Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-11-14

Vlhllb dh ne ulu NOT kHoW lnaL phV H"u
a half-brother who had been a crimi-
nal.
"She remained with me a week, as !
was in poor health, and, returning to
her home, found that her husband and
her only child-a boy some z or . years
old-were among the missing nor could
she gain any clew to their whereabouts
within a month she came back to
me, unable to account for their dlsap-
pearance, so completely broken down
that sho soon died and her remains
were buried In the Woodland cemetery
In this city,
Her husbands name was Alfred
Darling; the Christian name OF her
son was Thomas. long ago reim-
bursed those who had suffered from my
ENFORCEMENT, and wish my entire
property to be conveyed to this son, |
also desire you, on the recommended
ton Of DR.. Ashton to act as my execu-
tor"
He stopped as he had many times
while stating the above, and Mr.. Sew
ard inquired:
What II Thomas Darling is dead or
connot be found?"
dispose OF my property for the bene-
fit of the poor" the dying man replied
The will was drawn up and properly
signed and witnessed without delay,
Then, having placed 1t and the "inven-
tory" in his pocket, the lawyer took the
testator's hand in his own, babe him
Good by" started to 90 from the room,
whispering as he did so in the physi-
clans ear
'Be sure to come to my office at Z
this evening"
DR.. Ashton promised to do so and the
lawyer took his departure.
In his Office we again look upon Law
yer Seward, not calmly seated, as when
we first saw him there, but nervously
pacing to and fro, as he was left there.
His reverie, evidently Of somber
character, was broken by the advent OF
DR.. Ashton, to whom he said
II have something to state to you
which will surprise you, think"
"Ah" was the monosyllabic reply.
"Please seat yourself" Mr. Seward
observed.
Both sat down and the lawyer asked:
"Do you recall the name of the bene-
flciary of Mr.. Stanley's will"
"Thomas-Thomas Darling, was 1t
not?"
Gle and are identical"
"What?" almost screamed the doctor.
Read that" and, drawing time
worn paper from his pocket, Mr.. Sew
ard passed 1t to the doctor, who UNI
folded it and read:
"B--, June IL, 1S-.-My Dear
Kate: If you love me as you have in the
past, come here without delay, to the
-- house. Lovingly yours,
JAMES"
When the doctor raised his eyes from
the paper Mr., Seward began:
1.-TWO days after mothers singular
departure from her home, father ac-
cidentally ran across this note, which
she had left, Internationally, it is pos
sible."
Having for some time suspected
man of the name of James Newton as
trying to ALLEVIATE her affections from
himself, and as this man had disap-
peared from the place few days be-
fore, father, naturally inclined to be
jealous, imagined him the writer Of the
note. He had never known, as Mr..
Stanley said, that his wife had a half
brother.
unable to endure the disgrace that
would be his when her infdelity was
made known to the world, he at once
moved to far-away place, where he as
sumed the name of Seward. He never
looked at a paper from fear of seeing
her name in it, lived in misery for six
years, died and was buried.
Naturally the supposed conduct Of
my mother influenced me to regard all
women as tickle, and father did all in
his power to incite me to shun girls.
Hence was developed what you, the
other day denominated my insensibil-
ity to feminine charms
Poor mother! how you were wrong.
ed" and tears filled his eyes, as they
did those of his friend, who said:
81 do not wonder at it,"
OF the thousands Of dollars be-
queathed him by Mr.. Stanley the law
yer accepted one-half and placed the
other half so as to benefit the poor.
His mothers remains were removed
from their resting place and inferred
beside his fathers.
He did not resume the name Of OAR
ling; he did change his attitude toward
the gentler sex. Indeed, a year had
not elapsed after he had learned the
truth relative to his mother before he
became the husband Of most estima-
Bile lady, whom he admits to his friend
Ashton to be blessing"