Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-14

would have taken Babe Rupert from Kate,
but she would not permit me.
He shall be carried into his fathers
house for the first time by his fathers
wife, she said, simply and determnedIy.
And indeed. there was certain fitness in
1t after all, which 1 could not help but ac-
knowledge.
So We passed up grand staircase on and
on. l saw down long dim vistas servants
gliding with downcast heads and silent feet
here and there, making not a sound on the
thlCk carpets. There was a curiously pleas
ant smell Of old rose leaves and furniture
polish everywhere, and then came a lighted
room and tall, gaunt angular man
whom had never seen before, rose to
This is Mr.. McCrosty. my lawyer" said
JChh: also Tor many years that of the
GIendonwyn family though my father has
recently been ill enough advised to supplant
him" -''--'
Then. turning to Kate, he introduced the
o!d man specially to her. She stood up tall
ana straight. with a grave, simple dignity
something like ancient statue in her
pose, which l marveled much to see n
was perfectly wonderful how the conscious
ness of being Rupert Glendonwyn's wife
upheld her all through that night. Mr. Nc
Frosty seated himself on the far side of a
kind of table. crossed his legs and pursed
MS llpS as II he was going to whistle
MI dlendonWyn is very seriously i'll >"
ne began, with curious little whistle in
ms voice at the end of every sentence or
so. the effect of which was truly remark
able contrasting as it did with the dignity
oil his manner and the gravity of his com
mun1cations. L learned afterward that in
his youth Mr.. McCrosty had been a great
stammerer. and had cured himself by AL
ways whistling bar of Duncan Grey or
some other Scots ditty as often as he came
to a standstill. Having been summoned
therefore, to the bedside of my ancient
friend and patron, and consulted as to what
was his best course in these painful circuu-
stances. took it upon me to remind him
that justice was a condition of repentance
and that PREPARATION and honest dealing mis-
became no man. If he We're satisfied that
his son Rupert had left lawful issue the
matter should not be left hanging in the
wind one single moment Having, moreover
been informed by Mr.. John Glendonwyn
(who did me the honor to make me his con-
hdant In the matter some time ago. that
the young lady's father had destroyed an
important, though, happily, not indispen-
sable document 1 advised Mr.. John Glen
donwyn to apply directly to one of the two
witnesses of the marriage still alive and
accessible-that is, to Miss Fairlfe Glendin-
ning-which he did.
1t is not necessary to continue Mr. Nc
Crosty's somewhat long-winded statement
which, indeed. amounted to little more than
that Mr.. Gregory Glendonwyn desired to
own his sons child publicly as the heir to
his estates, and that in this he was being
heartily supported by his surviving son,
Mr.. John.
The lawyer having finished, We were
forthwith ushered upstairs into a great,
dimly lighted room, in which was Mr.
Gregory Glendonwyn, looking pale and
worn, his noStrils thin as almost to be
transparent. and his eyes cavernous and
dark. He was lying al full length on a bed
propped up with pillows. He had about
him loose dressing gown of some fine wool
of a brownish hue, while DIR. Warner, look
ing like a sallow specter thin, erect and
colorless bleachcd bone. stood a little
apart gazing at him with those sinister
eyes of his
Another man of lawyer-like appearance
the same Mr.. Ingalls, who had formerly
made himself so prominent in the ecclesi-
aStical affairs of the parish. sat at desk
with a second sheaf of papers before him.
Mr.. Glendonwyn nodded to us as we came
in opening his eyes, indeed, at sight of
Veronica, but, like his son, taking no OBJ
lection to her presence, and, indeed, max
ing remark upon IT.
Mr.. McCrosty nodded over to his brother
lawyer. as much to intimate, "Au set
let proceed
Whereupon Mr.. Ingalls, rose and said:
1T is the wish of Mr. GIendonwyn that
the marriage of his late son, Rupert Glen
donwyn, to Catherine, Kate, Glendin-
ming should be put beyond possible dispute
| have therefore drawn up a paper embody-
ing statement Of the facts which will be
attested by one of the two witnesses, DIR.
Harold Warner OF Kilgour. This document
l will now proceed to read"
This when he had finished II, proved to
De brief but perfectly exact statement of
what had occurred in connection with the
Joined met ical record of Dr. Warmers
several visits to Inch Jonef opd 90 t,. hI.&h