A STRANGE, TRUE STORY.

The Langworthy Marriage.

CHAPTER LYl'I.

AT THE AGRICU LTURAL HALL,

After answering every advertisement, probable or .improbable, in every news paper, and all-in vain, Mrs-Langworthy one morning, 'while glancing over the advertise ment columns-of tho "Daily Telegraph," 'saw an advertisement " for a young lady" of good personal .address She answered it listlessly, stating tho old hackneyed phrase that "she 'Wan "a Mly'by birth 'arid ediica tion," &c. -In-the afternoon of next day she ,wns, surprised by receiving a-letter, dated ' iroiiiLimehouse, Poplar, asking her to give £he advertiser an interview, naming Canon ''street'station as the place, and suggesting for .the sake of idealitication that she carried a folded newspaper in her 'haricl. Tile letter was signed Stuart - and Co., granolithic Agents -S'o-j paging for the 4 folded .-paper,' and somewhat dubious about the nature of the place, Mrs Lang worthy <w.ent. to Canon - street at the appointed time, merely holding con spicuous the bine envelope of the firm. A gentleman soon joined her, and 'stated .that Messrs Stuart and Co. required a. lady to lake, charge of ra stall for a fortnight at the Exhibition^ the Building .Trades at ilio Agricultural Kail, Islington, to commence Monday, March 14th, till Monday, March 28 th < salary LI per week. She said she was wiil iritr-to take chargeot' it if they thought she would suit, and a few days later Messrs Stuart and Co. wrote stating that they had selected "tier, and though others only asked 15s per week, they would give her LI Is, her duties being to dust exhibits and solicit orders during the h®urs of 10 a.m.— 9.30 p.m. Mrs Lahgworthy winced a little with the timidity which is always nalmral when one is ■•confronting the unknown. She knew nothing of granolithic or cement. _ .She had never been'in the Agricultural Kail since 1882, Avhen :she had be&n taken there to inspect the models of a yacht. To stand all •day at a stall, of the contents of which she knew nothing, in the midst of a curious crowd, had its terrors, but beggars must not be choosers, and 21s a week decided the question. On Monday morning, March 14th, she set out for her new duties, trying to comfort herself by remembering all the heroic sentiments about the dignity of honest labour. &c, but in reality feeling anything but elated. She blushed hotly as Site Ksfeßd the overseer for Messrs Stuart's stall, which was .No. 10, Avenue A. It was intensely cold weather. In her little room in Keppel-street she had no lire, and in the vast hall she shivered, as with chattering- teeth she sat in the background, while men warmed themselves by thrusting their hands in their pockets aud beating a tattoo with their feet. But as time wore on her misgivings ceased she received nothing but courtesy from all around. Among other experiences she was inter view-eel by a member of the staff of a technical paper, a dapper little, gentleman, Avho was -doing the Exhibition for his journal. The condescending kindness with which this good interviewer brought down his talk to the intellect of the stall atten dant was edifying. First he charted Mrs, Langworthy and called her " lucky girl," next he said he would write 'to Messrs :Stnarb and tell them how much he was gratified with the " charming young lady " at the stall.; then he informed her that as the-Exhibition would be open on Saturday afternoons she Would, lose her "Saturday afternoon's walk." After which he merci fully passed on. She did her best to learn a little about •Portland cement, granite, and granolithic, but made little progress. When the jury ; came round they talced her a few questions, but she was utterly at sea, She had re ceived'practically no instructions, and she floundered desperately in her answers as to whether the granite was from Devon or »Aberdeen, and how much the stairs were per square foot or yard, and if the colour was burned on the slabs, or they were shaped in a mould, and a hundred other questions. They smiled very indulgently, and said, " Ah, 'we see you know nothing > tout if, but we'll give you a good.notice. Mcm stared and hung round sometimes, b it only once did she experience any annoy in x incident. A neighbour exhibitor, red rand irate as an angry turkey, accused her "loudly of copying his model in a redcnm- V 7-piece. It was most offensive to hun sv /and clients to see his original mantel pi. iC e now exhibited by her. In vain she tried to see the oiience ; at last, iorget tmg her place,' she burst out impatiently, «' (Veil I'm sure I don't sec anything original m it." For a minute the man seemed struck dumb at such lack of percep tion, and.then relieved his feelings by den unciation. To this moment Mrs Lang worthy cannot -understand wnat it was .all about Messrs Stuart had placed a red brick mantelpiece in the stand, and this man it seemed, imagined that she had stolen the design i Mrs Langworrliy's at tendance at the Agricultural Hall was interrupted by.the necessity of returning to the courts oh. a dilatory motion .made by ■ Messrs Bircham on behalf of their client/, Sir Lang worthy. .CHAPTER LVIIIL ' DELAY, DELAY, STILL MORE DELAY. When Edward Langworthy iled the Co'nntry in April. 1880, 'with intent to defeat andde lay his1 creditor. Mi's Langworthy filed a peti tion against him in bankruptcy. The alimony due at the time the petition was filed was L2,y00. In addition to this, there were taxed costs amounting- to L4G3, which were due to Messrs Lumley. Not one penny of this had been,paid. Every recur ring monththis liability had been increased by LIOO according to the deciee of the High Court of Justice, and every month Edward Langworthy had punctually neglected "to pay a single farthing. It was of course discreditable for him to be formally adju dicated a bankrupt, so he fell, back upon -his old tactics. When Edward Langworthy s in a fix his first instinct seems to :be'to ■Jpply to Messrs Bircham, Avhere the faith ul Mr Groves and the resourceful Mr Dun by re'always at hand to assist him in his hour ?i need." When there seemed a prospect hat the order in bankruptcy would be ■granted, Mr Danby came once more to the fore With the inevitable affi davit, which this time was slightly varied from the usual form. This time Mr Danby's proposal was that a commission should be issued to proceed to Buenos Ayres for the purpose .Of taking the evidence of Edward Langworthy as to whether he was or was j^ot domiciled in flic Argentine Kepublie. 'This was not'the first tirao thnt MesSi-a. Bircham and Co. had applied to an English court for the issue of n conitniHflion to pro "oeed to Buenos Ayres. A sihitlur applica tion had been successful in tho ease of a'lawsuit that had bbon begun against Mr Langworthy by a Woolwich arti- ; can, concerning whoso treatment and that of his fellow-workmen we may have something more to Ray further on. There Was something 'peculiarly 'suspicious in the :suggc*bion thai a man who had defied tlie decrees of the Court, ; who had last year placed Himself voluntarily . within the jurisdiction of the C6urt,and who at the very moment of his application was ( continuing his usual subscription to the ] ' two West-end of which lie is a member, ■ should make use of this question of domicile | ;fbrthe purpdse vi indefinitely postponing < of big unfortunnto wife. .

The question of domicile was not a new one with him. It will be remembered that when the application for alimony was first made.and he was ordered to tile his defence, lie did so wider'protest, denying the juris diction of the Court, inasmuch as he was domiciled abroad. He maintained this protest, according to Mr Daiiby's own ac count, .until ho thought he was perfectly safe'to secure a: decree nisi. Then he him self applied for leave to drop the protest as to domicile, and enter an absolute appear ance .'to the citation. Ho had persisted 'in denying the jurisdiction of the Court as long as lie thought that denial would injure his wife. The moment he thought tliivt lie could 'make use of the jurisdiction of tlie Court in order to'legally ■'consecrate the outrage which ho had per peti^ated, he "nMndoriedit, and entered an appearance. Now, having pained.his erid and secured the eteeree nisi, heagain raised the question of 'domicile, for the same pur fpose as that:for which ho originally pleaded it. My'•Langwdrthy'therefore appears to be domiciled either in England or the Ar gentine Republic exactly according to his convenience. AVhen he thinks that the courts will decide in hia favour, he appears before them as a British subject domiciled within their jurisdiction. The moment the same courts order him to discharge the duties of a British bubjeet and honour the decrees of her Majesty's judges, then, hey jfrfisV) .'the sceile changes instanter, and Edward Langworthy, the 'British subject, ceases to exist, and there is only an 'lOdward Langwoithy 'domiciled in the Argentine Republio.- But wliat'did it matter? It was a con venient pretext for/delay. Delay for Mr Langworthy mr;:t' victory. For .Mrs Langwor'thy i-m;, . '.Fh'V >' ■, ■ >-nig on instructions re a'6i\"6U ;,. • a.c A°i'gen v ine Kepubiic, an application was made by Messrs -Bircham to Mr Registrar Hazlitt on March 18th, ISS7, for a commission to examine the debtor as to domicile. He did not desire, said Mr Yate Lee, to be made a debtor in his absence

The ease was heard in Banln-uptey-bnild ings, before the 'Registrar. There frei'o about a °dozen persons tiresent, including Mrs Lano-worthy, jiiu., roc whom Mr Woolf ap peared to oppose the application for a com mi.sHion, and to press that the order in banla-uptcy should be granted without further delay. Mr Woolf, on behalf of Mrs Langworthy, insisted that the ■application was purely dii(\ solely dilatory. Mrs Laiif,'worthy's afiidavit was put in and read, which declared that her husband was in robust health and per fectly able to attend if he desired to dis prove any allegations contained in the bankruptcy petition. She further declared on oath :—■

The said Edsvard Martin Langworthy is keeping out of the way in order to defeat and delay tho proceedings taken against him, and the application made for a com mission is not made bovajhlc

To this Mr Thomas Wilson Danby, repre senting1 the firm of Messrs Bircham, swore : The application for a commission in this matter is made boua Jkle, and not for tho purpose of delay. " This," said Mr Dariby, "is true to the "best of my'information and belief." The first point to decide was whether "the best of JSlr Danby's information and belief" corresponded to tho actual fact. Mr Woolf asked him - Has this application been made at the request of the debtor? What application are you referring to ? Your application to delay tlie.se proceed ings further in order to send out a com missioner to the Argentine Republic'/

It'has. If, therefore, the application for a commis sion 'was a m\& Me application, and not made solely for purposes of delay, Mr Langworthyls letters, if produced, would prove whether Mr Danby was correct in denying on oath that the proceedings were notWthc purposes of delay. Mr Danby was therefore asked to produce the letters. He demurred. He would produce some he said. He objected to produce all. Mr Registrar Hazlitt told him that he was doing himself an injustice by the linfc he was taking, add ultimately, not in cross examination but in answer to his own coun sel, Mr Danby produced the letters. The following is a note of what passed :— Mr Yate Lee : What 'instructions have you had from Mr Langworthy-with regard to his examination abroad ?

A letter from Langworthy was then put in and read. It was dated 10th January. The envelope was not kept; but it came from Bella Vista/in the Gran Chaicp.

Messrs Bircham,—l had just time to en ! close you in my letter of the 29th ult. the I writ in'bankruptcy served on mo by Miss Long, and cu/xU you to obtain (May, us you know I am domiciled out here, and I con fess I fail to .see'what jurisdiction the Eng- I lish Court-can pretend to have over me. I ' have neither property 'Hor debts in Eng | land, aiid have,had none, so iar as 1 know, Ifdnco October, 1883. i -Mr Woolf asked that the letter referred jto in above should bo produced. Mr.Yate i Lee objeetcd.'cla'iming-privilcge. Mr Regis ! trar Ha/littrujed that it must be produced; and it was read by Mr Pan by. 29th December [no year]. I have not received the affidavit .you say you have sent me in_ a registered letter, as ! there is no registered post-office near. It has got stuck somewhere. I was served with the enclosed writ by the woman's agents on the frith 'December, and I'hey must have-.-been put to. some expense to do so. .'. .—1 'am, yours truly, E. M. LANGWor.TiiY. P.S.—-I presume you con at leaxl dday those •pt-occediiHj'i unlit -you can advise me ■what to do. i'iie only instructions,therefore, which Mr ©anby could produce were instructions to " delay the :proeeedings," and again "to i obtain delay." CHAFFER LIX. A GUILTY C'ON'SCIKXOE AND A LOADED RE VOLVER. Nothing is more remarkable in all these proceedings than.the silence of the principal actor. Since the day when Mr Langworthy parted from'his wife on Sh'feMfcteor,although wenever cease to hear of-him, nothing is heard from him. From his solicitors, from his mother, from his wife, plenty, but from him hardly a word. There are affidavits .promised whichtheis alleged to have-signed, but they are not filed, and letters alluded to which are not 'produced. It was only when the case came into the Bankruptcy Court that Mr Danby reluctantly ■ enough produced a eoupleofiletters from his absent client.

In all the proceedings that had taken place Mr Langworthy had never personally appeared. Twice at least he;had returned to England since the proceedings began, and then only to vanish like a guilty-thing, silently and mysteriously, Then his path ■crossed j-'aat of his wife. Letters, en treaties, 'writs, judgments, docrees of the Court, were showered'upon him all these years without producing a single response. There is something -impressive to the im agination in this prolonged silence, stolid and stern. It was as if you addressed a quicksand or issued 'writs against a miasma. At la^t.in 'the.\Bankruptdy Court the letters read by Mr Danby break the silence. Tho first letter is characteristic, for it con tained a tdownright lie. "I have neither property' nor debts in England," he writes on the 10th of January, ISB7, " and have had none so far as I know since October, 1883." Mr Langworthy here states that since October, 1883, lie has had neither pro perty nor debts in England. Is thattrue oris that not true ? On this subject the only per son who can speak with the authority that domes of intimate personal acquaintance with Mr Lantnvorthy's affairs is tua mother.

And according to Mrs Langworthy, sen.'s, statement, her. son's statement is false on both points. He had property in England later than October, 1883; he has debts in England now.

What property has he had in England since October, 1883 ? His mother says that on January Ist, 1884, her soil had either deposited in English banks or invested in securities no less a sum than L 47,000. After January, IBS 4, he appears to have withdrawn his capital as rapidly as.possible from England ; but in October, 1883, the date mentioned by him, he was possessed, according to 'his 'statement, of L-17,000. Of this., L 23.000 was actually cash on deposit at his bankers'. Why the date October, 1883? Because about that time Mr Langworthy knew that his wife had begun proceedings against him in tho law courts. He had been served with tho citation at the beginning of 1884. It must, therefore, have been issued at the end of 1883. His assertion, therefore, must be made to go back to a date prior to the initiation of proceedings.and he put it back accordingly. The fact that three months later ho had L 3.000 to his credit at Cocks, Biddulph, and Go's, L 17,000 in the New Zealand Hank, and 1,2,500 in the Standard Bank of Africa, was immaterial.

Mr- Langwort'hy further asserts that he had no debts in England since October, ISB.'-}. On this point he is at direct issue with his mother, who in .the bankruptcy proceedings names one creditor—to wit,: herself—to whom .'he asserts Mr Lang worthy is indebted for nearly LBO,OOO. Far be it from us 10 decide whether it is Mr Langworthy or Mr Langworthy's mother who is speaking the truth. All that it is necessary to 'point out is that mother and son cannot both be accepted as witnesses of truth. . .

Tho letters read by. Mr Danby contain one or two passages which afford a Blimps©' of Mr Langworthy's state of mind. He is evidently much disgusted and irritated at " that woman and her agents " who pester him with writs, and he takes a grim satis faction in dwelling upon their real or imagined delects of character or of stand-

Mr Langworthy, whether from the risks to which wealthy residents in the Argentine Republic are exposed, or because of the fears of a guilty conscience, always sleeps with a loaded revolver in his room. One morning about 2 o'clock he was roused by a noise as of some one entering his chamber. Opening his eyes he saw, or thought he saw, the form of a man looming dark against the window. The window hail been forced open, and the burglar was step ping into the room when Mr Langworthy woke. To spring from bed, seize his re volver, and tire full at the body of the intruder, was the work of a moment. The man instantly disappeared. Hushing to the window Mr Langworthy fired in the direction in which he supposed the fugitive had {led. Beyond the report of his own shots, not a sound was heard. After wait ing for a time Mr Langworthy closed the window and went back to bed.

In the morning the closest search wns made under the window and in the grounds, but'Ho truce of blood could be discovered. "And yet," said Mrs Langworthy, "his body tilled all the window. I must have hit him." But proof of this there was none.

Mr Langworthy was much alarmed at this incident. He connected the uncere monious intruder in some odd way with the writ. " I was nearly ' served ' with a more efficacious writ this morning," ho writes—• coupling the service of the writ with the entry of the burglar. So fevered was his imagination, so uneasy his conscience, that the form of the man which he had seen so clearly defined between the sashes of the window was an emissary despatched by his injured wife, to avenge her wrongs! "They will do it some d<y," bethought. He even wrote to Messrs Bircham as follows: —

"To murder me would be the simplest way to get at my money ; the child would inherit and the woman could act as guar dian. They will probably succeed some day."

"The child would inherit!" But one life between little Gladys and the fortune of Edward Martin Langworthy ! No wonder that the keeper of that life, witli all his evil past behind him, and haunted by the spectre of his victim, should see in every shadow cast athwart his window in the night watches the emissary of vengeance. Even in the craven terror of the Argentine millionaire there is a kind of faith that, after all, the Gods arc just.

(To be Continued To-morrow)

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