Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1856-11-20
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A REMARKABLE STORY.

" e take the following curious narration
from an article in " Household Words -
The owner of an estate in Manchester,
some tine in the first half Of the last cen
turv, married young he and his wife had
several children. and lived together in q
quiet state Of happiness for many years.
A last business Of some kind took the huS-
band up 10 Lnndon-a week 5 journey in
those davs. He wrote and announced his
arrival; do not think he ever wrote again.
He seemed to be swallowed up in the abyss
OF the Metropolis, for no friend land the
lady had many powerful friends could eV-
er ascertain for her what become of him :;
the prevalent idea was that he had been at
tackled by some of the street robbers who
prowied about in those days, that he had
resisted. and had been murdered. His wife
g:aGualiy gave up all hopes of seeing him
again, and devoted herself to the care of
her children; and 50 they went on tran
Quliy enough, until the heir became Of
age, when certain deeds were necessary
before he could legally take possession of
the property. These, Mr.. :. Ilhe family
LAWYER stated, had been given up by him
into tie missing genlleman's keeping Just
before the last mysterious Journey to Lon
don. with which think they were in some
way concerned. Il was possible that they
were still in existence some one in Lon
don might have them in possession, and be
either conscious or unconscious of their
importance. At any rate, Mr.. SIS advice
10 his client was that he should put an ad-
verlisement i'll the London papers, worded
so skillulIy that any one who might hold
the important documents should understand
to what it referred, and no one else. This
was accordingly done and, although re-
pea,ed at intervals, for some time il met
with no success. But atlast, mysterious
answer was sent, 10 the effect that the deeds
were in existence, and should be given up;
but only on certain conditions, and TO the
heir himself. The young man, according
10 directions, went TO an old house IN Bar
bican, where he was told by man, appa-
rcnuy awaiting him, that he must submit
10 be blindfolded, and must follow his GUT
dance. He was taken through several
long passages before he left the house at
the termination Of one Of these he was put
into sedan chair, and carried about for an
hour or more; he always reported that there
were many turnlngs, and that he imagined
he was set down finally not very far from
lis starting point.
When his eyes were unbandaged he was
in sitting room, with tokens of family
occupation lying about. A middle aged
gentlemen entered and told him that, until
a certain time had elapsed (Which should
be indicated TO him in particular way, but
Of which the length was not then named,
he must swear to secrecy as to the means
by which he obtained possession OF the
deeds. This oath was taken; and then the
gentleman, not without some emotion, ac-
knowledged himself TO be the missing fa-
tier of the heir. 1t seems that he had fall
len in love with damsel, a friend of the
person with whom he lodged. To this
young woman he had represented himself
as unmarried; she listened willingly to his
woOing, and her father who was a shop
keeper in the city, was not aVerse TO the