The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-05
HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE.
Continued.
CHAPTER LXII.

LADY ROwLEY MAKES AN ATTEMPT.
Nothing could be more uncomfortable
than the state Of Sir Marmaduke Row.
ley's family for the first ten days after
the arrival in London of the Governor
of the Mandarin Islands. Lady Row
lev had brought with her Two of her
girls.-the third aud fourth and, rs we
know, had been joined by the two ED
est. so that there was a large family Of
ladies brought together. a house had
been take in Manchester Street, toI
which they had intended to transfer
themselves after single night passed
at Gregg's Hotel. Bat the trouble and
sorrow inflicted upon them by the alb
duction of Mrs. Trevelyan's child, and
the consequent labors thrust upon Sir
Marmaduke's shoulders had been SO
heavy, that they had slept six nights at
the hotel, before they were able to move
themselves into the house prepared for
them. By that time all idea had been |
abandoned of recovering the child by
any legal means To be taken as a conse-
quence of the illegality of the abduction.
The boy was with his father, and the
LAWYERS seemed to think that the fathers
rights were paramOnOt,-unless the cir
cumstauces of the case were such as to
enable the wife To apply for judicial
separation before the judge of the Di-
yorce Court If she could do that sue
cessfully, then perhaps the custody OF
her boy might be awarded to her, aUaDy
rate for a certain number of years. But
when the circumstances of the ease were
explained to Sir Marmaduke's lawyer by
Lady Rowlev, that gentleman shook his
head. Mrs. Trevelyan had, he said, no
case with which she could 90 into court.
Then by degrees there were words
whispered as to her husbands madness.
The lawyer said that was q matter for
doctors. If certain amount of medi-
cal evidence could be obtained to show
that the husband was in truth mad, the
wife could, no doubt, obtain the custody
of the child. When this was reported
to Mrs. nevelyan, she declared that
conduct such as her husbands must
suffice to prove any man to be mad; but
at this Sir Marmaduke shook his head,
and Lady ROwley sat, sadly silent with
her daughters hand within her own.
They would not dare to tell her that
she could regain her child by that plea.
During those ten days they did not
learn whittier the boy had been carried,
por did they know even where the
father might be found. Sir Marmaduke
followed up the address rs given in the
letter, and learned from the porter at
"The ACrobats" that the gentleman's
letters were sent to No. So, StonylWalk,
Union Street, Borough. To this un-
comfortable locality Sir Marmaduke
travelled more than ouCe. Thrice he
l.. g. l..
in-lAw's residence. On the first two
occasions he saw NO one but Mrs. Boz.
zle; and the discretion of that lady in
declining To give aSy information was
most admirable. 'Trewillian " Yes,
she had heard the name certainly: 1t
might be that her husband had busi,
ness engagements with gent of that
name. She would not say even that
for certain, as il was not her custom
ever TO make any inquiries as TO her
husbands business engagements. Her
husbands business engagements were,
she said, much too important for the
"hkes of sher to know anything about
them. When was BOZzle likely To be at
homef BoZBie was never likely TO be
AT home. According TO her showing,
bozZle was of all husbands the most er-
rate. lie might perhaps come in for an
honr or two in the middle of the day Oh
"eGnesday, OF perhaps would take
cup oil tea at home on Friday evening.
But any thing SO itful and UNCERTAIN as
were Bozzie's appearances in the bosom
of his family was not to be conceived in
the mind of woman. Sir MarmadnLa
then called in the middle of the day -,
Wednesday, but Bozzle was reported 20
be away in the provinces. His wife had
no idea in which ofthe provinces he was
at that moment engaged. The perseyer.
ing governor from the islands called
again on the Friday evening, and then,
by chance, Bozzle was found at
home. But Sir Marmaduke succeeded
in gaining very little information even
from Bozzle. The man, acknowledged
that he was employed by Mr.. Trevelyan.
Any letter or parcel left with him for
Mr. Trevelyan should be duly sent to
mat gentleman. If Sir Marmaduke
wanted Mr.. Trevslyan's address, he