The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-11-29

''That tenderness for Miss Leyland's
peace scarcely agrees with your violent
eagerness to force her into an abhorrcd
marriage with your son there, said Lionel,
indicating the young man by gesture OF
indignant scOrn, "as soon as MIR. Wren 5
supposed discovery gave you the means. u
''Be just, sir. Could /, in common JUS
| tice, rob my son of his rightful inheritance;
and by what other means could this horri-
BILE disgrace be averted from the family ex-
cept by the marriage of the cousins ?"
''She offered to make over the property
\ to you, and in her name l repeat the offer
my fortune, thank God! will amply suffice
u.s. said Lionel, determined to proclaim
their intended union, and so change she
discussion to safer ground; "and this
without further inquiry into the truth or
falsehood Of the charge"
"Mr. Audley, l did you wrong yesterday
in imputing interested motives to actuate
your proposal for my niece. full retract
the unjust and angry words used, and beg
your forgiveness"
you accept, then ," asked Lionel eager
ly.
at is impossible, unfortunately the cs-
| tates are settled not on Ellen, but her
eldest son; your remuneration would not
bar his action for recovery and the miser-
able secret would come before court.
There is no other way for justice to be
done to both than by her marriage witt,
john"
"That sir, shall never be-
LET me see my niece. 1t is necessary. l
should speak to her ="
81 have already told you, sir, that you
shall not see or speak to her. returned
Lionel; ''my determination is tnaI.''
"Then, sir, shall at once. as her guar
dian, apply to the nearest magistrate for
warrant" said Leyland.
"1f you dare, of course YOU will but
do NOT think cnu tfora -
'Not dare! and wherefore should not7"
"Because believe you forged your bro
theirs handwriting, and contrived the
whole scheme to force Ellen into marriage
with that hound!" said Lionel, giving the
relns to his stern excitement. 81 will not
tamper with the, truth do not kno,r this
but suspect it strongly, and the keenest
eyes of the detective-office shall henceturth
watch you. What do know is this: that
you have specialized on the stock exchange
ever since your brothers death, and latter
ly lost largely-enormously; and from my
soul believe you have fed your gamblers
rage and luxury with Ellen's property, and
in the certainty of detection and exposure
Oh her coming of age, have fabricated this
vile scheme to conceal Your fraud and pee
ulations by making her your sous wife
Selling the moment of her mothers absence
to hurry her to the irrecOverable ruin and
degradation of such a union"
scoiH INC IHhputitio1, IL Is as wiz as
1T 10 wicked. Were you not present at the
finding and the opening of the box? Was
not the knife with my brother's-I will not
call him so--the murdercr's name on it,
found by MIR. Wren, whose character even
You dare not impeach Did not another
witness, Dir. Vaughan, pro-
nounce the skull that of IL young woman,
at the time it was found? Tell me, then,
tell me before you utter your infamous con-
lectures. how it came there ?"
81 don't think as he can, Master john"
SAID old Warner, putting his head in ut the
window. having resumed his post of listen
er from the moment they entered the par
lor; 81 don't think as he can but you can,
If you like, and so can 1, and TO like-so
here goes !"
warner" exclaimed Audley, "wlat
are you thinking off Surely you have not
been listening to our words ~
Say, but 1 have, though, and heard
every one of 'em, and read yon papers, as
Miss Ellen let drop, before l showed 'em
under the chair; they're old acquaintance
of mine, arn't they, Master John9 and
here they are, every word Of 'em, in
print.
sin print" exclaimed Lionel, in utter
astonishment.
cay, in print, and have been nigh TWEEN
ty years; only look for yourself" said
Warner, tiuttcring dogs'-eared number of
oit III Ills
at is a vile conspiracy! A lie of this
old rutiian. Come, John, let us go at once
to the nearest magistrate for warrant. A
minute lost may be irrcparablc," said Ley
land, with amazing stcadiness.
His son followed him, turning only Mt the
door to shake his fist at Audlcy's back with
1mpotent rage, and the next moment they
were rafting along the road.
Ellen FASTENED down at the sound of the
wi ND few la iif.t.i
sion of the new aspect ot affairs. Old
Warmers account of the matter was very
simple. Soon after Mr.. Henry Leyland's
marriage, u medical friend had come to
spend a briefhoIiday with him. He brought
the head for the purpose of some special
study on which he was then engaged. Ley
land Abbey, however, was too gay place
for the pursuit of knowledge, and the head
was forgotten till it made its presence very
sensible in the library, which had been al