The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1880-05-04


me the will and was about TO go, when
said
"There is Just one difficulty. Suppose
Charles determines TO defend the case,
he might say that II was trumped up
tale, this will forgery and as he has
possession, l am not sure but that with
agood lawyer he would beat us"
"Ah don't think he will attempt
to stand VIII en- he knows that I have
told you all. But In case he does then"
with sudden energy = ''then will l
attend and give evidence against him,
ay, even II have to stand In the dock
beside him, No, no. He must and
shall disgorge his wealth. Yes; that
shall be my revenge"
Next morning Mr.. Sparks and myself
went over to Cottam, and were ushered
into the presence of Charles He was
not too we'll pleased to see us, and his
manner towards us was brusque and
abrupt.
" May ask why am favored with
call so early in the morningY" he asked
with an attempt at hauteur, although l
thought that In reality he was not quite
at his ease.
1--WE have called on very serious
matter, Mr. Charles Russell" j said
gravely.
Estate It then, please, as quickly as
may be, or cannot stay to hear you,
rs my tme Is precious
"Not more precious than your liberty,
1 presume ~
my liberty What do you mean :
What has your presence here to do with
my libertyp"
"Simply this. If you refuse to hear
us, we shall have you arrested at once"
ARRESTED are you madY On what
charger"
con the charge of forging your
uncle's signature and changing the
will"
I-I-don't understand YOU" These
were his words but they were belled by
the ashy, pale face and starting eyes.
"Oh, you don't understand. Perhaps
you have forgotten. Then let me re-
mind you of the night at the Red Lion,
of the new will you made, and of the
instructions you gave to Miss Leclerc-
instructions which she so well carried
out"
Z" 1t is false l know nothing of what
you are talking about. You have evi.
IDENTIFY come here to insult me. If so,
you have come to the wrong place, can
tell you; and the sooner you pack off to
Kinton again, the better" All this
with an attempt at bravado, which,
however did not deceive either of us, as
we saw in his face plenty of evidence of
real terror behind
"Ah well, perhaps you do not remem-
ber these things, Then l have only one
other bit of information for you, and
that is''-looking him straight in the
face-''we have possession of the original
will.n
cts lie-an infamous lie for my
self saw it burr
But here his courage failed him, and
he could hold out no longer-he saw the
fatal admission he had made-and after
that we had very little trouble with
him. He whined for mercy and prayed
that he might not be sent to prison.
AS it was not our wish to proceed to
extremes, we were as lenient as possible;
and it was eventually arranged that the
two hundred and fifty pounds paid to
Ellen should be returned to him, and
that he should emigrate to Australia.
This he did, and 1 think that not the
least bitter portion of his punishment
was the knowledge that it all came
through the instrumentality of the girl
he first tempted and then SO cruelty
deserted.
Miss Leclerc was paid another fifty
pounds, and Joined her friends in Amer
ica. We were never troubled with either
of them again.
All that the world knew of the matter
was, that new will had been discover
ed, leaving the property to Ellen. All
the legal formalities were complied with
and we took possession = happy at
length that my wife's inheritance was
regained. And this would not have
happened if it had not been for a
woMAN's REVENGE.