The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-06

ca 20 90 quite alone that mlgnJ re,itvc
my heart Of ~ burden Ia an uIrt strainal
Gov OF tears And rs soon as got away
from the gates Of the Grange they cauic-
those welcome tears-and blinded st1m-
bled along the road with down bent head.
When the paroxysm was past, tried TO
think OF the future, but even the prospect
of bringing Gordon back aud removing the
illusion that must have lcssened Tara's re
spect and affection for me failed to Tighten
nv spirits. Could the old tie ever be re-
newedp Would Teres ever again feel es he
had felt toward mei Had he not already
given his heart to Juditni asked. Then
the figure of George Gordon as had seen
him ut the last moment standing under the
dark pines, waving his hand in a cheerful
farewell, rose before my imagination, and
at the thought of his bitter disappointment
in finding that Judith had transferred her
love to Taras-as felt she must have done,
living for 90 long In closc companionship
with him--of his experiencing such bitter
anguish and regret as this which tore my
heart, I asked IL 1t would not be almost
more rnerciful to leave him there In igno-
rance of this greater misery. But the
thought of doing my duty urged me on and
overcame these hesitating doubts.
Mr.. Pelham had given the finishing
touch Of newness To his Office by the addi-
ton of a new clerk, who, when entered,
was engaged In addressing circulars at his
desk. After taking my name. which gave
as Nine. Leroy, this young man led me
into the inner Office, where found Mr.
Pelham waiting for clients to come with
the patience Of o spider on the lookout for
stray flies, as 1t seemed Co me.
Il 4
/ laid the check before him.
1T am delighted TO hear 1t, madame. You
wish me to go with you 10 Mr. Lazarus and
see this affair through-always the most
advisable course in transaction where
proof of payment may be needed. No time
Is to be lost. r. His enthusiasm was
abruptly checked and his countenance fell
as he glanced down at the check he had un-
folded. "But this Is not filed in, madame. 4"
"That Is why / came to you first. I'm to
write In the amount, and / want you to
show me how to do It,"
81 perceive" he said. but in dubitative
tone, and then, as IL anticipating repeti-
ton Of the difficulty that prevented the
cashing Of Gordon's offer, he added: ut
will be advisable perhaps to take this to
the bank before we see Mr.. Lazarus. Busi-
ness men are SO particular, You know"
His spirit quickly rose again, however, as
filled up the check according to his direc-
tions, the prospect of handling money be-
ing, think, Us agreeable TO him as TO Mr..
Lazarus himself, and when had done he
rose briskly and took his hat from the peg
on the wall.
"Oh, by the way" be said, coming back
to the table and opening drawer. "can
you tell me IL your Mr.. Kavanagh has an
Office in Lambethi'
''In LAMBETH Not to my knowledge"
"Ah, then, IL is a singular coincidence
and nothing more. My clerk, /" he explained,
.'is engaged in addressing circulars to GER
tain capitalists respecting a company that
Is being formed. Fhis envelope was among
them, and the name catching my eye--your
interesting case is continually in my mind
Il looked In the directory and found, to my
astonishment, that the Office to which this
letter is addressed was occupied by Messrs
Bell g. Gordon. / say was advisedly, be-
cause probably the directory was compiled
last autumn. Now, the association of these
twonames---
"The Old Lambeth Pottery:" I inter
rupted.
sYes, that is the address,"
"That may be Kavanaghs address now.
What is inside the envelopeS" l asked
eagerly.
"We will see."
He opened 1t.
"Only a circular. If you think there
may be more in this than mere coincidence,
will question Mr.. Brett before you-here.
now, If you please"
Yes said 1, feeling that could not
rest in uncertainty as TO the extent of the
clerks connection with Kavanagh.
Mr.. Pelham placed chair for me where
1 could sit with my back to the window
and touched the bell on the tadSe. The
new clerk came to the door,
"Come in. Mr.. Brett" said the solicitor.
81 saw a circular addressed to "a Mr. Kava-
nagh, Old Lambeth Pottery. Do you know
hims"
"Client of my late employers-Ev g.
Evans-sir"
"You don't know him personality"
The clerk shook his head, with a smile.
"A little too high up for that, sir" said
he. "A gentleman of fortune-holds n
post in she house, believe"
HE speculates. of courset"
"Not sure. sir. know he has bought
up two or three little potteries."
What potteriess"
wen, tneFss tue Olu LalnDetn, Dut ne
took that up, believe, more from charity
than as a paying concern"
But the Old Lambeth-why, that's Bell
e. Gordon's surelys"
"Was, sir, before Mr.. Gordon bolted."
"Mr. Gordon boltedr' exclaimed the 90
licitor in a tone of incredulous astonish-
ment. why, this is the first have heard
of it."
Last November. A young lady in the
case, believe" said the clerk with mild
grin, which lie would certainly have kept
for another occasion had he suspected that
Twas the young lady In question. Don't
know much about that, but I 10 know
that he left his affairs in regular middle
and behaved shainefplly toward his part
ner, poor old Colonel Bell"
This is bad news, madame" said Mr..
Pelham, turning to me with grave shake
of the head. In whct way did lie behave
shamefully, Mr.. EretS~
'Took Colonel Bell into partnership and
invested in pottery chat was worth meth