The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-04-05
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Don't, uncle,' said Clara.

! anu OuInl, anu passage, WenL 10
California, to the diggings, and was
lucky, got good claim, worked it,
got little money, took shares in
a machine worked the claim, i'm
proved the machinery, became
manager, dire ctOr, and got started
six months ago to come home for
Clara, took the fever at Panama,
was down for two months there,
and not able to move hand or foot,
and arrived only last night in Liy-
erIool. There / leaned all the
news: poor Webster'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 the marriage
would take place there, and that |
should be in time. Looking out Iof
the window Of the carriage as the
trains were passing each other at
Peterborough | saw Clera with her
mother; | did not see you. / was
mad: they had both started; could
not get out. There was Clara 90.
ing from me, and | going from her,
as fast as express trains could take
us. What could | .do2 | knew
nothing Of where she was going,
and yet my information was posi-
tive that she was going to be mar
ried tomorrow, solely because she
would keep her promise. sa
Can you.wonder at my doing as
l did, The train did not stop till
it reached London, and | found
that by the time had hunted up
the address to which you had gone,
from the servants at home, | should
have lost the next train, and not
been able to get here till long past
midnight. What to do l could not
think. a.r p . .. sI
In the carriage in which l sat
somebody had been talking about
the murderer Tawel, and the tele-
graph, the police on the doorstep,
and SO on. 1t flashed on my mind
in aa instant. - q %
i went to the telegraph office,
SAapd looked in there was only a
young lad there. ~
| went in, and called him.
''Can you telegraph to York for
meP
"Certainly, sir
4 wrote the telegram you saw.
''You must sign this, sir s..
mo | must not, young man. and
| drew him towards me by the
shoulder.
my name is FIELD, Inspector
Field; you understands
"Oh! certainly, sir. Did YOU
catch that man the other day.? /
heard Of it from one of our clerks.
go yes, caught him safe and
sound he's at Newgate nOw.' .
'.Indeed, sir said the lad.
you'll send that at once, the
train is due in less than an hour
Ill see you dAa -
'Ho ild send it, and as | heard
the click, click, click it was like the
throb of a new heart circulating
fiery bloodin my arteries, for ] knew
it would enable me to see you, Ola.
IA, dear, and then | came down, as
you see, by this train, and feel dis;
posed row to embrace all the tele-
graph operators in the kingdom
well, young man, it is a danger.
Gus game; suppose you are aware,
it is an oliense not lightly punished
to pretend you are an officer of po-
licee said Mr. Blake.
My dear Mr.. Blake, if it was
death on the instant of discovery,
and was in the same strait, Isho'd
do the same thing again.
you must find a prosecutor, Mr..
Blake said Clara, 'and as |, the
principal person concerned, am not
going to prosecute the officer, L
think he will escape.' d. f.g,n-
But why, said J, ,tdid you not tele-
graph to Clara Direct?
'Because,I feared that Mrs. Web
ster might possibly have prevented
our meeting .f.7.ai orr
Mr.. Blakely leftme with his ewes
twinkling, and muttered something
to me about servitude for life.3tj >,
A month after this l had the
pleasure of giving away my niece
to Herbert, and in two months more
| had the pleasure of freading in tie
Times the announcement of the
marriage of Mrs. Webster to Fran
els ,Tredgar, Esq, of Tredgar Hall,
to which ceremony need scarcely
say | was not invited. seJ,a Ill
Clara and Herbert and I live to.
gether, and to this day he is spoken