The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-03-12
CHAPTER v1I.-(continued.,

wang lauy Wnom ne had seen hrst In hi
father'e house, His establishment wa
great, but the young lady's surprise wa
still more strongly marked. She stopped
ciasped her hands together, and lhel
came on again, with two large clear gra.
eyes distended.
mr.. Culwick! you In Worcester! You
have repented; you are going to you
fatherY
Reuben shook his head and smiled
little.
You are q foolish fellow" she said
and almost as strange man as you
Father is. Are you still living down thai
wretched street in CamberwellT'
can only afford to live In wretched
Streets" was the reply.
What has brought you to Worcester? p
ITO see Aunt Eastbell," he replied
and to discover, IL possible, the mystery
OF my second-cousin Sarah. They nre
my relatives; / am more interested In
them than can explain. MAY | ask
In return what Aunt Hastbell and my sec.
ond-cousin has to do with youT
am interested In them more than
! can explain" was the arch answer;
''that's ALL"
II wish you would explain something.
VINO are you, to begin with p
Ah, that's not worth elucidationr she
said. IF | tell you that"tmy name is
Holland, will that make the position any
1T might" said Reuben, quickly. my
father yished me to marry a Miss Hol-
land once, young lady whom had new
CT seen' and whom I was to take upon
trust. Are you the ladyT
eyes, SIR"
And have you married my father In
stead or meW he asked, satirlcally,
Il would not marry either of Won for
twice your fathers money" she said,
frankly. II am simply his housekeeper'
at housekeeper's wage. NV father was
his best friend, and your father has been
kind to me, in his odd way, since nv
fathers death"
And now," said Reuben, Twill you OK
pam why you are interested In Aunt
naStbell, why the girl who has deserted
ner corresponds with your why you pass
yourself on as the niece of that old
woman who has left us2"
III work backward, If you will allow
me, she said, Il call myself Miss Mug
geridge because the name Of Holland is
Familiar to your aunt. The girl CORE.
9ponds with me because she knows that
i read her letters to her grandmother,
and that am the grandmother's friend
while she 10 away. am interested in
Mrs. NRstbell, and feel for the utter lone
Illness In which she 10 left by her friends.
! have been interested In Mrs. Eastbell
FOR some years now, for the matter of
that"
Indeed! and her granddaughter. Sarah
@aBtbell, alsoT"
"Of late dayS-a little. She was not
very gracious to me-she never cared to |
see me here. When 6he got into trouble, |
shs thought that she would make me her !
but It was too late"
When abe got into trouble!' echoed
what trouble was that2"
Come with me, and I'll show you"
She led the way out Of st. Oywald's
into the Tithlng, crossed the road to the
corner or the street leading to the prison.
and pointed to the wall, In which several
bills were posted. One was to the effect
that reward Of Ave pounds was offered
FOR the apprehension Of Sarah EastbeII, i,
late of Worcester, who had conspired
with others for the unlawful issue of spu-
Eious coin.
Reuben stared with amusement at the
placard.
1T 10 well that the old woman ia
blind" he murmured. II did not think 1t
was so bad as this"
Neither Is it."
"You mean that"
"That her brother is at the bottom Of
e You don't know what a scamp he Ia.
Suppose2 He gave her the money, I be-
ieve. She offered sovereign In all good
taith-it was detected az false coin
she was asked where aha lived. and how
she became possessed Of 1t, and she took
fright and ran away"
"1s she with her brotherT
Yes. She wrote to me without Civ
ng her address, stating that she must
remain with her brother Thomas for n
Whlle' lie was In business, and was TAX
ne care of her. She left Grandmother
Gastbell In my charge, she said. It's n
she added, "but l have
accepted It,"
Reuben related the story of his dis
.oTery Of Sarah Eastbell, of her Fight
rom him, and the way In which he had ,
ost her In the gardens Of Ssxe-Gotha !
Mss Holland reflected for a few mo-
nents, then she said:
Il wonder II her brother nerforma .
here. He is an acrobat at times. When
10 was first In prison, he was arrested !
n his tumbler's dress" :
I'm prison--an acrobatT' :
Reuben Culwick remembered ar once
he tumbler who had been spinning round c
n the slack rope at the Saxe-Gotha.
Vhen he had first entered the gardens I
;ould that be Tom Eastbell, the scam :
vho had brought his sister into Difficult.
les, who had caused her to fly from
Worcester, In order to escape the charge
( uttering base coin2
On the following evening Reuben Cul- G
Vick was in the Saxe-Gotha gardens !
gain, waiting patiently for the appear =
nee of signor Vizzobini, who had post
oned his departure for Turin for six i
lights, by special request of the nobility, =
entry and public In general, and who :
'as announced to appear every evening /
t half-past nine In his highly graceful !,
nd artistic entertainment, as perform
before all the crowned heads of Bu- 7
ope, to the immense delight and mani
est satisfaction of every crowned head +
mong them.