The Morning herald., 1877-10-19

.,rrucR OF "FOR A WOMAN6 SAKE "DKivES
At1h"nH yunn HONE" "JENNY GRAY; or, a w0MAA's
vENGEANcE." ETC., ETo. 't' ,
aYou promise that You will listen to me
coolly and reasonably r" - o..
Burford nodded. ,.....5.
aYou are very poor and would have mon
evp" Augusta paused for q reply, and
Adam Burford again nodded approvingly.
T'hen the widow added, with strong EN-
nbasis-"And revenge on the man from
whom YOU have received your hurts ?" .
Burford shook in every limb, and limped
ooe step towards Augusta, again, no doubt.
ahout to break out with loud ravings; but
Me LADY, held up her finger warningly, and
he limped back again, and cnce more nod
del, without saying word.
You have not, imagine, a very scrupu-
ol,s conscience?" - 90 .,p'. '... ...
A derisive grin was Augusta's answer to
that question. It satisfied her, and she re-
suMcd- .s t1-' .y' um
money you shall have!" H.. gD. u,l
One of Burford's eyes fixed itself inquir-
ugly on Mistress Camelford's unruttied
face, and the other seemed looking intently
into a distant corner Of the room. a' '-H
"And you shall have, too, your revenge
m the man who" and Mistress Camel
ford paused in her; speech, and pointed to
Burford's crippled leg. ..,,, i'.' .,y.- e =
Burford was now again about to break
forth, but Augusta again raised her finger
warningly, and the rutian was, as before,
for the moment tanned. "- 9''.' ,,c,s.
"But your revenge must take the shape
into which l shall please to form j" pur-
sued Augusta. fpagg-o gtlHlIn yr'n.rH'
"Will you promise me it shall be a re-
venge with which may be well content
ed" Adam eagerly inquired. '.J.
And Mistress Camelford promised that
her new and highly creditable acquaintance
should have no reason to complain concern
Ing that; and her new acquaintance ex-
pressed himself as highly satisfied with the
assurance he had received. ..,.
81 may have much for you to do," the
widow next said; "and shall deal iberally
with you in the matter Of payment for your
services, so long as 1 may depend on your
fidelity"
"Give me my revenge on that man, and
well supply me with money, and l will bs
true to you, and do your bidding, whatever
you shall command Yes," he repeated,
With diabolic and most expressive leer,
"uhqteuer you may command! r
"Goodw exclaimed Augusta, evidently
well pleased; then, for the first time during
her long conversation with this man, she
rose from her chair, and, as she walked to-
wards the door, said, "Follow me to my
rooms, for here we should presently be in
tewupted by Sir Jonas; and now that we
have come to an understanding with each
other, shall have much to say to YOU %
Very long was the conference between
these two beings, SO dissimilar in every
other respect, but so alike in the deformity
ot their hearts; and the fl, sc results Of their
long and secret conversation together were,
that Adam Burford left the mansion jing-
ling money in his pockets, Of which he did
noL give his wife shilling, nor did he tell
hcr, as may be supposed, whence nor from
whom his newly arrived wealth had come
% him; and so Margaret Burford was led to
believe that her husband had been concern
ed IN some robbery, Of which, indeed, she
Knew him to be perfectly capable.
he had soon new suit of clothes, Of bet
Yer lit and material than the scarecrow at
tlre in which he was first introduced to us; ;
RlVed well, and having, in about three
weeks, added very considerably to his
weight and strength, he one morning quiet
disappeared, from the neighborhood,
eavlng no word, not even with his wife,
whittier he had gone. q" .'' .'
but the reader must be told that Adam
purlord was on his way to Italy, and thith-
y !, ~ is necessary we should accompany him.
IL was to Florence Adam Burford was
pould and, having arrived there, he at
nee set himself to work to obtain i1iforma-
loh concerning Arthur Gresham, which in
orination he did soon obtain, and with
'nich ,' ne was well pleased. ID"
ne discovered that Gresham had not yet
nt Florence; ferreted out his residence,
M contrived to make acquaintance with
ne OF the artists servants and soon had
opportunity, himself unseen, Of looking
p'h the artist himself. no
Arthur Gresham was now but ghost Of
~ lormer self, His wound having long
relole entirely healed, he had flown to his
?sel aborlng almost increasingly, day and
?nV' with the hope somewhat to lessen the
''h OF that other and far more terrible
o'na which had been struck at his heart,
41r LIZ " winch no physician-not even Time it.
tI tu l mat greatest Of all physicians for those
''cken as had been Arthur, could ever
P'lve It the power to solace. A|.s W ..'''
l1e mad been made to believe that his
"ilihg Rosalie, and the little child whose
W.. ya1lng had been SO anxiously awaited, were
NsI to him for ever. .,, r5' u.sl
from the servant whose acquaintance he
n"l "I 80 cunningly made, Mistress Camel
utu agent learned that Gresham had no
,d1HiIlon' bad iI' even if the way were free to him,
.uu lnQ9ad no 1xiah ,,o,sr To rof11rr1 To Enc.