Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-07-21
Wri1eaor The Beacon.
THE SISTERS TRIAL,
The Golden ThrcGd.
ny wAYFARER.
Watching, Waiting, Praying
A Clean Of Sunshine !
A Clean Of sunshino !
CHAPTER XIX.

Weston had both visited Baltimore ea.
other places where II was most likely
he would be heard Of and Ernest hac
made Investigations; and though il had
been done with a delcacy Of names
not to offend Lucy or give undue pub.
licity 10 the painful circumstances, the
search was thorough, but no clue was
obtained as TO his whereabouts. Poor
old Fompey bad made visi. 70 Balti-
more also, saying nothing Of his inten-
tlons 10 any one and less about his adj
ventures on his return, for not knowing
the propensItles Of the street gamins,
he had in his Difference 70 self-pride and
vanity decked his six feet seven in his
unique company garb, thereby bringing
his Iunes, hat and umbrella into such
imminent peril as to necessitaie hasiy
retreat.
Nothing coudbc gained from Dayton's
movements, which were oflhe usualten.
or, as he was absent frequently on busl.
ness or pleasure, or putting in time idly
at home, and no one thought it worth
while 10 question him on the subject.
He knew too well how 10 cover bis
tracks for suspicious to be Of any avail
aud watching hiG would have proved
OF less. Even in hiding hm at Mex.
dart he left no traces Of The criminal
deed for, as soon rs be arrived in New
York, be despatched at that late hour 8
letter, in the name Of the firm Of which
he was special partner 10 a shippng
house, to the frm OF Mobray and Ash.
ton, his attorncyss authuritiag The fore.
closure Of mortgage which they held
on some valuable property ~ the WI
Iage, and followed it in day or two,
accompanied by one Of his partners, to
be in time for the Court which met in
few days.
He ventured to call al the cottage
once to offer his coincidence but bis
rympathies were declined very prompt
ly by Mrs. Sloan, who met him at the
door. Another time he addressed o
note 10 Lucy suggesting the cxpedieacy
of advertising Tor her brother but this
coarse proner Of his edrontery never
reached her. Without breaking the
seal, Mrs. Sloan tore the note in two
and returned the fragments by The mes
senger, and as out Of place as il may
seem, Mrs. Wolf actually put in an APP
pcarance Of the cottage gale and asked
Of Mary, who was near by, ifthe ladies
were at home, but received for an an
swer, 81 spect not when de likes Of you
comes, an answer that did not add any
sweetness TO Mrs. WIS temper, and
would not have been approved Of by
Lucy as the most polite way Of rcpuI-
sing her approach to acquaintance,
but it was eficacious and the maid KEEP
her sauciness to herself in reporting the
visit.
The maid was growing very woman
| ly, and studied every want and wish o
her mistress with a devotion that at
tached her 10 its object more closely /
possible. Something like her old spir
its returned, yet her mothers memory
was tenderIy iostered, mingling viii
every day lesson and she always occu
pied that mothers place al the shrine
in the little room with Bertha besid
her.
Her activity allowed her much lei
sure and her mistress encouraged he
to indulge the pastimes natural TO he
temperament, and she was seen as c
old out upon the lawn with her beauti
full peafowl or practising pislol-shootin
under the tuition Of Pompey, who's
falhcrly care she repaid with graf
tude that delighted him. The noyelt
Of this latter exercise took her fancy
and on the strength of her old friend
a declaration, that "ebry gineration gu
wuss and wuss and 'cessitates shootr
as one OF de branches of edication," sh
became an apt scholar.
The weapon owned by Pompey-b
right Of purchase-had Aourished in a
Q afaire de honneur that had perhaps tr;
veled down from the contest for right
= in that section that ragged SO furIousl
between the Proprietary GovernmeI
and the persistent Clarborne in the di
9 tant past. AT any rate, the respect,
+ scions of two undisputed leoffments I
bitter IN their antagonisms as the al
cient houses Of Montague and Capule