The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-31
CHAPTER III.
TIRE NEW WEB.

For the second time the unhappy Rat bid
good-by to his unconscious child, for he felt
there must be no flinching from his task.
For her sake he must sever every tie which
bound her to him, save the one which made
her welfare his only thought
But to his well-nigh broken heart some
little comfort came. In little while the
care and skill which Sir Lawrence Hunt
ingfords money could buy brought about
such a contamination as he had never even
dared to hope for.
The girl was slowly but surely creeping
along the road to convalescence.
her sight, however, did not return.
Res Giving that at any cost that most
precious gift must be restored to her, her
father showed to the doctor some Of the
same fluid which had done the fatal work,
taking the preoaution to assert that It's
contact with her eyes had been an accident
In doing this be had no fear that his child
woI d ever recognize him as having been
concerned in the events of that awful night
She had only seen Royal The Rats action
with the cloak had heen too rapidly per
formed for her to have seen him, especially
as, with his usual care, he had held it we'll
before his face. Though the doctors shook
their beads be chung desperately to the hope
that as the liquid was old. aud had filtered
through the cloth, it might have lost some
Of its power.
lists obtanable, decided unanimously that
the scar might in time be removed-that
was ALL
The wretched father felt that he had had
more mercy vouchsafed t0 him than he de-
served, and, while the thought Of the long
days Of loneliness and pain (for, once en-
tered upon the life OF the hunckbeck, he
soon saw that pain must GOMEZ, which lay
before him, made him wonder il his strength
would hold out, yet no struggled on bravely,
leaning for support on the knowledge that
she, his child, lived in ease and safety.
He sought relief from the burden Of his
thoughts by playing his part artistically in
the lot be had chosen.
He cared not one jot for wealth, or
power, or position, but he chose to win
them because It helped him to get through
the weary hours, until he dared TO steal
away and visit his child.
For an hour or so he would slip his dis
gUise and be near her, hearing her voios,
she never even knowing he was near.
The actual resources of the baronetcy
were not large, aud in surveying them
carefully the heir found to his dismay that
they were, after all, insufficient to meet
bis needs The drains upon him were
great, and he must keep up the state by
which the rest OF the family looked to him
to support the honor of his name.
To disregard the claims on his purse was
impossible. His cbild's comfort was sacred,
while Royal possessed a hold on him which
It was impossible to shake OF.
Royal had hailed with delight the course
his partner tad taken, seeing In it both
safety and advantage to himself, since he
opined that he would now share his part
ner's income without having as hitherto,
TO share the work.
To find therefore that his share was
likely 20 be so small, that, instead OK being
able to carry out his new scheme Of luxu-
rious living his allowance would not sustain
the state no was living In already. was a
stunning blow 20 him.
he knew it was useless for him 10 try and
work alone
The only way out OF the difficulty was
for Them 20 work together as betore-mors
SECURE than ever in the other identity into