Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-26

playing the Lilly of Killarney" and We
| were obliged to attend rehearsal; and, in
deed, apart from the music, should no
have liked Alice to go through the water
cave business without seeing that it work
ed we'll [ don't think that such scenes
should be introduced into opera at all; Il
the music is not sufficient attraction, bet
| ter give up the whole thing: however, the
Lily" is far too beautiful to be lost, and
SO will continue to be played in spite of OBJ
jections to the plot. You see a nervous
| girl becomes quite unstrung by knowing
that all that acrobatic business is coming
and the reaction and excitement prevents
her singing up to herself when it is over
Alice was disappointed; but Charlie
! gathering the gist Of her regrets, Of course
expressed his determination of riding
round to have look at the place by him
self; and he could leave the money.
Rehearsal went off smoothly; and when
we returned to the house we found Char
lie already there. He announced the full
| fillment of his errand.
Didn't you say you had never been to
! that cottage, Mrs Heytesmere?" he con
tinued. You haven't seen the people
have you, Bertie?"
Neither Alice nor had been near the
place.
"Then how is it that found this there?''
he asked, drawing scrap of paper from
his pocket. 1t was wrapper in which
something had been sent through the
post; and took it and read
CLEMENT H. F. HEYTEs,IERE, ESQ,
| 100 Rigerstde, Marertord
"Uncle Clement, by all that's marvel.
ous." / exclaimed; "109 Riverside,
why, that's sort of professionalism, isn't
it? How could it have got there? 1t was
| he, you know, who took such trouble
about the Hall property"
| Charlie had been keeping in his ex-
element; but the small spark which |
| had emitted set it in blaze.
Il thought it was very strange and so |
asked about it, and the people at the cot
tage said it had been used to wrap up
some things they boughtthere. But, look
here, BERTHE, don't you go gettin' san
bein' disappointed, yon know" was
Charities caution; he palpably thinking
all the while that this discovery must
bring about the most important results in
the course of the next ten minutes. Alice
| did not exactly follow the matter, for
| had not talked much about it to her, not
/ wishing to raise hopes which might never
be realized; and she looked on with won
| der, as | seized my hat, and rushed off to
| 100 Riverside.
1t was, as | had expected to find, a
small grocers shop.
as your master in?" | asked the shop
man, who greeted me with a pumpkin
grin of resignation, and was about to re-
ply when the proprictoremerged from his
little den at the back
What can | do for YOU, sir?-Mr Hey-
wood, L believe?' he said
That is my professional name Ny
own name is Ieytesmere; and something
which you sent from yo II shop yesterday
has that name upon it, with initials the
same as those OF an uncle of mine who
died some years ago. If YOU have any
papers connected with him, they may
prove Ofthc highest value to me-"
"There's cupboard full upstairs, and
ON give you what price you Ike for
Them" burst in.
No, sir; if you are one of the family,
they rightly belong to you-thought it's a
great wonder that they wGe kept Mr.
Clement Heytesmcre lodged here in my
fathers time, and very strange old gen
tleman he was, as | well remember,
though | was but lad then; not quite
right in his head, they did say-begging
your pardon, sir. He came down here,
and said that he thought he found a mine
in the Notwithstanding as you
know, sir there are no mines near Mayer
ford; and this was his headquarters, on
and off, for about year. He'd 90 away
for fortnight and three weeks at a time,
and then come back and sit day and hight
porting over old law papers; but one day
he left-ah, nigh upon forty years ago
and he didn't come back again, and never's
been heard of since, that know of. Pm
not aware how the paper you have in
your hand found its way down here; but
there's a lot more up stairs, and | hope
they'll be useful to YOU" Thus the shop
keeper; and | escorted a barrowful Of
Uncle Clements documents back to Cliffe
street.
Look here, BERTHE, you Just write-or
I'll write for you-to my old lawyer, Law
son, of Gray's Inn. He'll pull you through
if any one can" said Charlie vaguely gaz-
ing at the heap Of parchments and papers,
which | was vainly endcavoring to reduce
to some sort Of order [ could make
nothing of them, however, though I tried
until it was more than time to 90 to the
theater, where | was just able to dress and
get on the stage to my cue; but | fancy
there was freshness about Elvino's de
meanOr, and a jauntiness about the man
ner in which he took his troubles at the
end of the second act, that Bellini hardly
contemplated.
Lawson arrived next day. A little,
shriveled-up old gentleman, wearing a
white neck-cloth and raiment in the style
Of the last generation, who knew every
one and everything about him He set to
work, and amongst the papers found a
pedigree which Uncle Clement had drawn
up showing the discoveries he had made
what his mine had yielded-and the few
things which were still wanting. Yes,
Fate was propitious-it wasn't worth
Fate's while to prosecute such a harmless
little creature as Alice-for amongst my
grandtather's papers was document Of
similar character to Clements and the
two dovetailed in, fitting together the
missing links and making all clear!
Your way is straight, but there are OBJ
stables in it." Lawson explained. THE
property has fallen in to Lord Steyning-
FORTH as you probably know-the most
obstinate old man in the kingdom; and |
greatly fear that he will stubbornly oppose
u.s.
"And that will delay matters for some
timer" | said, rather ruefully; for this
prospect had not occurred to me.
"Possi bly, for years." Lawson exclaimed,
making 3 Golite little how to the law