Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07


she had had advices OF his death by
letter from one of his companions who
had sent her his private papers; and that
she was childless; that he found his love
for her returned. and in haste and with
out considering consequences had mar
ried her For reasons which he did not
give me- he said he determined he would
not make the marriage known until he
could carry out successfully his retire
ment from business and permanently
invest his property So no had rented
house and WAS providing for her as n
husband should but still keeping the
fact Of the marriage secret He had re-
tired and was about ready to announce
his second marriage, two children hay
ing been born to them in the meantime,
when the first husband presented him
self alive and in person.
Though Dorison had been compelled
to pay heavily to prevent the husband
from making IA scandal, from prosecut-
ing his wife for bi-any and to 80 his
way ana leave her ~ peace, the fact re-
manned that she was not his wife, and
could not be recognized as such. Though
he was the father of her children. he
said the woman insisted on an absolute
severance Of their relations. She said
they had sinned, but sinned innocently,
and that they could repair their wrong
only by separation. lie had tried to
combat her resolution, but she WAS inn
movable and he WAS almost heart
broken, saying his love for her WAS
never so great AZ when she had shown
such nobility Of soul that she should he
surrounded by every comfort and that
her protection should be his care. Again
he refrained from the mention OF names,
and handing me securities to the amount
of fifty thousand dollars, asked me to
hypothecate them on Il long term
My theory is confirmed" said Cath
cart. Did he ever refer to it again"
No" replied Eustace. except once in
answer to question, when he said that
affairs had settled into a sad ard quiet
rut and he avoided thought of it rs much
as possible Not long after this affair
occurred my own financial troubles. and
after they had been straig hteued out,
upon which he labored much, | went
abroad in the diplomatic service. While
our warm friendship was never broken,
our condolences, by the fact of separa-
ton only, ceased"
I'm" said the detective. lis that all
you have to sayT
"No. One more point. In eighteen
hundred ard sixty-nino returned from
the continent on q short visit, leaving
my family behind me. The night before
/ was to return. Dorison came to Inc,
begging to be excused for trou bling me
at such an hour and time on such mat
ter He said he was in great trouble,
the causes of which were too many and
involved too long story in explanation
to give them. He had with him small
! tin case in which were contained one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars Of
government securities, which he said he
desired me to retain, subject to his
order, the reason for which he would
give me some time. He had q receipt
prepared simply reading, Received
from Reuben Dorson government secu-
rites to the amount of one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, which he asked
me to sign, and | did
Il am preparing, he said, for a
storm. You know the unfortunate affair
| became involved in Thus is intended
/ to be some reparation to the children
whose paternity | am compelled to deny
-one child perhapsit We're better to say
la view Of the fact that Emmas first
husband is Vet alive and makes demands
on her | don't thni il wise to hand
them to her yet. In view of certain de-
mands on me, of matters occurring and
likely to occur in the future. they were
better out of my hands can think of
no better place than to put tneln in the
hands of friend trust as do you A
demand will be made upon you, some
time. When it is, yield them up only
on the presentation of this paper.
"He showed me a paper written in red
ink. the edges Of which We're notched.
Here, he continued, IL another piece of
paper blank. which fits into these
notches.' | fitted them and saw they
compared. He went away, never saw
him after, and | yet have the piece of
blank uotched paper in my safe. The
bonds are in my possession, swollen by
interest and compound interest 10 nearly
Il quarter of a million of dollars, and no
demand has yet been made for Thorn"
And never will be-" said Cathcart
positively,