Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-01-08
A FAMILY AFFAIR
BY HUGH CONW AY,
Aathor of Gated BaclH ard Dark Days
CHAPTER-NSI CONTINUED

The circumstances SIS explained to Us by
or client tend to show that the child x-ss
left IL sCIe person unknown in 9 rc-lway
carriage, and tls.S il eventually arrived CT
yo1r house, whore, We unde, Stand, it has
since remained.
Mr.. Rawlings viii call ct your house Oh
MS Saturday afternoon, At 5 O'clock, with
II Ca-r-2-e, a-d We trust yo>l VI. without
further opposition, allow tha Ih;li to DEPART
y:,..th l-.-A.
N csc yoU still refuse to give up tEe
ChII II. Rawlings has instructed Us ID t.l1e
il2.ceC-2Se LEGAL acton to obtain possession
Cf is sen, AID we c1e irfc~--,el Ia pIpuer
legal proof IS 10 tie ilenitT CT the boz VIII
he hereafter cdGucsd.
'E:c a-a, gentlemen,
'Your oIet.ent servants,
-'BIAC-ETr md NIGGENS.,
no yTl.2,ic~ it.:,t sEtsz. reading the last para
graph, I'd I'~G---i-,g the f2ct that TIE ran
with tie terrible EG.ile meant to tfgat for LIS
offspring, Horace CALCULATED: The child
r:lI,st be given up" No wonder that Herbert
n his tu:-n echoed his brother exclamation.
Cninagin2.ive as they were, q dreadful PIC
ture Of the consequences Of resistance fixel
itself on tie mental retina Of each.
But Beatrice was BY fsr the most aSitated
Of tie party. Her Chcck grew wh.ta; ths
hand which size mechanically held cut for tbs
letter trcc,-b-ed. Herbert gave Ecr TIC e;riS.
to.ary bo-..bshell, and whilst she reed il the
two brothers gaZed at each other in that
sadly calm and gravoly reflective way al
times natural to men whose minds are mace
up that pa; dtcul&r path CT duty must at {
coss be trcdGen to tie ED. When 81, Il a
gaze TG-ceS from nan TO man it strengthens
In, fest Of each to tread tie stcny course.
Beatrice read tie letter twice. Without c
word she returned it to Herbert; tkcn she
walked across the room 20 tho fireplace end
stood fer some minutes tapping her foot u~o1
tie fender. Her lack being turned to The
TalberSs they could not see the supreme enc
ticn shown by her contracted brow cad IL
every Line of her SET, whitc face. Had they
secn it they would have been more than sur,
prised-th5y would have Lcen shocked
Strong emotion IVES thing to be shown by
weli-Srcd persons only under the most intense
provocation. In this case it was umcalied
for.
Presently the girl turned TO them. You
have quite male up Our minds TO yield t.
these peorle's threatf' she aeked. There was
4 curious strained sound in hcr voice.
1--WE can do nothing else, - answered Horace
Herbert nodded q sad assent to his brothers
view CT the case.
Nothing elser' echoed Beatrice with q
touch of sccrn in her voice what RICH.
can these people have to the boya 1t is not
theirs. Uncle Horace, UnGSs Herbert, YOU
can remember how he was sent here How
beautifully dressed he was-how thoroughly
cared for. Can you, can any one for a
moment imagine him as belonging to such
pcrsc-s? Wat are theya Pork butchers,
you said.
'Purveyors," interpolated Horace, who
loved TO lie precise.
How is it possible he can be their child 2
urged Beatrice.
people in any station OF life may have
children, my dear" said Herbert, utterina
the truisn like & newly-found proverb o.
Solomon.
''And," sad Horace, speaking more to the
point, the bread fact remains that they
claim the clG!d and are prepared to make
that claim good before the magistrates"
Tie most accomplished iacA-oi .all-tradcs
generally breaks down VIXEN he interprets
.a7'--lio!cco was no exception. Had he
knowa that N-s7Is. Pl2c,iett and Wiggens
-cCld only obtain possession of th,ir clients
hid by writ of hutcGs corDns 81, some
such mysterious operation in q civil court he
might have felt more inclined to disregard
the threat of immediate legal acsicn.' As
L vas, his ignorance Of criminal law inter
Prlt2d the vague threat as conveying the
awful te:Tocs of magisterial summons. His
mistake shows how much better it would be
for the general public if they consulted
'oli2itors i'll every enlergency-and how much
better fer solici,orsl
Before the naagLtrstes, my dear Beatrice"
echoed Herbert, dutifully accepting his
oro.hcr's version OF the law
Tell them to do so--teil them to provo
her right said Beatrice.
Tho brothers held up the.r long, shapely
hands IN horror. Ny dear Beatrice, said
Horace, with the so.e!s.IiSy CT a bishop re-
tu2i2g curate, "fcr heaven sake be = ason-
s5!e-we Only cslr ycu to bercaz c2al lo. Row
cen yo possibly appear before the beech and
contest this clailai Fa..cy the tal,,-t-,.e ridi-
C-l2l You must see tho utter eb-l,:..,,,i;ttJy CT
yoIr suwgesioa-tho utter impcsill-.t of
Cur compliance