The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-05-10
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time for that. But do not make Of
me your accomplice, father!' the
young man distractedly cried, falling
on his knees, hut still relaxing not his
hold on the viscount. "Father! you
have now neither title nor fortune to
bequeath me; leave to me, then, the
only good that still belongs to me-
leave me. my hOnor!' ,..
But TheOdore's pleadings were all
UNDECIDED by the viscount, who still
continued struggling toward the bu-
reau. dragging with him Theodore,
from whose clutches there WaS no e.
Gaping.
Il am not to be stopped by an OBJ
stacle such as you, when I have hut
another step to mike to render my.
self forever secure"
Theodore redoubled his efforts
chung to the viscount's knees-wept
and tmplored him to have pity ON his
son.
But his fathers only answer was,
must and will have that letter.
And at last he freed himself from
the young mans grasp.
The visc0unt was near the bureau
and about to seize the letter, but The
odore. starting to his feet, suddenly
placed himself between the vlscount
and the bureau. and drawing himself
up to his full height, said firmly and
determinedly:
II have told you. visc0unt, that you
should not have that letter; and BY
heaven you shall mott"
Viscount Dareleigh was for Just one
moment COMPOUNDED and waverins,
the next instant he said, resolutely,
Mailman! IL you knew all the past
you would comprehend how useless
must be your present resistnnce!'
"Oh, you will not compel me to an
impious struggle" pleaded Theodore.
I'm the name Of my mother, swear
that you shall kill me before Giving
me to dishonor."
your mother, fool!' sneered the Wis
count, and then said. threatsningly,
You will give me that letter?'
"Never! replied Theodore, 40 reso-
lutely as before.
The viscount placed his hand be-
meath Ills vest and drew forth small
pocket pistol as cOolly he said, "Well
then will take It"
And Theodore, who had not stirred
from before the bureau, said, resign
eddy, "You will then assassinate me,
for cannot defend myself against
you since you are my father"
And Theodore flinched not as he be-
held the pistol levelled toward him.
But, at that moment, when death
appeared 30 imminent, he saw q door
OF the room dashed suddenly open,
and man. springlng on to the Wis
count, struck the pistol from his hand
and the weapon fell unexploded to
the floor.
rtngtO1, who had been at hand and
listening.
Again was the viscount CHASTITY and
trembling, for now he knew that mast
for him was every hope In this world,
and hopeless was he, too, of mercy in
the world to come. Z
arrived, for following came Emmeline
and her lover; and lastly and swelling
with importance, our worthy hackney
coachman, Jonas Jarvis.
And waddltng toward Theodore,
Jarvisyshouted to him, "Don't trouble
yourself about being particular with
father"
1t would be impossible to describe
The0d0re's amazement at this an
nouncement of a fact which will have
been, perhaps, anticipated by the
reader 80
Weshave said that in early life Jar.
Wis had been employed III very prof
table calling.
He had been the guard Of a mail
coach.
Jonas Jarvis it was who, ON that
night Of the fifth Of February, 1907,
had in One Tree Square snatched up
the child which just before had been
stabbed and cast ON to the road by
Nicholas Sherman.
to bury the child within the copse, for
Norton sowerby had believed there
would be ample time for TINT before
commence to exert its influence.
He was not to know that he had
miscalculated, and TINT its eeffcte
upon his agent had been almost i'm.
mediate.
At the next town at which the coach
had arrived, and which, fortunately
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surgeon with the poor infant and its
wound was dressed.
A minute later and no human aid
would have availed to save the pool
child.
Jonas bore with him his slight bur
den to London, and to the founding
\ hospital. where the infant was re
Eceived, but with no hope that It could
Il Csvuuevio hoV,nvHs3 n PovR, haayNa
That Journey from which Jarvis had
Just arrived had been the last that he
was to travel westward.
mail coach, whose route from London
was toward the north Of England.
And at that time, too, his sister had
4 been .sroanine with the sorrow be
meath which she very shortly sanl
and died.
And then, absorbed with his OWL
grief and his care for the little or
phaned Edwin, but small thought cas-
jarvis toward the child he had placed
within the founding hospital.
Not, a word had Jonas heard con
corning Arnold Lindsay and the muir
der at One Tree Square.
But when at length time had soft
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he had begun again to feel some In
lterest In the world which but for hi
.adopted nephew would have continued
hateful to him, he upbraided himself
for the long neglect Of the infant
whom he had rescued and concerning
whom he had not since inquired.
He resolved that IL he should flnd
that child still living he would ther
at once set about inquiries concerning
n mystery which long before 1t SHOULD
have been his endeav0r to elucldate.
In June, 1900, Jonas Jarvis returned
to the founding hospital and was tolt
that the child which he had there de
posted in February, 1907, had but {
few days previously been resigned II
the care Of a Mr.. Norton sowerby
who had declared his wish to adop
an orphan to be the consolation of thu
poor mother whose infant he had TIVE
years before placed within the hos
pital, and which had died there som,
few months after 1t had been received
1 So that 1t was not her own chilt
which Norton's wife had embraced ii
dying; and Sowerby had unconsciousl!