Louisiana capitolian., 1879-11-29

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Shall we 90 Off in tho phmton 2
stammered Mr.. Moylo, full Of un-
casiness.
NO, into your room; but let us be
quite alone, repeated the earl, and he
himself led the way to tho sanctum,
where the bill discounter transacted
most Of his business.
Mr.. Moyle had a trick, when agita-
ted, Of grasping his nose with the
whole Of his hand and working It up
and down as III it were India rubber
whicl, lIo wished to elongate. His
nasal organ underwent u deal Of pull
ing in the brief interval that elapsed
before he and Lord Beauvray were
closcted together. Then, Pumping
down into the arm chair at the writ
ing table, Mr.. Moyle started in be-
wilderment while the peer sat down
opposite and produced IL blue cnvel-
ope with several black seals. Leaving
this on the table, Beauvray placed
his hand on It, md looked into the
tinnncier's eyes.
mir. Moylc,' said he sadly,T have
u painful communication N mako,
hut will not beat about the bush.
] find that | have no legal right to the
title which bear, or to the fortune
which ! am using ...,.
'Eh! what 2 exclaimed Mr.. Moyle
with u gasp.
Il made the discovery this morning
in rummaglng through II box Of
decds,' continued Lord Beauvray,
whose voice grew steadicr. 'You
know that | inherited the title from
my uncle. llc was tho eldest Of
three brothers. Ny father, the
youngest, died whilst wns u boy ;
my second uncle died u few years
Inter, and we fancicd he had been II
bachelor, but it appears that he had
been clandcstinely married, and left
u son-a lnd whom you know, by
thc-bye, for have seen Mm in your
house. His name is Timburcl.'
'rimburcl? echoed Mr.. Moyle,
with n start. Young Timburcl. who
used to be u clerk in our firm, md
whom dismissed for presuming to
make love to our Miller
Il was not aware Of those particu-
lars, said Lord Beauvray; 'but young
'rimburel is the man; he bears his
mothers name, (sl,e was M actrcss,)
and VIC used to think he was tho M
turnl son Of my second uncle; but
his parents were lawfully married.
And do you mean to say TINT Tim
burcl---a uigar,--conccited upstart,
who is living on his wits ut this mo-
mcnt, with not shilling in his peck
cts, Pll be bound do you mean to
say he has become Earl of Bcauv-
ray ?
'Not only that, but he becomes ab-
solutc owner Of all my estates and
property. My poor father left me II
mere pittancc. When ] have put
Timburcl in possession Of his own, |
shal! have nothing but my commits
sion in the Guards md about three
hundred year.
Come, come, don't say such bosh,'
blnrted out old Moyle, grasping his
nose again. 1t had just occurred to
him that Lord Dcauvray was hoax
ing.
'IIe wants to find out whether our
Mile loves himself or his title re-
tlectcd tho moncycd man. But in u
moment this idea was dispcllcd by
Lord Benuvray displaying the con.
tents of his envelopo--a marriage Ger
ti6cate and u number Of letters
which substantiated the story. 1t
seems that his uncle, tho Hon. dc
Vray, being in garrison ut Malta had
privately married IN Italian actress
named Timburclli. After u years
union this tickle person deserted him,
leaving her child to his care, and
soon aitcrward she died. Under the
circumstances the colonel, though he
provided for the boys maintenance,
deemed it convenient to conceal his
marriage, and eventually no died sud-
denly without having acknowledged
it. Apparently, however, his cons
cience had tormentcd him, 80 that
while lacking the moral courage to
speak the truth during his lifetime,
he had left evidence by which it
might be known after his death. Un-
fortunately the envelope containing
his marriage certificate had lain
mixed up with some other documents
in u box which Lord Bcauvmy (who
inherited the dcceased's papers) had
never thought Of examining till that
morning, when he had begun to sort
his family papers in view of his mar
riagc. These were the facts which
the young peer explained, whilst old
Moyle, with u series Of wheezcs like
means, ruefuly examined all the docu-
mcnts one by one.
Suddenly the bill disc0unter crum-
pied all the papers in his hand with
II feverish grasp, and looked at Lord
Beauvray. There was an expression
in his dull eyes as of . light behind
an uncleaned pane of glass. Il say
he whispered, have you told any
body besides me about this secret ?
mo; came to you first, as in duty
bound.' = I .
Then what prevents us from des-
troying these papers7 l shan't say
anything about it. That young Tim
burel is skunk and a snob; it will
be ridiculous to SEQ him u lord, and
he'll ruin himself, or become mad with
conceit--so foolish is he. say,
Beauvray, if | throw this envelope
into the fire, who will know any
thing about itq'
Il SHALL answered Lord Beauvray,
quietly, and he held out his hand for
the papers. -
The shiftly glance of the money
man quailed before the light Of un-
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