National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-11-28

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and his sister had withdrawn, his fea-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 ludicrous mixture OF
bravado and CONSERVATION, visibly
heightened as l approached him. In
timidation, though, was not my sole
object. | spoke to him in q tone audible
to himself only.
"You are foiled with your own weap-
ons, Tufts, said /. "There are several
of us who know you; have no per-
sonal grudge against you, and if you
are discreet-this return to your native
State scarcely looks like it-you will
not delay t. make the distance between
yourself and the State Prison wider
than it is now. You have not exposed
yourself tonight, but you have put it
in our power to expose you ut mo-
ment's warning"
He scrutinized my features rapidly /;
| permitted it a moment, and then
walked away. He exchanged n few
sentences with Mrs. Leflingwell, and
then approaching the audience. assured
them that it was not his fault if an en-
tertainment 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 reshme the subject,
and, he trusted, convince the most
II 4 l.,t
Leflingwell urged claims of any kind
which they were unable satisfactorily to
establish.
l doubted if they would let him go,
but they did, | presume on account of
the presence of Mrs. Lefiingwel.
The next morning the Leiingwells
were gone. They had taken the mid
night train down. If they waited they
might have had Wynn's company, for
he went to Boston in the morning
train. As he had arranged previously
to go at this time, and as 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
quire of the clerk if Mr.. Paul Williams
were among the guests, and the reply
being Affirmative, it 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 Hi |
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 letter which had
never reached its destination. A year
afterward Mr.. and Mrs. Leffingwel on
a tour through the Western States, had
accidentally encountered Janet, and dis
covered in her such susceptibility to
the odic influence, so termed by Mr..
Letfingwell, 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
had been overpowering.
The child had tolerably hard disci-
oline, though it might have been worse.
VI WIG OLA Liolltuo anu liOl" ludI BIG
lad been wandering about, good care
lad been taken that she should find no
opportunity of escape, and entire seclu-
sion, except when under the eye of Mr..
md Mrs. Leflingwell, secured to her at
east degree of immunity from bad
influences.
Mrs. Williams was induced to accom-
,any Wynn on his return to Epping
nd when she saw Janet, who bore her ,
nother's name, her strong resemblance
o that mother was convincing proof =,
hat her sisters child was before him. :
l have since seen full length por- :
rait by Sully of Mrs. Ware before her
carriage. / should unhesitatingly =
ave pronounced it an incompatible :
LIKENESS of Janet, or, as she is now, :,
Irs. Wynn. There were just the same :
arge, shadowy, violet eyes, fringed $
18th lashes of uncommon length and .
ichness the same low, pearly brow !,
nd profuse brown, waving hair, with =
olden lights on it /; the same faint u
nge on the cheek, just like the inside :,
sea shell; the same curve of the !;
right red lip; the same poise of the y
cad on the white, slender neck A lit ',
6 sad, / should say, the face is, but :
linor, Wynns sister, now my wife, g
firms that Janet is as cheerful little .
orite as ever gladdened a mans hearth
one.