession of a diamond ring
stolen by her former lover, viii at once account
to her for this decision. Mr., Tredgar,s wife
fMr. Tredgar begs also to inform Miss Web,
ster that the services ofhis solicitor, Mr. Blake
1.-THE bearer) are at her disposalvi
eWell, Mr. Blake. said /, ''you see VIC, shall
not require your services; shall wait the
| event, and ii fits not cleared up, shall employ
my own solicitor in the matter w i'll you present
my kind regards to Mr.. Francis Tredgar, and
express my own AID my niece's admiration. of
| his gentleinanly courtesy and kindness? /
| would write to him If did not consider that
correspondence with such a miserable, COW
ardly scoundrel was too utterly degrading to
1 be thought of" t
Il shall faithfully convey your message. sir,
and allow me to assure you was quite igno-
rant of the contents of that letter, and that it
| shall be the last time ever bear one from
him; and now, as you win not let me help
| you as his solicitor, allow me to profer my
services as friend" b tAiI Il Ell
'With all my heart, Mr.. Blake; come in
here few minutes before the train comes in,
and we shall be glad of your help" us94 aHde
<fWas not right, uncle dearp said Clara, as
soon as we were alone. "Oh! you can't tell
how happy am; / can live now. Oh this
glorious mistakei it's the most fortunate thing
that has happened to me in all my life. Now
you are glad, uncle, aren't youP and she came
uptO me,
| With all Hopes torches lit in both her eyes,
and kissed me- and would have me speak.
eyes, darling, am glad, more glad than
! can find words to tell. Your fate. linked to
such a man as this scoundrel, would have
been living death. / am heartily glad, Clara