Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-04-30

was nothing more than . good-sized-
ordinary blue business envelope with
pinched and cramped writing just
covering the side where one would put
an address. S. 4
81 cannot open this without seeing
Mr.. Goldingham first" Mrs. Lane be-
gan to say doubtingly. s5- TT.
Nonsense, mumsie," Bess said in
her bright, practical way. Evidently
no one has anything to do with the
thing except you.
"Jane Lucas, he says is dead" Nan
put in. ..-s +. r.. - :
81 would open it," was Michael
Clint's advice. 1--WE are all witnesses
if anything comes out Of it." i,
+ How little could he dream ofthe real
outcome! .@>t -.
Mrs. Lane was overruled. =.
! A large sheet OF letter-paper was
folded within the? envelope, and the
whole that was written upon it was
this, and the same contracted, pinched
writing as was that on the envelope:
"Jane Lucas, of Steveney, Bucks,
married one John Mills, organist--
cur"-the word was underlined. "Jane
Mills had children, became q widow,
and died, in Dublin, in lS41."
A dead silence fell on all. Verify,
the Shore House, and money as we'll
money to the extent of about one
hundred a year-went rom Mrs. Lane
The first remark was from Nan, who
evidently grasped the entire situa-
ton.
"That goblin chamber has brought
us a nice stroke of luek!"
"Confound the place!"''a Clint re-
lieved his soul in this way.
"There is only one thing to be done''
Mrs. Lane was her calm self, ALSO
her business-llke self-"and that is to
see Mr.. Goldingham tomorrow morn
ing"
Again we must push aside details
and bring about an ending.
In January Clint and Bess were mar
ried, and up to that time the heirs OF
Jane Lucas had not been found. In
g church register at a village near
Steveney, they had found the certiti-
cate of her marriage with Mills, but no
more. No children were born in that
| quarter. Advertisements were sent out
broadcast, and aclerk from Golding-
ham and Trew's;, Office was sent to
Dublin. That was like seeking the nee-
dlein the bottom Of the hay. And the
course of family events at the Shore
House could not go on. We must,
| however, say that this mystery was
an uncomfortable one, and though the
girls made light of it, it caused some
sleepless nights to Mrs. Lane. Already
she-careful woman that she was-be-
gan to think and plan, for she must re.
trench when she left the Shore House.
| And go she must
But how? and to whom would the
house go?
Again Clint was at the Northamp-
tonshre house, this time with his
| wife.
One day he got a letter from Gold
inham's ofice-he was wanted in Lon
don at once.
The day before, Mrs. Lane had a
visit from the lawyer, bringing her
news from Dublin.
At last his clerk had lighted on
traces Of the Mills family. The organ
ist-the ''cur" of Sales paper-had
died in 1885. A further register gave
the birth of q posthumous girl early
in 1886. Next in order came the
deaths Of three boys from fever; next
the death OF Jane Mills in 1841.
Then-to find the girl.
Was she the. only SURVIVOR?
Yes, she was. ", ><
The next trace Of her was as child,
in school in the West of England.
Her fathers relations had placed. her
there-who wanted the charge OF a
| penniless girl?
The next step was her marriage.
She has got enough education to make
a governess-in those days a COVER
ness need not be certifcated-and she
had married fairly WELL And who
was her husband?
A certain Robert Clint, doctor in
the North ofLondon. In fine, Michael
Clint's father!
So Michael was heir, for both his
father and mother were dead, and he
was their only child.
What more need we say?
The Lanes lived on at the Shore
House, and Clint went with his wife, as
proposed to Valparaiso. Thehundred
a year of cash will always be useful to a
business man, and If he, or his, wish
to come to England, the Shore House
is large enough to hold many more
than the Lanes.
! Maud says some day she shall write
q book and call it the John Sale Mys'
terry; we do not think she will; she will
have other work-womanly work oil
quite another sort. For again, Aunt
Mary has been saying:
Elizabeth, really wonder you do
not keep your girls more at home.
would not have my girls visit as yours
dol" > sst9< .s>~
But all the while she is wishing her
girls would make as good matches az
'those Lane girls manage to do"
Widows With Great Pensions.
The mother of Gen. Mcpherson re.
ceives $50 q mouth, and that amount