The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-12
CHAPTER II.


CHAPTER II.
A PHYSICIAN IN LOVE WITH THE DAueH.
terra F1ENDIsH PLOT.
There was residing in the same village
with Mrs. Blakeand her daughter phy.
stefan, twenty-eight or thirty years of age
DIR. Macon-who for two years had been
ardently in love with the daughter. She
had toyed and trifled with him during all
that time; but he had finally insisted upon
q decided answer to his suit, and on that
very evening he was coming to learn his
fate. AS he approached the house he
overheard the voices Of mother and
daughter engaged in close conversation,
and drawing near to the window and
meanly listening, he had obtained full
possession OF the terrible secret OF Mrs.
Blakes life. MadlY in love, and utterly.
INSCRIPTIONS, he at once determined to
make any use 7whichmight ,benecessary
Of his newly acquired advantage to secure
the hand Of Heater . Ga tss 157 p
On that very evening Dr., Macon was
engaged totake tea with Mtss Blake and
her daughter; but their old housekeeper
returned from hevillage with the intelli.
gence that shocking railroad accident
had occurred in the vicinity, and the Doc.
tor had fastened of to the assistance of
the wounded. AL. II gF2
On the return OF DR.. Macon he
called upon Mrs. Blake and surprised her
with the information that among the hurt
was Armand Landry MORALLY Injured |!
BE was accompanied by his daughter, the
halt.sister Of Hester, and she had been
stunned by blow on the head. They
were both lying at q farm house near BY,
and Mr.. Landry, owing tthat he must
die, had requested that Hester should
visit him the next morning, that he might
inform her Of the pecuniafy provision
which he had made for her support,
Andnowwas concocted one 81 themost
flendish plots ever devised by the human
mind. II was suggested by Mrs. Blake,
and acquiesced in BY DR.. Macon and Hes.
ter, thatthe h4lfslstery who was still IN.
cious, should be kept in a state OF i'm.
becllity by drugs which the doctor should
skilltully administer TO her for that pur.
pose, and Hester-whose resemblance to
her was so close as to defy detection should
usurp her place as heiress Of the immense
estates entailed upon the halE-slster
through her mother.
"a The thal cement to DR.. Macon was Hes.
ter ppmte, on the Accomplishment of
the scheme, to becomeihis WIFE,. ~
But when Hester came to read over the
letters which lay concealed In the bottom
other halEsister'st runk; she found among
them several from Raymond DSRofme, a
handsome young man whom she remem.
bered as her own first lover at the South,
when she was little more. than mere
child. These letters werewfltten in
most impassioned strain, and showed that
between him and his fair correspondent
Estelle Landry, Hester's now stricken
half.sister-a marriage engagement ex.
listed.
No sooner had Hester discovered this
fact than herold love for De Lorme was,
rekindled, and she resolved at once to
have him also, as well as Estell's fortune,
let whatever obstacles might be in the
way. He wRsiIow absent in Europe to
remain year or two, and her purpose
must be mostrareiully concealed from DR..
Macon; but, Come what would, the young
man should yet be hers Ia
Y Mrs. Blake,s housekeeper, MIRA! Muller
German woman with On American edu.
cation, was q great gossip, and a cunning,
selfish, evil.minded woman. Hester, at
her mothers suggestion, had turned the
key On the outside of Mrs Nuller's sleep.
ing room, while their internal plot had
peen planned; but the suspicious woman
happened to be awake, and she had risen,
ana emerging through 9nwind0w. crept
around where abe could, listen Il. Iii thev
said. She too, inoW, meant Ia have bcr
profit out of-the scheme. Sthe 1secret ~,
!. (which she hAd obtained unknown 10
. them. .iGl. StBgnusss5 ="
On the following day MIR. Landry felt
, his end rapidly appt6ach He Had
forbidden persmptorily that Mrs. Blake
/ should be admitted to his presence. int
Mrs. Blake had determined to see him
before he died He was very, anxious for
/. q contessor; andjWaaStinally told that al.
though there was n0lpriesta accessible, a
Sister Of Charity might sbE obtained. This
assurance afforded 4 him, great relief, and
3Ehe deslred that no, time might be l6st II
l lsendtng for her. mol tuilsi79 ,,o8 rs y
\ Mira Blake detetmined 10 Improve thiI
opportunity to see him. without bis lr6,
4 cognEElzgIng het, and 70, visit him In the ats
guise ota a ~. ~ ~ : y ,,r
}, ItWas arranged liataNeF nightly her
the room was diniy IN q ssinele
candle, Abe ahOlid IN SnSlIl tofaS, - o1s,Sk