The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-10-17

journey to her father, upon which she set
out as soon as her strength permitted.
What was her dismay when, upon ar
irving at Castle Carberry. she found that
her father no longer occupied the castle.
He had been dismissed by Lord Cher
bury, his lordship asserting that the cap
tain had encouraged Amanda to follow
Lord Mortimer to London and striven
to prevent the match between him and
Lady Euphrasia. The captain had found
shelter in a hut belonging to one of tho
tenant, where he now lay desperately Ill.
Also a letter had arrived from Oscar
saying that he had had quarrel with
Colonel Belgrave, had challenged that
officer and In consequence had been court
martialed and broke" He had left the
army and his family would hear no more
of him until his prospects were brighter.
Fitzalan did not live long after the arr
rival of Amanda. Before he died the
captain made Amanda promise that she
would remember what was due to her
fathers honor and whatever happened re-
fuse to marry Lord Mortimer unless she
could bring him a fortune at least equal
to his own. The little ready money which
her father had left was all that now
stood between Amanda and starvation.
But she found refuge with some good
nuns at a nearby convent and attempted
to pay her way by doing fancy work and
painting In this retreat Lord Mortimer,
who had, in spite of all, determined TO
have one more interview with her, dis
covered the embodiment of distressed and
prosecuted virtue. All was explained be-
tween them, they renewed their vows of
love and when Amanda told Mortimer
of her promise to her father he replied
that he knew a way out of that dilemma
Hastily he returned to England and soon
came to Amanda a letter from Lady
Martha Dormer, his aunt, in which she
said that she always had loved Amanda
and would adopt her and bestow upon her
fortune sufficient for her to wed Morti-
mer.
Mortimer returned to Ireland and all
was happiness and preparations for the
wedding. There was only one cloud-Bel-
grave was seen lurking in the neighbor-
hood. Mortimer sought to confront him
and take vengeance on him for his VII
lainy, but the colonel managed to evade
him. Lord Mortimer went on short
trip to Dublin, and Amanda, walking in
the ruins of the abbey, came face to
face with Lord Cherbury. The Earl hand
ed her a letter, saying that after she
had read it she should write to him her
decision, and then departed.
The letter stated that his lordship was
secretly a gambler. He had not only
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of a young man. Freelove, for whom he
was guardian. The money which would
come to him through the marriage of his
son with Lady Euphrasia would enable
him to restore his wards fortune. Other
wise he was ruined and only suicide re-
NAMED
Again Amanda saw duty and inclination
pointing different ways and accepted the
path of duty. She wrote to Lord Cherbury
that she would keep his secret and break
off her match with Mortimer. Crossing
over to Scotland ON a fishing boat, she OBJ
tanned position as governess in the fam
lily of woman whose aunt was house.
keeper at Dunreath Abbey. Upon the in
vitaton of that aunt the woman removed
to the abbey, and Amanda found herself
In the halls of her ancestors, now left to
the care of servants One day she found
that by removing some loose stones she
could gain entrance Unto the ruined
chapel. While gazing about the chapel she
was startled by the sight Of a woman
whom she at first took for a spectre
1t was the second Lady Dunreath, her
mothers cruel stepmother.
Upon the death of Lord Dunreath his
widow had wished to marry man far
below her in station. Lord and Lady Ros-
lin had objected, and in the quarrel Lady
Dunreath had let slip the fact that the
earl had left a will giving all his wealth
to Oscar and Amanda. The Will by which