The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-01-20

ALIvE-CoNCLusIoN.
1t the instis.tion Of thu judge, after he
lad held brief consultation with him, Ned
WIS allowed TO go TO Clayton mansion es-
cCSred by the detectives.
He got there almost rs soon Us the rest,
for he succeeded i'll keeping clear of tie
crowd by leaving the courtroom through
! private exit at the rear.
Philip Eyersleiyh ana Clara Coles had
been visited by him immediately after the
| papers chrouicled the death of the Spider.
10 them he told enough to secure the state
| ment. They had all stared for Connecti-
! cut the night before the trial, and brought
with them an invalid. On arriving at their
| destination. Ned saw them to the mansion,
and exac.ed q promise that .hey would re-
main there till he returned.
Philip came out upon the porch to meet
the Mdies. Regardless OF surroundings,
Cecil rushed into his outstretched arms.
''PLilip, can you forgive lne::"
Freely, fully, my darling" he answered,
and embraced her lovingly. imprintinS a
warm kiss upon her lips. Il know all, AID
believe me honor You for the course you
took in refusing to wed. though it was a
mistake, for you are not answerable for the
sins Of another"
They all Went into the drawing room,
Ned following The two detectives re-
manned outside.
Ned. standing aloof, told them that he
had one thing more to do before leaving
them, and :notioned to Philip. Botn left
the room, returning in q moment leading
old John Clayton!
Broken down he was and ten years older
In appearance.
Cecil fell upon his neck, weeping tears Of
JOY.
THE night l rescued certain foolish
girl from the Travellers Rest I encorn-
tered ghost, said Ned. II followed it to
its lair. and atterward called upon it. ] dis
covered it to be my brother, whose fears
had driven him to forsake his own. In the
night he walked out to yet the ;ur. ind on
this particular night went downtown on o
message for friend, and in getting back to
the car took the darkest streets, to avoid ac-
cidents. His mind became slightly affected
and laid him up for time, but sickne IS has
killed his pride. aud brought him back"
II will try to be a father to you, my child,
end hope to atone for my hasty, unfeeling
conduct to my wife"
That was I'LL John Clayton's tears would
allow him to say.
Mrs. Clayton, bending over his chair.
whispered:
Forget the past, John; the future is full
of JOY. We can now live right, and
it will render us all the happier that We
Lave come up out of much tribulation.'
Their trials were indeed at an end. The
whole secret had been revealed, and could
not now be recalled. Nor would the old
man have wished it otherwise.
Being questioned as to how he had sus-
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| sumo it, Ned replied that, on reaching New
York, he got in with rough lot of fellows.
who were about leaving the city. This was
Sam Nevins' gang, One Of them, by name
Tom Black, he noted particularly
| speech, looks, dress, ETC., he copied tor the
! furtherance Of his own ends.
| Through the combined efforts Of friends
| a pardon was secured for the indefatigable
| truly repentant Ned, and he disappeared
| soon after. Two years later, Mrs. Clayton
received letter, postmarked Galveston,
| Texas. Ned had become thrifty farmer.
Philip and Cecil were privately married.
| and the former entered upon his ministerial
duties at once while the Clayton homestead
passed into other hands, for john Clayton
and his wife went with their son-in-law.
| Another marriage, as quiet as Cecils, not
| more than year after that event, took place
i'll an uptown church in New York. George
Newton did not disappoint the expectations
OF his friends. and his rnion with Clara
| Coles was the rcsr.., which was brought
about by Clara's artful scheming.
Grace EversleiSh's dislike OF her sister-in-
law melted under this blow, for she had
secretly cherished q fondness for George
Newton, and had been jealous because OF
his preference for Cecil
The widow Bnrrill was forced to succumb
to the inevitable. TIE was no help for it;
her creditors made descent; the red flag
was planted on the steps of the brown-stone
front, and Murray Hill was obliged to trowr
upon its once adored belle, whose BE-
to:hel expiated his crimes on the gallows.
| ;'HE ESD.1