San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-01-15


ing the effect on the mans wife, and telling
myself that he fell lower every day. was
the one person on the surface Of the globs
that comprehsnded him, and l was bound
there should be yet another Whether he
was 70 die there and his virtues perish, OF
whether he should save his days and come
back to that inheritance Of sorrows his right
memory, was bound he should be heartily
lamented in the one case and unaffectedly
welcomed in the other, by the person he loved
the most, his wife.
Finding no occasion Of free speech, be-
thought me at last of a kind Of documentary
disclosure; and for some nights, when was
OF duty and should have been asleep, gave
my time to the preparation Of that which
may call my budget.
But this | found to be the easiest portion
Of my task, and that which remained, name
ly, the presentation to my lady, almost more
than | had fortitude TO overtake Several
days went about with my papers under my
arm, spying for some juncture Of talk to
serve rs introduction. | will not deny but
that some offered; only when they did my
tongue Glove TO the roof Of my mouth, and
think | might have been carrying about my
packet till this day had not "A fortunate acct
dent delivered me from all my hesitations
This was at night, when | was once more
leaving the room, the thing not yet done, and
myself i'll despair at my own cowardice.
WHAT do you carry about with YOU, Mr.,
Maciellar.' She asked. These last days
see you always coming in and out with the
same armful.
returned upon my steps without word,
laid the papers before her on the table, and
left her to her reading. or what that was
am now to give you some idea: and the best
will be to reproduce letter of my own
which came first in the budget, and Of which
according to an excellent habtude) have
preserved the SCROLL 1t will show, too, the
moderation of my part in these affairs, a
thing which some have called reckleSsly in
question.
"DURRIsDEER, 1857.
"HoNoRED MADAME: | trust l would not
step out of my place without occasion; but
see how much evil has flowed in the past to
all of your noble house from that unhappy
and secretive fault Of reticency, and the pa
pers on which venture to call your atten-
tion are family papers and all highly worthy
your acquaintance.
~ append a schedule with some necessary
observations, and am, honored madame,
your ladyShip's obliged, obedient servant,
''EPHRAni MACMILLAN"
SCHEDULE or PAPERS
A. Scroll of ten letters from Ephraim Mackellar
TO the Honorable James Durie, Esq, by courtesy
Master Of Ballantrae during the latter's residence
In Paris: under dates-(foow the dates)-Nota:
to be read in connection with and C.
B Seven original letters from the said Master of
Ballantrae To the said z Mackellar, under dates
follow the dates
G. Three original letters from the said Master
Of Ballantrae to the Honorable Henry Dure,
Esq, under dateS--(follow the dates)-Nota:
given me by Mr.. Henry to answer: copies of my
answers 4, A and A 9 of these productions.
The purport Of Mr. Henrys communications, Of
which | can find no scroll, may be gathered from
those of his unnatural brother.
D. A correspondence original and scroll, ex,
tending over period of three years till January
of the current year between the said Master OF
Ballantrae and - -, under secretary of
state twenty-seven in all Nota found among
the masters papers
Weary as | was with watching and dis
tress of mind, it was impossible for me to
sleep All night long / walked in my cham
Der, revolving what should be the issue and
sometimes repenting the temerity of my in
mixture in affairs so private; and with the
first peep Of the morning | was at the sick
room door Mrs. Henry had thrown open
the shutters, and even the window, for the
was mild She looked stead
lastly before her, where was nothing to see,
or only the blue Of the morning creeping
among woods. Upon the stir OF my en-
trance, she did not so much as turn about
her face-a circumstance from which | au-
CURED very ill
Madame" began, and then again,
madame" but could make no more Of it,
Nor yet did Mrs Henry come to my assist
ance with word. In this pass began gath
ering up the papers where they lay scattered
ON the table, and the first thing that struck
me, their bulk appeared to have diminished.
Once | ran them through and twice; but
the correspondence with the secretary Of
state, on which | had reckoned so much
against the future, was nowhere to be found.
looked in the chimney; amid the smolder-
ing embers black ashes Of paper futtered in
the draught, and at that my timidity van
Shed
Good God, madame, cried |, in a voice
not fitting for a sick room, "good God,
what have you done with my pa
persr
Il have burned them," said Mrs. Henry,
turning about. 1T is enough, it is too much,
that you and have seen them"
This is fine nights work that you have
lonel" cried l. And all to save the reputa
ion Of a man that eat bread by the shedding
If his comrades blood, as do by the shed
ling ink"
TO save the reputation of that family in
which you are a servant, Mr.. Mackellar, -" she
'eturned, and for which you have already
ne so much"
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