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

Ter IN tnat re was using"
Robert ana Miss Leicester both laughed.
on will need another year or two in
England TO complete your education. Con-
stance" the latter SAID.
Come, come Miss Peyton put in, tap
ping the table with her knuckes, this is
trlfilng; let us keep to our subject now or
postpone 1t until tomorrow. Now, Robert,
what were You sayingr
Robert looked preternaturally grave.
II think my last words were, Miss Peyton.
they mig t work the oracle together. the
words being used with refere1 zee to the em-
ployer CT the man with the shiny hat and
Ihomas Morson. If this were the case, he
would only have gone to get the said
Thomas address. The butcher, who is dis
tlnctly shrewd fellow, though unuuestion-
ably a sad liar, would no doubt have al
ready sent his brother the news of Mr.. Cor
byn's death, assuming, of course, that be
mad acted as his brothers agent in the mat
Ter, and was in communication with some
one here who kept hun Informed of what
was going on. He would in that case
probably have fought shy of the man and
MS shiny hat, and put him off as he did me-
until he had written to his brother, and re-
celved an answer as to whether to give his
address or not. | am inclined to think that
This was the course that he would adopt in
any casen
I'm that case, Mr.. Harbut. no one could
have got any very great start Of us. OF
course, IL this man was, as you are suppos-
ing, acting for himself, there is no occasion
TO be afraid of him, because he would only
be wanting to do what we suspect Morsou is
trying to do on his own account, namely, to
obtain money from me or from Mr.. Clithe-
roe by saying that l am the heiress. that q
marriage had taken place, and that he knew
where 1t was performed, and where the
proof could be found. If that supposition
is correct we need not trouble ourselves any
more about this man. Again, if he is act
ing Tor people interested in keeping me
from proving my rights, l don't think it is
likely they would communicate with Nor
son at onca."
why do you think so, Miss Corbynp'
Robert asked, eagerly.
ELL, 1t seems to me that their interest is
to keep quiet as long as they have no reason
to suppose that we are on the right track II
one OF them has cut out the leaf of the reg
lster, and has learnt from it that Morson
was witness, | should think the last thing
In the world they would have no reason for
supposlng that he had taken any further in
terest In the matter, would imagine that it
was extremely improbable that he would
ever hear of Mr.. Corbyn's death, or ever
give the business further thought On the
other hand, IL they were to write to him.
they would excite his curiosity, would sho W
that for some reason or other his evidence
was very important, and would, in fact, put
themselves in his power"
You are right, Miss Corbyn," Robert
Hurout said Ill tone of much admiration
~ GU bave the best head of US all. Ger
tainly that is the view they would take
They would want to fiud out whether thew
had anything to fear from this witness.
whether he was alive, whether he was
in England, and whether there was any
chance whatever of his moving in the mat
ter. But when once they heard that he was
in Australia, and completely out of their
way, they would take no further interest in
him, unless, rs you say. they saw that we
were moving in it, and were also on the
search for him, then they might take steps
to be beforehand With us and TO get him
out OF the way. Yes, that alters the case
altogether, and | have no longer any fear
that we have been forestalled"
That is comfortable" Miss PeYton said
land don't think that we can leave Off at
better point. BY tomorrow, perhaps.
you may be able to give us an opinion
Rooert, as to what had better be done next.
or if you cannot" she added, a little mali
clously, perhaps Miss Corbyn can. You
just said sne had the best head among u.s.
''Oh, Miss Peyton," Constance said, in a
panied voice, "Mr Harbut didn't mean
that; only You see it is natural when am
always thinking of a thing over and over
should sometimes hit upon an idea. Mr..
Harhut has done so much and thought of
everything so we'll, that l am SURE and
she stopped and her lips quivered.
You are a goose, my desr,n Miss Peyton
said, u quite agree with you-althouyh il
is painful to say so before nay niece, who has
already far too high an opinion of him
that he has acted very shrewdly andclev-
erly in the business. snub him little be-
cause ii is good for him to be snubbed.
Young mon always want snubbing but he
knows that he is rather a favorlGe Of Inlne,
upon the whole, and that l have rather
abetted Hilda in her infatuation. You need
not mind about him, my dear, he can fight
his own battles and he has Hilda to help
him. Now | propose that we send for the
carriage, there is concert at the Assembly
room, and it will do US all good to get this
out OF our minds for a little ime; we be-
come moEonaaiacs if we let cur thoughts
run only upon one subject"
ANY fresh ideas Robertg Miss Peyton
asked after breakfasting next morning.
Nothing very fresh, Miss Peyton. There is
is only thing to be DONE IT seems ID me, and
that is to find out the name of some sharp
firm of solicitors at Brisbane, or if we can
not hear OF one there, of one at Sydney,
aud tell them to find out all about this
Thomas Morson, what he is doing, how he
is situated, what sort of character he bears,
and then, if they think it safe.
to tell him that his presence in
England is wanted to give evil
dence as to the marriage of Mr.. Corbyn,
that his expenses will, of course, be paid,
and sum of, say, five hundred pounds
be given him for his trouble, OF course,
he will have no idea that the register is
missing and will suppose that he is only re-
quired as an additional witness, and to
prove that the Corbyn of the register is the
Corbyn he knew at Oxford. | see no reason
why he should not agree to do 50; no doubt
he intended to have made, AID would have
made, great deal more out of it, il, as he
hoped, the daughter at st. Malo was alto
geter in ignorance of her birth or prospects,
but when he sees the game in that direction
is up, there is no reason why he should not
earn five hundred pounds. or course, if he
Is doing well out there he may stand out for
say thousand on tne ground that an alb
sence for four or five months would iniure
his business, but that, of course, can be
arranged. What do you think, Miss Cor
bynw
Eyes. that seems quite right, Mr.. Har-
but but there is one other thing that have
been thinking Of"
what is thatg'
1--WE agreed last night, you know, that
when these people, who nave been making
inquiries, found that the man was in Aus
tralia, they would not be likely to do any
thing further, believing that we could not
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