The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-08
FOULPLAY.
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BY cuAs. READE AND DION BoUc1oAuLr.
CHAPTER Ii.

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time deprecate his resentment. But
then she saw his detected attitude; and
she stood COMPOUNDED, looking from one
to the other.
II knew him In q moment by his
beard" said the General, cody. ~
fixed. She glared at Hazel and his
beard with dilating eyes, and began to
| tremble.
Then she crept back to her father and
held him tight; but still looked over
her shoulder at Hazel with dilating eyes
and paling cheek.
AS for Hazel, his department all this
time went far towards conVicting him ;
he leaned against the side of the cave,
and hung his head in silence; and his
face was ashy pale. When General
Rolleston saw his deep distress, and
the sudden terror and repugnance the
revelation seemed to create in his
daughters mind, he felt sorry he had
gone so far, and said, swell, we'll; 1t is
not for me to judge you harshly; for
| you have laid me under deep Obliga-
ton: and, after all, l can see good
reasons why you should conceal your
name from other people. but you ought
| to have told my daughter the TRUTH"
| Helen interrupted him; or, rather,
abe seemed unconscious she was speak
ing. She had never for an instant Ia
ken her eye off the culprit: and now she
spoke to him:
"Who, and what are you, slr!'
"My name is Robert Penfold."
"PenfoldI Seaton" cried Helen
alias upon aliasV' And she turned
to her father in despair. Then to Hazel
again. care you what papa says ~
| ~ am"
30 papa! papa!" cried Helen, "then
there is no truth nor honesty in the
worldu And she turned her back on
| fold and cried and 9O6De0
upon her fathers breast.
| o the amaZement and anguish OF
that hour! The pure affection and rev.
erence, that would have blest worthy
man, wasted on a convict Her hearts
best treasures flung on dunghill i
| This is q woman's greatest loss on
earth. And Helen sank, and sobbed
| under it.
| General Rolleston, whose own heart
was fortified, took shallow view OF
the situation; and, moreover, Helen 8
| face was hidden on his bosom; and what
he saw was Hazel's manly and intelli-
gent countenance pale, and logged
with agony and shame.
"Come, come he said, gently, "don y
cry about 1t; it is not your fault; and
don't be too hard on the man. You
told me he had saved your life" g.
"Wou!d he had mott" said the sob
bling girl c,
"Now YOU see the consequences of de.
| ceit: it wipes out the deepest obliga-
TONS" He resumed, in different
tone, "But not with me. This Is q
woman: but 1 am a man, and know
how u bad man could have abused the
situation in which l found you two"
mot worse than he has DONE" cried
Helen.
"What do you tell me grill" said
General Rolleston, beginning to trem-
BILE in his turn
"What could he do worse than steal
nv esteem and generation, and drag
my hearts best feelings in The dlrt7 o,
where-where can ] ever look for a
guide, instructor, and faithful friend ,
after this? He seemed all truth; and
he is all lie: the world is all lie:
would I could leave 1t this momsntP
'This ia all romantic nonsense" said
General Rolleston, beginning to be
angry. "You are little fool, and In
your ignorance and innocence have no
idea how well this young fellow has
behaved on the whole. I tell you
what;-in spite of this one fault, I
should like to shake him by the hand
I will too: and then admonish him az
forwards"
"You shall not. You shall not"
cried Helen. Selling him almost vio-
lently by the arm. "You take him
by the hand A monster! How
dare you steal into my esteem
How dare you be miracle of goodness,
self-denial. learning, and every virture
that lady might worship and thank
God for, when all the time yOr are a
vile, convicted"
fI'lI thank s yon MOTTO say that word. y
'I'lI call you what you are, IT
for all that she did not do it. She said
piteously, "What offence had ever
given you? What crime had I ever
committed, that you must make me
the victim of this diabolical deceit
o, sir, what powers of mind you have
WASTED to achieve this victory over a
poor unoffending girl! What was
your motive What good could come
Of it to you? BE won't speak to me.
4 BE Is not even penitent. Sullen and
obstinate! He shall be taken to Eng
land, and well punished fori Papa,
"Heien, = said the General. "you Ia
dies are rather too fond Of hitting a
man when he is down. And you speak
daggers, as the saying Isl; and then
wish you had bitten your tongue of
sooner. You are my child, but you are
also British subject; and, II you
charge me on my duty to take this
man to England and have him impris-
oned, 1 must. But, before you go that
4oABbnS JSA ANNN S$fNAS@ AAS@@AH sAAO "AAOAS
story"
"Sir," said Robert PenfOld, quietly,
ST will go back to prison this minnie,
II she wishes it,"
"How dare you interrupt papa"
said Helen, haughtily, but with a great
sob. = - ;----2 &C. -=t---. * T
"Come, come" said the General, "be
quiet, both of you, and let mel say my
say. (To Robert.) You had better
turn your head away. for am a
straightforward man, and I'm going to
show her you are not a villain, but
mailman. This Robert Penfold wrote
1 me letter, imploring me'tos find him
some honest employment, however
mental. That looked we'll and made
him my gardener. He was a capital
gardner; but one fine day he caught
sight OF you. You are very lovely
girl, though you don't seem to know 1t;
and he is madman; and he fell In love
with you" Helen uttered an ejacula-
ton OF great surprise, The General
resumed: HE can only have seen you
at a distance, or you would recognize
him but Greatly it is laughable) he saw
him, and-Well, his insanity hurt him.
sell, and did not hurt you. You re-
member how he suspected burglars,
and watched night after night under
your window, That was out Of love
for you. His insanity took the form OF
fidelity and humble devotion. He got
a wound for his pains, poor fellow! and
you made Arthur WRrdlaw get him q
clerks place. -. e.. - 90 !. ~. -
"Was 1t to him owed it Z" and he
Said Helen, "He hates poor Arthur,
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