St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-02

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hr had accused me of the terrible crime
"llis name was Philip Ives" he add
ed. Il hunted him down us well as
could, but thirty seven Years cover up II
good many trifles, and could find
to tell me of his experience in ferreling
out this mystery, and my head grew
clealer.
At last could speak "Whrre is your
home :" | asked.
'ln Texas, i'll San Antonio. My fl-
ther and uncle were states people. My
mother was Spanish"
~ our uncle ~ managed to say. but
could not trust my self to SAY more. He
lo"ked at me cIIriouSly, detecting some
unexplained emotion in my tone
"l es. my uncle. Nothing strange in
that suppose My father died when
was child, and my uncle has always
been my GUARDIAN
"lardOm my imquisitivene>s" | said.
'"ut once had Il very dear friend. Il
clas>rnatc here at st. Johns; his name
WAS Ralph Ives"
"Ghat * my uncIc'S name. but | ncv-
cr heard of his being here at st. ,Iohn
| must look into this.
Every likely they were two distinct
persons. Ives is not at all an uncum-
mon name.
"Whal WAS he like ?" demanded
my companion. ''Dcscrihc him to me
III Nour uncle WAS my friend" said l.
III" would have grown ont of his old
likeness. | can only say that | thought
| >hW likeness III You Ia him.
$50 every bpt S:INS lnuI, b,.
llr>r am getting 1t s"mrthing.
I'D" nu =" back I" Texas at once. -
| asked.
"lhat is just what am on my way
to find out. said he. Il am going in
here, t" the post office. nov I've been
every day loukin" iuI Il letter" was
PcrplrNrd hrNond measure felt Srl,.
that c"ul't determine whether or not
his uncle and my friend were one. but.
II they Wclc. IT waS plIin that Ton some.
reason Ralph had concealed the facts nt
his early lit,. from his mcph, had 4
night t" reveal them and wnud the,
set this Young inqui>ir"r at work upon
u new clrW We entered the office
t"""l!'"r. lie opened hl, post office hn\.
took Il letter ont and read it,
''G""d ' sad he Is il ralkin. to 4
ilIrnd. - IN gong /" Europe Ny uu-
Gle writes me L" =" AT once. He will
join me in New York"
hoped that the excitement would
hold his mind. and make him forget
"uI previous conversation. but in u mo
mcul hc added
''Srr il the handwriting i iImiliaI."I
glanced at the letter.
'lr>. | said ~ clrrlr>>l> aS could.
''it might hr his" Then added ..Nuu
viii SEE N"ur uncle in :. few da,s, Lam
not fIr from New York at Rlu"miirld.
i'll fact. Give him this card. wrote
upon the back OF Il Visiting r:lId.
Thought i the DEVIL" and handed il To
Candid". That is Il piece of m"m>rm>r."
said /. lau@hin" it oil. '.lt Your uncle.
is my friend. he Will understand it,"
felt that ought To leave it To Ralph tn
ii" what he would in this case.
week after | sat in my study.
WAS reading my m"rmln" paper My
eyes fell upon the list of passengers in
one oi the Atlantic steamers. saw The.
namc> of Ralph Ives and Candidu Ives.
| sighed: -" it could NOT have been
he. II" never would have refused the,
rcc"guti"m. Yet | remembered that
he had kept silence f"l thirty seven
Nr.rI>. Why should he break it now ;
| wondered. too. that Candida had not
Written Vet | knew 80 little of him
that | SIM the wonder came from my
own network of speculation. 1t WAS
WITH Il heavy heart that | turned back
to my work. The my >trIN >rcnd d:u h
cr. ton the little light | had begun to
fancy was thrown upon ii. | lougrd
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