The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-14
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. AUGUST IA. 1893


/ stances / must tel you some things OF
winch you may moi nave heard
I The three went into the cottage by the
I hack way, the front door remaining seal
/ ed entrance, and there the solicitor told
( the following story. having duly ascertain
/ ca that Francis Shirley was in verify the
| glrFs aftianced husband. and not only said
I TO be such by village tattlers.
Your uncle. as you are aware, Miss
Mardeau, was or is a very eccentric man.
50 far as / know YOU are his only relative,
and you, even, he has chosen TO keep in
ignorance Of his true position. Mr.. Carlow
was or Is, probably, thought 10 be poor
man.
Mary bowed assent to the statement.
lie was nothing of the kind. He chose
IL was one phase of his eccentricty-that
Out Of his money which / had invested for
nam ana the interest thereon accruing that
] should send him one pound month, and
that should also send a cheque each
| quarter to Mrs. Page for your malnten-
aEce
on! that is the mystery Of it," exclaim-
ed Mary. "Uncle would never tell me who
PAD Tor me, nor indeed anything about my
parents"
Mr.. Carlow. when he came back rich
man from California many years ago
bought this cottage, and began living his
eccentric solitary life though stil a COM
paratVely young man. lie had come back
hoping 10 provide for his sister, but found
her dead. He provided for her daughter,
your mother. as he has done for you until
she d4sgraced herself irretrievably in his
eyes by marrying a fOreigner-M Emile
Mardeau, young French artist of great
promise of whom you may have heard.
Your father and mother both died about
the time that you were ten years old, and
since then your uncle has, unknown to
! you, and through me, acted as your guard
| IAN
So the whole mystery was cleared, ard
although Mr.. Jarvis was not able to throw
| any light on Garow's strange vanishing
| Mary felt grateful TO him for enlightening
her as to her own birth and also as 10 the
te iier nel is 80 lg i1ue1eu 10
moe
,,5ord;ne, ON. 1o-r,i,e, ,,i,,y f ,,o,,,
uncle's whereabouts, or Of his fate for We
| cannot Ignore the Iact that he was up
| wards Of seventy years OF age, We must
| even go on as we are thus the old lawyer
| concluded his talk with the young couple,
| though ne did not see tit TO go on ana eX-
| pam that gregory Carlow fortune nav
ing peen prdclicaiIy uHtoucHeu udu very
materially increased during the many
| years that ITS owner had been HVlhs the
| NE OF a poor coJ1dser- nor ana ne see NJ
| to explain that in The event OF the Old
| sole heir to all ms Wea.tn.
1t was by no means reassuring TO hhd
that the OLD man sohcltor' VINO was re
sponsible for the safe guarding Of his
money knew noIh!us OF ms "hereaDouts
| Shirley though that something must
! nave happened 10 CHCle Gres' althousn ne
| knew lhat very oliseHt search hdd
been instituted Iar ana near Mary cIuns
| Generously 10 tI9 iuea ,lldI Hei uHcle
Wouiu yeL Oeen sen o'.e 10y WI ms III
ms garden as thousH Ho'Hiis hdo nap
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Surrey"
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ter see whether II Is Inc front door kew -,
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firr,|1,.,g he fo,,rd MT tba ,,a,, 1,,bo IA
died ana Who had sent he l[ey, 70 rrborp-
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