The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-08-08
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
By WILLARD MACKENZIE
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the subject OF the lover; but constance
again peremptorily forbade IL. On the
third, about midday, a brougham drove
up to the school, and the coachman pre-
scented note, purporting to be from Mrs.
Grierson to her daughter. Its purport
was that Constance must return home
Immediately her father was dangerously
i'll. Constance, looking very pale and
agitated, had got into the carriage and
was driven away.
After pursuing the London road for
mile or two, the carriage suddenly took
an opposite direction. The sequel may be
guessed; the note was desperate ruse,
suggested and, as far as the writing OF the
note was concerned, carried out by Ellen.
to place the heiress in the hands of her
employer, Parsons. The young lady was
conveyed to solitary house, the abode
of friend of the abductor, where the hrst
person who greeted her was her PREACHER
GUS friend. Every effort was made to
coax and then to force her into mar
riage, but she resisted with power OF
will that no one would have given her
credit for. Instead of the hundred pounds
he had promised her upon the day the
heiress was placed in his power, Parsons
gave Ellen but twenty, and. when she re-
monstrated, coolly informed her that IT
was all he intended to give, and that II
she did not take it quietly he would IN
form against her as the forger of the let
ter summoning Constance home.
Ellen took the twenty pounds, and then
sat down and wrote letter TO Mr. Grier-
son, informing him of his daughters as
appearance from the school ana or ner
whereabouts Having thus revenged her
self. she made her way to, London. In
few hours after the receipt OF the
news, Mr.. Grierson was upon the spot
and it was With the utmost difficulty that
Parsons and the owner OF the house sue
ceeded in making their escape. In ner
letter Ellen had insnuated that 1t was
voluntary elopement; and as SUCH MIS-.
| Grierson, to her dying hour, believed 1t TO
be- 1t entirely turned her heart against
her daughter; and, being worked upon
| by her cousin Wylie, was the immediate
| cause of that strange, harsh VIII, which
was framed to guard against the young
yirl forming any hasty or unworthy al
lance.
This is my secret" wrote Constance,
| in the concluding paragraph or her letter
1T has given me many bitter hour'
many a fearful, sleepless night.
Little did Mrs. Grierson suspect that
her cousin Wylie was the concocter OF the
whole plot that he it was who first pro
| posed to Parsons to try and make run
away match with the heiress, and VINO al
forwards supplied him with the means OF
carving her off, Knowing the stern DIS
nosifion of the mother, Wylie well knew
that if his plan succeeded, she would most
surely disinherit the daughter, and tha'
in such a case a portion of the large LOT
tune must accrue to him.
| Of Ellen Jenkins, Constance neither
saw nor heard any more. Weary OF the
restrictions and the monotony of her LIE
and longing to plunge Into the grea
world Ellen had ben most willing IN
strument in the hands of a desperate ad
yanturer like Parsons. To return to the
school was impossible; and so, at 10, she
resolved to seek her fortune in world o.
which she knew nothing, save from BOOKS
Wandering and wondering for the mrs.
time through the streets of the great me
tropolis. her eye presently fell upon
large nlacard in a fashionable hairdress
er's window. which told of the wonderful
eject of "The Auricous Fluid" which
was warranted to change the darkest han
TO A beautiful golden color.
Here was the opportunity; and sh'
seized it. When the dyeing process wa
comnlete and her hair arranged in LITTLE
har foo CHI u a
herself quite thrilled by the marvellous
resemblance she bore to her quondan
| friend. At first, she endeavored to thinl
az some means by which she might turn
tbis accident to account; but, upon fur
4bar reflection, it struck her that having
oIreadv committed forgery. she had bet
for leave we'll alone. 1t was soon afte
bar transmogrifcation that she met Je
rome Upon the first opportunity she
ho,,irg come to the end of her cash, appro
nriated as much of his property, includ
H., the picture she had sat for, as sh
Gould conveniently carry away with her
and bade him silent adieu.
She next appears upon the scene as I
hoIIot Girl at the opera. Here she en-
oo,,,,+ore( Parsons. They became friend
air He introduced her TO Mr.. Wylie
Mo already knew her, from the repor
Of the former gentleman, as clever plot
TOR Bv and by came her marriage wit
! Cas+leton. In the meantime she allowe
her hair to resume its proper color, haV
mo Gained too much confidence in tn
nower of her natural charms to desir
any such aids from art.
From jenkins own lips Stafford ha
hoard the story of his step-daughter u
to her disappearance from Mrs. William
sons school. The reader will prooabl
remember that having been listener I
I the diving fsherman's confession, the post
MASTER had next morning repaired to tn
4 Castle and was for some time closete
with Sir Launce. He told how stranger
tbe shipwrecked child had been preserved
Lov, he had reared and educated her, an
how ungratefully she had behaved; bu
how spite of all, he still cherished in III
boar+ an interest in her fate. And h
asted whether he, Sir Launce, or tn
London gentleman, could give him an
srqgestions as to any way in which
might trace her.
When Stafford was introduced to MIS-
CostIeton. in the Strand, her face struc
hin, as one that he had seen before. Upo
looking at the sketches which he ma
hrorght from the Castle, he at once pei
- oraot resemblance TO Eleonor