The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-08-16
DAUoHTEROF MY DAUGHTER

'S"SV ~ IC0u liEtt saSAiu, WI
Surrogate"
Certainly; it is as follows: Five
thousand dollars to Julia MAY, daugh
ter of my daughter Mabel.
There were fiutterings, fidgetings
and whisperings and explanations In
the surrogate's court as his honor read
4 second time this clause of the will.
Mabel Anderson turned white as mar.
bic, and gazed fxedly across at the
paper. looking at nobody, while
everybody looked at her. Her fine
nostrils expanded, her refined lips
compressed, and her deep. dark, pas
sionate eyes flashed more keenly than
the great solitaire that rolled and
blazed at her throat with the quick
heaving Of her bosom.
Daughter of my daughter" How
the words rang in her ears! How
her soul wreathed and strained in its
startled and sudden agony! Who
had exhumed that long-buried and
terrible secret? Why and how had
its discovery been kept from her until
now! How had it reached her
fathers knowledge? Why had he
not spoken Of it to her before his
death. Why had she not been ap-
preached in privacy, where quiet ad-
justment had been made? These,
with thousand other like thoughts,
glanced through her mind during the
minutes pause that followed the read
mg.
Nearly opposite Mrs. Anderson sat
. lady somewhat her senior, but of
equally intelligent appearance and
elegance of dress and manner. This
MAS Mrs. RAYMOND, of the same CITY
New York. Beside her sat q young
hdy, apparently sixteen years Of age
her adopted daughter, Julia May
Raymond, described in the will as
daughter Of my daughter Mabel"
Ms. Raymond regarded Mrs. An
derson with steady, keen observance
IS the mysterious clause was read. As
to Miss Julia she only casually noticed
shat the name in the will was like her
own. Of the momentary sensation in
eourt she understood nothing. for she
was yet unaware Of her true rela-
ton to either Mrs. Anderson or Mrs.
Raymond.
The reading went on to the close,
the subscribing witnesses were sworn
and their testimony taken. The in
strument being uncontested, and the
proof sufficient, the surrogate declared
It to be genuine, true and valid.
This done, the immediate parties in
interest dispersed. while the throng of
lookers-on, which consisted largely of
ladies', gathered in bevies to gossip
over the revelations of the will, and
speculate upon results.
Mabel Anderson came of one of the |
most distinguished families upon Man |
haitian Island, and married a man
whose character, wealth and dis |
sinction rendered him in every way |
her equal. Notwithstanding this, she |
had (as Tennyson has IT'D stripped in |
her day." This was before she ever
received the attentions Of the man
Who became her husband. Her part
ner in this this wrong did not forsake
Der in this extremity. Upon the con-
srary. so prudently was the unfortunate
affair handled, that not a breath of it
came to Mabels relatives, nor to the
circle in which she moved, nor did the
shadow of suspicion pass upon her
name.
At daybreak upon a morning in
June, during the time of which We
are writing, young woman, appar-
emily domestic, placed upon the
porch at the side entrance of hand
some mansion a large, covered wickor
basket. She then silently and quickly
to the street and disappeared
The little inmate Of the basket was
not long in raising the house." The
kind-hearted lady who first heard the
cry, and went to the door to ascertain
the cause, Was Mrs. Raymond, then
but recently married the identical
person who Afterwards appeared in
court with Miss Julia at the probate
Of the will.
Examination of the basket revealed
handsome, healthy female child, ap-
,arently month old. Its clothing
vas all of the finest fabric, and every
hing accompanying the little waif
sent to show that it was of no mean !
,rigin. Pinned to its frock was a
fote, written in a delicate and beauti- {
ul hand, as follows:
"DEAR LADY: This child bears the
Hood of two Of the most respectable
antilles in New York. For some
'ears her identity must be concealed
se tender and merciful to her and i'm !
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