The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-12-01

been possible. I Idecided to withdraw
the influence, which, as all experiment.
ers in this bizarre branch OF psychology
are aware, is comparatively an easy pro-
cess. The man awoke, much as from
an ordinary sleep, looked about him,
and finally, as he recognized the place
and missed Janet, with whom Wynn
and his sister had Withdrawn, his fea-
lures assumed q ludicrous mixture OF
bravado and CONSERVATION, yisibly
heightened as I approached him. In
timidation, though, was not my sole
object. Ispoke to himin a tone audible
to himself only.
"You are foiled with your own weap.
ons, Tufts" saidI. "There are several
of us who know you; 7 have no per-
sonal grudge against you, and II you
are discreet return TO your native
State scarcely looks like it-you will
not delay to make the distance between
yourself and the State Prison wider
than 1t is now. You have not exposed
yourself tonight, but you have put 1t
In our power TO expose you at mo-
ments warning"
BE scrutinized my features rapidly; /;
I permitted 1t moment, and then
walked away. He exchanged o few
sentences with Mrs. LefIlngwell, and
then approaching the audience, assured
them that 1t was not his fault II IN en-.
tertaiiment different from that laid
down in the programme had been offer
ed them this evening. That he hoped
TO meet them again tomorrow evening,
when he would resume the subject,
and, he trusted, convince the most
skeptical that neither himself nor Mrs.
Leflngwell urged claims Of any kind
which they were unable satisfactorily TO
establish.
I doubted II they would let him go,
but they did, l presume on account Of
the presence Of Mrs. Lefliingwell.
The next morning tho Leflingwells
we're gone. They had taken the mid
night train down. II they waited they
might have had Wynn's company, for
he went to Boston in the morning
train. As lie had arranged previously
TO 90 at this time, and rs his usual
stopping place was the Revere House,
the drama OF the preceding evening did
not probably influence him in these cir.
cumstances, but it may have furnished
the motive which prompted him TO in
quiro OF the clerk II Mr.. Paul Williams
we're among the guests, and the reply
being affirmative, II may have induced
him to search out that gentleman.
The result was the confirmation in
each particular Of the items elected
from Tufts.
Janet Ware was the daughter Of Mr..
Williams only sister, who had married,
and with her husband removed TO Illi.
nois. Their sole child was Janet, and
when she had attained her twelfth year
both her parents fell victims TO that
terrible scourge, cholera. A neighbor
had taken home the child, and written
to Mr.. Williams q letter which had
never reached its destination. A year
aiterward Mr.. and Mrs. Lefiinguell, on
q tour through the Western States, had
accidentally encountered Janet, and dis
covered in her such o susceptibility to
the odic influence, so termed by Mr..
Lefllngwell, as to make her very de.
sirable acquisition. She was timid and
easily wrought upon, and the myth OF
kinship, invented on the spur Of the
moment, had been overpowering.
The child had tolerably hard disci-
pline, though It might have been worse.
For the six months and more that she
had been wandering about, good care
had been taken that she should find no
opportunity Of escape, and entire seclu-
sion, except when under the eye OF Mr..
and Mrs. 1efingwell, secured TO her at
least q degree Of immunity from bad
influences.
Mrs. Williams was induced to accom-.
pany Wynn on his return to Epping;
and when she saw Janet, who bore her
mothers name, her strong resemblance
to that mother was convincing proof
that her sisters child was before him.
have since seen full length por-
trait by Sully Of Mrs. Ware before her
marriage. I should unhesitatingly
have pronounced it an Incompatible
likeness OF Janet, or, as she Is now,
Mrs. Wynn. There were just the same
with wi lashes oi uncommon length and
richness tho same low, pearly brow
and proiuse brown, waving hair, with
golden lights on it; the same faint
tinge on the check, Just like the inside
of q SEQ she'll; the same curve OF the
bright red lip; the same poise OF the
head on the white, slender mock. A lit
tie sad, I should say, the face is, but
Elinor, Wynn's sister, now my wife,
affirms that Janet is as cheerful little
sprite as ever gladdened man'shearth-