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A FAMILY SECRET.
CONCLUDED.
rELL V" said Dora, seeluR he
hesitated.
The man looked at her sharply, aud
then eaid:
" If you know anything about what
lam going to tell you, you're good
t keeping your countenance If you
don't, It will be a little surprise for you,
that's all. However, to settle all doubts,
this is my story : I at rived in England
a week ago, and have been in Nutbourue
three days. I Intended to give you a
chance of settling my little business
privately, before I resorted to other
means. Till to-day I could not find an
opportunity; but tbla morning I watch
ed your husband out.''
" All of which can in no way Interest
or concern me," said Dora, seriously, be
ginning to think that her visitor must
be mad.
"Don't Jump at conclusions, Mrs. Os
borne," said he; " It's a bad habit to get
into. You had a housekeeper of the
name of East ?"
" Yes," said Dora.
"Did she ever mention a sister who
vwas living in Australia 1"'
"Yes," said Dora.
'Oh,he did," said the man. "I
Yancied she might have been rather re
served on that point. Well, that sister
Is my wife, which is sufficient, by way
of explanation. And now I should be
glad to know whether my respected sister-in-law
gave you any particulars con
cerning your parentage."
Dora guessed something of what was
coming, and was accordingly on her
. guard. .
" It was scarcely likely that we should
ihave discussed that subject," said Bhe,
coldly.
" Likely or not, you may have done
so," said the man. " Now, Mrs. Os
borne, as you seem to be growing impa
tient, allow me to tell you that I had
the honor of bringing you into the
world, and am in a position to prove
that, instead of being the daughter of
Mr. Lynton, and consequently helressof
Xiynton Hall, you have no more right
to it than I have, and that, in reality,
you are the child of my wife's sister,
and consequently my niece."
And supposing this to be correct,"
said Dora, " what do you expect me to
do?"
"Well, you see it's rather an impor
tant secret," said the man ; " and if you
don't care to pay for having it kept, I
dare say the other branch of the family
will be quite willing to buy it. To do
Mr. Lynton Justice, he was not a mean
man, but he has been dead five years,
aud in all that time I've not had a pen
ny. To tell the truth, I can't afford to
let my knowledge lie idle any longer ,and
am determined to take it to the best
market; only I thought I'd come to you
first, for the sake of old times. "
" And if I decline interfering in any
way in this affair V" said Dora.
" Well, if that means that you don't
Intend to pay the price of my silence, I
shall go to your husband, who will
likely look at it in a different light," he
replied; "but if he is as blind to his
own interests as you have been, I shall
then simply look out for the next of kin
and make my own bargain In the best
way I can."
"And is that all you have to Impart?"
said Dora.
"Yes," was the reply; "and I think
you understand my meaning.
" Perfectly," said Dora, " as I hope
you will understand mine. I shall
tell my husband of your visit and your
proposal. Depend upon it, he will
search into the truth of this affair, but
rest assured, that whatever the conse
quences may be, we shall not avert them
by bribing you."
" And is that all you have to say ?" he
asked.
" Certainly," replied Dora, " Miller,"
said she to the servant who answered
the bell, " show this person out."
A malignant scowl overspread the
man's countenance at this summary dis
missal, and as he followed the servant,
he muttered, " ou will hear more of
this."
Dora deigned no reply, but as soon as
she was alone her pride gave way, and
seating herself in the chair by which
she had remained standing during the
interview, she buried her face in her
hands, and tried to think ; but all to no
purpose. She could only feel that troub
le threatened to darken her horizon, and
that a very heavy cloud was likely to
come between her and her happiness.
41 Bo absorbed was Dora in her reverie,
that she did not hear a footstep on the
gravel path outside, nor know that her
husband had entered the room until he
laid his hand on her shoulder.
" Why, little wife," said he, " what is
the matter?"
" On, Money, sue sprang up, ex
claiming, "I am afraid we have been
mistaken."
"Mlstukeu in what?" he asked.
" Don't you think your last new dress
suits you ? or have you changed your
mind about the pony that was to be
brought from Lynton?"
"It's nothing about either," Bhe re
plied, Badly.
" Then what on earth is it ?" he con
tinued. " Why, you remember that the night
before Mrs. East died she told me I was
her daughter," said Dora. " You would
not believe the story, and I have since
almost forgotten it; but I am beginning
to fear it was true, after all."
"What makes you think bo?" he
asked.
" A man came this morning who is,
or who pretended to be the husband of
Mrs. East's sister," was the reply ; "and
I can scarcely Imagine, Morley, that he
would have been as confident as he was
had it been entirely false; besides, if
Mrs. East had only been dellrlous.as you
Bupposed, how could he have known
anything about it? There was no one
else In the room but myself, and I have
never told any one but you."
Morley looked annoyed, but he said,
quietly:
" I presume this person did not come
merely from disinterested motives to cor
roborate Mrs. East's story ?"
"No, indeed," replied Dora, her face
flushing with anger aud shame, "he
came while you were out, hoping to in
duce me to pay him for keeping the se
cret, as he was pleased to call it, from
you. I refused to bribe him, and as
sured him that you would do the same ;
and he said that if you did, he should
find the other branch of the family and
sell his knowledge to them."
" I wish I had come home a little
sooner, if only for the pleasure of kick
ing him out of the house," said Mor
ley. " I thought you would consider that
what I said was right," said Dora, smil
ing at his vehemence ; "but, oh Mor
ley dear, I cannot help feeling that it
will be a hard trial to part with the old
place; and Lynton Is named after it,
too."
" Bo you leave me out of the question
altogether, Dora ?" said her huBband.
" Does it not occur to you that I shall
love you less for the loss ?"
" No ; I was bo sure that would make
no difl'erence to you, that I never even
thought of it," replied Dora.
" And you were right, my darling
wife," Morley, endorsing his words by
a very love-like embrace ; " but there is
not even the risk that I should do so, for
unfortunately for the little game your
visitor Intended to play, I hold all the
winning cards in my own hands."
" What do you mean, Morley ?" she
asked.
Simply this, dear," he replied ; " the
gentleman who claims the honor of be
ing your uncle may have some amount
of cleverness in his composition, but he
has certainly placed himself In an awk
ward dilemma."
" Why, can you prove that his Btory
is false?" asked Dora, with a sudden
gleam of hope.
" No," said Morley ; " and I Bhall not
attempt to do so; because, my little
wife, I know it to be true."
"Oh, Morley, I am so sorry I" said
Dora.
"And so am I," said Morley; "but
at the same time, I am glad that I
hold a counterpiece of information that
renders it of no consequence."
" No consequence that the place we
have taken so much trouble to improve
should go to a stranger!" said Dora; "no
consequence that our boy has only a
very doubtful right to his name 1 Oh,
Morley I"
" Don't look so reproachful, Dora,"
said her husband ; " the Hall shall be
yours as much as ever, and I'll prove to
you that our boy has the most undoubt
ed right to his name ; though even if
all the horrors you have conjured up
were really to happen, it would not ruin
us you know."
" I know that," said Dora ; but still-"
" But still you could not help look
ing upon it somewhat In the light of a
misfortune," said Morley, laughing;
" however, there is no chance of it com
ing to that ; and now, are you prepared
to do nothing but listen to me for a lit
tle while?"
" Yes, provided you have something
agreeable to tell me," said Dora.
" No conditions," said Morley. "Now
attention 1 To make my account of fam
ily affairs intelligible, I must go back
a good many years. You are aware that
your grandfather died childless, and left
his entire property to his nephew, your
supposed father, and in the event of his
death, without leaving a son or daugh
ter to inherit the estate, it was to go to
his cousin Hugh or the heirs. Now it
seemed fated that between this cousin
Hugh and Mr. Lynton there should al
ways exist a feeling of Jealous rivalry,
mai, commencing in cnuunood, was
destined, in after years, to deepen into
the bitterest enmity.
"Unfortunately they both became at
tached to the same lady, and in love
Hugh proved the victor. Soou after
his marriage he went to America, taking
his young wife with him, and from that
time Mr. Lynton lost Bight of him,
though he never forgot his resentful
feelings. Hugh had only one child, a
Bon,who became an orphan in early
childhood, and was then adopted by an
old friend of his father, who not only
treated him as his own son, but gave
him his name, and when he died, left
his property to his protege."
" How do you know all this ?" asked
Dora quickly, when Morley paused.
"Because I happen to be Hugh Lyn
ton's only son," he replied.
" You, Morley 1 Oh, I cannot believe
it," said Dora.
" It is quite true though,my darling,"
replied Morley. " When Mr. Osborne
came to England, bringing me with him
and Introduced me to every one as his
son, people finding that he was not to
be questioned with Impunity, took it for
granted that he had married, and had
lost his wife during his lengthened ab
sence abroad a belief he forbade me to
contradict.
" Of course my father had made him
acquainted with our family affairs, and
on our arrival in England he made in
quiries, and finding that Mr. Lynton
had a wife and daughter, took no notice
of the affair. His property, as you
know, joined the Lynton estates ; so we
were almost compelled into acquaint
ance that ended by my falling in love
with you."
" I wonder what he would have said
had he known this ?" said Dora.
"I can satisfy your curiosity, little
wife, for he did know It," replied Mor
ley. " You remember that I accom
panied you when you paid your last vis
it to Mrs. East. Well, I overheard your
conversation with her at least that
part of it that related to your pa
rentage." " Why, you were not in the house,"
said Dora.
" No," eaid he, " but I had become
tired waiting in the garden, and so
strolled to the house and seated myself
on a little bench, that was, as I soon
found out, just outside Mrs. East's bed
room. The window was open, and I
heard every word that passed as plainly
as if I had been in the room. Somehow
from the flfst I believed the tale; though
forgive me, Dora, if in what may have
been mistaken kindness I would not
admit as much as you. That night I
told your father what I had heard, and
also who I really was. Finding that I
was determined to sift the matter to the
bottom, or perhaps actuated by some
better motive, he attempted no farther
concealment. The next morning before
you were up, we went to Mrs. East's
and found the letters of which she
spoke, aud which fully corroborated her
statement.
"At first I intended to tell you the
whole truth before our wedding day,
Dora ; for had your mother's name been
East, I could not have married you in
that of Lynton ; but from Mr. Lynton
and the letters I learnt what you do not
yet suspect your real father was a
younger brother of Mr. Lynton's the
scapegrace of the family, who smitten
by the charms of his sister-in-law's
lady's maid, finally married her. Bhe
took the name of East after her hus
band's death when she went to live with
Mrs. Lynton."
" I think you ought to have told me
all this before, Morley," said Dora.
" Perhaps I ought, my darling," he
replied; "but Mr. Lynton begged so
earnestly that I would not do so, that I
consented to keep the secret. Of course,
since his death , I have sent no money to
Australia ; and it must be only lately
that your visitor of this morning learnt
he was was dead ; for from time to time
letters have arrived, directed to Mr,
Lynton, containing various threats to
be executed, if money were not to be
forwarded ; to all of which I, as bis rep
resentative, have replied by silent con
tempt. That Is the whole of my con
fesslon, Dora. It is not so dreadful after
all, Is it?"
After Dora had thought it over, she
came to the conclusion that, all things
considered, it might have been worse,
It was not very pleasant to de
scend from her pedestal as owner of
Lynton Hall ; but, as it belonged to
Morley, it was much the same. Bo she
comforted herself and we do not believe
that she ever regretted that test the for
which she wished was applied.
Accomplishments of Western Mules.
TWO miners were seated on a bowlder
alongside the road to Sutro says
the Virginia City " Chronicle," dis
cussing the kicking powers of the mules
One had just returned from Sutro and
the other was on the way there,and hav.
ing met near the rock they sat down for
a talk.
" Have you quit over there ?" said the
one who was eastward bound.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Mules."
"Fraid of 'em?"
" You bet. I saw one yesterday along
side an old boiler kickln' off the rivet
heads one by one. Never missed one. I
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the mule and heard there was more of
em inside, I threw up my Job. I've got
a wife and three children depending on
me, and I don't take no chances, I tell
you."
" The worst mule I ever saw," said
the other, " was when I was in Tloche
some years ago. It was one I owned.
One day It rubbed against some nails
sticking out of a post, and it turned
round and drove those nails one by one,
using a single blow of the hoof. It nev-
er missed lis kick, and always drove 'em
in just to the head. Ttien It saw a few
tacks on the post a little lower down,
which were only half driven in, and it
drove them in too, with light taps of the
hoof, Just as gentle and easy as could
be.
" One day a man came along and set
up a can of nitro glycerine and giant
powder. He wanted the mule to kick it
and get killed. I saw him about to cor
ral with the can, and knew what was
up. At first I was going to stop.hlm,
but then I thought if my mule was any
kind of a mule at all he could take care
of himself. So I just watched. Well,
the mule saw the can, and walked up,
Binelt, and then squared himself for the
kick. The man was sneaking off, and
ust as the mule was going to kick the
can, he caught sight of the fellow and
changed his position so that his tall was
toward the man. He let fly his right
hoof. The can went flying through the
air and hit the man square between the
shoulders just as he was getting over a
fence about a hundred yards away. The
thing exploded and I never saw the man
again. But next morning, Pat Holland
came out in the " Record" and said that
the town had been visited by a shower
of blood."
Matrimonial Complications.
Bhortly after the death of Joslah S.
Clark, in Lower Merlon township, near
Pencoy d , Montgomery coun ty ,h is widow
applied to the Register of Wills for let
ters of administration upon his estate.
Then another lady made a similar request
upon the same grounds, stating that she
was married to Clark in 18GI. In 1862
he went to . New York, which was the
last she had seen of him for ten years.
The lady's story was corroborated by
persons witjr whom she had boarded.
Then the second lady said she was mar
ried to Clark in New York in 1802, by
the Rev. Mr. Steinberger, pastor of the
German Presbyterian Church. In 1865
Clark and his second wife went to Phil
adelphia ; they lived together until 1872,
when the capricious husband deserted
his second wife for the first, with whom
he lived until his death. The register
has the matter under advisement, and
it Is likely that the Courts will be
called on to cut this matrimonial Qor
dian knot.
Ezeklel Hayes, the great-grand
father of the President, was a successful
mechanic in Connecticut and kept a
number of apprentices. It is said that
sometimes, like apprentices of all ages,
they felt that they had long work and
short rations. At one time a new cheese
was put on the table whole. It stood
uncut for a day or two, Hayes saying,
at each meal, " That's a nice-looking
cheese. It is a pity to out .it I" The
boys thought this was getting rather
monotonous, and planned to show their
sentiments. The blacksmith bad one
day got a bar of iron nicely heated, and
laid it across the Iron anvil to be cut
the proper lengths. The boys, with
chisel and sledges were asked to cut it
off. But no hand was raised. Hayes
asked why they did not "strike." One
of them replied, " That is such a nice
bar of iron; It would bea pity to cut It."
Hayes quickly saw the point, and
shouted with a laugh, "Strike I boys,
strike! the cheese shall be cut!"
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He shoots and misses.
"Do you see?" he asks, not at all
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Now!"
Shoots again, and hits in the same
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"And that," he remarks, coolly, "is
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mention."
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" And that," he remarks, proudly, "is
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