Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-04-03

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all the lower part Of the face.
"Will you have light, sir!" said the
station master to the officer.
"Thank you, no."
Clara started at the sound of the voice,
and laid her hand on mine.
Blake, perhaps you will explain this
matter; you telegraphed down from Lon
don to stop this lady, and here she is
Now, if you please, explain"
''This gentleman" said to the officer,
sis my niece's legal adviser. assume il
is mistake, still we shall be glad Of your
explanation. You are detective, pre-
sume?"
'No, sir, am not; my name is"
Herbert! Herbert! my dear Herbert
it is you'll"
Clara had gone to him, and he was
clasping her in his strong arms, while bel
face was hidden in his great beard.
"My own, my darling, my own true
darling, she loves me still"
But why describe their meeting? Mr.
Blake said to me at once:
"Myv dear sir, I am not wanted here
and doubt if you are," and we left
them.
In half an hour we thought it possible
we might be less in the way, and we went
in. They sat on the sofa at q suspicious
ly great distance from each other, ant
locke as happy and foolish as possible
"And now, my dear Herbert, please tt
explain to us what has taken you at leas
half an hour to make clear to my niece.
We'll, my dear Uncle-I may call you
Uncle?"
ooh, yes. A month sooner is not mucl
consequence"
Don't, Uncle" said Clara.
"Y GU know how I went away, will
just enough to pay for my tools and out
| fit and passage. l went to California, t
the diggings, and was lucky, and got {
good claim, worked it, made littl.
money, took shares in machine, worked
the claim, improved the machinery, be
came manager, director, and got rich
started six months ago to come home fol
Clara, took the fever at Panama, was
down for two months there, not able te
move hand or foot, and arrived only las
night in Liverpool. There l met an ole
friend and heard all the news of poor
Webster's death, the promise, the rest
and, above all, that tomorrow was the
day. l started by the first train to get tC
London, thinking that the marriage
| would take place there, and that should
be in time. Looking out Of the window
of the carriage as the trains were passing
each other at Peterborough, l saw Clara
with her mother. I did not see you.
was mad; they had both started; l could
not get out. There was Clara going from
me, and I going from her, as fast as ex
press trains could take us. What could
do? | knew nothing of where she was
going, and yet my information was posi-
tive that she was going to be married to-
morrow, solely because she would keep
her promise.
"Can you wonder at my doing as did;
The train did not stop till it reached Lon
don, and found that by the time had
hunted up the address to which you haG
gone from the servants at home, l should
have lost the last train and not been able
to get here till long past midnight. What
to do could not think.
"In the carriage in which I sat some
body had been talking about the murder
of Tawell, and the telegraph, the police
on the doorstep, and so on. 1t all flashed
on my mind in an instant.
Il went to the telegraph Office and
looked in. There was only a young lad
there.
81 went in and called him.
"'Can you telegraph to York for me-?
Certainly, sir
"' wrote the telegram you saw
"' You must sign this, SIR
"'No, | must not, young man, and
drew him toward me by the shoulder.
"' My names Field, Inspector Field
YOU understands
oh! certainly, sir. Did you catch
that man the other day? l heard Of ii
from one of our clerks
econ, yes; caught him safe and sound
he's in Newgate now
Indeed, sir, said the lad.
GO You'll send that at once; the train Is
due in less than an hour. III see you dc
it,
"He did send it and as l heard the
click, click, click, it was like the throb OF
arteries, for I knew it would enable me
down, as you see, by the train, and feel
disposed now to embrace all the telegraph
clerks in the kingdom"
"Well, young man, it's a dangerous
game; suppose you are aware it's an
offense not lightly punished to pretend
you are an officer of police?" said Mr.
Blake.
my dear Mr. Blake, if it was death OF
the instant of discovery. and | was in the
same strait, I should do the same thing
over again"
"You must find a prosecutor, Mr.
Blake" said Clara, land as /, the princi
pal person concerned, am not going tC
prosecute the officer, l think he will
escape"
"And why" said I, "did you not tele
graph to Clara direct?"
Because I feared that Mrs Webster
might possibly have prevented our meet
ing"
Mr. Blake left us with his eyes twink
ling and muttered something to me about
''servitude for life"
A month after this | had the pleasure
of giving away my niece to Herbert, and
in two months more / had the pleasure OF
reading in the Times the announcement
of the marriage of Mrs. Webster tc
Francis Tredgar, Esq, of Tredgar Hall
to which ceremony, l need scarcely say,
was not invited.
Clara, Herbert and live together, anC
to this day he is spoken Of among mis- in
Inmates as Herbert Langley, THAT active
and intelligent officer"
Preparing Tobacco Beds.
A VIRGINIA Farmers Club, discussing
the nrOner manner of DreDarinp tobacco