The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-04-01

demand with the contempt It deserves,
then WHAT"
Il would denounce you"
Possibly-but do You think your
words would be believed? What proof
can you advance 7"
"The child's skeleton beneath the
elm."
1t is no longer there"
You have removed it ?"
Mr.. Waldron smiled placidly. Mr..
Mobiles countenance fell. He knew
how little chance his words would have
against man of John Waldron's wealth
and position. He pondered moment
and sudden thought frightened the
gloom of his face.
The mother, Nance Burke, is still
alive, keeping an apple stand on the cor
ner of Fulton street and Broadway, she
will recognize and swear to her daugh-
ter. saw her yesterday"
"She saw Lillian the same day you
saw her, and did not recognize her as
her daughter, though they conversed to-
gether for several moments" answered
Mr.. Waldron coldly.
Bob Mobiles looked be wildered.
So you see, my good man, your
case is not quite so strange as you fam
cied," continued Mr. Waldron, placidly.
Have you anything further to say,
sir 20
mot a word" cried Mobiles, rising
wrathfully but you'll see what I'll
do. 1 will bring Nance here to claim
her daughter"
Angrily he strode into the hall, but he
did not understand the catch of the front
door, and Mr.. Waldron came politely to
his assistance and ushered him out,
watching him as he hurried down the
street.
He can do nothing" he mused =
absolutely nothing but create scan
dal, which will die away in a week.
My darling's little skeleton lies upon
her mothers breast in Greenwood; no
one will think to look for it there
None knew what the box contained
which deposited there when had the
tomb opened. L would not have mind
ed a thousand or two, to have kept the
fellows mouth still, but the possession
of so much money would only have
made him talk the more. You cannot
buy the silence of fellows. But must
be beforehand with him."
Calling his coachman, he ordered him
to harness up as speedily as possible
Leaving his dinner untasted, much to
Lilian's surprise, who never knew such
an occurrence to take place before, he got
into his carriage and was driven rapidly
to the ferry.
Bob Nobbles' wrath and the long sto-
ry he had told made him dry, so he
paused at a saloon on the way to refresh
himself. Men of his temperament re-
quire quite deal of refreshing when
once they commence, so 1t was quite late
in the evening when he got to Nance's
apple stand on the corner of Fulton St.,
and Broadway. To his great surprise he
found the stand empty and Nance alb
sent. He thought she must be sick, so
he determined to call at her lodgings,
which he had discovered the day before,
as she had lived In the same old house
for years. Her rooms were locked -
Nance was not there. Her next door
neighbor, however, afforded him some
information, which was conclusive, but
not satisfactory. A fine gentleman had
brought her there in carriage, and after
packing up her dresses and what few
valuables she had, she had gone away
with him.
Tricked, by jingol" growled Mob
bles, as he stumped down into the street
again. He has bought her up instead
ofme. am sold to certainty. L cannot
prove anything without her evidence,
and he's fixed that by this time. He's
a deep one-too deep for me. Well, /
have found my match for once = no
chance for that five ethousand--guess I'll
let it slide-might get to Sing Sing on
some old offence"
So Bob Mobiles floated around New
York, sailor like, until his money was
all spent, and then shipped for long
voyage again. He was probably lost at
sea, or died abroad, for he never again
returned.
John Waldron's carriage stood before
his Office in Wall street. and in his pri-
vate room poor Nance sat beside him,
bewildered at the strangeness of her po-
sition.