The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1876-07-13

- $50 remained silent, and Spurgcou
proceeded You prosably thought thal
t8g cause q your quarrel was known
only % yoaue.fI mean bis previous
marriage With AcenAh Baec but knew
lt all- ier u was plot OF my own devils.
lag ! Was mad With jealousy az VII.
louebby success, and was meditating 10
What way ! conli injare him, when my
evil genius threw 10 my way MeenAh
Haee, who had come 10 Agra IN search
of her husband, who was captain IN
tac Cue Hundred aud Thirty.First Ma.
two infantry, but az well knew, had
been missing ior a year or more, ever
s.nce some skirmish or other Ills name,
Henry Nilliugsby, SO capable Of trans
formation into Winoughby the fact Of
tag uumber Of heir regiments being the
selno, and 9 certain similarity between
tac.. persons -they were both tan and
far and delusion that the poor woman
Bad Iten n.o ht head, tbai WillouRh-
a lom .e aw 3u 5ae day on IA.
r1ab, wbs really he- husband, suggested
me the probability of destroying his
pro poets, aud. under pretense Of assist
i'g Der searc procured from her her
mNriags cou,ncg, whIgl destroyed, aud
substituted ia il- stead forged deed, inn
ialng Yilouslby's signature and those
OK the witnesses, who asceriained were
safe ont oi the way. Meeuah Baee, who
could not re.d English, aud only knew
her husband Christian name, never dis
covered the forgery and, after making
ber promise that she would not betrsy
nc to Wiloughby, who would, told
her never forgive me for destroying his
prospects Of a rich marriage, ! sent her
10 you, and my plot succeeded beyond
my hopes Your Indignation, aud the
regiments sudden removal, were most
most favorable TO me; and though | was
deeply wounded at being second time
rejected, Il was some comfort TO know
that my hated rival had no better chance
than myself.
Can this be true? gasped Indiana, who
had listened in speechless astonisbment
Surely you could not have been so crueli
Poor Henry she murmured, in low
tone to herself, If | had only known the
truth Mr.. Spurgeon, II isl hard natter
but.I still forgive you the wrong you
have done me- perhaps you hardly knew
how great 1t was. Although il is late
to do so now, ! should wish TO clear
Captain Willoughby's fame Of the slain
tat has rested upon il, and write down
the deposition you have just made.
Spurgeon--who, to do him justice, bad
never known the extent OF her affection
for Willoughby--ag agreed, and affixed his
signature to the paper; and then, with
trembling limbs aud an agitated look that
surprised the nurses, she left the hospital
aud hurried home to rejoice her sister
with the intelligence that her confidence
in Willoughby's honor had not been mis-.
placed.
AS she entered tho drawing room, where
she knew she would find Miss Keith,
she exclaimed with breathess eagerness,
Oh, Anne, Henry is innocent; it was all
a wicked but stopped short on seeing
two strangers engaged in conversation
with her sister and Meenah Baee. Her
bewilderment did not at first allow her
to distinguish their features, but she felt
a strange trembling as she marked the
tall figure Of the one who came forward
TO meet her. No, she could not be mis-
taken, and in another moment her hands
were clasped in Henry Willoughby's, and
her tremulous Henry, can you forgive
meP answered by their warm pressure.
Excess Of happiness was lamost too much
for Indiana, after her long trial but by
degrees she recovered sufficiently TO be
able to learn how this meeting was
brought about Aud, first Col. VIII
'ouabby-for be now held aihat ank--had
70 present hef MS friend, MAJ Millingsby,
who had unwilungly been the cause Of
their long estr3ueement
After YOU Jeff Agra, continued The
Colonel, / went through oll the sikh
campaign, and then my regiment was or.
dered to Gibraltar. After that-rather
unfairly, unfairly, as we thought, though
had not been for This piece Of injustice,
as wo consider II, / might never have
seeu you agalu-we we're ordered back
g. iuata. This time ! saw no service,
beyond the lriling business OF reducing
refractory Mahratta chief, whose fort
we took and there we found poor Nil
ling By, who had been prisoner for ten
years aud more, and was believed TO be
dead by bis own people, and 30 bad new
er been sought for, and had had given
up al hopes Of being free again.
Yes, said Major Millingsly, II you only
knew what that feeling Of utter hopeless
ness was. could hardly realize tLat
was free, when the fort was taken. But
go on with your story, Willoughby.
Well, Millibgsby, when he recovered
his senses little, began talking Of bis
wife; and when heard her name aud
birth, the truth suddenly flashed upon
me; and, though II was impossible 10
account for the substitution of my name
for bis, felt sure that the mistake bad
arisen from The similarity Of sound, aud
that you, Indiana, had been equally de-
cegcd with me. OF course, / buried
home al once; and ! will own that my
drst impulse vas % meet you with re.
proaehes, bat yonr exclamation 81 you
entered tie room disarmed me.