Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-08-12


young stockbrDker. Bat his name she
never told me. Still, TO speak fair. he
was good to her all through, for when
at last he got married he settled PEN
sion ON her for life, and to go on to
their child as long as she was unmaT-
ried. 1t was wnen he married that
Mabel went as Mrs. Marsh to live at
Nettledale, SIR
"Ysu kept up some communication
with your sister then?" asked Mr..
Digby.
Very little. even after that" said
Crewe, grufny: @for one thing, it took
all my time to keep business straight
not in this part of town, 1t wasn't then.
And to mend matters when Bella was
over four-and-twenty, gets letter
from her mother to tell me about her
mink of gal and Gale. Mabel was
frantic at the disgrace that must come
on them soon In the village il the girl
didn't go away for months, and implor-
ed me to take her somewhere away.
/ was just mad with Bella, and I went
down one night to see to it. No, the
Jade would not marry Gale, not shei
She'd go away, of course. till all was
over, and then do far better than mar
rying Gale. / tell you that gave it her
hot and strong; but for Mabel's sake,
l arranged to send Arabella to a; quiet
Cornish village had once been at it as
a lad"
''Penmolton, you mean?"
Yes, sir. She went off down there to
board at small farmhouse, and a
month after l got letter from her; as
been hardened woman of fifty. She
told me how she had infatuated and got
engaged to rich young gentleman, and
was to be married to him on the next
Monday. But, says she, she'd told him
a bevy OF lies about her mother being
dead, her father being in London. and
would come down to give her away;
she was so awfully afraid this young
chap would suspect or find out about
her birth and bark off at once. She
begged me awful hard to some at once,
and give her away as being her father,
all square-like, and shSG pay me three
hundred pounds directly she was safe
married. It would be such splendid
thing for us all, she said, and cover all
about Gale, past and to come. IF I
round on me, and tell Erleston.
wasn't to tell Mabel neither, because
Bella wrote she would tell; and besides,
says she, you know, Uncle George it's
sort of fraud like, and no one must
know, come what may. Erleston could
put us in prison If he knew" And
reckon he might. eh?"
ut was conspiracy and fraud, GER
tainly," said the lawyer, dryly. well,
go on; have you that letter."
Rather, sir, and others, so as IL she
sneaked, l shouldn't go down alone,
dye see?"
you were nice pair, certainly"
said the other, coolly. Eyes, you did
the job?'
Eyes, the money and the chance to
hide everything under this marriage,
made me consent, and l went down in
time You know what followed, you
say? Ha! ha! She was sold after all,
and sarve her right too. for Gale to up
set her applicant. So she and had to
push off to Australia. but IN a month
she went off, and I've never seen nor
heard of her since, and don't want to,
you bet" said George, emphatically.
shes no good, wherever she is-or
isn't. Now I'll give you the letters"
Thank you. You shall have them
all safe back, Mr.. Crewe, from us
Grove and Co., of Stonebuildings, you
know. l am the company, you know"
81 guess l don't care for EN- back"
returned George, CURLY, as ne unlock
ed drawer in an old bureau and
brought out an old pocket-book. Here
you are, sir. Look before you cash
cash down your second fiver.'
Mr. Digby did look very deliberately
at each letter, then secured the pocket
book with Crewes letters, and laid an
other 1--WE pounds down as he rose.
''We are greatly obliged to you, Mr..
Crewe," he said, land you will hear