The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-21

40 "eS 3OAAe W. aildho u boCF6L marriage.
and wanted him to travel on the continent
with him for some months. He saw at
once that ii this marriage was to be kent
secret his knowledge of 1t would give him a
great hold upon Mr.. Corbyn, and have NO
doubt that before he left him, having
learned that he Intended to keep the mar.
rage secret until his fathers deaf J., he ex-
torted from him a considerable sum of
, money as the price of his silence, agreeing
| TO einlgrate If he received his price. OF
| course, L do not know what allowance Mr..
Corbyn had from his father, but, as heir to
an entalled property, he would have had no
! dlfhculty In raising five hundred to thou
| sand pounds TO close toe mouth of this ras-
| cally servant of his. AS the fellow is evi.
IDENTIFY clever, as we'll as INSCRIPTIONS, it is
probable he has kept himself well informed
as co what has occurred since his absence.
| Had your mother lived, he would probably
have extracted further sums from time to
| time from Mr.. Corbyn; indeed, he NAV
nave done so for anything we know. When
/ he hears of Mr.. Corbyn's death, and that
the marriage has been kept secret it is by
| no means unlikely that the fellow may come
back again, and may attempt to bargain
either with Mr. Clitheroe for his silence or
with you for information which will place
| you in position to prove yourself the legiti.
mate heir to the estate"
nou JOu JHluh hHdli near from nm e
II think you will either hear from him or
see him. If, when he arrives in England,
he makes inquiries about Mr.. Clitheroe, be
will very soon learn that he is not the kind
or man who would purchase his silence; but
should think that in any case he would
come 10 you first He may be on his wav
home oow, but of course that will depend
much upon the state of affairs out there.
He might consider that there was no need
Tnx hac n,,1 SaoNa l.
well as now. He might wind up his bust
ness in Australia before leaving, or might
putt IN some one else's hands and leave at
once. There Is no saying, in fact, what he
is most likely to do, and it is certainly
probable that he would thinI,
that be would get a higher sum by
delaying for few months before coming
to you. The question of time seems there
fore altogether uncertain, but assuming, as
l do, that the fellow is a scamp. that he has
extorted money from MIR. Corbyn, and that
he intends to gam further advantage from
his knowledge that your father and mother
were married, you are sure to hear from
him sooner or later.
ut may be, as have said, in five or six
weeks, it may not be for year, l admit
that it is just possible he is contented with
the sum he extorted at the time and that as
he supposed Mr.. Corbyn would himself &C.
died. he may have taken no further trouble
in the matter; and may to the end of his
life remain in ignorance of your fathers
death, and may think of you as installed
as heiress of Corbyn Court. l regard this
as unlikely in the extreme, but it is Just
possible These are all things that we snail
have to think out. At any rate, if we do
not hear from him In time, we shall have to
take steps to send out to discover his where
ah0n "a in Australia and thar m to
communication with him. Upon the whole,
Miss Corbyn, we have reason to congratu-
late ourselves that we have again obtained
a clew, and that whereas when we returned
from Folkestone, it seemed as If it would
be well-nigh impossible to prove this mar
riage, we have now reason to belive that
there is witness of it alive, and ready for
consideration to testify to the facts"
''Oh, yes, it is much more hopeful" Con
stance agreed. 'Of course shall be ready
to pay anything"
"Now," Miss Peyton said, do you, Rob-
ert, take my niece out for a drive, | shall
take little turn with Miss Corbyn. We
have not been out to-day, and a little fresh
air will clear nv brains, then I shall read
and she can think quietly over what you
have been telling us, and after dinner the
subject can be renewed; there is nothing
worse than harping over the same thing, it
Is D0bloI W ulotuiSS III 6lUO2Sbu6T from
ones mind, and to take it up fresh again, at
least / have always found it sou
ut seems to me all plain and straightfor-
ward, Mr.. Harbut," Constance said, when
the conclave opened again, "if it were not
for what you call the man in the shiny
hat"
THAT is the intrusive figure, Miss Cor
byn; the specter at the wedding Who is
he? Who is employing him! What is his
o. h. I l.,
asking myself ever since / heard of his ex-
istence."
'If it we're not for what you have told
me about MIR. Citheroe, should have sup
posed that he must be employed by him, no
one else would seem to have any interest in
the matter.
THAT is the puzzle, Miss Corbyn. Ferris
told me so distinctly that Clitheroe was
only anxious to soc the right thing done, and
that he would certainly offer no factious OPP
position if your case were made out, that
cannot imagine he can be the mover in this
matter. If he is, it is certain that it has
not been done through Ferris, because, put
ting aside the fact that the firm is one of the
most straightforward and honorable ones
going, they consider themselves in this affair
as trustees of your fathers estate, rather
than as Philip Clitheroe's solicitors. That
being so am altogether puzzled"
~ 40 ONA0Ghui| oblAS OllO WIZ hhOWe a
good deal more about the business than we
do. We have had to trust to chance to find
the name of the man who accompanied Mr..
Corbyn and his wife on the continent,
while they were able to send down to Ok
ford to make their inquiries within very
short time of Mr.. Corbyn's death. OF
course it is quite possible that the man in
the shiny hat is employed by some old &C
quaintance of Morson's, man who had
heard from him about this tour, and about
the marriage being private one, and how
a child had been born at st. Malo. This
man may have seen the announcement of
Mr.. Corbyn's death in the newspaper, and
may have remembered the story, and the
thought may have occurred to him that
there was money to be made OUT of it. He
may have gone down to Bath, or written to
some one there, and found that nothing
was known there of wife or child, aud
may have then said, If can find out where
Tom Morson is, we can work the oracle to-
getber.'"
what do you mean by work the oracle,
Mr.. Harbutr'
well, Miss Corbyn, it is an expression
meaning to manage the business"
You are quite right in asking, my dear,
Miss Peyton said. "Men interlard their
conversation with slang in these days in a
dreadful way, and instead of girls being