Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1882-05-17

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business which earns u sum Of money
each year which Il larger than ! dare
mention to you, You would be more
than amazed At tho income from your
fathers wealth, manage the busl-
ness, although almost entirely by cor
respondence,
"When We were married, however,
the business was oi much less import
ance. Your father had only one clerk
then, man by the name Of James
Watson-a man ! always dislkcd,
lie lived ~, H., N'aHrsNncICt he
would be GLAD to make trouble between
my husband aud myself. ! was high
spirited; your ihthcr was quick-tcn-
pcrcd. How il commenced ! have
never been able to remember, hut one
night at supper slight dispute grew
into u quarrel, and the quarrel into
u fierce tumult of threats and denunci-
ations. AT last your father seized his
hat, shouted back the threat that he
wolld never come back again, and
rushed for the door. Five minutes
later James Watson said he must 60
with his master aud also left the house.
"l went to bed that night sorry for
what had happened, for ] sincerely
loved your father, and know he SIN
ccrcly loved me.
The next day the place Of business
was not opened. My husband and
James Watson had gone, that was ccr-
tain. We advertised for them both. /
paid hundreds of pounds out of my pri-
vatc purse to London detectives. Moth
ing came of it. Three months after he
left me you were born. advertised
that widely, asking not my husband to
come to me, but your father to come to
you. The advertisement appeared in
every capital city in the world. 1t did
no good. The lawyers allowed me to
take charge Of the business, after Il
time, | accounting for all that | re-
ceivcd. was told that | might take
legal steps which would put mo in pos
sessession-absolutc possession--of Il
large share of his property. But | had
enough ofmy own without using what
belonged to my husband, and refused
sary. | simply managed the busines,
placed the profits in the bank to your
fathers account and spent money of
my own freely in advertising and pay
ing detectives, while | cconomize in
every other woy. My fortune enabled
me to save considerable money.
Things went on so for more than
three years. One day received let
ter from the lawyers-mine as well as
his. A check for one hundred pounds,
dated at Paris, and with your fathers
name at the bottom, had been presented
by the London bank which had receiv
ed it from a Paris bank for payment.
The lawyer said that if l would enter
formal objection they thought they
could avoid having it paid. l refused
to enter objections. 1t was paid, and
! took a journey to Paris at once.
II spent money freely there with
only one clew, and that a doubtful one,
to reward me. | believed my husband
and James Watson were together. and
my agents believed they had traced
James Watson to Geneva. So | search
ed Switzerland personally and by agents
and failed utterly.
"For a whole year we paid drafts,
all drawn in England, and all drawn
for small amounts, at the rate Of about
one week and, and l hunted all over
England in the track of the dates of
those drafts, and paid dozen men to
do the same thing for me.
A report reached me from Liver
pool just then which led me to believe
that James Watson had been seen to
embark on vessel for Melbourne.
Another man was with him. There
was a good deal of doubt as to the Sc
cond man being my husband, and a
little rs to the first one being James
Watson. took the risk on both, and
sailed on the next vessel for Australia.
The mails went on board, after
which passengers would have been un-
able to go. And our own vessel car
ried a letter to NE at Melburne, inform
ing me of a draft made since the vessel
which was supposed to have carried
James Watson and my husband had
sailed. That settled the matter. l took
the next vessel back. followed Il faint
clew, which indicated Watson, to Alex
andria, to Berlin, to st. Petersburgh.
I hurried back to England to trace