Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-09-01
CHAPTER XIV
Ar nrrnAlr N NHITTAkIR

Carniher.. when Honoc AMI heftert
vent forth nd ihe call n duty, had ASKED
that IIaairioss letter might D. left sith him
A. b. hat fully proved his rghi % D.
almHta,l fo tho family councl hs request
va. readily granted With the letter I'm his
hand h. went into tho library AMI poiiicrci
what had haF.ncl The question: b. had
/ 4, .llve Wa what motive oouid have h"sn
.iroug enough % f1rce Beairioo % take auch
a step,
He haI heard from Horace all about The
/ claim made upon the child and this had q
rlainod matter which tai for some daYs
i,.n troubling him groauy, namely hea-
trioc's abrupt departure from London hui
hrre b. could ~ no s.rCny motive. The
claim va alandonsi or a. least lay quios-
cont H,sil.s. B.atrioc, a. D. ludgri her,
uns far more likely O. fight than to ny.
IIe di.mi-ei any th.ng % d. with tho boy,
or at east pat 10 aside 20 D. inquired into
coilateraily
N l.rt. ~, bal hinicl hi, aioa about an
attachment Frank having aaocftainoi
that no shallow ~ suspicion ~ such thing
hung over iioatr.oc. sternly put BE- out q
sight Bc.ilss. there were one or two recol-
l..rtions which b. carried always with him
ami which rvnirrri such a vulgar, unworthy
EXPLANATION srmcthiug not far short oi
aoriiege
Ile rcckonel leatfioc a woman VI superior
ab.ltils. logical ami perfectly able to forcacc
con-rluonocs H. fclt that she would not
have acted o. shs hal acts,l without carc-
fully considering what it entailct No 10
mantir. eiriish impulse Lad huniei hcr
.uav. M o,cutucify 90 character hai led
her D. .fare such a ours. lhe rcason,
whatever u might D. was to hor mind am.
ply sufficient
She was unhappy Her own voris sati
- u.I some danger oxcrhang herr uti
aome evil threaten herf What dangcri
What e,ni Why could not b., Frank Car
uthsrs. h. az hcr side b. shield AMI All
Heaven know he would do 10 and scek no
reward
lie groalol he Was very miserable and
cat down. II was In this very roam be hal
hsmoanedhl hr.t sorrow. He bal recovered
fr,m that AMI had cncouragcl him-rlf 10
hous that the woman b. Lowell would. after
all D. bis AMI nov 10 come AMI hni her
glue-gous without a wOrd-gOne no ouo
Knew whlther-no on know Why To fol
that lie was fyng from somc mcuac.ng evil
AMI yet not know What lie Wa very I'M
happy
IL hal COM down With such news for her
-ueWs which even a. a friend -ho woul
have bcCn glad 60 hear. he had hroathei no
nd of IL b her in Ionion. hal resolved o.
say nothing about u until All was etiled
Al last be sAw his way b giving up the
drudgcry u teaching What b. bitterly called
fools lie had Tor years boen thrifty man,
ami the money b. bal saved was not snail
sum. For year. he had dreamed ofliierature
A. a profession. and nov b. saw his way o. a
rsaliIation a that dream. hs political
articles had attracted attention. lie had
b.en ofeIei an important journalistic pot.
A manuscript from which hc expected great
thing. was In the printers handS lie saN a
oertain amount u rcnown u not fortune
waiting for him All this b. had come down
10 tel Beatrice b.forc h. went hack 10 On
fori wound up hi. affair, and hade Tie
classic town farewell
N .emc,i n II, wh.ne,er h. counted GA
draining tho cup q loy, u was struck from
his lirs
Hc must ind Bcairioe Sacred a. hsr wish
MT to b. traced might L. b. Horace ami
Herbert, Prank felt that ~ did not afeCt
him. lie would not q coarss stOop 20 call.
ing An detective aid, but the utmost he could
do to solve the mystery should b. done. To
F5snk. Bsatrics's flight appearcd IN a lar
mors s.ri0us hsh. than u dido her unel~
lie rnu, 20 and look at her portrait Thas
ras a ano one In the drawing room. He
went there. stood before Il for a long time,
AMI 10 the representation of hersef vowei
that he was tho fairest woman on earth.
wcll worthy for q man b live or die for.
Then h. teEan 20 retrace his steps % The
library. A he crossed the hall he a"
strange sight.
Whitaker, the irreproachable, the digni-
Gel. with Indignation written In every line
Of his black coated limbs. was standing at
the front door against which he leaned hik
full weight, whilst with his right hand he
was struggling with some object which pre-
vented him from quite shutting the door.
Closer examination showed Frank that this
was the end, about six inches of stout
walking stick-a contemptible Object, yet, a.
II was held, powerful enough 10 foil the old
servants efforts Whitaker was pulling and
blowing, not 40 much from his exertions a.
ITO be Continued.l