Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-08-24

UDe papers contained various short dis
patches he was not mentioned in any of
them.
Still no news was good news, and at
last Sir George st. Leger came to her in
triumph with telegram which had come
by various stages right from the foun
tain head
"Maj. Seton to Sir George st. Leger:
Earle died almost Immediately after
reaching camp. Beresford badly wounded
in head and arm, but is going on very
well. If no fever every chance of his
getting through it. Will wire to you if
there is any Important change"
And after this Nancy had no choice but
to sit down and wait. Still she was not
and could not be idle, for there was much
to be done. The putting of large house
hold into mourning, the hearing and ap-
proving of arrangements for a funeral
which was almost a public one, of the
melancholy journey down to Earles Hope,
the ordering of baked meats and so on for
the tenantry who would attend it, the
answering of letters, the receiving and
arranging of the dozens of wreaths and
other remembrances, of flowers which
came from far and near to show the affec-
tion and respect in which the old man had
been held; all these offices fell upon her.
Then the day before that of the funeral
came, and early in the afternoon they
went down to Earles Hope, and the last
of the Earles was carried into the house
of his fore elders for the last time. Yes,
the last of the Earles after ALL for young
Stuart had been dead already some hours
when the news of the engagement in
which he had been wounded reached his
fof har Sfa Go
wore away, and the following day, amid
binding snow, the lengthy procession
passed from hall to graveyard, and
Nancy, the one who had never been of
any account before, was the only Earle
left of all the proud old race who had
ruled at Earles Hope for many and many
year.
She was the last of them all. the owner
Of that wide estate, Of all their great rent
roll; she was the sole mistress Of every
thing around, free and unencumbered to
do exactly as she chose-to come and go
as she liked-to remain an Earle to the
end of her days. or to wed with whom
she pleased
And Jim Beresford. the man she loved
most in all the wide world, was lying at
that moment lowering between life and
death ON the other side of the globe, lying
in discomfort and misery, to endure the
cruel torture of CHASTITY wounds inflicted
by the weapons of Burmese Dacoits-a
striking instance of the irony of fate.
1t was several days after Nancy had
returned to town that Sir George came to
her, in something like triumph, with q
dispatch, or more correctly telegram.
from Maj. Seton.
Great news. my dsar--great news!"
he said.
And so it was. For it told that, after a
sharp attack of fever. Beresford mad taken
decided turn for the better, and if he
went on as he gave every promise at that
time of doing. he would be moved home
ward in about a fortnight or so By
homeward ho meant to say that they
would get him down to Calcutta. where
he would be able to have more comforts
and better chance Of recovery.
"Sir George" said Nancy suddenly, II
am going out to Calcutta by the next
steamer
alone, my dear?' asked the little man,
somewhat in dismay.
"Oh! no, | shall take servants with
me; but shall CO." she answered
"And you will be married out there9"
'It is very likely"
"But you cannot go alone"
"Ohl yes. Mrs. Seton is there; shall
60 to her If not. there are plenty of
other people who will be friendly to me.
Any way. he is i'll. and must want mo-
and am going"