Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-05-06


than | can possibly repay, let me ney
er he other than plain John English !,
Miss Frederica. sir. has fought Won
battle hravely while YOU have bee,
away, said Jane. as she went dcf1l,
about her preparations for tea.
tod bless her for it said .Ioh,
l. heartily.
But to-day was the hardest tin, q
All Tor her-almost more than sh.
T. could bear.
How 50: do not understand Won
said John with reawakened interest.
Jane was burning to tell her eI.s;
all that had happened. affecting hi,
: interests. since hi, depariur. from
P"vscv Bay and now that his curioSi.
y was aroused by her last words. -h,
took care that II should not ilap ayaiu
tlll she had said all that she wanted Ia
say ; and John himself. when once Jane
had begun her narrative. wa- n eager
10 hear As she was 10 tell.
Tea was an hour later than usual
that evening nj the little station-house.
a want of pnctualitv on the part Of
ms wife which surprised Abel Garrnl
even more than the return Of John
English had done or the narra,iy. of
the strange events which had hannen.
Ell that day at Bc,air. When tea was
over John produced hi~ mcer-chaum.
and abel his ward pf cIay and then. in
order Ia satisfy james .yiicn, curioxi.
" IN the matter. John entered int,
some details Of what hal bcfaIlru him
after leaving Pcyscy BAY: men,ioniuy.
among other things. how he hal -ectlr-
Ell a berth on board the O-.ua fhLf.
AMI hal even gone on boar, Mr. ne
Paratort tn sailing. when. hrAriu.r ~
cidenially. nj the lat moment. that =
brother Of the Mr.. Felix who hal :,
nohly hcfriendcd him some ycar. b..
Tore, had just arrived IN Liverpool from
Australia. he had at once gon. on
shore again. prefcrring the risA Of ln.-
ing ms passage Ia missing the opt.or-
tunity of seeing the brother Of M,
dead friend, for whose ear he n.i Ger
tam private messages which Mr.. r..
iiN had charged h!rn 10 deliver III p.r-
sou, should a po~,lbi.il, II dYint \,
ever arlsc.
Is It happened. fortunately f.r HIM
self l"ln English iii MS, hi. nas.
sage on Board the O-e,ta fLRf. which |
vessel was lost a few days after sail
ing' with all on hoar,i John had been
tracked by Breckenridge on boarl III.
Inflated ship. and when news came of
. H..
'ile wreck. the chemist at once con
cIuieI that Mrs. JakcwaV's late lnlr-
or was one of those who hal prrish.i.
'"hn English Law on the night of his
return IN the same cosy littl. room IN
which he hal PASSED - many weary
day y, ami ulgtis Iurtn4 ,:---- -
He drew up the tliud before getting
into bed. ami then LAY staring out ~
the dark cloui-~qua,lrons hurrtin2
hroAeuly across the ~AN-n" unmrei
emblem, ii seemed - hun. oi ihe hurry
ing throng OF broken Thoughts cour~-
inc 50 rcsil,s-l,, Just then, ari"@, ms
brain. all darkencd and -pirInhi~t1 tN
the knowledge that ncNcrmor" "n
earth would he see that fac" winch hc
hal learned ip love and reverence De-
fore even his widest dream, hal pc
tur.-d IL A. the face Of IN, father "" +
or three hours passed amat. AMI john
eyes were a. wide open a. ever "hrh .
suddenly he l-aped oui Of bel, attract .
Ell Ia the window bS glare 81 redli>h I
light IA the western horizon, winch he 2
hal been vaguely watching for some /
time. but which wa, now rapidly grow
inc 80 bright and lurid a, 10 claim hIs
.,r;ons attention suddenly there
came a tap al hi~ door. AMI then AbeI
Carol spoke For Heavens sake
get up, sir. a, quichl, a, you cAn.---
| Beiu,r Is on Fjre'
Leaving Lady >penceIaugh bound
and gagged 30 that II wa- mpp>>ihle
\ for either 10 stir or speak. the t"o
men locked the door OF the room behind
them. and then stole Ioi>elcssN along
! the corridor leading from her LAhS-
ships apartments and - down the
broad shallow stairs. al tue ioot "i
which they were met by Ciotlidr- tilaiiAs
tn whos. good Offices they had obtain
Ell such easy and unoppo,cai access to
the interior of the Hall. The French
girl carried small lamp IN her hand.
and. after having warning finger on
her lip.. she ecAoncd the two men I"
follow her. and ~ led the WAY across
ia. entranre-hall and then through one
or two winding passage till -iie brought
Them 10 "A little door al the back ul the
house. which opened into the Kitchen
garden.
All safe, So far. said tlotild" ~ a
whisper: Won must 90 back by the same
way that YOU came. The 9arden-w AK
ha. been trodden by half-a-iozcn pr"-
ple since the snow ceased falling. 20 that
there i. no danger of your fnpt>tep, be-
ing tracked.
Thou hast been good child. and
shalt not be forgotten said our oi the
men. a. he chucked the waiting giri uil-
, der the chin But the most difficult
: portion of III, task l. vet before thee.
= When the discovery comes. bc careful
4 not TO oyeract thy part. Don't be t"o
much .urprised--ioo much horriled-ll
conmiseration OF my Lady >nfiering-
but avoid being NOISY. And NOW, "a
rerOir: thou shalt hear from me shortly
by a sure hand.
e such girl "a that j.. -aid the -'e
n ond man in AN oily whisper. IA lac cain
= up behind the other with smart 'R',
serve Thy cOntes famo"r Tor anoihe
season. Half an hour ago, Henri Du
y plessis was gentleman; now, he l.
= common thief.
q. Clotilde left alone, felt far too happ
,e to go 10 bed just then. for Antoine ha
spoken loving words. and -he wanted
!; snuse over all that he had saia. IN
drew her thick wooden shawl over ht
III head. and gliding back n"lseie,.i
IN through the hushed house. softly ~ nHia !,
T. tened a door on the opposite SIDE oi "