The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-06-12

your Will. You are in my power, not
In yours, and I intend to pay you back
drop for drop, for all the bitterness you
have poured into my cup and forced me
| e drink" 90 .. .----.
| t. The features of Landry were blsnehed
to the hue Of death. and his black eyes
cleaned fiercely from their psllid SET
ting, as he hosrsely asked:
6 by whose connivance were you per
ritted to enter here2 II Hester or her
betrothed husband aided you, it will
be the worse for them, for in that case l
will give her nothing. The paper l
caused her to write this morning will
&c vslueless unless it is signed and wit
! messed, and now l will do neither.
"Oh, you threaten me with conse-
4aences, do youg she mockingly
asked; but let me assure you that it is
q matter of indifference TO me, and also
20 my daughter, whether that paper Is
valueless or not. We have settled our
plans, and rave against them as you
may, you will be powerless to prevent
them .om being carried into effect.
Hester will not accept the paltry pro-
vision you have so magnanimously
made for her; she will claim what is
here, in justice at least-the half Of the
estate which is now held BY your other
children"
Woman What do you mean by
that? All! nv God! have fallen
iDto den Of thieves? Is there no oae
to help me2'
His voice broke suddenly, and he
fell back upon his pillows gssping for
breath.
"No oneF' repeated Mrs. Blake, with
stern emphasis. "You are in this soli-
tary country house, entirely at my
mercy, and that OF those who are wills
ing to do all that l wish. The darling
daughter on whom you have lavished
40 much indulgence lies stricken into
:diocy by the injuries her head has
received. She will never more walk
the earth in pride, looking dow in scorn
upon the sister whom YOU have be-
queathei to her passion. In place
Of that. have decreed that the two
shall change places, and the child OF
your adored Ellinor shall stay with me,
while my dsug liter assumes the station
O. the heiress, and wears the honors Of
her fathers house. The two sisters
are SO much alike that no one will ever
be able to distinguish the true one from
her counterfeit
The listener felt that the shock OF
this announcement had shortened his
brief span OF lite; he kGew that the
death clutch was already on his vitals
but he rallied his last remaining strength
and said, with solemn emphas's:
eff you consummate this wickedness,
| leave to you. and to the impotor who
will take the place Of my darling, my
undying maleiiction. God Is over all,
and he will not permit such villainy to
60 UNPUBLISHED. even 10 this world.
Mrs. Blake Enclosed her lips to reply.
but Landry raised his hand appealingly,
change passed over his suuken tace,
and with a PRAYER on his lips in behalf
Oi MS IdNOIlle CuIlu lie EdSotu ava
Hester arrayed herself in black
dress which she found in Estelle's trunk,
and assuming the name and character
of her half-sister, prepared, on the fol-
lowing day, to accompany the remains
of her father to New Orleans. for
burial, in company with Herbert Spen0
Ger, young man from Boston, a cousin
of Raymond De Lorme's, who hal been
sen: on by the family relations for that
purpose. What happened there, and
indeed the whole OF the thrilling story
e the rival haltsisters, Hester and
Estelle, will be found in the New York
Ledger, which is now ready and can he
had at all the book stores and news
depots. Ask for the nu rber dated
June 90, and in it YOU will get the con-
tinuation Of the story from where it
leaves off here.