The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-26

| and won and afterwards deserted when
| fortune smiled upon him should have borne
him a daughter after his flight, and that
/ the self same daughter should turn up as
pit brow girl who had toiled from early
kmorn to evening within sight of bis own
princely home.
When he first heard Of Salome Barring
ham from his ward be had said that be
would call on the girl and make her ac-
/ quaintRnce. That expressed intention was
not thoughtlessly made, for at the time he
| desired very much TO see the girl and learn
more about her. He YVES satisfied even then
that the pit brow girl was connected with
| himself in some manner, seeing that her
name was made up Of that Of his first wife
! and his own middle neme-and, moreover,
the name he had been known by at MARI
| combe.
He had intended to discover all he could
respecting the White GIpsys past, and In
case his suspicious were confirmed he had
resolved to send her away. If she were his
| daughter, he was prepared TO provide for
her in handsome manner, but he was not
! prepared to let her remain near him, where
their Relationship might through some
means or other become known.
! But when Sir Sydney realized that his
| ward really loved and intended TO marry
! Salome he was checkmated. 1t would have
been useless after that TO have gone to the
| girl in order to induce her to leave the
hOAh hOCA hNOhi oLA ~ lhN6 QueblLOu6u
| Salome closely concerning her history.
| might have revealed more of his own hand
| than it would have been safe to show. for
| if once the girl and Paul obtained the
slightest inkllng as TO his interest and con-
nection with her, his secret would be in
their keeping if they only cared to set to
| work to discover II. Even after the lapse
of all those years it would not he an exceed
| ingly difficult task for a shrewd and deter
| mined man to follow up the trail Sydney
Birmingham had left behind him at Marl-
| combe.
In one sense the bsronet had been pleased
to think that his unacknowledged daughter
was TO marry his ward. IL he dared not
| avow his relationship to her it
was pleasant to know that
she would be comfortably settled in
! life as Paul Meredith's wife. Had he been
a widower and childless so far as his second
marriage was concerned it is probable that
he might have publicly acknowledged
| Salome as his child.
But to do 30 now was impossible, and he
shuddered at the thought of the storm
which would burst around him if Lady
| Cersland ever discovered the truth.
As he sat there bordering the past
| and endeavorinR to pierce the clouds which
yelled the future, he felt that he would have
! cheerfully resigned half his fortune If that
| Jeweled ornament had never turned up at
all-or if it had not been discovered by his
wife in Salome's possession.
| How had the brooch drifted into the girls
hands? How had the girl herself drifted to
| that corner of Lancashire? There seemed
| something inscrutable about both things
and that sense of some mysterious agency
being at work in order to expose his old sins
lacerated his breast and filled his brain with
| painful thoughts.
After all these years of peace and Sc
curity and good fortune was he to become
| an object of derision and Soorn to the world 2
! Ii the whole truth were to be revealed if
his old sins were to find him out-then he
might bid farewell to England, her lady
ship and his daughter Cordelia for ever
| But how was he to avoid the threatening
sword which might fall at any time when
he least expected the blow? He sat there
| biting his lips and cudgeliDg his brains for
| scheme which would clear away the
troubles and difficulties which beset him.
but out Of all his thinking there was
evolved but one plan, and that he was
afraid to commit himself to-
This was to go forthwith to Salome Barr
| bingham aud throw himself upon her
mercy-to tell her the whole truth from the
| beginntng-to narrate how he had been
| driven from home, become O thief. got
robbed, met, married and deserted her
mother when he learned that his father and
| brother we're dead, and that he was a rich
/
urge her to leave the neighborhood at once
and go to place where Paul Meredith
| could Join her on his return. Then thew
would take her Rtfianced into the secret
and he, on account of his great love for her,
would overlook everything. would marry,
and his good name would be saved, and his
| wlfe's and daughters also.
That scheme seemed feasible enough on
the tace of 1t. yet was he afraid to risk all
| upon its success or failure. Salome might
| not do all he desired her to do when he had
revealed his own relationship to her. She
| might, woman-like care more for his own
| good name than she cared for the reputa-
ton Of himself, Lady Carslaud or Cordelia
She might go further, even, aud say, 81
have suffered enough for your sins and will
suffer no longer. You must clear nv
mother and me in the eyes of the world. |
| am your daughter-my mother was your
| wife. You must tell the world or | will
that the woman known as Lady Carsland is
! not your wife at all, seeing that your first
wife was living when you married herr
The fear that something like the forego-
ing might happen stayed his hand, and in
the meantime he could only carry out the
suggestion that her ladyship had made.
How it would all end he could not tell So
he wrote the letter to Salome and left the
| rest for fate to decide.
On the morning following her visit to
Carsland Hall the White Gypsy received the
note Sir Sydney had penned on the previ-
GUS evening.
The missiVe ran TINS:
CARsLAND HALL.
NV DEAR Miss BARRINGHAM-I regret very
much That was not at home when you called
| this day. Will you have the kindness to come
over tomorrow afternoong l should llbe to see
you on matter of great Importance Ii you can
| possibly manage to come do not omit to do So
! and Lady Carsland expect to zee you between
and 4o'clock. Yours faithfully,
| SYDNEY CARsLAND.
Il wonder what be wishes to see me for 81
SalOme murmured as she permitted the note
TO fall into her lap and looked across the
breakfast table to where the vicar and his
sister sat partaking of the morning meal.
''Who is he. dearF Miss Madison asked.
"Slr Sydney Carsland, and he says that
he wishes to see me on matter Of great
Importance this afternoon at the hall"
Probably he has had a letter from hi
ward, Mr. Meredith" the vicar inter.
posed.
81 scarcely think so, Mr.. Madison, u
Salome replied, "for if that were so, it is
almost certain 1 think that Paul would
have written to me as we'll"
Perhaps you are right, but in any case
you had better go. You cannot afford,
you know" Miss Madison added, Ito be on
bad terms with your sweetheart's guardian.
1t is probable that Sir Sydney desires to
see you respecting some arrangement re-