Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-11-30

@Can you guess why-I sent for
Charley to comehere9 Why couldn't
send an officer for him? Why kept
the matter secret from my partner?
Why. impatient OF waiting any longer,
/ was just going TO start for Clay
thorpe, on the next train2"
He did not wait for her to reply. but
went on. still holdingher hands close
ly, as il he feared she might vanish
from his sight. and he right lose her
again. StfH, looking down into her
pale face with fearful eyes. he
said,
~C1ild! Cicot Did any one ever
speak to you OF your fatheri"
%Yes. He died when was a little
child He wars drowned, wasn't he?"
she cried, springing up with Wild
thought, Wild hope in her heart
@No, he did not die. He lived, al
ways carrying in his heart the mem-
ory OF his little girl and boy; always
loving them, yesrnfng, hungcring for
sight Of their faces, for the sound
oftheir baby voices. Cleo, my own
child. my darlingf"
And in a moment she was In her
fathers arms, sobbing, as IL her heart
would break for very gladDess. Char
ley was safe. In all the delight and
wondcrnent OF finding the father.
whose memory she go loved and re-
vered. this was her flrst thought In
these first moments shc did not think,
did not wonder. why her father had
stayed away from his home so long;
why he had let them uli think OF him
as dead.
But later, " hen she hal somevhat
regained her composure, and she was
sitting by bis sidc, with the tears not
yet dried upon her checks, he told
her all.
It was o wretched drama. He tried
to soften her mothers part in tho
story as much as possible. But Clev
understood IL all, all OF the wretched-
ness OF his life, the perfect martyr
dom he had undergone at his wife's
hands. And how, finally, ia one
frenzied moment, he resolved to leave
her for always. Abandoning all his
property to heran5 his children, hc
had embarked as a sailor in a vessel
outward bound, bnthe longed 90 for
the children he had left, that his love
was stronger than his pIide. and as
soon as he arrived at port he wrote
his wife long letter, Offering to re-
turn, asking her II, for the sake OF the
children, they could not both Learn
to bear and forbear. No answer TO
this came. He wrote again and again
but at last all his letters came back to
him, unopened, in one bulky pack
age.
On the same vessel on which VIII
mer embarked. was a wealthy Eng
lishman, travelling for his hcaIrh. with
his little boy and his tutor. This lit
tie boy, Angus,a n bright, venfuresone
lad, fell overheard one day, and VIII
mer, seeing the boy fall, plunged In
after him and saved his life. The oil
gentleman worshiped his boy. and
his gratitude was without bounds.
When tho ship reached Liverpool he
made proposals. TO Wilmer to enfcr
his house. as confidential clerk. VIII
mer. or Willis, as he called h merlf
now, consented. This Was the founda-
on of his new fortune. The oil
gentleman soon male him his part
Ber; and upon his sjesth left his son
In his sole guardianship, with the
wish that when he became old enough
he would becou1e q member OF the
flrm, so that the old name could be
kept up-Lynn & Willis. And In
time IL all came about
Soon after Wilmer entered Mr..
Lynn's employ, he had lost all trace
OF HE wife and children. They had
disappeared from the village where
he had left them, and every clue TO
their whereabouts was losf. As the
days and years rolled by, he long~d
for his children more. He loved An
gus Lynn almost as father; but as
he saw the boy grow up before his
eyes. his very nobility OF soul made
him think more OF his own boy.
sWhat was time doing for him?" he
asked. And Cleo. his little beauty,
into what joyful " sorrowful path
way had those great. dark eyes look
ed, since he had held her In his armsg
How she pccded o fathers love and
carcI HoS he ycarned to watch over
them both, love them, protect theml
1t was to help him ia his search for
them, that he had opened a branch
Office In New York; and it was here
after so many years had flown, that
he had received his first news OF
them, through the discovery OF the
forged check.
Charley did not 60 10 prison. but TO
Germany, and to study. For the
three following years. the kindly old
professor, who bad him In his family.
wrote good accounts OF him TO his
father. He was studying well, max
ing progress mentally. and was really
an honor to the school, model for
the other young men to follow. "Not
a drop OK wine could he be tempted
to touch, nor card, which was the
more noticeable the old professor
said. ~as some OF his pupils were real
ly, he was afraid. a little Wild"
For two years Cleo was at an excel
lent boarding school for young ladies
and at the end OF that time she be-
came mistress OF her fathers splendi
establishment, for her mother woult
not become reconciled TO husband
or children. and utterly refused TO sec
them, or reply to their letters. But
though In life implacable, when sick
ness came to her. she allowed Charley
and Cleo, now Mrs. Angus Lynn, To
come TO her. They watched over her
faithfully. as long as she required
their care. The last day OF her life
she said to Cleo.
~Tell Willis-tell your father, that
IL 1t were not too late, we would
would begin new life.'
In a few hours. she did. indeed, be-
gin new life, where. we trust. the
mistakes OF her mortal one, IT'S losses,
its errors, were viewed withp Divine
pity and compassion.
Long before this. as we hare sail,
Cleo had become wife. Uncle Eph-
rain had attended tho wedding, which
was conducted en- a grand scale, "a be-
came the social position and wealth OF
the parties. Ard who did Cleo chooss.
to perform the marriage ceremony.
bui her Cousin Nettie's husband. B.,
Uncle Ephraim's unbonnded delights.
But once, after they parted hy tho
seazshore at Cnythorpe. did Cl~e ~
er look upon The face OF Philip Ev-
xr..o -, h,r I.x-fI a fn.,. ..-Af..f.