The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-20


-" We'll, but, / broke in, 'his friends win
make inquiries after him. lie may be traced
to our gate, and we will be called upon to ex-
plain
we may be- continued my husband,
'but it's sufficiently unlikely. 1t viii be a
cursed piece of ill-luck if he is Who is to
trace him into this God-abandoned region
Under all the circumstances and by your own
showing It is most improbable-nay, it Is i'm
possible
"'Tes,' Iagain intcrposed but he viii be
advertised for and described.
every likely he went on, but the doc
tor and the undertaken are the only two peo-
pie besides ourselves who viii have seer him,
and they viii have nothing 90 identify him
by even if they ever know or hear about the
disappearance, They VIII never recognize
in my dear brother, John Smith, who died of
apOp!eXy here in my house, right under the
very eye Of the doctor, the foIlorn man by the
name Of -- Cbut will keep that to my
self, ''whO was last seen, - -etc., etc ,.as the
advertisement VIII run. No :-fhffS1Tf1 not
know the name. It viii convey nothing to
their minds how should it? For remember
the moment you so judiciously let him in and
closed our garden gate upon him, the lost
/ man had ceased to be. From that moment
he became my brother John the real man
was gone as clean out of existence, had as
clean parted with ms identity. as if he had
never been BY Heavens it's a stroke Of
. genius on my part. ] never guessed / was
half so clever a fellow added my husband,
triumphantly.
"But,' cried I, once more, gnis is a very
dreadful, a very dangerous game, as you call
it, to play. 1t is absolutely theft, and worse
than
If You cannot use better language NE
said. hold your tongue; don't Insult ne.
tell you the money might as well have fallen
into my hands as into those Of the first po-
Hceman or post boy who might have found
him. want it badly enough, and if You
don't betray our secret there is very little
risk of my right to it being disputed
But I said, the watch, the rings, as
Wen as the money-they may lead to y0uI
discovery
'''Not at ALL he answered, ff they are
carefully converted, ana win manage that
The notes are the only difficulty but 1 can
get over that, TOO. If ] go straight to tIs
Bank Of England tomorrow morning, direct
ly it is opened, aud change them into gold, ]
shall be there long before their loss is known
or. consequently, their numbers stopped
The young fellow perhaps VIII not be missed
for week: ne comes q long way from here
have seen enough to tell me that. We q,
not know what his habits were we do moi
even know that any one was aware he had
the money about him. No; the more I thin}
Of it the safer the whole game looks. 1oJ
have only to keep your own and my couuse
for q few months, and our fortunes are re
t1ieved and we have nothing t. fear. An
that's the undertaken, no doubt. You &c
ont Of the way leave it all to me
There was ring at the bell Lere, whiel
he went TO answer.
"Ah. that was dreadful night, and dur
ing the few days following I was nearly be
side myself with terror OF course the hoUs
was closed. rs became the occasion. The fu
neral-a very quiet oDe-t0nl place in du
course at Keusal Green Cemetery, my hus
band following as chief mourn7r ia the coach
accompanied by tie doctor.
sNo remarks, no suspicion attended s
commonplace circumstance, and when th
ground had closed over JEa unfortunate un
known man, and uhena q week later a modes
tombstone recorded The d-cel7e of the imag
! mary John Smith, aged twenty-three, al
trace of the dreadful fraud save tint whicl
is printed indelialy in my miu5, was gone
HeI husband utterly deserted her in les
than six months afterwards, and she was lef
well. what does that matter. To This Ca
she knows nothing of vino or what tine Un
fuczv young fellow was. where he came from
or whether he was ever inquired after; bu
though when She told me her story seve
years had passed since the evening she le
him in at the garden door, and BE- fell al! 5u
dead at her feet, she very naturally felt-an
no doubt still does fcal-cXtremelg uncon
Portable when any chance reference is mad
TO a missing mau.-AN the Ie1T Round.