The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-05-29
HEKNEW He WASRIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE.
CHAPTER Tx.

Nora was beginning to answer this by
attempting to show that the husbands
madness was, perhaps, only temporary,
when there came knock at the dOOr,and
Mrs. Clubhouse was at once in the room.
1t will be well that the reader should
know what had taken place at the par
sopage while the two sisters had been
together up. stairs, so that the nature of
Mrs Outhouse's mission to them may
explain itself. Mr.. Clubhouse had been
maid-servant brought word to him that
Mr.. Trevelyan was in the parlOr, and
was DESTROYS of seeing him.
"Mr. Trevelyanw said the unfortunate
clergyman, holding up both his hands.
The servant understood the tragic i'm
pOrtanCe of the occasion quite as well
as did her master, and simply shook her
head. HAS your mistress seen him y
said the master. The girl again shook her
head, "Ask your mistress to come to
me-" said the clergyman. Then the girl
disappeared; and in few minutes Mrs.
Clubhouse, equally imbued with the
tragic elements of the day, was with her
husband.
Mr.. Clubhouse began by declaring that
no consideration should induce him to
see Trevelyan, and commissioned his
wife TO go to the man, and tell him that
he must leave the house, When the un-
fortunate woman expressed an opinion
that Trevelyan had some legal rights
upon which he might probably insist,
Mr.. Clubhouse asserted roundly that he
could have no legal right to remain in
that parsonage against the will of the
rector "lf he wants to claim his wife
and child, he must do IL by law, not by
force: and, thank God, Sir MaTmaGuke
will be here before he can do that"
"But cannot make him co." said Mrs
OHthouse. Tell him that you'll send
for a policeman" said the clergyman.
1t had come to pass that there had
been messages backwards and forwards
between the visitor and the master of
the house, all carried by that unfortu-
nate lady. Trevelyau did not demand
that his wife and child should be given
up to him;-did not even, on this oc-
casion, demand that his boy should be
surrendered to him, now, at once. He
did say, very repeatedly, that of course
he must have his boy, but seemed to
imply that, under certain circumstances,
he would be willing to take his wife to
live with him again. This appeared to
Mrs. Clubhouse To be so mauifestly the
one thing that was deSirable,-tO be the
only solution of the difficulty that could
be admitted as q solution at all,-that
she went to work on that hint, and ven
tured to entertain d hope that q recon
Citation might be effected. She i'm
plored her husband to lend hand to
the wOrk;-by which she intended to
imply that he should not only 500 Ire
velyan, but-cOnsent 10 meet the sinner
on friendly terms. But Mr.. Outhouse
was on this occasion even more than
customarily obstinate. His wife might
do what she liked. lie would neither
NEEDLE nor make. lIs would not will
ingly SEQ Mr.. Trevelyan in his own
house, unless, indeed, Mr.. Trcvelyar
shonld attempt To force his way up into
The nursery. Then he said that which
left no doubt on his wlfe'S mind that
should any violence be attempted, bel
husband would manfully join the melee
But it soon became evident that 1t
such attempt was TO be made on that
day. Trevclyan was lGchrymose, heart
broken, and sight pitiable TO behold
When Mrs. Clubhouse loudly asserted
that his wiEa had not sinned against
him in the least mot in little, Mr.
Trevelyau," she repeated over and over
again,-he began to assert himself, de-
claring that she had seen the man in
DeVonshire, and correspondent with him
since she had been at St. Diddulph's;
and when the lady had declared that
the latter assertion was untrue, he had
shaken his head, aud had told her that
perhaps she did not know all. Rnt the
misery of the man had its effect nnon
her, aud at last she proposed to he tLr
bearer of q message to his wife 40
demanded to see his child, offering -
promise that he would not attemnf -
take the boy By force on this occasion
saying, also, that his claim by law wa,
so good that no force cOnld be necessary
1t was proposed by Mrs. Clubhouse tina
he should first see the mother,-aud u
this he at last aSSented. How blessed
thiag would it DC if these two person
could be induced to forget the trouble
OF the last twelve months, and one
more to love and trust each otherl "But
SIT, said Mrs. 0athouse, putting he
hand upon his arm, "you must not up
6rSla her, for she will not bear it,.
sne knows nothing of what is due to