Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-03-18
Vol. XIV. Wide No. 7s7 No. Inc

living, l determined to adopt sersc
ousiy as my profession what | hal.
hitherto followed merely for pleasure,
obtained an introduction to a well
known Partisan firm, and the exam:
| piles Of work which / submitted ft =
their inspection were considered ~
satisfactory that an engagement W.
at tpnce offered me; and the followinu
| Two years were spent by me chiefly il
Rome and Florence, phot"graphing tt.s
most celebrated architectural feature
| of both cities. At the end of tn.
time, l accepted a more lucrative el..
| gagement for a London house, whier
brought me to this country for the firs-
time since was taken away as a child
and here am. n
The little cuckoo-clock in the cornda
struck five rs John English cease q
| speaking. Jane Garrod, with her apro RI
thrown over her head, sat gazing si,u
lently into the glowing embers. 1t wa.
quite dark outside by this time, bu.,
the room itself was filed with sor =
OF ruddy cleaning from the decaying
iire-a warm colouring that brough
into strong relief the pale haadsomdo
face of the wounded man, and th,el
worn, sharply-cat features of the sta,u
ton-master's wife. John. looking our
/ into the darkness. saw the express.
train, with it blood-red, Cyclopeal
/ eye, burst suddenly out Of the tunnel
and watched it as it came swiftly onu
breathing flame and smoke, and mark.
! my its progress with free largess on
/ fiery cinders. Its wild defiant shriee,
| seemed To break up James reverie. t
| You have not told me all, she saidp
turning on John abruptly. ;,
| What have left unsaid!'
'lou have not told me anything tha,
has happened to you since YOU cam1
70 Normantord. You have not tolcs
me how it is that you know Mis- q
! >pencelaugh so well nor why an &C.
tive, busy, young gentleman like YOU
has fingered so long in such a little,
out-of-the-way spot AZ this
4 will tell you everything, sait
John. 50 h, began and told her al
that had happened to him since hib
arrival in Monkshire-all save hi.
love for Fredcrica but there was ne
need for him to speak OF that it wa,
story known to Jane Garrod with !,
out the telling. He told her OF hi,
recognition OF he portrait OF Jere-
mlah krecte, and OF Mrs. Winch /,
strange behaviour; he tod her of the
note intended f)r Lady Spencelaush. ;,
sent 70 -G1'itA alth1}es IN from BeIai,! +!
the day following the landladv's re-
turn home; he told her all that hc
hhi gathered from Mr. Edwin, and Of
Alr~ Wnch's prcyarication under hi;
+ cr",s-qn"~f'oning. And now tina.
you know everything he finished BIZ
saving, YOU, III your turn, must tel!
n!iGS WY you were 50 startled by see
have waited patiently to lcarf en-, l
what has seemed to me a very long
time. can wait no longer.
Il was startled by the strong like
mes, | saw in you to some person
whom knew many, many years
ago, said Jane.
Now that YOU know me better, do
you still see that likeness as strongly
as ever
Il dol do.
4 WHO was that person whom | re-
semble so strongly?
Jane Garrod did not speak, but
burst into tears, and fell on her
knee. bv the side of John. and kissed
his hand, and called him her darling.
her own dear boy
Amazed, and almost ready to
think { ut she had gone crazed, John
stood up. AMI taking Jane gently BY
the arms, raised her from the ground.
Ter strained eyes scanned his features
eagerly. That face, and the mark
on his arm, she muttered, were
enough to tell me who he was, with
out anything more.
Who am |. them askel John
breathlessly. You kill me by keep
ing me in this suspense"
You are she said-and then she
stopped, for just at that moment she
heard her husbands bcg-pardon
cough. and heavy tootstep on the
I gravel outside. John seized her bv
the 2 wn In Heavens name.
speak Who am 2 he said. She
turned, and putting her head clo.e
to his, whispered sentence in his
ear which sent all the blood to his
he rt. and left him for a short time
without power either to speak or
move. Next minute, Abel Garrod,
stalwart. ruddy, entered the room,
bringing with him a watt of keen,
winty air, and the dying fire leapel
up for an instant, as if to welcome
him.
To BE CONTINUED.