The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-08-24

stall the escaped convict In his room. In
the strange state of society which pre-.
vailed of necessity in New South Wales
at that period, it was not unusual for
assigned servants to marry among the
free settlers, and when it was heard
that Mrs. Purfoy, the widow of a whal-
ing captain, had married John Carr, her
storekeeper, transported for embezzle-
ment, and with two years of his sen.
tence yet to run, no one expressed sur
PRISE. Indeed, when, the year after,
John Carr blossomed as an "expiree. u
master OF fine wife and a fine fortune
there We're many about him who would
nave made his existence in Australia
pleasant enough. But John Rex had no
notion OF remaining longer than he could
neip, anc ceaselessly sought means of
escape from his second prison house. For
a long time his search was unsuccess-
Iui Much as she loved the scoundrel.
Sarah Purfoy did not scruple to tell him
tnat she had bought him, and regarded
MIN as her property. He knew that if
ne made any attempt to escape from his
marriage bonds, the woman who had
risked so much to save him would nor
hesitate to deliver him over to the an
thorities.
Know you don't care for me now.
john, she said, with grim complacen.
cy; but your life is in nv hands and
If you desert me will bring Won to the
gallows" 800 - tne
In vain, in his secret eagerness to he
rid OF her, he ragged and chafed. He
was tied hand and foot. She held his
money. and her shrewd wit had more
than doubled it. She was all-powerful
ana ne could but wait until her death
or some lucky accident should rid him
OF her, and leave him free to follow ont
the scheme he had matured. "Once rid
| OF her, he thought, in his solitary r;aes
over the station of which he was Tho
| nominal owner, ''the rest is easy. sbalI
| return to England with a plausible storv
| OF snipwreck, and shall doubtless he re-.
ceived with open arms by the dear
mother from whom l have been so lono
parted Richard Devine shall have bis
own again." ms
One day the chance came to h;u
his wife was iii, and the ungr.+of,i
scoundrel stole FIVE hundred nonnd.
and, taking two horses. reached sydney
and obtained passage in a vessel horn5
for Rio. Doun'
Having escaped from thralldom, John
Rex proceeded to play for the great
stake OF his life with the utmost caution
Ihis was the tale he hit upon: He had
been saved from the burning Hydaspes
by vessel bound for Rio. Ignorant of
the death of Sir Richard, and prompted
by the pride which was known To he
leading feature of his character. he had
determined not to return, until fortune
should have bestowed upon him wealth
at least equal to the inheritance from
which he had been ousted. In Spanisb
America he had striven to accumulate
that wealth In vain. As traveller. snecu.
lator, sailor, he had toiled for fourteen
years, and had failed. Worn ont md
penitent, he had returned home to And =
corner of English earth In which to 10
his weary bones. The tale was plausfbIa
enough, and In the telling of It he was
armed at all points. There was littIe
fear that the navigator of the cantnrad
Osprey, the man who had lived In Chill
and cut out" cattle on the Carrum
Plains, would prove lacking In knowl-
edge OF riding, seamanship, or Span,sb
customs. Moreover, he had determined
upon a course of action which showed
his knowledge of human nature.
The will under which Richard Dawn.
inherited had been made when the Toe.
tator was In the first hopeful glow of
paternity. BY Its terms Lady Devine
was to receive life interest of three
thousand year In her husbands prop.
erty-which was placed in the hands of
two trustees until her eldest son died.
or attained the age of twenty-five years
When either of these events should oc-
cur, the property was to be realized.
Lady Devine receiving a sum of a hun.
dred thousand pounds, the remainder 90
ing absolutely to the son, If living. The
trustees appointed were Lady Deyine's
father, Col. Wotton Wade, and MI. ST.
las Kuaid, Sir Richards solicitor. Col
Wade before his death, had appointed
his own son, Mr.. Francis Wade. to act
in his stead. When Mr.. Quad diad
Francis Wade continued alone in his
trust. Sir Richards sister and her hus-
band, Anthony Frere, of Bristol. were
long ago dead, and their representative
Maurice Frere, content at last IN tba
lot that fortune had sent him. had given
up all thought of meddling with his nm
cle's business. John Rex, therefore. in
the person of the returned Richard. had
but two persons to satisfy-Mr. Fran
els Wade and Lady Devine.
This he found to be the easiest task
possible. Francis Wade was an Invalid
virtuoso, who detested business. and
whose ambition was to be known as a
man of taste. The possessor of small
independent income, he had resided at
North End ever since his fathers death.
When, at his sisters urgent wish. he
assumed the sole responsibility of the
estate, he put all the floating capital
into three per cents, and was content to
see the interest accumulate. Lady De-
vine had never recovered the shock of
tn circumstances attending Sir Richards
death, and clinging to the belief In her
sons existence, regarded herself as the
mere guardian of his interests, to be
displaced at any moment by his sudden
return. The retired pair lived thus to-
gether, and spent in charity and bric-a-
brac about fourth of their mutual in
come. By both of them the return of
the Wanderer was hailad with dal;oh+