Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1872-03-22

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train Don't you know me haven't
got my card case with me Pm Blue Jack, at
your service lila, ha Tho serpent has
got into Eden !"
Il and the boys have looked for you to
Join us all day." sid Burk. But of cOurs
we didn't look for you in this disguiso:"
Upon the morning after The counterfeit
Lieut.. Fallon had joined The wagon train,
the camp was aslir as usual at daybreak.
Tho train halted at noon On the river bank,
opposite lovely island. At sunset they
again halted, and for the night.
In the course of tho evening Lieut.. FallOn
approached Gay, and said
miss Heber, l must say to you that you
are starting like former friend Of mine. 1t
seems almost as IL che stood before me as
fist knew her Iii isa strange, n startling
coincidence. could almost think but no.
Impossible I You are The sist.r VI Mr..
Heber, are you not 2
GAYS pure face flushed
Eyes" she answered, W .th some hesita.
lion,
The disguised Blue Jack turned yet
whittier. He had marked that hesia i'm, and
his wonder at it thrilled him with sudden
fear.
"You do not look like your brother, Miss
Heber ?" he remarked.
~ have been told so before" said Gay
dryly.
"And you are his own sister?' persisted
Blue Jack, with agitation.
81 DO not know your motive for making
tuoh inquiries, Lieutenant" said Gay,
after O moments thought II do not there.
fore know how to reply to you. l should
like 10 know the name Of your friend whom
resemble, but Tor an answer TO your inqui-
riCs must refer you to my brother"
Gay Heber seized the flrst opportunity 10
inform her adopted brother OF the plrticu
lars OF her singular interview with the false
Lieut.. Fallon.
81 told him to speak 10 you, Mark" she
said, "but my heart has been on fire ever
since. Wha il he should have known my
moLhof2n
''lIe looked like d,atI when he first saw
your face, Cay" said Mark thoughtful ly,
1t was as if lie Lad seen n ghost"
Gay started, and exclaimed:
"From Tue moment beheid the man |
sbrank from him. l bad an instructive fear
and adherence OF him. Oh, Mark, dear
Mark, don't let HIN know any more about
me than he does nowP'
II will not, Gay," said Mark soothingly
"Il he is your father, he shall not know
that you are his daughter"
The promisa cOmiOfted Gay, who smiled
family through tue gloom That had fallen
upon her.
AS some young people came toward the
Hebers, Mark rose abruptly, and went to
look alitr bis oxen.
Gay was about 10 join Mark, when the
false Lieutenant Fallon approached him,
Offering him cigar.
"Fno evening Mr. Hober," said the dis
guised Blue Jack courieOusly. "Whail
You don't smoke? Smoking is a vice. |
wish n could break myself oft. Your sis.
Ter is a lovely child, or girl, should say.
She must be fifteen years old. Is she Bot?n
"She ia but CHILD ye', Lieu,enant--only
louilecn-yut she is more wOmanly than
mauy girls OF eighteen"
"Only fourteen" said the pretended lieu
tenant muHugly. IL had fancy that
she was fifteen. knew a child once-per.
haps she's dead nOw-bul If she were Living
she would be fifteen years of age, and the
very picture Of your sister. Aud, oddly
enough, that ch'ld's name was the same as
your sister s. Gabiiellel'
Mark TepIessed start, aul turned away
his pallug face from the keen scrutiny Of the
scheming villain.
"The child alluded to-" continued the
false lieutenant, had black hair aud bro& n
ewes raihsr 2 s.asisias, : :; isi issi -..-
hef mother, poor creature, had had The sanle
features, and mad been greal beauty in her
day. She was New York belle, Ia belle
Gabrielle! But she went insane, and wan.
dered away with hel CHILD AID was never
heard OF more.
"It you had seen the New York daiies
Of thirteen years ago." resumed the false
lieutenant, "you could not have failed TO
farr uHHnT ftar nj aHa IA
thousand dollars reward tor Information OF
the Whereabouts ol au insane woman and
her child The reward was aflcrward in =
creased to five thousand dollars. Did you
never hear OF the advertisement, Mr.
Herbert
"Ncver," said M,rk. "HSw should l
"Ah, YES, true. You were but boy at
The time. Yet if you lived near New York,
you might have heard Of the disappearance
II did not live near New York.
"Why, the conductor told me you came
| from York State, said the false lieutenant
80 did, " responded Mark.
"May ask from what part inquired
"Certuinlv," said Mark cane frou
the western art OF lhe State. Nay ask
the name Of Inc lady whose disappearance
called forth the advertisement OF which yoI
speak ?" ,.,
"Her given name was Gabrielle said the
pretended officer gvaslvcly Ii l could &c
! a trace of that insane woman and hef cllli
| l would rive thousand dollars out Of my
own pocket. Think what start Ia hil
that sum would give young man Ike your
Mark shrank back, as from tie Iouch
an embodied pestileuce-
81 can Give you 10 assistance IN you
I T. - ha .ufN fnINlV
tPermit nae 10 ask il Miss usbsrls yOul
own sister, bonn uf the same parents al
yourseliY' demanded the pretended oihce
abruptly,
II do not tolerate any intrusion into M
private family affairs, Lieutenant FW!on,
said Marx haughtiIy. MY sister IL alre0
dy been annoyed by your questions in re-
gard to her History, aud must request yo'
10 leave US alone
II beg your pardon Mr., HebeE," said
} the villain, adding mRliciously, II see thl
: is a sore subject with you. YOU have no
said that Miss Heber Is your own siser,
preaumc you cannot say 81 iruh!uily.'
1--WE will moi discuss the matter, sir. Ga
Heller is my sister, and while live sh
shall MT lack Tor u protector"
"Ah, yts,n said the pretended office
, using his laYorile phrase Oi assent. Brothe
c are not usually en- devoted 10 sisters us yC
! seem TO be Mr. IL cher"
That evening Gay, whose curiosity h'
been stimulated by what had taken plac
s to find out something more about her pt
reptnre, WINS examining some jewels whit
]. lad been left by htr mother, aud son
d trinkels which she had possessed when
child She had taken them from iii
/, box In the bolton OF her trunk, and thougl
!. hersell perfectly secure under The cover
/. the wagon, when she suddenly detected Il
o false Lieut. Fallon peering al her through
lie hole which he had cut in the canvas. 4
ie this she reported TO Marx.
On the following day Mark had yiolel
alteration with tue pretended Lieutenant
: No one lad eyes or ears for anything b
10 lbis exciting scene, and il thus happen
Is that a small body Of horsemcn in til u
Is form OF tue United States had come up, a