The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-02-05
HE KNEW HE WASRIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TROLLoPE.
Continued
CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER AANl.
A THIRD PARTY is so OBJECTIONABLE.
Hugh Stanbury went in search of Ire
yelyan Immediately on his return TO
London, and found his friend 1T his
rooms in Lincoln's Inn.
al have executed my commission"
said Hugh, endeavoring to speak Of
what he had done in q CHEEKY voice.
az am much obliged to you, Stanbury;
very much but do not know that
need trouble you to tell me anything
about it,
"And why not''
81 have learned it all from that.
man"
"What man ~
"From BOzzle. He has come back,
and has been with me, and has learned
"Look here, Trevelyan; when you
asked NE to go down to DevQnshire, you
promised me that there should be moth
inc more about Bozzle. expect you to
mt that rascal, and all that he has told
You. out of your head altogether. You
are bound to do 50 for my sake, and you
will be very wise to do so for you own"
81 was obliged to see him when he
came"
ayes, and to pay him, do not doubt.
But that is all done, and should be for
gotten"
true that he found that man down
there? Is it true or untrue that my
wife received Colonel Osborne at your
mothers housei Is it true or untrue
that Colonel Osborne went down there
with the express object of seeing her
Is it true or untrue that they had cor
responded 1t is nonsense to bid me 10
FORGET all this. YOu might rs well ask
me to forget that l had desired her
neither to write to him nor to see him."
"If | understand the NATTER said
Stanbury, you are incorrect In one OF
yeur assertions
"In which y
"You must excuse me if am wrong,
Trevelvan; but | don't think yOu ever
did tell your wife not TO see this man, or
not to write to him ~
81 never told her. don't understand
what you mean
"Not in SO many words. Ii is my be-
lief that she has endeavOred TO obey lu-
plicitly every clear instruction that you
have given her.
"You are wrong,-absolutcly and al
together wrong. Heaven and earth DO
Won mean TO tell me now, after all that
has taken place, that she did not know
my wishes ~
IL have not said that. Bat you have
chosen to place her III such position
that, though your word would go for
much with her, she cannot bring her
self to respect yeur wishes
"And you call that being dutitul aud
affectiOnatc"
al call it human aud reasonable; and
| think that il is compatible with duty
and affection. Have you consulted her
wishes p
."Alwaysp
Consult them now then, and bid her
come back to you"
"No;-never As far as l can see, l
will never do so. The moment she Is
away from me this man goes to her, and
she receives him. She must have known
that she was wrong, and you must know
it,"
81 do not think she is half so wrong
as you yourself" said Stanbury.
To this Trevelyau made no answer,
and they both remained silent some
minutes. Stanbury had \ cOmmunica-
tiOn to make before he went, but it was
one which he wished to delay as long AS
there was a chance that his friends
heart might be Softened;-one which he
need not make if Trevelyan would con-
sent to receive his wife back 10 his
house. There was the days paper lying
on the table, and Stanbury had taken 1T
up and was reading it,-or pretending
10 read il.
well"
at is best both for her and for me
that we should be apart"
Il cannot understand how You can be
so mad rs to say so.
"You don't understand what feel.
Heaven and earth. To have man
coming and going. Bat, never mind.
You do not see it, and nothing will
make YOU see it. And there is no rea
son why you should"
81 ctrtaiRly do not see it. do not
believe that your wife cares more for
Colonel Osborne, except as an old
friend of her fathers, than she doe for
The fellow that sweeps the crossing. Ii
is matter In which | am bound to tell
you what think ="
Very well. Now, if YOU have freed
youT mind, l will tell yoa nls purpose.
am bound to do so, because y6nr people
are concerned In it. think | shall 20
abroad
And leave her in Englaudl"
Certainly. She will he safer bors
than she can he abroad sbo
should choose to 90 back with her father
IN ths islands,
"And take tn boy ~
"No, ! could not permit that. What
| intend is this. l will give her $500 a
year, as long as l have reason to be-
lieve that she has no communication
whatever, either by word OF mouth or
by letter, with that man. If she does, l
will put the case Immediately into the
hands OF my lawyer, with instructions
to him TO ascertain from counsel what
severest steps | can take"
"How l hate that word Severe when
applied to woman
81 daresay you do,-when applied to