Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1873-10-21

t mine, and cleaning with a perfect
. ly wild eagerness, while her cheeks
were pallid and her lips trembled.
''Tell me his name," she cried.
"Stop, stop!" interposed her ia
ther. at cannot be anybody she
knows. Or, stay! | think you
had better tell her now. You had
better satisfy her-it will drive some
foolish chimera out Of her head"
"There was no mystery about the
matter, one way or the other,"
: said. "The friend whose likeness
} | thought / saw in the man at the
window was poor Charlie West"
Miss Kendall uttered scream
her father gave vent to something
between groan and an oath.
81 told you," she said; and sho
turned with a gesture of wild tri-
umph toward her father. at was
he. Alive or dead, he was there!
Oh, thank God that brought me
here"
"Dear child, you amaze me. 1t
could not be Charlie West"
"Then it was his ghost come back
from the grave to warn me"
"The man who passed along the
: balcony was certainly no ghost"
, interposed. 81 did think for the
: moment that his face was striking
like that Of poor Charlie Vest
Even that resemblance would be
nothing very wonderful. / wish I
had not mentioned it, since it seems
to have given Miss Kendall pain"
"Pain :" she said, in tone that
= was almost fierce. ''You have
given me hope, when / was down
almost to dispair and you have, at
least, satisfied me, and my father
too, that am not becoming quite
insane or idiotic. My course is
!, clear"
: "Jennie, dearest, do not say any
/ thing rashly."
: "My dear, dear father, you must
f not blame me, and you viii not
q when you have considered. Let
| him not come tomorrow. If he
does, it will be of no use. / will
e not see him, and l take back my
d promise. Tell him so in any terms
g you like. i am for telling him
u plainly the whole truth. l will see
n him for that purpose, if you like,
t but for nothing else
D She hurried out of the room.
All this was embarrassing, to say
the least of it; and l began some
sort of apology to Mr. Kendall for
: my presence and my somewhat in
: cautious words.
;. 'My dear sir" he said courteous
7 ly but sadly, 81 welcome your pre-
. sence just at this moment, although
|, | would give good deal that this
extraordinary thing had not occurr-
l ed. Your approaching connection
[ with family we know SO well gives
me a sort of claim upon your pa
tience and your confidence, and l
shall be glad of some advice during
5 the next day or two. | am worn
t out and perplexed with all this,
. and | want some counsel other than
my own. Let me at once make a
friend of you, and tell you ALL"
So he told me in as few and
frank words as possible the trou-
bic that was on him. Three years
, ago his daughter met Charlie West,
my old friend, then young man of
great promise, and the son of
: man who seemed to be wealthy,
) and they fell in love. Mr.. Kendall
approved, so did Vests father, and
? they were engaged. Suddenly a
heavy calamity fell on poor Charlie.
His father had to confess to utter
ruin, which he had long attempted
to conceal under an appearance of
splendor he had ruined with him
self a number Of creditors he was
not NEARLY disgraced, but brought
actually within the scope of the
criminal law-and he escaped by
J suicide. Charlie came in utter de-
spair to Miss Kendall, and insisted
on renouncing his engagement.
He declared that he could not mar
ny her, and could not endure to
live in the country where he had
met her and where he had to give
her mp. SO he left England for
Mexico, where, al that time, there
was delusive promise of success
to ability and enterprise. Mr..
Kendall frankly told me that he
was glad Charlie had gone that he
by no means liked the idea of mar
rying his daughter to the son of
disgraced and bankrupt suicide;
and that when West came up to
him and passionately appealing to
his friendship and his generosity,
explained the course he intended to
take and asked for his advice.
Kendall assured him with cold and
decisive promptness, that he was
bound in honor to persist in re-