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Show Till-: siuitY of k ioutum:. 1IUW A 1'IIM.atltLVlllAN OF A PAST CJItfa.KATIO'l Ilt.CAMK A HICIISIAN, A few weeks since u geoUemail named ilasllugl died In Mew York. He had for yeara lived tha life uf a rceluie, although known to be wealthy. His fortune came from hla uncle. Lewis W, Clark, who was at one time a note broker In tills oily. About isrjl he had an office In Front, near Duck, but waa not very ajeceas-ful, ajeceas-ful, belug ettremely prouif ami uu-oclable, uu-oclable, II was about this time that he Inherited from his Uncle KgmouJ of Halifax, a lirge sum of money and retired from active business, Tho clrrumnlatices connected wllh his In herltancu were boll) curious aud stall- Hs'ble Island, ninety miles east of Nova ricotla, has for oeuturlii beeii a terror to tha marluer hiinlreis of ships have been wrrckeJ here au I Uvea lost. Sixty years ago tin dinger of the plioe waa enhanced by the 1 tie-enee tie-enee of a band of wreckers, who were. In fact, pirates, ami had no scnilts about killing the unfoituuatea whu reached shore If iieccssary to uulkc robbery etleclual. The plunder was sent to Huston and Halifax and disposed of. I gmnnd Clark was, and had been for jiars, the agent an I counselor of this confederacy confeder-acy of rurtlsns, furnished thenisuppltia aud made a large farlune eiitoftbtlr booty. In Hiuv the wife and daughter of a Ilostoti merchant natne-1 lUburn em-taikeilat em-taikeilat the t-nrt of Havre to return lotbelr native land. It was tunonil Ihsl Ihe ship was driven norlb of their course and struck on Uie deadly reefs oMsble IilanJ. There was no report of her on the cnatkaud alt ou board murl hevu -?r!ib.l. 1 1 was a terrible blow to the husband and father, and he searched In vain for some Intelligence of the ultimate fate of the alihs but In valu, until a year afterward looking lu the window or a llostou Jewelry atore he taw a locket rat with turquoise, with the niotlo In French, roiijours el toujour!," tou-jour!," that heat once ncognlnedas having ln-en worn by his wife, Ho enured the place, examined the locket and found, aa ha expecud, his name engraved on thu back. The storekeeper store-keeper was not very communicative until threatened, when he told all he knew. Thejewel bad been purchased froinaCatiallsn whu came to IlosUui frequently to sell such goods. He was at once looked up and arrested. He gave Mr, Clark of Halifax aa his lacll. Mr. llaburii saw Clark, who waa Insolent and Initlllsr-nt In the mailer, and this si enraged the lloetontan that he handle,! Ihe ruffian su severely aa to cause hla death not longarter. , , Ills brother, Lewis, wai an upright gentleman ami deeply shocked at tha el.ure. The estate waa left must-tied must-tied until after I.ewli'a death In Iter-lini.la, Iter-lini.la, In 143, when It had become very valuable byithn growlli of real esUte, of which It larnely coml.ted, and about Ilia It came by Inheritance to Mr, Ha'tliirs the only surviving rehtlve or W, Lewi. Clark. Mr. Hailing' never married and his wealth will goto distant relatives In the North vt Ireland. |
