The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-10-22

conceal her whereabouts from him, 30 long
was he utterly helpless. He could ofcourae,
compass certain amount OF revenge
but the cost would DO too terrific However
sweet thing may be- II may be bought too
dearly. He could walk boldly up 30 Sir
Maingay Clauson and proclaim himself his
son-inlaw, He could 90 TO these Talberts
and show them that no married their niece
when she was little more than schoolgirl
But what good would this dol His bolt
would be shot, and his qulver held no other
IL might bring down Beatrice but not her
money. He would have to deal with mon OF
the world Instead of woman over VII m he
held the terror Of exposure, He had one
article TO sell, silence. There was one GUS
toner for II, his wife, With her ho could
trade 10 advantage, but tho moment ho
broke luck for another market his COM
modify became all but valueless,
Again, there was that cursed clause IN old
Talbert's will Hervey could easily prove
that Beatrice was his wife, but In doing no
he also proved that she had married, when
under age, without her trustees consent,
and the said trustees could do almost ex'
actly us they liked with her fortunel Prob
ably they would throw him two hundred u
year 10 long as ho kept out Of tho way
What was two hundred a year when we
know that had he not insisted on bringing
some ones hepd down 10 the dust, ho might
have had ten times the amount Why had
he not taken the money and foregone his 70.
vengel
In fact, Beatrlces fight although moi
effected for strateglcal reasons, was mas
terploco; move which bound her enemy
hand and foot sayagely he lookoi forward
10 the timo when circumstances would force
hlm to take the best offer made him. Well he
knew that tho moment Beatrice neyol hor-
self 10 reveal the truth 10 her friends, tho
moment she elected 20 confess her gIrllsh
folly, and faco what shame aud blame might
be due TO hor, every shred OF power he held
woull be gone, II was, therefore, impera,
tive he should find Beatrice and reopen no,
gotatIons upon basis more favorable 10
her Reflection and tho risk ho now ran Of
losing everything made him inclined 20 lower
his demands, lie would taSo llfteon hun
drc1, even half Of his wlfes Income, aud II
she wished II would enter INTO regular
deed Of judicial separation. He would be
silen so long as tho money was paid or 30
long as II pad him better TO bo silent,
What II he gave out that he was dead and
waited until she had married ngaIni Ihon
bis sway would be supreme, But 10 gain
this advantage he must lc silent, IL might
bo for years, and In the meantime must
somehow make n living, Perhaps, after hor
former experience, she would not marry
again. Any way the state of his eXchoquor
put veto on the waiting scheme,
lie expected no unoXtOrtod help from her
lie looked for no mercy He Ia showed
none llo had blasted her lilc robbed hor
years OF early womanhood OF their sweet
ueN; he had traded ON the romance which
lies In the heart Of every young girl, then,
Tor mcrCpnniy purposes, hal turned aud
crushed II out, lie had shown her, nay,
had In brutal words, told her that ho had
married her 10 raise money In ordor 10 myO
himself from the penalty due TO Ma crImp,
lie well know what no had done, aud know
Ing this ho had not oven yOnturod No 40,
tempting 10 Cajulo hor when th'y measured
strength at Bachtown, Had II lccn needed
her manner would have told him that he
had no mercy b. expect, that II was duel
between the two.
Ilomust llnd herl AZ tho months went on
the necessity Of finding her became moro and
moro obvious, llo had, after tho manner OF
u gambler who feels that nn} hour may
bring the great stroke OF luck lived luxuri'
ously, His money had by now sodimlnishod
that he saw ho must shortly do ono Of tnroo
things, find Beatrice, earn money or starye,
Tho first, tho most desirable course IN
every way, seemed impossible, llo had
made, both In person and yloariously, such
inquiries AT Sir Malng0y's house ~ could b,
made without exciting comment aud sua'
pic'on, llo had even been down once more 10
Oakbury, seen the Talborts, but had learned
nothing 10 his advantage, 80 course NUM-
bcr one could not DO counted upon 10 moot
the emergency,
Course numbor three, II the simplest
was tho most unpleasant, 80 ho was con-
strained 10 adopt number two, AT least, pro-
visionally,
Before his disgrace Hcrycy had occasion
ally done somo work for illustrated period
icals As this branch Of his late profession
seemed 10 ollcr him the best chance Of sup.
plying his needs, ho called upon two or throO
people whom hc had known In former days,
and who, moreover, know what had caused
his protractcd absence, llo simply eald ho
was anxious 10 rodoom tho past, aud begged
for u helping hand, Self h rs the world Ia
supposed 10 bo thore arO many willing 30
help a fallen man on 70 his legs, lloryoy
received ono or two promises, which might
or might not lead 10 romunortiyo work
Tho months passed very dIVnnlly and
drcNrIly for tho second seeker, Frank Car
ruthcra, lle know not whore 10 turn, whore
10 look for Beatrice llowoyor he was bot
Ter of than Hcryoy, for ho had dlroot intel.
igonce from hor Onco q month sho had
writtcn 10 her unclos, but hor otlora gave no
Glow that could bo followed. They bore no
address, thoy we're posted In London, thoy
mentioned no places, not oven country
She said sht was living an exceedingly quiet,
calm life. She longod 10 SEQ doar old Oak.
bury again, and wondered u u would over
bo her lot 10 do no, In Noh lottor sho 70
grottod tho necessity for the stop sho had
takcn and hoped that Il over hor unclcs know
her true reason for II they would forgive her
She trusted, nevertheless, that they would
mover learn H. The only hints NJ locality In
any ono Of her letters were that Hho men.
toned that the weather was bitterly cold,
aud also that she spent much time studying
ort; was, indeed, learning 10 palnt In oils,
These lottop Herbert, who felt sympath,
for his cousin, sont on 10 Frank, aud Franz
pcrusod them again aud again, ondcoyorlns
by the light ho had gained 10 road between
tho lines. And tho moro he read tho moro
mystncd ho became, II Mrs Rawlings tale
was true thoro was something which Her.
bort and Horace never could, never would
forgive, yet Beatrice wrote aa II forgiveness
was not an imposdbIlity, Moreover, II
struck Frank that her words expressed
doubt as TO whether her uuoS had learned
the reason for her flight When should ho
find heri Whom should ho learn tho Who'll
TRUTH
llo searched her letters IN vain for hia
own name for any message 10 him, Tho
omission troubled him, not because he
Thought himself forgotten, but because II
showed him that Beatrice felt there was
fate which nothing could overcome keeping
thcm apart No her letters gave him no