Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-09-01

h.' own mistress ant N "a, wlshsi n marry
W. have no FOicr boz the matter She l. quite
caIalie n having hcr oHn way Wi'nes
her leaving 40 that money tile
Huraco hai never E0t over that prrsrut q
-avcu psr o0ut to thr hnnkrrt
tlrrlsrt in o'sii.enc. tn his hrlthrr's Viess
dismissed thr uniortunaie attachment theory
AMI h.ran to Box for nn1'hsr n wuuior.
D. aid sadly. AMI after long pause n
uon.irr N Wo have misunlcrstpri hnfriCcs
chafactern
a am almost afraid d, D. ~. aaid Horace.
"sho s,cmnl sn quict ami olntent~lT
ighel Hrrlerf "fuie. that affair about
tho.s p.,Iie and the boy ursat her
"Nov. ,ad Horaoc n believe you are
grtting nearer en- mark Can 10 na possible
that AM fear that ihe child souli D. taken
from hrr .nluc.i her o. make ihs foolish
n.ght I can call 10 nothing oia'r
Herbert objected In his tirn heairioo hal
issn aD crrinIn that the claim souli o0mc to
u0fhinr. andevonfs had provei hor agacity.
~ they talked ami TALKED sug,c i,-i AMI "a.
sonel. iut never got near che truth IhoY
oouh n1i even frame theory Nothing in
this worii b. mole annoying than to o. with.
ouf n ihoor,
Atlast Horace r-a "ilmoth.ng must l.,
l1nr ho sa.i. ieo.sivcly
We" as-niei icrtort. lnguInnsiy
We arr. 10 app.ars tn mo. rlan.i in .
uosf unfortunate ralii0n Ibis mysterious
light uyu'frl Che mnsf gncvous cuu-'-
pruots We must d1 s0mcfhinr ahirh I
s..' surc viii D. rrpu.nauf to hoih of us"
You will Mt employ any onc o. iraoe
rrr
Certainly nof She s her own mi.ircs,
ni can e1 vhsrr she ch0oaa ! arm think
ng more alout oufs'ves. ife Will hocumo
niolcrnhh n the matter Err hruitci
.lr,ad
How can W. help ii Al he household
novs that Batrcs has gone. All gone with
lut any luggage.
That sah H0racs. with mili triumph.
4 have thought ouf lle rang the leh AMI
a.ks.i for th, far'or mail
Jane. D. aaI. Mis- Ciauslu has hscn
cv.Ii.,l o. I.aniou VIII sou D. go..l enough
., 20 such thing, Tackel in hcr trunks a. she
l. likely o. want for lengthy Wit. also rack
the uur-', l,r amt the Chills thing
JAM ouurissis.i AMI Withdrew Presently
she rfurrci ami askei bow many dr--s
.ho tai better packi
Two morning AMI four evening dives"
all Hoaos promptly iilfb'ft aimirrt
hs BROTHER. great mint which ro.s .o cqual
o. tha oorasinn
Then Jane wants,i o. know uhich dr,ases
The two ueu onls. of cuurst Then what
To hack siik. tho black laco. ihs high holy
with D. trimming the hrucaie upfar tklrt,
or uhaff Pr thn on menf oven n0raoe wnf
AZ fault iie soon reooycrsi
I'VE will como ami Assist you. he said
~ they scnt o. Hsatriog. room. and with
eyc-glaascs hKci st1od on' on each ,iio q
tho trunk AMI sureriuieniol on packing
Much a. they lelighfei in oil ibs n this
Kind. today they fclt no pleasure They
scarcaiY darrell to glance M each o'her They
fcit a.lamsl. A. an honorable men 40. Wh0
by ir,-isih'o strsl of circumstances are
cumr.ilci a. art d. Tho parking was
complsis,i Jans was mt to soo o. Mr.. Mi
ler's AMI The iuy's thinEs Tho a.lriion n
these cur frlcnis di nj suTsrinteni The
lnrfe were hruughf down. Tnnsl in thc
wag1nciie. AMI H0race AMI Herbert drove
away with them Nothing could have leen
more skinfully managed. Even Whitaker
was completely dcocivoi
They took the boKls AMI warchoused them
IN hlacktoNu "lou soe said Horace. ns
D. turned the horss' hoais homowar,ls
"nsairioa hHs gone % London. She msnH'
10 make a lengthy stay. She muu' want hcr
thing Any woman would
Every wori you spoke was the exact
truth sah Herhort. cousolingly.
But they wcm horribly upset io upset
that they forgot an about Frank. imTending
visit. or forgot about % until the next
morning. vhen they found II was To- late
o. telegraph.
Prank, with "hope eternal growing Ike
a eucalyptus. cams down NJ h. had f0ro
warned hs friends ~ the morning train. /
Ne was rather surprised az not -cing hii
two tall cousins on the platform, or any
signs n the wagonettc OUTSIDE the station.
He secured a hanson anil drove straight 10
Hazlewood Hou-s
Whitaker opened the door "All wcll, |
Whitaker asked Carruthers checrily lie
did not haar the servants reply. f0r at that
moment Horace and liertsrt appeared AMI /
shook hands heartily. They tcok him into /
the dining room. ami once more the thre /
men shook haniS
"well. how are you hothf askei Frank /.
They told him they wcr, quite well. bat, all |
the .amc. Prank know by their solemn faocs |
that something had gone wrong He won /
dersd what the cook had b-on upto.
AMI Mis- Clau-1ni BcatriceT De- con- |
tinucl with an assumption n oarclcssns-s, |
bat longing Tor the door o. open AMI admit /
her. The Taltsrts exchanged al giano-s
"Beatrioe. ssd Horace Is not here"
liis voioc was - solemn that Franks /
bod nan c0ld Horace Wa not adliciel % /
the uae u canting colioquialisus, bot tho |
words were spoken IN such a way that Prank /
believed no, here" must Inevitably D. /
followed by hut gone above" He was |
immensely relieved when the speaker -'oIfc'i /
short
mean Ny greetings mut wait
The BROTHER eyes sought coun~l q one
another.
'Reatrioo went 10 London yesterday
said Horaoc Frank secmod much aston
ishcd
ITO I.ondoni She In London only few
days ago l. she gone hack 30 her faiher'sf
lie was already framing excuses Tor leaving |
Hazlewcoi House and returning 10 town.
An ominous silence followed his question.
What is the maitefi Il anything wrongf
h. asked In great agitation.
my dear Frank, saii Horace, ''-ome-
thing strange has happened, but Il Is -
strictly family affair that We are consiier-
ing whether We ought b mention u 20 you.
Not but what your advice might u of scrs-
ice 20 Us"
Frank grew -eriously alarm-l But I
am one II the family, he said hastily. The
Tallerts shock their heais douhtfully. They
were not sun about H. The family con
sisted of two. or, counting In Beatrioe, three
At the outside
II have another right 10 know-a stronger
right still,H said Carruthers, who was on
thorns u suspense. There 4 no reason
why should make socret q H. | have
loved Beatrioe since the day We met. Ny |
one hope Is 10 make her my wife claim
the right to know anything that concrns
br.-
The astonishment depicted On the bron.sr'
faces spoke volumes in favor Of their trust
ful natures or Franks circumsIet lovsmak- |
ing. Good beavens. Frank ejact lstei |
Horace.