The Morning herald., 1877-10-25
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~ "en, however, Old she know Rosalit
70 believe, that Of her own free will th
mother had consented thus to renounce he
onspring; neither old Margaret believe,
tnat the poor young widow was willinrl
about, tor the second time, to wed; to hotii
those steps had Roaslie been coercod ~
that the wife Of Mistress Came]ford's aoon W
felt thoroughly convinced.
Ordered by her husband to be in wait;no
with him to receive the child which Aurus
ia was about to steal from it's cot, Moryare
burford bad mentally vowed, when LITTLE
Arthur was given to her care. that shf
would be second mother-a most faith
ful protectress to the poor, discarded
child. NV
At first, the child petted and pined TO,
the poor mother, from whom he had been
20 cruelty stolen; but Margaret so fondled
and petted him, that he soon ceased to
gr1eve; and, being little more than two
years old, soon forgot, as matter Of course,
that ne had ever known any other mother
than she whom he had now been taught
to call by that endearing name.
And lovely little fellow was, in truth,
young Arthur Gresham. Blended in his
face were the features of his father and of
Rosaie.
Equally great with his love for her whom
ne had now come to believe his true mother
his visions of Rosalie having, by this
time, faded entirely from his mi,.d-was
his fear for the man whom he could not be
brought to call father.
Adam Burford though" and thought (lav
after day, Of the agreement concerning the
| child, into which he had entered with
Mistress Came]ford and the more he re-
tected on the money part of it, the more
clear and definite did its concealed and in
sidious meaning appear to him.
Adam Burford was to receive from Mis-
tress CameHord certain sum per year, SO
long as Rosalie's child should live and be
under his care; but should the child die
while under the guardianship of Augusta &
agent, then was that worthy man to receive
another certain sum per year from his en-
ployer SO long as his own Life should lust.
He was to be made secure of that annuity. |
even should he survive the lady who had
fixed it upon him, and the certain yearly |
sum which he was to be paid after the !
chlld's death was OF much larger amount |
than that which he would receive SO long
as the child should continue to exist.
Adam Burford soon came to underst .nl |
Augustus covet meaning, which, after ali,
was most transparent.
Inc money which was to be paid for the
care Of Rosalie's unhappy boy, Burford was
to receive quarterly, in letter addressed to
him, in an assumed name, to the post-otice
Of town about midway between the spot
where was situated the mansion Of Sir
Jonas Rathborne, and the village on tn,
outskirts OF which Adam had taken up his
residence.
1t wanted but two days to that Oh
which Mistress Camelford's agent was to
receive his second quarterly instalment OH
little Arthur's account, when Burfom's
crippled leg, he said, had suddenly again
become 30 painful, that he could not place
it to the ground. BE bay groaning on his
bed, and inveighing against the sharp east
wind which, this time, was causing
him more torture than ever before.
"And, you know, Margaret, he addressed ,
his wife, "there is our quarterly money i.
will be ready for IN at yonder town to- !.
morrow, and here am l fast and help :
less"
1t was part Of Burford's, perhaps neces-
y necessary, to mention names of either
persons or places.
Tomorrow Is it really tomorrow We ,
lre to receive that money!" Marsarat L
lsked. Il
Certainly p replied her husband
But Adam knew that it would be two
lays longer before the wages of his intan,
would arrive for him but, for the dreadful
purpose he had in view, it would be nuces- u *
ary that Margaret should be absent from II
lin for not less than four days. 81
"You know, Margaret" her husband
ontinued, chow little money we have ro- q
naming" II
He did not say that no sooner was money
n his hands than it left him again. $50. I(
1argaret, as l am fixed here to my bed a
ou must take the journey, and bring back io I
be money" u
"And it will be trying journey for lit sc
70 Arthur; for, Of course, 1 must take -,
i'm with me" said Margaret. IL
'Of course you must do nothing Of the &C. q;
,rt what rubbish p shouted Burford III
is not there the woman down in the vii IL
.ge, who does your housework wny shoulc W;
ot she come and stay here, and look after vi
le child while you are gone? Io,t will ~
> back again by tomorrow evening, you nj
low."
There was no help for it, and Margaret OF
ust do as her husband desired her. and we
she sought the woman whom her hus- on o.
nd had mentioned; cottager's wife, and IN
aomelys honest creature, to whom Arthur, wa
tn perfect confidence. might be entrusted
d having installed this good woman, i'm su SUI
BRING her utmost care for little Arthur, scs
after having kissed and embraced a nls s
ns.a ro+ so+ for+h ,vaan;no m bor wsv VIII
.eo,,;,,,, tho+ for +,ro do1s aha must no vel