Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1899-04-15
CHAPTER TX.

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self.revealcd by the family likeness %
Herbert's brother, Randall Linley was
nevertheless greatly Herbert's inferior In
personal appearance. His features were
In no way remarkable for manly beauty.
In stature, he hardly reached the middle
height; and, young az he was, either bad
habit or physical weakness had 10 affect.
cd the upper part Of his figure that be
stopped.
Have you seen q new face among 10
since you returnedT' were bis sister.in.
laws Arst words. Randall answered that
he had seen Miss Westerfield. The In.
evitable question followed. What did he
think Of herf
"l'll tell you In q week or two more"
he replied.
mo! tell me at once"
II don't like trusting my first impress.
sions; I have bad habit Of Jumping to
conclusions"
"Jump to q conclusion now, to please
me-"
Randall smiled and gave way. "Your
governess," he replied, "looks out Of
health, and strikes me % being insignia.
cant and ugly. Let us see what our fine
air and our easy life will do for her.
He went into the library and returned
with his letters. "This will amuse Kitty"
he said, handing to his sister.in.law q
New York newspaper, to which she had
already referred In speaking to her hus.
band.
Mrs. Linley examined the engraving
and turned back again to look once more
at an illustration which had interested
her. A paragraph on the same page
caught her attention. She had hardly
glanced at the first words before q cry
Of alarm escaped her. dreadful news
for Miss WcsterRcld!" she exclaimed.
Read II, Randall"
He read these words:
1.-THE weeks list Of insolvent traders
includes an Englishman named James
Bellbridge, formerly connected with dis.
reputable saloon In this city. Bellbridge
IL under suspicion Of having caused the
death Of bis wife, In at Of delirium tre-
mems. The unfortunate woman had been
married, for the first time, to one of the
English aristocracy-the Honorable Rod.
erick Observation-Disclosures trial for casting
away q ship under his command excited
considerable interest In London some
years since. The melancholy circum.
stances Of the case are complicated by
the disappearance. on the day Of the muir.
der, OF the woman's young son By her first
husband. The poor boy IL supposed to
have run away In terror from bis misera.
BILE home, and the police IRE cndcavoring
to discover some trace of him. 1t II re.
ported that another child Of the first mar.
rage IL living In England. But nothing
10 known about her."
SERIOUS news for Miss Westerfield, al
you say" Randall resumed. "And, AZ ]
think, serious news for ~. Here IL q
mere girl-a poor, friendless creature
absolutely dependent on our protection
| It was thought necessary to break the
news to Miss Westerfeld, and this Miss
Linley did herself as gently % possible
Randall awaited bis sister.in.law's return
from the governess' room.
| After much shorter absence than Ran
dial anticipated, Mrs. Linley returned
HAS 1t been very distrcssing?" he asked
seeing the traces of tears In her eyes.
"There are noble qualities" she an
swered. "in that poor ill.used gorl. All
she asked was to be left In her room FOL
the rest Of the day. ! feel sure Of hel
resolution to control herself; and yet
should like to encourage her II I can. Hel
|
who has so shamefully neglected her-but
for the poor little brother, a castaway
lost In strange land. Can We do moth
ing to relieve her anXiety"
II can write." Randall said, ito a mar
whom know In New York, a lawyer II
large practice"
"The very person We want! Write
pray write by to.day's post"
The letter was dispatched. 1t was de
cided-and wisely decided. as the result
showed-to say nothing to Sydney unit
the answer was received. Randars cor
respondent wrote back with as little della!
rs possible. He had made every inquiry
without success. Not a trace of the DO.
had been found. The one event that Ia,
happened, since the appearance Of tn
paragraph In New York newspaper, wa
the confinement of James Bellbridge in al
asylum as mailman under restraint
without hope Of recovery.
ITO be continued.)