Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-11

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own man, knocking Hayter down and
ahalf killing him"
.'Served him right, should say" COM
rnented Harry, with hearty approval
OF Williams prowess.
$50 we all thought, though it was as
much as our places were worth to say so.
Well, after this you may be sure that
Lord Arlington could not remain in Eng
land. for his vindictive wife swore that
sshe would cause his immediate arrest. l
don't believe she ever meant to 60 to
such extremities, but simply thought to
Brighten him, but he took her threats in
earnest and fled, carrying his darling
boy with him and accompanied by his
faithful retainer. William Bladon.
And Wanda"
"You shall lear. OF course nv lady
was mum as a mouse as to the true
state of affairs and all the county called
at the hall to express their sympathy,
even those who had held aloof before
on account of my lady's origin, but pub
1icity did not suit her book and she de-
-clined to receive anyone"
Playing the role of wifely martyr,
SUPPOSE"
after the earls departure, Wanda was
born. Then, see what happened. Will
you believe it, sir, but that woman
hated that poor little child with an aver
sion that was sickening-aye, loathed
81 from the very hour of it's birth?"
What wretch!'' Harry burst forth
In honest Indignation.
"You may we'll say so, sir; for her
sonduct towards it became so brutal
chat even Hayter interfered, and I can
assure you, sir, that he is not one to
evince sympathy for the suffering of
another"
'.Did his remonstance do any good,
S1rs. Horner2"
Yes. The baby and were removed
50 the Dover house."
s'The Dover house?"
AYE, a fine old-fashioned stone man
sion about half way from here to the
hall. You will see it if you go up to the
hall tomorrow stands in a fine garden,
laid out in the Dutch style, after the
manner Of the grounds of the kings
palace at The Hague, I've been told"
with a very high porch approached
BY stone steps?" Harry interrupted.
Whoever told you that, Mr.. Ewes
aham?" the landlady asked in surprise.
''Wanda-our Wanda across the ocean
~-when she described you to me, Mrs.
Horner-for the old house and yourself
were the only objects of her early life
that chung to her remem brance.''
Now, God bless the little golden
haired darling, and did she remember
-sIne?" the woman asked, deeply affected.
''She did; but do so on with your
story, if you would serve one you ap
sparently loved so much"
well, sir. somehow or other Mr.. Am.
ibrose-who ought to have been Lord
Arundel. you know-got to hear of his
sisters i'll treatment"
The woman wept bitterly. To turn
her thoughts Harry asked: els Lady
Arlington now at the hall?"
''She is. But have not told you all
about her. Strange to say, during the
past year, she has changed so that she
us but the shadow of her former self
fied-she goes about the grounds like a
ghost
''Contrition?"
''Abject remorse. If it were not that
sHayter holds her in q hand of iron, she
would confess to the world her base sin
As it is, she is treated in her own house
las harmless lunatic, guarded by the
creatures that wicked man has secured
ito do his bidding; for he rules house AND
estate as though he were the lord Of it. >
And does no one interfere?''
No one knows, sir. The servants
are all Hayter's people; the gentry have
mo suspicion but that my lady's health
has broken down under my lords de.
-sertion; and there is not a more re.
spected man in the country than Mr.
Hayter-so proper, so sedate, so regula,
Sn his attendance at church-such a
paragon of perfection"
The woman spoke bitterly.
''One more question, Mrs. Homer
Did that first wife-I mean the one
Lord Arlington married in secret-leave
any children?'
''Pshaw, sir! that was only cock
and-bull story got up BY Hayter. Shs
died, just as my lord supposed
within six months Of her marriage