Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-05-26

ily- bestowed attention she believed
his representation that her fellow en-
ployes would be spitefully Jealous ii
they suspected which way the wind
wa blowing. When he took her to a
pretty house she never doubted his as
sertion that marriage would follow i'm
mediately upon her transference
thither, and it was with a feeling Of
rapturous pride that she obeyed his in
functions to the letter and allowed her.
self to be introduced to the servant as
Mrs, Maynard" Just for the look Of
the thing" as Mr.. Collinson said.
Asked what the servant would think
Of her being called "Mrs, Collinson''
soon, the specious schemer replied that
the servant really knew all particulars,
and that it was the neighbors for whose
benefit the little temporary deception
was intended.
But it soon transpired that Lucy her
self vas the object of deception, The
selt-styled Mr.. Maynard had ever some
excuse ready for putting off the mar
riage until his victim felt herself hope
lessly compromised, The servant was
his willing tool, and when he got tired
of his toys he had no difficulty in get
ting the servant to help him further
in his rascally work. The latter con-
trived to tell Lucy that all the neigh
/ L1,, o1,a,l- 1oo1raI l,u., $40, hA,.
and that she, being kept by a man to
whom she was not married, was con-
sidered beyond the pale Of respectable
ity. Innocent the girl was. But who
would believe her protestations to that
effect? In the face Of her apparent
guilt no one would do il.
ats no use crying over split milk,
said the servant. THE master will be
kind and generous to you as long as he
likes you. But you will have to give
up such a notion as marrying so rich a
man as he is. Take my advice, and get
all you can out of him while you have
the chance. He'll soon fall In love
with somebody else"
Lucy's heartbroken threat to expose
her betrayer only provoked the de-
rision of the servant
"You would very likely get locked
up for attempted blackmailing," she
said. He has been too careful for
such a greenhorn as you to circumvent
him. He has never been here to see
either you or the house except after
dark, and nobody would believe you il
you said Mr.. Maynard was Mr.. Collin
SOL He Is supposed to have nearly
broken his heart when his wife died
and II ever anybody was looked upon
by the world as a pattern Of virtue, it i.
the man whom you, a bit of a shop
girl, expected to marry you. Yoy
would only get yourself laughed at and
despised, So take my advice, and dom
be fool enough to fly in the face of for
tune yet
Even after these revelations, tn,
poor child could hardly believe In thu
utter baseness of her betrayer. Blu
In her next interview with him she wa.
soon convinced of the fact that h,
man whom she, in common with tn,
rest Of the world, regarded as a patterr
OF virtue, was, in reality, a monster o
deceit and vice.
That night she escaped from he
pretty home, and from then until
saved her from self destruction she hat
undergone all manner OF rebuffs, dis
appointments and privations, whicl
were enough to drive any other modes
girl to the refuge of the wretched.
found a temporary home for Luc,
and promised to put an end to he
troubles In some way or other. Nor di,
doubt my ability to do this Luc,
believed an appeal or a threat Of expos
ure to be equally vain weapons to us
against Mr., Collinscn, but | was NOR
worldly wise and more sure Of success
saw that as yet the girl WINS not ft +
cope with the world, and | determine,
to make the Pattern Of Virtue" pre-
vide for her comfort. In this determl
nation Lucy's W guileless and simpl
nature aided me. Though tenacious o
her honor she did not recoil from tn
idea Of compelling Mr.. Collinson to pa
? for his deception, as many a girl @
more vigorous mind whose feelings ha
been outraged would have done. .
t ! confess to feeling more than slight
0 ly malicious when | went to intervie,
4 the great draper and clothier, who 500
found that he had a much more exp,
rienced woman than simple little Luc
Q to deal with. His dismay when | quie'
ly laid the whole array of facts befor
e him and proved the strength OF IN
position, was comical to witness. A
$ first he tried to brighten me with h
d boyle reputation as a pattern OF virtu,
t But | had several cards up my sleev,
0 and as ! played them, one by one. h
e realized that II ! We're TO make a publ
Vt exposure of only one.half the seed
facts | had been able, with the aid {
d my colleagues, to rake up against hin
Q the world would know him in all h
Y carnal hideousness, and a vast nun
n Der OF people would take their custol
It elsewhere.
is Before l had done with him | col
WINGED him Of the ~expediency of provi,
|, ing literally for Lucy for at least II,
d years to come, and | declined to be sa
is8ed with less than three hundred p,
Is annum for that period. 1t was a bitt,
pill for him TO swallow, but he saw Il
IS other way out of the embroglio iul
d which his scoundrelly nature he
brought him, and carried my point