Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-21
CHAPTER III.

On the highest point OF ground of the
81. Ives peninsula in Lord Morvah's park
stood II disuscd engine house. such us one
sees dotted all over Cornwall, like castles
battered i'll the civil war One of the
Enrls had had the resemblance heightened
by adding battlcments and putting in
windows. II did for luncheon nj shoot
ing parties, for it saved going down 10
ihc castle and back, and the telescope ut
The Top swept land and sea for miles and
miles
Outside this tower one autumn morn
ing, while the mist was still thicl, enough
to hide cvcrythinga few miles away stood
Captain Charles lie Grey. lie was kept
some time waiting, and occupied the time
for his breakfast had been of the very
scanticst-in picking the glorious black
berries that grew across the mout!, of the
disuscd and unprotected shaft. As it is
usual in ircakncck places, they rev Ia
perfection, but he had to use the greatest
prcraution in gathering them, for it was
hard to make out where was terra lirinsi
and where only matted vegetation Yelled
the black abyss below.
At length from out of the midst
emerged II beautiful young girl having
the fine nostrils and the short upper lip.
and the slender, we'll poised figure and
feet which We associate with high breed
ing, as well as the sky-colored eyes and
sun colorcd hair which have b, en- goodly
i'll the eyes of man since Helen of Troy
made them the fashion. She flung her
.nlf into hi. arms nnccinnai,lt.
My darling, my darling, they shan !
separate u.s." Then recovering herself
quickly, she held up the key of the tower
and cntreatcd him TO release her and
open it. "'rhc mist will be off soon and
my brother may discover my absence
From the windows of the tower we could
mark his movements"
"Stay." cried voice. furious with
passion, ''your brother has discovered
Your absence" And Lord Morvah ap-
pcarcd, carrying Il horse whip, attended
by two or three of his servants with cud-
gels. Captain lie Grey was unarmcd cx-
cept for the walking sticl; he had used in
climbing the hill. Lord Morvah made IL
dash ut him to horse whip him. The
Captain cludcd the blow aud the peer fell
forward. There was Al crash of breaking.
hsamblcs, then Il horrible silence. and
then-it seemed an age aftcrward-a yet
more horrible splash.
The Earl of Morvah was extinct. The
servants struck at lie Grey with their
cudgels, but Lady Gwen stepped between,
white rs Il sheet, though too thunder
struck to weep. "Lord NIorvah is killed /;
you are my servants; leave this gentle
man alone and 20 to the nearest mine for
Il relief party. Captain Lc Grey
Charlic--go with them. I cntreat you
to return to town. | cannot see yo,i
now; will write to you at your club. =
She never saw him again. lie received
the note found upon him when he died
his hero death in Africa. He was too
proud, or knew Lady Gwen too we'll, to
attempt to alter her decision, and as
without her property his affairs were
desperate, he resigned his commission
and enlisted in the ranks of another
regiment as Private Harris.
A plucky miner was let down the shaft
in a bucket, and brought up the body OF
the Earl stone dead, but hardly bruised
for he had fallen into deep water; only,
whether it was due TO the passion i.
which he died or to his fall through 50
many feet of air, the expression of his
face was ghasily beyond description
Those who saw the last Earl Of NIorvah,