Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-04-15

only one son by his first marriag,
Arthur By name. who dicl in infancy
and lies buried in the family vauk.'
Mr. English asserts that he is tn
child in question. said Mr. Pcnning
and If this bc true, ha is now Sir Al
thur Spencelaugh, and the owner Q
Belair.'
Produce your proofs sail the vicar
Things are not looking 50 plcasan
"a they might do, thought the baron
ct. 4 wish was well out of this
CHAPTER xxxv.-rvIDESCE FOR TIL
PROSECUTION.
THE first evidence which I shal
bring before yol." said Mr.. Penning
''is that of Jane Carroll woman o
excellent character, and well known.
believe TO several persons present
Jane Carol was accordingly called
As the servant who hal usherctl heI
into the room was going out, Lad,
Spcncclaugh said III Martha Winch
is there. tell her 10 bring M my salts.
| Once in the room. Mrs. Winch to,h
care not TO leave it again. She sal
down on low stool behind Lady
Spencelaugh, and Was an attentive
auditor of all that followed.
Jane conrtcsied respectfully to Lady
| Spcncclaugh, and then To the asse nblcd
company; and then seated herself in
the chair Indicate by Mr.. Pcnning. n
short distance from the table. She
was iirmncrvcd woman. and i.hrr
her manner, nor her voice when she
spoke, BETRAYED the slightest liscom.
posnre. Aflc- a few p-elim nary q1es-
tons from Mr.. Gre eeRliongh, she be Eau
her narrative as under:
MY name is Jane GarroI. and |
shall have been married eighteen years
come next Ladv-day Nv father was
small farmer few miles from Nor
naniord but he was too poor To keep
all his children n home, an when |
was old enough, had 10 20 olt to ser
vice and few wears later, was for
tunatc enough. 10 b. chosen lalv ;.
mail 10 Miss llonpril Barry of Dcau' :
ManOr-Ciu-c "a whore ms father lived
Miss ilonoria Wa Just seventeen 1T
that time. which was my own age. She
was As beautiful as she was good anil
it was impossible for any one II be
near her without loving her. She took
a liking TO me. aud was very kind To
me, and treated mc more like humble
friend than paid servant. Wherever
she aud her papa went, went with
them aud we travelled about good
deal nj lisfsrea. s.".ea. haih in Elgla lanl
and abroad Miss Honpria hal many
friends and acqaaintance-, A. was but
the friend that she loved above nil 9th
crs wa, Miss Evclccn Dcnncr Iurr
hal been schoolgirls together. ami
now they were more like sisters than
anything else, and far more devoted To
each other than many sisters that
have known. Well, it So fell oIt, onc
Christmas. when Ms, Eteleen was
staying at Deans Manor. that amDng
other guests invited there for the ho.i.
days came Sir Ar hir Spcnccialgh OF
Beiair-at that time q major in the
army, AMI his cousin Captain Philip
>pcncclan "a both over from India ol
leave Of absence. Tnev ha not been
twenty-iour hours At the Manor. before
SIR Arthur was head over ears in love
with Miss Honoria, and his cousin was
a, deeply smitten with The charms OF
Miss Eyclcen. There were ardent
lovers in those days AMI before two
months were over, the double wedding
btoJk place.
Ny dear Miss llonoria was now
Lady Spencclaugh, but that made no
| difference in her treatment OF me She
was just a Kind To me as she had al
| WAYS Dcen. We lived here n. Belair
for eight quiet happy months, and then
| both Sir Arthur AMI his cousin were
or,icred back TO India. IN consequence
Of some frontier war that had just bro.
1 ken ont. Well. nothing would serve
the lalics but they ml>t 20 with their
| husbands and /. OF course. must
with my dear mistress. When W,
reached Bombay, the war had been
snuited out. and our soldiers were or
dcrel 10 al up-country station. AMI we
of course. went with them; and 81
pleasantly away. marked with nothing
in my memory beyond an occasiona
removal to fresh station. But, aite
a time, Captain Spencelaugh's l;sdl
was confined of a son; /; and n littl,
while afterwards, ms dear misircs
brought her husband a sweet dtushte
no other, in fact, then Miss Frtcrlc,
here. We had just been celebratin;
baby's second birthday, when cholel1
of very bad kind broke ont at Til
station, and among its victims were 81
Arthur Spencelaugh and his poor wife
They We're well in the morning, an
dead, both OF them, at sunset; an
they were buried under the walls q
the fort at daybreak next mornina
The last words my dear mistress said
and they were all she had strength t
to say. were: Take care of baby /;
and | promised her solcmnly that, wit
Heavens help, would do SO as far a
in me lay. The captains wife wa
away on visit at the time. bnt til
shock nearly killed her when she hear
the news and as her health had bee
delicate for some time, the captai
(now Sir Philip Spent e!augih the la'
r baronet's only child being daughtel
! determined at once to send her back I
England, together with his own chill,
and his cousins orphan girl. So "
J all went down to Bombay, and ever
!, thing was got ready for the voyag
: But misfortune still followed US for (
$ what was to have been the last day
+ our stay, as Lady Spencelaugh WI
$ riding out, her horse shieI suddcnl
Il | and thraw har IIar lar vaS hroL.