Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-03

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| sense about her,"
DO you think that would take you to her
II that were all? You know she is widow.
| she has her fl50 from what was sunk by Jere-
miah when she married, but that is not all: she
has been left well provided for by her husband,
Mr. Albert Baynes ! know all about it. got
| everything out Of Salome. told her how
anxious was about her sister, how panied 1
was concerning her bereavement, and how
hoped she was not left in bad circumstances.
Salome very openly told me that she was very
comfortably provided for. and no stipulation
made about marrying again. I know what
| Salome meant when she let me draw that out
OF her-she meant that you should know; but
| then had my eye on Miss Smithson. However,
now that we must go abroad we may as well
Kill two birds with one stone Besides, as Jere-
miah took such lively interest in Janet, he
| may be gratified at your marrying her. and not
press me with demands which could not COM
| ply with-which will not, no, will net comply
with.n
But she is in bad health"
"Oh, nothing but sentiment at her husbands
death; besides. If she is delicate. all the bet
ter"
81 don't see that" said the Captain, feebly
| disgusted at his mothers heartlessness.
"Fiddle-faddle." said Mrs. Sidebotton; sit is
all part Of the business-it goes with widows
SoE'os W AOA AOob 0lucDObLOu1 1 WAS WOEu W
shadow and got cough; but began to recover
flesh when went into half mourning, and lost
my cough with my weeds. When you appear
| on the scene it will be codliver oil TO her."
ut will be very dull at this place you speak
Of"
"Of course it will be dull and hateful, but
what will you have? sacrifice myself for you,
I You must get of my hands and shift for your
self; have had you as a charge too long. I
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| Smithson and Jane Mulberry failed, you must
take the Baynes. can't tell you exactly what
she is worth, but I will ascertain from salome.
who is there, before you commit yourself. Re-
| member. Lamb, we must go. I cannot stay
here and face jeremiah"
"Why not? 1t would be the most honorable
| thing to do, and might answer the best in the
end"
Il cannot do it. Why-how would you feel
| how could you feel toward person who had
| pronounced you dead, and proceeded to ad-
| minister? Much as man might toward the
surgeon who proceeded to dissect him before
he was dead. No, Lamb, will not remain. 1
can always write 10 Jeremiah, and express
| my profound astonishment to hear of his re-
turn, and assume an air of injury that should
have been left in the dark 80 long, Indeed, l
think that will be the card to play-throw the
blame on him, and if the case comes into court
L can lay stress on this. Willfully he allowed
me to remain in ignorance of his existence.
Something had to be done. The factory would
not go on itself. The factory could not be car
ried on without money. The business would
| go to pieces unless energetically prosecuted.
Jeremiah may feel grateful, and ought to feel
| grateful to me, that acted with such readiness
in the matter and saved the firm Of Penny
comequiek from ruin. can bring in heavy
| bill against him for my services. However, 1
| had rather do this from distance, and by let
ter. I will take the injured tone, and make
| him dance to that tune"
| Mrs. Sidebottom was woman of resource.
| She never suffered herself to be discouraged by
| adversely; and adversely now faced her wearing
the mask of her brother returned to life. She
had much energy Of character and fertility of
| invention, which, II she had been woman of
| principle, instead of INSCRIPTIONS self-seeking.
| might have made her valuable person in So
ciety. She was at present frightened-she had
invested some of the money she had drawn to
herself from Jeremiahs savings in a manner
that promised well; some she had lost. She
neither desired to be called to account for what
she had squandered, nor to be forced to re-
imburse those happy speculations which were
likely to place her in easy circumstances. Until
she had had good professional advice, and until
| she knew what her brother intended, she con-
sidered that safety lay in absence.
She went about in York, leaving her card;
and when she saw q friend, she told her that
| she was off to the continent for bit of a
change She had not been very WELL and the
doctors had insisted on variation of scene and
air, and she felt herself that life was too short
| to spend it in one place. The world was large
and must be seen, and those dear snowymount-
ains-they possessed for her a fascination she
had struggled against, but had been unable
| further to resist.
"My dear Mrs. Jacques, you know what anxi-
ETY. and care had last year about my poor
| brothers affairs-winding up, you know. l
held up through it all, animated by sense of
duty, but it told on me in the end, and now
am going to relax. 1 shall spend the summer in
the Alps, and unless am much better shall
| go to Algiers for the winter. Have you any
| friends who will be there next Christmas7 Oh,
/ my dearI to think Of Christmas in Algiers;
hot sun and no plum puddingP'
| Mrs. Sidebottom had not the faintest desire
| to spend winter in Algiers; she thought Men
| tone, or Florence, or Pau would suit her better.
| according to where she could get into the best
| society, and she resolved to leave the determi-
nation to the future; if she found during the
| summer people whom it was worth her while
] hanging on to, and who were wintering any
y Wnero ABROAD, bno WOulQ aILacl nerSelf to
| them. But with the curious crookedness which
| prevails in some natures, she went about asking
| questions about hotels and pensions at Algiers,
keeping her ears open at the same time to hear
| of persons of position who were likely to winter
elsewhere. 1t was possible that, if she made it
known that she would winter in AIgiers, &C
| quaintances would tell her Of friends of theirs
who were wintering elsewhere. Nor was she
| wrong.
"0h, 1 am so sorry you are not going to Men,
tone; Sir William Pickering is going there be-
cause of the health of dear Lady Pickering.
Such charming people-you would have liked
TO know them-but as you are going to Algiers,
of course cannot get you acquainted with
each other" Mrs. Sidebottom knew well
enough that if she had said she was going to
Mentone this piece Of information would not
have been vouchsafed her. "OhI Mrs. Side
bottom-you are. visiting Algiers. There is
nice young lady, a niece, gong there. She is
in decline. shall be eternally obliged to you
| if you would show her kindness; she is badly
of, and it would be goodness itself if you
| would Just look in now and then and ascertain
that she is comfortable and lot imposed on"
my dear Mrs. Tomson, you could not have
| asked me to do anything that would have
| pleased me more-but unfortunately 1t is not
| certain that am going to Algiers If make
up my mind to go will write to you for the
address of your niece, and you may rely on me,
will do my utmost for her." This was accom-
I panied by an internal mem.:-Have nothing
| further to do with Mrs. Tomson. Pm not going
abroad to be anybody's nurse. Heaven forbid.
"Oh, Mrs Sidebottom! So you are off to
Switzerland and Algiers Now there could be
nothing more opportune. We are going to have
a bazaar to raise money for the relief of the
peasants in France, who have suffered from the
war. Would you mind sending as your contri-