The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-12-04
a BROKEN TRUST.

l, Edwin Leigh, had been married
Just three months, and for twice tha
time Junior partner in our bankin,
lirm, Debenham, Lockyer, & Co., O
Crutc he'd Frars.
L had cause to remember the ia,
when neighbor of ours, q Young Ger
man merchant, called, after dusk a
our house-W olseley Place, N. W.2tc
ask me to take charge of sum, in gold
chiefly, which lie had received i'm the
city after banking hours.
=! am called off to France, and start
by the night mail at eight O'Clock said
my friend; ''nor do [ care to carry so
much gold with me among the pick-
pockets OF Paris, SO please Day it in to
my account when you go to the bank
to,morrow-siX thousand dollars.n
L insisted on giving Herman Kratz a
receipt for his six thousand dollars.
Dat is all nonsense" said the wor
thy Teuton, but he pocketed the paper
pressed upon him, and we shook hands
and parted.
locked up the ,-bay Of money III lny
dresslng-caSe upstairs, meaning, of
course, TO convey it to Crutched Friars
next day.
Dinner, however, was not over before
there was a loud peal of the door-bell,
and l received a pressing letter of in
structions, sent by special messenger,
from our principals private residence
MI. DeDenham requested me to start
by early train next morning for Man.
chester on important business.
1t was the first separation between
Blanche and myself, and it was a trial
to both. for ! loved my young wife
dearly; however, the journey was ne
cessary, so at dawn l set Off, looking
forward with pleasure to my prompt
return, and enjoining Oh Blanche to
Keep an eye on the tall morocco case
that contained Herr KratZ's deposit.
l was detained at Manchester longer
than had been expected.
However, on the third day | reached
it, the affairs which l had to arrange
were satisfactorily settled, and / was
able to telephone TO my wife that
SHOULD return home that night. 1
started.
The weathcr-it was winter-had
quite changed.
white with snOwrifts, while the loud
fierce wind brought fresh flakes with
II. Still, wrapping myself in my warm
car, cheerfully looking forward to the
pleasant welcome that awaited me,
More than once fell asleep, but al
ways my dreams were of home. the
pretty little wife, the eager greeting,
tne warmth, the sense of comfort, the
glowing fire, the hot supper, for the
traveller returned. London, at last.
Slowly through the binding snow did
P1h1nnn n ma n l. {,,N I'll
Place, No. 2; but, that haven of peace
once reached, ran like a schoolbov up
the tagged path of the tiny front gar
den, leaving grumbling Jelu to follow
with the portmanteau.
Sarah, our housemaid, hurried to an
swer my impatient ring.
l. did not, at first, notice the rirl's
atfrightcd look, nor the flaring candle,
snatched off tile drawing-room table.
in her hand.
Sarah had enough to do to prevent
the candle from being extinguished,
while had to push hard at the closing
door, before, along with freshening
wind and driving snow, | could effect
an entrance.
"You seem surprised, Sarah, ,"I said.
"Oh, sir, you don't know what 1T is.
A'o3 eiSAo hoDouy CIiClc, SIlc Sdlu
wildly, as l rushed to the drawing
room, the door Of which was ajar, one
candle on the trim table, the fire ex-
tinct, the room empty and cheerless.
l left Sarah to receive my portman.
tcau and pay the cabman, and dashed
upstairs. There, in my wife's bed.
room, a bright fire burned, candles
tlickered, and kind, white-haired DR..
Blandiord stood before the fire. There
was u strong odor Of ether and other
drugs, and the medicinc-chcst stood
open Oh Il side table.
Stretched on the bed, her pretty head
almost buried among the soft pillows
but in the same dress she must have
worn that day, lay Blanche.
When She heard my step and my
voice, her hysterical sobs redoubleu
and it was almost in a shrek that she
cried out
"Do not ask it, Edwin, no, no, ]
cannot tell you. DO not question me
or it will kill mel''
l soothed my poor darling as we'll a.