The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1869-12-03


Some time aftsrward q newspaper
fell into his hands, in Vhich was an
nounced the loss Of the vessel in
which he bad taken passage. with all
on board, bis own name being pub
lished in the list of those who had
gone down in the ill-fatsd ship.
"Bs it So" he said. 'HencefOr-
ward let me be as one dead. She
never wished to hs ny name again.
The names of the dead are soon for
gotten. Let mine perish as its owner
is supposed TO have done.
And under the assumed namsaef
Allen Morgan, Arthur Kingsley pass
ed many hard and adventurous years
of pioneer life.
From tims 70 time. as smigranls
arrived from the East. be made whas
inquiries he could, without exciting
suspicion. touching his absent wifes
At last a rumof Of heF death reached
him. auimOsity had long since
passed sway. and be mourned, none
the less bitterly perhaps. that the
grave had At length closed on the
vague hope of reconciliation to which
his proud heart had never ceased in
secret to cling.
As years multiplied ovsr his head
and be became less fitted for active
pursuits, he found employment as a
teacher. Among his pupils was a
young girl, who soon became his fa-
vOrite. No wonder that Adah Will
lisms. with her bright Intelligence
and gentle. amiable temper. should
ha won tIss first plsesaPsr teach
sr's regard some
thing 10 her snd m that re-
called the lpPy period 10 brief.
sra4sssenger of Di ord had set
4OoC within his home. s. h daugh-
ter might have been his. He could
almost fancy it was so. And when
he began to visit Adah at the house
of her widowed mother, the illusion
became all the more perfect. Such a
woman IS Mrs. Williams might his
Edith now have bsen. And as the
three sat together, it was not difficult
to immagins that the past WAS
dream; that Mrs. Blabbitt had STAYED
at home and minded her own bust
ness; CtbOugh that was the hardest
part to fancy and that he and Edith
had travelled thus far hand in hand,
without a jar or difference, and were
now enjoying together the evening of
life, solaced aud Comfortsd by a duli-
ful and loving daughter, her fathers
pride and her mothers joy.
can't say how it was: it may have
been that the good widows fancy
drew similar pictures, for she too had
lost q mate who, had Heaven spared
him. might have been much such a
man as the worthy schoolmaster. 1
can't say how it was. People said it
was because they were old fools. But
it came about, however, one morning
the widow and the schoo lmaster had
a quiet wedding. after which it be-
came still easier for Arthur Kingsley
to do his fancy work. especially when
Adah began to call him father.
But greater surprise was in store
for the old sOhoolmaster. Onreturn-
ing home one evening he found his
excellent spouse in q wonderful state
of excitement. In the execution of
her wifsly privilege of rummaging
her husbands pockets, she had stum-
bled on q miniature of q young and
beautiful woman.
GLOW came you possessed Of that
picture9" inquired his wife in trem-
ulous, but not an angry tone.
"I'Ve had it many years; it is the
picture of my deceased wife.
"Your deceased wife-your living
wite, you mean! Why, that is nsy
Os0n pioture-tbs very one I gave my
FIRST husband before our marriage
Years have made some changes, 1
know, but"-smoothing her cap-"I
think the likeness is still very notice
able"
"LoOk upon me. Edith Years
have made many changes in me, too,
but it is none the less Arthur Kings
ley that stands before yOu."
Age is the most perfect of all dis
guises, though the most easily psue-
tratsd. once the clue is given. As
the two looked upon each other, they
only wondered they had not rscog-
nized each other from the first.
"And Adah?' Arthur hesitating ly
inquired.
''Is our daughter, Edith answer
ed. "born after you were thought to
be dead, for 1 saw your name in the
list of the lost passengers, and never,
till this moment, doubted that you
had perishsd as supposed"
"But the name of Williams-hoN
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