The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-11-16
FOR HIS w MURDER.
A Man Arrested for Killing Himself-A
Chapter from the History Of an
Old English Family.
The Suppressed Marriage and the Missing;
Record-The Night Attack on Barnfyle
Hall-The Secret Drawer and the
@ Fatal Pocketbook.

In October, 1867, a young man Of about
twenty-one alighted from the stage coach at
the door Of the Stag Inn in Leicester, Som
ersetshire, England. In his hand he carried
a small satchel or valise. He was tall, pow
erfully built and handsome. Having engaged
q room and dined, he quilted the hotel and
walked through the darkness to the extreme
eastern end of the village. There he entered
q small wicket and passed up q patch Of gar
den to a two-story cottage, in one window Of
which faint light glimmered, disclosing q
q few groceries, toys and sticks OF candy.
Opening the door, which was on the latch,
he stepped into the small shop. The jingle
Of q bell attached to the door brought from
the rear room an elderly woman, plainly but
neatly dressed, with an old fashioned high
muslin cap covering her head.
Chow do you do, Mother Blonkin q the
young man said, holding out his hand.
The woman shaded her eyes with her
hands, and gazed for a moment at her Yisi-
tor.
''You have the better Of me, sir" she
said, at last 'tbut still, if you are a friend,
j.. though I don't recognize you, there's no
harm in shaking hands" And with that she
took the young mans proffered hand.
do you remember Philip Moore ?" the
stranger asked.
Instantly the woman's face frightened,
and she exclaimed :
sAre you Philip-little Philip 2"
Il am Philip, aabut no longer little, as you
see,' the young man answered. "But let us
retire, II you please, to your sitting room,
for 7 have much to say"
LOVE- AND DISCRETION.
They went into the rear room, and after
some conversation, not material to this nara
tive, the young man said
when my mother, my grandmother and
l left here [ was seven years Old. You, as
my nurse, knew that ] was always consid-
cred the illegitimate son Of Sir. George BAN
fylde, and that on his marriage it was
thought best that we should leave the neigh
borhood. We went to Exeter and there
lived in comparative comfort, Sir George
having made q liberal provision for my
mother. Immediately after my birth. as you
also know, my mother was seized with milk
fever and became from that time mentally
imbecile. She was always rational and af
fect1onate, however, with me, and now that
she is no more, all my memories of her is as
precious to me as though she had possessed
all her faculties. My grandmother saw that
my education was not negected, and / have
long held 9 lucrative position in Exeter. just
before my mothers death, which seemed to
result from a general wearing away Of tie
system, all her mental faculties were restor-
ed. Gradually the earlier events Of came
back to her recollection, and her first &C
quaintance with Sir George, and all that fol
lowed was fresh in her memory. She re
membered how she was engaged as govern.
ess to Sir Georges youngest sisters, after his
mothers death, and his paying attention K
her. She told-What wa never known be
fore-hoW he proposed secret marriage
how they went together to the adjacent par
ish Of Taunton, and were united by q cler
gYman who was an old college friend OF 81
Georges; how Sir George objected to sign
ing the register, and how the clergyman sal
1t was merely a matter Of form ; how tn
register was signed, and how, after they ha'
quilted The church, Sir George said that b
had
LEFT HIS GLOVE BEHIND.
And returned to the vestry. She related TO-
they returned to the hall By different ways
and how the new relations existed betWee
them until my mothers condition could \
longer be concealed, and how then (hayin
first got possession Of her marriage certif
cate) he cast her off, denied the marriage
and threatened to leave her unproVlded fo
if she sought to prove her rights a. : wife.