Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-27
CHAPTER III.
TIT For TAT.

For time the competing cousins were
rather happier. Conrad supposed a will
leaving the whole fortune TO him was in
Mr.. Clacy's safe, while Eliza knew the
will had been burned and that the new
will, making her sole inheritOr of her I'M
cle's property, was in her possession
Though each one was some what more as
sured, neither the one nor the other en-
jOyed an entire hour of freedom from mis-
cradle anxiety. Miss Rispin had heard
her uncle say, before the discovery of the
post obu, that he liked to leave the fortune
to the name of Clacy, and might he not
forgive Conrad and make a third will?
Conrad was afraid of the influence of
Eliza, on account of her constant atten-
dance on his uncle. lie was more hOrri-
fled than surprised when he discovered
that his suspicious about dear Eliza were
well founded.
Mr.. Conrad Clacy received at his cham
bers, which were residA"fi.i, as we'll ms
professional, a call from a young woman
whom he at once recognized as one of his
uncle's servants.
Dear me! Do you bring bad news
about my uncle?"
(Which 1 don't, as l left that place on
the sudden two nights ago. My name is
Bella Spoke, and if | amt the equal to
the party, Miss Rispin, which turned
me out, as far as money goes, anyhow /
amt an alligating old screw, which she
is"
VERY unpleasant, to be sure. l am sor-
~ you have lost your place.
(Which | amt, Mr.. Conrad, for there is
more ! laces than parties wanting 'em.
And why have took upon myself to come
here Is owing TO the circumstance which
| told TO the party | walk with, and he
said it was only the thing which is cor
rect for to tell the gent, which is you.
And, of course, being her poster of let
tiers to you, could find you out. For,
though Bella Spoke may come of parents
which IS 'umbly situated, she is educated
and can read equal to any alligating old
screw"
The eloquence of Bella is rather wordy
and not particularly lucid, and so itnced-
ed much questioning and listening ON the
part of Conrad to get out the following
statement:
Bella, who is not an alligating old
screw to demean herself by putting her
ear to a key hole, heard, owing to the din
ning-ro0m door being pa tly open, Mr..
Clacy call his nephew scOundrel; then
Miss RIspin read letter; then Mr.. Clacy
raved about post something, and VOW in
awful language that his fortune should
not be posted; then he went up stairs;
then Bella was sent to fetch the grocer
and the baker, who live round the cor
ner; then when they had gone, she hap
pened TO be on the landing when Miss
Rispin went into Mr.. Clacy's room and
heard him tell her that was his new will,
and she was to take care of it.
Conrad gave the eloquent Bella couple
of sOvereigns and promised her hand
some reward if she kept her visit to him
a secret. He sat for an hour after the
departure of Bella without speaking or
moving. Then he rose and put on an
OvercUat.
''Tll consult Duckem. L may get over
that post ubit, which in some way or other
the fAwning cat has discovered, but that
is no use unless 1 can get her out of tue
house. don't see how that.can be done.
l will consult Duckem, for he and his
friend are interested to the tune OF i've
thousand pounds"
Conrad now frequently visited his
uncle. Mr.. Clacy had some houses at
Bow and at Remington, let out in week
" tenements. and two evenings week
Miss. Rispin had to 90 to Bow and to
Remington TO collect the rents, and
those evenings Conrad came to chat or
play dOube-dummy whist. Dear Eliza
| did not like it, and suggested that Conrad
dear should collect the rents.
"Whatl Are you an idiot, Eliza! Let
| a post obiter have anything to do with
| the property? I'd just as well leave it to
! him. But the fortune can't go to the
name of Clacy."
| So Conrad. acting under the advice OF
Mr.. Duckem, had ample opportunity fol-
the process of mind-poisoning. Conrad
was not sanguine of success, though his
| friend constantly assured HIM that mind
poisoning is very easy, and failure III
such an attempt is rare.
Mr.. Duckem is right. If body-poison'
ing were as common as mind-poisoning
the world would be rapidly depopulated
Is there a man or woman who cannot re-
! call at least one instance in which his OF
her mind has been prejudiced against re-
latiOn, friend, or acquaintance by slandel
-sugar-coated SANDER? Not generally
coarse slander, but given in smallest
homeopathic lses, sometimes P um
o. praise " hich contains only a grain
nav, the fraction of a grain-of deadly
| poisOnl Strongest proof OF the strength
OF love is that it often, though not always,
resists the insidious foe to peace. The
mother loves the son who is stoned by the