The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-20

was Just going out, when Lizzie came up
stairs and said "Theres a boy just left
this yellow letter for you, sir" and hand
ed me a telegram.
1t was request that / would call on
Messrs. Brandreth and Company, whom l
knew to have been my brothers solicitors.
I wondered what they could wish to see
me about, and jumped to the conclusion
that Mrs. Stanmore, yielding to Roses en-
treaties. had decided to do something her
self to assist me in my endeavor to give
Nellie the benefit of winter abroad.
When l called at the offices l was shown
at once into the senior partner private
room.
Mr.. stanmore,' he said. Il thought it
right to send for you before you left Eng
land. as circumstances have arisen which
render it absolutely necessary that l
should have your instructions"
my Instructions 1 exclaimed. ION
what?-I don't understand YOU
II will endeaVor to make matters clear;
but first of all / must tell you that up to
the present l have no proof that the ex-
traordinary story which has been COM
mun.csted to me is true. You are prob
ablv aware that since your brother s
death I have had to see his widow fire.
duently on matters connected with the es-
tate, and having been visitor at the
Towers 1 have made the acquaintance OF
leF udusHbti--d StAehA AiAA'io o--A
and as good as she is charming"
added. 49,.
Yesterday the young lady called upon me
and it is at her request that have
sent for you"
at Roses request?"
ayes. Il seems that she and Mrs Stan
more have disagreed and there mas peeh
a violent quarrel"
II understand--Mrs. Stanmore mas DIS
covered that / wrote to her.
..yes--your letter was the cause OF the
trouble. r e young lady insisted that she
had the right to help her COUSIN your
daughter"
land she did help us"
eyes; not being able TO inouee her
mother to send you the money you wanted,
abe sent her maid out to dispose OF GER
tain articles of jewellery, and told her
mother what she had done. Mrs. stan
more lost control of her temper ana IN
her rage she made certain statement 70
the young lady. and that statement MSS
stanmore felt it her bounden duty to COM
municate TO me-"
Go on--go on.
Mrs. Stanmore, il seems, replied that
she would help you at her peril ana when
the young lady insisted, she told her to
take care or she would find herself with
out a nenny In the world. Miss Stan
more rejoned that that was Impossible
for her fathers fortune has been left to
her. Then-and this Is the serious part
of the business-Mrs. Stanmore declared
that she had no right to the fortune; that
she was not Frank Stanmore's daughter
at all, but the child of poor woman that
she had foisted on her husband 70 prevent
his fortune passing to you and your daugh-
ter"
WHAT Rose is not"
Watt At first, as / told you. we had
only the mothers confession, which might
have been invented in a AT of rage to
frghten the girl. But am bound to tell
you that your brother himself at one time
was suspicious. He was absent from Eng
land at the time the child was born, and
there were many things which worried
him. one was that, In letter written
him by his wife-he was In America at
the time-the birth was stated TO have heen
on Aug 20. and the certificate OF the birth
was Aug 20. His wife afterward ex.
planned the error IN a way that for time
satisfied him. But Just before he was
seized with that fatal illness a communi.
cation was made to him which revived
his old suspicion, and ! think. but for the
second seizure which proved fatal, he
would have taken some steps In the mat
ter.
The communication was anonymous.
and as ] had no instructions from him