Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 20, Number 3, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 July 1889 — Page 2

Dismissing the cab, be made his way to the iboiMe with the red pillars, but on arriving •was considerably taken aback, for the place iiad every appearance of being deserted. There were no blinds to the windows, and on ithe steps were muddy foot marks and bits of Tag and straw which seemed to be the litter •of recent removal. Indeed, there on the troad were the broad wheel marks of the ran which had carted off the furniture. He stared «t the sight with dismay. The bird had apparently down and left no address, and be •had bad bis trip for notL ug.

Ho pressed upon the eloctric bell that is, tbo dil this ultimately. George was not ao•cuitomed to electric belli, indeed he bad uicver seen one before, and after attempting iu vain to pull it with his fingers—for be knew that it must bo a bell because there was the erd itself written on it—ie as a last resource condescended to try it with bis teeth. (Jltimatoly, however, he discovered bow to use it, but without result. Either the battery had been taken away, or it was out of gear. Just as be was wondering what to do next be made a discovery—the door was slightly ajar. He pushed it and it came open—revealing a dirty hall, stripped of every scrap of furniture. Entering, he shut the door and walked up tbe stairs to the room whence be bad fled after thrashing Johnnie. Hero he paused .and listeued, for be thought be beard somebody in tbe room nor was bo mistaken, for presently a well remembered voice shrilled out within: "Who's skulking about outsido tberoF said the voice. "If it's one of thoso bailiffs be'd better hook it, for there's nothing loft here."

George's countenance positively learned at tho Hound. "Bailills, mnrrar' bo sung out through the loor "it ain't no varminty bailiffs, it's a friend, and just when you're wanting one •eemiugly. Can 1 como in?" "Oh, yes, come in, whoever you are," said rthe voice. Accordingly he oponed the door aud entered, and tbis was what ho saw. The room, like tbe rest of the house, had been •tripped of everything, with the solitary exceptions of a box and a mattress, beside which there wore an empty bottlo aud a dirty glass. On tho mattress sat the fair Edithia, alias Mrs. D'Aubiguo, alias tho Tiger, alias Mrs. Quest, and such a sight as she presented Ooorgo had never seen bofore. Hot- flertv face boro trucos of rcccnt heavy th inking, «nd wus moreover dirty, haggard aud dreadful to look upon her hair was a frouzy mat, on somo patches of which tho golden dye had faded, leaving it its natural hue of doubtful gray. She had no collar on, and her linen was open at tho neck on her feet wcro a filthy pair of white satin slippers, on her back that some gorgeous pink satin tea gown which Mr. Quost hod observed on the occasion of hie visit, now, however, soiled and torn. Anything more squalid or moro repulsive than tho whole picturo canuot be imagined, and though his stomach was pretty strong, aud iu tho course of his life ho bud men many a sight of utter destitution, (Jeorge literally recoiled from it, "What's the matterT said tbe hag, sharply. "and who the dickens are youf Ah, I know now you are tho chap who whacked Johnnie," aud she burnt into a hoarso scream of laughter at tbe reoollectioo. "It was tnean of you, though, to hook it and leave wo. llo pulled mo, the devil, and I was flued two pounds by the beak." "Mean of liirn, marm, not me but ho wo-4 a mean varmint altogether, he was to go and pull a lady, too I nivor heard of such a thing. But, marm, if I might say so, you seem fo be in troublo here," and ho took a seat upon tho deal box. "In trouble 1 should think I was in trouble There's Irm mt execution in tbe house, that is, there's WxMi tbrco executions—one for rates and taxes*, one for a butcher's bill, and olio for re it, They all came together, and fought like wild cats for tho duds. That was yesterday, and you see all they have left me cleaned out everything down to my new yellow satin, and then asked for more, Thov wanted to know where my jewelry was, but I hid them there, hee, bee!" "Meaning, inarmf "Meaning that 1 hid it—that is, what was left of it—under a board. But that aint tho worst. When 1 was asleep that devil Ellen, who's had her share of the swag all these years, got to the Imnrd and collared tho things, and bolted viUa them, and look what she's left mo instead," ami she held up a scrap of pnjHr, "a receipt for five years' wages, •ml sheV hni them over and over again. Ah, if ever 1 ot a chance at her," and she doubled her l"',ig hand and made a motion as of a person scratching. "She's bolted aud left me here to starve. 1 haven't had a bit® since yesterday, uor a drink either, and that's wor». What's to become of met I'm starving. 1 .shall have to go to tho work housa. Yes, me." she added in a stream, "»DC, who haw .«i**!it thousand*. I shall have to goto a work houM- like a common woman." "It's cruel, mariu, cruel," said the sympathetic Ueorp', "and you a lawful wedded wtfe 'till iiiuih do us part.' But, marm, I a pwbiic over the way. Now, no offense, but you'll let me just go over aud fetch a bit® and a sujv "Well," she answered, hungrily, "you Yea £eu?,you arm though you're a country one. You while I just moke a little toilet and as for the drink, why, let it be brandy." "Brandy it sholi It," said the gallant ileorge. and dejsirted. hi ten minutes returned with a supply of iHX'f patties, H«n? plate* and gLissws, and a uule of g«od strong British broken.

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BY II. RIDER HAGGARD.

CHAPTER XXXriL

CEO ROE'S DIPLOMATIC ERBAKD. Gvor^o carried out his intention of going to London. Tbe morning following the day when Mr. Quest had driven the auctioneer in •the uo~ cart to lion ham, George might have •been seen an hoar before it was light purcbflsiup a third class rctturn ticket to Liverpool street Arriving there in safety, he partook of a second breakfast, for it was 10 o'clock, unl then taking a cab ho caused himself to be driven to the end that street in Pimlico where ho had gone with the fair "'Edithia," and wbwre Johnnie had made fc•qnaintance with bis ash stick.

"A husband to love and cherish mef" sbo said "why I have written to him three times to tell him that I'm starving, and never a cent has he given me—and there's no allowance due yet, and when there is they'll take it, for I owe hundreds." "Well," said George, "I call it cruel— cruel, and be rolling in gold. Thirty thousand pounds be has just made, that I know of. You must be an angel, marm, to t1and it, an angel without wings. If it were my husband, now, I'd know the reason why." "Ay, but I daren't. He'd murder me. He said ho would."

George laughed gently. "Lord! Lord!" he said, "to see bow men do play it off upon poor weak women, working on their narves aud that like. He kill youf Loryer Quest kill you, and be is the biggest coward in Boisingbam? But there it is this is a world of wrong, as the parson says, and the poor shorn Uunbs must jamb their tails down and turn their backs to tbe wind, and so must you, marm. So it's the workhus youll be in tomorrow. Well, you'll find it a poor place, tbe skilly is that rough it do fare to toko tbe skin off your throat, and n»5- a drop of liquor, r.ot even a cup of hot tea, and work, too, lots cf it—scrubbing, marm, scrubbing!"

This vivid picture of miseries to come drew something between a sob and a bowl from the woman. There is-nothing moro horrible to the imagination of such people than tho idea of being lorced to work. If their notions of a future state of punishment could be got at, they would be fouud, in nine cases out of ten, to resolve themselves into a vague conception of hard labor in a hot climate. It was tbe idea of tbo scrubbing that particularly affected tbe Tiger. "I won't do it," she said, 'Til go to chokey first" "Look here, marm," said George, in a persuasive voice, aud pushing tbe brandy bottle toward ber, "where's tbe need for you to go to the workhus or to cbokey either—you with a rich husband as is bound by law to support you as becomes a lady! And, marm, mind another thing, a husband as lias wickedly deserted you—which how he could do so ain't for mo to «xy—and is living along of another youii™ party." 8 ho took some more brandy before she angered. "That's all very well, you duffer," she said "but bow am I to get at him? I tell you I'm ufraid of him, and even if I weren't, I havou't a cent to travel with, and if I got there what am 1 to doiT "As for being afraid, marm," he answered. "I've told you Loryer Quest is a long sight moro frightened of you than you are of bim. Thon as for money, why, ma mi, I'm going down to Boisingbam mysolf by the train that leaves Liverpool street at half past 1, and that's an hour from now, and it's proud and pleased 1 should be to toko a lady down and bo tbo moans of bringing them as has been in holy matrimony togothcr again. And as to what you should do when you gets there, why, you should just walk up with your marriage lines and say, 'You ure my husband, and 1 call on you to cease living as you didn't oughtcr,nnd ta.'.. me back und if he don't, why, then you swears an information, and it's acaso of warrant for bigamy."

The Tiger chucklcd, and then suddenly seized with suspicion, looked at her visitor sharply. "What do you want me to blow* the gaff for?" she said "you're a ^ieery old hand, you are, for all your simple ways, and you've got some garno ou, I'll take my davy." "I a game—If' answered George, an expression of tbe deepest pain spreading itself over his ugly features. "No, marm—and when one has wanted to help a friend, too. Well, if you think that—and no doubt misfortune hev mado you suspicious—the best 1 oan do is to bid you good day, and to wish you well out of your troubles, workhus and all, marm, which I do according," and he rose from his box with much dignity, politely bowed to tho hag on tbe mattress, and then turning walked toward the door.

She sprung up with an oath. "I'll go," she said. "I'll take the change out of him I'll teach him to let his lawful wife starve on a beggarly pittance. I dont care if he does try to kill me. I'll ruin him," and she stamped upon tbo floor and screamed, "I'll ruin him, I'll ruin him," presenting such a picturo of abandoned rage and wickedness that even George, whose nerves were not finely strung, inwardly shrunk from her. "Ah, marm," he said, "no wouder you're put out When I think of what you've had to suffer, 1 own it makes my blood go a b'iling through my veins. But if vou are a-coming, perhaps it would be as well to stop cursing and put your bat ou, for we have got to catch tbo train," and he pointed to a headgear chiefly made of somewhat dilapidated pea cock feathers, aud an ulster which th» bailiff* had either overlooked or left through pity.

She put on her hat and cloak, and then go ing to the hole beneath the board, out of which tbe said the woman Ellen had stolen her jewelry, she extracted the copy of the certificate of which that h*y bad not apparently thoi worth steal j, and put it in the pocket of ber pink silk peignoir.

Then Ocor hai' first secured the remainder of be': of brandy, which be put into bis capacious pocket, they started, and, finding a hansom, drove to Liverpool ttreet. Such a spectacle, as the Tiger looked upon the platform, George was wont, in after days, to declare be never did But it can easily be imagined that a

Tho woman. «ho now prra* «1 a shgfeUy n*jv5«fc»e appearand, »*s*d the hot- ^arica d. ins about a witse giausful ao.1 a Jntt a of *«v*8* ™rix acaiiwt Mr. .Quest When ov

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against Sir. Quest. this point be would kt Iter _*ve brandy, tweistg that she wa* now ripe for 1 purpose* witiefe «*«, ef ruin the matt who weak!

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CHAPTER XXXIV. TBI 8WOKD Of DAMOCLES.

At last the weary journey was over, and to George's intense relief he found himself upon the platform at Boisingham. He was a pretty tough subject, but he felt that a very little more of tbe company of the fair Rdifot* would be too much for him. As it happened, the station master was a particular friend of his, and tbe astonishment of that worthy when be saw tbe respectable George in such company cannot be expressed in words. "Why boar! Well, I never 1 Is she a furrinerf" be ejaculated iu astonishment. "If you mean me, you dirty, wheel greasing steam boss, you," said Edithia, who was by now in a fine bellicose condition, "Pm no more foreign than you ore. Shot your ugly nKmt-h, can't you, or"—and she took a step toward the stout station master. He retreated precipitately, caught his heel against the threshold of the booking office, and vanished backward with a crash. "Steady, marm, steady," said George. "Save it up, now, do, and as for you, dont you irritate her. none of you, or I wont answer for the oonsequenoes, for she's an injured woman, she is, and injured women is apt to be dangeroua"

As chance would have it, a fly which had brought somebody to the station was still landing there, and into it George bundled bis fair charge, telling the driver to go to the sessions house. "Now, marm," he said, "listen to me I'm going to take you to the man as has wronged you. He's sitting as clerk to the magistrates. Do you go up and call him your husband. Then bell tell the policeman to take you away. Then do you sing out for justice, because when people sings out for justice everybody's bound to listen, and say that you want a warrant against him for bigamy, and show them tbe marriage certificate. Don't you be put down, and dont you spare him. If yon dont startle him you'll never get anything out of him." "Spare him!" she snarled "I'll make him sit up I'll have his blood. But look here, if he's put in chokey, where's the tin to oome from?" "Why, marm," answered George, with splendid mendacity, "it's the best thing that can happen for you, for if they collar him you get tho property, and that's law." "Oh," she fmswered, "if I'd known that he'd have been collared long ago, I can tell you." "Come," said George, seeing that they were nearing their destination, "have one more nip just to keep your spirits up," and he produced tbe brandv bottle, at which she took a long pulL

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"Now," he said, "go for him like a Mid cat." "Never you fear," she said.

They dismounted from the cab and entered tho court bouse without attracting any particular notice. Tbo court itself was crowded, for a case which had oxcited public interest was coming to a conclusion. Tbe jury had given their verdict and sentence was being pronounoed by Mr. de la Molle, tbe chairman.

Mr. Quest was sitting at bis table below tbo bench taking some notes. "There's your husband," "now do you draw on."

Georgo's part in the drama was played, and with a sigh of relief be fell back to watch its dual development. He saw tbo fierce, tall woman slip through the crowd like a snalro or a panther to its prey, and some compunction touched him when bo thought of tbo prey. Je glanced at tho elderly re-1 spcctnblo looking gentleman at tho tabic, am reflected that he, too, was stalking bis prey tho old squiro and the ancient L- ubc of De Molie. Then his compunction vanioho.l, and be rejoiced to thiuk that he would bo tbe means of destroying a man who, to fill his pockets, did not hesitate to destroy tho family with which his lifo and the lives of bis forefathers for many ^eneraiions hua been interwoven. J,

Moan while his wife had craned ber long, Uthe body forward over the bar till her bead was almost level with tbe hither edge of tbe table. There she stood glaring at him, her wicked taoo alive with fury and malice, for the brandy she had drunk had caused her to forget her fears.

Mr. Quest turned, his eye caught the flash of color from the peacock feather bat. From thence it traveled to the faoe beneath.

He gavo a gasp, and the court seemed to whirl round him. The sword had fallen, indeed "Well, Billy," whispered the hateful voice, "you see I've oome to look you up."

With a desperate effort be recovered himself. A policeman was standing near him. He beckoned to him and told him to remove the woman, who was drunk. Tbe policeman advanced and touched her on the arm. "Come, you be off," he said, "you're drunk."

AC that moment Mr. de la Molle ceased giving judgment "I aint drunk," said the women, loud etx to attract the attention of the whole eoui'i, which now, for the first time, observed ber extraordinary attire, "and I've a right to be In tbe poblic court." "Oome on," said the policeman, "tbe cleric says you're to go." "The clerk says so, does her she answered "and do you know who the clerk is? Ill tell you all," aud she rated ber voice to a scream "bet my husband, my lawful wedded husband, and here's proof of it," and she took the folded certificate from ber pocket and flung it so that it fell upon the desk of one of the magistrates.

Mr. Quest sank into hit chair, and there wasa silence of astonishment through tbe court

Tbesquiijp was the first to recover himself. "Silence," he said, addresring her "siknea. "Ti canno* coon here." 1 want justice," Che Shrieked. "I wa justice I want a warrant against for bigamy." (Renewed sensation.) left starve me, his lawful wife. *«, iL she tons open the pink mHa

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attention to tfao stricken man before Mr. Quest was sitting in his chair, his face •hen, his eyes wide open, and his bands jpaced fiat on tbe table before Mm. When kilence had been restored, be roee and turned 'to 'tho bench, apparently with the intention of addressing the court. But he said noth^ing, either because he could not find words or because his courage failed him. There was a moment's intense silence, for every one In the crowded court was watching him, and jfcbe sense of it seemed to take what resolution lad left out of him. At any rate, he left table and hurried from the court. In the ge ho found tbe Tiger, who, surrounded littlo crowd, and with her bat awry and clothcs half torn from her back, Was jddled gasping against the walL saw him and began to speak but ho 1 and faced her. Ho faced her, grinding his teeth, and with such an awful fire of fury in his eyes that she shrunk from him in terror, flattening herself against the wall. "What did I tell your he said, in a choked ,voice, and then passed on. A few paces down 4he passage he met one of his own clerks, a sharp fellow enough. "Here, Jones," he said, "you see that wo%ian there. She has made a charge against ie. Watch her. See where she goes to, and out what sbo is going to do. Tlten como and tell me at tho office. If you lose sight of her you lose your place too. Do you understand?" "Yes, sir," said the astonished clerk, and

Mr. Quest was gone. Ho made his way direct to tho office. It was closed, for he had told bis clerks that he should not oome back after court, and that they could go at half past 4. He had his key, however, and, entering, lighted the gas. Then he went to his safe and sorted some papers, burning a good number of them. Two large documents, however, he put by his side to read. Ono was his will, the other was indorsed: "Statement of the circumstances connected with Edith."

First he looked through his will. It had been made some years ago, and was entirely in favor of bis wife, or rather of his reputed wife, Belle. "It may as well stand," he said aloud. "If

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happens to me she'll take about ten

ousand under it, and that was what she brought me." Taking a pen he wont through the document carefully, and wherever the taamo of "Bello Quest" occurred he put a (gross, and inserted theso words: "Gennett, commonly known as Belie Quest"—Gennett being Belle's maiden name—and initialed the correction. Next he glanced at the statement. It contained a full and fair account oJ his connection with tbe woman who hud joined his life. "I may as well leave it," ho thought. "Some day it will show Belle that

I jvos not quite so bad as I seemed." £te replaced tho statement in a brief envelope, sealed and directed to Belle, and finally nforkea it: "Not to bo opened till my death. W. Quest." Then ho put tho envelope away in tho We and took up tho will for the samo purpose. Next it on the table lay tho deeds oxecuted by Edward Cossey, transferring the Honbam mortgages to Mr. Quest in consideration of bis abstaining from the com•mencement of a suit for a divorce in which

be whispered,'| p^po^ to join Edward Cossey as co-re-spondent "Ah I" he thought to himself, "that game is up. Belle is not my legal wife, therefore I cannot commence a suit against her in which Cossey would figure as co-respondent, and so the consideration fails.

By this timoi tho \Vohian had fought her way through the press, bursting the remaining buttons off her ulster in so doing, and reached tho bar which separated tbo spectators from tho spaco reserved for tbo officials. On tho further sido of the bar wad a gangway, then came the table at which Mr. Quest sat. He had been busy writing something all this timo now he rose and paaed it to Mr. de la Molle, and then turned to sit down again.

I am sorry for that, for I should bavo liked him to lose his thirty thousand pounds as well as his wife, but it can't bo helped. It was a game of bluff, and now that the bladder has been pricked I haven't a leg to 8tanTon."

Then, taking a pen, he wrote on a sheet of paper which bo inserted in tbe will—"Dear B.,—You must return the Honham mortgages to Mr. Edward Cossey. As you are not my legal wife, the consideration upon which ho transferred them fails, and you cannot hold them in equity, nor I suppose would you wLh to do so.—W. Q."

Having put all the papers away, he shut the safe at the moment that the clerk, whom he had deputed to watch the Tiger, knocked at the door and entered. ,«

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"Well, sir, I watched the woman. Sh$ stopped in tho passage for a minute, and then George, Squire do la° Molle's man, came out and spoke to her. I got quite close, so as to hoar .what he said, and he said: 'You'd better get out of this.' 'Whcro tof she answered Tm afraid.' 'Back to London,' he said, and gave her a sovereign, and she got up without a word and slunk off to tho station followed by a mob of peoplo. She's in the refreshment room now, but Georgo sent word to say that they ought not to serve ber with any drink." "What time dods the next train go—7:15, does it notf' said Mr. Quert, "Yes, sir."

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"Well, go back to the station and keep an eye upou that woman, and when the time comes get mo a first class return ticket to London. I shall go up myself and give her in charge there. Hero is some monoy," and he gave him a five pound note "and look here, Jones, you need not trouble about tbe change." "Thank you, sir, I'm sure," said Jones, to whom, his salary being a guinea a week, on which he supported a wife and family, a gift of four pounds was sudden wealth. "Dont thank me, but do as I tell you. 1 will bo down at the station at 7:10. Meet me outside and give me the ticket That will do."

When Jones had gone Mr. Quest sat down to think. So it was George who bad loosed this woman on him, and that was tbe meaning of his mysterious warning. How had he found her? That did not matter, he bad found her, and in revenge for tbe action taken against the De la Molle family he had brought her here to denounce him. It had been cleverly managed, too. Mr. Quest reflected to himself

credit for ttie brains. Well, that was what came of underrating people. And so this was the end of all his hopes, ambitions, shifts and struggles. Tbe stc*7 would be in every paper in England before another twenty '~or hours were over, headed "Rcmark oceurres cv at Boisicgbam quarter sesKi !«.—Afield bigamy of a solicitor." No I mbt, tw, tbf treasury would take It up institute a «cation. This was tbe «fcl of his striving sifter respectability end the wealth that brings it He owmtdwd himself- H- Itad plotted and sehrn^d, and his 1 -.'.rt r.-ifnetUie E a M••'Utf.niy. "*K.

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wife. More, he had tiiroatenod to bring an action for divorce against a woman to whom bo knew he was not really married, and made it a lever to extort vast sums of money or their value.

What is there that a man in this position can do? He can do two things—he can revenge himself upon the author of his ruin, and if he be bold enough, he can put an end to his ex istence and his sorrows at a blow.

Mr. Quest rose and walked to the door Halting, ho turned and looked round the office in that peculiar fashion wherewith the eyes take their adieu. Then with a sigh he went

Reaching his own houso be hesitated whether or not to enter. Had tho news reached

rBelle?

If so, how was he to face

her? Her hands were not clean, indeed, but at any rate she had no mock marriage in her record, and her dislike of him had been unconcealed throughout She had never wished to marry him, and novcr for ono single day regarded him otherwise than with aversion.

After reflection he turned aud went round by the back way into tho garden. Tbe curtainj of the French windows wcro drawn, but it was a wet and windy night, and the draught occasionally lifted tbo edge of one of them. He crept liko a thief up to his own window -Mid looked in. Tho drawing room was lighted, and in a low chair by the fire sat Belle. Sao was, as usual, dressed in black, and to 2vlr. Quest, who loved ber, and who know that ho was about to bid farewell to the sight of her, sbo looked more beautiful now than ever. A book lay o. cn ou lier knee, and be noticed not without surprise that it was a Biblo. But sbo was not reading it, ber dimpled chin rested on her hand, and her violet eyes were fixed on vacancy, and even from where bo was ho thought that he could sec tbo tears in them.

She bad beard nothing he was sure of that from tho expression of her face she was thinking of ber own sorrows, not of his shame.

Yes, he would go in. [7b

be Continued.]

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