Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-11-09

explain why l address you in such man
ner l want to tell you how bitterly
regret the injustice showed to your dear
mother and my sister. IT, of your char
ity, you will come to my bedside and as
sure a feeble old man of your forgive
ness, can meet the coming ordeal strong
In the certainty that Mary Arson will not
refuse what you have given in her be.
half. Your Borrowing uncle,
PHILIP MORLAND.
With this piteous epistle was inclosed
another:
Dear Mr.. Anson-I join my earnest sup
pncation to my husbands that you win
console his last hours with a visit. He
blames himself for what has happened
in the past, yet the fault was more mine
than his-far more. For his sake / will
ingly admit it. And have been punished
for my sin. Ruined in fortune, with my
husband at deaths door, / am indeed o.
sorrowing woman. Yours faithfully,
LOUISA MORLAND.
The angular Italian handwriting of
the second letter recalled faded
script in his safe at that moment. The
address in each case was a village on
the Yorkshire coast, remote and in
accessible place according to Philips
unaided recollection of the map.
"Grange House" might be farm or
broken down manor, and Lady Nor
lands admission of reduced circum-
stances indicated that they had chosen
the locality for economy's sake.
These appeals brought frown Of in
decision to Anson's brow. His uncle
and his uncle's wife had unquestiona-
bly, been the means of shortening and
embittering his mothers life. The man
might have acted in ignorance; the
woman did not.
Yet what could he do? Refuse dy.
ing relatives last request! They or
one OF them refused his mothers pitt
full demand for little pecuniary help
at time when they were rich.
And what dire mischance could have
sunk them into poverty Little more
than two months had passed Size Sir
Philip Morland was inquiring for his
(Philip's) whereabouts through Messrs.
Sharpe g. Smith with a view toward
making him his heir
Was the inquiry Lady Morland's last
ruse to save an encountered estate?
Why was all pretense Of doubt as to
his relationship swept aside so CON-
pletely?
He glanced again at the address on
the letter and asked a servant to bring
him railway guide. Then he ascer-
tanned that if he would reach Scarsdale
that day he must leave London not
later than noon. There was journey
of nearly seven hours by rail; no
chance of returning the same night
He went to the library and rang up
Sharpe & Smith on the telephone.
A clerk assured him that Mr.. Sharpe,
who attended to Sir Philip Morland's
affairs, had been summoned to Devon
shire the previous day
"To Devonshirev' cried Philip. 'T
have just received letters from Sir
Philip and Lady Morland from York
shire"
."Mr. Sharpe himself is puzzled about
the matter, sir. Lady Morland wrote
from Yorkshire, but told him to pro-
coed to Deyonshire without delay"
HAS there been some unexpected de-
velopment affecting the estateF"
Il am sorry, sir, but you will see l
can hardly answer any further ques-
! tons"
or course the clerk was right. Phil
ip had hardly quilted the telephone
when a note reached him by hand
from Evelyn: please come at once.
| Must see you"
He was at Mount street in three min.
Gtes.
Evelyn looked serious and began by
holding out letter to him. He recog-
nized Lady Morland's writing.
"Philip-those people-who behaved
so badly to your mother
"Have they dared to trouble your"
''Oh, it is so sad Your uncle is dy-
ing. They are wretchedly poor; an un-
foreseen collapse. See" And she
reads
afflanced husband to come to us and to
| help us. l want nothing for myself, but
| the mere sight of a few checks to pay
| tradespeople, doctor and the rest will
/ soothe Sir Philips last hours. He is a
proud man. and know he is heartbroken
| to think he is dying a pauper among
I strangers
~ IL as LhlShl DC cAptClSu.
Philip wired to Grange House, Scars
dale, to announce his coming. Accom-.
| panied by his valet, he left Kings
Cross at L O'Clock, but his parting
! words TO Evelyn were:
''See Mr.. Abingdon after luncheon,
dear, and tell him what l am doing
l will return tomorrow; meanwhile J
will keep you informed by telegraph
of my movements
After leaving the main line at York
| there was a tiresome crawl to the
| coast, broken by changes at functions
-wearying intervals spent in pacing
monotonous platforms.
AT last the train reached Scarsdale
at twenty minutes to T. few pas
sengers alighted. The place was evi.
| denly small village not given over to
the incursions Of summer visitors
A tall man with doctor" writ large
/ on his silk hat and frock coat an