The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-12-09
THE SUNDAY MERCURY.
he SECOND INSTALIMENT OF
MISS BRADDONs NEW STORY,
r,y,, ,,- kl PERT GOODWIN; OR
ihh sESkET OF WILMINGTON HALL.

van district Of the Countv Of usmpshis. I.wt
where, In the mid., Of allt,lc isiry,nd Of shaded
the abode Of domestic bliss Here Cap ain merey
Wcsiiord and his vile Clara with their lovely
husband and father one Of nstu 81. nohlsmen hold |
ttue-heared and ehivalrvus -sre-v vIeh . MANS |
nelchan' service, and principal ovnsr Of maenii.
cent trading vesel called the Queen OF th. Lilie."
family abode, VII the Captain s on he we Of rsI
lhs loI 'hiun, on That he ptopJse, shat he hs ast
Norae' A iho {. ~ liu anu his TAR " ie vsnuer
loviuiir nin- .nd-a m ia on-h he ron az. n, ihe
"a, hIei Tor h' cep'ttur,, couvctSuon tale.
ace tween thtm, iiom hich u avpca.s th.t "a,
o. t-u'tO0, which, sih tie Tide oc,ds ii his state
tn mil confden.e o. hsfA,heT. Hal. he .ss
nshcsd ia hit nWye.'s hauda ana thus ia case vi
AM Li.'urtuuo hGppanins 10 hin, III Az ones 4
NOME hGle AcOippc .ence sea cd 20 thctn.
hsn 'sfa we noi lt Apen. IL The daughter Of
ip'nit naI oe,n inLscd out Tor her; but sne had
=. mlon.d all TO thiow ketsclf into the Arns OF
hn.,,' wvsuo t We ave ,ahor VINO ha. Won her
neali etce 'hen she had kuONn no .orio- ,svo
Nh,n he. beloved husband ~. compelled by tho
d9lles o. us pro'o'si to leave her tor distant
ehme' bul nos mygotious ioiebolings OF evil such
a. 'he had never before e1pei enced, oppre-s her
soul. a. the Captain, after budding his d,ushicr
tor the railroad stat on the dsIactcd ~lfe mo, by
an irIesis lbic mpul'o suddenly nsk, him the name
fortune. Rupert God Ia" Is his reply, AZ lac hur-
| rlc' away. On noarinr the name, she mAkcs an in-
| Shetent attempt Ia utter some wotdh OF waning;
Dat 1he Captain h gone be she has lime to breathe
them, anu che Sails inssnsibe tho gIass. A long
| Illness succeeds
Inc Captain resch', London, and hasten. to tn.
bsnkinE house Of seby oodwin, his la q fathers
| bankers, Of which firm Rupert Goodwin il nov the
| zoe rep e'eniative THIS man IL handsome plau-
,ibe indiv dual, OF about 10 year, Of aFe. la his
| employ iss ickeiy old clart, named jacob Daniel.
son, Who knows al tho bankers secrets and whom
| heh therefore compelled " humoI-tbouth he hates
| MIN WWell As Tears him.
When Wexford strives at the bank. Rupert Cod
| WIN s on we eve OF insolvency. On being inhrmed
OF we Cap.ln's errand, an eHpnslon VI demoniac
| Ia and Ia
| eNclaim', Harley Wcatiord-aHi IL II to me, his
cruel enemy, he bring. his Tor unc Al crisis ike the
preseutW lie diE-omb hls 10y, however, receives
the 10000 aud the title deols, Tor when he givcs a
ioce pt, aud The Captain departs confident that he
has zen his all N safe hands On iegchins his ship,
wsich 10 - sal the next day, he tolls his inst maiea
gallant young ielio~ OF the name OF uilh,rt Thorn.
turn that the house o seby Godwin Is reported to
be on the brink OF ruin. fhundoistruck al the idea
sole provision Tor his family 10 such custody, he
hurres back 70 tho bank TO withdra- the deposits
mt directing lhornlesh, In case ne does not ivtutn
at the time appointed Tor thc sailing OF the queen OF
the Lilies, to put to sea without hun lie hnds the
banking house closed, hut ioiloHs GodM,n 10 ms
country stai, anu demands his monCy AMI the title
deeds. nanelson IL there, and, IA his iuitive way,
closely Observes what Is going on.
Tn banner .peaks the .silor lair, and fnsly under
preten Vt taxing him totho STRONG room " heie he
ko ps his Treasure, leads him TO detetied wing Of
the mansion. Here ho oprns door e.d,ns TO vault
| IA which he says his VHluublCe ho CcpO-ltcd. aud
lids the Captain detccnd. A. this moment, while
the unfortunate man 10 Oh the III s,ep o. tho stair
way leading 10 the vGu l. The villain as him IN the
back ANA he falls he tdong iutO the hby -. bodNin
then coolly o'ks the door Of the cClaf aud
10 the dfawIngroom In which he had Iecelved his
ylc,n, yhen no !, .omsy hat .tali,sd ~ ,eeinS
char. PTevou, to the d,ci, the banker hal dis
patched Danlelson TO London on some pre1tIt Of
Dusuess, but at this luuCtufs the latter nc urna
stating that he hrs mssed the Train. lie asks he .
Ne,,iord is 70 whch hi, Employer rep,lc, that he !.
gone. The clerk thinks II Strange he did not NEE,
ham ON the road, and is evidently Suspicious that
something Ia wrong. After Io,urning to hls chani-
| Ter. the murderer Temomhers, with dlsmay, the
rtce pts tor the money anu utcunout. which he had
givcn 10 the Captain the day before, Wheio Was III
Might II not have ialien into othet hands lilo goes
lack and searches the pocket OF the overcast ~ ths
d. awnsIooln. 4 he receipt Ia not tleoi Gould
Iiauieison have been be,o ebsnd with him and
ab,trac ed ~ N0I document of su, Importance
would hardly have leen placed even by e.Tel,s.
sailor, IN ali ONcr,oa, pocket. IL must DO with the
Godd man an the dafs celiar.
And now Rupert uod~in cXults lie has slain The
man he hated, IA, ioimer Tivai In love he money
OF " hoh he has robbed HIN VIII the tho
, tnn, Clara may yet b. his livery way he tfiumphs.
s,Owly, Ms. NcSiord accoVoed from hOr iiinosi,
hut 10 ever h,unted by terib.o spp.ehensions ono
dAy duung her conyslcsconce, her daughter tue
IeauiuI Niootte, Ia tair young creature OF seven-
encounters noble youth ENGAGED IN sketchIug.
: Ihoy ale not .tanve!s 10 each other. An eoqucnt
and tender dIAol 40 ensues tom which tho reader
learns that they are 'oNcfs The Young artist, whose
name Il Raphael, has once, or twice met NIoette In
society anu mulua and afUOn passion has osul, ed
, tom their iuteniers Raphael stanmOIo, II seems
to- would not AppIovs Of mis- addICuO 90 tleT love
! iskcpt Aucrot Um her Al his request When he
: lette MssIiOrd to DO hi,-but NOS t then. Aud ~
t.ey meet from time 10 time ~ The forest SHADES and
love huu nope.
In the meantime no letters arc received at tn,
Grange nom Harley Nostiord. The forced wife h ID
deadly lear Lionel tines TO console her lie lnsist,
that II anything had happened ~ his iAther, Thorn
| leigh wouid have written 10 then. Lionel has two
UArOns ior this belief, viz the love the gahRn
| mate beaTe his father, aud the election Which h'
mole than suspects tue young man enteTtAns tor Ian
i tAscinatuE ssteT.
one plctssnt Autumn, an event occurs which ban
: fhes happiness IRON Nes;iord GIHnge. CIAIA Nost
| ford sCakc4 AOie the drawing Ia think.
| mOutniully Of her beloved husband, when mau sud
= | denly stahdt before ner Ihht mAn IL Rupert 10
: vim ~ HtNtnty years since they net before, bu
he 10 stlll emlntnty handsome, ami rho tul leau
tiiul woman lie TectpitulAes tho story OF the past
, how hefoey he hau loved her how, when al,
rejected him. he hal .landoTed Tor talg name,AUpi
that at last che would be driven by the Iep!oAohe
n o. her hAushty family into his arns how she h.c
He'd 10 tue sheeriug bosOm Of his TIyal, aud how b,
hal ssorn TO his soul that sooner or later he woulC
humble her and make her hIs own. hhe question:
l. HIN con, erning her money, &C.. depOsited in h
hanos by capt. NestiOid lie laughs At the ldu ant
morn. her that Lo had lent .arge sums OF moaey /,
= her husband (rho, he Intimate nd ruined him
ssi by speculAtiOusG that ~ has the documents IL
o. possessOn, boalng her husbands signature, Il
" prove n tact, and that he Will In due the pTOduc,
il, Them. Although deeply gIeved by his stAteuent ID
size preserves her dlguItyan orders HIM 10 leave III,
house. lie says sardt nicsy, that he viii INST civ,
=, her some important Information; and thsfeupon
with the malice OF fend, he shove her ne spape
u conf aiming tho follow ing item
~ The LLOYD nAs eIs begun to hsve serious fear,
which len the London Docks on ne zllh OF asst Jun,
bound for China, anu Of which NO ues rs LAs bssn re
4 ceIved up TO the present time"
a, The M erabe lady has NO sooner mastered IN,
u meaning OF ihe paragraph than sle drops hom he
her, but takes AT nor uncnn.,