Widnes Examiner. — 1890-08-09 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

TIMM.; but when you began te,talk about suiciding and cross-road stakes—which is the end of the self-murdarer I'm told—thmthinks .1 to myself, some people can go on never -minding,andi suffer too." _ _  "What ornearth d'ye mean, Bill 2 Who wm. the man as could.do that? Love Lucy and never say aught to her t! Tain't human natur7.". ' "No, George,. it was against natur'. Bahia did it, and I'll tall, ye who (lid it, mate. Ittwas•tre!'"' "You, Bill! Yon loved Lacy,,andiinever said a wbrd ! Why,, dash my wig, "hitt that's' iropossibla." "No it ain't," replied the fireman,, doggedly. It's possible,, and more than that,---its. true.. I loved Lucy dear, and if you hadn't been, herr lad, 'Fdahadatalwonld, upon my soul2.',' Bill Begley; cried George Colliery stamits,z vp and clapping his friend upon the shoulder in high appreciatiem,. "'you're a " Maybe-I as,' replied Bill, "41 doet know what it ins rightly. They culled thteGenerat yender in India raNero forkilling some blacks. -I'''ve done nothing hut ray dutk to my neighbour,. and if I loved hes-better, than myself it was, only, Lir due. Aye, mate,, and I believe I love her still:. "So de,t,.BEI; so do I. When I tbilits of her, poor girl,. a.eittin' with use yonder, by the, sea-shore, or even up in the box, I used to Clink her an ornament to, any cabin. Lean% help feelirg spooney-.. like all over me. She med to come so, pretty and?" winnin',,, and pretend to,ring the.boll§, sod frightetti my life oat for fear she would try to pull a leven off. At, she was a witch, and notanistrike." " She. was, George. and now .you knew nip secret.. I knew now what I eidn't know. aftirm. She caused Jacks. death." "What!" exclaimed Collier, "Killed her cwn father! No, Bill; r,o. murder fin the girl we loves?' "No. actual cut and come . that-. but ye know Jack saw ghosts- and appearances. Welt they was her and her soldier chap on thcaino --eressin' and crossin' together,. and ;also separate _  „ . tcomeet and court on the sly” "0" course, o' course. I cam see it all dolt- as a neadlaimp now, sod to think,hnover suspected her! Dear, dear! Boer Lucy! But id ever I come Across her husband—'--" If so be hais her husband" put in Bill.. "If so be as you say he is," continued4Collier, "then I'll shake his good-fsr-nothing heath off, and throw it in his face—by Jingo I will ! " He meant it too, and in,his excitement taw angry man forgot the physical impossibility of the feat he was so anxus to perform at Layton 's expense. "So will. I, mate," andithe men shook:stands upon it.  There was another pause, and then the fireman. said, " Did ye hear that Mrs. Deane is ccrtin' home ta.. the hall F" "What, the c,aptabara wife, d'ye mean? Him aA is in India? " "Aye, he's something else now;, an admiral or something higher up." "Don't think its a admiral," maplied the other; "they're fellows in ships. My chum, Bob—ye mind Dob -Windstay—well, he is a sailor on the canal yonder, and he told me admirals were gentlemen. in the fleet somewhere in London." "Well, he's not a captain. Dick told me he was a commander of troops in the East, and. couldn't be in London. Anyway, she's written to say she ; somin' home again, and the house is to begot read: There's a keno. "Where?" said the signalman, rising, "In ' garden? Drat it, I wish I'd got Spot here." 'No, not here," replied his mate, smiling. mean a child—a heir to the property—that's what I mean.' "The commandie lad? Oh, I see. Well, and good luck to him. When is she coming ?" Very soon. The painters is all at work, and the furniture is bein' polished up and carpets beat, and their linen is washing out. She'll be here in a  few days now I'm told." w " Theca% be groat doings then. I appose, and