The Eddy current., 1899-03-11


tho briae and bridegroom 10 the
Grange. one bright June evening. Just
like this. she put on her wedding
dress and veil, slipped down to the
river unperoelved and nung herself In.
hoping dare say. that the Hood
would carry her fair body 10 the sea
ne gracefully and smoothly as that
leaf you"
well-and Il didnt7" inter-
rupted my wife
~ carried her NJ far as the Red
Mil below tho second bridge. where
poor. foolish wench l-sho and all her
bridal nnery were ground TO pieces"
"Oh. what horrible storyi" cried
Helen, with a shudder Poor Cecilyi
II hope she was dead before she
reached the machinery"
History does not say. but I pre-
sumo she was Her idea was poetlcal
enough. and would have been very ef-
fective but for the interference OF fate
In her case. You know the river pass-
es under the Grange terrace, where
every fine evening In summer Il was
Master Ronalds habit 20 ait drink
lng and smoking far into the night,
and Ceclly meant 10 float down.
shrouded In her wedding veiis like
blaine Of old. under her faithless low
crs eyes"
Then he saw her" broke in my
wife eageriy-"he must have seen
her. Paul, for you know the Grange
II about half mile above the mill.
Don't spoil the story by saying he
was not there when she passed.
I'm afraid. my dear. shall have 10
spoil II by a most dlsenchantlng de-
nouement. II you want the truth and
nothing but the truth. However, u
you wish. Ill turn the story"
mo, no. keep to the text"
"well. the text is. that when Miss
Ceclly passed Henshaw unfortunately
had just opened his third bottle and
his sight In consequence was tribe
misty; he Just turned to his wife,
who report said clung 2 the de-
cantors almost as devotediy as her
lord. and hlccoughed drowslly-
81 say. Betty. there goes another
car case OF Thompson's. That Is TO
fourth sheep he's lost this season by
-er- -nood unlucky beggarr - 20
which Mistress Betty nodded acqules-
cence with closed eyes. The body ot
the young lady was carried unchecked
10 the mill. where. next morning, there
was not enough OF her found TO MI
even corner OF the coffin her aiillct-
cd relatives laid In the family vault.
not enough to fashion the faintest
outline OF a ghost wherein TO haunt
the Grange and hurry Mr. Hernshaw
10 remorseful self-dostrgctlon.'
Then he liyed?"
"Llyed-rather! Lived 20 marry
two other wives and die al the patri-
archal age OF ninety-three."
IT had no effect on him-the poor
/ Girls awful DEATH
"Oh. dear. yes: Il had a certain
/ effect He left the Grange the day
after the fuaeral. had a fortnighti
heavy spree In London which seemed
to have steadied his nerves ana
drowned his remorse. for before the
] end Nf the imhUAW W. WhH hNih' "N'f'Nl
as hale as ever and lndulglng In his
usual pastimes."
"uow could q woman love and dc
for such a-a-m mamie must have
been half an animal" muttercd Helen,
her eyes cleaning.
THAT'S the very remark my poor
father used 70 make when telling me
the story. Old Ronald was alive, you
know. when be was boy. and my
father has often remarked 20 me
that OF an the hldeuus bloated disrep'
utable looking old boys he had ever
seen Hernshaw OF the Grange was
the worst.and that n poor Ceclly could
have looked on her lover In his latter
days she would have bitterly rued
the fatal plunge that robbed her per
haps OF a happy useful life and a quiet
dcathbed surrounded by her chlldren's
faces"
Ito be ContlnuedD