The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-11-25


tnrensad softly, wAils sA< hfsed hss pale
face TO the ssAli cat streaming intn tht
sparsmsst.
II .sk up, N.rtss Loeb up :!
she again cajo,hsd nPon the invalid
dur nR ell these fourte en- ye&r. Of agony
here not oscs ssosbsGa sitheT she good
ness OF the jsssiss II Heaven. Blessed
are they that Esvarb for th4y shall b.
conferred Ssils~s that we shall zee re.
joce lnors knealy sAaA ve have nssuYned
and that us shall -scne ~ a glorious day
Of .jay beyond all tAls long Nigh OF sor
rev |" '~s4 = hs*a4 -ss2 {H'Pa
irhs faersof the in valid lighted up with
ap answering glow, esd he sDurmaTed:
GLORIOUS faith NJ, ~ife you ere in.
deed u blesseA comforter! Perhaps. after
all. you are riG1r'',
A knock res ounAsd 90 side door at This
juncture, rhd the asat noaasss. Or HUT
tun, tho family physician, for whom Mrs..
Preple had sent. entered the room.
He was aa ole nAa, poYsiy in fguTe,
with white Aaiy end beard, but with o
fresh and raady cn4plexion, . pair o
shrswa biue sy.., 3 ID with sn txub,rsni
myishae,s Of ma asr ths, set welt ~ i,
MN. III hal KIND heart ami 4 clear
head He Apr ~crcd the sofa, after
greeting ihs haeDsad and wife, and lift
ed the tniR restless h nd IF the Invalid.
feeling his pais. ''.' So
"QN,- y high f,vtr," he said, sf.sr y
brief pause. WORRYING AsA,n, Ell, Mr..
PEBBLE Ynu ~. wsarng yourself our.
Medicine will 40 ysu NJ g nd so losg ~
your mind is IN las ,pre.rn, condition.
mxst give you IN op ate - -
M, anw, a, cser, In; .r posed / ~ bank
er. II cannnt--aiust nos--sls-p to iay
| need 10 be brA*d AZ kt n,w, Tor can
not tell ~ ANY Lantsent wAss the tex
may bring forth. l ava boxing for nc ca
IF ali Say y.srs OF amgiisn- o.
4 he cS"wninH a3,av of the whole. Fer.
haps even npw-AA, - aet MAS that -
lie startled ap Hiii.y, aud tnen, ~ til.
SQUAD thai had dissor bed hnn was Sht re-
peated, he sank tsck again on bis v,.si-
.olls, pAlild and painting. Is.
The Doctor looked4st Mrs. Prebts with
All anxious cues: ioAing glance. ="
cit is the anniversary she replied. Q
his unspoken inquiry the anniversary
of our loss q
An, yes" said the doctor. tx ren,en..
Der ~
'Yes, It's anotner of those ttrrlbls
days" cri q the banker, Iii low whisp, +
sit down, doctor, and l Will tell ,ou / h
whole story. | caa think of nothing Else
to-,iay, and am rlm st wild WITH appre-
nenslon and anxiely. Sit do3vn."
DR.. Hutton drew upa char AID seat
ed himself, his face expressing the douo
IL. ,soiicitude of > friend and physician.
"You knew as fourteen ars ago, doc
tor" said Mr. prebls. I'VE lived then
where We do now, in = cottage on the sit,
OF this great mansion. There were but
The three of us-Helen and /, and Gus
three year old Jessie. And it was four,
teen Years ago Co day that our little. Jes-
sic was stolen from u.s.
II remember il, said the doctor softly
yet might she moi ha We been lost, Air.
preble ! Size went out to play in the & y
den, if remember rgltiy, and was ney
er seen by YOU again She m,ght have
strayed away
80 we thought for whole year, doc
tor interrupted thu banker. We never
dreamed that she had been stolen. We
searched every " here tor her, and offered
Immense rewards for her recovery.
employer detectives, but all to no pur-
p ,se When our little Jessie ran down
the steps into that t1ower-garden, and he
pointed to the trout Of the house, 'a0 II
the earth had opened and swallowed hel
up, We never saw her again" ~
"ohe must have found the gate open
and wandered OUT suggested DR.. Hut
ton 'She might have srroiled down tc
the watt rs ana been drowned"
The banker fixed h burning eyes upoi
the physicians face, a.st whispered:
81 saIu We never saw tue ppnr, Child
again. did not say We had not heard !"
h;r. She was lost on the 9in If August
1854. For a year we thought her dad
But GU the anniversary OF our loss were
celved written message concerning h. r.
"a message y cried DIR. Hutton, start
"A mere scrawl-a single line in {
hand evidently disguised, said the bank
cr Here 1t Is
He produced a dingy scrap OF paper from
a drawer IN the table, AMI held it up t.
the view Of the physician, who read Al
follows:
August 1856. Jessie, N, ha Jessie,
DR.. Hutton locked, with Il puzzled air
from the scrap Of paper, winch he turne(
over and over, CD the countenance Of TIT
banker a ..tE t.-,..... 'fH
II can make nothing Of this, he de
clared. ut is merely. Il date, with tn
name of your lost daughter. 1t tells M
nothing > 5t -sa gta;t-.lg
/ Nor did it rs, at FIRST" said Mr.. Pre-
i,le Then that name and that date, witt
The demon laugh connecting them, srl
us to thinking A whole year We ago
niZed over the dreadful problem and thei
received another message which you shal
see" aa -H...f. .r..... .-....
He thrust a second slip of paper, iden.
teal III shape and appearance with the