, 1877-03-31

1lo did not seem 10 heed tho inl,crpart Of her
Rrasrine hcr ntm 30 tight tllat Sic could hardly
rcirntn from uttcrlng n err, ho whispered
honrscly, "Leatl me elercl"
Ns"sttS sbeyc = and ,d began t9 Talk ts.ty in
tho two, looking up fcarfnlly At The strange
nnn and now nnll tlton nppeulfnEly At NAnctt,.
aaif asking her whether. ,l,sy should run and
ing on tho bench before tho door. lfc rose to
meet tho partv, thinking at first that his daugh-
tcs w.. Ea btip;gny q gncst Y his Io,t.e. .,.
vlsaos t sea az to Ss;s yas then, % =. ks1s 4 9eieSsa
from painful situation, sho turned round to
the grnt'p ot ltoys md R1rle, md, bidding then,
l'o OF to their play. hotse'f vent towards lcr
"can speak to you ii pr!vatc!" said tbo
"Ccrta!n1y, slr;'' mi, jacques turned round
70 onter tc linuse Titl m afr indicating at oncc
Two sat down tl>gcthcr In Iitttc parlnr, and tho
stranger, rcf,stng Jnc0ucA' ofIer ot rofrcahmcnt,
at oncc referred to the story i'c had Just lcnrd
innkccpor was surprised n hiss' suest's cvldcnt
excitement, but, glad of mn opportunity for dis
play, hc bcgan, alll, with an important nir, dc-
ta!led every circumstance Of the mysterious
"And this WA twelve years ago" asked tho
s;c'. va; t1en 4; bis Of girls ycar' old, and now
"Aul you buried her IN all her clothcs'
must liave tho grave opcncll'
Ja:qucs surveyed tho man n opcn.mout1ed
nstunlslImcnt; It was even with awc that he
hear'' such m astounding speech 70 dcc!rtve'y
delivered. They farctl cnc,, othcr, inr moment
IN Hlicnec;. then tho stranger asked auxEously,
"nd nd you keep 'tothi.p Of l'crsf'
There wis no resisting tho mans nannor.
"fcss ono thfng.-s'ut nntv to rclnitll us OF
rings; we tnok nne."'
jacques was 10 ta1scn nacl by tic man strange
conduct that he t1cyor thouallt of resenttpg tho
commanding tone ~ which la spoke In n
pcrfcct hewilcrmcut llo left tho room, aud In
moment returned with small rtng, in which
was set rlatn stone, With MONOGRAM doll
catcly carrei upon It. The man took It IN lits
hand, trembling violently, ant. for a moment
rcraricd Il closely. THIN, ssill holding tic ring.
i'n suddenly covered Ills face With Ills hnlids and
burst Into tears. %
III.
Honest Jacqucs' bcwtldcrment hod now
reached It's clI,nax, and Il was some minutes
before Ito recovered himself sufficiently to OH
servo that he Ind dropped his ptpc. THIS
trivial circumstance probably saved tho worthy
mani. reason, inastnuch N II provided means
of dtstracttng his httontlon from tho strangcr,
aud thus relieving lts oyer-wrnught mmI.
Bending with tli!1l:ulLy,-for witt, ago Ind como
increasing corpulcncy, ho picked up thc frag-
iucuis with rurful !ook, and, by.tho tlsnc ho
had finished contemplating l,!s shattered trcns.
~. t,,a .tr,no,. ~ ~ a. ,.,.to,o,1 ~, -
ton rs to bo aAlo 10 sDcak.
sym are surprised, doubtless, at my strange
con,lr,ct,' tu sad, In u sad, low yoire, " a,,l I
feel that owo you an nxnlanat,on. n WI, Inv.
ti,u,, r., l,tcr tnn. VII, ~ nnnn .o,yo w."
Nv. .''.s ,sesn so' "n ~ v"cs 'o''c '''o ''sA@
terry, md 10 case your 1a1'la."
Jacqucs had no urgent claims unon Ills time,
and was tlc1rhteil will, Tho nrosncc. of n ,,fu.
t1on Of tint rlldlo which hal rri,,o1 tn vIo1 tn
cy1n @ HI HI. ncnst1st,on % a,,s a amn 49, ~ y1"" ,os.
and pointing to stoo! for the stranyer, no re-
ma[ucd In expectation. being careful by this time,
however, to aypid outside sign of curiosity IN.
consistent With hh dignity. Aftor moments
silence tho man began his story.
:" will not tell you my ra.no; It Is needless,
and perhaps will 10 better II loft r1spokcn.
S, ~ 70 my 1uas '0,ons 70 ~ ou anu no
became heir to title. and possessed of large
estate distant some fltty miles from this town.
t,on r.r'o,r,no y, ~" 90. . y,,no,s ~ h.o.,,as
~" !eu'u!'"'s w u'o wae 5ou"HcF oso'"ss'
IN ch4raetef Vory d'ucfcht from myself,
inasHluch as lc was ovcrbcatlnGly proud
antl ambitious. Ny fathcr had often desired
mn tn ,norry. Int va. flcvotrd IN studv md
a.. ~ t,.itn..s.. y. t,,a,,. 49, ~ ss., '"'A
'e't no 'ue'saalson 10 alc.lF 'ne cares ana re.
sponsibslit'ce consequent upqn the pnssessson OF
as,a Wiic aau family. when l s'lrcccdcd,to my
fathers name ! Was already elose upon 30 years
olti, ana, As continued my studious habits and
lived III almost total rctiremcnt from !4G world,
tterc vas every prospect that should die With
OUT helFa anu tcave the title and estate 10 my
tnRly. Judge OF Ills anger then, wllcu, all Ut q
sudden, anno'inccu tu him my Intention OF
taking wns. Ih9 cirsan'stancc Nlltsh 10 url,
expGctsuly INDUCED mo to alopt such novel
teso'us,on ., % va tnss. Ina IL was tteqaehty ny Gus