Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-09-17

such urgent need OF the money DIS nc
represented Mise
Nv din of repeated questioning MISS
Uanwood ascertained that her nephew
h,d been sean in Portsmouth late on
the night of the day he lett Blach.
rock. and thus she satisled nefscii
that he had had time sufficient 10 Visi,
the bank and obtain the none LAT
he been so disposed.
How was she 10 know or MS ueteh-
T;an On he road? Who was there 70
Tell her of the accident to his horse
Quite by chance, before she ieit
Portsmouth. she met with Il man VINO
knew ernest Hartrey by sight, ana
who had seen him an hour later In she
evening than those with whom she nau
hitherto ~c0nverSeu. o,
..In what direction was he going!
she asked eagerly.
Down toward the sea. ma am, re-
piled the man, anxious 10 tell all ne
knew. He stopped me and asked me
the way to Morton's Quay.
what boats 20 from therey'
.Well. ma'am, / can't rightly say:
but that very evening there was u
roing across the channel TO some place
i'm France: for I'd passed by there my
self an hour before and had heard the
sailors talking and grumbling II say
inc they were waiting for some one.
THANK YOU. my man-thank you.
Miss Henwood's doubts were being
rapidly confirmed.
Home, John she said TO the coach
man; then. leaning back on the soit
cushions OF her carriage. she INDUCED
in meditation. which lasted till the
carriage entered the grounds OF Black
rock.
Ernest's disappearance seemed TO
her 10 result from one OF two THINGS:
Either he had gone off 10 the con-
tinent with her Jewels. or else he a
displayed them 10 some one who hau
nut him out of the way by violence in
order TO obtain possession of them.
II the latter. surely his body would
have been found and recognized. Sucii
not being the case, there was little
room for doubt that Ernest Hartrey
had left England, approprlating her
Jewels TO pay his expenses.
She was bitterly grieved-more than
she cared TO own, even to herself.
The loss of the trinkets did not
affect her greatly, but the deception
which she believed had been practiced
upon her grieved her very much.
Ernest had always been a great
f~avorite of hers. and she could never
have believed him guilty Of such an
act as that of which she now men
tally accused him.
She resolved to drive over to Anna
dale at the first opportunity to dis
cover whether such a person as May
Rivers really resided there: for she
thought 1t possible that her nephew
might so far have deceived her as 10
invent a touching story of his village
love as a likely means by which 70 eX-
tract the money required from her.
Then followed Miss Henwood's visit
to Annadale. and her fortunate meet
ing with May, in time 10 save her
from the committal of the deadly sin
which she had contemplated.
The good lady kindly forebore TO
mention To the Borrowing girl the
doubt. which in her mind was almost
Il certainty. of Ernest'S having iefC the
country of his own free will.
Still there was a doubt. and she
gave May the benefit OF ii and talked
to her as hopefully as she could of the
future: when he she loved 50 we'll
should appear again TO claim her for
his bride.
Above all she urged her to postpone
her marriage with John Gridley till
the last minute.
This, thought Miss Henwood. could
do no harm: and besides. she still
nourished in her heart a faint hope
/ that. after all. her nephew was not so
bad as circumstances made him ap-
pear.
He may come back she muir
INJURED To herself rs she drove 10
Blackjack after leaving May; ''he may
come back and explain everything;
and then, in the whole wide
world there will be no one TO
gave him Il kinder. warmer welcome
than his aunt Agatha"
And how Jared it with Ernest Har-
trey?
He was working as n common sailor
on board his majesty's ship Osprey
fretting and Tuning. as a fair wind
took him farther and farther away
from the land in which he had left all
that was dear to him.
He had taken the first opportunity Of
speaking 70 the captain, stating to him
his name and position. and ut the same
time requesting that he might be sent
ashore M once. for when he spoke the
ship was not clear OF the channel.
Now Capt. Salt was ~ of the old
fashioned sea captains. A hard
moutiIed, d~eep-voiced. m%any-oathed
man was he; with Il broad back and a
strong hand.
In the management of a ship he was
unrivalled; but he was somewhat of a
martinez.
"Dicipline." he would cry. discipline
is the thing. sir, I'll hang M every
lubber who disobeyed orders to the
yard-arm."
To give Capt. Salt his due, in this
case he spoke the truth.
For every breach of discipline. he
awarded always the most severe pun
islment the instructions would permit:
but when everything went well. and
his sailors Were in good training. no
captain in the navy was more good
natiifed. ~pieasanter. or better liked.
The Osprey was always in splendid
condition. ever ready for sea mt an
hours notice; hence it was that she
had been chosen to carry out import
ant dispatches to the West Indies. with
the greatest speed.
The order for the Osprey TO get nm
/ uprAyaiVh arrival ~