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

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And you reason there was another
son" interrupted MIR Eustace excitedly
4 do" replied Cathcart firmly-"an
illegitiinate son Therefore, believing
that to be SO. and knowing the relations
existing between you and Mr. Dorison,
am come to know whether You have any
thing III your possession-any knowledge
which lustifies such theory
Mr. Eustace rose from his chair i'm.
pulsively and rapidly walked up and
down the apartment with long strides
evidently much agitated
You are touching upon sacred conf
dences. said Mr. Eustace finally Il
do not know" -
One moment" interrupted the old
detective hastily, Il am not without
knowledge that the elder Dorison had
some relation with woman-Just what
il WAS | do not know, but his portrait.
his seal ring and parts Of letters written
by him were fornd in her apartments.
But stronger than all is this: For num-
Der of years, that is to say, for twenty
five years this woman occupied house
down town, the title to which was vested
in her name This property was trans
ferred to her April twenty-second, eight
cen hundred and fity-tour, by Richard
Basselin, the consideration being eleven
thousand five hundred dollars
find arnong the papers of the Dorison
estate "A voucher, a check drawn on the
Chemical bank for eleven thousand
five hundred dollars, In favor Of
Richard Basselin, dated April twenty
second. eighteen hundred and fifty-four,
signed by Reuben Dorlson, certified by
the cashier on that day and Endorsed by
Richard BNaaelin subsequently, Rich
ard Basseliu removed to Buffalo, where
he died little more than year ago.
Yon perceive that q connection Is estab-
lished The nature of that connection
is what now desire to ascertain.
Mr. Eustace had stopped in front Of
Cathcart rs the latter talked. lie asked
suddenly
The name OF that woman?
Il prefer to follow my own plan of in
Quiry and endeavor to elicit information
before disclosing it. have no objection
to giving 1t and will do so before leave.
lc iiIpOl ldill llIlli5 10 nv W SuLioiy
y0ur curiosity but to justify my theory"
Mr. Erstace turned an irritable glance
rpon the old man, sitting SO calm and
,mperturbahle at his iireside. He re.
euned his walk.
i have some information, no doubt,
that vii! assist you. What you are
telling me is wholly new The question
in my mind is whether | should tell that
winch was given me under the solemn
seal OF secrecy"
Have you the right to obstruct the
search of young man leading to the
restoration Of his good name? ! appeal
TO you as a man OF justice ! appeal
also to your recollection OF Reuben DOli-
son, and ask. If it were possible for him
to appear here for one moment, whether
he would refuse you permission to I'M
lock your lips. when the doing of it
would tend to remove the disgrace from
son he thought so much of, as you have
yourself testified Finally. say to you,
not IN the way Of a threat, but as SIM
pie statement of fact, that there is an
other phase Of this case that sooner or
later the officers Of the law must take
held Of, where you will be summoned to
tell all you know, unless you evade 1t by
telling Inc now
All Of this increased the agitation OF
Mr.. Eustace, and he said
The strongest appeal IA the one 10 my
memory of Reuben Dorson. think You
are right there,
He sat himself down in his easy chair
and looked INTO the fire burning brightly
in the CRATE IA long time.
Cathcart sat silently by, but present.
ing firm attitude of irresistible perth
nacity IN his determination to get the
story
II have a strange tale to tell" finally
began Mr.. Eustace, land yet only the
outlines Of it When Reuben Dorisou
was a young man, subsequent to his
fathers death, perhaps then twenty-five
or twenty-three years old, before he was
married to Mary Clavering, "A distant rela-
tive of mine, ne met and fell in love with
beautiful young girl in rank of life
much lower than his own Where he
met her, or how, | never learned; but
her father was Il costumer to one of the
heaters of that day. and hid shop IN
Chatham street She returned that love
and they desired to marry Her father
however. tor reasons he would not give,
refused to clVN his consent, grew violent
when 1t was talked of and finally put her
away SO etfcrtually that Dorison could
learn nothing OF her When next he
heard OF her she was married, and to a
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