The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-18
made hcadship Of the church hath led men to


made headship Of the Church hath led men to
practise these tricks lightly,
She had turned white; Th "a lanai NO, trqeS;
ySs Know sf not What You saS Your seSfstihs
years have taught zee bad thinRsr
~ d,sh.l'ye seen them; wife and family
They were, Sitting in the darkness, and ut
TINT ste es s MeTo henrd WHOM, y h.sbobJ
lie must not see thee In this mood. Get away
t baI 'ES %s yI% 1cT Uf
Ing to the lack stairs. and almost as soon rs
1t was closed her vi. itor entered. Roger how,
and looked through tho bohnin. hole. II tho
visitor turned out DO Sir John ho mad deter
'n It was 81 the knight sne had struck light on
his entry, AMI II" kissed ihs ,h!ld. anu took
Edith tendeiiy 10y tho shoulders looking into
So@G.nins's gone awyy vi my deoES" lie
Oh. ,'nckw she cried. :" have hoard such
fcarsume rumor: what doth 1t mean Ito
S T% We'd ''i ,rt Who dccciysi INN an whvi
Jack. | was told that you had a wife LIKING
when you married me and have her stil!!'
Yes aud children. Saw no. say no"
by God! have no lawful VIE ,o tut yoni
bnstar,is. save this one alone"
And mat you be Sir oohn Horseegh Of
be have meyer Is so haS so to SG" and
ri" knight looked down. "l!ow did thy
mind get lilled with such as This p he asked.
* traitor Why shout he mar our lifop
All you MD you had brother at sea-where
Here" snd a. stern voice: And. flinGinR
aron The DER E.oS"T %csI the HI inihrndGs,
Sir John fired IN. and made q rush at tho
sailor. VINO seized him hv thc collar. and IN tho
lew S Seconds he contr,vcd to eN!r,"nie his right
arm. and. drawing from his belt knie which
IN ana ar
into the breast OF sir John stretched above
him. Edith had. during these mpments.run
and when she came lack the knight was TO,
laxing his hold on Rogers throat. He rolled
over upon his buck and Rroaned. . .
The only witness Of the scene savc the three
CONCERNED WIS the nq i mud. VINO had
She had stated aterwnrd that nobody sus-
rectcd sir John had received h,s death wound.
while meaning thereby mn hour or two: that
Mistress Edith continually endeav9red to
wretch and ordering him to get himself gone:
on Which order he acted nf n gloomy rnSs
1t was ,hon that Sir John. in different
was to this purport. that tho Dame Horsclcigh
Eai Tor f, him three chliren. was in truth
and deed. though onsciousy. the wife 1T
rrnl years before. in the face OF the whole
county a the widow of one Decimus Strong.
who liau disappeared SHORTY after nor union
with lnin. hay NJ adventured to tho north to
JON the revolt Of III" mobiles, and on that re-
Y9 yenE S Savns ths his
to no still living in France and not wish
ns s t Wso EsH hs Gt s% pa w har yss
wishing for legitimate issue Sir John had NJ
formed ne knG ct inc facts; who hat o. en-
~ tho young errhants widownt Havcnrool:
she being. therefor. his lawful wiio, and she
he ha! proposed - let things remain as they
We're Ill snir opportunity shor!d arise OF max;
in;: tho true case known with loast rain to all
parties concerned but that. having been sus-
pceted and attacked by his own brother IN;
things had died out OF him. and he only
wished to commend mend; his soul TO God. ,oo.
townlct. and tho. south-Avon was EurEinS
through tho WOODEN piles Of The bridge. SIR
John lie! there in the arms Of his wife. She
concealed nothing OF the cnus. 81 her hnS,-
When she ie sti it w"pII lie nrcmaiuro to an:
nouncs Just then: and unit! nroot Of her status
press tIe sorrow. tat the child of this
SGlandestiine. union fsl ! sick and did:
hs9m t ana %s tR n'Fef s ths
ior.oek the yGnngeF e TIE h. twain vii Who called
less about her own fnnle. she took no steps to
assert her claims. her legal position having:
the trass S" And ST. William yrt the e r9rate
who had married her to her husband. being an
leave the enibers unstirred of such fiery
matter as this. and to assist her in letting
tnh!ished things stand. Therefore. Edith re-
tired with the nurse her only companion and
friend. to her native town. where she lived in
obscurty till her death. ut . great age Her
brother was never seen again in ngland.
4 strangely corroborativu sequel to the story
remains to be told. Shortly after the death OF
Sir John Horseleigh. 4. soldier Of fortune re-
Horseicigh. the fictitious. living in widowed
state at Clyfton Horseleigh. and. after n singu-
lnrly brief rourtship. married ner. The trad-
ton at liavenroo and elsewhere has ever been
that this man was already her husband. Dec-
mus strong. who remarked for appearance
sake ONLY.
The illegitimatc son OF this lady by Sir John
succeeded 70 the estates and honors. and his
son after him. there being nobody alert to in
vestigate their pretensions. Little difference
would it have made to the present gen
n one for the family in all its branches.
lawful and unlawful. has been extinct
these many score years this last ropres enta-
tive hut one being killed at the siege OF Sher-
ton Castle. while attacking in the service Of
the Parliament. and the oIher being outlawed
later in the same century for n debt of $40.
md dying in the county Jail. The mansion
house and Its appurtenances We're as [ have
previously stated. destroyed. excepting one
small wing which now forms part OF a farm
house and is visible as you PASS along the
Inns of the old bowling green Is also distinctly
to BE- seen.
This. then. Is the reason why the only lawful
marriage Of Sir John. rs recorded in the OBJ
scure rcgisterat HHven2oo. does not appear
in the pedigree of the house OF Horselegh.