The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-07-16

clerk WITH
Arm Of tea mer.
ehGnts In Lon.
don, but tea was
not to his tasteJ
he studied law ut
the famous Lin.
coins Ian and was
x called to the bar
ln 1851. But he was still driftingJ he
was not attracted to the law, though
he found his studies Of great use to
him In later days.
The death Of the eldes. Collins I'm
lS47 put the SON partly In the way OF
finding himself, for he published his
fathers life In two volumes the next
year. He had been turning over his
of three years. life In Italy,
and I'm 1850 appeared his hrst novel,
or the Fall Of Rome"
1Basil" was Published In 1852, and
Glide and Seek" I'm 1854. He had not
attracted the attention OF the public
as yet. The great event of his life,
however, came in 1851, when he made
the acquaintance Of Charles Dickens.
Ut WAS a.close and sultry night ear
ly in August. And I, Walter Hart
right, raster Of drawing, aged
twenty-eight, was walking from Hamp-
stead to London. In one moment every
drop Of blood in my body was brought
to a stop by the touch Of hand laid
gently on my shoulder. There, In. the
middle Of the high road. stood wom-
an dressed from head to foot in white
garments. She asked me the way to
London. I told her; and we parted.
Ten minutes later carriage passed
me and a few yards beyond stopped
near q policeman. A man put his head
from the window and asked: slave
You seen q woman pass this way-a
woman in white? She has escaped
from my asylum" At shake Of the
policeman's head, the carriage drove
rapidly on.
The next day I was at Limmeridge
house, Cumberland, in the service OF
Frederick Fairlie, Esq. was there
to instruct his two young nieces in the
art of painting. found Marian Hah
combe to be dark and ugly. but intel
Ngent. Laura Fairlie, her half-sister,
was light, pretty and dependent. They
were devoted to each other, and be
fore my engagement was up, ! admired
the one and loved the other.
NY feelings were the cause OF my
leaving Limmeridge house. Marian
Halcombe brought to me a realization
OF NV own heart. "You must leave.
she said, mot because you are only q
teacher Of drawing, but because Lau'
"a Fairlie is engaged to be married
A few days before I left Cumber.
land, while walking alone In the eve
ming. I was confronted by the same
face which had first looked into mine
on the London high road by night
!, But was startled less by its sudden
temperance than by my immediate
recognition OF an ominous likeness
hctween this fugitive from the asy
| lum and my fair pupil at Limmeridgt
house. Still greater was my conster
nation when the woman admitted hav
| ing come to the neighborhood for tn
sole purpose Of thwarting the proposed
marriage Of Laura Fairlie.
I left .limmeridsse house. and sool
after embarked on an expedition Il
Central America. The same year Lau
IN Fairlie became the bride OF 81
Perciyal Clyde, Bart, and with he
sister went to live at Blackwater park
her husbands country estate. Coun
Fosco. an audacious and domineerfnl
italian, and his wife were guests o
! the household. But all was not a
harmonious as an English country par
! ~ should be. Lady Clyde and her sis
ter. as inseparable and confiding a
! ever. felt perceptible GOODNESS risin
between them and the two gentlemen
) Goodness turned to suspicion and 500
to fear.
/ Then it was that Lady Clyde me
the Woman In White. The mysteriou
person stole noiselessly up to her !
the twilight one. evening and wnis
pered: 'If you knew your husband
secret. he would be afraid Of you. a
would not dare use you as he has use
ma. ought to have saved you Defor
n was too late" But before the 81
cret was told there were footsteps ]
the distance and the woman move
stealthily away.
i SIR Percival learned Of the brief Il
terview, and was afraid OF his VIII
He demanded, begged, threatened ne
TO tell him all she knew. WHAT ma
been.a battle Of wits between the tw
sisters and the two men became
struggle Of strategy, and the wome
lost the fight. Lady Clyde was ~
coyed into leaving Blackwater par
for Count Fosco's London home. LIE.
than two weeks later . tombstone
cumberland bore this inscription: s.
! cred to the memory Of Laura. Lad
Clyde"