Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-04-22
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The story was sad enough:

After few toilsome, but not unhap-
py, years-fOr they were spent i'm the
loved society of his wife and child-a
dire calamity had fallen upon George
Haywood. He came under suspicion
Of fearful crime. A network of cir
icumstancts too intricate for mans wit
to disentangle environed him, and he
WIS condemned TO die. The stern
judgment was carried Into effect. and
the executed murderer's despised Wild
ow sought concealment for herself and
Child in Z change of place and name.
Long, long years afterward, the truth
YVES discovered; but the judicial muir
der was passed among the things ire
vocable. The poor widow died at last
died broken-hearted, but with one
cOnsOlatiOn-she had lived to see her
husbands innocence vindicated.
And this, my poor child, is the
shame of which you spoke"
My life has known no other
Not many days after, Hester was
sent to one of the first seminaries in the
land, for she had yet time enough to
avail herself of opportunities of culture
hitherto beyond her reach. Her aunt
and she kept their own counsel. Cous-
ins Roger and Dick only knew that the
object of their sOlicitude had disappear
ed, and probably congratulated Them
st Ives on the success of their virtuOus
stratagem.
After time, Mr.. Parker, Mrs. Var
ley's lawyer, was sent for; and after
that the good lady seemed wonderfully
revived in health and spirits. at her
next birthday, the prospect of many
happy returns produced anything but
a happy effect on the two expectant
who began TO think that, after
all, the lifetables were not iufallible.
But her time came at last, and, within
u decent period after the sad event,
Cousins Roger and Dick were duly
to attend the reading of Abb
igail Varley's will.
They were good deal startled at the
sight of their old enemy, the strange
girl.
Podr Tabby, as ifseeking consolation
in her bereavement, leaped upon the
knee of her old friend Dick, who stro-
ked her back paihetically, but little
Iervously. Pompey, who took things
more philosophically, stretched HIM
'elf out for snOoze at the feet of RO-
Mr.. Parker, craving from his pock-
t the document, proceeded to read ir.
The introduction was long and formal,
tut hark! there's something coming
low.
ITO my cousin, Richard Figgins-'
Richard looked at Rogers in tri-
Imph.
II give and bequeath-'
You could have heard both their
hearts beat.
In consideration of the natural
owe and affection which j have long
deserved between them
Dick looked puzzled.
Ny farOTife cat Id66y-'
Dick gave Tabby a furious stroke
he wrong way.
-'And no more of my estate
With fling that betokened a most
mphatic remuneration of the legacy,
Tabby was sent mewing and splitting
o the farthest corner of the room.
To my cousin, Roger Smith
1t was Rogers turn to triumph.
lin consideration of the natural love
Nd Affection
Roger began to feel suspicious.
II gire and 6egueath my dog Pom
ev, and no more of my estate
With a violent kick, Pompey was
ent spinning after the cat; and the
ear of her who had so long kept the
cace between them being ho longer
efore their eyes, the pent-up enmity
{ years found vent in an uproarious
ght, IN the noise of which the voice
I the old lawyer WAS almost drowned;
ut the words, rest and residue of my
state-niece, Hester Haywood were
efficiently audible, and Cousins Dick
nd Roger stayed to hear no more.