The Twin Detectives; or, The Robbers of the Tomb — page 180: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

THE TWIN DETECTIVES. | 171 to another man, who was still alive when I married the earl.” | | ‘You were aware that he was alive?” | ‘“No; I learned it afterward. My husband was a sailor, and his long absence led me to suppose he was dead. I had’ a son born to the earl, and I thought he would live to inherit the title. When I learned my first husband was alive, I was wild. The earl married, and after obtain- ing a promise from me that I would never put forward any claim for my son or myself, he settled an annuity on me which enabled me to live in comfort.” ‘* Did he support his son?” ‘¢He supported and educated Archy Mordred.” Welk?” | ‘‘ Well, this boy grew up wild and dissipated. No one had any control over him. He-was overbearing and inso- lent to the earl, and killed, by his bad conduct, any affec- tion the old man felt for him. He chose the worst com- panions, and at length was detected in the commission a crime and sentenced to imprisonment.” ‘What was the crime?” ‘© Stealing dead bodies. He became a resurrectionist.” «© Did the earl know?” va Voss ‘‘ We did not try to Ueavant him from suffering the pen- alty of his crime?” ‘‘No. He refused to interfere for him or use his influ- ence in mf way, and he forbade me to ever see or speak to him again.’ ‘© Did you see him?” «© Yes; after he served his term he found me out, and aettantly visited me for the purpose of extorting money. He was so violent that I gare him large Sums to get rid of him.” ‘¢ Did the earl know this?” Ss comicbooks rele)