The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-02-23

Caledon disappear from her home and tho
loving hearts that cherished her. Mr.
Caledon was never the same man again !;
he grew silent and sometimes harsh Even
the presence of his father and mother
fetied to cheer and comfort him, as Of yore
though they stroye to the utmost to change
ms grief for hiswife and child and set his
mind in differ ent channels. 8sf So"
4t''lt was thus that Lena Barrett found him
on her return from her parents, with whom
she had been living, and she at once set
about devising means for winning the
master OF Caledon for second husband
In this she succeeded, for Mr.. Caledon
urged by his parents, who feared their
sons reason would become impaired by his
grief, finally married the beautiful Widow
Barrett, and installed her as the future
mistress of Caledon. - E.s1F
Snow, indeed, was Lenora Caledon tri-
umphant; tho position she coveted was hers !;
she was supremely happy for season But
thero IS o crease in every roseleaf, tits said,
and Mrs. Caledon found hers to be no eX-
ception to the general rule, for she had
been married but short time when who
should appear but Agnes Armund, who
simply asked to see Mrs. Caledon and in
the interview that followed gave evidence
OF very correct knowledge Of tho where
abouts OF Dorcas Caledon, for whom the sor-
rowful father was then mourning his life
baby Dorcas before he died
"1t would have been naturally supposed
that Mrs. CaledOn would have caught eager
ly at this clue Of restoring to her husband
what would have been such q stimuant to
his failing state, the restoration Of his be-
| loved child. But far from it, indeed were
her intentions, she had no idea of being sec
ond to little Dorcas in the affections and
generosity of the master of Calcdon; be-
Si1D9
favor with their stcpfathcr, and thero was
no doubt If he died without leaving an heir
| they would inherit the CalCdon property
| 10 the fuliillmcnt Of this wish Mrs. Cacdon
| bent all the energies of her strong, passion
ate nature.
"By skillful bribcs she secured the promise
| OF hal1-crazed Agnes Armund to keep tho
| knowledge she possessed a secret Sho
| also worked upon tho fears of the Door
| creature, declaring if she were to reveal
| tho whereabouts of the babe or oven re-
! store 1T TO its father, she would certainly be
| imprisoned for abduction, and no doubt
! long term Of penal servitude would be
hor reward. She took care, also to enlarge
| upon the debt Of revenge that Agnes owed
Philip Calcdon for tho sighting of the
| great love she bore him.
| "All these combined sufficcd to bcWildor
and confuse the already tortured mind, and
SO with evil tcnacity she huggcd the pre-
| cious secret to her bosom, and lived on, ever
unhappy and wrctchcd, yet bitter and un-
| rclcnting. :
"But in n fcw years, worn by grief and
vain searching for his lost child, Mr.. Gale
don sank into his grave, and Cacdon
| heights was without master, and the old
name extinct, except for old Mr. Calcdon
| whose heart was broken at his sons death
and for whom he had never ceased TO mourn
| Mrs. C&lcdon, though sho mOurnCd her
| husband, it seems was not inconsolablc as
| sho married again shortly after his death
lrma and Irving Barrett, on opening the will
OF Phillip Calcdon, were found to be his
| sole heirs with ono clause only in the will
| that was should tho lost heir of his estate.
his beloved daughter, Dorcas Calcdon,
ever be discovered, then the estate should
| be hers with the exception of legacy to
both Irma and her brother
| at was after the death of Phillip Calcdon
that glimpse of tho great wrong she had
committed to this man began to dawn upon
| the mind of Agnes Armund. But even then
| tho desire for revenge was too strong to al
| l6l S>ts2r TO make reparaton. She loved to
| tHe hof the heircsS of Cacdon as a depend
| Smong strangers, to gloat over tho
| T. ht that when she should have grown
SHE STould go out into the. harl- u,n,ld und
| PSSI poor, oppressed, hard worked drudge
1. ~ &e same pitiless world that had treated
~,
| " 1850 the years flew on. Dorcas Calcdon
was still an inmate of an orphans homo and
Cacdon Heights still was the prODCrtv of
the Barrctts. 1t was when DOrcas Calcdon
was ten years old that Agnes Armund con-
ccived the idea of bringing her to her right
| ful homo and there have her educated and
| reared as were the Barrett children. Per-
| haps it was desire to annoy the mistress
| of Calcdon, whom she hated, or pcrhaps n
II n mo ~
| belt it was done, and DOrcas Calcdon be-
| came an inmate Of her rightful home How
| she was treated by tho inmates of Calcdon
| can not justly say, but in not too indul-
| gent manner, [ should infer, from tho fact
| that at the age Of fifteen the girl ran awaY
and could not be traced or again heard of,
| though strenuous efforts wcrc mado to dis
cover her whereabouts both by Agnes Ar
mund and Oliver Dudley, young man who
| had always felt strong interest in the lit
| tlo Waif who was maintained at the Heights
| In so strange manner. He had Just re-
turned from abroad, and determined, as he
| nad promised the child, to see after her well
| fare; but she, evidently tired of her dull.
unhappy life, had fled just at the moment
when her presence was most desired, and
search as they might no clcW could be OBJ
tanned Of her"
"Hcrc the lawyer paused, and Mr. Dudley
handed him folded paper. He opened it
and again read on:
"One, two years passed. and Agnes
Armund and Oliver Dudley wcro beginning
to despair of over finding the girl, concluding
sho must have died unhcard Of when, what
was Agnes surprise and delight, ono day,
while driving i'll the park, to suddenly meet
tho long looltcd-for one, and not poor,
Wrctchcd or haggard, as her fcvcrish fancy
had paintcdhcr, but blooming, beautiful and
happy, and richly dressed and in company
with ladies of unmistakablo wealth and high
standing.
Little moro is thcro to toll; you are all
1amlllar with the burning of tho opera
house. Agnes Armund and c. yer Dudley
wore present and had just discovered tho
person they sought when tho alarm of fire
was given. BY nero accident they sue
cceded in saving her life and their own.
III IS tho end. Agnes Armund, on nv
dying bed, havo freely confessed the crimo
committed seventeen years ago, and for
winch | have suffered a living death ever
since. But what rcparaion is in my power
make. Tho rightful hercss of Calcdon is,
or should be, present in tho person Of
Dorcas Lynn, adopted daughter of Mrs
Kent. Her rightful name is DOrcas CalcdOn,
and she is, tho only living descendant of
Phillip Calodon.
Having made this rcparation rest con-
inn a., oil :. .s..1