The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-06-24
WHEELING DAILY INrRLIIaHNcRR SATURDAY JUNE "a 1898

you're mistaken" answered the lat
ter. III he had any serious trouble
I'm ignorant OF it assure you"
"Are you hiding nothing from mer.
Nothing / give you my word oil
honour"
you'll admit, then, there's some
mystery about the matter"
There's always something mysterl-
GUS in what We don't understand"
"You know OF no reason why he
should shoot himself" persisted Craw'
ford.
"on the contrary he had very good
reason for living"
"What was thatW
"His approaching marriage"
~ never heard OF IL"
'Nor until was asked to draw up
the marriage settlements"
"Who was the girl"
"One OF Lord Lorry's numerous
daughters. When yer brother spoke
of her, ! could see no Was over mead and
ears in love, and the news OF his death
glmost killed her"
THAT makes the occurrence stranger
still was there no quarrel between
them"
'None whatever" responded New
bury; "his last letter to her, written on
the morning OF his death, was full OF
Affection "
"There must have been a woman in
the said Crawford,
IN TX mott his lordship always had
led a qulet and clearly life,
~ know, know" remarked the new
earl, impatiently, as-if feeling u re-
proach TO himself in the solicitors
words. 'But Pm sure there's some-
thing behind the suicide which the
world doesn't suspect. All men have
their seGrets-he had his"
"His papers, boxes, and desks are
sealed. and have brought you the
keys"
mystery"
hProvidOd it exists"
"I'm certain it Does" persisted Craw.
ford
From his ignorance concerning the
tragedy, from she mystery that sur
rounded it, arose misgiving-scarCe
perceived, hardly acknowledged, lest it
should eventually touch him and in
luence his future life-that filed him
with an uneasiness which might rap
idly develop into dread. Knowing what
lies before him a man may be prepared
10 face and fight what he sees and APP
prehends; but suspicion OF that which
lies ahead, yOt cannot be perceived, I'M
nerves the bravest and makes the stout
est cover Darkness holds shapes OF
horror; eerie sounds, and possibilities OF
evil which vanish quite away in sober
light,
The new peer walked up and down
the room in silence for some seconds;
then, striving to Danish the thoughts
besettlng him, he turned to Newbury,
saying: "Now let us speak OF my al.
tairs. I'm tired OF wandering, aud an
xious to return, that may enjoy the
freedom OF q single life and wear my
newly inherited honors. But, not
knowing whether it is safe to venture
among my creditors, l asked you to
meet me here and tell mo how l
stand"
"You stand badly in their eyes. Dur
ing your fathers life his estates were
mortgGged to the last penny, Your
brother did his best to rid himself OF
the burden, but no died before he could
do much.
"Why harp on his death2 Let US for
get it, Newbury."
Now you have succeeded to tho title
you add your debts to an already heavy
load"
"There's something wrong in such an
arrangement. When a man inherits q
title he should be absolved from debt
and come into his property free from
enCumbrance, as anew born babe enters
the world unshackled by care"
When you sit in the Upper House
you can introduce bill to that etIect,"
answered Newbury, drily. at will be
certain of sympathy and support from
your fellow peers"
care the duns waiting to pounce on
me2"
"They are as roaring lions"
Are there no means OF pacifying
them?"
"There's thegoodold-fashionsd meth
cd OF payment"
"You know that's impossible"
"You must get money"
blenders won't trust me; even II
they did tho cure would be as bad as
the disease"
"There's another way of gaining
money" remarked the solicitor.
"Name it, man."
Wharfage"
"Marriage" repeated the earl, startled
by the word
"There's no easier way OF paying your
debts, freeing your estates, and placing
a balance at your bankers"
''MarriageH once more repeated
Crawford, his eyes staring into space,
the lines Of his mouth twitching spas
medically.
"You have title and you represent
an old line; there are many girls who
have wealth but no family; You OK.
change advantages and bargain is
made bene1tting both"
"But in these days Of radicalism
there's no chance for pauper peerW
Excuse me, radicallsm may be de-
lightful in theory but is uncomfortable
in practice besides,no matter how men
may act or think, every woman is at
heart an aristocrGt, and it's women
who rule the world-the matrimonial
world"
"Thoro's some sense in that" re-
marked Crawford,
1.-THE American market is overstocked
with English peers and Italian princes,
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