Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-06

SYNOPSIS of Preceding Chapters:
lord Wareham had been brought nome
rom the hunting field with ms neck
oken, and young Lady Wareham n
rried less than year-had met the
eful procession as 1t enterea she
Use. The consequence was that sne
lay in peril of her life, while another
sfill more precious to the family
tune and future. was trembling IN the
pnce. The verdict of the doctor was
there was little hope. for, either
her or child Should the doctors
my prediction be fulfilled the man
ON Lady Mary Blandon-the splnsteT
er Of the Duke Of Leicester-despis sfa
and estates. She and Mr. saver,
ke who acted as sort of confidential
ERIK to the Duke. concoct scheme TO
rustrate this A certain document Whcn
sayernake extracted from the pockets OF
1prd Wareham. revealed that woman,
20: claims to be his wife. has come TO
k In the neighborhood to ascertain
neither the reports of his second mar
Ice. are true, and acquainting him OF
- birth of twins-two boys. Whilst
Pnd Lady Mary, they conspire together
~ effect out of it way out of the
ffculty which lies before them. This
nothing less than the exchange OF the
oung Lord Wareham the moment ne
mould die for one of the infants or TINS
orange woman. This is accomplished by
ySavernake, the woman consenting with
various stipulations. To the Arrangement
whom Lady Mary ingeniously got out of
the way, little Lord Wareham got better
IN remarkably short time. We are next
introduced to Randall Palgrave, at the
coming of age OF the Duke. when a
grand ball is given at Lurlwortn ToWers.
His mind is full of bitter thoughts as ne
PAGES the picture gallery and inWardly
comments upon how near he had come
to the dukedom Maurice, the Duke, be-
comes acquainted at college with young
Blandon, and Randall has a good reason
friendship.
belonged to a rapid. caId-playing, hard
drinking set of young men, most of them
much older than he, and through ms
been drawn into it as well. With such
feeble constitution as Leicester's no
way of life could have been more in
grave had calculated. If the young man
married. all his efforts of the last ten
years would have beer, in vain. History
heir. and whether the Duke lived or died
Randall Palgraves fate would be the
fhonnded The attentions which the pu 6t
Ain O'Neill--called up all the bitterness
\ his nature. The Princess promises TO
the wife of Maurice, not because she
les the Duke but because she is poor.
sees in such a marriage way of
ping the poor people of kildaragh, for
pm she would have given her life
Duke takes her upon these terms.
effect of this upon Palgrave is to
denly bring to his mind his posses
of the ''Moated Grange" dilap-
ed house on the banks of the Thames;
h had been left him by the departed
Z. This he seeks to have furnished IiL,s ed
renovated, the money for which he
bws from the Duke himself. Some
after Henley Week the Duke goes
IL dinghy up the river to keep an
intment with his fiancee, who is
ng with her guardians at the Moated
ge, and takes note of a particularly
erous part of the river, where, he
YES to himself, man coming home
Rt night might have a nasty acct
Md he decided to beware The fol-
morning was brought the terrible
at the Dukes dinghy had been
Ra ting bottom upwards, and that
f:garette- ease, with his mon
og7dAln di0 cOronet, had bSen picked up.
Savernake with Failure" wit large be-
fore his eyes, determines nod to see the
efforts of q years thrown avN by without
making a last stand. and proposes to out
wit the heir to the title by finding the
other child, the twin brother 1.-THE Duke.