Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-10-14

nov dead. nothing could be gained Dy
the confession of Mark Ffettlby,
a. agreed to burn il, end when Fitzgerald
Jaw in the heap of blsckened piper in TIE
frsnlace all that rmsintd OF tie bit
ssory he felt o weight il ted of his heMt:
The bsrrister, Chinston, and kiisip. all
nromjsed to keep silent on the suHJece,
and they kept the promise nobly, for moth
inc was ever known of tie circumstances
which led 10 tie death of Oliver Wbyte,
and il was generally supposed that 1t must
have been caused by tome quarrel between
ths dead man and his friend, Roger More
land.
Fitzgerald, however, did not forge. the
pood service thst Kilsip had d,ne him,
and gave him q Gum OF money when
made him independent for life, though he
still folio we'd his old profession OF de-.
tecIiye from skesr love Of excitement, and
wa, always looked upon with admiration
"a the man WHO bad solved the mystery OF
the hanson cab murder. Brian after sew
eral consul tationI with Gallon, at last
came TO the conclusion that 1t would be no
use TO reveal to Sal Rawlius the
fact that shs was Max Frettlby .
daughter, as by the will the
MONEY was clearly left to Madg', and such
a revelation could bring her no pscuniary
benefit, while her bringing up united her
for the position; so yearly income, more
than sufficient for her wants, was settled
mon Ter, and ere was allowed to remain
in ignorance Ct her parentage. The in1u.
euce of Sal Rswlins' old life, hawever, was
ye,y st ong on her. and she devoted her
sell to the task of saving her fallen sis.
tiers. Knowing as she did, oil the
intr;cacies OF the elums, she was
enabled to do an imme use amount OF
good, and many an unhappy woman
was saved from tie squslor ard hardship
of a gutter life by the kind hand OF Sal
Rswlirs.
Felix Rolleston became o membr OF
Parliament, where lis speeches If not very
dssp. were st least amusing; and while IN
the House always behaved lie a gen,l =
man, which could not be said about all his
colleagues.
Madge slowly recovered from her loess,
and. as she had bte1 implicitly nsme1 IN
the will az the heiress to Mark Frettlby's
great wealth, she placed the manageme 1t
Of here estates in TIE hands Of MIR. Gallon,
who. with Ttiuton & Tarbet, acted ss htr
apsnts in Au ttslia. On her recovery she
learned the story of her fathers cary mar
risg,, bat both Gallon and Fitzgerald wtr,
silent about the fac: of Sal Rsw:ins being
her half sister, az such relation 60 aid do
no g: cd, and would only crests scandal,
"a no explain alton could Re given except
the true one. Short Y afterwards Madge
married Fitzgerald, and b 9TH of them only
too gladly left Australia, with all its sor-
ows and bitter memories.
Standing with her husband on the deck
of one of the P. and o. steamers. ~ 1t
ploughed the blue wa'ers of Hob3on's Bay
into foam, ihsy both watched Melbourne
as it gradually fadei from the view, ur-
der the glow of the sunse'. They could
zee the two domes of the Exhibition, and
the Law Courts, and also Government
House, with its tall 10 yer rising from the
midst Of thu green tress. In the back
ground was a light crimson sky, barred
with m asses OF black onds OF smoke like
q pail.
The glariug red light OF the sinking sun
glared apglily on the heavy waters, and
the steamer sesme1 to be making its way
through sea of blood. Msdge, clingiDg
TO her bus b ind's arm, felt her eyes fill
with tear9, as she SAW this land OF her birth
recsdipg slowly.
Good. bye" shs murmurad softly
GOODBYE forever"
"You do not regiet?' he said, bending
his hssd.
"Rseret, no." sh, answered, looking at
him with loving eyes. with you ny my
SIDE l fear nothing Surely our hearts
have b:cn tried in the fIrnscs CT aili c'iop,
and cur love has been chastened and puri-
fed.n
"We are sure of nothing in this world, I"
replied Brian with ish. But after all
the sorrow and grief of the past let US
hope that the future viii be peace.
"Pcace.n
A white winrel sea gull arose suddenly
from the crimson waters, and circled rap
i'd ? in the air above them.
"a happy omen" she said looking mp
foadly to the grave face Of her husband,
"for your life and mine
He bent down aud kissed her.
The great steamer moved slowly out to
seq, and as they stood on the deck, hand
clasI o / in hand, with the fcesh salt b:e:zs
bio wing keenly in their faces, it bore them
away into TIE PLACID beauty Of the coming
night, towards the old world and the new
life. THE END.