Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-10-01
81 was to have an appointment under
government Of f20O year at least"

81 was to have an appointment under
government of f200 q year at least"
"Well?"
81 was to have 1t directly after the
marriage. That was the promise. I
have it in writing"
"And you have not got itr
"No. and shall not get it. When I
claimed 1t. his lordship asked me to
read the promise. showed it to him. I
had kept it carefully in my pocketbook.
On the marriage of Lord Fylingdale
with Miss Molly What do you think
he said? Oh. villain, villain!'
"What did he sayT
"He said: Hold there, my friendl
ION the marriage" Very well, I say
that | am not married to that lady.
Very oddly, the lady swears that she is
not married to me. Now, when that
lady acknowledges the marriage I will
fulfill my promise. That is fair, is 1t
notY Then lost my head and forgot
his rank and my position, and the next
moment / was knocked into the street
by his lackeys without salary. without
anything. Oh, villain, villain"
1t seemed as If there was here some
opening, of what nature l knew not
However, l spoke seriously to Sam.
pointed out that In introducing bro
ken gamester, profigate, man Of no
honor or principle. the companion Of
profligates and gamesters, to the SIM
pie folk Of Lynn, who were ready to be-
lieve anything, be had himself been
guilty Of an act more villainous even
than the breaking Of this contract. l
gave him, however. q guinea for pres
ent necessities. and promised him 5
guineas more If he would write his
tory of the whole business so far as he
was concerned. And I undertook to
leave this m oney with my cousin, the
bookseller, to be paid over to him on
receiving the manuscript
And. this business arranged. had
nothing more to do with London.
had been. however. as you shall pres
emily learn. more successful than | N.Y.
self understood. for had learned by
actual presence the daily life and con-
yersation of this noble lord. and had
laid the foundation for proof Of the
conspiracy to disguise his true charac-
ter. and, what was much more impor.
tant. I had unwittingly fired the mind
Of the mysterious woman herself with
resentment and jealousy.
We were now. indeed. although we
knew 1t not. very near to the end Of
these troubles.
| returned with the satisfaction Of
bringing with me the confession Of the
conspiracy which we had long known.
Still 1t Is one thing to know Of q con-
spiracy and quite another thing to
have q plain confession by one Of the
chief conspirators. You may Imagine
that the poet was not long in writing
out full and complete confession and
In claiming the guipeas Of my cousin.
who took the liberty Of reading the
document and Of witnessing his sigma
ture before he gave up the money.
One after the other the victims Of
Lord Fyllngdale's perfdy and Of their
own wickedness came over. so to speak,
to the other side. impelled by rage and
the desire for revenge. and made con-
fesSion. The first was our old friend
Sam; the second was Colonel Lanyon.
Like the poet. he also fell upon evil
days Rut. less lucky than Sam. he
had lost his liberty and was now pris.
oner for debt in the Kings Bench pris-
on.
The voice Of the third confederate
followed 1t was a voice from the
tomb. Sir Henry Malyns. the poor old
beau who had lived for 80 years In
the wGrl OF fashion. who had spent
his patrinony and had In the end been
reduced to the miserable work Of de-
coy as you have heard. was at last
summoned to render all account Of bis
life He rppented OF bis degradation
as the secret servant Of Lord Fyling-
dale: he rrpentcd OF his share In the
deception whick.lpd to the promise, If
not the performance. Of marriage be-
tween his patron and Miss Molly. And
he dictated to some one who attended
him In his last moments brief note,
which was accepted In the spirit OF for
givpneSS which he desired.
Next came the Rev. Benjamin Pur-
den. \. ~. In q truly impudent letter to
Captain Crowle. which the captain read
to us all The reverend gentleman ex.
posed the whole scheme.
TO BE CONTINUED.