Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1888-07-22

his mind with agitation, and gave him no
peace, night or day. He neglected the work
of the mill and farm; he would take 70
meals save by himself, and he drank coz
tinually.
He looked up from his last half drunken
torpor WHEN Nan came IN.
az expected you before" he said.
"What are you going to DEF"
she poured out a dram and tossed II on
al came to see my bonny husband" she
said. "before / am q widow once more.
En-, man, it's an unlucky wife ye have
0Wifen he repeated; "wife! Yes, /
suppose you would pretend"-
HHark ye, brother" cried Nan, bring
ing down her cudgel on the table With an
emphasis which reminded Mathew uneasily
of the second husbands lot; "hark ye!
Sail on another track, or you'll have a
broadside that'lI rake ycu for and sft from
stem to stern. Wife / am; husband you
are; wherefore all that is yours Is mine,
She hitched a rope into the handle OF the
stone Jar containing the brandy n Jerked
it over her shoulder. 1.-THE mill is mine,
so long as il is yours, which won't be long,
sbipmet Last noight l read your fortune,
nv lad. By all / can discoSsr, you and
me shall part company before long. But
whether you will hang yourself, like my
second man, CT be hanged, like my fist;
OF WHISTLER you will be knocked o. the
head-which Is too good for such as you;
or whether you will die by reason OF takin'
too much rum aboard, which is fatal to
many an honest Jack; or whether You will
die by hand of doctors whereby the lana
lubbers do perish by multitudes-l kno"
not. Short will be n company; 50, as
long as we sail together, let us share and
share alike, and be merry and drink about.
| Money-now, ] want money"
He refussd absolutely to let her have any
money. without any more words, this
terrible woman prepared for action. That
il TO saw, she took off her rough
sailors Jacket, rolled up. her sleeves, and
seized the cudgel with q gesture and looR
so menaeiug that Mathew hauled down his
colors.
''How much do you want? ?" he asked.
Short will be the voyage" she said.
"Give me ten guineas. Yes, | Will taSe
ten guineas to begin with. But don't
think it's pay day. Pm not paid OF, nor
shall be so long as Pity tits that lcan't
read those cards palmer. Well, my dearle,
Pm going II think L should like the
mill better than my wi cottage, I'll come
and stsy here. You shall see, off and on,
plenty of your wife. Ho! no! The bonny
bride! and the happy groom"
She left him for that time. But sne
went often, during the briet space which
remained of Mathews reign at the mill.
Each time she came she demanded money,
and rum or usquebaugh; each time she
threatened to live with her husband; each
time she terrified Barbara with the pros
pect of staying there. And the man sat
still in his room, brooding over the past,
and thinking not Of repentance but OF more
wickedntss.
One day, he rode away without telling
his sister whittier he was going or what he
designed. He did not return that night,
but two DAYS later be rode into tbs town,
accompanied by a grave and elderly gentle
man, and after leaving the horses at the inn
he walked to our cottage. l saw them at
the garden gate, and my heart felt like
lead, because I saw very clearly what was
going TO happen.
| In fiue, l felt certain that the money
would be demanded and II house sold.
Mathew, gsaded by his sister, who
clsmored without ceasing for the money
supposed to have been lent to US, anu un-
able any longer to endure his suspense and
anxiety regarding their cousin, resolved to
bring matters TO an issue. Fortunately
indeed was it for us he had delayed so
long,
Tney cam in, therefore, and the grave
old gentleman opened the business. he
SAID that ne wa an attorney for Morpath,
that the morsgsg e, of which mention had
already been made by Mistress Hetbering-
ton. had been drawn no by him at tbs re-
auest of Mr.. Mathew Humble, that he had
witnessed the signature OF my father, and
that the business in short, wss regularly
conducted ia accordance with the custom
| and requirements OF the law.
asked him if he had seen the money
Maid 10 nv father. He replied that he
Ind not, but that it was unnecessary. l To-
formed him thereupon that the money
had never been paid at all, but that my
father, q demeuted person, as was very
we'll known, yet not so dangerous or so
mad that he must be locked up, was per-
shaded by Mathew that he was signing
an imaginary deed OF gift conveying lands
which existed only in his own mind, be.
cause he had no land.
TIE lawyer made no reply to this at all.
Now, mistress" said Mathew Roughly,
'is the time to show the proofs You talked
about."
"Mv proofs, sir" l addressed the law
yer. ARE, first, that my father believes
himself prodigious'y rich, and would scorn
70 borrow money Of such as Mathew Hum
BILE: next, that he perfectly we'll remem-
beers signing the document, which ne
thought 3 deed of gift; thirdly, that we
know positively that he has had no money
at all in his possession; fourthly, that he
denies with indignation having borrowed
money: filthy. that Mathew, like every
body else, knew Of his delusions, and
would certainly never have lent tbs
money; sixthly, that E20O is = vast sum,
and could not have been received and
spent without our knowledge. Lastly,
that Mathew was known to be a base and
wicked wretch who even tried to kidnap
and carry off a girl whom he wished to
marry"
every one of these proofs" said my
mother, lis by itself enough for any rea-
sonable person"
The lawyer replied very earnestly that
he had nothing to do with proving the debt;
that he came to carry out the instructions
of his client, and to give US a weeks no.
tics-which was an act Of mercy, because
no clause of notice had been inserted in
the mortgage; that the house would be
sold unless the money lent was paid; that
it was not his duty 10 his business to ad-
wise ne, but his own client; that the law
of England provides a remedy for every
thing by the help of attorneys, and that
by the blessing Of heaven, attorneys
abound, and may be obtained in any town.
Finally he exceeded his duty by his client
in counseling Us TO put our affairs in the
hands of some skilled and properly quail
fed adviser.
This said, he bowed low and went away,
followed by Mathew.
But Mather returned half an hour later
and found me alone.
'You told me" he said, six months ago
and more. that should l attempt any harm
to you and yours, You would write to the
boy. I waited. II your story was true, you
would have written to him ut once, out Of
fssr. But your story was not true. Alb,
women are liars. 1 ought to have known
that. Barbara says 30, and she ought to
know"
''Go on, Mathew" I said.