The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-03-28


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TT Disguised Bne Ik turned 81,
wt'icf ae ISL marked tila{ hesitation
ard bis wotaies n d ihgllel barn Wlth s
suAtoa itm.
ioa da A.. loas l.kr sanf luiher
Miss Ilebel Is remarked
hsfe tceu tos1 81 hmfe said Gay
dplg
AHd yau ~ Is. oWR ssster persisted
blac jaek, uitb agitation
81 poi know yeur motive rmaking
saeh irga.nes Lieutenant ssid Cav, AZ
teg 9 uamCH. : thought. I DO not there.
fore know haW 70 rer5 3 You, ] should
Vac So know tte HaiHo ed N0ur friend
" hnm ! resemble. bas fbr 30 answer -
}8at inquiries { must refer sea 10 my
brother
Gas seized lbc iirst opportunity 90 I'M
iogm her Adopted brother az lhe particu-
lass 81 hes siugulsr hiertrw with the
i4l,e Lieut.. fallon.
! luid him 8 peak % YOU. Marx Sic
said. bnt ms heart has been on fire ever
asce What he Should havc known
utb mother
Tie Ioilel tn de.ih when be first saw
your Ease. Cay, said Mark thoughtiully.
j. was a, ID lie had seen ghost
bay started and exclaimed
From the moment beheid the man
shrank from him. | bad an instructive
fear aud abhorrcuce Of him on, Mark,
dear Mark don't lci him know any more
about mc han he knows now
! viii not Gay. said Mari, so0lhingly.
If be i your father, he shall not know
that you arc his daughter.
The promise comtored Gay, who smiled
family through The gloom that al fallen
upon her.
As some Young people came toward
the llebers, Mark arose abruptly, and
went 70 look amer bis oxen
Gay was about 70 Join Mark, " hen the
false Lieutenant Falon approached him
offering him cigar.
'Fiue evening MIR lIebcr.f said the
disguised Blue Jack courteously, What
You don't smokcy Smoking Is Il vice
wish | could break myself of It. Youf
sister is lovely child, or girl, | should
say, She mus be fifteen years old. Is
she nOly
She is but child yet. lieutenant only
fourteen- yetsbe Is more womany than
many girls OF eighteen.
Only fourteen said the pretended lieu
tenant mnsingly. IL had fancy that
she was fifteen, knew child once
perhaps she's dead nowbut il she were
living she would be fifteen years of age,
and the very picture Of your sister And,
oddly enough, that child's name was the
same as your sister's-Cabrielle
Mark rcpressed start, and turned
away his paling face from the keen scru-
Tiny OF the scheming villain,
The child | alluded to- continued the
false lieutenant, had black hair and
brown eyes; rather singular combine
ton; but her mother poor creature, had
had the same features, and had been a
great beauty in her day. She was New
York belle, la belle Gabrielle. But she
went insane, aud wandered 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 a striking advertisement offering a
thousand dollars reward for information
OF the whereabouts Of an insane woman
and her child The reward was afterward
increased to five thousand dollars. Did
you never hear Of the advertisement, Mr.
IleberE
Never, said Mark. How should |
have seen itY
'Ah, yes; true. You were but boy at
the time. Yet if you lived near New
York, You might have heard of the disap-
pearance.'
Il did not live near New York
why, the conductor told me You came
from York State said the false lieuten-
ant.
80 did, responded Mark.
May ! ask from what partE inquired
the villain.
Certainly, said Mark. Il 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,
Her given name was Gabrielle said the
pretended officer evasivcly. If | could
get trace of that insane woman and her
child, would give a thousand dollars
out of my own pocket. Think what
start in life that sum would give a young
man like youV
Mark shrank back, as from the touch of
All embodied pestilence.
i can give you no assistance in your
search, Lieutenant Fallon, he said coldly.
Permit me to ask if Hiss Heber is your
own sister, born Of the same parents as
yourself! demanded the pretended officer
abruptly.
i do not tolerate any intrusion into my
private family affairs, Lieutenant Fallon,
said Mark haughtly My sister has al
ready been annoyed by your questions in
regard to her history, aud must request
you to leave ms alone.
i beg your partlen, Mr.. lIcber, said
the villain, adding maliciously, Il see this
Is sore subject with You. lou have moi
said that Mis- lleber j. YOUR own sister |
presume you cannot say 80 truthiully'
We viii not discuss lhe matter, sir.
Gay llcbcr Is my sister, aud while live
she shall not lack fora protector
All, yes, said the pretended officer,
using his favOrite phrase OF accent
Brothers are not usually 80 devoted TO
sister, as son seem TO be, Mr. llcher.
That evening 6ay, whose curiosity bad I.
been stimulated by what had taken place, .
to find ont something more about her par
cnlage, was examining some jewels which
had been left by her mother, aud some
trinkcis which size had possessed when
child Size bad taken them from little /.
box in the bottom Of her trunk, aud /
thought Ii r.eli perfectly secure under the /
cover of The wagon, when she suddenly .
detected the false Liant. Fallon peering
at her through a hole which be bad cut in /
the canvas. All this she reported to Mark.
On the following day Mark had ,io-
lent alteration with the pretended Lien /
tenant.
No Que had eyes or ears for anything
but this exciting scene, and ii thus hap
peucd that a small body 81 horsemen in .
The uniform 81 lie United States bad come
up apd lnd dashed into thegcry camp be- .
fore their approach Was noliccd a loud 4
bugie cs.ll from the head "a lie troops Was
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