Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-04-21

wa. my constant state nt mind, MS day
after day wen, by aud no news OF the
lost one.
/ Weeks and months came aud went,
uptil the occurrence had been lost m the
great whirlp,n of event, % all but my
self, 4 void had been left in my heart
that could not Ill again, and though
years nam hered themselves ON the scroll
ot the past tho memoiy and love ot DeiI
wa, US ot yore.
! The b bcakust hell hud rung half an
hour before entered the diuiug-roum,
/ having oversight my>ell--a thing | had
not been guilty OF Tor years. Ms, WUI
had The cotlee ,tcaming, and beside my
plate lay the morning paper, as usual
Picking itup, glanced over it, columns,
and with >hocl, that caused me 10 over
turn my cotl,c Tread the startling am
nouncement OF the iui are OF Cook II Co.,
and their brunch houses.
a groan escaped my lips, and dropung
my heal into my hual, / leaned ON the
table in brwiidcrmeut. knew that the
i,a>c must g by the board. The house
ul H. G. Brook, Il Co., Was well known
+ IA cummcDcmu citcles now, having to-
NOV ed into II large building some years
before, aud taken partner. Rumors
calculated 10 depteclate the taith ot imam
cla. cl,cte, in tne dtm OF Cook u Co.,
7
/ but We're uuhtcl. Il Oy u- and now tht
the blow had micu, nothing could save
Us Ijom rulu, that could ,eo.
ut-trmng to the store, early though it
wa, louud Nj. lldpiu, my partner
tierc before me-. NJ word were nccc.-
-'uy; we understood all at mutual
glance. Business in the store proceeded
u- usual during the morning, butarmuge-
mpUis to cto,c our doors in the afternoon
we,e being made.
sat ia the otlioe at the dinner hour
alone, my head buIied in my hand, aud
absorbed ia puuul thought, whrn step
,tarted me. | g.uuc"d up, aud saw II
youug mu just inside the door, gazing
lntouuy nl me.
H. wa, very ,uu-browncd, but the face
h.d aun.n,r, hait.iorgotJen expression
.houC ii that carried nae into the past.
" Did you wish to see one OF the finn ?'
luquucd, rising from the char N which
Na, ,cntcd aud advancing toward him.
y mint sm,e crossed his t,ce ~, he
he'd out hI, rwo hands With II longing
look aud SAID IA "a low voice:
" Unc.c D,ck don't you know me ?"
stuffed, a- /. ,hut, scarcely bedeving
ID reality, hutas the uu,n daVntd over
my mmd, and tine tears lenprd to my
eyes, heid out my ARM, mad with IL
halt souot Doa Den lt's you, my
DoJ - | cn,ped hIm to my cmDnce.
Ii wG~ indeed the missing boy ottwelvc.
now q nan OF twenty-seveu 1t wa, Il
long story he to,d me--haIt tcalIuJy,
too-.ur he never expected 10 seo me
again altc' the long years OF separation
aud the mystery al IN, absence. That
night, or Afternoon, rather, aiD,ost fifteen
year, before, tie had left school tor home,
"a. usual. Pa--idg down street, IL
rough, -caiaing man had acco.t'd him,
aud informed ban be was hi- father, and
Dr,, gazing into his lace, saw too paIn
ly it wa a met.
Tahug the boy by the hand he led him
through toituou- by why's and alley, III
ci cuHou- route to the wharf, and with
him wen. abpud yc,~oI lying theIc.--
Returning Dru by force. he kept him ou
Doud unlii the vc--e wa, und way and
bound Tor HE El-t lndr trade. The
weary days passed oy, one by ono; weeks
came aud went and the months dragged
tb -i' tie-ome lcnght away, but IL, yet no
poit had been entered BY the CISCO, the
vessel IN which be wa such un unwil ling
passenger. All things, however, have
an end, and nt Inst the Casco found an
chJlage IN the hltie port Of Muegnmo. u
small Vi iagr on the northern coast oi the
/ Arabian gulL Here fora while Doh was
lrtt to himself, the captain and the ma.
jor portion of the crew being inland up
ON trading journey. Several OF these
/ trip~ mad been successfully accomplished,
aui upon the linai one before sauug for
home, Dell requested hIs father TO take
him Along, md hi. request wa. compiled
with. Alter a tol,one march Of :wp
day. beneath the bot sun of the orieut the
company reached their destination, a
.n,dt village about liiy miles Inland
from the coH,t.
Two day. had been passed in trading,
aud the following sunrise wa. to see
them well on their way bnelt to the YES
-o,. Before leaving, however, duIicul-
ly between one Of the crew aud n native
arm,natcd in genuine fght, and the
crew oi the Cisco were compelled to h-e
f,r safety, leaving their recenCy-obtdn-
ed property and three IF their men, in
cMdiug Del, in the hand- of the barba-
iau- Death At violent hands was the
early fate OF hi, companions, and for him
self The same end wa. houply expected. r
1t, hoMover, never came. The boy seem
ed 10 be u general fayoi.e among the
natives, aud specially OF the chief man
Of the village. With this man, and
among these people for twelve years,
Dell lived conentcd, enjoying lie at hi.
ea,e, although in halfciviizel. semi
barbarous way, but il was ti,r preferable
to fife on the deck If The Ca.co, aud with
hi. inebriate father. One day me-sen-
gers arrived with the Intelligence that
the great priest was at the village OF
Muegamo, the port whore fret the Ca.eo
aud her unioulnate crew had landed