The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-06-17

and embraced her lovingly, ImprInting q
warm kiss upon her lips. Il know all, and
believe me honor you for the course you
took in refusing to we'd, though it was q
mistake, for you are not answerable for the
sins Of another"
Hush! Uncle Ned is here!'
They all went into the drawing-room,
Ned following The tive detectives re-
mained outside.
Ned. standing aloof, told them that he
had one thing more to do before leaving
them, and motioned to Philip. Both left
the room, returning in q moment leading
old John Claytonl
Broken down he was, and ten years older
in Appearance
Cecil fell upon his neck, weeping tears Of
joy.
THE night 1 rescued a certain foolish
girl from the Travellers Rest l encoun-
tered ghost" said Ned ~ followed it to
its lair, and aftsrward called upon it. l dis
covered it to be my BROTHER whose fears
had driven him to forsake his own. In the
night he walked out to get the air, and O.
this particular night went downtown on q
message for friend and in getting back TO
the car took the darkest streets, to avoid ac-
cidents His mind became slightly affected
and laid him up for time, but sickness has
killed his pride. and brought him back"
II will try to be father to you, my child,
and hope to atone for my hasty, unfeeling
1onduct to my wife"
That was all John Clayton's tears would
allow him to say.
Mrs. Clayton, bonding over his chair,
whispered;
Forget the past, John; the future is full
of joy. We can now live right and
| it will render US all the happier that we
have come up out of much tribulation.
Their trials were indeed at an end. The
whole secret had been revealed, and could
not now be recalled Nor would the old
man have wished it otherwise.
Being questioned as to how he had sus-
tained his disguise, and how he came to as
sumo it, Ned replied that, on reaching New
York. he got in with q rough lot of fellows,
who We're about leaving the city. This was
Sam Nevins' gang, One of them, by name
Tom Black, he noted particularly
speech, looks, dress, etc., he copied for the
furtherance of his own ends.
Through the combined efforts of friends,
a pardon was secured for the interchangeable.
truly repentant Ned, and he disappeared
soon after. Two years later, Mrs. Clayton
received letter, post-marked Galveston,
Texas Ned had become q thrifty farmer.
Philip and Cecil were privately married,
and the former entered upon his ministerial
duties at once, while the Clayton homestead
passed into other hands, for John Clayton
and his wife went with their son-in-law.
Another marriage, as quiet as Ceclls, moi
more than year after that event, took place
in an uptown church in New York. George
Newton did not disappoint the expectation
of his friends, and his union with Glars
Coles was the result, which was brough
about by Clara's artful scheming.
Grace Eversleigh's dislike of her sister.in
law melted under this blow, for she hat
secretly cherished fondness for Georgt
Newton, and had been jealous because o
his preference for Cecil.
The widow Burrill WAS forced to succumt
to the inevitable. There was no help for it
her creditors made descent; the red fas
was planted on the steps of the brown-stont
front, and Murray Hill was Obliged TO frowr
upon its once adored belle, whose be
trothed expiated his crimes on the gallows.
1.-THE END.1