The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-03-21

during the remainder OF my journey "
|What Is your nancy" X 80
HFallon, Lieutenant Fallon," was III
reply, and he offered to show his ere
dentials. s' 75g ~ 5l75l ~.
Landlord babe Lieutenant Fallon wei
come, and offered him the freedom OF III
camp. -ts' -. haG
Fallon ate supper with tho Whitnans
and alter conversing until n late hour, re
tired TO the rear Of the train to sleer
After all was still, he rolled over on th
ground until lie came to the side Of BurlI
"Burk n he Kissed. tI5.
Bufk started, with a smoIhered oath.
"Who calIsGv he growled. ~
eHush, you idiOtP Kissed Fallon, be
tween his teeth. "Iayel fooled YOU Ant
the boys as easily as I fooled the conduc
toroi the trainS Don't you know me
i haven't got my card-case with me. bu
Pm Blue Jack, at your service Ha, ha
The serpent has got into Edenr'
'ltl' and the boys have looked for Won Il
join US all day" said Burk. shut q
course We didn't look for you in this dis
guise" slg
Upon the morning after the counterfeit
Lieut.. Fallon had Joined the wagon train
the camp was astir as usual at daybrcal,
The train halted at noon on the rive,
bank, opposite lovely island. At sunset
they again halted, and for the night.
In the course Of the evening Lieut.
Fallon approached Gay, and said = LIE I
"Miss Heber, l must say to you that YOU
are startlingly like former friend of mine
Itseetns almost as II she stood before me
as | first knew her. 1t Is a strange, q
coincidence. ! could almost
no.. Impossiblcl You arc
the sister Of Mr. Heber, arc you notYn
Gays pure face flushed. E'r. ,
Eyes" she answered, with some hcsi,
tation.
The disguised Blue Jack turned YET
winter. He had marked that hesitation,
and his wonder at it thrilled him with q
sudden fear.
"You don't look like your brother, Niss
Heber~ he remarked.
u have been told so before" said Gay
lryly. -, /. :, =. ~, -, -,
Blue Jack, with agitation.
u do not know your motive for making
such inquiries, Lieutenant said Gay, al.
Ter moments thought. II do not there.
.ore know how to reply to you. Ishould
like TO know the name Of your friend
whom l resemble, but for an answer TO
your inquiries | must refer you to my
brother"
Gay Heber seized the first opportunity
10 inform her adopted brother Of the par.
Liculars Of her singular interview with the
false Lieut.. Fallon.
II told him to speak toyou, Mark" she
'aid, "but my heart has been on fire ever
since. What ifhe should have known my
mother ?"
"He looked like death when he first saw
your face, Gay" said Mark thoughtfully.
1T was as il he had seen a ghost"
Gay started, and exclaimed 4 r.
From the moment I beheld the man
Ihrank from him. had an instructive
ear and adherence OF him. Oh, Mark,
lear Mark, don't let him know any more
Lbout me than he knows nowl" 4,
aIwiil not, Gay" said Mark soothingly.
1.-The is your father, he shall not know
hat you are his daughter"
The promise comforted Gay, who
Imiled family through the gloom that had
allen upon her.
,As some young people came toward
he Hebers, Mark arose abruptly, and
vent to look alter his oxen.
Gay was about to join Mark, when the
alse Lieutenant Fallon approached him,
,ffering him cigar.
"Fine evening, Mr.. Heber," said the dis.
,uised Blue Jack courteously. "What!
Iou don't smoker Smoking is vice. |
wish / could break myself Of it. Your
lister Is a lovely child, or girl, l should
Iay. She must be fifteen years old. Is
he not ~
"She is but q child yet, lieutenant
,nly fourtcen-yet she Is more womanly
han many girls Of eighteen"
"Only fourteen" said the pretended
lieutenant musingly IL had a fancy
hat she was fifteen. I knew child
,nce-perhaps she's dead now-but if she
were living she would be fifteen years Of
lge, and the very picture OF your sister.
And, oddly enough, that child's name
was the same rs your sister's-Gabri-
,lle" ~.
Mark repressed a startan turned away
his paling lace from the. keen scrutiny Of
The scheming villain.
1.-THE child l alluded to-" continued the
alse lieutenant" had black hair and brown
eyes; rather a singular combinations; but
ler mother, poor creature, had the same
and had been a great beauty in
ler day. She was o New York belle, Ia
lelle Gabrielle, but she went insane, and
wandered away with her child and was
never heard of more"
"If you had seen the New York dalies
If thirteen years ago" resumed the false
"you could not have failed to
iotice a striking advertisement offering
thousand dollars reward for information
u the whereabouts of an insane woman
md her child. The reward was after
ward increased to five thousand dollars.
Did you never hear Of the advertisement,
Mr.. Heber?"
sNever,n said Mark how should 1
lave seen its"
"Ah, yes: true, you were but boy at
he time. Yet If you had lived near New
York, you might have heard Of the dis
appearance
IL did not live near New York"
"Why, the conductor told me you came
rom York State" said the false lieutcn-
mt. b. ss-
$50 did" responded Mark.
"MAy | ask from what part" inquired
he villain. --st.aE '..a. arsl .
Certainly" said Mark. 81 came from
he western part of the State. May l ask
he name OF the lady whose disappear.
lnce called forth the advertisement Of
which you speakP ~ ~
"Her given name was Gabrielle" said
he pretended officer evasively. AT l
could get a trace Of that insane woman
and her child, l would give a thousand
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