Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-12-13


Mrs. Sinclairs telegram informing
him of her husbands death, and en-
treating him to so to March brook dis
turbed the placidity OF her ather's
temper.
poor Sinclair" he muttored, with
more fretfulness than regret pity
he cou dn't have died at more con-
venient time. hate crossing the
channel in an eluinoctial gale, And
what good can | do at Marchbr0ok?
However, ! suppo'e mustgo. Women
are so helpless. She ne en- cared much
for him, poor child, and there's Dav-
enant still unmarried and devoted to
her. An excellent match, too, since
he came into old Grvtfins money. Prov
idence orders all things Tor the best,
| hope | shall have fine night for
crossing,
He was with Constance early on the
following day, having lost no time in
obeying her summons, but he was UNI
prepared for the accusation she brought
against him.
Upon my life, Constance, was only
passive instrument in this whole al
fair, Just like little Webb. 1t was put
save your life, and consented. "
You let q stranger take my destiny
into his hands?" cried Constance, in
dignantly.
He was not stranger. lie loved
you dearly-was as anxious for your
welfare as even |, your father"
"The German physician the white
haired old man who told me to hope?
Why he had never seen me before in
his life.
"The man who told you to hope, who
persuaded me to agree to the introduce
tion OF q spurious child, was no German
doctor. He was neither old nor white
haired, and he loved you devotedly for
years He heard you we dying of q
broken heart, and came to you in dis
guise in order to see If love could de-
wise some means of saving you. The
German doctor was Cyprian Dayenant, !"
This was another blow for Constance.
The man whom she had believed in as
the soul of honor was the originator
q OF the scheme she had denounced as
wicked and cruel, and yet could find
! no words of blame for him. She re-
D membered the gentle voice that had
penetrated her ear and mind through
the thick mists of madness, remem-
bere1 the tones that had touched her
with wondering sense Ct something
familiar and dear He had come to
her in her apathy and despair, and
from the moment of his coming her
life had frightened and grown happy.
1t was but a delusive happiness, false
peace; and now she must 90 back to
tho old omOp,y Of f1ocn1nf nd innupo-
BILE regret.
"You can at least tell me who and
what that child is, papa" she said
after long pause.
Indeed, my love, know nothing
except that Davenant told me she be-
longed to decently born people, and
would never be claimed by any one.
And the poor little thing looked so
thoroughly cleaned and respectable
OF course at that age one can hardly
tell-the features are so undeveloped-
the nose more like morsel of putty
than anything human-but really did
think that the child had q thorough
bred look; and | am sure when | saw
her last Christmas she looked as COM
plete lady as ever came out of our
\ Marchbrook nursery"
"She is a lovely child" said Con-
stance, land l have loved her passion
ately."
\ "Ihen, my dearest girl, why not 90
on loving herr" pleaded Lord Clan
yarde Gall her your adopted child,
If you like, and keep her about you as
your pet and companion till you are
, married again and have children of
your own. You can then relegate her
to her natural position and by and by
get her respectfully married, or portion
her off in some way"
"No," said Constance, resolutely, 81
n will never see her again,
And all the while she was longing to
take the afternoon train to Hastings
and rejoin her darling.
4 After this there was nothing more
for Constance Sinclair to do but to
submit to fate and consider herself
once more a childless mother. Sir
Cyprian was away, no one knew where,
and even had he been in England Con-
stance felt that there won be little
use in knowing more than she knew
already. The know edge of the strange
child's parentage could be but of the
smallest Importance to her, since she
meant to Danish the little one from her
heart and home.
Lord Clanyarde and the lawyers did
/, all that was necessary to secure Mrs.
Sinclair's POSITION as inherit r Of her
husbands estates. The Newmarket
y STABLES and stud we're sold, and realized
o considerable sum, as the training
stable was supposed to be the most
perfect establishment of its kind
4 built on hygienic principles, with all
modern improvements and was warm
ly competed for by numerous foolish
4 Noung noblemen and gentlemen who
\ we're just setting out on the broad road
A which Gilbert Sinclair had travelled at
SO swift rate. Things in the North
had been gradually improving; the
= men were growing wiser, and arbitra-
ton between master and men vas TAX
4 ing the place of trade union tyranny
a Constance Sinclair found herself in
4. IA fair way to become very rich wom-
an, caring about as much for the money
her husband had left as FOR the with
,ered leaves that fell from the March
took elms in the Gull. hopeless au-
nan days. What was the use of
wealth to a childless widow, who could