Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-03-01

ntHenty 5twOs and who chad eYidentlyA been
marvelously good looking.
| .TS9Dh, ,gheavens, ,he is deadl''
| Her clear agonized voice was ringing In
my ears, as they led me back into the dark
ness of the night. Ifelt a bank note inmy
| :, hand as Ientered the carriage once more.
"Doctor, you have done your best, , it is
ronet your fault that your efforts Ihavelbeen
unsuccessful. Remember, you are pledged
h to secresy.n3z lnR1sissk 4riAiI0dilla mott !
lnoi Pheinext momentyI was whirled rapidly
! through the e.Novembermidnigh with the
| strange, unqQiet feeling of lone awakened
h bgsud5enly from startling dream. = Net it
Eh5was no dream-alas eit was a startling
reality acfanIoE9I 5d. 81 .be510ta ,sW
e The carriage stoppedata cross roadneaar
to alight here, sir" said the
I Iidriversit+ you aresnot far from home.niu
Ee III iobeyed, andistood listening in the mid
die of the road. while the noise of the. car
riage wheels died away, losing its distinct
ness in the shrek of the restless wind.-
IssAud the clock I'm the village church tolled
/ the late hour of one! 3Gt rt sJgJnlod CHS G
Late as it was, however, my surgery was
: still open and lighted up the servant from
tHaddenleigh Hall had just ridden up to the
10 5rJu5t7GIsG Z: pfiiiaii
''If you please. doctor, you are wanted
immediately at the Hall. Tie Colonel said
5iyouiwere etoride my horse. if'yOursa was
mot already saddled, and.%I can walk, so
there will be no time lost. E91.i 80 39j7.iH
ssiI mechanically mounted the noble animal
that stood waitingl for me, i'and rode off,
rather glad of an.Opportunityt to revolve in
my mind the singular adventure that had
+ befallenome during the evening. 81 sn1s
Haddenleighd hdstood a little back from
the road, on a magnificent knoll crowned
with centnry-old 1chestputs) and beeehes,
and / reached the broad stone steps in about
half an hour, by dint of rapid strides.
yt AS d. entered the xestfbule, Colonel Had
-tden, who had beenpacing up and down the
oihall in perfect agony of impatfence, came
|sfi Wis that You. Dr. oMeIIef? 1 thought you
never would come. fWe're in a pretty state
-oof confusion here! Burglars in the'house,
+ my Wife's5 set of diamonds sgoue-nobOdy
iaknowss what selse-Abut old Hopkins left
his sign manual upon one of the fellows.
IofThey mustohe caught. They can't escape.
butTC Colonel Hadden-nutiC1 al1
sOh, aye-I understand you-you want
Into see yoarpatientfa . It's Hopkins, the but
der; he gotan ugly blow upon the left arm
ns--sanCli afterwards my wife went herself for
T. DIR. Maynard--+no ofense, 'Meller, but he
. lives nearer than you; but he was out.
IShei has only just returned and 1 couldn't It
very we'll leave Hopkins and Mrs. Hadden
+ iisl such agkind, good SOUL she insisted on
going herself to fetch DIR. Maynard-"iai o.
10 1teBatQ my dear sir---'' - It'd 978E31
|-1i9':s9Ahp truel Come along to Hopkins
room.' io 7u9elJilioaqa ''a3 31i br7f .s}ih9
9di Hopkins, the butler, was as voluble as
his master, and ten times as circumstantial; !;
and by the timeII had set his broken fore
arm, II was pretty well in possession of all
ithe particulars of the attempted burglary
cat Haddenleighs u2nbs Iis 4iiA ~
And thinking of my midnight patient,
2whoseol life had'ebbed out upon the pile of
straw,9L felt aTstrangeo outlines as l lis
tened to Colonel -Hadden's eager icoDjec-
lures as to the whereabouts Of the desper-
ADDE'S VINO had fled. al'5 = s.s 2a5 iIlii
5us'f And now doctor, you'll take a glass of
Wines, said the 7hospitable old gentleman,
,ushering me into his library. sl3sl 7sids
9zoi It was brilliantly lighted, and warm with
the crimson glow. of a genial fire. before
(which in a singularly graceful attitude, sat
"a lady; wrapped in gorgeous folds Of an
b Indian shawl. 1fi4 % 1893 s73sfs-' 'tiI ~
b9u.s M Y wife, doctor. % Isabel, my love, this
is DIR. Meller.'t 0oNsI 10 ToLfla 9.l' ~
-tsiWe stood before one another in silence.
could not speak, for 4 knew that was
lfClooking into the startled. agonized eyes of
the woman who had knelt scarcely an hour
ago by the dying couch in the desolate cot
tage-Colonel Hadden's new wife, of whose
b 5auty5 had heard so much. y - .'IlG
rs The Colonel talked on, but / heard not a
word that he said. / could not but marvel
eat the wonderful self-posE ession of tile wo-
97inan. SMILED and looked grave and said, Yes
and No in the right places. re 7E3afI taI
ct 5"loibe sure.n the Colonel was saying, as
woke into sort of consciousness of his
voices, ssthe loss of iIsabel's diamonds is
something serious,5 but of course we shall
recover them again. Only, my love, it was
rather careless OF you to leave them on the
drawing room table, 5i',1 3''5 ni'3 -lt2sa
-iiffssII5,was careless" replied Mrs. Hadden
iicalmly. = doctor, you are not going
Colonel, you have forgotten that curious
l. old hook Won WE'RE wanting. tn show DIR
-sMelleroI 5T3R slf9iiiit 'ili1 = '@'i3tl -
IsIdI AS the door closed behind the honest old
-lgentleman,g Mrs. Hadden glided up to me
and placed her cold hands on mine; it was
like the touch of an icicle. ~
iitsDoctor you have my secret-you surely
will not betray it P'os@ g 94!iiJt5t II -
lGs31"I am pledged tosilence, madame" re-
| turned, coldly; shut this deceit" i3i
I-sib"1t is,no5 my fault, Doctor, !" walled the
lwomans ssit is my fate. How i endure il
+ can scarcely tell; were to pause and
| think, should go mad. The man who died
tonight was my son Colonel Hadden
knows nothing of my first marriage, nor o
| this dreadful secret of my sons criminal
life, that has weighed me down for years
Over and over again i have thought to es-
| ehpe from it, but it has followed by foot
-esteps .like a doom. Tonight closes thai
chapter of my life. Oh Heaven! how
p Dreadful But my secret is safe-the dia.
monds provided for thatl" hui-..
I1.''f 3 But your husband, Mrs. tHadden !! u ''
.Ga1 She covered her pallid, beautiful face
with her hands. ihT h.iA 800 % 3 = 80
30 csI know what you would say. DR.. Mel
Is1ef. L love and honor him beyond all men
but what can, i do? Believe me, / have
ioneVer' willingly wronged or deceived him
II never dreamed Of -,.ii - .'' >" Dii-
lao She ipaused abruptly. Colonel Hadder
was entering The room, and the smiling
I-JeasuaI remark she addressed to him filleI
my heart with Observation-Disclosures admira
tion.
| rode home to my b1ue-eyed little Flea
nor, feeling as I centered the snug sitting
room as If I was returning to the homeIy
,happy atmosphere of everyday life. Blu
l, I never forgot, the terrible excitement, tn.
fearful suspense of that November night.
The idesperadoes who bad attempte tt
rifle Haddenleigh Hall were never detected
or talSen4-all; trace of them seemed to havI
utterly. vanished; out OF the earth. m I-5.-
l,,s5iAnd were it not for the bank note which
|, most literally recompensed my services
and the everlasting witness borne by Mrs
Hadden's lovely face, IishOuld almost hav
l. been tempted to fancy that all the event
of that marvellous November midnigh
l. were the fragments of a, dream. 8ta ls7le
-, This was my adYenture-the first ant
last that, ever crossed the pathway of m!