Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-19
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWs SUNDAY OCTOBER 49, 1884,

Clare was shocked at the revelations OF
that night, she who was once a friend.
| Was it possible that she could have a
heart so depraved. 1t was awful to think
of.
Would this restore Arthur to her. or
| would some mysterious barrier arise from
some other quarter to their union. Per-
haps he was already on his way to a for
eign land from which he might never re-
turn. Arthur had told her long ago how
| JANE Thompson's story to him OF her en-
| gagement to Frank had kept him aloof
! from her. She had excused it at the time,
thinking jamie was labOring under a mis-
| apprehension Of the state of things. and
really. believed what she said. She
| thought now it was willful deception-she
| should never feel safe from her wiIes. If
| Arthur and she should ever be reconciled,
| she should live in constant dread lest
| something worse should happen. Per-
| haps she would try to destroy him in some
way, for what limit was there to the base
ness of such heart?
Frank came over early, as he had PROM
Used, and he was overjoyed at getting bold
! Of the original letters, but was almost
! appalled, at the deprayity which Miss
! Thompson had exhibited. Mean and I'M
! principled as he believed her to be. he
hardly knew how to believe that she
! could have been guilty of this. But the
facts were before him-he could not gain
say them.
Who would have supposed once that
! Frank would ever be so glad to promote
| Clare's marriage with another? But Mrs.
] HOnfleur had rightly read his nature. He
had brothers. love for her; his was gen.
! erOus heart, too, and he wanted to see her
as happy as he was himself. Then to
think Miss Thompson was left penniless.
How terrible that would be to one who
! ldOlized wealth as she did. She was lily
fitted to toll fol her daily bread, which
now she would be obliged to do, for she
was indOlent as well as ungracious and
surly to all but those TO whom she cringed,
and sometimes to them.
| Frank made immediate ARRANGEMENTS
for his departure to New Orleans. Louise
was to stay with Mrs. HOnfieur while he
| was away, and he was to return as soon
as possible. He and Louise could not but
! feel it a sad necessity for them to separate
so soon, yet they did not breathe itexcept
! to each other. Their unselfsh hearts
! found pleasure in the sacrifice which
was to bring such happiness to those they
loved, and when Glare was deploring the
necessity for their separation, Louise said
! cheerfully:
''But L want him to go. 1 have a per-
sonal interest in it. My house is only
half furnished, magnificent as you all
claim it to be. | have so little kitchen
! and dairy furniture. While Mother
! HaNghtOn furnished the house so splen-
! dldly and so lavishly, she was strangely
! obllvious to the wants of the cook. l sup
pose the truth is she knows so little her
sell about kitchen arrangements and con-
! Venlences that she ought to be excused on
| the ground Of ignorance, and as to the
| dairy, l have had to leave the manage
ment OF that all in the hands of Mrs
! Cochrane for the present, for the want of
! the requisite utensils for the use of my
! servants. want some such cOnveniences
as mother has at home. Ihave made out
list for Frank and some things L could
! describe to him which L could not
order; so Clare, you must not worry
at my being deprived OF his society, for
! you see 1t is to benefit me as well as
! YOU"
| When Glare thought of the mission upon
which Frank had gone, a slight hope was
awakened in her heart that it might Gull
inmate in heart happiness to her, but it
! was weak and faint. She had such dread
Of Miss Thompson that she considered her
| omnipOtent for evil.
The family attended Mrs. Thompson's
! funeral, MIR. Green officiating. 1t was
impossible to postpone it until Miss jamie
| could arrive, and if it could have been
done, it would hardly have been desir-
! etpACS III OAS WIN JIGdbtu ucE nOJu6E SO
| badly while living, could not be supposed
to mourn for her dead.
Mrs. Hontieur wrote as she had promised
! 20 DO TO Mr.. HinsOn, who was to heir Mrs.
! Thompson's property, announcing her
death, and also wrote to her daughter of
the event, and of her penniless condition.
| When Frank reached New Orleans he
! sought Arthur before he slept, and told
| him the story Of Miss ThOmDsOn's du-
| plieity and fraud, and produced the let
| ters which had been stolen, and the
| forged ones, as well, and compared them
! together.
Mrs. lie Verrier had retired for the
| night, but Arthur went to her room to i'm
| part to her the tidings which were
to him SO fraught with joy. His mothers
! love heightened every blessing, as well as
| soothed every sorrow of his life.
| 'Bless God, my son." she said, E'that
! this miserable plot has been brought to
/ light before your departure; twenty-fOur
I hours later and you would have been on
! the ocean, and the news would have been 50
! long IN reaching you. How thoroughly
base that girl must be-only think of it
but did L not always tell you, Arthur,
| that Glare was true to yOu?'
"lf had only believed you, mother, and
gone to her at the time, what months of
wretchedness might have b. EN- spared to
her and to me-"
AAA % AAC ' CA1lGI CdUlG UdCk 10 Jle par
Tor to see Frank, and they chatted to-
gether until a late hour.
Arthur said, before they separated: 81
shall leave for Glenside in the morningo
Frank replied: E'You will have to wait
for me, and cannot get ready until after
dinner"
''Only think of my impatience, Frank.
Why cannot you get ready in the morn.
ingw
81 suppose nobody else is impatient but
you, Arthur. You seem to have forgotten
that somebody left sweet young bride
at home that he is fully as anxious to see
as you are to see Clare.o
He grasped Franks hand and said,
''God bless you; and you left Louise on
purpose to come and bring this delightful
news to me! Can ever repay you, old
friend?"
Frank went home to his fathers to spend
the night, and Arthur laid awake all night
to plan, to think, to hope.
1t occurred to him that the place made
vacant by Mrs. Thompson's death might,
perhaps, be for sale, and it would just suit
his mother. He had been looking about
for country home for her, and he thought
this would be just the place for her, it
would be so near Mrs. Honfleur and they
would be so much company for each other.
Mrs. Hontleur would need society very
muehIf he took Clare away, and then he
and Glare could spend their summers there
He decided that his mother had better go
up with HIM and see if the place and ne
groas suited her. She objected at first,
said she could not get ready SO soon, and
as TO the place, that would be certain to
suit her, If she could get 1t. She would de-
eide upon that without seeing it, for it
would be so delightful to have a home
near Mrs. HOntleur and her young friend,
Louise. After thinking more about it, she
concluded to go.
CHAPTER XXXII.
"Im gloryIng IN thy love, dearest; I'm trem-
bling for thy veal
Thou'st taught me long, through every pulse.