The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-08-07

content to wait; and it seemed better that
DIR. Minton should not knox it till then.
And with this promise to my good old
friends, to my dear dead mother 8 friends,
/ went back to my room that night Rosa
came in, half an hour later, and did not
suspect nv absence. few nights further
on l parted with Dr. Minton in such way
cruel necessity that it WASH as almost to
break my heart; l stole away from poor.
sick, sleeping Rosa, and in the silence OF
darkness, when no one saw me, l left
Berkeley to enter upon this new path that
had unexpectedly opened to me, and to face
the startling adventures that were be-
| fore me.
CHAPTER Ill
Ny husband has put into his story the
statement that | made to him in the gar
dener's cottage on the night of September
| the ninth. l yearned to tell him the whole
truth; / cou d hardly bear to keep 1t from
| him in that hour, and would have told him
but for Hugh Staples, who could not shake
| off his mortal terror of Clayton Ferrers.
He made me promise again, before he con-
scented TO go for DR.. Minton, that | would
not reveal my relationship to Edison Whal-
| ley until the Doctor had returned from the
mansion. He thought, | suppose, that the
| lead the Doctor to do something nash.
| Whatever his reasons, promised; and my
| brave, devoted lover went forth on that
memorable night on his penious adventure,
not knowing or asking why l was so much
concerned in what was passing within the
| mansion.
But first had told him of my attempt
| to reach the bedside of Edison Whalley, and
of my repulse. l did not tell him all that
had then happened; to tell him all would
have been to betray my secret. Briefly,
| this is what occurred on that night:
Guided by old Hugh, l entered at side
| door of the mansion, and passed up the
narrow stairway and along the passage and
Bracing my courage for anything that might
happen, / entered the room. Nobody was
there but the sick man. came to his bed
side, and took his thin. wasted hand, that
| lay outside the coverlet He opened his
! eyes; they rested on my face; with cry
and sudden rallying of his ebbing
| strength, he sat half upright in bed.
| "Eunice-Eunicel" he cried. Thank
| God for this"
| l fell on my knees by his bedside;
! bowed nv face upon his hands. and my
tears fell upon them. Whatever might hap
| pen now, whether / should ever be known
| to the world as the heiress to Fairview or
not, / knew the truth myself beyond a per-
adventure of doubt. Weak as the old man
was, living almost at deaths door, my face
| spoke to him of kinship-he knew that
| our blood was the samei
| / was about to tell him that | was the
child of his Eunice, when the loud slam
ming of the door by which | had entered
made me start to my feet A dark-looking
man with heavy mustache entered, and
! striding up to the bed seized me roughly
| by the shoulder.
| What the devil is all this?" he demand
ed. who are you?"
| was terrified as never had been be-
| fore in my life l could only falter that l
was relative of Mr.. Staples (the story he
| had advised me to tell in case of interfer-
ence), and that his wife had sent me over
to inquire as to Mr.. Whalley's condition.
| A shocking torrent Of oaths interrupted my
! explanation; and breaking from his grasp
| fed from the room and from the house.
What could do but send for Harvey
| Minton? What could he do if he were
here? / knew not; but there was none
other whom ] could seek for help or coun-
sci in this terrible crisis. My dying grand
father was in the grasp Of designing scoun-
| drels aud /, his nearest relative, his rightful
heir, was thrust from his bedside, was not
permitted to hold his hand, to receive his
last breath 1t should not be; it must not
be. Bold brave Dr. Minton had been my
champion before; he would be again. He,
if any one, could help me. He would come
to me; he must come!
He has told how he went forth from the
cottage on that dreadful night | waited and
watched for him; he did not return. About
midnight old Hugh came back; he had be-
come tired of waiting outside the mansion,
and dared not enter himself. Fears of
what might have happened to Harvey took
possession of me and rendered me almost
distracted. / was unfit to think or to de-
termine what to do had not Hugh re-
strained me, | would have knocked loudly
at the door of the mansion, and demanded
admittance The long, wretched night
wore away; the morning came, and found
me still sleepless and watching. Daylight
had but Just come when a rude knock
Numbered at the front door of the cottage,
and without waiting to be hidden, Clayton
| Fewers walked in.
l come to give you warning Staples, F"
he said. Not for one moment after becom-
ing master of Fairview will | tolerate you
and your prying, peeking crew about the
place. | would have sent you packing long
ago, but for the gossip it would have made.
| Here are your wages for the whole of this
month"; no one shall say that have not
treated you far more literally than you de-
serve. If | find you here tomorrow my
men shall set your things in the road"
rs matter dead?" asked Hugh, in a
tremulous voice.
| Yes"
May we not stay here till after the fu-
neral? You surely would not drive us away
before he is buried, Mr.. Ferrers!"
The brutal tyrant wheeled short round
and shook his fist angrily in the gardeners
face.
Hark We, Mr.. Hugh. he said, in voice
hoarse with passion, I'd have You to I'M
derstand that I'm utterly sick and tired of
your performances about here since last
spring. You set yourself up. forsooth, to
try to poison my uncle's mind against me
YOU, and your beldame of wife, and that
mlik-faced hussy yonder whom You've
brought here to help on with your crafty
work! oh, you plotted nicely, didn't YOU?
In day or two more, if my poor uncle had
hyed, L suppose you'd have smugg,ed a
lawyer into the house to get up a will, and
dlslnherit me and my poor old mother, too.
l tell You plainly, if you have the effrontery
to come to the funeral day after to- morrow,
you'll be shown the outside of the house in
Il hurry, and III risk 1T but what | can JUS
tify myself to the public. So be off; you
have fair warming"
If could have brought myself to ask
him question, ! should have asked him to
tell me if he had seen DR.. Minton. The
question died on my lips; presentiment
of direful evil to him restrained me. The
shadows were deepening about me; from
whom now could look for aid?
There was but one; and to Him, in the
bitterness of my heart, and upon my bend
ed knees, l cried for succor. Save me,
oh, God! for the waters are come in unto
my soul. Let me be delivered from them
that hate me, and out of deep waters; and
let not the pit shut her mouth upon mel"
| GTo BE CONTINUED
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