New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-20

breathcd gaspiney The physician regarded them oo'n
I've shall bear Of her again to-day" said Mr. Prebo
Z, ,,nI yIot viii the message 2"
a MILL VIZ yeTtei her face Her brave heart iaered
a. tAt question IN t letters il unquesonably the alb
ao,nr ~ Innr cbiiGl" sid Dr. EuttOn. "Rave you any
suspieio as \" 5is i Mr. Preble. eve have puz
over fbc problem for many years, but we cannot
eec4 Tbt " .sii the doctor "Have You enemy
not mean people with whom You are not iTTiSSbt
eueu,yl J., there whom yen knew III te i1'st
Who hated youi No one AGAINST whom you We're S"'o
lpOu 10 ties f,nO one whom you possibly -,
The banker shook his head. lie had asKeu hln''4A o"
NJ have no such enemy. DOCTOR" no answered with
"Amd Me Pebc - suggested the doctor, turning to
her "IINvt y,U 40 rejected sutton who might be re-
Vcugcfu enough. 90 desUlate your nome IL. D,..o,
No" said the LADY. - was married carly Morton
was my first lpvcr!" -, A., ,..,
This is straug-vcry strange :! muttered the doctor
You are not Of having an enemy IN ths M3iI
mud Vel Won have an eneny-a hidden foe--a hehd lI
human fOrni-whO IS WORKING OUT h2ainst you iea'.
haired Aud YOU have not the slightest Suspicion d
- S Nor thc slightest" declared the banker
husband had q stcp-broher who might have been eap%
Die Of this iufamy-but he Is dead !"
"The handwriting is not familiarT ~, ,ho
'No IL merely rudc scrawi as you scr s'liu tne
banker. 10 suggests nothng-eXcept that u - 0'i
Agsln there was profound silence. .,.-,,. u,,,r.
Our child Is seventeen years Old now at a. ne
INJURED Ars Prcblc. voice trembling she Is o., e
threshold Of wOmanhOOd No doubt, u9iinh az bc 9s
Bnt mere - she % asked the physcian-and now bis
voice broken ~ his deep sympathy with the "Eon'
tied parents -" Where can she be = -. " u.
Heaven only KNOWS" answered the mother. A. f t
haps San Francscopcrhaps in some rude nut IN inc
interior, with some obscure farmer anu HnueT q a9
chat is no. hers. think her aDanctoL Mon NAY 70 ICY
her to some lonely region OF the INTERIOR aoh INC VA
streets without tur1ihs 10 look at heF never heaL
grsh voice without listening eagerly half faneying that
" oh ultv.pg heavens" sighed Dr. Hutton, dash;ng
Good Of ers IRON lis eyes "WilI this long agony never
I'VE hove So and even believe So" answered Mrs.
Preble, With the rmness OF an unaltering trust IN Gods
mercy. The last message We received from our enemy
seems t. uoiut 10 some kind OF a change"
True" assented DR.. Hgtton, looking at the message
reward is at hand lie means either that he intends to
niargy your daughter. that he intends TO demand
1--WE shSu soon know" said Mrs. Preble, with forced
cahnnesa To-day We shall have another message no
The banker turned restlessly on his Sofa and his face
Whatever il is let it come !" he murnured. ANY.
thing be borne better than this awful suspense Leu
As il his impatient words had precipltated crisis.
etep hears the walk al this moment, and ring
another Iuesslge!" breathed the banker -, =. 49,
servant entered, bearing letter, which nc e1
1.-THE bearer i, IN the ha! -
With an eager gaze the banker glanced at the super
il is from him =" lie falterod
II Contained a SIM Of paper OF welLknown shape and
appearance, upon which was serawled single me III
an equally wcilknOwn handwriting which the banker
exhibited 10 his wife and the physician
This line follows:
." August Q. 1865 AZ sir I trH call -
shock OF wonder and horror shook the three smna-
neOusly .
Glarng wildly around.
is coming here 7" cried Mrs. Prebe, also arising.
alt seems So" said Dr. Hutton, his eyes again revert
ing Ia the message he viii DO here at sx O'CLOCK ana
Even as be spoke the clock on the mantelpiece com
ynenced striking the nppOute hour and at that instant
heavy footsteps resOundCd in the hail. approaching the
library.
:. tits he ?" cried the DOCTOR also arising.
As the stroke OF the hour resOunded the door lead
ing from the hall again opened. $500 -,
One long and Mortified glance cast the banker ana MS
wife in that direction, ana then she Tel heaVly 10 tDe
0Oor, -,
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