The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-06-13

you do with your money, you will q
4 nothing thst you have not we'll con
- sidered." Aud It il also said tbs
Miss Parkway replied "If waute,
10 be preached to, Mr. Bupnymsn,
should 90 TO your brother, the Rant
= eT'-YeTnsps because Mr.. Bunnymsl
had brother who preached, thOugl
IT he wasn't q rEnteT at sll. However
: g these two were by themselves,
don't zee how anyone could bav
: known what passed and these con
= fdentie! Conversations ia books an
q histories are certainly things / DOM
. believe IN.
! 1t was known for certain, however
"a that she had Let only given notice
:, but had actually Withdrawn IT,,
money; and among other things i
- was said that she had admitted TO hel
70 landlGdy, Mrs. Ambliss, that tn
= match with Lytherly would break Of
x all intimacy with her friends. Sht
4 only mad one relative who came Il
a see her, and that was 8 gentleman
,, living some forty miles away, but ht
u had not been to COmbestead lately
Whether he was offended or not
= neither the laadlady nor lodger coulC
say; but the latter feared he w8s, g.
she bad written and told him exactly
how affairs stood and what steps she
= hsd taken, but bad received no reply
10 her letter. Lytherly seemed very
naturally Frightening up, and tOOE
q our jOculaF CDgrstulstiOn-fOr ] had
my ssy as well as Others-in q good
tempered, although rather conceited
lstyle. One annoyance he felt, which
. was that everybody to whom he
, owed money-which was everyone
who would trust him-was anxious
to he the first paid and thinking
that q little gentle pressure might
!, help them, two or three Of Iradesmen
took County Court summOnses
against him, and this, as he said, was
very hard on him and very selfish.
However, there seemed little chance
that they would defeat themselves,
for, hRrassed and worried by these
dOings, he was forced to ask Miss
Parkway for an advance of money,
being the first time he had ever done
so. He had received money from her,
but she had always offered it, and
pressed il upon him when he made q
show, il he was not actually in earn
est, of wishing to refuse l.. Whether
she was in bad temper at the time, or
whether she was hurt at his making
such request Lytherly could not say,
but she refused TO make the advance,
and they parted worse friends than
they mad been for some time.
All this the young fellow let out at
the Bell on the Saturday, as the re-
fusal happened on the Friday, q great
part OF 1t in my hearing, for / general
| ly took my pipe and glass at the Bell,
and saw he was well In for tipsy.
! He had indeed been drinking there
some hours, and would perhaps have
stopped longer but that the landlord
persuaded him to 90 home. He was
hardly able to walk, and, as did not
wish him to get into any trouble,
which might mean also trouble
/ to me, l followed him to the
| door, determined l would see him
70 his lodgings if necessary; bat just
then his landisdy's son happened to
| come by. The poor chap, as l we'll
remember, had been to the dentists
t0 have 4 tooth drawn, but his face
was so swollen that MIR. Clawes would
not attempt to draw it till daylight,
and the poor fellow was half distract l
ed with pain. He offered to see Ly-
therly home, and, as he lived in the
same house and slept in the same
room, OF course he was the fittest
party to do so +; and so off they went |
together, and in due course OF time /
went home toO.
Next day was Sunday, and a quiet |
day enough it always was in COmbs- |
stead. Younger men might have |
thought il dull, but it suited me. / |
had lived fifty years in London, and |
did not object to the steady-going !
ways Of the little town in fact took |
to going to church, and all sorts OF |
things. Well, the day passed by |
without anything particular, and L |
was really thinking of going to bed, |
although it was only half-past nine, |
for felt sleepy aud tired, when I |
heard something run hurriedly up our |
front garden, and then followed a very |
loud double knock at the door. l |
lived, should mention, at a nice |
house in Church street, which was a
turning that led from the High street |
into Orchard street, where, as L have |
said, Miss Parkway lived. was just |
about to drink q glass OF eggnOg, |
which is q thing l SIN very partial 10 |
ter time but I put the rumbler down
to listen, for when such hurried step |
and knock came it was nearly always |
for me; and sure enough, in another
half minute the door was opened, and |
1 heard voice ask IL the Superinten-
dent was in then, without any tap
ping or waiting, my door was thrown
open, and L saw a young woman
whom I knew IS servant to Mrs. Am
bliss. The moment saw her knew
something serious was the matter
long experience enabled me to decide
when anything really serious was
coming
"NoW, Jane."I said, "What is it ?''
30 Mr.. Robinson :" she exclaimed,
q forget whether have mentioned
before that my name is Robinson, but
such is the fact, "cOme round at once
to missus', for we have found poor
Miss Parkway stone dead and muir
dered in her ROOM"
And with that, as is q matter OF
course with such people, of she went
into strong Mysteries. / couldn't stop
with her so / opened my door, and
equally, as a matter Of course, there
found the lsndIady and her servant
listening. $50 in and take care Of
that girl, )" said "and one of you
bring her around to Orchard street as
soon as she can walk" I didn't stop
20 blow them up, and they were too
glad to escape to say q word; so off
went, and found q little cluster Of peo-
pie already gathered around the gate
OF the house l wanted. "Here Is the
hurried through,
but had no occasion to knock at the
door, for they were on the watch for |
me. Mr.. and Mrs. Ambliss were in !
the passage, and a usighbOr from next
door; all looked as pale and fiurried
as people do under the circumstances.
"This is q most terrible affair, sir"
says poor old Ambliss, who was q fee ;
BILE, superannuated bank cleIk, 1--WE {
have sent for you, sir, and the doctor,
as being the best we could do. But
perhaps you would like to go into her
room at Onee2"
said I should, as a matter of course,
and they led me to her room. There
was light there, and they brought
more up, so that everything was |
plainly visible. The people had not {
liked, or had been afraid, to disturb .
So the room was in the
same state as when they had entered
it. 1t appeared they had not been
at Miss Parkway not COM
ing down in the morning, for this
was not uncommon with her, but
when the afternoon and evening
passed away and she did not appear,
and no answer was returned to their
rspping at her door, they grew alarm
ed, and at last forced an entrance,
when they found the furniture In
as though 3 struggle hsd
taken place, and poor Miss Parkway
in her night dress lying on her face '
quite dead. They had lifted her on ]
the bed, and from the marks on her 8