The Dillon tribune., 1885-10-10

s'o r. nv luggage to Oe forwar 1e1 to me.
n ne's o'clock the next morning we were all
IN London. ----
m BRAND IN CONCLUSION.
asked Dick Fcnton to relate his
WEI :a,,oes I did not mean him to do SO at
e1Pet ,sngth. But there, az he has written
'uen 10, as writing is not labor OF love with
MN, ~ Modeliae Rowan found the bed, by
:sa ~ which she had thrown herself in
Ine .cstasy of grief, untenanted, she knew in
ms.,,snt that she was the victim of q deep
~! n' niot. Being ignorant Of Carriston's
49,. ..,. no.iticn in the world, she could conceive
nv eason for the elaborate scheme which
~ Ran devised to lure her 80 many miles
~ e.o,n her home, and make a prisoner of her.
''y prisoner she was. Not only was the
aoor locked upon her, but slip OF paper lay
~ tha red. 1t boro these words: mo harm
~ meant you, and in due time you will be
..isssed. Ask NO questions, make no foolish
sttempt, at escape, and you will be well
treated" ,-,,. -. ...
ras one of thankfulnes'. She saw at once
that the reported accident to her lover was
s .. an invention. The probabilities wers'
Nv. W.. Carrston was alive, AMI in his usual
18th Now that shc felt certain of this,
sha could bear an; thing.
from the day on which she entered that
,oon, To that on which we rescued her Mad
.line was to all inten;s AMI purposes as close
prisoner in that lonely house ON the hill
.;de as she might have been in the deepest
dungeon in the world. Threats, entreatles,
,romises of brites awaited nothing. She
ros not unkindly treated-that is, suffered
No absolute ill-usagc. Books, materials for
raediework and Other little aids to wEile
.vay time were supplied. But the only
living creatures she saw were the woman OF
,he house, who attended to her wants, and,
IN one or Two occasions, the man whom Car
riston asserted lie had seen in his trance.
lie had suffered from the close confinement,
Init had always fels certain that sooner or
later her lover would find her, anl eff ct
her deliverance. Now that she knew he was
alive she could not be unhappy.
Ibid not choose to ask her why she had
felt so certain on the above points. wished
to add no more puzzles to the one which, to
tell the truth, exercised, even annoyed, me
more than care to say. But did ask her
i, during her incarceration, her jailer had
ever la d his hand upon her.
She told me that some short time after her
arrival stranger had gained admittance to
the house. While he was there the man
bad entered her room, held her arm, and
threatened her with violence If she made any
outcry. After hearing this ! did not pursue
tho subject.
Carristou ana Madeline were married at
tho earliest possible moment, and left Eng
land Immediately after the ceremony. A
vsek after their departure, by Carriston's
request, I forwarded tho envelope found
upon our prisoner to Mr.. Ralph Carriston,
With 1t sent a few lines stating where and
under what peculiar circumstances we had
become possessed Of it. never received
any reply to my communication, so, wild
and improbable as it seems, am bound to
believe that Charles Carrston's surmise was
right-that Madeline was docoyed away and
concealed, not from any ill-will towards her.
SELF but with view to the possible baneful
e9e:t which Ter mysterious disappearance
might work upon her lovers strange amt
sscitable organization; and firmly believe
taAt had he not in some inexplicable way
eeen firmly convinced that she was alive and
iatatul to him the plot would have heen
thorough success, and Charles GARRISON
would have spent the ress of his days in an
asylum.
DOM Or Charles-he succeeded to his title
saoFtiy after his marriage-and Lady Car
fSt'n are now dead, or should not have
sentured to relate these things concerning
, ,l They hid twelve years of happiness.
measured ty tim, the period was but q
wort one: but feel sure that in it they en-
pyea more true happiness than many others
uaa IN The course of protracted life. In
s Sofd, thought and deed they were as one.
s gus dd, in Rome, of fever, and her hus-
saaa' Without, SO far as know, any par
a,uar complaint, simply followed her.
was always honorel with their sincerest
. u'end;hlp AMI Sir Charles left me sole trus-
~ ~ AMI guardian to his three sons; SO there
1e now plenty OF lives between Ralph Car
Isl. .s.oa and his desire. am pleased to say
o o.as 'ae Boys, who are rs dear to me as my
wv eniidren, as yet show no evidence Of
assessing any gifts beyond Nature.
.nnow that nv having made this story
t fJS'c VIII cause two sets Of directors to
.su equally foul Of me-the matter-of- fact
l mDsa'c VINO will say that the abduction aud
s ~a lmprisonmento of Madeline Rowan
TIC" an absurd impossibility, and the scien-
NY ~. man, ike myself, who canno.. dara not
. ss.ese That aarles Carriston, from neither
ttsuaoey nor imagination, could draw a
c ss., ana describe peculiarities, by which a
fra. a'a man could be identified. I am far
n. .m saying there may not be a simp Q
ona satai explanation of tn, puzzle. but I. for
~ 1, uaVe lallel to fad it, SO close this tale
poth;s gan 1t by saying am a narrator, and
THE END.
Tho First jewish Peer.