The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-02-24
The Mystery Of
Edwin brood
CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY

it. an evident indifference TO the taste OF
what he took, suggesting that ne ate and drank
TO fortify himself against any other failure OF the
spirits, far more than 10 crafty his palate
Mr.. Grtwgious in the meantime sat upright, with
expression in mis- face, and hard kind Of
imperturbably polite protest all over him; as
though he would have said in reply 10 some
invitation To discourse: Il couldn't originate
the faintest approach to observation on any
subject whatever, l thank YOU"
do you know" said Jasper when he had
pushed away his plate and glass. and had sat
medleating for a few minutes: do you know
that find some crumbs Of comfort in the COM
niunieaton with which you have so much
DO your returned Mr. Grewgious; pretty
plainly adding the unspoken clause; i don l.
After recovering from the shock of a piece
OF news OF my dear boy, so entirely uheNPeSteu,
and 50 destructive Of ali the castles L had built
it; yes
u shall be glad to pick up your crumbs" said
rs there not. or Is there-if deceive myself,
tell me so, and shorten my paints there not,
or is there. hope that, finding himself in this
new position; an becoming sensitively alive TO
the awkward burden and explanation IN TINS
quarter and that. and the other, with which it
would load him; he avoided the aWk"ardness'
such thing might be-" said Mr.. Grewgious,
such thing has been 1 have heard of
cases in which people. rather than face seven
days wonder and have to account for them
selves to the idle and Impairment have taken
themselves away. and been long unheard Of
= believe such things have happened, said
Mr. Grewgious, pondering still.
When had, and could have, suspicion
pursued Jasper. eagerly following the new track,
that the dear lost boy had withheld anything
from me-almost of ali, such a leading matter
as this-what CLEAN of light was there for me
in the whole LiacL skv? When / supposed that
his intended wife was here and his marriage
close at hand, how could / entertain the pos
sibility of his voluntarily leaving this place
/
caprieious and cruel? But now that know what
You have told me- is there no little chink
through which day pierces? Surprising him TO
have disappeared of his own act. is not his dis.
The fact of his having just parted from your
ward, IS in itself sort of reason for his going
away. 1t does not make his mysterious depar
ture the less cruel TO me, it is true; but 1t re-
Mr. GrewgioUs could not but assent to this.
And even to me- continued Jasper, still
pursuing the track with ardour and
he did so. Frightening with hope; he knew
that you were coming to me- he knew that you
were instructed to tell me what you have told
train Of thought in my perplexed mind, it rea-
sonaoly follows that from the same premises.
should draw Grant that he did foresee them;
and even the cruelty TO me-and who am Il
John Jasper Music Master. vanishesr'-
sent TO this.
} Il nave hal my distrusts, and terrible dis
trusts they have been" said Jasper; but your
/ disclosure, oVerpowering as il was at first
showing me that my own dear hoy had had a
great Disappointing reservation from me- who
so fondly loved him, kindles within me. You
/ do not extinguish it when L state il, but admit
/ ii to be a reasonable hope. L begin to believe
It possible" here he elasped his hands: that
| his own accord. and that he may yet be alive
and we'll
! Mr.. Crisparkle came in at the moment. To
/ whom Mr.. Jasper repeated
Il begin to believe it possible that he may
have disappeared of his own accord. and may
Nj Mr. cri So ,S taking seat and nauiTing
he had just set forth. If they had been less
! plausible than they were, the good Minor
/ Canons mind would have been in a state Of
preparation to receive them. exculpatory Of
his unfortunate pupil. But he; too, did really
having been, Immediately before his dsap-
pearance, placed in new and embarrassing re-
projects and affairs; and in fact seemed to him
to present the question in a new light
Il stated to Mr.. SaQsea, when We waited on
| there quarrel difference between the
two young men at their last meeting We all
/ very far from amicable; but all went smoothly
| and quietly when they We're last together at
my house. My dear boy was not in his usual
| spirits: he was depressed-I noticed that-and- 1
| stance the more, now that l know there was a
special reason for his being depressed: a rea-
SOD, more3veT which may possibly have induced
Il pray to Heaven it may turn out sou ex-
claimed Mr. Crsparkle
Il pray to Heaven it may turn out sol'' re-
peated Jasper. You knOw-and Mr. GrewgiOus
should now know Kkewise-that 1 took great
arising out OF his furious conduct on that FIRST
occasion. You know that / came TO you, ex-
! of his mad violence You know that 1 even
| entered in my Diary. and showed the entry to
you. that had dark forebodings against him.
Mr.. Grewsious ought to be possessed of the
preston of mine, be informed of a part of il
and kept in ignorance Of another part of it,
the communcati6n he has made to me- has hope
fully influenced my mind, in spite of its having
been. before this mysterious occurrence took
| place. Impressed
Landess'
This fairness troubled the Minor Canon much
He felt that he not open in his owr
dealing He charged against himself reproach-
fully that ne had suppressed, so far the two
points of second strong outbreak of temper
against Edwin brood on the part of Neville and
Of the passion of jealousy having to his own
certain knowledge, famed up in Nevile's breast
against him. He convinced OF Nevie's in
and yet so many little circumstances Combine
so wofully against him. that he dreaded TO add
two more to their cumulative weight. He was
among the truest men; but he had been balanc.
ing in his mind much to its distress. whether his
volunteering to tell these two fragments OF
truth, at this time. would not be tantamount tC
truth
However. here was model before him. He
hesitated no longer. Addressing Mr.. Grewgious
as one placed in authority by the revelation
he had brought to bear on the mystery land sur.
passngly Angular Mr.. Grewgious became wher
he found himself in that unexpected postion)
Mr.. Crisparke bore his testimony to Mr.. Jas
pers strict sense of justice. and expressing his
absolute confidence in the complete clearance of
his pupil from the least faint of suspicion, soon
er later, avOwed that his confidence in that
yourg gentleman had been formed, in spite OF
his CONFIDENTIAL knowledge that his temper was
Of the hottest and hercest, and that it wa;
directly incensed against Mr. Jaspers nephew
by the circumstance of his Economically suppos
ing himself to be enamOred Of the yOunl
lady The sangune reaction manifest in Mr.
Jasper was proof even against this unlocked fol
declaration. 1t turned him paler; but he re-
peated that he would cling to the hope that ht
had derived from Mr.. GrewgiOus; and that If M
trace of his dear boy We're. found, leading tC
the dreadful inference that he had been made
away with, he would cherish until the las
stretch of possibility the idea that he might have
abSconded of his wild Will
New, IL fell out that Mr.. -Crisparkle goine
away from this conference still very uneasy il
his mind and very much troubled on behalf
of the young whom he held as a kind OF
prisoner in his own house. took memorable
night walk.
He walked to Cloisterham Weir.
He often did so, and consequently there wa.
nothing remarkable in his footsteps tending tina
way. But the preoccupaton Of his mind 81
hindered him from planning any walk. or takine
heed Of the objects he passed, that his frs
| consciousness Of being near the Weir. was de
rived from the sound Of the falling water clos,
at hand
How did / come herei' his first thought
why did l come herer' was his second
| Then, he stood intently listening to the water
| A familiar passage in his reading, about an,
| tongues that syllable mems names, un
hidden to his ear, that he put IL from him Will
ais hand as II II were tangible.
| 1t was starlight. The Weir full tw,
| miles above the spot To which the young mel
had been made UP here. for the tide had beer
I running strongly down, at that time of tn
| night OF Christmas Eve and the likeliest places
| for the discovery of a body If a fatal acciden
both when the tide ebbed, and when ii fowes
again-between that spot and the sea. Tn