The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-05-30

Abel Singleton, and the letter from
that gentleman, which had accom-
panied the certificate. Clement
Dunraven burnt them forthwith, as
he had burnt the previous docu-
ments, and devoutly hoped as he did
so, that he had heard the last Of
Singleton. The communications that
had passed between his cousin and
the vicar on the subject of tithes he
had also found, but they were not
locked in the despatch box, and the
name of Singleton had for the mo-
ment made no impression on him.
He remembered it, however, now
that he saw it again.
He called out to Griffin as usual in
the outer Office:
"Heard anything of or from a
clergyman by the name of Single
ton?n
"No, Sir Clement" said Griffin
coming into the room; mot since
Mr.. Vaughan died He came here
once and wrote several letters
afterwards. Shall l write and in
form him of the death?"
"No, it is not necessary. The
business between them seems to have
been finished. Do you know any
thing about him?"
Nothing, Sir Clement. l think
MIR. Vaughan said he had met him
once while he was on a visit in York
shire"
Clement said no more; he was
thinking the matter out. OF course
Pierce knew the Blakeleys OF Tenn
plemore, where he himself had first
heard of Singleton and his desolate
parish. What a fool he had been to
go there; he might have been sure
that mischief would come of it
sooner or later.
Now, however, he hoped it was all
at an end. He vas " likely to
go to the Blakeleys again. 1t was so
long since they had met, doubtless
they had forgotten his existence; the
son, who had been his friend, was in
India.
And so he went on with his search
among the papers, trying hard to
put Singleton out of his mind, not,
however, successfully. In fact, he
thought of him so much, and tried Sc
hard to remember what he was like,
that he really thought he should
know him if he walked into the
room, though he was SO much taker
up with looking at Lisbeth on the
day of the marriage that he had moi
bestowed much attention on the
rubicund parson.
At last he got to the end of the
papers without finding anything else
of any Importance, nothing which
would give him any clue as to how
Vaughan would have disposed of hi
money. SO he decided he mus
make his own arrangements. II
9 would give a good SUI to Griffin
who truly deserved it, provide
=, maintenance for Jim G~lendinning
=, send the rest to a hospital.
This point decided, he gave Grihil
two or three orders and went out
saying he was going to see a lawye
about the final settlement of tn,
affairs, and that he should not in al
probability return to the temple tina
day.
Within half an hour of the time o
his departure a heavy step came u.
the stair, and there was a knock a
the door of the outer office; it opene,
and Mr.. Singleton appeared On tn
threshold.
There was no reason why Griffi,
should dislike the arrival of Nj
= Singleton on the scene. Yet he wa
at one on his guard. Probably
, was only the instinct of a lawyer
clerk which made him SO. He ha
been trained up never to give an
information, and he was not likel
to throw away his education simpl
to please MI. Singleton, who Ell
IDENTIFY had come there bent on askin
questions, these inquiries being
>, once ticketed by the shrewd Grim
as Country curiosity"
o Beyond what had appeared in I'll
newspapers, Griffin told him bl
e little.
10 "Who was Jim Glendinning?"
II That was what Mr.. Singletc
II wished to know.
"An ex-convict," was the repl.
N "who CHANGED to be lettering abo'
g the grounds. He was clearly inn'
70 cent of Mr.. Vaughan's DEATH" whit
10 Griffin himself was beginning
ID think was accidental.
Mr.. Singleton finding there W
but little to to be got out of Grih
n and the mans manner being dis
y greeable, said he should very mu
es like to see Sir Clement Dunrave
ID where was he to be found?
Then Griffin for the first tin
made a slip in his resolve to t
nothing. He acknowledged that
to Clement Dunraven had been the
tie that day, and would be there agt