The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-03-04
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| gasped. She was not thinking of the
sudden death of the hapless man no1
| the trouble of her relatives, but how
| her dear friend Sarah Goodchild would
| Float over this exposure of her family
i affairs.
"What are you going to do about it,
Isaac2 Mrs. Evesham asked, meexly.
IDOL suppose must go to New
| York and see the silly creature through
the mess she has got into. After all,
she is my brothers wife, and do not
propose to have her drag us into fur
ther disrepute if can avoid it,
| For a moment a softening smile
/ played on Mrs. Evesham's features, as
| she called to remembrance the pretty,
blushing girl-wife her brother-in-law
Hal had brought with such pride to
show them sixteen years ago-nay, she
vas even touched with a slight pang OF
| remorse, for had she not promised the
handsome scapegracc that she would be
a friend to his ''wee wife," If ever she
needed one?
Isaac" she said, timidly, pursuing
this line of unaccustomed thought, do
vou not think we might do something
for Esther and her children?"
Certainly l do" her husband
snapped. when said / was going to
New York to see them you did not sup
pose was intending to take so long a
| journey merely to make a morning call,
did you?"
| "Ah, am glad of that" Mrs. Eve.
! sham exclaimed with unwonted anima-
ton.
Yes" the lumberman continued,
glowing with the conscious pride OF
| doing good action, Esther shall have
the best advice it lies in my power to
give her."
''But something more than advice. /
hope, " his wife persisted.
''Whv, yes!'' the rich man said. II
had perhaps better not go empty
handed. You can collect the dresaes
and things you and Jane have done
with and will take them with me.
They will cut up spleadidly for the
little girls"
For a minute Mrs. Evesham's face
flushed an indignant objection, but the
long force of habit was too strong for
open opposition to her husbands judg-
lnent, SO she sighed faint acquiescence
and departed to prepare the parcel.
1t was on the very morning of the
trial that Mr.. Isaac Eyesham put ia an
appearance at the widows house in
| .forty-ninth street, much to the dis
,omfort of that unfortunate lady, who
sad really never appreciated her we'll
Il
her affairs had never manifested itself
in any Wore substantial way than a
1 dictatoriai interference, which she was
ungrateful enough to deem impertinent.
s'This is a most dreadful occurrence,
Esther" he said, with solemn wag of
his head, while he patted the children's
checks with his hot, flabby hand, 'but
blood is thicker than water, and could
not see my brothers. children dragged
into this newspaper notoriety without
an effort to rescue them"
| He disapproved of everything she had
done, reprobated her earelsssnAss in re-
cei~sng inmates in her house Of whom
she knew nothing, rated her worse than
the coroner had done for permitting the
stranger to take the photograph,
thought she was foolish in receiving the
little girl into her family, and growled
heartily over remissness in not at once
spplying to hiHs for adgice in her diem
na. Bnt he was properly Indignant at
ne corQner's treatment of her-not at
10 fact that the official had dealt harsh
: with an unprotected lady, but that
,e had been rudcly overbearing with
lis, Isaac Evesham's, sister-in-law.
Il will teach him lesson which he
win not sooa fsoFgat,'' said the irate
iurnberman.
| And, strange to say, he was at last, by
4 lecident, placed in position to be of ma
erial service to his sister-in-law, for
shen they yallreached the coroney's court
It happened that the little, tox-eyed
nan WHO had sat at the presiding officers
| ght hand and whispered so many evil
punsels in his ear, and whe was none
tler than James Maxwell, the veteran
elective, recognized the wealthy
i 5urgher from Buffalo, and commune
'ated his information to the coroner,
no, after the manner of his kind, be.
came excessively gracious TO the lady
when be found she was kin to SO valua.
BILE a member of society. Mrs. Eve
sham, landlady of lodging house, was
] q person of small consideration in the
pfi4ciai eyes; but Mrs. Evesham, widow
OF the Brother of millionaire, was one
with whom it would not be wise To
trife. So, being spared the indignities
and inuendoes she had endured at the
epeaisG OF the trial. Mira. Evesham gave
her evidence In clear, intelligent man.
ner, which called forth the commenda-
of the court and obliterated all Inn
pressions in the minds of the jurors that
she was attempting to obstruct the
course of justice. But. after all, the In
formation she gave literally amounted
to nothing.
Mrs Wilkins was not so fortunate In
her ordeal, but she said what she had
to say with blunt indifference to re-
suits. which disay4Med suspicion.
The chemist, who had analyzed the
remains Of the deceased, testified that
he had found abundant traces Of miner.
nl poison; but there was no evidence to
show how or when the unfortunate
man had taken It.
OF course tho childA yalise and the
box addressed to Ambrose Arlington
had been thoroughly examined. but
their contents revealed no clew to the
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