New-York tribune., 1880-03-07

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"How came that here ?" lie went on, pale
and agitated. as he looked iiquiringly from
the picture to me. &" Did you put 1t there
Do Won know the lady r. T" You recognize
| il ~ Yes, certainly. | haven't seen her Tor
| some years now; but | should know that IKE
ness anywhere He bit his lip and paused,
and then added. Il didn't know YOU knew
her" /" DON'T" | answered; and never
! knew that such a person had ever ilNeu tlil
| Yesterday" Then how do you come by ne, s,,
portrait! and why DO you bring 1t TO me 'or
!" TO ascertain if 1t really was the same per
SON. "Same person as who l-whatf doht
UNDERESTIMATE .,o
"Why, whether, by any strange coincidence,
! this lady-lny wiie's old friend ana schooner
! downright happen to be tue Iady you oIloo Iu'e,,
wcll. Shall | saw once knew under very pecu-
! liar circumstances !" He looked at me now
! somewhat angrly as he said =" See here oin
! fellow, there are matters sometimes Ill lhun
| lite that he doesn't care about having IaheI
nm again. | tell yOu honestly this is one OF
! them, and ! don't quite like this KIND OF
| Joke "No Joke, on my word" continued;
| - and il / am tOncIing on anything unpIeas-
ant please forgive me ; Tor nave pu'pOse'
Not that imagined you were 80 seilSmiIo VI,
the subject. especially as YOU contemplated
! turning ii . literary account" o-
| "IP-litcrary account What do you mean !
| he asked Indignantly. 81 should as llel thlhk
! of turning cannbal as OF turning anything
| connected with that young lady TO account,
os Won call IT," | was little puzzled now;
| 50 / said: "Wcll, but who do you say the
! voung lady is!r Her name-if you mean
| ihat3was Miss Naughton, Rose Naughton When
! | knew her; but confess don't see that PC
| cause she happens to be n friend of your wiiGs
| vou are warranted in referring thus abruptly
| to nv acquaintance with her" MY Gear
| fellow" | cried. Il had 10 idea OF TINS, be-
| icvc me- | hadn't notion that you Knew
! her name. and We are evidently little at
! cross-purposes But bear with me 4 minute
| longer. Admitting that this Is portrait OF
| the Miss Rose NaughtOn whom You seem 10
! have known, though never couid nave
guessed that, just look at II careIHlly aga.n
and see if it does not remind you of some one
clsc-somc one whom you once saw, repeat,
| under very peculiar circumstances
He bends forward to examine the photograph,
and presently says, NO" Then | say, WIZ
thls help your memory p and while he Is still
looking af the portrait. | put down on the
ledge of the easel just under his eyes. an ear
ring. Good GodW he cries, "what are you
M to7 What have YOU taken this out oi the
cabinet for :" Il have not been near the
cabinet, if YOU mean the place where you
keen your Jewels" "Then what on earth
He hcsitatcs. and, taking up the earring, walks
with il across the room to his treasure store.
cannot help, with my dramatic instincts,
Watching him eagerly and 1t ~ as good ms
ulay TO see his surprise and wonder Whcn,
Opcnng the cabinet, he takes forth the ear
ring he picked mp in the railway carriage,
and finds that he has the fellow To 1t IN his
other hand.
birds claws, each holding n revolving wheel
" Now look Mt the portrait again." l say, when
he had stood for minute regarding me WIN
blank amazemcnt. " don't say that You VIII,
because il Is mere spcculatlon but DO you not see
in the portrait Of Miss NaughtOu something to
remind you of the young lady, your mysterious
travelling companion lie Is examining The
photograph again. Well, it is very absurd,
but really, now you put IT to me-, there might
be something of the same look III 1t, and
He pouders " Was il she, then ROse-atter
all. that in measure was reminded OF that
night On my honor ] seem 10 think II must
have been" Then. turning to me, he asks;
" But what il the meaning OF all TINS w ny
do Won want to know whether | can see any
resemblance i'm this photograph to that girl,
and where. above all did you get this othcr
cgTgipg from Explain yourself, Tor Gods
" Bccarsc. rs | say" / replied. " it seems
to me lust possible that, II there be such
thing n ghO.tiy influence. or splrtullism, or
cloiryoyancc or whatever one may choose 70
call such mystercs-bccausc, say, ii such
things exist, YOU may have received the WAih-
ing to leave your seat rs you dld through Inc
mysterious influence of Miss Naughton herscH'
for She was in that railway tram that same
r;,bt and those earrings belonged 10 her
! Again the wonder I'm his lace would nave Dc'h
| o,n,i.iu., had u not been mingled with an cX-
nrr,,.oI, of pain. Incredible prepostcI0uN
ne .nid AT length. You say that Miss Naugh-
! ton Is "A friend OF your wiics
/ Yes and | Will explain how came upon
| the fact forthwith. Yesterday, as my VIE
| was dressing she asked me 10 tetch hcr
| brooch from tie drawer III her dIcHslnG-caSe'
! On opening it, the first thing when caught
| INV eve amongst n lot of little trnkcts, was
! that earring, and moments examination
showed II to be the counterpart OF the one
Won had 50 mystcTiOusly come 10y. Inc device
was not easily 10 be forgotten. 19u may
! Judge Of my SURPRISE ana now II lCu 10 No
! Then we went into the matter, and she on her
| nan told me bow the earring had belonged TO
a schoolfeow OF hers Rose Naughton 10y
name, who had lately gone abroad; anu now,
two years ago, she had been IN y lcaI III
railway accident one evening, Whe on Hcr
! WAY from Peterborough 10 a bail ~ N:ant ,
ham-how two oi her party had been kilItd
! while sitting beside her; how she escaped, pE
"A miracle. unnjured and how, amongst
| the tTillmg events connected WIN Ihc t'I-
rihlo circumstance, she had lost one OF hcr
! cor1iugs-on, OF 70 pair winch had been given
to her thar night by the man 10 whom shc
! was engaged and who was himself killed..
Nv friends face, with strange pcgycIsity,
seemed for moment to lose its PANIED cX-
prc,slou as | uttered these last words. / re-
| sllutd " When Miss NuughtOn went abroad
She gave my wife her UhOiORmph--thdt on me
,a.ci-8ud amongst O.hcr souvenirs thll uuu
.,Iriu1: for IL appears the tTaElCdl dccldcnt
brought about one good result Tor hci-lt cur
sloyt an engagement entirely dlSastciul 10
h.r ard into which size had been loictd-
well. / ddut hear exactly how a. any a'r'
sine never loved the man-disliEed him III Tact,
uly wife says, and SO bad no compuncton abon'
giving the caring to my wife, who was siluci,
with the ouaiuiu.-s oi the device. ! on VIII
readily understand how this story instantly as
socla,cd itself Witn you ~ my mind. COM
palisou OF dates and other cllcumstauccs lell
no doubt. | wls bound to come and tell You
and / hope nay dear fellow, you VIII arq'u
| me now col au ldlc intrusion upon youI dI.i B.
I assure you hadn't the fmntcst idea thal
! Won knew Miss Nauehton 10y namc.
thought you might have seen her, ~ bcAcy'
you did, for a,surcdy her presencc-cl'hcr II
saved your lie" My mend, fall Of amaze