Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-07-05


will not beat about the bush. / find :hat
l have no legal right to the title which l
bear, or to the fortune which / lam using
Eh what p exclaimed Mr.. Moyle,
with gasp.
made the discovery this morning on
rummaging through a box of deeds, con
tinued Lord Beauvray. whose voice grew
steadier. You know that l inherited
the title from my uncle. He was the
eldest of three brothers. My father, the
youngest died whilst / WAS boy; my
second uncle died few years later, and
we fancied he had been bachelor, but
il appears that he was clandestinely mar.
ried, and left a son, a lad whom you
know, by the-hy, for have seen him
in your house. His name is Timb burel.'
Timburel p echoed Mr.. Moyle. with
START young Timburel who used to be
clerk in our firm, and whom l dis.
missed for presuming to make love to
our Miller
was not aware of those particulars, ,
said Lord Beauvray, but young Tim
burel is the man he bears his mothers
name (she was nm actress) and we used to
think he was the natural son of my sec
ond uncle but it seems that his parents
were lawfully married.
And do you mean to say that Timbu
rel-a vulgar conceited upstart who is
living on his wits at this moment, with
not II shilling in his pocket III be bound
do you mean to say he has become earl
of BeaGvray p
Not only that, but he becomes abso-
lutte owner of all my estates and property.
My poor father left me mere pittance.
When have put Timburel in possession
of his own l shall have nothing but my
commission in the Guards and about
three hundred year.
Come, come, don Z say such bosh,'
blurted out old Moyle, graspng his nose
again. 1t had just occurred to him that
Lord Beauvray was hoaxing. lie wants
to find out whether our Millie loves him
for himself or his title,' reflected the
moneyman but in a moment this idea
was dispeled by Lord Beauvray display
ing the contents of his envelope-a mar
riage certificate and Il number of letters
which substantiated his story. Then he
entered into explanations. 1t seems tina.
his uncle, the Hon. Colonel de VIay, be-
ing in garrison Mt Malta, had privately
married nm Italian actress named Tim
burel. After years union this fckle
person had deserted him, leaving her
child to his care and soon afterward she
died. Under the circumstances the col
onel, though he provided for his boys
maintenance, deemed il convenient to
conceal his marriage, and eventually he
died suddenly without having acknowI
edged it. Apparently, however, his con-
science had tormented him, so that while
lacking the moral courage to speak the
truth during his lifetime, he had left evil
dence by which il might be known after
his death. Unfortunately, the envelope
containing his marriage certificate had
lain mixed up with some other documents
in box, which Beauvray (who inherited
the deceased's papers) had never thought
Of examining till that morning, when he
had begun to sort his family papers in
view of his marriage. There were the
facts which the young peer explained,
whilst old MoYle, with a series of wheezes
like means, rueirly examined the docu-
ments one by one.
Suddenly the ill-discounter crumpled
all the papers in his hand with feverisb
grasp, and looked at Lord Beauvrfy.-
There was expression in his dull eyes as
ofa light behind an uncleaned pane OF
glass say, he whispered, have you
told any body besid me about this Sc
cret p
No; | came to rou first, as in duty
bound ~~
Then what prevents us from destroy
ing these papers ? shan't say anything
about it. That young Timbur is II
skunk and snob ii will be ridiculous
to see him 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
anything about ii p
/ shall answered Lord Beauvray
quietly and held out his hand for the
papers.
The shifty glance Of the moneyman
quaied before the light of unquenchable
honesty in the eyes of one who happened
to be noblcman in something more than
the name.
II.
There was n pretty hubbub in society
when Il became known that the earl of
Beauvray-or George do Vray, as he now
simply called himself-was going to
abandon his title and estates to n man