The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-01-10
A Brave Coward.
By Robert Louis Stevenson.
By Robert Louis Stevenson.
CHAPTER ".


CHAPTER ".
This was my wife's story, as l drew
q from her among tears.and sobs. Her
name was Clara Huddlestone; it sound
ed very beautiful in my ears, but not
so beautiful as that other name of
Clara Cassilis, which she wore during
the longer and, 1, thank God, the hap
pier portion of her life. Her father,
Bernard Huddlestone, had been a pri-
vate banker in a very large way OF
business. Many years before, his af-
fairs becoming disordered, he had been
led to try dangerous, and at last, GRIM
inal, expedients to retrieve himself
from ruin. All was in vain; he be-
came more and more, cruelty involved,
and found his honor lost at the same
moment with his fortune.
About this period frorthmour had
been counting his daughter with great
assiduity, though with small encour-
agement. and to him, knowing him
thus disposed in his favor. Bernard
Huddlestone turned for help in his ex-
tremity. It was not merely ruin and
dieh0nor, nor merely a legal condem-
nation, that the unhappy man had
brought on his head. 1t seems he could
nave gone to prison with a light heart.
What he feared-what kept him awake
It night or recalled him from slumber
into frenzy-was some secret, sudden
and unlawful attempt upon his life.
Hence. he desired to bury his exist
ence and escape to one of the islands
IN the South Pacific, and it was in
Northmour's yacht, the Red Earl. that
he designed to 60.
The yacht picked them up clandes-
timely upon the coast OF Wales, and
had once more deposited them at Gra-
dep, till she could be reftted and pro-
visioned for the longer voyage Nor
could Clara doubt that her hand had
been stipulated as the price Of pas
sage. For, although Northmour was
neither unkind nor discourteous, he
had shown himself in several instances
somewhat overbold in speech and nan
ner.
I listened, / need not say, with fxed
attention. and put many questions as
70 the more mysterious part. 1t was in
vain. She had no clear idea OF what
the blow was, nor OF how it was ex-
pected to fall. Her fathers alarm was
nnfelgned and physically prostrating.
and he had thought more than once
ct making an unconditional surrender
70 the police. But the scheme was
0nally abandoned, for he was convinc-
ga that not even the strength of our
English prisons could shelter him from
M pursuers.
h had had many affairs with Italy,
and with Italians resident in London,
a the later years Of his business; and
thess last, ~ Clara fancied. were
somehow connected with the doom that
threatened him. He had shown great
terrOr ct the presence Of an Italian
eeAman on board the Red Earl, and
had bitterly and repeatedly accused
N0rthmOur In consequence. The lat
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