St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1894-03-31

own man, knocking Hayter down and
half killing him"
''Served him right, Ishould say" COM
mented Harry, with hearty approval
Of Williams prowess.
$50 we all thought, though ii was as
much as our places were worth TO say SO.
Well, after this you may be sure that
Lord Arlington could not remain In Eng
land, for his vindictive wife swore that
she would cause his immediate arrest.
don't believe she ever meant to go to
such extremities, but simply thought to
frighten him, but he took her threats in
earnest and fed, carrying his darling
boy with him and accompanied by his
faithful retainer, William Bladon.
"And Wanda"
.tYou shall kear. OF course my lady
was mum as a mouse as to the true
state of affairs and all the county called
at the hall to express their sympathy,
even those who had held aloof before
on account of my lady's origin, but pub
licity did not suit her book and she de-
clined to receive anyone"
"Playing the role OF a wifely martyr.
suppose?"
"Yes, sir Now just four months
after the earl's departure, Wanda was
born. Then, see what happened. VIII
you believe it, sir, but that woman
hated that poor little child with IN aver
sion that was sickening AYE, loathed
1t from the very hour of its birth?"
"What wretchl' Harry burst forth
In honest Indignation.
"You may well say 80, sir; for her
conduct towards 1t became so brutal
that even Haytcr interfered, and can
assure you, sir, that he is not one to
evince sympathy for the suffering OF
another"
"Did his remonstance do any good.
Mrs. Horner3"
"Yes. The baby and were removed
to the Dover house"
"The Dover house?"
"Aye. q fine old-fashioned stone man.
sion about half way from here to the
hall. You will see It If you go MP to the
hall to-morrow-standsi In a fine garden,
laid out In the Dutch style, after the
manner Of the grounds of the kings
palace at The Hague, I've been told"
"With very high porch approached
by stone steps2'' Harry interrupted.
"Whoever told you that, Mr.. Ewes
ham?" the landlady asked in surprise.
"Wanda.-our Wanda across the ocean
when she described you to me, Mrs.
Horner-for the old house and yourself
were the only objects of her early life
that chung to her remembrance"
Nov, God bless the little golden
haired darling, and did she remember
me?" the woman asked, deeply affected.
''She did; but do go on with your
story, il you would serve one you ap-
parently loved SO much"
"Well, sir, somehow or other Mr.. Am
brose-who ought to have been Lord
Arundel, you know-got to hear OF his
sisters ILL treatment.
The woman wept bitterly. To turn
her thoughts Harry asked: SIS Lady
Arlington now at the hall?"
''She is. But have not told you all
about her. Strange to say, during the
| past year, she has changed so that she
is but the shadow of her former self
her old arrogance is gone, her beauty
| hed-she goes about the grounds like q
ghost"
ssContrition?''
"Abiect remorse. II 1t were not that
Hayter holds her In hand of iron, she
would confess to the world her base sin.
As It is, she Is treated in her own house
an harmless lunatic, guarded by the
creatures that wicked man has secured
to do his bidding; for he rules house and
estate "a though he were the lord of 1t. !"
"And does no one interfere?"
s.No one knows, sir. The servants
are all Hayter's people; the gentry have
no suspicion but that my lady's health
has broken down under my lords de-
1 sartia.s, and 4Jsara "a not snnra ra-
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THE CLARION, only 81 Ier year