Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-07

,1None that know OF, and better NOV
n Valentine should meet his father 10 thv
world. lot thom be as strangers WnnHt
this cloud 10 between them .
tnld him more than | had TOLD Valeh.
I'm. for / paye him Mrs. Payng's lnst
atntement az TO Crnshnm's knowleuge "
Mir I,nwronce's impending return looh
al groat Ioy swept into bis lace az no
lbcard md. had never seen MN 30 ohs
citod ,,Eatnp no cried. "Fatol Iho
nnros, s,yeeieat woman will DO rlghtcd,
| II mo-, In the eyes OF the cruel world, ni
ieast I'm nor husbands eyes, and he WIN
hc all fbe world 10 her. And now 70 ma
tbe end OF The coil, and W trace u phck
m Cheaham'a ylllalny, am beginning To
grow suporstitlous, Philip, and TO believe
that your hand IL destined to unyel' inc
plot.b &c.,
WIIow far do you think gentleman
may stoop for this ondpp ] rsked
dWhat do you moHnf a..
al have no quarrel os yet with Ches'
ham. He IN man who talks oil INC SINS
OF hla youth with cynical Indifference ~
/ counioriotod friendship for nm, ana
trusted 10 some day getting clcw from
boaHting remark OF DIS, Woul' wv
end Justify tho moansf"
HDlnWrU luphtu Nv NV NhN NV -.
were full Of a tenderness almost wohhhy'
| IIe laid his hand on my arm
nAnythlnn YOU can do with respect 10
Chcaham, anything short of;actual crime,
viii be iustlnabc | say IL distinctly
| Counterfeit friendship II you can make
yourself companion OF hla cups ana MS
c0rouscs, lose your money 70 him NJ
cards--I viii pay the losses chcorlnllyi
win his confidence, II you can, by admir-,
| Ing his evil deeds. You viii be tustlned
| in ali by the end IN View. Philip, say
again thcro IN fate In this"
'nNow, Philip" he continued more
quietly, ~ am going 70 give you lcttor
TO read. II rs from Lady hstmcre' She
wrote H. soon after saw her for the iirst
time after the catastrophe; when looked
al her pure eyes and knew that Tho Sian
dor was LEA doyil's lie when told
her that !, for one, knew that shc was
wronged."
| We were sitting In small room he
called "A study. llo arose and unlocked
dispatch box In which ho kept Important
papers, aud which went with him every.
whore. lIo dfcw forth letter and
handed II 20 mo.
0Read IL when you are alone" he said.
at gives, ~ believe, and ~ you VIII
lbellevo, nm account OF all she knows OF
tho nnaIr. II was written 70 me TO give
TO her sons In case she died before me-
IL seemed 10 me such u aaCrcd charge,
this letter, that hceltaled M took IT,
dAiter ali am n comparative
stranger snid. "Shall ! be right In
reading ~ Wond Lady Estmero be
pleased " she knew youshowcd II to mc2"
al am The best Judge OF that" nm.
swered Rothwcll "Take the letter. read
II, and copy " II you think lltI you can
return IL TO me tomorrow"
placed the lc'ter IN my pocket and
wo then Joined the others, who were very
merry In the smokiug-i0om NJ some ioRt
Of Valentines.
How strangely otnor puopluS trouUiur
enter into one'A life, Here WA |, VINO
had only known Valentino for few
months, with letter In my pocket which
, Inc waa to ACo only nt his mothers death
Lord Rothwoll no doubt knew best
hut In spito OF hls decided world
q felt he was holrnylng Lacy
IcaLmoro'A confidence 10 stranger
hut porhnna my relation with Claudlnci
, although dlaapproved by his lordshlp
a made ne az one Of the family.
IL was when retired 10 reSt that
!, drew my cnndlO IN front OF me and ~
down to read the letter Lord Rothwrl
i, Ind handed me 10 seemed sort O
ancrilepc ~ unlOldrd tho faded piper
"A Tor II was written many years ago, ant
j. with tho exception Of Rothwoll, onl
!, meant 10 lac perusod by the writer
nearest and dearest after her death
10 ran soi
uMY DEAR LoRp ROTiiwHLf-- Somodn
u. ono, " may be- both, of my soma VIII con
to YOU ~ my only friend and ask you
Id onlluhton them az 20 my husbands col
II duct towards me, seeking, perhaps,
No know whose fault Il IL that two lives,
far ~ eau ho GoGn rs present, are RUNE
vt have thought II better to put
writing what | briefly told you the Ia
I'D time wo met can merely tell you
eli our parting, The reason Tor that paru
nd must bo told by Sir laurence hstmel
I'm when no hade me goodbye OH the la
ui morning that he left the Dover house
rm Visit Estmcro court on husinose, we We
ily believe, the happicst and oataneetl,
.he ate pair IN the world There was not
lch cloud between us. I went 10 bed u
red night longing Tor the next day TO brci
me for borrowed at even such short NO
cw ration. Early IN the morning he return
nur aud as met him saw change In
the face that frightened mo. The mom
uia va were alone no told nae lao had
lcal covered MI, had witnessed my lniidel
tho towards him. All my ontrcatlos, my 60
git mnndR even, for an oNplanat
and Of his strange words and
urn worthy auspleions were met "
un. hittor snoors, fresh lnsulta and rcproac
roh nj the duplleity he saw ! displayed
humbled myself before him. knelt
,or eonlurcd him by Tho love he bore me,
,lslt our children, TO let me know how !
m wronaed him ia word, thought aud q,
Ilo May tiod forgive hint lie stood u
,y,e with the bitter Hneer on HIS lip,
,erc spurned my prayers How could u m'
* love, aud such love aa his, have tuf
10 hate IN iuw short hours ~
AN. my pride aud tho wrong ! had SUM
lnns came 90 my aid, aud my love sooluffc
,ueb IN tho indignation felt thaL'aughty
lien. oven suspect mo Of iniuh msn who !
wing ana faced him With iaithlegr could n
bis own W with her longer, al
the liayod hide would nov 'cil mo h
4 no wisla and intentions if tho futur
cd q II shap leave to-day, h. Ald ooldlyi "
az ANAL meet no more. MsaWyerh VIII
~ duc courso communication you An
ia. the chiidrcnp asked. . my "uost BOY
" hc replied, with can, ,o o.m' VINO io
1, .,,..,atv nwna my CU.'Aloh ana Tea