, 1879-08-10

| friends and wonld probably rcn,ail, away all
I night. ! DO not remember. though, 1nnt ~
mentioned any particular night, and ms lalIaEe
to come in may not tie properly accounteo 'oF ~
| this war;" -
Is He a]]uues-ir this note be genuine-to the
| sympathy OF his friends in the Church. has ne
! been favored with many calle:s!"
"ob he has had peopls here os to ses nun }rn 1FS Sp
Louis have called, including numbcr OF laules'
! and the latter have expressed their sympathy
and their sorrow at the Church's loss III their
tears"
anr Inducements offered to make him rctrace
"Wny, he told me that ono Of, the Catholic
| laYmen offered to
PAT HIS PASSAGE TO EUROPE ~
| IT he would quietly quit the country: It's Just
possible that be may have written this note vol
unfairly, but it's equally possible that he may
have written It Under con1pulsion:" :: ).
tin other words, be may have been trapped!"
"That's it,-trappcd und gotten out OF the
| way, with this letter to show that be 12s re-
turned to the Church of Rome. He was ,sen12W 12W-
criuI man In the Churcl,-a man OF rares4bili-
ties in his line, and the idea Of his leaving the
Jesuits must have been difficult one to brook"
This explanation OF his rscantation ,nd tis
failure to appear is On the supposlt1on, ot
course, that the note Is genuine" :.
",0h, certainly"
Sand you think 1t is genuine?"
IL . Il should say 50 BY casual look at it. Let
The reporter banded over the. note, and the
Canon read it through once more very carefully.
*,'Haye you no specimens Of his handwriting
here?" asked the reporter, AZ the Canon lay on
Que arm, reading ami tncditating.
The Canon reflected moment. and thought
Of his portfolio. The reporter orouS ht IT,:
-.'' I hnye an envelope here somewhere" said
the Canon, tor at least ought to have one, that
contains his signature. When he first came
here be had no'card with him, aud asked him
10 write his name, aud be did it for me on an:
envelope. Ah,
=. HERE IT If, -
And the Canon picked out OF the prodigious
pile Of papers contained in that portfolio IN en-
relope bearing this Inscription: tsTheuphilus
Van de Moortel," written In blue ink and With
tie sty1ograptl.
1t was identical with the signature to tho
note. One might have been the photograph OF
the other. The Canon noticed the correspond
ence between the two with the same interest Us
did the reporter, and admitted that the proof OF
Similarity, lliu therefore Of genuioencss, was
simply perfect.
Itwas now o'clock. The Rev. Van de Moor
tel had not returned. The Canon could saY no
more thnn ne had said. except to remark,
With smile, that it was most wise pro-
vision Of the Episcopal Church which provided
for six months. It was evident that the re-
captcr was out for all night, and the
reporter. seeking his carriage, made for TUE
TRIBUNE olliee, certain OF one thtng,-that that
note was unauestionably and undoubtedly gen
ulue,-but naturally puzzled as to just what
had became Of its author. &c may have been
run out OF town after signing 1t, TO use we'll
understood, il not ecclesiastical phrase, or be
may have been argued with by some OF those
sympathetic lady-calIers, and persuaded to
with unmistakabfe ciearness Or--but anybody
can go on supposiny to his hearts content, with