Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-26


can only hope and pray that her ladyship
may be kept out OF it's influence. You
will be pleased to hear that Mr.. Mountjoy
is better. AS soon Us he was sufficiently
emotion, put Lady Harry's letter into
his hands. 1t was well that hal kept it
from him, for he fell into such violence
of grief and indignation that thought he
would have had a serious relapse. Can
any woman" he cried, be justified in 90
ing back to an utterly unworthy hus band
until ne has proved u complete changer
W nat il she has received thousand let
tiers of penitence? Ptnitence should be
SHOWN by acts, not words; she should have
waited He '"rOte her a letter, which he
showed me. Is there" he asked, any
thing in the letter which could Justly of
fend herY | could find nothing He told
her, but | fear too late, that she risks deg
radatlon-perhaps worse, if Their. is any
thing Worse-if she persists ia returning
To her unworthy husband. If she refuses
to be guided by his advice, on the last &C.
caSiOn on which he would presume to
offer any advice, he begged that she would
not answer. Let her silence say-No.
That was the substance of his letter. Up
to the present moment no answer has been
received from Lady Harry. Nor has he
received so much as an acknowledgment
OF the letter. What can be understood by
this silence. Clearly, refusal
though it is longer than by Basel and
Laon. Mr.. Mountjoy, | know, will send
you the money You want. He has told me
rs much. Il have done with Lady Harry
he said. Her movements no longer con-
Germ me, though | can never want in
terest in what she does But since the
girl is right to stick to her mistress, |
will send her the money-not as q loan to
be paid back Dy Iris, but as gift from
NJ self
therefore, my dear Fanny, stop in Paris
for one night at least, and learn what has
been done ii you can. Find out the nurse
and ask her what really happened. With
the knowledge that you already possess it
will be hard, indeed, if we cannot arrive
at the truth. There must be people who
supplied things to the cottage-the restau-
rant, the pItGrnldcic1l, the laundress. See
them all-you know them ALREADY, and
we will put the facts together. AS for
finding her ladyship, that will depend en-
tirely upon herself! | shall expect you
back in about week. Ii anything hap
pens here l shall be able to tell you when
you arrive. Yours affectionately.
This letter exactly conceded with Fnn-
ny's own views. Tue doctor was now
gone. She was alone in the cottage; and
the suburb of Passy, though charming in
many WAYS, is not exactly the place for a
man OF DIR. VlmpanyS temperament. She
would stay Il day, or even two days, or
more if necessary, at Passy. She would
make those inquiries.
The second letter, which reached her the
same day, was from Mr. Mountjoy. He
told her what he had told Mrs Vimpany:
he would give her the money, because he
recognized the spirit of fidelity which
caused Fanny to go first to Paris and then
to Berne. But he could not pretend to
any right to interference in the affairs
of Lord and Lady Harry Norland. He
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and twenty-five francs, which he hoped
would be sufficient for her immediate
wants.
She started on her return journey on
the same day-namely, Saturday. On
Sunday evening she was in pension at
PasSy, ready to make those inquriey The
first person whom she sought out was the
TeltiGr-the landlord of the cottage He
was 4 retired tradesman-one who had
made his modest fortune in q chdrcuterie,
and had invested it in house propertv.
Fanny told him she had been lady's maid
to Lady Harry Norland, in the recent oc-
cupancy of the cottage, and that she was
anxious to know her present address.
"Merci, mon Dieu! que scais-je? What
do ! know about it?" he replied. THE
wife Of the English MILFORD is so much at
tached to her husband that she leaves him
in his long illness"
His long illness?"
"Certanly-M tdemoiseIle IS not. per
hapS, acquainted with the circumstances
his long illness: and does not come even
to see his dead body after he is dead.
There is wife for yOu-a wife Of the En-
gliSh fashion"
Fanny gaSped
After he is dead? Is Lord Harry deads
When did he die?2
But assuredl-, MadcmoiselIe has not
heard? The English Milford died OIL Thurs
day morning, a week and more ago, of
consumption, ana was buried in the Gem
etery OF Auteuil last Saturday Mademoi-
selle appears astOaiShed."
Zen etfet, Monsieur, am aStoniShed"
Already the tombstone is erected to
the memory of the unhappy young man,
who is said to belong to q most diStin-
guiShed family of Ireland. Mademoi-
selie can see it with her own eyes in the
cemetery"
"One word more, Monsieur. If Mon
sieur would have the kindness to tell her
who WAS the nurse of MILFORD in his last
Selzure?'
But certainly. All the world knows
the widow La Chaise. 1t was the widow
La Chaise who was called in by the doc
tor. Al! there is man-what a mani
What miracle OF science. What devotion
TO his TREND! What admirable sentiments
Truly, the English are great i'll sentiments
when their lnsular GOODNESS allows them
to speak. This widow can be found-easi
ly found"
dress. Armed with this. and having got
out of the landlord the cardinal fact of
Lord Harry'S alleged death, the lady's
maid went in search of this respectable
widow.
She found her. in her own apartments.
a respectable woman indeed, perfectly
ready TO tell everything that she knew,
and evidently quite unsuspicious Of any
thing W1OI~. She was invited to take
CHARGED s.cn- man on the morning of
Thursday; she W;S told that he was a
young IrlSl iOtd, dangerously i'll of Il pull
monar, disorders Jae doctor, in fact, in
formed her tha u:a life hung by \ thread,
ana mlgnt drop at any moment, though
on the other nand he had Known such
cHses linrer OF for many months She Az
rived. us she had Zen ordered, at midday
she was taken iu,u the Sick-room by the
doctor who showed her the patient placid
ly sleeping on 4 SOfl: the bed had been
slept in. ana was not yet made. After
explaining the medicines which she was
to administer and the times when they
We're to be given. and telling her some
thing about his diet, the doctor left her
alone with the patient.
He was still sleeping profoundly" said
the nurse.
You are sure that he was sleeping and
not dead" asked Fanny, sharply.
"Aademoselle, have been a nurse for
many Years. l know my duties. The
iotiiShl IhS uoClol lSlU me L verified his
statements. | proved that the patient was
sleeping by feeling his pulse and observ-
inc his breath"
Fanny made no reply. She could hardly
remind this respectable person that after
the doctor left her she employed herself
first in eXamining.the cupboards, drawers,
drnotre, and other things; that she then
found book with pictures. in which
she retu Tor quarter or an hour or so;
that she then grew sleepy and dropped the
book