Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-28
HE CLOCK STRUCK ONE.
BY FERGUS HUME,
'O VI Inc Mystery of Hanson Cab MADAME Midas, "Ihe
Chinese Jar" "Th4 Cartuncle Clue"

How clever YOU are. Salu HeL
mother. Yes: Mr.. Edermonts real
name was Dargill-Julian DargllL lie
was an old admirer of mine, and want
ed TO marry me. but / was forced by my
parents to become the wife Of George
Carew.'
.Then 1 am really and truly Dora
Carew?'
~Of course-your fathers name.
Well. after a few months l received
news that my husbands ship was lost
off the coast of Africa. All hands
were drowned except the first mate.
He was saved. and brought the story
10 England. So you see, my dear
was a widow six months after mar
riage.'
Are you sure that my father was
drOwned?' demanded Dora doubttully.
II am coming to that, said Lady
Burville impatiently. He was said TO
be drowned; and after year OF mourn
ing I married Dargill.'
you married Julian EdeImont?'
yes: what else could l do? | was
comparatively poor; l had no friends
10 speak Of. Dargill was rich, so l
married him. We were quite happy,
he and /. and he was very fond OF you,
my dear
"Oh, l was born, them said Dora,
rather naively. it must be confessed.
Certainly. Don't l tell you l mar
ried Dargill a year after your father
died-eighteen months after my first
marriage? Well. we were happy; and
then your father returned. He also
had been saved by some natives, who
detained him on the Gold Coast. He
managed to escape, and returned 10
England OF course. he sought me out
at Christchurch; and then, my dear,
added Lady Burville impressiyely,
there was trouble.
Between my father aid Mr.. Dargill,
alias Edermont?"
Yes. Darsill was away at the time,
and they neIer met. He was cow
ard. you know, my dear, and afraid OF
YOUR fathers violent temper-and he
had yiOleI temper, truly awful. OAR
gill flew to America. George Carew
followed him. Then Dargill escaped
him in San Francisco and returned to
England. He wrote TO me from Lon
don. and offered me an annuity If l
would let i'm take you away
And YOU did, said Dora reproach-
fully.
What could I do?" said her mother
fretfully. Il was poor without Oar
gilrs money. 1 could hardly keep you
alive. and Carew had left me in his
search for Dargiu. / accepted the an
puitv and let YOU go. Then Dargill
disappeared, and l never heard OF MIN
again till l saw him in ChilIum
Church.
Did YOU make no attempt to find
him. asked Dora coldly.
NO; why should l have done sO?'
said Lady Buryiile. He was not my
real husband, you know, since my hrst
your father, my dear-was awe. l
never wanted to set eyes on Dargill
again. l am sure he got me into
enough trouble as it was. He abso-
lutely worried me into marrying him,
and as he was rich, he thought 1t best
10 do so. We should have been happy
enough if Captain Carew had not prov
ed to be alive. Then l wished hadn't
married Dargill.
Because you loved my father sou
No. IL wasn't that exactly. Dabbled
Lady BuryIue. with great simplicity
But Carew had a dreadful temper
and I thought he might Kill me. How
ever, he was more angry at Darg!u
than at me, and if he had caught HIM /
really believe he would have killed
him But Dargin got away; he was
an artful Ittle creature, but a frighttul
coward. don't know how l ever came
% marry such a mouse of a man.
You forget he was rich
Dora could not forbear making this
satirical remark Every word that
came out of Lady Burvilles mouth
showed her to be q vain, shallow fool;
heartless woman. who cared more
for dress and gaiety and money than
ANYTHING else. On the whole Dora
thought it was just as well that Oar
-il alias EdermOnt, had taken her
away. She never would have got on
with SO frivolous a parent as Lady Bur
vile.
You are right; he was rich, said
her mother. artlessly. Il married him
for his money. and never saw min after
ne LEFT, me for at least twenty years.
I did not mind much. But l did get a
shock when l saw him in Chillum
Church. recognized him at once, in
spite of his beard. He had always
white hair. YOU know"
And that is why you tainted, l sup
pose?" said Dora bitterly. NO doubt
YOU are my mother, but you have act
ed anything but a mothers part to-
wards your child
Lady Burville whimpered, and tried
TO take Dora's hand. The girl drew
away coldly. She could not feel any
love for this weak little woman, who
had acted so deSpicable part. GO
on with your story. Lady Burville.
she said calmly. What of my father
81 heard nothing Of him for some
time. Dora. said her mother, dis
pleased at the lack OF affection dis
PLAYED by her newly-found child. Then
/ saw a paragraph in anAm erican pa
per which said that he was dead. Oh,
yes: there would be no doubt of it.
The name of George TheOphilus Carew
was given in full. It's not a common
name. You know. l was satisfied that
he was really dead.
And you married again.
What could do? was poor, said
Lady Burville. for the third time Civ
ing her childish excuse. Yes, l mar
ried Sir John Burville. He is cruel
and violent-tempered man. but he has
plenty of money, and he is good to
me.
And you are happy?" said Dora.
sCornful of the weak nature which
could draw happiness out OF such mis-
cry.
Quite happy-at least | was-till Au-
gustuS Pallant came.
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