Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-10-31

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eemSer isss ssscs;..ss have this Is. ssr
upon the limbs and face which sEe knew
50 we'll; each of which had a story Of
youthful daring Jr folly connected with it.
In due time the funeral took place. The
corpse vas laid In the family vault. Only
the family and one or two relatives atten.
ded. Mrs. Mowbray spent the best par.
OF each day BY the side Of her dead son
She showed externally no signs Of emotion.
Before the lid Was closed che kissed the
forehead aud cut of lock Of his hair.
The day aher the burial she gave di.
fections to her eldest son 10 pay oil the
dead mans debts. which was done st once
so far as known. Gloom settled over The
ball. The wing Of the building in which
the tragedy Occurred was closed up, and
Mrs. Mowbray removed 10 q bedroom up
stairs.
On the 9Th day after the funeral q to.t.
chase drove up to the door Of Harwick
Hall, and from il stepped George Now
bray. looking better than he had looked
for many long day before he leit home.
The. servant who opened the hall door
started baek. and almost dropped with
fright. His cxclams.icns caught the ears
of Mrs. Mowbssy sud her sons. who seem
ed to be dumb.founded. George was ss
much astonishsd - any Of them. and g.sed
from one to the ct6ef. perfectly lost in be.
wildered surprise. There was NO doubt
oft. George Mowbsay, vhom everybody
believed dead and in his grave, was living
and before them. sho.
.,Mo.her." said Gsovsse aish yosf,.
wards her. "what i4ttf ffas III '--' :
turn is easily accounted 6f. On rsdea-
ing Tawvale. found that my unele's fam
lily had been unexpectedly summoned TO
London. as my eldest cousin, Sir John
Gray's wife. was thought to b dying. I
took q nights repose. and then started
home again, and here I am"
Mrs. Mowbray walked up TO him, sssed
into his face, and then. without word
folded him in paesionate embraces. Each
Of his brothers graspsd bis hapds and kis.
sed him. as they Mere Won't 70 do shenrts
vas boy and tie pet Of the family. The
I'D nurse. aroused from her noon day slum-
ber, embraced and wcpt overhim., and the
servants gathered aroasd With wet eyes
and coRgratulatory expressions.
All this time George knew nothing ot
the true reason for this singular reception.
Soon, however. the mystery Va. explained
to him. The effect upon him cannot Be
described.
Measures were Immediately taten to
have the body Of the man who had been
buried as George Mowbray disinterred. -
This was done, and as the living George
stood beside the dead man, the resemblance
was seen TO be most extraordinary. The
marks on the face and hands cerrespordsd
with those on Georges. the scars on tbe
legs were similar, also, and the hair, ere
brows and 6nger-nails were marvelously
aliEe. Who the dead man was. was new
cr ascertaiued. hfter Georges return,
however, inquiries were made, such as il
was meyer deemed ncedful TO rake SO long
as the dead man Hss sapposcd to be Mrs.
Mowbray's youngest sot.. -.
These inquiries led to the discovery that
the day before the tragedy three meu, sun
posed to be from London, took no then
quarters at an inn in neighboring vii.
lage, one Of them the lardlord though: he
recognized as having been in Mrs. Nov.
bray's service As groom. The footstep.
Of three persons we're also discovered IN
the garden, and some time after . rope
ladder aud horss-trough, which had ap.
parently been used 10 lay upon the spikes
1t the top Of the gardea-wall, were dis.
covered in tho nsiehboring copse; hs'
d. sss.,.s' name Of the dead man - never dis