The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-29
HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE.
CHAPTER XLI.
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After that there came something of a
lecture, or something, rather, ofadmon-
itiop, from Mrs. Clubhouse. That lady
did not attempt to upbraid, or to find
any fault. bat observed that as she IN
derstood that Mr.. Stanbury bad no
means whatever, and as Nora herself
had none, there had better be no further
intercourse between them, till, at any
rate. Sir Marmaduke and Lady ROwley
should be in LoRdOn. $50 l told him
that he must not come here any more,
my DEAR" said Mrs. Clubhouse.
''You are quite right, aunt. He ought
not to come here"
Gam so glad that You agree with
me-"
II agree with you altogether. Think
| was bound to see him when he asked
TO see Me; but the thing is altogether
out of the question. don't think bell
come any more, aunt" Then Mrs. Out
house was quite satisfied that no harm
had been done.
A month had now passed since any.
thing had been heard at ST. Diddulph'S
from Mr.. Trevelyan, and it seemed that
many months might go on IN the same
dull way. When Mrs. Trevelyan first
found herself in her uncle's house, sun
of two hundred pounds had been sent &C
her; ana since that she had received q
letter from her husbands lawyer saying
that n similar amount would be sent tr
her every three months. as long rs she
was separated from her husband. A pOr
ton of this she had given over TO Mr.
OuthOuse; 6uJ this pecuniary assistance
by no means comfOTted that unfOrtun
ate gen Jleman in his trouble. 81 dOn't
want to get into debt" he said, "by
keeping lot of people whom l haven't
the means to feed. And don't want to
board and lodge my nieCes AID their
family at so much a head. It's verJ
hard upon me either way" And so il
was. All the comfort of his home was
destroyed, and he was driven to saCri.
fee his independence by paying his
tradesmen with a portion of Mrs. Ire
velyan's money. The more he thought
of it, all, and the more he discussed the
matter with his wife, the more indig
nant they became with the truant hns
band. II can't believe" he said, "but
what Mr.. Bideawhile could make hin
come back, if he chose to do his duty
"But they say that Mr.. Trevelyan Il
in Italy, my dear"
"And if I went to Italy, might leave
you to starye, and take my income Will
mel"
"He doesn't leave her quite to starve
my dear" =
his wife l never heard of such 1
thing,-nevcr. And I'm sure tina
there must be something wrong. A mar
can't 20 away aud leave his wife tC
live with her uncle and aunt. 1t ism
right.
"But what can we dot"
Mr.. Clubhouse was forced To acknOwl
edge that nothing could be done. He
was a man to whom the quiescence o
his own childless house was the ONT
pleasure of his existence. Aud of that
he was robbed because this wicked mad
man chose to neglect all his duties, aud
leave his wife without house to shell.
ter her. "Supposing that she couldn't
have come here, what then ~ said Mr.
Clubhouse. Il did tell him, as plain as
words could speak, that we couldn't re.
.ceiye them.' But here they are" said
Mrs. Clubhouse, land here they must 70
main till my brother comes to Eng.
land" Its the most monstrous thing
that lever heard ofin all my life" said
Mr.. Clubhouse. "He ought to be lock.
ed up,-thar's what he ought"
1t was hard, and it BECAME harder,
when gentleman, whom Mr.. Out
house certainly did not wish to see
called upon BIN about the latter end OF
September. Mr.. Clubhouse was sitting
alone in the gloomy parlor of his par
sopape.--for his own study had beer
given up to other things since Thu
great inroad had been made upon hi,
family,-he was sitting alone on one
Saturday morning, preparing for The
duties of the next day, with Varion:
manuscript sermons lying on The table
around him, when he was tod that d
gentleman had called to see him. Had
Mr.. Clubhouse been an incumbent al
the West end OF London, or had his
maid been a WeSt-end servant, IN al
probability the gentlemans name
would have been demanded; but Mr..
Clubhouse was man who was not very
ready IN forseeing and preventing mis-
fortunes, aud the girl who opened the
door was not trained to discreet usages
In such mat els. As she announced the
lacl thaI thele was gentleman, she
PS'SNNNH ~ VIZ NNNA, 10 SNOW tnAI IlS
gentleman WAS there; aud before Mr..
Clubhouse had been able TO think yvbeth.
er it would be prudent for him to max.
some preliminary inquiry, Colonel o..
borne was in the room. Now, as H. han.
nened, these two men had never bither
TO met each other, tsongh one was III,
brother-in-law of Sir Marmaduke Row
ley, and the other had been his very ole
friend. "My name, Mr.. Clubhouse, i,
Colonel OSBORNE" said the visitor, com
ing forward with his hanh out. Tn
clergyman, of course, took his hand
aud ked him TO be seated. 1--WE hav
known each others name very long,
continued the Colonel, 'thOugn do no
think we have ever yet had an opPor
tunlty of becoming acquainted"
"No," said Mr.. Clubhouse; "we hay
never been acquainted, believe" 81,