The Secret of Whitmore .Chase

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 38, 16 September 1867, Page 227

The Secret of Whitmore .Chase

' ; '„T»b3lb sir t.tR it#'* Kid b(rtatf»wq *f ■'■•/un'-. jAiTALE ,OEi i ENGLAND;. fe .> A TTSTP. AT it Ay. etJ.'. jir ■■-Lt-viifg .y.h;-, oil* oj rrsirf . :•**». rl : e. ! !Leb; w '-; i{ '•w****' ,ib! . '.till oiV'X ry‘_n ■;■ —v.'-v;;-* v:: - ■vbtiraßH* K)» : THSB' ; S4\rKB?s 1 Wsf 1 Wbekxt ! mas. *»-,{] vi t-Qt ) *lO T7u'» C'* r * 4:tv«;r Jjk.’U *| M /.-.<>?«•<'/ to (glrmsCatipn thf 7\ ' ” *,til i7nx«if« - ‘ PHASTBB, XDut. Cl iAOTAIN;<WILMINQTON- , 5 , -jdvirney toiPdriswasmnßertaken’with the-’tolie object of gaining/tinle to <reflectt:as bb irsejperjppctly. Rensiblethat t his : >n!by .impqssible V'\ folium toi Her.father’s he-'(ieasTiot [ ! giutfe,pfeiiare3 to 1 explain of dffaif 6to ' the GenerUir 11 ' hbpedito'Usd his imcle’a -influence in inducing Mi3d reverse<h6r^decision';; but with a'•man of General Robarteslstam^ 1 ,! flelicate management U. : it T. .WliW-jii * ... , ,;iwilniingtpn remained but a, shqrijt^me.in ( Paris j he ; could nptdeyise,aiiy likely scheme, off prooeedHp'ym jgefjdn.g Bhott . (|£ money* .and’’not wishing to conljnnnicate witli * the. ’ General" under the existing circumstances,'' He determined'to&pply to GrabbeJ ' : With that l 'intention He ’iretSnrhfed: id 3jondon,i knd waited onthe; attiorneyiatiHis; chaihbers. Grabbe knew that the Captain was heir, ito a kandsonae fortune; r indeed he hadalreadyreadily ihhde large advaheerio Imd/ and it W&iMr efere With' : some'shrpriSe? that- Wilmihgtotf‘ Noticed the olds Thon’s faesitatibn'in complying withthis dfemand: <“;What)isr wrong, with you,;,Mri-Qrabbd?”ihe “ypu appearjasjthcugh yon didjnot : 'Under 7 , ]iyj t y^iKße|Ej‘,.is 7& r| no reply*for ! some jamfe* Lfetf l'abpeari&l'to be meditating ‘shihe 1 project/■ 1 f At length hejsaid sf: You ica£n , U^e' i th6'lnpneyj l CdplaSil Wilmi&gtoff; hsHlyo'u a.question which yon -may consider 1 an l (impertinent oiiev I yourowh interest; which.-prompts “SW-’V.' d J R \«,Lr!M/ t wseemedjTatlier asrohishecL but.,rePpcfly; v c * I iio ofejection orreason tq refuse J. at the asKdd i >*?Have , srbh hdt l! p?£^osea''fc('ybilf ! < : (jbrSin‘ andfhden-rej(efetedl ,, l;i 'iwq j-nhiih o-vic* • -i /Wilnfinghjn'tnriied'pallidfivritK.ragefab-fliiftcool enquiry, ficQXttcthe'iattQrneyj .wpald.-'haye made' £i 1 1 said ffie cddfinanJ ,f ‘ Jxo.occasioV foy heroica. ( lp6iiectf airi a; h^usiomed s jPf^'to She wint^'ancl'ydni |I fcßfipwis i a { snSf-dient’aSsrorlV-jEfe hs^:'SnnS ; ; r ?J' i tßlß ' jdizthaf 'I hkhan dbj&ct r iii/ ,, aSkihg^the c qnesti6n! sayf.inorei thahj thejplayers i’ if thought? I was not lydur ;jhe. Jady> jhas itaster 1 .tb {? me n mthm y^ ; n^t'deiiy jom''suspicions . are’ po9reßt,’’■ bdid .Wilmiri^h;'"^'lEtflef, sodtheA % -’thd , attorneys'ilabt^^BserifitionJ'^/iStilll'"l flcanilOt imagine'hpw^ you."have-discovered-jthe-, mhtfec/ifdr. yon purpose., tbl'accompli^ -what yoßpropo.se,for-such : himagifl6to:bethe?itpahing it. 0,1 ~: G fapbe.BnuJed- i “I do :not,,desire_.credit 4 for supernatural' sagacity,Vi ‘ HerepHed.'. : '“ I ,Have ' tor some time remarked yoiifaftadhmenf'* to EobUrtes, 1 ahd'it did hot reqdke any oxtrdordmliry recognizeithe flight cof,/a rejected huitbr in your hasty. depaijtifte fcm ? Park;!lanecase is ; pvep mpredp^pera^tb^yon^agbijß it,to 'tut youhwe a rivS, one who'bi'ds' fair" fe destroy jfiu may ifeVrat orie , th4ii7p6&essJed? }jnv . - j l ’Wilifaingti>AsfciWeai : r “!Fodl thaff hfrreqbeen;” tben-acdounts for; her detekmine»l> itonei 'oYet r who is ■■ ?■■.,' ’Ah' !• il 'have ilfhibnoreei— ~l ldea-of tne kind,.! can voucn for,tna*. rt Axe you 4 Kre^i'-^yßd £ mdnstef ’ feyra'to Shjcfw-ybu one' Iwnb ’isjrectflyed'at' your I mit3e , Sytitli’ifl met cordkdiwdfccftne,! treated 'byithdiGehbnd ’astafßtm 1 ahdi nOf doubt his he§b ‘Jku oiififfl yldirofr f j.dt snot; . ne.aaicrihterrogatively. • . }, ' , ‘ ‘^3rabbe Jpodded, I ‘‘ t'" a " <:R ' r V fc: '“ iPocdi h* 1 the' *^the J bdy J dered my; uncle naturdjthatfhetfeelß grateful; a butlas7,to;;inakihg kpo;M%poq r iii-law,!jh6 & 1 | hot’ren'dter hik cHancethe is a^p6drybhe 1 -j and> thereds indk’ißtteh < oftlie-commerciaDispirit* in .,V.j!', . . Jrs “W neyerfor dipbment lmagwed thaf s^rcely 1 J bver / .' the' y’ouhg'-m^ : a'tndugHt. , .^^hayaia.%w^'fni%.iiMa^:'<wwaati<fai . enlatedjtooattrantyithe;attention ; :ialaglifug • dragr^ii- iforcubly l poinfeditonj itf ;proyiij}g!4> ; dangetous , ii I. have toLd .yon .'is; |hf yOTrcousuri^hn’istnotliin^lflcdd*^ own; i maj " iJ/Y llmmgton seemed a >; \ 1 j <l .Dd aSiybu please 1;: said the^attoniey/iiotipmf ati -’-v , .“Promise me thatanany case my -.consin .sbsJ andT«msent>*saidWil ' mington, , , -- - '

bosecoulcPit serydrTwiyb- dte'a'fijw.;week&faha I f undertake to ‘render thecpui&£ cleat: for'yoti once rssote }>lthe;*ecbmpettse ; fob my''exirtiOTß I;’lfedv£ tifjo&Xir.it lyrr-'-i « ( d.l • i-rm-tj f*rfJ 'iu b&sii:*; .Tom will findtbatl know how to appreciate Wft and after *receiving a.die^nfi,froniG ( rabl)e;fpr,tiie;amonnt.h)Sreqtnred, andgpyij* «n-acjcnowleflgment,; Wilmington., left thfe’roomt,'j ; ' '".'l .’V7,Tv . ' '•*! Grahbe; ** thftgain’e 1 is getting is%b'liaonby: Illiave'advaiiced othbf the dhance' of what-I-may gain fromßeechain by re- 1 mo.Ving two rivals? whileas a last-resource I-raight njakeotermsf j'jipthjjPhilip. {f.Strange that'l Moses the. man .in hjp4 i! hamay.proye the trump cardafter.air/'' ~ ■ J At.tips tinie* however,' {Moses, 1 h'ad'a 'rea--8on 7 f6r °J?lMp'.'had ! le'ffc "Melbourne! It* was'hot 1 for stand 'ihcfhtk’slaifterwaids that. Girabbe received the' Australian- 'paperf mentioned in- out last chapter* ' 'After 'some reflection', iGrabbedetermined to go. down’ iso*., Westmorland- pnSt/have an.ipteryievv ; v|rith Beepkam. j•, He; was) amtious jto jpp?ition ; at *Whitr mor^CjVaM,rand; jpijnceriiihg>.Wftmlngton'jyphlajfprni au excuse.for'Kis.vrsit,", , BeecHaih'was' sorprised tb see GfabßCj 'but cdn-. jecturing that something important had occurred, liprrjied <.him ;to"'lthe hft ; conversation jWith■jjfWfti* re^uner^^toTOri^ and sarandrci’cdndudfea by mffifi J g the'ssme aider it&at hei’had ! made to’thie' Gaptaiii, hamfely' 1: to''“ clear i! The pairuof worthies sdon rame'itO: terhis ;• yet Grabbe*still lingered, cand ht length' ; madebsome iflqdiry- Sir .Bryanj f hintihgat his.desire mtroduction. ; ; ,bat Beecham. perpeiyadf , ips n^oep.Yre,..and,r e p^ ) notliave |Ke''plfeaßure bf n prewnjtmg"xou.tp.,Hiy MHerj 'much ' wor« ;-’ihtfeed‘the ; si #'of stringers Him to such a** degree that J th'e physician hW's'tiictiy prohibited of tKd ttßfc’b! Y-;c,7 r-u» h- ! ■ t“~ !i-:n od; 1i- Tliough foiled iin'his desire iof - ascertaining'for. himself how lohg.the baroi)et?ivaS likely to linger,' hSB ( jjbnrnpy, f .'He o fi^ r secured; anpiher,, .advance ;..andr«blved inanypase hay] whilfithe sunshonfe.”"' Jtis 1 intentions T yntK rfespect td'WSrien nb ; kept 'to hmiself ‘ prObably he'hsid / hardly T deterhirhea on his plhn' fcff actiin. < > Oh the evdningof‘Grabbe’s departate froiii'ljbridon twiWhitmorp (Chase his ! partner Kohler; while BtilL(engaged L atithe .chambers in Thavies Irih, received a ? sudden, summons to ; retora home immedi-( !^usignly u having, irprasiyed a; kjckj i&om a whjcli it wouiOiterminate firmly.' ’Alniost b'esiae himself, at the cnrjws, Kbhler 'Whlfe'r's ‘tii'close* ihebffiee, and rusned fftftii the house. 1 '•As the^erkEntered-the partner’s private ipom after. Eb"hlea*.had: deft,') (hfe ;’sa w dhe /latter’s 'keys; whiphiin histagitation lielhad-^forgotten;istilli remaining in, the; desk- CA&reatly..: excited, he ifeized t^m j ,.andmatter 4 ing,/‘. ? At ! laßt tha-tiippdlafcd.iHe foi-jwhun^ljliaye^b.lo^ waited,” hejlock^; the doors; ' then hurh'ed upstairs ’to own’ room, wnere J iron; ip 'Which' ; the partners kß^tifheirTm^pfiant^oc&ehtsr' 3 3 ThS he ahd asking l outvaridds car6fuUy''laid titles; others le carelessly tossed side. At lengtli a small degd attention, .pndjas he .read he- ( ap'perfectly’.' us f tbuhded,‘, re-pergsmg .it, ’as though in'd&ibraO'to its I 'contenra. * Satisfied at others,"and Ihen l bei gan'lidpying'the'dobuhfdnts hi had laid aside, : 6oml mehcing with iheJbnp'Wlirch' ha’d so l deeply- interested hirn jj yßong intothe niglitlie sat,! laboriously! toili% f £jtihiSEeei}iUntU-.tlie last/parchment; was rpsjorpdjto l Jhen returping t the ‘keys,,to the Whence.; he } nad t ftipa jp rest. 7 ' ’'|T‘ . yl “ l' .'.f' i ; ' ( Ms'appearan<». at offices. 5 tte nbit niarrnirig 'hours'before Hid iisual 1 time, pS'd i ‘ca§ta , s&i r «ihinf' r ghince at his *clerk; as'he askediVvhetlier the/ latter had'seen his keys; ’■• ’-<*-*1" ’ iretunied' >Walters,o carelessLy, “ Did yopapot! take (them- jjvith you. ?”■ .then • suddenly ‘,‘,](jVliy, ; there .tliey sngj'liapgingitpithe lpct desk..., X e wdl, ; lijs *acngrij Woth iiri but the fact isil ctp|ed, 'office hastily'last mght" aud'did pot dhsetvVthem.’ "Jiisl Bapie > With* "ah?/ imitatidii 1 tc a'pd^ty , , 1-had'pb‘tiine' to, look' s round; so'l locked*the f rootai3 tip-' afe' they were;' However,4l shalLnot occnr'again.”. ! iv _ryu ; S >,'ii ! ■■ Kohler felt; reassured;' falters had- evidently Pol noticed thp keys,, andjtjiefplerk .Jeft the,yopm,;.hi! jsopntenaac&Jbeatinga similar,.,exprpssioh. to ,tha plefipn'p^J^ : infermd ?1J ,'1.1,,’