The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

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bored IL gain ana they viii be forced 10
release her for tbe simple reason that.
th.v rnnet knoo- nat no one v,ollJ nav
"a large sum to ransom her. And when
She returns ia nc mo maid viii ba able IL
I am rot nv ,7,,eh Tnist,L.en 10 give us
such iuforrnation as wal lead TO the cap
ture OF fhe whole Gang"
The young ladies' were delighted with
this plan: but he person whose consent
was really necessary was Forbes SIN.
was sent for. and began TO explain mat
tiers by saving that Mr. Corbeft had re-
cesved several threatening letters. AZ this
the yotlnp vVor,sr turred so no.a ana
looked so alarmed that / tboDebt might
as wei give up nv scheme at once. She
would never have courage thouaht TO
carry the thing through. I went on with
my explanations however and tool, caro-
20 mention. in conclusion that 7 felt Ger
tain that MI Corbatt Vou1d he ,vpIin., ia
promise her very handsome present I'm
the event of the p.an's succeeding T-Don
this the Young woman asked If She might
have a little time to consider the matter.
and this being agreed to. took INV leave
Mr. COrhet was delfehte6 with my
scheme when / mentioned il to him The
sole point he objected 10 was that he
should only be able TO see his s,oaatbeart
once or twice. if AT an before me vyed-
ding day, whereas he would he forced to
call upon the sham Emily RIarcbmout e,-
cry day, so that if his movements were
watched-as had little doubt thev We're
the spies would be convinced bevond a
doubt that Forbes was in reality the mil
uonaire's bride.
When proposed nv scheme 70 T.ud,,,,ic
Steyne he was not entbufasttc about il
He thought it was too fantastic. smacl1ed
100 much Of the stage 10 he DracticabIe
However ne offered no very decided Oh
lection to it, and the maid consented TO
play the part assigned 10 hereafter COR
bett had promised TO nav $50 if q finger
was laid on her and 300 If the conspira-
tors were arrested.
The details were left to the Misses March
mont and they managed things a hundred
times better than l could have done Miss
MadeIey an old goyerDess of the March
mont girls, was taken into the secret:
and she readily consented to take rooms
in Bayswater for herself and Eliza Forbes
who passed as Miss Emily Narcbnont
It was given out that Miss Emily had
gone up to town to see after her trous-
seau. 1t was also given out that Eliza
Forbes had gone to stay at Miss Belling-
hams to mend and clean some wonderful
cid lace, which was to form one Of
the marriage presents. This Miss Bellina-
ham was a great-aunt of the bride. she
lived by herself in a small house near
the Thames, not far from the village
Of Thames Wickham-as retired a place
Of concealment (seeing that the boating
season had not begun as could possibly
have been found She had but two sen
Vants-one a strone-minded faithful craa
tUre, who had been with her for forty
years, and who was necessariIv made a
partcipator In the secret. the other a rod
checked country girl who had lately coma
to the house. and who never doubfad for
a moment that the fne-Ioo1tnp, darlt-hair-
ed girl who sat all dav in me mistress,
monts' maid. Lady Marchmonfs own
servants were kept in the dark They
simply knew that Mise Emily, and T,Iizo
Forbes were from borne-tbqv s,nnose6
that they were both of them in T. ndon
Twice a week Miss Reningham's elderly
servant walked over to Thames Wicl5bam
with Emily Marchmont in time 10 catoh
the early morning train. The train took
Miss Emily direct to Wimbledon. and tbare
she alighted and took a cab home This
she did for her mothers sake but the nj
most care and caution were observed both
in going and returning She wore Of
course, clothes betting her supposed sta
ton in life. on The other hand tba sham
Emily Marchmont came home freouentIv
and always in the omen dav A littIe IN,
quiry showed that the tradesmen and
neighbors habituallv took her FOR her mis-
tress. In a word the Reconsideration was
thoroughly and artisticauy carried out.
When one of the two weeks had gone nv
Corbett came 10 see MS again He had
received another ANONYMOUS letter mat
morning. 1t was rather different from the
others in that the writing assumed an air
of contemptuous insolence. as of a man
who was already master of the situation
If Mr. Corbett chose to remit twenty thou
sand pounds by cable to New York within
the next three days. the money would sin
be accepted and no further claim would
be made. But if not let Mr.. Corbett Nook
| out for himself He could not saw that
! he had not been fairly warned. And more
to the same effect
1.-THE impudent blacklegsr cried tbe
young American, as he walked in a state
of excitement up ana down nv chiefs
! consulting room Let them look ont far
| themselves, that's all. I have his with
/ me day and nght''-he showed us the
! handle of a revolver sticking out of his
! pocket-"and I've engaeed a giant of a
| fellow to go about with me. They can't
touch me; and if they try any games on
| with Miss Marchmont they'll burn their
fingers nicely. won't they?';