The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-12-13
1892 CADIZ OHIO, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1885,


dy, and here she is, Now, if you please ex-
plain. '' ~
''Ths gentleman, said to the officer,
is my nece's legal adviser | assume that
it is a mistake; still, We shall be glad Of
your explanation. You are detective,
presumeY' .....
mo. sir, AM not, my name is-g"
Herbert! Herbert! my dear Herbert, it
isyou!' ,'a ".s-
Clara had gone to him, and he was clasp
ing her in his strong arms, while her face
was hidden in his great beard. s.f ....
"My own, my darling, my own true dar-
hng!-she loves me still,
"But why describe their meeting? MIR.
Blake said to me once:
''My dear sir, | am not wanted here, and
Idoubt if you are, and we left them.
In half an hour we thought it possible we
might be less in the way, and We went in.--
They sat on the same sofa at most suspic-
iously great distance apart from each other,
and looked as happy and foolish as pos
sible
"And now, my dear Herbert, please ex-
plain to us what has taken you at least half
an hour TO make clear to my niece.
We'll, my dear unele,-may call you
uncle?'
"Oh, yes-a month sooner is not much
consequence -
Don't, uncle, said Clara.
You know how | went away with lust
enough to pay for my tools and outfit and
passage. L went to California, to the dig
gings, and was lucky; got a good claim,
worked it, got a little money, took shares in
machine, worked the claim, improved the
machinery, became manager, director, and
gOtrich; started six months ago tocomc home
for Clara, took the fever at Panama, was
down for two months there, not able to raise
hand or foot and arrived only last night in
Liverpool. There | met an old friend, and
heard all the news-poor Webstcr's death,
the promise, and the rest, and above all
that tomorrow was the day. | started by
the first train to get to London, thinking
that the marriage would take place there,
and that should be in time. Looking out
OF the window OF the carriage as the trains
were passing each other at Peterborough |
saw Clara with her mother; | did not see
you. was mad; the trains had both star
ted, | could not get out There was Clara
going from NE, and going from her. as fast
as express tlains could take U.S. What
could do? | knew nothing Of where she
was going, and yet my information was pos
tive that she was going to be married to
morrow, solely because she would keep her
promise.
Can you wonder at My doing as did?
The train did not stop till it reached Lon
don, and found that by the time had
hunted up the address to which you had
gone from the servants at hcme, | should
have lost the last train, and not been able to
get here till long past midnight. What to
do could not think. ,&t
In the carriage in which | sat somebody
had been talking about the murdererI rIaEeli,
and the telegraph, the police on the door step
and so on. 1t all flashed on my mind in an
instant.
II went to the telegraph Office, and look
ing in, there was only young lad there.
II went in. and called him.
Can you telegraph to York for nlc?"
Certainly, sir. ....
wrote the telegram you saw.
'You must sign this, sir.
No, must not, young man, and |
drew him towards me by the shoulder.
My name $. Field, Inspector Field; you
underestimate
'Oh, certainly, sir. Did you catch that
man the other day? heard Of it from one
Of our clerks. -
',,Oh yes, caught him safe and sound; he's
IN Ncwgate row."
Indeed, sir, said the lad
You II send that at once, the train S due
in less than an hour. III see you do it,
lie did send it, and as heard the click,
click click, it was like the throb of new
heart circulating fiery blood in my arteries
Tor | knew it would enable rne to see you
Clara, dear, and then came down, as YOU
see, by this train, and feel disposed now to
embrace all the telegraph clerks in the king
dom.
'Well, young man it. dangerous game;
| suppose you re aware it's an offence not
lightly punished to pretend you're an officer
OF police, said Mr. Blake.
g MIR dear MIR. Blake, if it was death on
the instant of discovery and | was in the
same strait, | should do the same thing over
again. -
''You must find prosecutor, Mr. Blake"
said Clara, "and as |, the principle person
concerned am not going to prosecute the off
Ger, think he will escape"
But why, y said |, did you not telegraph
to Clara direct?''
because | feared that Mrs. Webster
might possible have prevented our meet
ing y g -... Eat..r ...s
Mr., Blake lett us with his eyes twinkling,
and lnuttered something to me about ser
vitude for life. - ..G,
A month after that | had the pleasure of
giving away my riece to Herbert, and in two
months more | had the pleasure of reading
in the Times the announcement of the mar
riage Of Mrs Webster to Francis Tredgar
Esq, of Tredgar Hall, to which ceremony
need scarcely say was not invited. ,.'.
Clara and Herbert and | live together
and to this day he is spoken Of amongst his
intimates as Herbert Langley, "that active
and intelligent officer. - Ouce Week.