Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1907-11-01


out into the darkness. The square was
completely shrouded. She gave a little
shiver and drew the curtains more
closely. And then she switched on
more lights. A newsboy with raucous
voice passed shouting along the pave
ment, then passed away into the dis
tance. For moment she wondered
what he had been shouting. though
probably, she reflected, the news would
not have interested her.
The foOtman entered with her even
Ing paper. She opened it almost list
lessly, and began to glance at the head
lines. The strange sensation possessed
her still, and her thoughts wandered
and were confused. Suddenly she
started, then sat up. Something SEEM
ed to grip her throat. Her palate grew
dry and sticky. Quickly her bosom
rose and fell. A livid palor spread over
her face, but she did not faint.
Tragic death Of the Hon. Auberon
Fitz-Tempest," were the words she had
read in the newspaper.
I'VE regret to announce" the para
graph ran, that the Hon. Auberon
Fitz-Tempest met with an accident this
afternoon which proved fatal.
"A little boy, aged 8, the son of a
! grocer in Euston Road, while attempt
Ing to cross Great Portland street
shortly after 3 o'clock, In the thick fog
which still prevails, was upon the point
Of being knocked down by a motor car
when gentleman who has since been
Identified MS the Hon. Auberon Fitz-
Tempest, and who was standing on the
kerb, seeing the peril the child was in,
sprang out into the roadway to try to
save him. This he succeeded in doing,
but at the cost of his own life, for, Slip
ping upon the further side of the car,
he fell upon his back and was struck
on the head by the hoof of horse at
tached to an omnibus which was COM
ing from the opposite direction. and
which, owing to the fog, he had proba-
bly, not noticed. The blow fractured
the base of the skull, and the unfor-
tunate gentleman died while being con-
veyed to the hospital.
Born in 1854, the Hon. Auberon
Fitz-Tempest was the third son of the
late Baron Waterfeld. of latham Tow
ers, Derbyshire, and Fedbury Hall,
| northumberland"
In dispassiopate language the writer
went on to touch briefly upon an Incl
dent which a quarter Of century be-
fore had created a colossal scandal and
had led to the man now dead being SEN
fenced to serve a term of penal servi-
tnde. 1t had been all affair of pecu-
liarly distressing nature, and from that
time onward the name Of Auberon Fitz-
Tempest had been but rarely mention
ed. How, ostracized by society and by
all his former friends, and known to be
almost destitute, he had, since his re-
lease, succeeded in obtaining the neces-
sary means of support, none knew, and
probably few cared.
|
ever, the Little Old Maid had left un.
read. The paper, tightly clutched in
both her hands, lay across her lap. Her
face had turned slowly ashen. Her
eyes, strained and fearless, stared un.
seeing into vacancy.
The doctor attributed death to heart
failure, for the Little Old Maid had
been known to be suffering from weak
heart.
There was nothing, he said, to lead
him to conjecture that death could
have been brought on or FASTENED by
any sort Of shock.
At the inquest held on the body Of
the Hon. Auberon Fltz-Tempets 1t was
mentioned incidentally that on the