Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-08-22

, tinue. God grant that he may yet give me
back his love, and that the cloud which
has arisen between us may pass away.
You know. dear doctor, what mean when
l say that-or rather you know what / do
not mean. Ishall never prove untrue to
Mr.. Fenton. l have promised him to be
faithful, and though may never marry at
all, shall never marry any but him.
My eyes sparkled with delight as read
the dear words. l could tell that both
Branksome and Fosdyke We're watching
me, but / could not restrain the smile OF
joy that broke upon my lips.
Where can he be?" she continued ~
am surprised that | should not have heard
from him again; and sometimes fear that
he is i'll, or that some misfortune of another
kind has befallen him. When YOU return
to England do befriend me, dear doctor.
and try to ascertain where he is. | am
forced to trust everything in your hands
now. You will not desert US both?''
There was a postscript to the letter which
l confess read with little interest compar-
ed with that with which / perused those
passages that more Immediately concerned
mySelI. III ran rs follows:
II should have told You sooner that my
uncle has not been very we'll of late. lie
has not had the doctor again, however. He
is taking the medicine the doctor prescribed
when he first saw him.
| hoped that Branksome would allow me
TO keep this letter, in which there was so
much that had the deepest interest for me-
But was disappointed. When he saw that
had read it through he held out his hand
and received it from me.
Now, Mr.. Fenton," he said presently,
Il am going TO reason with you. Daisy s
letter proves, think. that Mr.. Mauleverer
is recovering his senses. You, who have
seen him when in his ordinary state of
mind, must know how gentle and amiable
he is when free from mental excitement or
disturbance. | want to plead with you
for his forgiveness. Can you not see that
when he is himself again there will be
no man living who will be more Mortified
at the thought of the outrage OF which he
has made you the victim than he will be?''
assented to what Branksome said.
well, then, be generous To him. Re
member his close connection with Daisy,
and forgive him for his conduct, not mere
ly by word of mouth, but in your Utmost
heart
Il am quite ready TO do that; indeed, !
thought had already done So
mo. there is only one way iii which you
can show at this moment that you are not
unforgiving. That is by remaining on the
yacht. Yes, see YOU do not like the sug-
gestiOn, but before you reject it consider
one or two points. First, then, You will
unquestionably show magnanimous spirit
which can hardly fail to impress Mr. Maui
everer i'll your favor when he RECEIVERS en-
tirely from the excitement from which he
has lately suffered; next you will be COM
plying with what know uuder such cir
cumstanceS would be Daisy's wish. Do
YOU not see in her letter how she recon-
mends you To my protection? Well, | am
ready to protect you, so far rs | can do so,
il you will follow my advice. Lastly,
believe that you will be able to get to Eng
land sooner by remaining with us than by
any other way"
| wavered-and was lost The truth is
that had no grievance against BrankSomc
or FOsdyke. The former had learned To
like immensely and TO trust entirely. The
latter was one of the most amusing of COM
paniOnS. 1t was unpleasant no doubt, to
reflect upon the fact that Flintcr was one
Of the men on board the vessel. But he had
carefully kept out of my way since my re-
lease, and the ship WAS large enough TO
permit him TO avoid me entirely if he
wished to do 80. | took the OutStretched
hand Of BranksOme and declared that |
would finish my voyage, us | had begun it,
on board the Golden Hawk.
Three days We lay in the harbor at Bodo
This is not story of Arctic travel, and
therefore shall not dwell upon the novel
and interesting sights which | witnessed
during our stay in the little port Neither
the novelty nor the interest OF the thing,
however, prevented my rejoicing openly
when we ut last started on our return Jour
ncy. Thirty-SiX hours after quitting Bodo
we were AT anchor in the port OF TrOndhjcm,
the ancient capital of Norway.
We were not toIrcmain long here; but
| there was time, DIR. BrankSome told me, to
see the grand old cathedral OfSt Olaf, and
other sights of the place. Accompanied
by Branksomc and Fosdyke, went through
| the wide streets of the quaint old city. The
first place we visited was the pOstOfiice.
| There was batch of letters here for Eos
! dyke and one or two inr!FirLnkSOmc. But
| there was no iurthher news from Great
! lOrtOn.
'Let us 90 to the Hotel dAngIcterre,
said Fosdykc, when We had done our sight
seeing ut the cathedral. Suppose that
we lunch there and have a look at the
newspapers.
by all means, " was the simultaneous
reply of Branksome and myself; and before
long we were seated in the costly unfinished
little saloon of that well-krown hotel
The friendly waiter brought the latest
copy of The 7Tmcs-siX days old-tO US,
and BrankSome after cOurtcOuSly offering
il to me, began To perusc it with the hun
CRY avidity Of a man who las long been
! shut off from news of the outer world
! Fosdyke and turned over the old Illus
! tratcd papers which Uttered the table
and the Well-thumbed register OF visitors
! from all parts of the world, while ever and
anon BranksOmc gave us the particulars of
some incident of interest recorded in the
journal. Suddenly cry of horror startled
me out of the placid frame Of mind in
which had been awaiting my luncheon.
| 1t was Brankseme who uttered il. looked
up and saw him with white, panic-strick
en- face holding the newspaper toward Eos
dyke, his hand trembling with emotion
! He was apparently incapable of speech.
''In heavens name, what is the matter.
Branksomer Are you ill?' cried the law
! yer.
"Gh. my God! my Godn' he groancd,
read il! read it for yourself Was there
ever anything so dreadful in this wOrld?'
! FoSdyko did not seem TO understand ]
snatched the paper from Branksome's fin
gers, and after moments delay found
the dreadful news which had moved him
so deeply. This was the paragraph which
| read:
"SUnnEN DEATH-Our LOrtOn CORE
spOndent telegraphs 10 us TO say that a pro-
| found sensation has been caused throughout
the district by the news Of the sudden
death of Mr.. George Maulcverer. the Aus
! tralian millionaire. whose purchase of the
| Great Iorton estate was recently announ-
ccd in our columns II seems that Mr..
| Mauleverer was found dead in his bed
Yesterday morning, and the appearances