The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-19
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,sasas If Inc Ind seen ghost" ~ 80
; c;av started, md exclaimed: :,
2 aEttom the moment / beheld the man 4
shrank from him. I had an instructive lear
and abh6rrerice OF him. oh, Mark, dear Marx,
DOM let him know any more about me than
he knows now !" 5oe.i
~ IT viii moi, Gay,n said Mark soothingly.
"If he Is your father, he shall not know that
you are his daughter" az. ~, AZ
: The promise eornforted Gay, who smiled
family through the gloom that haa ia. lailelll
upon her. - .,,rd tho
AS some young people came toward 't ~
Hebers, Mark arose abruptly, ana "eht W
look after his Oxen. -, f,,.o
Lieutenant Fallon approached hln'' oneiihe
him q cigar. ~ -. :r,s's -, A.. A..
"Fine evening, Mr.. Heber," said the 1e,, dls,
g,lised Blue jack, courteousiy. W l'i' :
You don't smoke? Smoking Is VICE i
wish I could break myself OF 1t. our SISTER sue
is lovely child. OF girl, should say; enc
must be fifteen years old. Is she not -
"She is but child yet, leutenant-ohiy
fourteen yet she is more womanly 'iian
many girls of eighteen"
"Only fourteen" said the pretended lieu.
tenant, musingly. 81 had a fancy tll.'
she was fifteen. / knew child once.-per-
haps she's dead now-but if she were hVihe
she would be fifteen years of age, ana tne
very picture of your sister. AND, oooly
enough, that childs name was the same as
your sisters-Gabrielle!"
Mark repressed start, and turned away
his paling face from the keen scrutiny OF the
schcming villain. ,. s,
"The child / alluded to-" continued the
false lieutenant, chad black hair ana brown
eyes; rather a singular combination; Dut
her mother, poor creature, had had the same
features, and had been great beauty IN her
dav; she was a New York belle, Ia oelie
Gabrielle But she went insane, ana wan
dered away with her child and was never
heard Of more.
:. If YOU had seen the New York dailies
of thirteen years ago." resumed the false
lieutenant, "you could not have failed to
notice striking advertisement offering a
thousand dollars reward for information OF
the whereabouts of an insane woman ana
her child. The reward was atterWard IN
creased to five thousand dollars. Did you
never hear of the advertisement, Mr. He
ber!"
"Never," said Mark. "How should /
have seen it?"
"Ah. YES; true. You were but a boy at
the time. Yet if you lived near New York
YOU might have heard of the disappearance.
Il did not live near New York"
"Why, the conductor told me you came
| from York State" said the false lieutenant.
$50 did" responded Mark.
"May ask from what part?" inquired
the villain. ..
"Certainly," said Mark. a come from
the western part of the State. May ask the
name of the lady whose disappearance called
forth the advertisement of which you
speak 2"
"Her given name was Gabrielle" said the
pretended officer evasiyely. of could get
a trace of that Insane woman and her child,
would give n thousand dollars out Of my own
pocket. Think what n start in life that sum
would give young man like you -
Mark shrank back, as from the touch of an
embodied pestilence.
81 can give you ITO assistance in your
search, Lieutenant Fallon," he said coldly.
"Permit me to ask if Miss Heber is your
own sister, born of the same parents as your
self" demanded the pretended officer alb
| rupay.
| II do not tolerate any intrusion into my
private family affairs, Lieutenant Fallon,''
said Mark haughtily. "My sister has already
been annoyed by your questions in regard to
her history, and must request you to leave
us alone"
II beg your pardon, Mr.. Heber," said the
| villain, adding 1naliciously, Il see this is a
sore subject with you. You have not said
! that Miss Heber is your own sister. pre-
sumo you cannot say so truthfully."
1--WE will not discuss the matter, sir. Gay
Heller is my sister, and while ! live she shall
not lack for protector"
"Ah, yes" said the pretended officer, using
his favorte phrase of assent. "BrOthcrs are
not usually so devoted to sisters as you seem
to be, Mr.. Heber.'
That evening Gay, whose curiosity had
been stimulated by what had taken place, to
find out something more about her parent
age, was examining some jewels which had
been left by her mother, and some trinkets
which she had possessed when child. She
had taken them from little box in the bot
tom Of her trunk, and thought herself per-
fectly secure under the cover of the wagon,
when she suddenly detected the false Lieu
tenant Falon peering at her through hole
which he had cut in the canvas. All this
she reported to Mark.
On the following day Mark had violent
alteration with the pretended lieutenant.
No one had eyes or ears for anything but
this exciting scene, and it thus happened that
small body of horsemen, in the uniform OF
the United States, had come up, and had dash
ed into the very camp before their approach
was noticed.
A loud bugle-call from the head of the
troops was the first token the emigrants re.
ceived of the new arrival.
In a moment the combatants were loosed
and all eyes turned to the newcomers.
The disguised Lieutenant Fallon looked
and turned faint. He knew what this visit
meant, if no one else did.
"Conductor," shouted the leader of the
troop, "we are here in search of Blue Jack,
the noted desperate, accused of the attempted
murder of Lieutenant Fallon, of the United
States army, whom he brutally attacked and
flung into the Deep Canyon as dead. The
Lieutenant is now at Fort kearney, in crit
cal condition, and we demand his would-be
murderer" ..-.. z-.: ....ss
The emigrants had listened with breathless
anlaZement to the announcement of the Off
Ger in charge Of the small detachment OF
troops. They were actually spell-bound Not
so the person most interested in the announce
ment-Blue Jack himself.
The desperate had comprehended the er-
rand of the troops in the first moment of their
appearance. After his first sensation of faint
ness and terror, he had recovered his cool
ness and courage, and was himself again.
At the very commencement of the officers
announcement, Blue Jack exchanged glances
with the terrified and covering Burk. The
latter pointed one trembling finger over his
shoulder to spot at little distance, where
Blue jacks horse stood grazing, saddled for
use. e-...'tt
In an instant the chief desperado darted