Whether that was true or not, something more than singular happened when, some two months later, accounts were being investigated and cleared up.

Late one evening, Mr.Enderby left home,--and never returned to it.

It was very soon known that he must have appropriated to his own use considerable sums which had reached his hands for charitable purposes, and the scandal was terrific.

Mrs.
Enderby and her child disappeared in a day or two.

It was said that ladies from London had come and fetched her away, and she was no more heard of in that little town.
Miss Bygrave, an elder sister of Mrs.Enderby, had received a letter from Paul summoning her to the wife's aid: and this letter, dated from Liverpool, after disclosing in a few words the whole situation, went on to say that the writer, though he would never more be seen by those who knew him, would not fail to send his wife what money he could as often as he could.