The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-13

! AN UNCOMMON DEED. :


"'You are not to call me darling any
more till this matter is cleared up
"'What matter. dear?'
Just this. People are saying tina,
you are marrying me merely for II"
money; is that so?"
"'Of course not love you for y
self
stop, stop! ] am going to put
to the proof. You know my solicitor
-Messrs. Hopkins and Dicey, in Lin
coins inn?
Yes
"Well, meet me there tomorrow at
noon sharp. and now, goodnight
In moment she was gone. passed
n slcepless night, and with great difh-
Guilty nerved myself in the morning to
keep the mysterious appointment.
"Old Dicey--I call him that because
he is now one of my dearest friends
received me coldly.
"T have been favored, Captain
Faulkner ne said, with some very
extraordinary instructions from my
clicnt--your fiancee-Miss Beaumont.
must entirely disclaim all responsible
ty in the matter; | have simply given
effect TO Miss Beaumonts wishes, ana
the final issue of them must rest en-
tirely with yourself. If you please we
will go to the adjoining room." where
Miss Eeaumont awaits US
I'VE found her seated near vim
dow; she did not rise, but simply
| bowed. and ] saw that her face was
| pale, and that it wore an expression OF
apparent enforced calm.
Fritz, l told you last night that
\ people are saying you are marrying
| mo merely for my money 1t matters
| little to me now whether they speak
truth OF not. If they do, then, whether
| or not you become my husband, is the
| light gone out of my life indeed You
know, Fritz, how / love you. If you
| have done this cruel thing, nothing can
! undo il now. If you have designed
to beggar me under the preteXt of af-
| fection, fortune or no fortune, husband
| or no husband, can make no difference
| to me. But it shall never be said that
| you actually did marry me for my
| money, and so, Fritz, i have asked
| Mr.. Dicey to draw up a deed, which
! which'-and here the poor darling
broke down completely and could say
no more.
1.-The deed, Captain Faulkner said
| Mr.. Dicey, with frigid solemnity, is an
| uncommon one; 1 know indeed of nc
| precedent. But it recites that in con-
sideration of Captain Francis Arthur
| Faulkner of the Second Life Guards
releasing Miss Honor Beaumont OF
Hurtsfield house. Hertfordshire. from
her engagement to marry him, the said
Miss Honor Beaumont herewith makes
| 70 toi IN,,oy pic Ar.
thur Faulkner all her real and per-
sonal property, as scheduled herewith
save and except the residence known
as THE Grove" Isleworth, in the
county of Middlesex, and as much OF
her Midland debenture stock as will
suffice to provide an annuity of $500 q
year
II turned half mechanically tc
Honor. She was still calm and pale
but her eyes were brimful of tears.
"It is impossible!' exclaimed and
just at that moment something seemed
to struggle within me. for out of the
depths of my sinful heart there came
yelling the tiny, feeble remnant of the
little good it ever held.
81 felt as if l could give not only
love but life to that noble woman who
had proposed to herself this mad this
fearful sacrifice in order to put tC
proof the sincerity of the man she
loved. Disrcgarding the presence o.
the man of law I clasped her in my
arms, and we-yes, Jack, we wept to-
gether
Il treasure now that sacred parch'
ment which awakened to new life tht
little good that was left in me-whicf
aroused the deadened sense of unselfsf
love, and gave me riches greater thar
my villainy had ever dreamed of. Dc
you wonder, Jack, that am changed
man."
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And that was the sequel of the con
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