The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-10-24

lfyllngdale, who did not step forward
and claim her rights? Now, madam,
the question is answered. You knew.
but my lord did not know, that the
| bride could not come to the church.
You were there therefore to take her
| place. You joined in this conspiracy
and kept silence for the reasons con-
tanned in this document''
quite so. And now, sir, what next?
Will you bring my lord to justice?
Shall have to give evidence against
| him?'
Madam, know not. You have done
your best, not so much to repair a
great wrong as to stop further wrong.
| II l understand matters Alright, it will
be impossible to recover anything that
has been taken"
''You might as well hope to recover
a sack Of Goals already burned"
therefore, what we have to do first
is to stop further pillage. Next, ap-
prehend, we must make it clear that
your signature in the register was
false"
Lady Anastasia rose and put on her
domino again.
81 am going back to London, sir.
My house is in Hanover square, where
l am to be heard Of for the present. It
was bad days work when was mar
! rled in that pink cloak. 1t may prove
worse days work when confessed"
may. madam" said quietly. "Can
it be bad days work to stop cruel
and unfeeling robbery?"
Il have done my part. gentlemen,
for good or for i'll. In a few weeks or
months the man would have beggared
himself as we'll as that poor girl. Now
he is beggared already. I know not
what he will do nor whittier he will
turn
So led her back to the Crown, and
that same day she took her departure,
and I have never seen her since. One
letter. it is true, l had from her, of
which will tell you in due course
Then I returned to Mr.. Redman.
Jack he said, 81 am going without
further discussion to warn the mana
ger not to send any more money to
orders. l shall write at once warning
them that we have now in our hands
clear proof that my client is not mar
ried to Lord Fylingdale and that we
are now considering in what manner
we should proceed with regard to the
large sums that have been RENTED by
his orders. This, Jack, is the way of
lawyers. We write such letter, know
ing that we shall not proceed further
in this direction, for the scandal
would be very great and the profit
would be very small. Besides, there is
the awkward fact that we made no
protest, but submitted. Yet sure and
certain am that the other side will
not dare to 60 into court, being con-
scious of guilt, yet not knowing how
much we have learned.''
My story is nearly finished. Molly
recovered her freedom, with the loss
of by far the greater part of her for
tune. She had, indeed, nothing left ex-
cept her fleet and the trade carried on
by the firm in which she was sole part
ner. Still she remained the richest wo-
man in the town.
Here follows the letter from the
Lady Anastasia. my dear Jack" she
said, news reaches Lynn slowly, if it
gets there at all; therefore / hasten to
inform you that an end has come. per-
haps the end that you would desire.
My lord is no more. l am a widow.
Yet mourn not. My husband during
the last II months had acted as one no
longer in command of himself. | can
not think, indeed. that he had been in
his right mind since he entered upon
that great crime of which you know.
He would have gone from bad to worse,
and should have suffered more and
still more. He killed himself. He
placed the muzzle of a pistol within
his mouth and so killed himself.
1T was yesterday. l went to see
him. had to tell him what l had
done. expected he would Kill me.
. B.,