Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-03-11


or Daplcssis himself, 40 tidings
could be learned. neither on railway
nor elsewhere. Country constables
and metropolitan detectives alike fail
ell in their Efforts to trace him. a
minute description of his personal ap-
pearancc was inserted in the Police
Gazette, and there read by thousands
of keen eyes, all thenceforth eagerly
on the watch, in seaport town and
country village, to single ont quarry
which promised so much sport to his
captors: but from the moment when
the hous ekeepcr. looking ont after him
into the moonlight. saw him disappear
behind the screen OF lanrels which shut
in the lawn. he seemed as utterly lost
to human ken rs though the earth had
up for ever. OF Antoine the impeT-
turbabic, when he returned home. which
he did on the dav following that of his
masters departure. policedom could
make nothing. The quiet insoIencc
of his replies, when he was examined
before Sir Harry Crawford, threw that
worthy but irasciblc parsonage into
such a violent rage as threatened at
one time To brinI on III of apople Ky !;
but as it could not be shcwn that the
valet was III any way mixed up with
the affair which attached Sach dark
suspicion 70 Duplcssis, the magistrate
was obliged To order him to tie set Mt
liberty; and the next night. Antoine
disappeared as mysterioasly as his
master had done. and was seen no more
al Lilac Lodge.
The mind of Mr.. Davis, however,
the superintendent. till remained rcst-
less and i'll 1T ease. That the two
anonymous lettcr,--thc one addressed
10 himself and the other addressed to
Duplessis-had been written by the
same person, was fact scarcely yopeu
to dispute, when they came to bc com
pared together. But who was the
writer Of them: This was question
which the superintendent fond him elf
utterly unable to answer. Al his eau
tinns undrrhaui inquiries coall eliot NJ
lnipTnltioI ol the po.nt; ani u. was
fam afleg u tim. - Usge The matter NJ.
Ali cla>slt am IN tuc otilrr u.stayc.ita
puzzles OF h.s profess sion.
AtB,.a,r. tn news of NJ d lp.c,s.s's
suddln departure, an ot tit, strange
charge aflrrwAri, allcgtl gains, him.
Wa receive al first q something to-
incrcd bic for h,,c. Tie mlu h4i
t.tn there % ottcn. AMI VIZ w int;-
matgly kno.n. that tAc inmate, nC tAt
Hall could hstl. h.,p feeling al fir.
a. II souc shadow OF Dis Lla., attach /
10 them selves. LIiv Spcncc.auga was
sorry In her way. for Mr. Dupas,. /,
had been oar o. Lcr few fasolritcs bnt
Il was . s,-roH that Wa vyry short
lIvetI- ami som gave way Nh lulj-ua-
tion Al thc thll.ht that ..s, yi, 4
creature" u, sha now termed thc Cana
dan. ha succeeded for :, long tune
IN important per, pnaIe a, her ally
sap. Il. Fre,lerica, tue ncw, was re-
ceiyei with strangely mingled feelings,
hch sl~ herself wou!l have been
p3"crles~ a. -nalN-c. Ia the first ~hnck
uf hcr surprise ami disbelief She FELT
more warmly towards tae Canadian
than she had cycr ipnc before liai
She not promised To become his w life :
and nov that this horrible cloud oi
disgrace AMI misery was lowering over
him. was not her proper place by HI,
side: Ic, but hos could She be- by
his side how comfort him by written
Or spoken word. now that he wA, Gohe
no one knew whether: Ani when day
passed after dav. ami still ht came not
to di-proIe thc black charges brought
against hun; and when Frcicrica rea
in the local newspaper the fearful list
of proofs which the exertions Of the
police had gathered up, one after an
other. her conviction of his Innocence
began t. give place 10 doubt AMI with
this doubt came rush of fearful ioy.
which she found il vain to try 10 stihc
Al the thought, that if Dupessis were
never To return, then she. Frcderlca
Spencelaugh, would be once more Il
free woman. How warmly the thought
nestled round her heart 1t was like
a hidden singing-bird that would not hg
| chased away, or chiddcn into silence
but still sang sweetly on within some
inmost bower.
The news Of the charge against hi
friend Duplcssis was scduously kept
from the ears of Sir Philip SPenclaugh.
In the then feeble state of his health
such q shock might have proved fatal
to the old man. 1t was intimated IL
him that the Canadian hal been calle
away on private business Of lmpor-
tance. which was likely 10 ietain him
for som, time and although he often
wondc -ed. in feeble-minded way, why
/ Duplesss neither came nor wrote, his
memory was 50 far weakened that he
often forgot the absence of his friend
and talked Of him as though he were
engaged to dine a. Belair on the NOR.
row.
CHAPTER xXv.-JERRY's NEW TOY.
As the reader will have already sur.
missed. the rcscucr of John English was
none other than the chemists sister
John had not unfrequently left his 10 olg.
| ings for two or three days at time
without giving Mrs. Jakeway any pre-
vious intimation OF his intentions and
in the present instance, that worth,
soul was entirely unsuspiciols that any
mishap had bcfallen the young photo,
! grapher. Hannah was the first to take
| the alarm. Her brother had left home
with the avowed intention of being
away for a week at the least; but late
on the fourth night after his departure
Hannah was surprised by his unex
| nncted return and her sIlspicion thai