Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-08

correction Next he glanced at the state
lnent. 1t contained full and fair account
of his connection with the woman who had
ruined his life. ~ may as well leave il =" br
thought "Sore day it will show Belle that
was not quite so bad as seemcd.n
He replaced the statement in a brief envel.
ope, sealed and directed to Belle. and finally
marked it: mot to be opened till my death.
W, Quest.n Then he put tho cnvcl,r]c away
In the safe and took up the will fo. the same
purpose. Next it on the table lay the deeds
executed by Edward Cossey, TRANSFERRING the
Honham mortgages 90 Mr.. Quest in con.
sideration Of his abstaining from the com
mencement Of a suit for divorce in which
be proposed to join Edward Cossey rs co re-
spondent. "Ah" he thought TO himself,
that game is up. Bclo is not my legal
wife, therefore I cannot commence SUIT
against her in which Cosscy would figure as
correspondent, and 50 tho consideration fails.
am sorry for that, for l should have liked
him to lose his thirty thousand pounds as
well as his wife. but it can't be helped. 1t
was q game Of bluff, and now that tho blad-
der has been prckeI | haven't a leg to
stand ON
Then, taking pen, he wrote on a sheet Of
paper which he inserted in the will-"Dear
B.,-You must return the Honham mort
cages to Mr., Edward COSBY. AS you AFRO
not my legal wife, the consideration upon
which ho transferred them fails, and you
cannot hold them in equity, nor l suppose
would you wish to do SOW O."
Having put all the papers away, he shut
the safe at the moment that tho clerk, whom
he had deputed to watch tie Tiger, knocked
at the door and entered.
"WellT' said his master
'Well, sir, ! watched tho woman She
stopped i'll the passage for a minute, and
then George, Squire de Ia Mole's man, came
out and spoke to her. got quito close, so as
to hear what he said, and no said: You'd
better get out Of this
"'Wherc toe she answered. I'm afraid
"'Back TO London he said, and gave her
O sovereign, and she got up without Il word
and skunk Off TO tho station followed by a
mob of people. She's in tho rcfIeshment
room now, but George sent word to say that
they ought not to serve her with any drink
"What timo does the nest train go.-7.15,
does it not'' said -lr. Guest.
eyes, sir"
"Well, go back to tho station and keep an
eye upon that woman, and whcn the timo
comes get me q first class return ticket to
London. shall go up myself and give her
In charge there. Here is some money" and
he gave him a five pound note; land look
here, Jones, you need not troubls about the
change"
"Thank you, sir FIN sure" said Jones, to
whom, bis salary being n guinea week, on
which he supported a wife and family, gift
OF four pounds was sudden wealth.
"Don't thank me, but do as l tell you. /
will DO down at the station at 7:10 Meet me
outside and give me the ticket. That will
do.n
Whom Jones had gone Mr.. Quest sat down
to think.
So it was George who had loosed this
woman on him, and that was the meaning of
hts mysterious warning. How had no found
herr That did not matter, he had found her,
and in revenge for the action taken against
the De la Mole family he had brought her
here to denounce him. 1t had been ceverly
managed, too. Mr.. Quest rejected to him
self that he should never have given the man
credit for the brains. Well, that was what
came of undertaking people.
And SO this was the end Of all his hopes,
ambitions, shifts and struggles. The story
would be in every paper in England before
another twenty -four hours wero over,
headed Remarkable occurrence ut DOSING
ham quarter sessions. .Alleg. d bigamy Of a
solicitor" No doubt, too, the treasury
would take it up and institute y prosecution.
This was the end Of bis ,;!.. .Eg5 after re-
spectability and the wealth ,Lut brings it.
He had overreacLed himself II, had plot
ted and schemed, and harlsfol lis Heart
tgainst the De IN Mole family, ani fare had
made use Of his Success TO d.-,IaN him. In
another few months h. hal expected 10 be
able to leave this place u W,a.. s, a.i re-