The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-18
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What was to be done We knew she
was Q natiye,of France a. bronght thence
Einr childhood. Her relatives had died;
her friends knew, nothing, asaye that she
vas an orphan. Genius had aided her
rise; industry had secured her Tame.
The architect Of her own fortunes, she
bhad climbed alonetthe.steep whose ascent
| is devious aud hard to surmount. :. yi
Days went by. Friends Interested
themselyes in the, search, and large re-
wards Yefeeofere6 tsors anS Intelligence
Of the missing girl. All was Intellectual.
Not even. q trace of her could be found.
Still had not given up; attnhy' heart
felt that. we would yet succeed in finding
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One day T stood leaning negligently
on the counter of fashionable jeweler.
I loved to gaze upon the brilliant gems
that strewed the case and filled it with q
weird, flashing light. My attention alb
sorbed in viewing them. I did not notice
the entrance of q lady-her foreign ac-
me to turn around. She held an ear
ring in her hand, and was inquiring the
cost of one if made to match it. The
first glance had of it made the blood
leap like fire in my veins. It was the
counterpart of the one found in the
theatre.
You may imagine did not lose sight
of that woman. knew I had struck on
the right clue.
L traced her home. The panther
never stole on his victim more silently
than I in the footsteps of the dark
browed stranger.
Ell scarcely knew how got back to the
Office I seemed to have triumphed over
space and time. More like a maniac
than o detective, rushed up to Mr..
l. and impaired my intelligence. He
was not less excited than I. We both
felt an interest in the beautiful girl as
strong as if she had been sister. But
we knew that our steps must be wary
and our movements secret as the grave.
We had no common criminal to deal
with. If not the arch fiend himself, we
knew she was almost as cunning. The
mysterious abduction of the actress dis
closed quickness and sagacity at once
ingenious and profound. The same
subtle spirit we did not doubt we should
have to encounter again. 1t was not,
cess that we prepared to enter the resi-
dence to which I had traced the foreign
lady.
It was not rs officers of the law usually
go, that we went on that occasion. We
employed rather the subtle cunning and
perfect skill of man brought up to the
business. For once his nefarious art
helped him to noble deed. A life of
crime was whitened Ivy single virtue.
Before the skill of this man the door
sprung back upon its hinges, and we
stood within the portals where the issues
of this strange mystery were to be de-
oided. Silently we assembled the stairs.
A gas flame, burning from globe, sus-
pended from the ceiling, flung a mellow
light along the stately corridor. At the
further end of the hall door opened
into large apartment. We moved to-
ward this, and as We approached it
sounds Of weeping struck on our ears,
and then We heard voice of supplica-
tion. Sorrowful and sad the strange,
sweet voice foated out on the air. It was
like the vail of a broken heart, that cry
of one in distress.
"Oh, Godi is there no help! no help!"
It thrilled to my heart. Even in that
pitiful cadence Iknew those well-remem-
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