Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-03-14
VOL. XLvI. NEW SERIES, VOL. XIX.

move hand or foot, and arrived only last
night in Liverpool. There / met an old
friend, and heard all the news poor Web
ster's death, the promise, the rest, andi
above all, that tomorrow was the dav. |
started by the first train to get to London,
| thinking the marriage would take place
there, and that should be in time. Look
out Of the window of the carriage as the
/ trains We're passing each other at Peters
| borough, | saw Clara with her mother.
did not see you. | was mad they had both
started could not get ont There was
Clara going from me, and going from her.
as fast as express trains could take Us.
What could | do? | knew nothing Of
where she was going, and vet my informa-
ton was positive that she was going to be
married tomorrow solely because she would
keep her promise.
"Can you wonder at my doing as did
The train did not stop till it reached London.
and found that. by the time | had hunted
up the address, to which YOU had gone from
the servants at home, / should have lost the
last train, and not been able to get here till
long past midnight What to do could not
think
I'm the carriage in which ] sat somebody
had been talking about the murderer Tawell,
and the telegraph, the police on the door
step, and 50 on. 1t all flashed on NV mind
IN an instant.
Il went to the telegraph Office, and look
ing in, there was only a young lad there.
Il went in, and called him.
So Can you telegraph to York for me %
Certainly, sir.
''I wrote the TELEGRAM vou saw
"'You must sign this, sir
mo must not, Young man, and drew
him towards me by the shoulder.
My names Field. Inspector Field You
understand -
..Oh certainly. sir. Did you catch that
man the other day+ heard Of it from one
of our clerks
"'Oh yes caught hi;n safe and sound
he's in Newgate now.
"' Indeed sir, said the lad
"'Nou Il send that at once. the trains
due in less than hour I'll see you do it
''Ile did send it, and as l heard the click.
click, click, it was like the throb of a new
heart circulating fiery blood in ne arteries,
for knew it would enable me to see You.
Clara, dear. and then / came down. as vou
see, by this train. and feel disposed now to
embrace all the telegraph clerks in the king
dom"
"WeA, young man, it dangerous game
suppose you'r aware its an offence not
lightly punished to pretend you are an officer
of police ?'' said Mr.. Blake
My dear Mr.. Blake. if it was death on
the instant of discovery, and was in the
same strait, should do the same thing over
again.
you mn>t find prosecutor, Mr. Blake"
said Clara, ''and as the principol person
concerned, am not going to prosecute the
officer. think he will escape
But why, said |. did younot telegraph
TO Clara direct ?'
because | feared that Mr. Webster
might possibly have prevented oar meeting"
Mr. Blake left Is with his eyes twinkling.
and muttered something TO me ah1ut 'Ser,i-
tude i0r life "
A month after this had the pleasure of
giving away nay niece to Herbert, and in two
months more ! had the pleasure of reading
in the Times the announcement of the mar
riage Of Mrs Webster TO Francis Tredrr
E~l. of Tredgar Hall. to which ceremony,
need scarcely say. / was not invited.
Clara and Herbert and live together, and
to this day be Is spoken of among bis init
mates. as Herbert Langley, THAT active
and intelligent officer ''-Loole's Nola1aI
Monthly.