The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-06-13
CHAPTER

CHAPTER Y.
Il have heard it said that he IS worth
from two to three millions" Philip Smer-
don said to his frienu the next morning.
I whom .Ppnlyn had. for the sixth or sew
enth time. repeated the whole Of the con
verSation between him and CundaH. "A
man of that wealth would scarcely try to
steal another mans title. Yet he must
either hc mistaken or mad"
He may he mistakcu-I must hope he
4 is-but he j. certainly not mad. His calm
. ness last night was something eXtraordi-
nary. and | am convinced that. provided
this Story is true, he has told it against
his will
"You mean that he only told it to pre-
vent Miss Raughton from being illegally
married. or rather. for the marriage would
! be perfectly legal since no deception was
meant. to prevent her from assuming a
title to which she had no claim
Yes"
You do not think that he hopes by
\ divuIging this secret always assuming it
I to lee true To cause your marriage to he
! broken off 50 that he might have a
chance of obtaining Miss Raughton him
self? If his story is true, he can still
/ make her Lady Pcnlyn.'
I His friend hesitated. Il do not know"
/ he said. He bears The character of be
/ Ing one of the most honorable men in
/ London Surprising his story true, inn
aginc he was right Ia tell it,
! The young man expressed his opinion
and spoke Is he thought. but he also
spoke in Il voice broken with sorrow. If
Wha' unfair I''" '','' "'"i MiS I'p 'cIu'
},',t -, ~" ,,.,, "'.'' ho,,,,r ''' -
md hon IA, Knurhton could nnvar NO
-\h'l Ii''h ~ Nv |-''"'i '3"'i ~ ~ W
,,.il,iMr ~ t,Ln HIM strinnoI * re- rrouII
I,a - nc +itlo am, nnisos.inr, = ~
cort,in that Sir PAM wouId nor aIInu- bnr
IA do4a
He hncr,n ia feel = bitter hatred ri.ir,,
Nh in his heart. II had bnan fnu If ,,i.-,
far tb,t unknown and unnamed bro-i,nt
/ whom he had imagined f., he in o,i.,.,,,,.o
somewhere in the world. for tb;s MAJ,
who WAS now Ia como for,,a,.J orr,,L
with all lawful rights to dnnrivn hin, -
what he had 81 long boon allowed lii,II,.
to enjoy. he experienced nothipq bnt tb|
blacklist hate.
Al twelve o'cIock no and S,,or4o. -
ready TO rccciv. the new ..laimant !" IN
ne had imagined his, and at twelve O'Clock
he arrived.
Before | make any statement" he
Salh' lo"N at these. and he produced two
I'','r' worn with tim" and with the ink
| faded. The other took them. and uotp1
,hey they were addressed To. My own
dear wife, and signed. Your loving huS-
/ hahd' "crFaNc occi"vo. And one of
lhrm was headed, lie Nocq, Auberge
/ B"II"-N u".
Ar" they in Your fathers handwrit-
ing he asked, and Gervasc answered
les.
II was IN 49,. Cundall said. that
ne mel my mother. Sh" was staying in
fAFIS with a distant relative of hers. and
they Wor" in the habit of constantly meet
ing. bear his memory in no reSpcrf-hn
was cold-hcarted selfish man He won
her love. huj told her that his uncle. whose
herr he was, wished him - make a bril-
liant match. For her sake he was Willing
To forogo it. if she also was willing Ia
make the sacrifice Of a private marriage.
If living entirely out of the world. Of
never being presented 10 any Of his
friends. They were married in that wear
III London.
AT what church," GcrvaSc asked.
AT 81. Judc'S Maryiebonc' Here is
the certificate"
Geryase took it. glanced at It. and re-
turned it to him.
They lived a wandering kind If Iirn
hut in those days a not altogether nm
happy one. But at last he wcarird ~ il
weariod Of living in continental towns
10 which no one Of their own country oyer
came. where they passed under an as
maiden name CundaH. Al nv birth no
became more genial for p year ar 50. and
again he rolapsod into his moody and mo
rose state H. began ia SEQ that tho 80
cret could not 10 knn+ forever non, tbo.
he had a son. that some dav if I lid
] must he Lord Panlvn. And he aid not
dSguiso his foreho1incs from her nor
attempt to throw off his gloom She bora
with him patiently for a long while
bore his rppinings and taunts. hut Of last
she told him that. after All thara was no
such great necessity for secrecy tbot sho
was a lady by birth. 2 wife Of whom he
mood NOT ba a.bomod III, ~, -
cursed bor. and nm tho ,ov+ n,.,o,;.,,, ,,e
their Jisnurn he told ber tba+ rb.r boL
better live ,n,rr She foil him ~ Lfs
word. and when he woke The n..vt n,nrpin,,
she wa, .r,un t,I,ing mo win bar IL
Dever saw her nor. mn. a,,ir .,nI ,,La,,
ne heard that sba was deql bn holio,,..I
that I was dead also
..TbeD he was tho deceived and ro+
the decoivsr,s,. ,,nr.voso exclaimed IL
tbourbt that I was rc,IIv bis SON and
heir
..Yes he tborrb4 % NJ, notbor,s only
othar raIo,iva in +ba ,,.orIJ r,.as la, 18th
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