The Pomfret Mystery

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1470, 31 October 1905, Page 4

The Pomfret Mystery

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||pstsi ih'e:?iranger : :: Bigbed : .aii' she. ; answeroil, gM^jiMißiiotone;who cares whether I j. iV But iybu have -a . ii> isyou: have taken in and '•'-'■; ;v;y- ;v:-; ; -v ; .;,;, name is Adele—Adele Hollenbeokj; my parents" wishes Ppijioareefyimore than; a year ago. They wer'a had other plans for me; but H|| |thongK;]|eiiry(W(iß only a'oarppntprl loved hiin'i ;/th e>pid-, st or y—t bey orb aide ■■ hjonsei-;b'ii) "we; found, means; to . and o'noiexebirig I stole'out' Sftpjf mjlbtoe'Wwew ! 'bf lt'tbey. disowned' me p|Slp.'d!rßave hever heard: from tfieivi since. "' mM^o\^ ; - : mi]o.. months' nftpr wtf, v «fent ;well'.with; Henry fell into bad company lip ".of 1 the poor--:; thiiii lie biringa hoiiio>,be : : andUess fhpy ata bul'a 1 . |||p!feC^ jiaf tor,?:. anbtK'oif" ;: tho ■ fre'M«rpß ; _ci£ Pfilifiplibusehold go tpHbe'■pJW , nßhop--ilieu by step'the and lower ■ inta'poveriy fori knew Kltbaill^bnldVcibn ; givebinh to a child, M§|»nß|iihpngb^ 'when : ;Htiiiry;ohstiged.;ai?(J r ? as ho"[bad boen:;be^... it"-. : but he was wdrseithriri : ■■.';•;■;• :f;;'/ ; "■V : 'v i v;. told ine. I could? 'ln Bostontana, I pawned the labt ,wiihthe money I bought - .. and', tho- life Of in-: A ■;: ■' ■','•■ ' »^idl!arlh^fr^Now-;York; ; r begati 1p : '-But you know; woS^si^iiM^Mi : ii -I' .w: watohitig. ; roy£fiight';' and ; b8 £ had bundle, and!, jumped; ibjtbe, ground on the |||||fijj^^^ I :on the next, track |ind.l and. etppd panting J»e r v .xin<iilitlie 'passenger.:train J^sigh I eyen : where r,:Wfts, : l^^bS^waatwiliingibiWork, and; l thought sometbinfj to do here as ¥ —«e^;^llj;the 7rest of the ||||pa^ PS;wfin;mighV:came 1 found- myself home- j in! yb'urwindowi «f||and-I :l dew}mi'neltbmikoo moreeffort, me |||||||^ : ;fe '■•'.- '■■ Sing dbwh 'Ethel's itbryilwa'B.'beingv t01d,..' welthe'strgnger's.eyes were glisten. :■ .;■■. ; well to;dqi.!*'; : ;; •;, ||||l§^ work in'. Squire Le's-, : /*'' ''■ ';'.'.■':''- : ' was : ;; knew, him ' : b'e'- - by the, riyor stfbrj : into iw|he with : the oakiog v fot their patty; ||p|fpifcie^ rtjie■tpwn'ffibngbt bf ; hiiin general. ';. ?■ .•.• -\ ; ibig;;head fringed y^bcksi ; i ; ani';with a smooth by expos-apuire-was'a -fine M : A'. i ;;'::. i™^^^'^^^-^-^ w '^ o^''^-™a^''7**™'' f^|b.quMfqrhim : by. Aunt Martha, H firet cousin-but Ethel's; posiW M|tib^;was'' : a eineoure, for it was really' Aunt the cares of'the bouse M was the;: last: of a, class of rapidly dying out i Stuire,pf acouuthe' most'jmportant Wzfii Pf^tii^pnly;lawjeV and: Juatloes of the, |^fej?s|c^|ffi|iKegneighbourhood lie'; was : :ihy deeds Bnd the ;quarrels of the', neighr', S^BWinp^hpy,.'brought ,th?ir hoards to

him and he put them out at interest, charging both lender and borrower a com <•■ mission. Bometimoß lob, the accnmnl'itionaof'Bomc twenty cr, thirty people would want their sharo before it fell due and the b'quire had a chance to bay Ihem out atadisbount. Jt was (his conjunction of a law and a banking business that made the rlquirb wealthy and enabled thorn to live in the largest houses in "the town, But when Swings Btinka'were established the importance of tne •' Squire waned, though the titlff. did not become extinct, anfl one of those to whom it still blung was old Herman Leslie. . : .-';EthelLe»lie;'thß Squire's daughter and' tho bellb of ■Pr'pmfret, was eighteen old. ; Her mother-had; died when she was young;and : lcfiher in -Aunt Martha's charge. In persooal appeariinoo sho was .short and rather slight, and her eyes were dark biueilarge and capable of changing almost in a'minute from 'spirkling misbhiefto tender loye. Her complwion was blear and pure.. A bright colour whb in her cheeks,' and each check had a. dimple which showeditsalf most bewitchiflgly whe'n.sho "smiled.-.'.-Her hair was. thick and long arid brown, with a natural, waye-or ripple 1 In it that eholtauced its loveliness. She.was .a picture of perfect health and girlish loveliness, gmco imd in-' ■nocence, but the careful observer; noting. the low, broad foroboud and short straight riOse and square chin, would have prophesied that there was in her nature a determination and oncrgy, a capability of loving dearly and of suffering silently and bitterly. Sh'ehadnotoften been away from Pomffet, butisiie' had, learned- all that ftheteachers of the high school thoro ■ could teach her; and the music master, of the town had fburid her an apt pupil in, both playing and(>ibging. v- v :'- ■■'■';-.'■'. To ht continued . ; , " ■-«'■■*■ • ' "' ■- ■' • ■ ■ • " '