Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-27

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mot here" said Arnold; there Will De no
breaking of bones in this house"
Lofty began to laugh.
THE gentle blood always shows itself,
loesn't it," she said. "I've got the real in
,tincts of q lady, haven't II Oh, it was
beautiful while it lasted. And every day
more and more like my father"
"Arnold,n cried poor Clara, crushed,
help mel"
sCome," said Arnold, 'you bad better go
1T once"
81 won't laugh at you" said Lofty. "Its
shame, and you're a good old thing. But
it did me good, it really did, to hear all
about the gentle blood. Come, Joe. Let us
90 away quietly"
She took her husbands arm. Joe was
standing sullen and desperate, Mr.. Chalker
was right. 1t wanted very little more to
make him fall upon the whole party, and go
off with a fight.
'fYoung woman,9 said Lala Roy, "you had
better not 60 outside the house with the man
It will be well for you to wait until he has
gone.n
"Whv? He is my husband, whatever we
have done, and Pm not ashamed of him."
as he your husband9 Ask him what I
meant when l said his home was at Shad-
we'll"
"Come, Lofty" said Joe, with a Gu
rious change Of manner. "Let us go at
once.n
wait" Lala repeated. "Wait, young
woman, let him go first. Pray-praY let him
go first"
"Why should I wait? Igo with my hus-
band"
81 thought to save you from shame. But
if you will go with him, ask him again why
his nome is at Shadwell, and why he left his
wife"
Lofty sprang upon her husband, and
caught his wrists with both hands.
".Joe, what does he mean? Tell me he is a
liar"
THAT would be useless" said Lala Roy.
"Because a very few minutes will prove the
contrary. Better, however, that he should
go to prison for marrying two wives than
for robbing bis grandfather's safe"
cts a lie!" Joe repeated, looking as dam
gerous as a wild boar brought to bay.
'There was a Joseph Gallop, formerly as
sistant purser in the service of the Peninsu-
! lar and Oriental Steam Navigation Compa-
n.y." continued the man of fate, ''who mar
riei, nine months ago, a certains widow at
Shadwell. He was turned out of the service,
and he married her because she had a pros
+. porous lodging house."
'Oh-h" cried Lofty. "You villainl You
8 thought to live upon my earnings, did you!
t You put me up to pretend to be somebody
else. Miss HollaDd'-she fell upon her
knees, literally and simply. and without any
/; theatrical p~retence at all-"forgive mel
4 am properly punished. Oh, he is made OF
liesl He told me that the real Iris was dead
5 and buried, and he was the rightful heir;
S and as for you"-she sprang to her feet and
o turned upon her husband-'I know it is true
o Il know it is true-I can see it within your
= guilty eyes"
Q "If you have any doubt" said Lala,
'here is a copy of the marriage certificate.
She took it, read it, and put it in hel
d pocket. Then she went out of the room
20 without another word, but with rage anG
IL revenge in her eyes.
s. Joseph followed her, saying no more. HI
had lost more than he thought to lose. Blu
r there was still time to escape, and he haC
most of the money in his pocket.
But another surprise awaited him.
The lady from Shadwell, in fact, wa
o waiting for him outside the door. Will
"a ubI were u lew lCudu HGll LIieuuS VI Du6 S6d
faring profession, come to see fair play. /
was a disgraceful episode in the history o
Chester Square. After five minutes or so
~ during which no welsher on a race-cours
4. was ever more hardly used, two policemen
n interfered to rescue the man of two wives
and there was a procession all the way t
the police-court, where, after severa
Is charges of assault had been preferred an,
proved against half a dom mariners, JIG
seph was himself charged with bigamy
IL both wives giving evidence, and committe
for trial.
His old friend, Mr.. David Chalker, one
W sorry to add, refused to give bail, so that h
remained in custody, and will now endur
N hardness for a somewhat lengthene
to period.
n CLARA said Arnold, "Iris will stay wit
10 !, you, if you ask her. We shall not marry
my dear, without your permission. l hav
II promised that already, have Inot?"
fe 1.-THE end